Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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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

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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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%zyL «THE PURGO ££ t ¥ ¥ irt ¥. A I hV J W hK I trt A H M W H H itf M, t rf that of others. Yet we like to think that in the various lines of collegiate achievement we have had a full, if not an unusual, share. Every one of the literary contests has some year or other been won by some member of the class. Gallagher has taken first place in the Short Story Contest, Link in the Verse Contest, and Clair Drummy in the Oratorical Contest. Indeed, so great has been the prowess of the last-mentioned as to win for him the sobriquet of The Orator’,—partly, it is true to contradistinguish him from his twin brother, but partly for his real eminence in speaking. Sindelar has won the German Elocutionary Contest. Houlahan holds the position of Secretary of the Mathematics Club, Grace of the Classical Club, and Link of the Academy of History. Ament is president of the Choir and leader of the Band, in both of which organizations, as well as in the Orchestra, he is accompanied by Sindelar. Kirchcn, Ament, and Mulligan are the schol¬ astic champions. Their names have crowned the Honor Roll (the black and white one) like the sempiternal snow on Mt. Blanc. The present run of excellent football teams at Columbia began i:i RJ21. The war had jarred the College’s athletic prominence, but only temporarily: when other things became normal, the football teams here became super¬ normal, and four years of unparalleled success were due. During this period, the Center position was held by A. Kelly, one of the great football warriors of Columbia’s history. In his Senior year he captained the team, as well as heading the ‘C’ Club. W iley won distinction with his spectacular long runs, and Frank Conlin starred successively at several different positions. Lilly, Doughan, Russell, and Collins proved invaluable squad men. W iley, moreover can be said without much exaggeration to be the track team. In the dashes, the hurdles, the relay, and the broad jump he is supreme. Me mainly was instrumental in winning the Western Intercollegiate Confer¬ ence championship for Columbia last Spring. ()n the baseball team. T. Kelly, heavy hitting second baseman, is a worthy representative. Bowling is a sport that has proved particularly popular to our class and given us such stars as Bird (President of Bowling Association), Rice, Eischeid, Capt. T. Kelly, Clarence Drummy, and Reidy. In their Junior year the class team constituted the Varsity bowling team. Senior year, the most interesting and precarious of the college course, has been passing pleasantly enough. Amicable relations were established with the Juniors last Fall in a Forum ‘smoker’, at which speeches and songs were exchanged and Keenan demonstrated his ability at boxing. The class has been making the first preparations for graduation-—having pictures taken and getting their pins, (on which Sindelar goi stuck). Kuennen won a noted wrestling match with a redoubtable under-classman; when asked where he picked up his extraordinary talent at wrestling, he responded that it was from his grapplings with eighteenth century French philosophers. Examin¬ ations gave perhaps more surprises than disappointments. Nolan had great¬ ness thrust upon him when knighthood was in flower. So much for the external history of the class of 1 ( )25. The inner record, the story of its escapades, hopes, fears, disappointments, realizations, will not be set down; like most of the best poetry it is not written. College days, they tell us, are soon forgotten, and it is n«»t hard to fancy this sometimes when one sees an Alumnus returning to pay a visit. But the stay of the average student at College is during hi impressionable years, and whether one wills it or not, one i stamped for the future, though the past be not! often recalled. V y v w v y v V VI y v y v y V V y ¥ ya v y v y v w v w V y v y v w y vi y v w V y v y V y v y v w P;igc Thirty-Two