De La Salle High School - Delta Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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MICHAEL O'SHAUGNESSY — St. Albert the Greet . . . Glee Club 2 . . . Choir 4 . . . Islander 3. 4 . . . Delta 4 . . . Mr. O’ is full of school spirit, corny jokes and new ideas ... an artist of unusual skill . . . quite a prestidigitator (magician) too . . . plans to go into commercial art. ROBERT OSTROWSKI — Annunciation . . . Hockey 4 . . . Islander 4 . . . Delta 4 . . . you'll find him skiing with every new snow . . . photography and all sports are Ozzies favorite hobbies . . . plans on being a salesman or a photographer. JOSEPH PASIEWICZ — Holy Cross . . . likes to do anything at any time and will try anything once at the right time . . . after the Marines or the Coast Guard he wants to settle down. RAYMOND PAULZINE — Ascension ... has a large collection of beer-bottle caps . . . skates during the winter at North Commons . . . would like to go to school and take up auto mechanics .. . later wants to have his own auto shop. RALPH PIERCE — Holy Name . . . Glee Club 2 . . . Choir 3. 4 . . . Islander 3 . . . drives and pushes an old Chevy . . . likes hunting . . . would like to go to college and become a great and famous bookkeeper. JOSEPH PITEL —St. Cyril . . . Islander 3. 4 . . . records are his hobby . . . music and dancing are favorite recreations . . . plans to become an accountant, get married, and have a house full of kids, grow old. and die, (sniff). VERNON PLAISANCE — Our Lady of Lourdes . . . Football 2 . . . Swimming 2 . . . Advisory Officer 2. 3 . . . Islander 3 . . . likes pool . . . wants a job at some classy bank ... enjoys typing class. WILLIAM PLATZER — St. Thomas ... Islander 3, 4 . . . Delta 4 ... big wheel in Junior Achievement radio program . . . Wild Willy is a Juster Bros, man . . . plans to take up pre-medicine and philosophy . . . loves to dance. JAMES POLZAK —St. Charles . . . Honor Roll 1, 2. 3. 4 . . . Delta 4 . . . Choir 1, 2. 3. 4 . . . noted for his piano artistry and his Sophisticats . . . relaxes in his '51 Chrysler . . . enjoys dancing, swimming, and canoeing . . . will study medicine at the U. Shown left to right are Jim Murck, Joe Romain, and Tom Galvin utilizing some of the school’s library facilities. The students use the library for study before school, during lunch period, and after school. Brother Louis, the librarian, maintains subscriptions to well-known magazines and periodicals which helps to widen the scope of reading among DE students. 23

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RICHARD MALENFANT — St. Stephen . . . Advisory Officer 1 . . . Band 1. 2. 3. 4 . . . Tennis 3, 4 . . . Bowling 4 . . . Contact 4 . . . Honor Roll 1. 3, 4 . . . Delta 4 . . . plans to become a research chemist . . . hobby is photography . . . Dick is a loyal Sears and Roebuck man. JAMES MALONEY — St. Charles . . . Golf 1, 2. 3. 4 . . . likes dancing and swimming ... his size 15 feet were given the title pinups of 1951 by the shoe salesmen’s union. ANTHONY MARTIN — Holy Name . . . Islander 3 . . . Likes to read speedometers over 50 . . . Brother Anselm’s Mad Anthony’’ . . . Wants to be a master in his own establishment. DONALD MARYSTONE — Ascension . . . Choir 4 . . . Glee Club 2 . . . Centennial Choir 1 . . . spends spare time playing tennis .. . plans to attend college at University . . . dates beautiful women. JACK MAY—Football 4 . . . AU-Confernce 4 . . . All-State 4 ... Jackie is one of the most talented football players to come out of DE . . . glad to get back to Milwaukee. JOSEPH MAYER—Basilica . . . Football 1, 2. 3. 4 . . . Basketball 1. 2 . . . Golf 3. 4 . . . Advisory Officer 1, 2. 3, 4 . . . Islander 3 . . . Delta 4 . . . Scholarship 1 . . . Honor Roll 3 . . . Class Officer 2, 3 . . . Joey, scourge of the decadent capitalists, also doubles as a connoisseur of fine vintage. JERROLD MENGELKOCH —Good Shepherd . . . Baseball 1 . . . Jets enjoys talking about sociology (his favorite subject) when he goes over to his girl's house . . . when he escapes from DE, he plans to go to college for a business course. ROGER MERKL — St. Charles . . . Golf 2 . . . next to dancing, Mert’s ’37 Chevy is nearest to his heart . . . with four years of De La Salle under his belt, he feels fully qualified to become janitor at the Commercial Hotel. JAMES MURCK —St. Albert the Great . . . plans to continue studies as an apprentice sheet-metal worker . . . manages to keep Theo Hamms Company off the rocks . . . goes by the name of The Hustler. LAWRENCE NESHEIM — Basilica ... dancing at the CKC with one of his hobbies is considered a well rounded evening by Larry . . . plans a professional life after completion of college ... is laways accommodating. EDWIN NEWINSKI — St. Boniface . . . Bowling 4 . . . Contact 4 . . . Islander 3, 4 . . . hurled Brother Luke’s boys to 1950 Softball championship . . . Ed plans to go to trade school . . . enjoys playing basketball. JOSEPH OBERAIGNER —Annunciation . . . Baseball 2. 3. 4 . . . Hockey 4 . . . Advisory Officer 1 . . . keeps National Tea out of the hole . . . wants to show the Miller’s how to play baseball . . . plans to get a good job after graduation. THOMAS O'HAGEN — Holy Rosary ... a true student of the deep South . . . Tex still has his drawl . . . wants to join the navy and cruise back to his Old Kentucky Home. JOHN OLM-SCHEID — Christ the King . . . Tennis 3, 4 . . . has two lasting loves, skiing and swimming . . . plays the pinball machine . . . likes girls from Washburn . . . will teach the pros how to ski at Moon Valley . . . plans on college. WILLIAM ORR — St. Anne . . . Football 2, 3, 4 . . . Golf 4 . . . Honor Roll 3, 4 . .. Islander 3, 4 . . . plans to go on to St. Thomas College . . . another representative of the Di Napoli establishment ... a big chunk of his income comes from card playing. 22

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Trionometry! what a period. All day long the boys wait eagerly (or this period to arrive so that they can be enlightened or should we say bewildered by one of Brother Anselm's boasts of genius. Brother Anselm is at the black board explaining a simple problem to his half dreaming, half sleeping class. He commonly refers to these “cream of the crop students as flat-headed boobs or --------?------- Mr. Casanova’s second period Sociology class is attentively listening to his dissertation concerning polyandry. This is one of the many phases of matrimony he has imparted to his senior classes, who maintain that it is the most practical thing they have been taught in high school. Among the many sociological problems discussed were: Labor and Pope Leo XIII’s famous Encyclical, Rerum Nevarum; the functions of the state; the family; and a practical application of religion in everyday life. Pictured are (left to right): Joe Ro-main, Ray Pauliine, Jim Leigh, Jim Reger, Darwin DeRosier. Bob Heiling, Gene Dreitzler, Dick Maclnnes, Dick Malenfant, Paul Emond, and Tony Martin. 24