Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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££££ « 3K ££ »«THE PURGOLD%»;£ « 3b£ » X£ irt ! hV irt V M X M M hV itf ! I nK M H ¥ ttf ¥ X 1 sV V O’LOUGHLIN, JOHN T. . Independence. Ia. Orchestra ’22; Social Science Club ’24; Acad¬ emy of History ’25; Academy of Social Econ¬ omics ’25; Le Cercle Francais ’25. REIDY, JOHN 13. Winthrop, Ia. Social Science Club ’24; Academy of Social Economics ’25; Academy of History ’25; Class¬ ical Club ’24. ’25; Class Bowling Team ’23, ’24, ’25. = RICE. HERBERT W. Lansing. Ia. Classical Club ’24; Mathematics Club ’24; So¬ cial Science Club ’24; Academy of History ’25; Academy of Social Economics ’25; Bowling ’22, ’25. RUSSELL. EMMETT J. Dubuque, Ia. Director Propagation of Faith ’25; Academy of Social Economics ’25; Academv of History ’25; Baseball Squad ’22, ’23; Class Basketball ’23, ’24, ’25. SINDELAR, JOHN P. Protivin, Ia. Gold Medal German Elocution ’23; ’25; Band ’23, ’24. ’25; Orchestra 25; Choir ’24, 25. Librarian ’23. ’24, WILEY, THOMAS . . . Varsity Football ’21, ’22. ’23, ’22, ’23, ’24, ’25; Varsity Track ’25 (Capt.); Basketball Squad ketball ’23, ’24, ’25. . Greeley, Ia. ’24; “C” Club ’23, ’24 (Capt.), 21; Class Bas- y te y ft Y ¥ W W W y w V X ya V y y y ya ya w w y w Y W y w y y } W jIFjSi 19 2 5 Hf ' stt I Thirty

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ar M W M A Jtf M M J irt M V M nV rf V V J stf A Jtf V 4 S V, A 3 w MAHER. RAPHAEL, M. . . . Colfax. Ia. Band 21; Classical Club ’24; Social Science Club ’24; Academy of Social Economics ’25. MULLIGAN, FRANK P. Tama. Ia. Class President ’24; Class Speaker ’22; Dram¬ atic Club ’23, ’24, ’25; Choir Sec’y ’22, Histor¬ ian ’23 . Librarian ’24, Prefect ’25; Oratory ’24; Sacred Oratory ’23; Spokesman Society Editor ’23. ’24. Associate Editor ’25; Classical Club ’24, ’25; President Freshman Mission Unit ’22; President Sophomore Mission Unit ’23; Sec’y Propagation of Faith ’24; President Pro¬ pagation of Faith ’25; Librarian ’22. MURPHY, CHARLES T. . Waucoma, la. Academy of Social Economics ’25; Classical Club ’25. MURPHY, ROBERT E. . . Dougherty, Ia. Assoc. Editor The Lorian” ’25. NOLAN. FRANCIS M. . . Masonville, la. Le Cercle Francais ’25; Academy of Social Economics ’25; Social Science Club ’24. O’DONNELL, THOMAS A. . Dubuque, Ia. Social Science Club ’24; Academy of History (vice-pres.) ’25; Academy of Social Economics ’25; Le Cercle Francais ’25; Assoc. Editor “The Spokesman” ’25. V Wt 6 ¥ Ye Pago Twoiilx -Nii»o

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» XX XX XX THE PURGO LDXXXXXX XX XX XX XX Senior Class History lie greatlv difierent from W M J M hV H H H nV J V H J ¥ H A M W M M M H ««««»¥«« 192 5 I ' aiic Thirty-Oru rile history of the Class of 1925 spans, in all, two generations, a term of four years in Columbia Academy and four years in College. The time is not long as years go. but eight years make large changes in the personnel of a college, and these last years in particular brought about such trans- f ' filiations as to indicate, we think, a bridge between an old and a new epoch in Columbia’s history. For an illustration, the radio has made its sudden but complete invasion and been sponsored by such enthusiasts as Father Krcimer, J. T. O’Loughlin, and Paul McCarthy. In 1917 the institution was called Dubuque College. Monsignor Dor¬ man. new Pishop of Poise, was president. The war had not yet made itself greatly felt in America, though at the College military training had been introduced and the students all wore khaki. It would be hard to identify that class of First Academics of 1917 with the class of 1925 as it is to-day. On the roll-calls of both, however, would appear the names of Gallagher, R. Murphy, Cannon, Russell, Hartmann. Kessler, O ' Donnell, Eischeid, and Creighton. During its Academy career the class was joined by Delay, Pohr, Ament, and the Drummy brothers. At St. Joseph’s Hall the class saw the rise and passing of the R. ( h T. C. and the S. A. T. C. Conditions were in the wartime flurry. Daily drill, stu¬ dent officers, bugle calls for meals, revei lle, and taps, and the odious phen¬ omenon of ‘extra drill’ were all in the regular round of things. As Fourth Academics the class made their entry to Loras Hall, due to congestion at St. Joseph’s Hall. 1 he first year on the hilltop was not such as to induce the complacency supposed to attach to prospective graduates; the Fourth Acadamics were not Seniors, but ‘preps’. Our history proper dates from 1921, at which time most of the present members matriculated. We were immediately treated to that most vener¬ able of institutions,—the initiation; it was well borne, and observantly, too. for in later years the class showed a proficiency at the technic of the game, producing such an artist as Zoroaster Kuennen. Freshman and Sophomore vears constituted more or less of a nonage, though in the former our basket¬ ball team had the distinction of winning the hardest played inter-mural championship of the decade, from the one hundred and twenty-one mem¬ bers the class could boast at its start, it has dwindled to forty; the number however, makes it the largest Senior class in the historv of the College. At various times newcomers or students ot other years enrolled:—Callahan, Sindelar, Curran, Maher, C. Murphy, Garvey, and McCarthy. When the class was admitted to the Forum Society as Juniors, Francis Mulligan was chosen to lead. 1 his year the Seniors elected Alphonse TJnk, president. Emmet Grace, secretary, and Clair Drummy, class speaker. Then was begun what is probably the most signal achievement of the Class of 1925.—the introduction of an annual at Columbia. The Purgold may make facile reading, but any who have had experience in the compilation of an annual will realize the enormous amount of work and worrv it envolves. It has occupied the stall incessantly since its inauguration last Fall. It here¬ after at Columbia it survives as a regular feature, the names of its originators will perhaps be more than ‘writ in water’. On the surface our class historv mav mt v Y V Y V Y Vi Y V Y V V ye y v y v y v y Vi y v y v y v y v y v y v y v y V v y v y v y v Yu V ye