Gonzaga High School - Aetonian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Mr. Gruszczyk, S.I., brings back to life a vital Caesar. When, at mid-year, our class was formed from the combined members of 2D and ZB, the immortal question was again voiced, 2B or not 2B? But it was ZB and soon the class de- veloped an esprit de corps which made the swift and strenuous course of education a pleasant procedure. Soon we were fused into a happy unit and class officers were elected. Healey, Iudge, McCollough and McGrath were chosen in the usual President, Vicefpresident, Secretary and Treasurer order. Look through this book and you will find our names recorded as participants in every activity Gonzaga has to offer. We study and discuss the Life of Christ, we participate in the Mr. Snee and Class Officers: McCullough, I. Mc- Grath, I. Iudge. Sodality functions, we broadcast, we help pub- lish the Aquiliang we make stirring music in the Band, we dash across the football field and aid the Eagle gridders, we aid the efforts of 'the quintet on the hardwood court. Long hours of the night we study and in the gray morning, Mr. Gruszczyk hears our Latin, Pythagoras' brain child is nourished by Father Kavanaugh, the umlauts are tested by Mr. Snee, and with Mr. Smardon directing we press slowly forward in quest ot the golden bough of our own idiom. But as the days run on apace we gradually realize the invaluable acquisi- tion-wo are becoming men, and educated. 4th Row: I. Winkler, L. Reilly, I. Stohlman, H. Strickland, I. McCullough, A. Emory. 3rd Row: R. Gordon, I. App, T. O'Conner, I. Burke, I. Iudge, T. Pekin. 2nd Row: I. Hitzelberger, I. Burnett, I. Stephenson, I. Currie. I. McMahon, R. Handy, V. Sheehy, B. Connelly. lst Row: E. Healey. W. Rowan, R. Redmond, I. McGrath, I. Turtton, Mr. Snee, S.I. 52? 'LEW

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2 ZA looks up toward third year. Little did the members of ZA realize at the beginning of the school year that, following the mid-term examinations, the class would keep its form, but reveal a change of faces, as one-third of its original members fused with members from the Sophomore sections C and E. However, complete unity was fully effected and the class made rapid progress, scholastic- ally, under the able direction of Fr. Murphy, SI., Mr. Cunningham, S.I., Mr. Snee, SI., and Mr. Lehmkuhl, SI., who, in the same order, expounded on the whys and wherefores of Re- ligion, Latin, English, French, and Geometry. The class, led by its newly elected officers, Bill Elsey, President: Frank Shanley, Vice-Presi- dent, and Iohn Manon, Treasurer, was com- posed of an eager group of students, Whose How do we stand? W. Elsey, President: Mr. Cunningham, SJ.: I. Manon. Treasurer: F. Shcmley, Vice-President. attitude, throughout the year, toward studies, in the field of sports, and in extra-curricular ac- tivities was shown by their willingness and whole-hearted cooperation. That this is true, we have only to recall that, in particular, Pyne, Schnellbacher, and Buck- ley lent their talents to the band, Hillyard and Kern helped in the publication of the Aquilian, Muller wore the uniform of the Varsity football team, while Shanley and Maher were key- stones in the Iunior Varsity's forward wall: Bill Elsey Won his letter as a Varsity court man, and Sparacino and Manon performed ably on the Iunior Varsity basketball team, While in general the whole class by their constant ap- plication and interest showed themselves as true Gonzagans. Sth Row: W. Elsey. I. Ring, W. Brown. P. Marcotte. E. Lcxhey, I. Dwyer. fith Row: C. Bourg. W. Davis, I. Davis, I. Yetter, I. Miller. 3rd Row: I. Pyne, F. Shanley. F. Zugel. I. Maher, M. Zardus, D. Shreve, F. Muller. Znd Row: D. Curtin. P. Kane, K. Kronstein, W. McGuire, T. Dougherty. P. Cook. lst Row: Mr. Cunningham, I. Manon. I. Sparacino, G. Kern, H. Macgruder, T. Buckley, E. Bland, E. Schnellbacher, I. Hillyard.

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5th Row: I. Pope. H. Pettit. I. McDonald. 4th Row: W. O'Bnc:-. r'. Mcmryre, v. u Cuuagnan. Li. Overington. C. Smith. C. Hunter. 3rd Row: T. Nagle. F. Tippett. I. Beerman. I. Creamer. H. Logan, I. Gardiner. 2nd Row: S. Magruder, C. DeFrancissi. D. Iones. F. Griflin. R. Elwood. T. Rooney. L. Haller. lst Row: I. Holson. I. San Fellipo, I. Guglielmini, D. Houston, I.. Hogan. E. Saunders, Mr. Gruszczyk. S.I. During that brief period following the mid- term exams, when the mutation of the classes was the topic anxiously discussed by all mem- bers' of the Sophomore year, we closed our eyes in anticipation and opened them 2C. That is exactly what happened. Together with some of the classes ZA and ZE, we formed a happy merger which was designated 2C. Sometimes changes have a felicitious out- come, and so it happened with regard to the newly formed class of ZC. Under the competent guidance of our teachers, we gradually at- tained our scholastic goals. Mr. Gruszczyk, S.I., enlightened us with the lucid explanations and frequent repetitions in Latin and Englishg Mr. Lehmkuhl, S.I., familiarized us with things geometrical, and Mr. Snee, S.I., brought La Belle Langue Francais to our attention. We rapidly made progress on the academic side. R. Elwood tPresidentI. O'Callaghan l'l'reasurerI. H. Pettit tVice-Presidentl. I. Pope lSecretaryI leave the auditorium with Mr. Gruszczyk. S.I. With our class officers, Bob Elwood, President, and Hugh Petit, Vice-President, leading the way, we soon attracted attention by our intra- mural endeavors and extra-curricular activi- ties. ln athletics, We were represented by Bob Cannon, who left us after the first term to don the Navy Blue, Hugh Logan and Iack Ma- gruder, who won berths on the Varsity foot- ball team. Chris De Francisci, Charlie Griffith and Iack Callaghan were stalwarts on a fine Iay-Vee basketball team. And so, the fact bears repetition, it was a change for the better, because it brought to- gether a group of boys who, because of their spirit of earnest cooperation and enjoyable fel- lowship, made the Sophomore year at Gon- zaga a memorable one for the members of the class of ZC. lt all becomes easy when you know your vocabulary. 'wLt541il23iHiFr?li!tf?ziEfiS,...tt5'-