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

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Socially, the class now came into its own, since it was permitted by the school to sponsor its own dances and activities. A successful Junior Prom held at the Knickerbocker Hotel on Easter Monday was the chief social event of the year. l-lowever, the class did not remain inactive the rest ofthe time. A junior religion class, taught by Father Malone, sponsored the annual Amateur Night. Buckingham's Folly, a melodrama starring Buckingham and John Griffith, highlighted the show. Ned Maloney again demonstrated his ability at athletics on the football team, along with Kennelly, and Bob Allen, who had worked his way up to first-string center. Payette, l-larvey, and Doherty starred again in basket- ball, Payette playing with the senior team. R. Buckingham, Jim Burke, J. McGowan, W. Cullerton, W. O'Leary, R. Thomfns, W. Brown, and Ray Collins again helped the swimming team hold its tit e. On arriving for opening classes as seniors in September of l94O, most of the class found that as fourth year men they had extra duties and respon- sibilities to assume, both in studies and extra-curricular activities. At the first class meeting of the year, Ned Maloney was elected as class president, Richard Buckingham, vice-president, Robert Allen, secretary, and James Burke, treasurer. Seniors took over much of the responsibility in publishing the All-Amer- ican Wick, since they had key positions on the staff of the paper. Richard Buckingham as editor, Guy Munger as assistant editor, and John Tierney as copy editor. Joe Anlauf took care of the sports department while George Keller handled the first page, Bob Dooley, the second page, Charles Jardine, Joe O'Keefe, and William Jeffrey assisted in the editing and publishing. Debating came into the lead when an all-senior team of John Kelly and Guy Munger, affirmative, and John Tierney and John Twomey, negative, won three championships in a row-the first, the Chicago Catholic I-ligh School Debate League title in competition with other Catholic high schools of the city, the second, the well-known St. Mary's tournament, bringing together sixteen teams from four Midwestern states, the final championship, a West Side title in a tourney sponsored by l-lennepin-Shield Council of the Knights of Columbus. Fenwick took first place in all three of these contests. Jack Twomey won second place in the St. Thomas Symposium. ln various other activities senior class members excelled. George Kel- ler, as editor, led the Blackfriars to a successful completion, while John Westenhaver furnished the majority of action pictures for the book. Guy Munger represented the school as corresponding secretary of Cisca. Father Simones, band moderator, appointed four seniors as officers early in the year. They were: George Welch, president, Bill Doherty, vice- president, Guy Munger, secretary, and Joe Anlauf, treasurer. John Twomey, George Keller, William McGah, John Tierney, and Jo- seph O'Keefe vied for top scholastic honors through the year. The National l-lonor Society added new senior members to its list, they were: Joseph An- lauf, James Burke, William Doherty, William Jeffrey, George Keller, John Kelly, Guy Munger, Joseph O'Keefe, John Tierney, and John Twomey. Socially, the senior class sponsored the yearly Football Dance on Janu- ary 3, l94l, and Senior Dance, June 9. Standing out as stars on the football team were Captain Ned Maloney, Bob Allen, W. Cullerton, and C. Brady. Captain Payette, Bill Doherty, C. Brady, B. Aamodt, Ray O'Connell, and Joe Ryan led the basketball team through the season. Once again Fenwick retained the Catholic with seniors, Captain Bill Brown, Bob Thomas, Dick Buckingham, John McGowan, Jim Burke, and Ray Collins defending the title. During their four years at Fenwick the Class of l94l has worked under three principals-Father Baeszler for half of their freshman year, Father Fincel for the next two and a half years, and Father Kelleher for their final year. ln this time they have taken part in every activity of the school- scholastic, social, and athletic. League swimming crown Page Seventeen

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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.

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Burton Aamodt Carmen Alessio Robert Allen Thomas Allen Joseph Anlauf Joseph Baldassori Adolph Bandur Robert Bauer Charles Brady Frank Brogan Robert Brousil William Brown BU RTON CHARLES AAMODT Riverside Public School Basketball 3, 4, Golf 4, Ping Pong 2, Free Throw 2, Wick 3, Junior Prom Committee, Band I, 2, 3, 4. CARMEN FRANCIS ALESSIO Ascension Manager I, 2, Boxing I, 2, 3, 4, Champ 2, Confro- ternity 3, Christmas Baskets 3. ROBERT LEE ALLEN St. Francis Xavier, La Grange Football I, 2, 3, 4, Basketball I, Track 2, 3, 4, Golf I, Intramural Basketball 3, Free Throw 4, Confrater- nity I, 2, 3, Football Dance Committee 4, Class Secretary 4, Amateur Night Committee 3. THOMAS R. ALLEN Resurrection Boxing I, 2, Confraternity 2, Band I, 2, 3. JOSEPH ANLAUF St. Matthew Boxing I, Class Treasurer I, Confraternity I, 3, Band 2, 3, Treasurer 4, Wick 2, 3, Sports Editor 4, Dis- cussion Club 3, 4, Manager I, 2, Servers Club 3, 4, Football Dance Committee, Blacktriars 4, National Honor Society. JOSEPH ANTHONY BALDASSARI St. J ames, Maywood Volleyball 4, Loop Tennis 3, Boxing I, 2, 3, 4, Con- fraternity I, Baseball 3. Page Eighteen ADOLPH F. BANDUR St. Leonard Intramural Basketball 3, Blackfriars 4. ROBERT R. BAUER St. Edmund Band 2, 3, 4, Manager I, Discussion Club 3 Servers Club 4, Radio Club 4, Blackfriars 4. CHARLES B. BRADY St. Lucy Football I, 2, 3, 4, Basketball I, 2, 3, 4, Track I 2 3, 4, Canfraternity 3. FRANK D. BROGAN St. Luke Christmas Baskets 3, 4. ROBERT J. BROUSIL Our Lady of Holy Mount Baseball 3, Volleyball 4. WILLIAM WARREN BROWN St. Angela Swimming I, 2, 3, 4, Confraternity I, 2, 3.