De La Salle High School - Meteor Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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LOUIS JAMES AMBROSINO St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Adv. 34 Meteor Revels 3, 4g Christmas Show 3, 4, Auxiliary Club, Silver 1, 2, 31 Meteor Stall 4: Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Sergeant-ab Arms, Catechists 4: Holy Name Societyg Knights of Columbus. Hobby: Music. Ambition: To own a grocery store. RAY JOSEPH BALCARCEL All Saints Adv. 38 Football 1: Meteor Revels 4: Auxiliary Club, Bronze 1, Gold 3g Debate 43 Honor Student 1. 2, 3, 41 Holy Name Society. Hobby: Sports. Ambition: Chemi- cal Engineer. Remember Se tember 4, 1948? It was a big dayll We enteredl the revered halls of D . . . So this was the RocIc I . . . My gosh, what big seats in the classrooms . . . and those Venetian Blinds i-1 they must have been made in Venice as the first set on the marlcet . . . Man. those Big SENIOR HISTORY FRED HOWARD ARMSTEAD St. Brendan Adv. 35 Cheerleaders 43 lxletcor Revels 4' Meteor Stall 43 Chi-Ro Discusl sion Leader 4. llobby: Dogs, Cars. Ambition: lxlechanical Ena gineer. JAMES DANIEL BALIS St. Ambrose Adv. 37 Baseball 3, 4: Meteor Revels 4: Auxiliary Clubs 2, 3, 4, iweleor Stall' 45 Victory Stall! 1, 2, 3, 4. Editor-in-Chief 41 Feature Editor 3: Camera Club Q1 Cisca 41 Pho- tography 3, 41 llonor Student 1, 2, 3, 43 National llonor Society 3, 4, Glrlicer 4. Hobby: Test pilot for sleeping pills. Ambition: Me- chanical Engineer. Guys in black --1 wish I were baclc in grade school . . . But I'm a man now . . . isn't that what that Man in Blaclc just said? Boy. oh boy, just four years and I'II be graduated. Class prayers, and the Rosary, the bell at the hour and hall'-hour . . . the noon-hour rush . . . ' SIGITAS JUSTINAS BANAITIS St, George Adv. 34 Ilonor Student 1, 3. Hobby: Collecting Stamps. Ambition: Chemical Engineer. WILLIAM PATRICK BARTISHELL St. Gabriel Adv. 38 Football 1, 3, 4, Auxiliary Clubs. Ciold I, 2, Silver 3: Ilonor Stu- dent 1, 2. 3, 4, Class Ollicer 1, 4g Iloly Name Society. Ilobby: Sports. Ambition: Play Pro- Football. KENNETH HOWARD BAUER St. Lawrence Adv. 36 Marching Band 1: Holy Name Society. Hobby: Billiards and Pool. Ambition: To be a suc- cess. STANLEY BARCZAK Immaculate Conception Adv. 38 Marching Band 2. Hobby: Horse- baclc riding. Ambition: To be successful. BERNARD P. BARTOS Adv. 34 Our Lady of Good Counsel Football 1, 21 Baslcetball, Flys 21 Cheerleaders 4: lweteor Revels 4: Auxiliary Club, Bronze 2: Senior Council, Holy Name Society. Hobby: Sports. Ambition: To be successful in life. PAUL VINCENT BAUMGARTNER St. Rita Adv. 36 Auxiliary Club, Bronze 2. Hobby: Sports and Drawing. Am- bition: To learn a trade.

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',,, , tit iii Siittt rf. . J X eb 'f if fix? . ,ff-,f smnun .1 g'gf3'Qaf-E' ,V,v1usa1. ZIV. A-an Q 5 1' 3455 SOUTH WMM!! HENUE. . . WICKED i6,ittill0tS -X K tumour. . Mmm 1-1355 May 14, 1952 The Senior Ciass, i952 De La Saiie institute Chicago 16, iiiinois My Dear Seniors: Your high schooi career is aimost at an end. The time which not so iong ago seemed to he iar distant has come and vviii soon pass into eternity f- you wiii he men oi the worid. May 1 he permitted to address you heiore you ieave, and to commend you aii for a ioh weii done. 1 am sure that from this group wiii come many outstanding citizens and irom aii we may expect the highest ot success. Not too iong ago you came to us as hoys ,-4 you are leaving us as men. it is d i i i th t we Brothers have seen you deveiop thus, withagreat ea o peasure a and you may he sure that we wiii be iooicing tor you to continue the iine work you have exhibited whiie students here at You are what we might term our hrst reai education began the same month that the De La Sane. 'swat hahiesn in the sense that your Second Worid W ar commenced: and your schooiing has continued under the cioud oi war ever since. We hope that your iuture wiii he more portentous than the past has been. We are sure that your education here has heen compiete ff we teei that you ieave us not whoiiy unprepared ff and w e know that you wiii aiways remember h B thers' Boys, Christian Men, and Loyai Americans. t at you are ro God hiess aii oi you. You shaii aiways he in our prayers. Sincereiy yours in Christ, J. iww Direcwr

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JOHN EDWARD BELL Si. Clara Adv. 36 Hobby: Hcrpetology. Ambition: To be a Geologist. WILLIAIVI LEONARD BLAKE Sl. Basil Football I: Basketball Bantams I, 2: Illcleor Revels 4: Christmas Show 4: Auxiliary Club, Bronze: Senior Council: Class Otlicer I, 3, 4: St. BasiI's Young PeopIe's Club. Hobby: Carols. Ambi- tion: Collecting Gorclins. .JOSEPH FRANKLIN BISCHOF Sacred Heart Adv. 34 Holy Name Society. Hobby: Weight lifting. Ambition: To Iive in California. ROBERT C. BORGER Sl. Lawrence Aclv. 37 Baslcetball, Intramural I, 2, 3, 4: Meteor Revels 3, 4: Christmas Show 3, 4: Concert Bancl I. 2. 3. 4, President 4: Marching Band I, 2. Drum Major 3, 4: Auxiliary Club, Bronze I, Silver 2, Bronze 3, Benilclus Club 4: Afeleor Stall' 4: Honor Student 2: Class Olli- cer 4g Young Pe-opIe's Club. Hobby: Music and Sports. Ambi- tion: To become a successful en- gineer. and learning how to get by Hold eagle eye for a plate lunch by Willie and Ann . . . The noon games and the football team . . . Retreat by the Twin Passionistsu, Fathers Henry and Matthew Vetter . . . impressive talks and awe-inspiring sights on the last clay . . . Frosh night and the games and crowning of a new champ at the Benny JOSEPH A. BOURKE Si. Cecelia Adv. 38 Auxiliary Club, Ccntary Club I. 2, 33 Class Ollicer 4: Senior Council. Ilolibyz Baseball. Am- bition: Ccrtiliiecl Public Account- ant or Ijresiclcnt ol Cveneral IVIO- tors. JERRY .JOSEPH BRADY St. Gabriel AnIv. 38 Basketball IVIicIgets I, 2, Mana- ger Varsity 3, 43 Honor Stuclent 3: Holy Name Society. Hobby: Sports. Ambition: C10 to col- lege. CHARLES GEORGE BRENNAN Sl. Leo Aclv. 36 Football 2, 3, 43 It'Ieteor Revels 4: Holy Name Society. Hobby: Football. Ambition: To finish college. 2 Party . . . Brother H. Francis' room 12 trounces room ll by 14 points . . . Tom Keefe disqualified from mystery contest because he bit the top off the nipple . . . coIcI weather sets in and galoshes are seen on top of many Ioclcers . . . tarcly line gets Ionger as days get shorter . . . .Jimmy Drake plays for Homecoming dance . . . Sad clay for all: JAMES FRANCIS BOYLE Sl. Dorothy AKIV. 37 lfootball I: Illeteor Revcls 4: Benilflus ll: Intramural Basketball I. 2, 3, 4: Honor Stu- clt-nt I, 2, 3, 4: Class Qljlicer I, 2: Iloly Name Society: St, Doro- thyys Young Peoplels Club. llobhyq Sleeping. Ambition: To he a success. JERRY F. BRANKIN St. Nicholas Adv. 35 I'IoIy Name Society. Hobby: Baseball. Ambition: To malce 3100000 a year in baseball. MICHAEL JOSEPH BRENNAN Visitation Aclv. 35 Hobby: Sports. Ambition: To be a success.