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

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Making money is the problem confronting the men at the Immediate right. The economics classes study all ethical ways of getting around the collector knocking on the door. Posters display challenges for men going out into the business world. Bernard Murphy, center, holds the attention of Dick Gormley, left, and of Dave Kauth, right, by reading a passage from his economics textbook on “How to Make Money the Easy Way.” Is there a better way to get attention? Aspiring accountants learn the difference between credit and debit, ledgers and journals, in bookkeeping classes. On the extreme right, Tom Newinski, turning teacher, explains the monthly work sheet to scholars Firmin Janski, Jack Rowles. and Jerry Noack. RICHARD SEIFERT—Visitation . . . Contact 4 . . . Delta 4 . . . Dick enjoys hunting and fishing . . . figures on going to college . . . favorite subject is drawing . . . plans on having a career in the arts. VERNON SELL—St. Anne . . . Swimming 2 . . . Dramatics 4 . . . Contact 4 . . . Intramurals 2. 3. 4 . . . BBVC 4 .. . Delta 4 ... “Hot Lips is a sharp gentleman with a way with women . . . likes to sing. FREDERICK SHERIDAN—Ascension . . . Basketball 4 . . . Advisory Officer 1. 2. 3. 4 . . . Honor Roll 2 . . . Honor Pin 3 . . . Dramatics 4 . . . Contact 3 . . . Intra-tnurals 1. 2. 3. 4 . . . BBVC 4 . . . Glee Club 1 . . . Choir 3 . . . Islander 3, 4 . . . “Shorty’s pride is chinning himself on basketball rims. HUGH SHERRY—St. Thomas . . . Intramurals 2. 4 . . . Choir 2. 3 . . . Delta 4 . . . Bro. Peter’s nomination to the senate . . The Senator has a friendly car; the fenders wave at you. WALTER SHOEMAKER—St. Gregory . . . Honor Roll 1 . . . Contact 3 . . Intramurals 2. 3 . . . undefeated billiards champ of the Vendome ... Torgy likes outboard motoring if properly escorted . . . loses frequently at poker and other such games of skill. HAROLD SHORE—Our Lady of Victory . . . Baseball 4 . . . Swimming 3 . . . Bowling 4 . . . Intramurals 1, 2 . . . favorite answer when asked to do something. “Why Shore . . . future plans include a college education. In the typing class, speed and accuracy count for the marks on report cards. The students are expected to type 18 words per minute at the end of the first semester, and 36 at the end of the second. Pictured at the right, checking to see whether Mr. Savelkoul has made any mistakes on their speed graph, arc members of the first period typing class: Bill Gotz, Pat McDonnell, Bob Dingley, Ron Wal-lerius, and Dick Auld. 22

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MAX RAMSEY—St. Thom . . . Contact 4 . . . Islander 3 . . . has very little ambition for work, but is very helpful when a good time is in the making. DENIS REESE—St. Stephen . . . Intramurals 1 . . . Denny's favorite sport is football ... is enthusiastic about pool . . . likes to conserve his energy . . . main ambition is to get rich without working—quite a feat. ROBERT RICKER—Holy Family . . . Intramurals 2. 3. 4 . . . BBVC 4 . . . Bob wants some day to be a principal of an allgirl high school . . . probably will have to be satisfied with the janitor's job . . . spends his leisure time experimenting with a truth serum for D. R. P. JEROME ROBAN—St. Stephen . . . Contact 4 . . . cars are the apple of his eye . . . hobby is repairing and wrecking autos, usually the latter . . . plans on being an engineer or inventor— or a garage mechanic. PAUL ROEDEL—Annunciation . . . Advisory Officer 3. 4 . . . Honor Roll 3 . . . Contact 3. 4 . . . better watch the boy or he will clip you . . . plans to go to Moler College and be a barber . . . has a special yen to play bingo at the Country Club. DONALD ROMA IN—St. Stephen . . . Contact 3. 4 . . . will follow law or accounting at St. Thomas College . . . probably hang up a CPA shingle . . . “That’s my breath. Brother—it’s cold in here. MICHAEL ROURKE—St. Joan of Arc . . . Football 2 . . . Baseball 2, 3. 4 . . . Dramatics 4 . . . Contact 3. 4 . . . Intramurals 1. 2. 3, 4 . . . BBVC 4 . . . Glee Club 1 . . . Choir 3 . . . Islander 3 . . . Delta 4 . . . The Crooner is not content unless someone else isn't . . . well known as “Mighty Mouth. JOHN ROWLES— St. Anne . . Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4 . . . Baseball 4 . . . Advisory Officer 1. 2 . . . Dramatics 4 . . . Islander 3 . . . Little Cyrano writes letters from Dave” ... the poet fills up with ethyl at Ethyl’s. CHARLES ROY—St. Boniface . . . Intramurals 1. 2 . . . Chuck drives his own car—(car?) . . . works for his dad after school . . . hopes to be a machinist. JAMES RYAN—St. Bridget . . . Honor Roll 2. 3 . . . BBVC 4 . . . Islander 3. 4 . . . Delta 4 . . . Smiley will probably wind up in the pen for counterfeiting . . . dislikes red hair, especially on himself WILLIAM SCHMID—St. Joan of Arc . . . Bowling 4 . .. Intramurals 3, 4 . . . BBVC 4 . . . Islander 4 . . . likes to ski (not necessarily with his feet) . . . has a pet duck named after his favorite teacher. GERALD SCHOENHOFF—Incarnation . . . Tennis 3. 4 . . . Intramurals 1. 2. 3, 4 . . . Choir 2. 3 . . . plans to go to Barber College so he can “clip the Brothers for a change . . . has never missec a school dance . . . tries to hold his car together with Scotch Tape. JOHN SCHOLZ—Christ the King . . . Football 1, 2 . . . Swimming 1 . . . Advisory Officer 1, 2 ... Class Officer 1, 2 . . . Intramurals 1. 2. 3. 4 ... BBVC 4 . . . Contact 3. 4 ... the spark that sots off the dynamite . . . gets the word for the day from Melvin” . . . likes Mr. Casanova's ties . . . has a silent friend (Mr. Hush). FRANCIS SCHUTTA—Holy Cross . . . Honor Roll 2 . . . Honor Pin 1, 4 . . . Band 1. 2, 3, 4 . . . Contact 4 . . . known in the band room as Count Basic” . . . likes going up to St. Cloud. JOHN SCHWAPPACH—Sacred Heart . . . Intramurals 1, 2. 3. 4 .. . plays the piano like Harry S. .. . co-member of the AA of Robbinsdale with Jug . . . hopes to get out of high school. 21

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RONALD SMITH—S». Anne . . Ron goes all out for education, especially in driver’s school . . . ambition is to become a successful plumber . . . will most likely end up as a grave digger . . . likes midnight rides in his ’51 Mercury. VERNON STEF-FENS—St. Joseph . . . Contact 3. 4 . . . Intramurals 1. 2. 3. 4 ... I wasn't cheatin’ . . . still remembers the time he spoke about a gentleman cow to Brother Luke CLIFFORD STEIN-HAUSER—St. Anne . . . Contact 3. 4 . . . BBVC 4 . . . Islander 3. 4 . . . Cliff is known around De La Salle as ••Sonny . . . during the summer he journeys about the country absorbing culture, and a salary, from pea factories ... a photo fiend from way back. CLAUDE STEVENS—St. Francis . . . Advisory Officer 2. 3 . . . Band 1, 2. 3. 4 . . . Contact 4 . . . Intramurals 1, 2. 3. 4 . . . a second Tommy Dorsey ... a man of many skills . . . loves his brother-in-law’s car. JEROME ST. MARTIN—Incarnation . . . Basketball 2 . . . Simp has starred for Incarnation’s CYO team every Sunday for 3 years ... his famous “whip shot at the free throw line saves his average. FRANCIS STONEBERG— St. Staphan . . . Hot Rod Happy Club . . . detests sophomores . . . Frank is a grease monkey by profession ... is fond of milk with a wee bit of scotch in it . . . hopes to be the best educated operator on skid row. Draftsmen of Brother Felix's drawing class put lead to paper in completing mechanical and architectural plates. Many are working on the plans for their own future homes. Seated in the first row are: Bill Anderson. Chuck Lodermeier. and Paul Walters; second row: Ron Cumming, Ray Krokus. and John Locsch; third row: Carl Long. Gene Houston. Charlie Hayden, and Hank Pratt; fourth row: John Busse, Dick Seifert, and Dave Wenzel; fifth row: Jerry Whalen. Jerry Noack, Bill Morgan, and Bill Becker; last row: John Wick and Verne Steffens. 23