Fenwick High School - Blackfriars Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

Page 19 text:

w Oz REV. A. B. NIESER, O.P., BA- REV. M. M. BARRON, O.P., B.A. REV, T, J, RYAN, cj,5,y,, B,A, l'llSf0VY Gnd RellQl0 l English and Director of Religious English-Second Semester Activities Also under the direction of the religion de- partment is the annual Symposium honoring St. Thomas Aquinas, There is no need to expand upon the activities offered and engaged in at Fenwick today, for the present volume will amply show by word and picture the various educational, moral, physical, cultural, and recreational activities engaged in by the students. A brief perusal of this book will suffice to show how Fenwick and her teachers fulfill their duty to God and Catholic secondary education in the United States by training young men in the knowledge of Christian principles of right living so that they may bring to the commu- nities in which they spend their lives the advantages of a Christian heritage twenty centuries old--the great moral training and guidance of the Catholic Church. BROTHER R. J. SCHOFFMAN MR. A. R. LAWLESS, B.A. MISS LORETTA FRASZ, B.A. C-S-Vw M-5-f D-V-Nl Coach and Physical Director Librarian Biology Page Fifteen . , .75

Page 18 text:

f REV. J. J. MADRICK, O.P., BA. General Science and Religion REV. J. A. QUINN, O.P., B.A. Spanish, History, and Religion MQW., REV. E. M. MCGOWAN, O.P., B.A. Mathematics and Religion Page Fourteen 'Nm-x,,,,w, REV. C. M. FISHER, O.P., B.A. REV. E. C. LILLIE, O.P., MA Mathematics English activities in which the student may participate. The first and foremost of these is hearing daily Mass. Each day of the school year a Mass is said by a member of the faculty for those students who wish to attend. During Lent the Sacrifice is cele- brated in the gymnasium, thus allowing a greater amount of space for the larger congregation. The Mass is said, of course, according to the Domini- can rite. On all the First Fridays of the year the students are required to attend Mass in the gymnasium. At these Masses Communion is distributed. Usually more than half the student body receives the Sacrament. Breakfast is provided in the cafeteria after Mass. Each Friday afternoon at about 2:l5 there is Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The religious groups are the Aquinas Discus- sion Club and the Servers' Club. Both operate under the direction of Father Barron. ln the Discussion Club social problems are considered in the light of Catholic moral teaching. Members ofthe Servers' Club assist at Mass and Benediction.

Page 20 text:

Page Sixteen SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS treading left to rightl James Burke, treasurer R i c h a r d Buckingham vice-president, Rev. W D. Van Rooy, O.P., mod erator, Ned Maloney president, Robert Allen secretary. llll MSE lli flll Shortly after entering Fenwick in September, l937, the Class of '41 had its first encounter with the terrors of school life when the sophomore class conducted for the first time in the history of the school an organized initia- tion. The freshmen submitted and celebrated the cessation of the terrorism by their first class party in the gymnasium at Thanksgiving time. Mean- while officers ofthe class had been appointed by school officials. They were: George Beckley, president, R. Murphy, vice-president, J. Jones, secretary, J. Anlauf, treasurer, and G. Mullen, parliamentarian. The Rev. W. D. Van Rooy became moderator. In scholastic honors, G. Keller, W. McGah, and Joseph O'Keefe led the class, appearing regularly on the honor roll. Ed McGinty upheld the honor of the freshmen in the famous spelling duel with the second year men. At the end of the year the freshmen under the direction of their moderator pub- lished the first all-freshmen newspaper. By playing at the Loyola basketball championship as a member of the Fenwick team defending its championship, Jack Payette helped distinguish the class, as did those first year men who fought their way to the finals of the intramural boxing tourney. Returning the following September as mature and distinguished sopho- mores, the class elected their officers-Ned Maloney, president, Joseph O'Keefe, vice-president, John Hopkinson, secretary, and John Cox, treasurer. Keller and McGah continued their work as scholastic leaders of the class, while J. Twomey and J. Kelly took an active part in public speaking activity. The band had by this time a large number of the class enrolled as members. At the end of the second semester when a call was issued for Wick reporters twenty-three of the class volunteered for the jobs. Maloney, Kennelly, Olsen, and Brady were the most likely prospects in football, with Payette, Doherty, and Joe O'Keefe gaining prominence on the basketball floor. W. Brown, R. Buckingham, J. McGowan, and Ray Collins helped the swimmers retain their league title. After a summer of vacationing the Class of '4l came back to school in September, l939, ready as juniors, to take an active part in all school affairs. Joe O'Keefe and Ned Maloney were elected as president and vice-president of the class, while Dick Buckingham came into office as secretary, and George Mullen as treasurer. John Twomey joined G. Keller and W, McGah as a consistent honor roll man. In the band J. Twomey won the office of vice-president while Bob Dooley assisted him as secretary. John Kelly, Guy Munger, and Jack Twomey took over three of the four positions on the school's debate team and participated in both league debates with other Catholic high schools and in the interstate tournament at Winona, Minnesota, conducted by St. Mary's College.