Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 136 of the 1939 volume:

an r. uflLsH- f fM7A y M;?A LORAS COLLEGE LIBRARY _ Irn L0RAS COLLEGE DUBUQUE, IA 520Q4-0178 Vi; ' W.r ' M t ' i o ■; ' )■ i ' j M.y EE uni fjft.iJxi - r ’■ ' MiW si ■; y •. i J J ' ,tJ gi zTj jjtJH Sa SC m-0 ' hVfm The Pur$clc( 3 9 Hditor-in-Chief John P. Keane Business Manager Robert Quirk Advertising Manager Ken net h Hcrbst 4 J � i i ♦ 4 4 Chapel Auditorium Administration Building Foreword When we, the members of the Senior Class, set about to compile the history of cur final year at Loras College, the haunting words of the old Roman poet came to mind “Forsan haec olim meminisse iuvabit.” We undertook our project with the intention of presenting in chronicled and pictorial form he story of our sojourn at the college for the year now gone We have tucked within the pages of our book the record of scholastic and extra-curricular achieve¬ ment not only of our own class but of the other classes as well. Scenes associated with our college life we have likewise included scenes fraught with magic memories to each of us individually. Some day in the dusk-shadowed future we will be glad to leaf through our volume of memories, and it will indeed be pleasing on that day to recall the things pictured there Dedication The word dedicate means essentialiy to consecrate to a sacred use, to declare, to inscribe Considering, therefore, that this year-book of nineteen hundred and thirty-nine will be held sacred in the memories of Loras College stu¬ dents, we consecrate it to our retiring President. Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Conry D A . VC We declare that throughout the past four years he has been to us a loyal and revered friend, and that during the years to come we wish him to remember us as his friends And it is with feelings o ' deepest devotion that we inscribe his name upon the dedicatory leaf of this volume. Right Ri vi ri nh Thomas Conry, P.A., V. G. President Emeritus of Loras College fldtnihiA tratieH Most Reverend Francis J. L. Beckman, S.T.D Archbishop of Dubuque A Message from the President Greetings to the Class of 1939 — the first from the new Loras College 1 One hundred vears have passed since Matthias Loras disembarked at what the author of Hid Battlements so delicately referred to as the bend in the river Great changes have come since that time — not over these holy hills, but over society Men have wrestled energetically with the eternal problems that concern man in this universe. Over the Eastern and the Western hemi¬ spheres new theories of establishing social stability and human concord have been tried Some of the old ones have had a renaissance under new mantles or with a fresh coat of armor. One need not be a prophet to say that another century will be even more eventful. But, yet the fundamental things that Loras taught to his few anxious students in his primitive rectory remain unchanged Per¬ haps, we of this past century have tailed on ' y in so far as we have lost sight of them I would as this hrst class to be graduated under the seal of Loras, to place themselves especially under his patronage Hold fast to his ideals He was a man with strong faith He struck out with a determination to overcome difficul¬ ties and to bear hardships It is not a platitude to say that we need pioneers again -pioneers of a new century We shall look long or them if we do not find them among our Catholic college graduates Cod bless you. Very Reverend Michael J. Martin President I .{ ' ' rinhfi cn Reverend Arthur J. Breen Dam of Men fui c nim tccH ADMINISTRATION Rev. Edward A. Fitzgerald Rev. Joseph J. Klott Director of Studies mid Registrar Business Manager Rev. Lester H. Kuen el Librarian Rev. William CL Kessler Dirctfing ( nra m of Museum ADMINISTRATION Rev. Harry H. Loni; Director of Public Relations Assistant Dean of Men Rev. Fidel is J. Kaufmann Assistant Librarian Rev. Daniel B. Coyne Director of Athletics Arnold [. Middendorf Assistant Curator of Museum l iim t u «•; -onc SOCIAL SCIENCES Rev. Matthias M. Hoffmann Professor of Economics and Political Science Rev. Raymond P. Duggan Professor of Sociology Rev. Sylvester D. Luby Professor of History Rev. Victor J. Hintgen Instructor of History urn ) no FINE ARTS Rev. Alphonse Dress Professor of Music Rev. Emmett G. Kelly Professor of Music Director of Choir Rev. George A. Stemm Director of Dramatics Professor of Speech John J. Collings Director of Baud PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION Rev. William B. Collins Professor of Philosophy Rev. J. Timothy Gannon Associate Professor of Philosophy Professor of Psychology Rev. Nicholas A. Steffen Professor of Religion Spiritual Director Rev. William 1). Green Instructor of Religion ENGLISH Kcv. Isidore J. Semper Professor of English Rev. James J. Donahue Instructor of English and R o nia nee Lit ngnuges Rev. William H. Rowan Professor of English Rev. John B. McDonald Associate Professor of English ' • . ' « It I ) fn I LANGUAGES Rev. William H. Schulte Professor of Latin and Greek Rev. J. Kenneth Downing Instructor of Latin and Greek Rev. Ernest A. Ament ] nst me tor of Latin Rev. Andrew J. Creighton instructor of Romance Languages fuixr twenty- i SCIENCE Rev. George N. Schulte Professor of Chemistry Rev. LeRoy J. Enzler Instructor in Engineering George W. Heitkamp Professor of Physics and Geology Rev. John W. Howell Professor of Biology hunt} set SCIENCE Rev. John A. Theobald Professor of Mathematics Florian J. Stork Assistant in Chemistry ami Biology fhiyr urutx-vijiht PHYSICAL EDUCATION Gailen P. Thomas Assistant Coach of Football Len Winter Instructor of Physical Education Coach of Football l It i ll ) ill II, Jit Hbntortam FATHER JOHN J. BREITBACH One of the most beloved members of the faculty passed away during the past scholastic year. He was the Reverend John J. Breitbach, who had been intimately associated with the college practically all his life. Father Breitbach, who had been in ill health for the last four years, suffered a stroke while riding in an automobile near Elgin, on November 20, 1938 He was accompanied by two c ' ose friends, the Reverend Joseph J Zeyen. pastor of St. Mary ' s Church. Dubuque, and the Reverend Joseph Lonergan, pastor of the Church of the Nativity, Kenosha. Wisconsin. Although Father Breitbach had suffered at least two strokes during the past four years his death was completelv unexpected Father Breitbach. member of a pioneer Dubuque County family, was born near Cascade, January 14, 1880. He attended Calvary College in Wisconsin and Loras (then St Joseph’s ' Col ' ege, from which he was graduated with distinction in 1902 He was ordained a priest in June. 1906, by the late Archbishop Ireland of St Paul in the chapel of the St. Paul Seminary where he made his seminary course After his ordination he took a year of post graduate work at the Catholic University of America and the University of Chicago, returning to teach at the college in 1907. In addition to his heavy college duties he served as pastor of the Annunciation Church, Lattnerville, for about ten years, up to the time of his illness in 193-4, when he suffered an apoplectic stroke He was forced to abandon his college teaching after this stroke due to his increasing ill health ° “The Dean. as he was affectionately called by those who knew him intimately, was active in many other fields, for many years assisting in all archepiscopal func¬ tions at St. Raphael ' s Cathedral, the college, and elsewhere in the archdiocese, as master of chaplains to visiting prelates in which function he served as guide and assistant to the prelates. Father Breitbach was the Dubuque chairman of the Catholic University of America Alumni Association He was a member of the recent Bishop Loras pil¬ grimage to the National Eucharistic Congress at New Orleans, sponsored by the Most Reverend Archbishop Francis J L Beckman, STD. DD Columbia College awarded Father Breitbach the degree of master of arts in 1913. “The Dean was a man of quick intelligence, broad sympathies strong faith, simple piety, strict and tender conscience, and large chanty. ’ The hurt heart and bruised spirit, sorrow and suffering, humiliation and bereavement he could assuage and sooth, comfort and console with all the tenderness and delicacy sympathy and understanding of a woman and a saint. Father Breitbach loved the society of his Allows and rejoiced in them com¬ pany. Sociability was one of his shining virtues, and his reward exceedingly great is union with the Great Society He was cheerful, genial, loyal. But beneath his cheerful and joviaI exterior, beneath the easy and affable manner lay concealed the character of a severely correct and conscientious, pious, faith ' ul, religious priest The memory of the beloved priest of God will bo indelibly stamped upon the minds and the hearts of the students and acuity of Loras College as well as upon the minds and hearts of all those whose life path 1 : crossed his 5 Catholic or non- Catholic. A man of such large charity and priestly virtue cannot soon be forgotten « $ ' ’ thirty KEANE HALL Academic Seniors President Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Speaker Donald Schissel Joseph Averill John Paul Francis Friedl Alphonse White thirty three SENIORS AVKRILL, JOSEPH P. Sociology Class Officer, V. P. 4. Choir 2, 3, 4; Pres. 4. Lorian 2, 3, 4; Soc. Ed. 4. Purgold 4. Decoration Comm. 3,4. Chr. 3. Dramatic 3. Loras Curia 2. Prom Committee 4. DAUGHERTY, GREG W ' M. Economics Band 1 , 2, 4. Basketball 1, 2. CSMC 1 , 2, 3, 4. Purgold 3, 4; Ass. Ed. 4. Loras Curia 2. Acolytical Soc. 4. PARRY, LELANI) M. Economic Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Dir. 4. Drum major 4. Choir 1, 2, 3, 4. Librarian 2, 3. Loras Curia 4 Loras Mission Unit 3, 4. Store Manager 3, 4. BAXTER, ERANCIS C. English Purgold 4. Spokesman 4. Lorian 3, 4; Ad. Mgr. 4. Dramatic Club 3. I.oras Crusaders 1, 3. Cheer Leader I, 2. Decoration Comm. 2, 3. BLE ' sSINCiTON, WILLIAM H. Philosofth y Loras Curia 3, Sodality 3, 4; Choir 4. CSMC I, 2. 3 4. Sec. DEGGENDORF, ROBERT Biology Museum 1, 2, 3, 4. Loras Crusaders 2, 3, 4. DEWITT, EDWARD Mathematics Golf I, 2, 3, 4. Crusaders I, 2, 3, 4. I.oras Mission Unit 1, 2, 3. Prom Comm. 4. Little Flower Soc. 2, 3. CSMC 3, 4. DOHERTY, WILLIAM Sociology Gridiron 4; Editor. Lorian 2, 3, 4; Ed. 3. Sports id. 2, 3, 4. Choir 2, 3, 4; V. P. 4. page thirty- fit nr SENIORS DONAHUE, FRANCIS D. Biology Sociality 1, 2. Prom Comm. 4. Purgold 4. l.orian 1, 4. Dramatic Club 3. CSMC I. GOEDKEN, NESTER Philosophy l.orian 2. CSMC I. Choir 4. Loras Curia I, 2, 3, 4. Howling 2, 3, 4. DUNBAR, EDWARD Biology Crusaders I, 2, 3, 4. Prom Comm. 4. CSMC I, 2, 3, 4. HERBST, KENNETH Economics Purgold 4; Adv. Mgr. l.orian 2. 3. Sodality 3. Loras Crusaders 1, 2, 3, 4; T reas. 3. FOSTER, RICHARD Chemistry Dramatic Club 1. Radio Club 1, 2. Loras Crusaders 3, 4. HICKEY, EUGENE English CSMC 1, 2, 3, 4. Little Flower Soc. I, 2. Loras Crusaders 1, 2. Wranglers 2. School Publicity 3, 4. FRIED!., FRANCIS Latin Class Officer: V. P. 3, Treas¬ urer 4. Choir 4. Loras Curia 1, 2, 3, 4 . l.orian I, 2, 3. Spokesman 3, 4. Purgold 4; Assoc. Ed. 4. Wranglers 2. KANE, JUSTIN English C. S. C. A. C. 3. CSMC 2. 3, 4. Choir 4. Loras Curia 3. Spokesman 4. Sodality 2, 3, 4; V.P. 3 ; Prefect 4. Loras Crusaders 3, 4. page thirty-fit SENIORS KEANE, JOHN P. Economics Purgold 3, 4; Ed. 4. Loras Curia 2, 3, 4; V.P. 3; Pres. 4. Lorian 2, 3, 4. Sodality 1, 2, 3; Trcas. 2, 3. CSMC 1, 2. Dramatic Club 1. Bowling 2, 3, 4. Prom Comm. 4. KELLER, WILLIAM Economics Prom Committee 4. Monogram Club 1, 2, 3, Football I. KLAAS, FREDERICK Biology Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4. 4. Crusaders 2, 3, 4. Little Flower 1, 2, 3, CSMC I. 2, 3. 4. Football 2. Ki ll X. KARL Latin Choir 1, 2, 3, Loras Curia 2, 3, 4. CSMC 3. Lorian 2. Debate 2. Sodality 1, 2, 3, Vice Prefect 4 KOLFENBACH, JOHN Chemistry Baseball I, 2, 3, 4; Capt. 3. Basketball I, 2, 3, 4; Co- Capt. 4. Monogram Club I, 2, 3, 4. Loras Crusaders I, 2, 3. LAGEN, MANSFIELD Biol o$ v Wranglers 2. CSMC 2, 3. Tennis I. 2, 3, 4; Champ. 1 . Spokesman 2. Handball 3, 4; Champ. 3. Crusaders 1, 2. Prom Committee 4. LEONARD, WILLIAM Philosophy Choir 4. CSMC I, 2. 3, 4. Sodality 3, 4. Loras Crusaders I, 2. Dramatics I. LON ERG AN, W English Band I, 2, 3. Crusaders I, 2, 4. 4; Sec. ILLIAM 3, 4. SENIORS McCarthy, quinn English Basketball 1, 2, 3. 4. Monogram Club 2, 3, 4. Baseball 3. Sodality 2, 3. Track 1, 2, 4. CSMC 1. 2. 3, 4. MI.NSTIR, MARL Latin Band I. 2, 3. 4; Property Mgr. 4. Choir 1, 2. 3, 4; Sacristan 4. Bowling 3, 4. Track I, 2, 3, 4. McCarthy, robhrt His tot) Loras Crusaders I, 2, 3. Boxing 1. CSMC I. 2. MICH AIL, WILLIAM Philosophy CSMC I, 2, 3, 4. Loras Curia 3, 4. Sodality 3, 4. Choir 4. Me DPR MOTT, 1 DW ' ARl) A. licono tnics Purgold 4. Lorian 2, 3. Dramatics 1, 2. CSMC I, 2, 3, 4. Loras Crusaders 1, 2. Prom Committee 4. MIL1.HR. JOSLPH W. English Choir 4. Sodality 4. Study Club 4. CSMC I, 2, 3, 4. Little Flower Society 2, 3. 4. MACK IX. JOSH PH Econo tnics Loras Curia 2, 4. l orian 1, 2. Choir I. 2, 4. MII.LLR, PAUL I. English Choir 4. Sodality 4. Study Club 4. CSMC 2. 3. 4. Little Flower Society I, 2, 3, 4. page thirty-sci cn SENIORS MORAN, WILLIAM English Monogram Club I, 2, 3, 4. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4. Football 1, 2. Loras Crusaders 1, 2, 3. QUIRK, ROBERT Economics Purgold; Business Mgr. 4. Band 1, 2, 3, 4. Orchestra 1, 2, 3. 4. Debate 3, 4. Class Secretary 2. Oratorical Finalist 3,4; 2nd 3; 3rd 4. Little Flower Soc. I, 2, 3, 4. Vice Pres. 2. NAGY, LOUIS Sociology Monogram Club 1, 2, 3, 4. Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Co-Cap¬ tain 4. Track 1, 2. REED, WILLIAM Economics Monogram Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Pres. 4. Football 1, 2, 3, 4. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. Baseball I, 2, 3, 4. Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Dramatics Club 3. PAUL, JOHN Philosophy Monogram Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sec. 4; Vice-Pres. 3. Class Pres. 2, 3; Sec. 4. Football 1, 2, 3, 4. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Co- Captain 4. Acolytical Society 2, 3, 4; Pres. 4. Choir 4. REILLY, JOHN Economics Track 1, 2. Sodality I, 2. Choir 1, 4. Class Speaker 3. CSMC 4. PHI I NI R, ROBERT l.inuomics Band I, 2, 3, 4. Loras Crusaders I, 2, 3. CSMC 1 , 2, 3, 4. KOI MI R, LAURENCE Philosophy St. Viator’s 1, 2, 3. Oratorical Finalist; 1st 4. I.orian 4. Wranglers 4. Catholic Action 4. Chairman Speakers’ Guild 4 jhigc fhii v fight SENIORS ROSELIEP, RAYMOND English Spokesman 1, 2, 3, 4; Edi¬ tor 3, 4. Purgold 3, 4; Associate Edi¬ tor 4. Lorian 1, 2, 3. Dramatic Club 1, 2, 3. Choir 4. D. S. C. A. C. 3. Verse Contest 1, 2, 3. SC ALLOW MAURICE Philosophy Loras Curia 1. CSMC 1, 2, 3, 4. Sodality 3, 4. Choir 4. Boxing 1. Bow lint; 3, 4. SCHISSEL, DONALD J. Biology Class President 4. Purgold 4. Chairman Prom Comm. 4. Basketball 1, 2. Dramatics 3. CSMC 1, 2. SCHRAMM, ALPHONSE Economics Football 1, 2, 3, 4. Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 . Monogram Club 1, 2, 3 4 CSMC 1. Track 1, 2, 3, 4. Dramatics 1. SCHROEDER, FRANCIS English Choir 1, 3, 4. CSMC I, 3, 4. Sodality 3; Treasurer 4. Loras Curia 4. Dramatics 3. Spokesman 4. Little Flower Society 1, 3. Catholic Action 4. THORNTON. JOHN F. Philosophy Loras Curia 2, 3, 4. Wranglers 2, 3. Lorian 2, 3; Editor 3. Purgold 3; Associate Editor. Monogram Club 3, 4. Student Manager 3, 4. CSMC 2, 3, 4. WELAND, CURTIS General Science Loras Curia 1 , 2, 3, 4. Band 1. Wranglers 2. WHITE, ALPHONSE Latin Monogram Club 1, 2, 3. 4; Vice-Pres. 4. Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Co- Captain 4. Class Speaker 1, 4. Oratorical Finals 4. Loras Curia 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice- Pres. 4. Bowling 2, 3, 4. page thirty-nine SENIORS WILLGING, NORM RT Economics I.oras Crusaders I. 2, 3 , 4. CSMC 3, 4. Prom Committee 4. WINKS, M-NJAMIN Economic Football 2, 3, 4. Monogram Club 3, 4. Dramatics 3. I tixc forty Juniors President Vice-President Secretary T rea surer Speaker James McKay Paul Strueber Eugene Wright John Gregory Paul Huber JUNIORS forty-two Ill-KM AN DEROUIN LaCrosse, Wis. LEO DRAHOS HAROLD DRISCOLL Dubuque, Iowa GREGORY EINCK Calmar, Iowa PAUL FRANK Oelwein, Iowa FRANK GILLOON Dubuque, Iowa Cedar Rapids, Iowa JOSEPH EGELHOF Dubuque, Iowa EDWARD F1TTON Rantoul, 111. EDWARD FROST I loven, S. I). OLIVER GOODMAN Dubuque, Iowa hiw for tin JUNIORS JOHN GRAHAM Dubuque, Iowa I RED HELES Dubuque, Iowa PAUL HUBER Dubuque, Iowa CHARLES KAMPMANN Brainerd, Minn. JOHN GREGORY Hammond, Ind. FRANCIS HEIMERMAN Stacyville, Iowa BERTRAM KALB Dubuque, Iowa JOSEPH KISSLING Dubuque, Iowa BEN KLAUER PAUL KOCH Dubuque, Iowa Fl. Atkinson, Iowa JUNIORS B mi ' c ftnt four HUGH I Ai l V Dvsart, low.i Oi IVI- R l.UDFSCl II.R Dubuque, low.i RAYMOND MOWRY Farmer, S. 1). IAMBS O’NFIL La Crosse, Wis. I I AN 1)1 R RLICKS St. Lucas, Iowa JOHN LONG Lagle Grove, Iowa IAMIS McKAY Dubuque, Iowa C DARI I S MURPHY Dubuque, Iowa JOSFPH OW’INS Chicago, III. ANTHONY RICHTSM LIFR Iowa Falls, Iowa JUNIORS £ ■ fori y-fn i VINCF.NT ROLING CONRAD SCIIALLAU Bellevue, Iowa Van Horne, Iowa ROBERT SHAW PALM. STRLM.BER Pocahontas, Iowa Dubuque, Iowa ALOIS VOGT Dubuque, Iowa JOHN WALSH Dubuque, Iowa THOMAS WALSH DONALD WEYDERT Chicago, III- Pcosta, Iowa CHARLES WHALEN Dubuque, Iowa EUGENE WRIGHT Dubuque, Iowa JUNIORS forty -w Jn fflruuniam Joe Simones, one of the most popular and versatile students of the college, lived well It was not surpris¬ ing to his family or multitude of friends that he died as he had lived. Joe was not a coward He was always ready to take a chance, if something worth-while could be gained. He was that way on the basketball floor. He was like that when he faced the grim old Reaper; he only smiled at Death — he took a chance at Life. But when he saw that his hours were numbered, and Lite’s sands were sifting through his fingers, what did he do p He smiled He was a good loser, always. That is because he knew that sometimes loss was truest gain. Death meant just that, nothing else, to him; it was a glorious victory. Joe was well-liked in his home-city. La Crosse. Everybody there knew Joe Simones. Loras College became better fo r having known him, and Loras College will always remember this great lad He was an honor student during his years at the college. Athletics were his hobby. Just as he was quick and alert in the class¬ room, so he was on the gym floor. Joe Simones was born to be a leader, not a leaner. Had he lived a full round of years, most certainty he would have been a leader among men as he had been among his fellow ' -classmates. Early in youth he had achieved the goal of Eagle Scout among that fine group of boys. There was a lot of sounk in Joe. He made up his mind to succeed in what¬ ever he did. and in that determination he had the personality to draw others with him — on, up, higher. Joe could not be licked, not even when he was sick Where there was life, there was hope. He had hope as he faced Dath, a hope which only a deeply rooted Faith could give. That is why Joe went to Eternal Life with a smile on his lips and a twinkle in h s eyes £ ■ fort ' ) - I ( 77 Thru these portals— Ship-shape Photography Line-up Einck Hink Hungry? Trainer I .ec t u re Happy! Waterloo-oo Faked! , Sophomores k it f I President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Speaker . William McCarthy Mark O’Leary Joseph Healey Timothy Linehan Maurice O’Neil W fifty-one Bottom Rou — Maloney, Wichl, Wil.ncnbuscb, Clarke, Polito, Masbrouck. Second Rou —Burns, Spahn, O’Neil, Kcrndi, Payton, Weber, I . Third Rou —Dockendorff, Blood, Hincker, Combs, O’Keefe, McCarthy, Hutchinson. Toft Rou —Outer, Kamenjarin, Murphy, Keesink, Humphrey, Mch.idden, Mitchell, Ferry. SOPHOMORES Two years have passed and we approach the midwav mark in our college careers We of the Sophomore Class have been unusually suc¬ cessful in curricular and extracurricular activities during the school year of 1938-?? Last fall when Coach Winter sent out the call for football can- i didates, we provided more than our share of prospective gndders Ten second year men were listed as squad members in the ‘Gridiron Letter winners were barry Cuter. Tim Linehan. Ray Armoska, Al Spahn. Joe Healey, Joe Cummings, and Mark O’Leary With he footbalI season brought to a successful close, it was the Sophomores that once more led the march to the gym and we were assured of a ' arge sauad representa ion Marty McFadden. Howie Humphrey, and Joe Cummings were among the letter winners of this sport At the present time, rnanv members of the class are holding posi¬ tions on the baseball, track, tennis, 3nd golf teams And with such representation in all these fields it was only fitting that one of our men.- ' Phil Fusco, should be assistant student manager. We can boast a like predominance in affairs of a more scholastic lif ) t u o Bottom lion —L.i Barge, P.uily, Sloan, Fusco, Ruhlind. Collins, Peters. Stroud Ron —Schwind, Kelly, Foley. Walsh, Merteld, Linehan, Reillv. Third Ron —Kolt’enbach, Cummings, Connelly, J., Kruse, Genoar, Con¬ nelly, T„ Meis. Top Rou —Beecher, McAllister, Frost. Klein. Bohr, Dunworth, Sanner, Hclbing. SOPHOMORES nature. The honor roll was usually led by sophomores Cyril Reilly and Robert McAllister, with Don w utch:nson, |ce Bradley, John Pitzen, James Pauly, and Charles McDonough also consistently appearing We have contributed to the various oublic speaking organizations on the campus Phi! Fusco and John Payton are now veteran mem¬ bers of the varsity debate team, the Wranglers The various campus publications interested many of us Payton, Fusco. Dunworth. and Murray did excellent work as columnists for the ‘Lorian ’ Cy Reilly and Jim Pauly are associate editors of the ‘College Spokesman ’ In “The Family Upstairs.” Dunworth and Pauly proved their worth in the dramatic field. William McCarthy has been chairman of the decorations commit¬ tee throughout this scholastic session, and was the only non-Semor on the Prom Committee With such talent to lead us into the second half of our college life, we of the Sophomore Class anticipate a brilliant year as Juniors We have a large and willing class, and the responsibility appears to rest on us to make Centennial Year a grand success ,i� i fifty-three President Vice-President Secretary T red surer Speaker Kenneth Jacobs Paul Mulvchill Bernard Baltes Vincent Carberry Richard Tomke � . .V r fij t v I tun Wot tom Ron —Noonan, StrcfF, Driscoil, Tomkc, Van Mcir, Marcus, Dc Lorbc. Si ' con if Ron —Powers, Kemp, McNeil, Bodensteiner, Sullivan, Rahe, W ' alsh, Flcege. TbirJ Ron —Moes, Schacherer, Gallo, McCullough, Mulvehill, Kerr, Ver- stynen, Smith. Toft Row —Me A loon, Kivlahan, McCarthy, Byrne, Bahning, Nolan, J., Niechwiej, Haggerty, Lanaghan. FRESHMEN With the advent of another college year, the Freshman Class ar¬ rived at the portals of Loras from all parts of the Middle West. During our first college year, we have entered into the school life, activities, and achievements. Our class has been well-represented in scholastic, dramatic, athletic, musical, and forensic endeavor. Early in the year we Freshmen responded to the call for football candidates and compiled an enviable record of achievement for first year men Among our number who trod the gridiron were: Rollinger, Moes, Heinz, Engel, Van Meir, Jacobs, Saunders, Morman, Keep, Bal- tes, Lynch, Hartford, and Kelly. The hardcourt attracted a large number of Freshmen who augured well for the Loras of the future. DeLorbe, Bahning, Mulvehill, Ver- stynen, Haggerty, Ernsdorf, McNeil, Sullivan, Rahe, J. Nolan, and Lan¬ aghan comprised the Freshman contribution. fui c fifty -fit • FRESHMEN liu tom Rou —Hayes, Bohan, Reilly. 1., Kintzingcr, Seidl. Baldwin, Mcisch, Lanigan. Second Rou —Dunbar, O’Brien, Nolan, W., l ynch, Saunders, Beecher, O ' Meara, Wendl, Quinlan. Third Rou —Kraus, Roche, Poire, Healey, Baltcs. Noonan, Panelli, Dun¬ ked, Liston. Tof) Rou —Kurt, Koop, Mormon, Carherry, Dyer, Kelly, I ' ahrner, Mc- Comish, Rout ledge, Patterson. Scholastically v e contributed to the lamp of learning such lights as Most, Thoma. Seidl, and Kemp Loras’ newlv organized rifle team was captained by Francis Dyer, with Most, Po ' re. and Keves as freshman sharpshooters Musically our Freshmen group capab 1 ' filled many positions left to us by departing upperclassmen Among our number who marched and counter-marched before admiring throngs were Poire. Van Meir. Poach. Ney Kivlahan. Hutchinson, and Emsdorff Spring, with its announcement o f the approaching close of the year, drew out the baseball and track stars of the school As Fresh¬ men. we entered both t-hese activities w th the interest and com¬ petitive sportsmanship which characterized our efforts throughout the year. Our track representabves included Tomke, M� echwiuj, Heinz, Freund, Saunders, Mulvehill, Huber, Hoffman. Seidl, Pigney, Mormanl Quinlan, and Haves On the diamond our g r oup was well-represented Hof font R« u —Cody. Huston, Dressier, Doyle, Slattery, Wagner, Sanner, Dostal. Second Rote —Freund, Sullivan, A., Lee, Stump, O ' Brien, Baum, Rich- man, Cunningham. Third Rou —Fox, Weber, W., 1 lerrig, Jacobs, Bangasscr, Roach, W., Rolingcr, Burke, Kelly, R. 7’o Ron —Zeiglc, Fleury, Huber, Rigney, Heinz, Raftis, Simones, Tim¬ mons, Quinn. by an aggregation made up of ' Heinz, McAloon, Bodensteiner, Rich- man, and Streff. We have molded ourselves well into the life of the college and have become an integral part of that carefree group. We have par¬ ticipated in the choir and have contributed materially to its success. We number among our group the winner of the fall tennis tourna¬ ment, Robert Verstynen. Drama f ics and the theatre saw the services of our number. George olinger was a consistent star of the mask and wig. Journalism and composition was another of our fields for consistent excellence. With such men as Routledge, O’Brien, and MacNamara we chronicled the happenings in the newsnaper world. Now, as our school year draws to a close we feel that we have successfully completed the initial period in our pursuit of higher learn¬ ing and we look back over our first year of college with the feeling that it has been a time w ' ell spent. We realize that we have only begun to delve into the depths of the sea of knowledge, and con¬ sequently look forward with eagerness and expectation to our future years at Loras. FRESHMEN GYMNASIUM jit hie tic A Football Rev. Daniel Coyne Athletic Director Len Winter Couch Gailen Thomas Line Couch FOOTBALL Columbia. Columbia. Columbia. Columbia. Columbia. Columbia. Columbia. Columbia. GRID RECORD —1938 . .. 0 Plalteville Teachers. .. 19 0- Cornel! .26 0- -St Ambrose.14 2C Parsons . 7 6 Upper Iowa .12 1°) Western Union. 0 0- -Buena Vista. 7 7 L uther .12 White Nagy Severa Driscoll Co-Captains 9TV-J9 Co-Captains 9 $9-40 ,i;i s ) -(nit The 1938 edition of the Columbia College football team started the season with seventeen lettermen reporting to Coach Len Winter, former Central College mentor just beginning his first year as leader of the Duhawk gridiron destinies This group of veterans was augmented by twenty-five other candidates fo r varsity positions Cailen Thomas was in charge of the line candidates Coach Winter brought a new system to I eras Field tha f featured a more onen type of game than Columbia teams of past years have been accustomed. The season’s record shows but two wins in eight tilts but close followers of the team were well pleased with the showing made by the Wintermen this year. The Purple and Cold avalanche gained momentum as the grid season rolled along turn ' ng in its best game of the year against Luther in the finale of the season. The Duhawks lost 12-7 but gave the Iowa Conference champions their toughest game of die year. Sixteen letter- men will be available for next fall’s team and with the Winter system now thor¬ oughly installed, Columbia partisans are anticipating a banner football season for the Lorasrnen next year. page sixty- wo PLATTEVILLE, 19; COLUMBIA, 0 Pla ttev 1 11e Teachers inaugurated the Duhawk pigskin season September 24 and proved too strong for the shaky Columbia eleven. The Wisconsin squad rolled up a 19-0 victory, chiefly through the efforts of Captain Perkins, giant backfield ace of the Tutors. Platteville scored 13 counters in the first half and six more in the dying moments of the third period. Co-captain A! White and the Columbia line turned in a good game but could not stem the slashing Pedagog attack. CORNELL, 26; COLUMBIA, 0 Cornell College, champions of the tough Mid-West circuit, was the next Du¬ hawk foe in a game played in the Crimson lair at Mount Vernon. Coach Dick Barker’s red shirted warriors proved too tough in the second half and rolled up a decisive 26-0 triumph. The first half of the game saw a determined Columbia line completely outplay and outcharge their opponents. On two occasions Purple par¬ tisans saw their favorites drive to the shadows of the Cornell goal posts Each time the attack bogged down and Cornell punted out of danger. The second thirty minutes of play was all Cornell as Coach Barker sent in man after man in an attempt to wear down the fast tiring Lorasmen. His strategy proved effective as the Mount Vernon squad counted twice each in the third and fourth quarters. First blood came when Gene Tornquist tossed a pass to Jack Paul for a touch¬ down. The conversion was good. Fifty-two seconds before the close of the third fnij r si t -thra quarter saw another Cornell score Tornquist skirted his end for forty-seven yards and the nicest run of the afternoon. An attempted placement was not good. A Columbia fumble on their five yard line recovered by Cornell set the stage for the Barkermen’s third tal ly. Knudson taking the bali across the goal line in two thrusts at the line. This time an unorthodox pass play rang up the extra point Tornquist got his second touchdown of the day with one minute left to play by running the pigskin over the diagonal white stripes from the Columbia eight yard marker. The kick was good. ST. AMBROSE. 14; COLUMBIA. 0 Sunday afternoon. October 9th brought a hot. sunshiny Homecoming day as well as the St Ambrose Bees to Loras Field Both teams were handicapped con¬ siderably by the murky weather but the Blue Swa r m” managed to push a touch¬ down and conversion across in the first quarter McGrath, bruising Davenport full¬ back, accounted for the six points on a drive through center with Jerry O’Donnell, game captain, kicking the point after touchdown. Columbia’s line tightened up at this point and held the Blue and White clad Bees on even terms until well into the fourth quarter Tim Linehan’s long high punts coupled with short thrusts at the Ambrose forward wall gave the favored Tri-City squad and Coach Duford some bad moments. The fourth quarter was nearing its end when the Eees struck once again Bill Holtzer, giant Ambrose tackle, intercepted a Duhawk pass on the Columbia eight | ,t i % v 1 -four yard line and ran it over for a touchdown. The big fellow completed things by kicking the conversion to make the score board read H-0 in favor of St Ambrose as the final gun sounded. COLUMBIA. 20, PARSONS, 7 Parsons ' College Wildcats invaded the Duhawk domain on Oct 22 and en¬ countered a Columbia eleven that was fighting mad after three scoreless defeats The Red and Green lads from Fairfield were forced to take the short end of a 20-7 score as Coach Winter ' s men clicked in their best fashion of the year Freshman Hemie Engel accounted for the first Columbia touchdown of the day and year when he took the ball across Parsons goal from the Wildcat two yard line Johnny Walsh kicked the extra point The remainder of the half was score¬ less. Rising up again in the third quarter. Columbia garnered thirteen points Moose” Schramm recovered a Parsons fumble on their thirty vard line Timmy Linehan took the pigskin on the next play and ran it over for a touchdown The attempted placement was not good si ty-fn c Engel, l : nil back Balces, Halfback C u m m i n gs, II a I f back Kammcr, Trainer Mark O’Learv accounted for the final Purple and Cold tally of the day when he caught a pass from Linehan to score Walsh kicked the extra point Parsons scored their seven points after Coach Winter has injected a group of subs into the fracas Stevens scored with Fe:stmaster splitting the uprights to run the Wildcat scoring for the da) up to seven UPPER IOWA. 12, COLUMBIA. 5 Upper Iowa, coached by the wily “Doc” Dorman, made its appearance Oct. 29 on Loras Field and eFed out a 12-6 win. Columbia outplayed the visitors in all departments of the game but the scoring column as they ran up 12 first downs to the Fayette squad’s five The W ' ntermen also gained 180 yards from scrimmage as against the Peacock ' s 72 Upper Iowa scored first as Fae Tate tossed a lateral pass to Spatcher to tally six points The try for point a f ter touchdown by Rex Chamberlain, giant center, was not goad The Peacocks scored again when Hanson, U. I s stocky heir! general, rifled a pass to Tate in the end zone. The extra point was blocked Columbia bounced back into the ball game at this juncture with Linehan. Dris¬ coll and Severa combining efforts to rack up a touchdown for the Purple and Cold Joe Healey missed an attempted placement. COLUMBIA. 19. WESTERN UNION. 0 Cold, dreary weather was the order o f the dav as the Duhawks trotted out onto frozen Loras Field on November 6 to make their final appearance of the home season against Coach Drury’s Golden Eagles from LeMars The Duhawks showed new power and zip as they rode roughshod over a reputedly strong Western Union eleven The ombmation of Linehan heaving and Harold Driscoll receiving produced the first local score of the da Johnny Walsh’s educated toe was good for the point after touchdown Joe Cummings then sent a pass to Larry Cuter to set the stage for the se i con 1 l ras score of the day Outer drove down to the Union three yard 1 1 nr before H- was stopped Fie went over standing up on the next play to put Columbia in the van I W Wester l Jr or paced by Null r ame back in the secon-! half and put on a £« wv v-wv sustained march toward the Duhawk pay off line. The regulars were rushed back into the game at this juncture, however, and the only Eagle threat of the day was nullified. The final Purple tally of the day came when “Red” Owens intercepted a pass on the Eagle 29 yard line and ran it back to their three before being nailed. Bill Reed drilled center on the next play and carried the ball into the promised land. The kick was N C. BUENA VISTA. 7; COLUMBIA. 0 The longest road trip of the grid season found Columbia trekking out west to play Buena Vista’s Beavers. Again the Duhawks completely outplayed the opposi¬ tion in all phases of the game racking up 10 first downs to the Storm Lake school’s seven. This brilliant ball carrying of Cottingham proved the undoing of the Loras- men as they were never able to muster sufficient punch to rack up a score. Fumbles and “bad breaks” proved too much for the Purple and Cold as the keyed up Welch¬ men played inspired ball before a Homecoming throng LUTHER. 12; COLUMBIA. 7 Intent on closing the season with a victory 35 stalwart Columbians departed from Dubuque on November 19 to tackle the perennially powerful Norse aggregation of Luther College. The game was considered one of the hardest and best in the long list of games between these two rivals. Norse power as exemplified by “Butch” Stolfa. Forde. Quill and Melson was more than Columbia could stand up against. The 12-7 score is indicative of the closeness of the game and the potentialities of both teams The game marked the last aopearar.ee of retiring Co-captains Al White and Louis Nagy. Bill Reed and “Moose” Schramm, johnny Paul and Ben Winks, the other two football seniors, were unable to suit because of injuries Bottom Row —Owens, Severn, O’Leary, Linehan, White, Schramm, Spnhn, Saunders, VanMeir. Miilttlr Rou- —Polito, Engel, Unites, Cuter, Wnlsh, J., Koch, Winks, Jacobs, Minahan. Top Row- —Thornton, Connelly, T., Rollinger, l.udeschcr, Koop, Murray, C ., Cummings, Moes, Fusco. Before Incognito Who was it? Stuff Kx- Ireshmen T raditional After At the Gym— Good grub Spook Cut-rate Always a good thing Test flight! Mission-Minded?? Who with? Basketball h Paul, for wanly Co-captain Kolfenbach, Guard , Co-captain Dcrouin, Forward, Captain-elect Voelker, Guard , Captain-elect 1938-39 CAGE SCHEDULE Loras. .26—Platteville . ... .11 Loras. .29—Augustana . .. . .17 Loras. .33—Wartburg. ....15 Loras. .29—St. Mary ' s. ....28 Loras. .24—Loyola. ....56 Leras. .21 Iowa Weslevan. ....31 Loras. .24—Iowa Weslevan. ... .12 Loras. .26—Platteville . ... .19 1 oras. .36—Penn . ... .19 Loras. .28 St. Ambrose. ....33 Loras. .41—Luther . ....24 Loras. .27—St. Thomas. ....26 Loras. .35—Penn . ....23 Loras. .35—Simpson . ....50 Loras. .41—Western Union. ....19 Loras. .37—Parsons. ... .19 Loras. .25—St. Ambrose. ....33 Loras. .37—Simpson . ....31 Loras. .31—Central. ....32 Loras. . 16—Warrensburg . ....20 Iowa Conference Record. 8 Won 5 Lost Season’s Record .13 Won; 7 Lost I g B filter set cut) -one Moran, Center Schramm, Center Sever a, ¥ or ward Lallv, lor ward Father Daniel B Coyne, athletic director and head basketbaH coach, th s year started his sixth season as the guiding light of the Loras College bas¬ ketball team. Fifty-two prospective candidates re¬ ported to the veteran mentor who was assisted in his , duties by Len Winter, head football coach Father Coyne was faced immediately with the j task of finding suitable replacements for “Moose Kruse and Fd. Knochel. f he two co-captains lost by graduation. Ten lettermen w ' ere among the squad at the initial drills including the new co-captains. Johnny Kolfenbach and Johnny Paul, “Babe Derouin. Joe Voelker. Bill Moran. Marty McFadden, John Pay- ton, Bill Reed. Joe Severa and A! “Moose Schramm. A host of rangy freshmen were also on deck to make things look better than in the past few years. Duhawk hopes were struck a death blow before the season got underway, however, as � t became evi¬ dent that Johnny Paul would not be available for active duty until after the start of the new ' year due to a footba ' I injury that would not heal. In his absence Father Coyne started a combination that consisted of Moran. Voelker, Kolfenbach. Derouin and Severa. This quintet showed unusual power in the opening games as it trounced PlatteviIle’s Tutors, Augustana. Wartburg and St. Mary’s of Winona in great fashion m i t nf hi The game with the Winonans proved one of the most exciting tilts of the year as the two teams matched basket for basket. Loras finally pulled the game out of the fire by caging a chanty toss shortly before the final gun sounded to eke out a 29-28 victory. The Duhawks next tackled the powerful Loyola University of Chicago five on the Windy City court. This powerful crew, later recognized as one of the four top ranking teams in the nation, polished off the Lorasmen by a 56-2 4 margin The Ramblers were unstoppable and, led by Kautz and Novak, played a type of ball that was beautiful to watch but impossible to check. After traveling to Mount Pleasant for an Iowa loop game with Iowa Wes¬ leyan the Duhawks took a discouraging 81-2! defeat that seriously hurt their Iowa Conference championship hopes Wesleyan came to Dubuque just one week later and this time the Duhawks reversed the previous decision by ta gg |n g 0 24-12 defeat on the Tiger squad. It became apparent at this time that Paul s knee was a serious handicap to his playing and that he would not m i rnty-thrve be of much assistance to the Duhawks during the loop campaign With this in mind, Father Coyne began working Severa, Laily DeLorbe. Bahning, Hag¬ gerty and McFadden at the vacated forward spot � n an effort to find some¬ one able to step inT Paul’s shoes. Severa and Bahning, the latter a giant freshman from Dyersville. seemed the most capable and saw considerable action throughout the season. The Duhawks extended their consecutive win record to three b) again dumping Platteviile on the home cour f . 26-19 and following this up with a league win over Penn’s Quakers, 36-19. Dukes Duford’s championship bound St. Ambrose squad arrived in Dubuque on January 31 fo r a game with was expected to have a distinct bearing on the final loop outcome. The Bees. Daced by the heady Jack Bills, proved too much and Loras was forced to concede a 33-28 triumph to the Davenporters The Duhawks showed signs of their old power again, however, when they polished off Luther’s rangy Norse crew in a between semester game played JOHN PA UI JOI SI VI R A Alll ’ l)I ROUIN w• cut V four McFaddcn, ¥ or ward Lanaghan, Guard Bahning, Center Cummings, Guard on the Dubuque court by a 41-24 count. This latter game left Loras with a loop record of four wins and two defeats. The Tommies, representing St. Thomas of St. Paul. Minnesota, appeared on the Loras court Febru¬ ary eighth and the result was another thrilling one point victory for the Duhawks. 27-26 This was not a conference encounter Kolfenbach and Derouin played excellent ball for the Coynemen in this game as they dropped in shots from all over the court to finally pull n a win bv the narrow margin of one point. The Golden Duhawks then took a junket down into the southwestern part of Iowa that found them taking a 35-23 win over Penn in the first game at Oskaloosa The players spent Sunday in Des Moines as guests of the Loras college alumni and then went on to Indianola where they were trounced 50-35 by a powerful Simpson five that rained in baskets from any place on the court. Inasmuch as both of these games were low a Conference tilts it saw the collapse of any pennant hopes Loras might entertain for this year. Returning to the soothing comfort of the home hardwood, Fa!her Coyne’s proteges vented their fury on Coach Clyde Drury’s hapless Western Union five. ■ . :«• sfi •« fn I Humphrey, Center Haggerty, fr or ward Verstvnen, Guard Fusco, Student Manager trouncing the LeMars aggregation by a -t -19 tally as Deroyn and Moran collaborated to give f he in¬ vading guards a busy evening Parsons’ V i ' dcats from down Fairfield way next appeared on the Loras court and received a 36-19 shellacking for their long trip Fred Bahnmg appeared to good advantage for the Coynemen as his ability to capture rebounds kept the home hoonsters in the van all the way Loras met St. Ambrose at Davenport on February 22nd and was urced to take the short end of a 33-23 score The first half of the game saw the Coynemen capitalizing on St Ambrose’s erratic play to tie up the score at 11 apiece at half time The second session found Toffanelli. O’Donnell and Bills click¬ ing, however, and the Bees pulled away to a safe lead despite good ball playing on the part of the en¬ tire Loras squad. This game cinched the Iowa Con¬ ference championship for the second year m a row for St Ambrose Simpson repaid the Duhawk visit by appearing on the local hardwood but their reception was anything but a polite one Loras went to work with a venge¬ ance and when the f-nal whistle sounded it was plain¬ ly evident that the Coynemen had won 37-31 and evened up an old score with Coach Casev’s Redmen. set t n -six The final home game of the season for the Duhawks found them taking the floor against the Central College crew of Pella in a loop game. The Flying Dutchmen ’ had had just a fair season and were not expected to give the Coynemen much trouble The opposite was just the case, however, and Central emerged victorious 32-31 Johnnv Kolfenbach. johnny Paul, ‘ ' Moose ' Schramm. Rill Moran and Bill Reed appeared for the last time sporting the Purple and Co d uniforms of Loras. Doc” Kammer had already put the cage uniforms in the “mothballs when the Duhawks received an invitation to compete in the National Col- l (igc set ciify-sci cn legiate Tournament held every year at Kansas City The nv : te was accepted and 10 players. Father Coyne and Len Winter drove down to Kansas City to try their luck in competition with some of the nation’s finest fives The Loras- men drew the Warrensburg. Missouri Teachers qui n et as their opening round opponent and were defeated 20-16 in a we!! p ' ayed game The Missouri crew was defending champion. The record for the season in conference p!ay was eight victories and five defeats with a season’s standing o f 13 triumphs as opposed to seven blots Sixteen letters were given the bucketeers for their work during the season Sweater awards were given johnny Paul. Joe Voelker. Joe Severa. Lee Lally, Alphonse Schramm. John Kolfenbach, Fred Bahning. Herman Derouin. Bill Moran and Marty McFadden. Individual letters were received by Johnny DeLorbe, Jim Haggerty. Tom Ernsdorfp Bob Verstynen, Howie Humphrey and Joe Cummings Jack Thornton and Phil Fusco, student managers, also re¬ ceived letters for their efforts. Bottom Ron —Mulvcliill Middle Ron —Noinn, J. Fusco. Tol Ron —Fr. Coyne, Thornton. I, Kruse, Healey, DeLorbe, I Liberty, McNeil, Sullivan, R.ihe. , Cummings, Dockendortf, McFadden, Humphrey, I anaglian, Krnsdorff, Voelker, Kolfenbach, Verstynen, Moran, Derouin, Bahning, Schramm, Lally, Severa, .!, ' e st i rut) -eight Dockendorff, Guard Ernsdorff, Guard DcLorbc, Forward Kammcr, Trainer Individual scoring records of the Loras Duhawks Iowa Conference competition: Derouin .136 Moran . 97 Kolfenbach.59 Vcelker.46 Paul.32 Bahning. . . 18 Severa. 18 McFadden. 9 Reed . 4 Schramm. 4 Haggerty. 4 Ernsclorff. 3 Humphrey. 2 Lai ly . . 2 DeLorbe . . . 1 BASEBALL Baseball at Loras College found the Duhawks faced with an eight game schedule that included two tilts each with the Platte ilie Teachers. Luther, and Upper Iowa as well as single contests with Wartburg and Puena Vista “Doc Kammer. veteran trainer, and Coach Winter were in charge of the aspirants that numbered forty. Veterans back for another year of competition included Johnny Kolfenbach, Johnny Paul. Joe Seve r a, Fred Klaas. Bill Reed. Bill Moran. Tirn Ltnehan, Paul Koch. Barney Beecher, John Pitzen. Joe Cummings and Mark O ' Leary Newcomers show ing promise inciude Jirn McAloon and Len Heinz, pitchers; Rodensteiner, Heimer- man, Kissling, Gilloon, Clarke and Weber, inhelders and Killian Kruse and Charley LaBarge in the outfield. Prospects this vear are very good as every spot on the starting nine can be manned by a veteran Newcomers for the most part found it difficult to crack the solid phalanx thrown up by the ' old-timers The oroblem of capable pitching again is expected to prove whether the Duhawks will finish in the first division of the Iowa Loop or be just another bal 1 club Severa. Bill Reed. Heinz. O ' Lean, and Mc- Aioon are expected to be the outstanding pitching candidates Bottom Ron —Kissling, Pitzen, Heimcrman, Beecher, B., Paul, Kolfenbach. MiJi lc Rou —Fusco. Coach Winter, Richman, McAloon, Kruse, Gilloon, T., Bohan, Lynch. Toj) Ron —Doherty, Kammer, W ' eiull, Bla ek, Noonan, StrelT, Dunbar, Powers, Kucnan, Dostal, Thornton, J. Moran, Hein , Koch, Klaas, Linehan, Lumminijs, W ' eydert, W eber, I ., Baltes, I luber, Bodenstciner, Poire, Haggerty, fhigt eighty TRACK Bottom Rou —Hayes, Seidl, Saunders, , Baldwin, Baum, Mulvchill, Kerr, Fanelli, Freund, Owens. Middle Row—Quinn, Kraus, Saunders, F., Hoffmann, Paul, Kolfcnbach, Linehan, Cummings, Monster, Quinlan, Fusco. Top Ron —Coach Winter, Doherty, Huber, Niechwiej, Mormon, Guter, Thornton, J.. Schramm, O’Neil, Kurt. Kammer. The year of 1939 saw track become a major sport This year’s squad of thin- clads was under the tutelage of Coach Len Winter. The squad consisted of some thirty members throughout the season Performers during the year included Wilson Saunders, |oe Rigney Joe Cummings. Paul Mulvehill. Earl Menster. Dick Tomke, Al Freund. Ed Nieckwiez, Len Heinz. Joe Hayes. John Fanelli. Bob Hoffmann. Bill Reed. Jim 0‘Neil. Cletus Baum. Bob Huber. Hank Seidl. Jack Quin’an, Dick Quinn, and others Coach Winter entered an 880 yard relay team in the annual Drake Relays carnival held in Des Moines on April 28-29 The harriers were also in attendance at the Beloit Rela s on May 5; Luther Invitational Meet on Mav 13. and the Iowa Conference Meet at Simpson College. May 19-20. Coach Winter also planned to groom at least two track stars for the decathelon to be held at the University of Dubuque on May 26-27. Interest in track as a spring sport is on the ascendanc at Loras College Coach Winter has two fine speedsters in Saunders and Cummings. The former was the fastest man on the squad while Cummings ran a capable hundred as well as being a better than average hurdler The squad boasted a variety of talent that bodes v.ell tor the success of Loras track teams in the years to come. A successful inter-class track meet was run off during the pre-season period with several good times being turned in by mem¬ bers of the track contingent running unHer their chss colors. fmxt iT’hfx-oHC INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS The past scholastic year has seen intramural sports attracting a greater number of students than in any previous competition of this sort. Much credit for the fine program falls on Coach Winter and Athletic Director Father Coyne. These two. assisted bv the Physical Education majors, planned an extensive setup that saw students participating in football, basketball, and softball throughout the year. The football wars found the freshman class squad playing two games The first year men downed the sophomores by a 19-7 margin in a game that was fast and well played. A combined junior-senior group then challenged the freshmen to a grid tussle The outcome of this was a decisive 14-0 tri¬ umph for the upperclassmen. Potential varsity timber was unlimbered dur¬ ing these two games as all squads attempted to bring home the bunting for their particular class. Intramural basketball this year found one of the hottest races in vears going on Due to the intense interest in the hardwood court, officials found it necessary to divide the contestants into two sections The first of these was the group composed onlv of upperclassmen Nine teams boasting eight players each performed in this loop The frosh section had five teams entered The league started out in great fashion with the “Tappa Keggas.” “Kings Men” and the “Kappa Nus“ showing the way in the senior section at the halfway mark. The Tappas. boasting Phil Minahan Tom Walsh. Chuck Ryan. Pat Clarke. Ben O ' Keefe. Gene Dunworth. and Jake Weber, turned on the power and finished their schedule of eight tilts with an unsullied record Kappa Nu’s squad, composed of Duhawk grid stars, eased into second fol¬ lowed closeK by the Cwls a dav-student squad. Fourth place was taken by the “Congo Abyssinians with the “Kings Men.” Zephyrs. Silver Cyclones. Sky¬ scrapers and Ye Old Quakes completing the upper class bracket in that order The frosh section proved to be a down stretch battle between the rangy Wildcat five and the jitterbugs The former closed their season with four victories and no defeats to take first honors with the Jitterbugs closely trail¬ ing with a trio of wins and one blot The Panthers had a 500 rating by virtue of two wins and two losses Fourth place went to the Jags with one victory and three defeats while the Sharpshooters belied their name by finish¬ ing last with no games won and four drubbings against their record The winners and runners-up in the two sections clashed to decide the school champion The Tappa Kegga crew eked out a 29-26 win over the frosh champs in a well fought game to hold the sway as “1939 Loras Intra- I mural Basketball Champions Second place honors also went to the upper section when the Kappa Nus took the measure of the Jitterbugs by a 29-17 | £ ’ eighty - tint margin. Members comprising the Kappa Nu squad included Larry Cuter, Tim Line- han, Ray Armoska, Mark O’Leary, Fddie Kolfenbach, Cy Reilly, and Joe Bradley. The Wildcats, freshman winners, had Paul Carroll, Bill Koop, Leo Mo rman, Pat McMullen, John Fanelli. Al Freund, Hank Seidl and Bill Beecher. Second place in the frosh race was taken by the Jitterbugs with a lineuD consisting of Jack Quinlan, LeRov Kelly, Joe Rignev, Larry Van Meir, Jack Mulholland, Kenny Jacobs, Bob Menzer, and Jim McLain. All of these teams are also entered in the intramural softball league. These latter games are played on Loras Field. Strongest teams in this league again proved to be the Tappa Keggas along with the Kings Men. The past year has been one of the most successful ever from the standpoint of athletics entered in the various leagues INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL CHAMPS Bottom Kou —Dunworth, Clarke, Minahan, Ryan, Weber, J. Top Rou— Fusco, Walsh, T.. Thornton, J., O’Keefe, Kammer. pii c fixht)-three 4th floor Bars? Grass T rees Bed spread Ski caps Likewise Profits Spring! Clean-up men! r JI gr 7 _5 r |B ; Theses in? Pretty! Married? Posed Buck Anemic Sideways Lucy Light bulb? TO BISHOP LORAS Loras 1 thou shouldst be living at this hour! Thy native France hath vital need of thee, E’er mindful still the adamantine tower Thou once had been—and even now couldst be These wooded hills of Julien’s miss thy tread; E’en though they echo with thy songs today, A countless host of souls goes yet unfed . . . Thou shouldst be here to hold a saving sway! O thou blest one, from that elysian throne More fair, by far, than earth’s)- assist these twain That claim thee each to be its very ow ' n, And let thy dauntless spirit live again. Loras! list to thy dual homelands’ plaint - For both have need of thee, thou uncrowned Saint! Raymond F. Roseliep A cWitieA Publications ADVISORY COUNCIL (Publications ' Adiiscrs) Rev. E. A. Fitzgerald Rev. H. H. Long The success of the present Purgold has been due in no small measure to the tireless efforts and inspiration of Father Fitzgerald. Ever since its founding, Father Fitzgerald has been interested in the year book o c the college He has always acted as a critic-judge, and he has always set forth suggestions of permanent value. It has been a decided inspiration to the staff-members ot the Purgold to work with Loras’ Registrar and Director of Studies. The College Spokesman is fortunate in having Father Semper for its moderator Father Semper is a literarv man in every sense of the word. He is not only versed on the theories of writing, but he is an author o f distinction himself Father Semper is a keen critic. He is a writer of diversified subjects, being the author of a number of books and having contributed to the leading literary journals of the country. Father Long, who is the director of Public Relations at Loras and the mod¬ erator of the Lorian and o f the alumni issues of The College Spokesman, is a man of vast experience. He writes much, and his writings are steeped with that in¬ definable something which holds the reader in wrapt attention. As an adviser, he is not to be excelled. His interest in journalism has been manifest ever since he was a student here at the college nnii The 1939 Purgold Staff was given a duty to perform; a duty given them by the Senior Oass at the beginning of the scholastic year V ith the last few days of this year drawing to a close, the sta ' f feels that it has fulfilled its trust; it has completed its assignment. The volume which the reader holds in hand is the ful¬ fillment of the order placed by the Class of ’39. As to the definite assigning of our indebtedness, it would be difficult to nick any single individual or group of individuals upon whom to bestow our sincere gratitude. Of course, as in any project of like nature, there have been those who undoubtedly contributed more than others. We feel it necessary to state, how¬ ever, that gratitude is owed to the student body as a whole for the financial assist¬ ance they have rendered in the form of subscriptions, and for the constant boosting of Purgold work and activities throughout the year The compilation of a satisfactory yearbook has not been an easy task And yet. we feel well justified for whatever expenditure of labor has been incurred in its production in the business training and experience it has afforded. Aside from this, we feel that the Purgold will meet with a hearty reception by student body and faculty alike. Ro toin Ron —Quirk, McDermott, Frost, I.ong, Baxter. Second Roit —Schisscl, Walsh, Keane, Averill, Gilloon. Top Ron —Donahue, Hinckcr, Fried!, Roseliep, Hcrbst, Doherty. pane ninety PURCOLD liili or -in- Chief ft ii si ness A f (i miger John P. Keane Robert Quirk Subscription Manager Francis Donahue Assistants Joseph Thornton, Frank Murray, Donald Schissel, Edward Frost, Douglas Hincker. Advertising Manager Kenneth Herbst Assistants Clair Baxter, Edward McDermott, Frank Gilloon. Art Editor Thomas Walsh Associate Editors William Doherty, John Long, Francis FriedL Raymond Roseliep. Staff Writers Joseph Averill, Alphonse White, Joseph Egelhof. Toft Rote —Keane, Quirk. Sct oiji ' Row —Herbst, Walsh. Thin! Ron —Doherty, Lon ;. Bottom Roti ' —Friedl, Roseliep. w.t i- out it } -i me COLLEGE SPOKESMAN The College Spokesman is the oldest continuous extra-curricular activity of Loras College The literary journal of the college has been published for the past thirty-six years. Raymond F Roseliep and Joseph B F.ge ' hof have been the editors- m-chief of the Spokesman during the past year The four literary numbers of the college magazine have for their purpose to put into permanent form the choice essays, short stories, articles and verse by the students of the various English classes. There is always a fine selection of student writings of a high literary quality in these numbers unit i tun I I here are also four other issues of the Spokesman, which are devoted to the interests of the alumni This publication supplements the literary numbers. It is more on the order of an alumni news bulletin. The College Spokesman was founded by Monsignor Conn in 1903. Father Semper has been the moderator of this periodical for the past number of years. Father Long is in charge of the publication of the alumni issues of the magazine. The associate editors for this vear, who have, along with the editors-in-chief, contributed splendid literary productions, have been Fr d ncis P. Friedl, Justin J. Kane, John J. Roskopf. Francis J Schroeder, Oliver P Goodman. John J. Long, Paul F Strueber, James M McKay, James P. Pauly, and Cyril A Reilly. The responsible position of business manager fell unon the shoulders of Francis C. Baxter. Bottom Ron —I.ont;, Reilly, Baxter. Second Rou •—Schroeder, Pauly, Friedl, Kane. Top Ron —Goodman, E elhof, McKay, Roseliep. E page niiicty-thrcc The Lorian, bi-weekly student publication of Loras College, enjoyed one of its most successful years under the expert guidance of Editor Joseph Egelhof. All items of student life at Loras were chronicled and written with a finesse that would do justice to many daily papers. William J. Scoop” Doherty, a senior, was in charge of the Sports Department for the third successive year. His accurate game accounts coupled with his column. “Sport Scoops,” were always a source of intense interest to all persons interested in the Loras athletic situation. Other persons writing fine columns during the year included “Hills and Grilles” by John Payton; “The Trading Post” with Phil Fusco as contributor, Justin Kane’s “On the Mission Front.” and “Nothing Sacred.” day student column written by Charles Murray. Clair Baxter was the business manager Other men instrumental in the paper’s success were: John Routledge, Joseph Avenll, F rank Saunders. Thomas Walsh, James McKay, Oliver Goodman, and James O’Brien. Coming out Lorian dates were always closely watched by the students. The Lorian thus rings down the c.urta ' n on its fifteenth term of existence with the feel¬ ing that this year’s editions must rightfully take their place alongside the great papers of a by-gone era. A new member entered the Loras College publications’ fie’d this fall with lio toni Ron ■—Fusco, Renier, Donahue, McComish, McDermott, l.ong, Raxter. Second Ron —Kane, Routledge, Payton, Rocmcr, Goodman, Saunders loft Ron — Schissel, Walsh, Fgclhof, Keane, McKay, Doherty, Averill. frige ninety-four LORIAN V I 0 GRIDIRON i ■ ( v •- � ; ■ , . -;,u - ' j Joseph Egelhof Editor , Lor tan William Doherty Editor , Gridiron the advenl of the ’’Gridiron.” The Gridiron was a sixteen page souvenir football program issued at all Loras home football tilts. William “Scoop” Doherty, veteran Lorian sports editor, served as editor of the infant publication Each of the five issues of the Gridiron carried the complete Loras football roster as well as that of their opponents. Action shots of the various Duhawk stars in game noses were a feature of the publication. “Dope” on the game to be played proved a salient feature of all issues as persons unfamiliar with the teams could easily acquaint themselves with the players, numbers, and season’s records by glancing through the Gridiron. The new journal has made an auspicious debut before L.oras fans. It will now take its definite place along with the Lorian, Purgold, and Spokesman as a Loras publication. jut c ninei -fit c Forensics ! ' W rangier A The Wranglers, debating organization of Loras College, again have completed a successful season of debates with mid-western and eastern universities and colleges The Rev. H Li. Long, director of the Wranglers, built a formidable team composed of John Long, a forensic veteran, Robert Quirk and Charles Murphy, both seasoned men. and Lawrence Roemer, a newcomer to the organization With these and other promising applicants, the Wranglers debated the Phi Kapoa Delta question “Resolved that the federal government should cease appropriating public funds for the purpose of stimulating business.” The season opened with a series of debates in Dubuque before schools, convents, and civic organizations The Wranglers covered ten states in an Eastern invasion which saw them meeting such schools as Northwestern Umversitv. St Marv’s College. Villanova University. Western Reserve Uni¬ versity, Luther College, the University of Chicago. College of the City of New York, New York University, as well as others too numerous to men¬ tion The past season was one of the most extensive and successful that the Wranglers have enjoyed for some years past ) .{,• • 1 ( i •� ; Bottom Rou —Kissling, W.ilsli, Schrneticr, Michael, Heies, Frank, W ' hnlen. Sccoiii Rou —Barry, Schallnu, Hlessin ion, Frost, I., Cirace, Lonj;. fhiril Rou — Roomer, Dockendorff, Fleimcrman, Klion, J., Combs, Fried I , W ' lii.c. Distinctive among sneaking organizations on the campus is the Loras Curia. 1 his club was founded eight years ago under its present moderator. Doctor William Schulte. Unique in its well-preserved system or parliamen¬ tary law and n its selective class-distributed membership, the Curia has trained many men in meeting procedure, forensic speaking, and a critical appreciation of current and historic topics Choice of subject is left to the individual speaker, but his mastery of the question is appraised by the group in the form of constructive criticism and interrogation Culminating the meetings and work of each semester, two members of the Curia are chosen to present a topic at a joint meeting with the Dubuque Council of the Knights of Columbus Plans are being made at the present for a regular bilateral exchange o speakers with this organ¬ ization Under the leadership of John P Keane and Edward Frost, the Loras Curia has covered a wide range of interesting topics of discussion during the present scholastic year Its relations with the Knights of Columbus have been guided by Doctor Schulte Mingli ng enjoyment with educational development, the Curia has definitely proved the value and popularity of such types of extracurricular activity wgc ninety-tight Oratorical ' JinatU U Bo font Rou —Murphy. While. To � Rou— Quirk. Roomer, Wright. On the pal renal feast of St. Joseph, March nineteenth, the annual ora¬ torical contest was held in St Joseph ' s Auditorium This event is one of the outstanding speech contests of the college and is a ways well received both for the excellence of the orations and for the lively competition in choosing those who are to enter the finals of the contest The finalists comprise some of the leading orators of the college, and it is a singular honor to be able to be numbered among those who survived the preliminar rounds Since its inception the standards of the Oratorical Contest have always been maintained the contestants were no exception to this standard Lawrence Poemer, who delivered The Everlasting Church. gave a masterful oration, rich m beautiful ph ' aseolcg and rendered in flawless style Eugene Wright received the silver kev for his direct and pleasing presentation of The Need for Distributive Justice Third place went to Robert Quirk who delivered Washington Speaks. Alphonse White con¬ sidered the life and accomplishments of Pius XI. while Charies Murphy advocated reformation of the economic order in Corrected Capitalism uini t - nine Spiritual l)ollow Ron - -ki s!ing, Schrocdcr, Kcrndt, Graham, Baxter. Sciond Ron —McDermott, Wright, Goodman, Kane, Frost, E. Third Ron —Paul, Combs, Barry, O’Keefe, Payton. Toff Row —McKay, Egclhof, Doherty, Gregory, Kalb, Reicks. tttiMfoh Z(hit The paternal guidance of the Rev. N. A. Steffen, the driving force of the many interested members, the thought of the good that might be ac¬ complished. all provided the multitudinous activities with the inspiration which so aptly characterized the 1938-39 Loras Mission Unit. The Mission Store informs us that, through the capable direction of Co-managers Leland Barry and John Paul, we may record a record volume of business The Reading Room in Loras Hall was, for another year, well- stocked with newspapers and periodicals. Its use by the students pro¬ vides the proof of its worth. A group of interested students, with Edward Fit ton f aking the initia¬ tive, formed a Peace Study Club The members, as a body, were quite conspicuous in their attendance at the Peace Conference held at Clarke College early in November The Unit presented, furthermore a series of mission movies; several Symposiums; a movie and discussion on the Spanish situation; a fitting climax furnished by the ready participation of all members in the Catholic Literature Exhibit and Rally held at Clarke in mid-April. May we compliment the Mission Unit on fhe good given to Loras and to the Mission field fhi r tow hundivd Bottom Rou —NX lialcn, Michael, Graham, Kisshn ;. Leonard, Sullivan, R., Memter, Holes. Second Rou —Meisch, Schroedcr, Richman, Powers, Merfeld, Reilly, Rlessin ton, Miller. J.. M« vr . 1 bird Rou Schallau, Grace, Roskopf, Thornton, Frost, Klien, Barry, Paul, Marcus. fourth Row —Renier, Guter, Kinck, W ' eydert, Kane, Gregory, Quinn, Fricdl, Mitchell, W hite. 1 oj Rou Hcimcrman. Faber, I gelhof, Roseliep, Rccsink, Cioedken, Kalb, Averi ll, Doherty. Vested Che if Upholding throughout its thirty-one years of activity the aesthetic trends of campus activity, the choir experienced a rejuvenation in this centennial year with the int r oduction of our new music head, Father Emmet Kelly Having completed a highly successful era under Dr Al¬ phonse Dress, the retired Director, the choir in its mfanev is moving for¬ ward with rap ' d strides in the innovated hekls of Gregouan Plain Chant and A Cappella harmony. The traditional appearance of the cnoi r in the Sanctuary at St Joseph’s Chapel on the feast ct St. Joseph. Thirteen Hour?, Devotion, and Baccalaureate Sunday help to make the Mass and ceremonies of these memorable days a lasting impression on the minds o the student body Chanting for all functions was edifying as performed by that section of the choir made up entirely of those men intending to follow a life of priesthood The 1 1 1urgica!!y correct Gregorian Plain Chant as sung by this section provides a valuable bacf ground tor work along such lines to be followed in Seminary work. The outstanding event in the history of the organization was its participation in the First Annual Catholic Music Festival held in Cedar Rapids. Iowa Thus, this year’s choir has been destined to make Loras a pioneer in modern musical trends ni bn ndn il tun tittle Jlcuter £ccietif Bottom Ron —Kane, Miller, J., Long, Fusco, Baxter, Renier. Middle Ron —Averill, Doherty, Payton, Frost, E., Goodman, McDermott. To() Ron —Schissel, Walsh, Hincker, Keane, Fgclhof, Quirk, Donahue. Devotion to the Little Flower of Jesus, St. Therese of Lisieux, has been a traditional mark of student life in the college Since the success¬ ful completion of the project to obtain a statue of the Little Flower for the Keane Hall Chapel, special devotions have been organized by the Little Flower Society to the Patroness of Vocations, the Little Flower. The constant aim of the society has been to foster devotion to the Little Flower of Jesus, to secure he r help in the selection of proper and successful vocations, to seek her aid and intercession for those who have recourse to her assistance, and to provide for special devotion to the Little Flower through Masses. Membership is open to both the students and faculty members of the institution. The work of the society is manifest in the response of the student body who have zealously pursued this devotion to one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of the saints of Cod. Much of the success of the society is due to the guiding influence and constant interest of Fr. Breen who has been the moderator of the organization since its inception. Robert Quirk served as general chairman, and Joseph Miller as vice- chairman for this school term The office of secretary went to John Long, while Claire Baxter acted as treasurer and Charles Hincker as custodian jnifi • onr hundred three 7 he flccliftical £ccietif Bottom Ron —Wlme, Rcicks. I oft Ron —Paul. Duckcmlorft. The Acolyticai Society is probably the least-publicized. most-active group on the campus A brief investigation into its purposes and duties proves and clarifies the paradox. Some years ago. Father N A Steffen, spiritual adviser, saw the necessity of creating a definite organization for performing the functions of sacristan, prayer leader, arid organist Origin¬ ally containing only clerical students, the organization has been expanded to include all students engaged in chapel exercises Head sacristan for the scholastic year was John Paul, and serving under him were Alnhonse White. Leander Reicks. and Carl Dockendorff Duties of the sacristans cover upkeep of the Keane Hall chapel, preparation for the various ecclesiastical functions both here and in the St Joseph ' s chapel, appointment and training of acolytes, masters of ceremonies, and thurifers John P Keane. Louis Nagv, Alphonse White. Paul ) Grace, and William Doherty acted as prayer leaders Karl Klein and Fred Heles alternated as chapel organists The seal of approbation falls justly upon each member o ( the Acolyticai Society Membership is voluntary, and services involve a great deal of self-sacrifice and lack of recognition Jia i � out unn it J jom I Wot tom Ron —Peters, Leonard, Kisslint;, Miller, J., Michael, Heles, Huston, Whalen. Second Ron Miller, P., Graham, Quinlan, Litton, Marcus, Sullivan, R., Slattery, Schroeder. Third Rou —Kane, Beecher, W., Merteld, Schallau, McAllister, Bodenstciner, Wcvdett. Kruse. 7 oft Rou —Blessinyton, Kalb, Reicks, Gregory, Bohr, Scallon, Frost, E., Einck, Klien. The £c falitif The Loras College Sodality during the current scholastic year has asso¬ ciated itself with a broadened and more extensive field of activity, both spiritual and temporal Closer allegiance to those suggestions which have been furnished bv the organization’s national headquarters has resulted in its meriting popular recognition as the outstanding religious association on the campus During the course o f the year the Forum Committee has presented to the general student body a series of monthly programs on which were fea¬ tured authoritative speakers who discussed some curr ent topic of general interest. Catholic in tone. Included also on these programs were members of the student body who. for the most part, contributed to the entertain¬ ment feature of the meetings. The Speakers’ Guild furnished speakers to the various societies of the city. This unit has also sponsored a series of broadcasts in which the en¬ cyclical “Rerum Novarum” was discussed The moderator of the Sodality is the Reverend LeRoy Enzler Officers of the organization, who gave stellar performances in Catholic Action dur¬ ing the past year were Iustm Kane, prefect. Karl Klein, vice-prefect. WiMiam Blessmgton, secretary . and Francis Schroeder, treasurer ■ out unit 11 fit i The hramatic Club i Rev. George A. Stemm Director of Dramatics And so the twenty-ninth season of the koras College plavers has fallen into the greedy hands of Father Time As has ever been the case, the College group has not merely concluded another year of activity but a highly successful year Much credit for this success must be given to the Rev George A Stemm who with a handful of relatively inexperienced players carried out a program that would be a feather in anv director ' s cap His already well-known ability to train individuals, to impart to them the technique of the stage, and then to fi f them together into a well-directed sequence was further evidenced by the results of the past season. The year in resume must begin with the search-for-talent ’ project Although Father Stemm had m his group several students with considerable stage experience there was yet an insufficient number and a lack of variety of types for a full-time production In order that he might spot new material he assigned one-act plays to be directed and produced bv his experienced men and to be participated in by the new aspirants At each weekly meeting that followed, two or three of these plays were presented before the entire c ' ub which acted in the capacity of a critic body In this way every member present profited immeasurably bv each production The important outcome of this venture so far as the future of the club in general one hiniiln ' il i was concerned was the “bobbing to the surface ’ of Robert Kalb, George Rolinger, Vincent Merfeld. Francis Dver. and others who proved their worth in later activities. 1 hus after the weeks spent in preparation the club was ready for its first full-time play It came on February 19 in the form of a three-act comedy. “The Family Upstairs “ The feminine roles in this tale of the ups and dowms of a second- story family were played b Eleanor Powers, Mary Manders, joan Wellman, Helen Deming. and Rose Kelly, each of w ' hom had previously acted on the stage of Loras College convincing Dubuque audiences of her individual talents. Gene Dunnworth and Paul Streuber added to their already copious laurels and George Rolmger. one c f the newcomers unearthed by Father Stemm, struck rne first blow ' s toward carving for himself a niche in the Loras Hall of Fame. So when this plav had passed into the realm of the “gone but not forgotten,” the organization turned its thoughts to new-er things It began a series of weekly radio plays based on the lives of Mission heroes. Scenes from the lives of Francis Xavier, Ignatius Loyola. Father Marquette, Father Mazzuchelli. and Bishop Loras were dramatized and the project attracted w ' ide attention; it added one more layer of glory to an organization that w as already heavily coated. The student leaders of the Dramatic Cub this season were Student director, Paul Strueber; president. James Pauly; vice-president. Gene Dunw ' orth, staff artist, Thomas Walsh; property manager. Francis X Dyer; electrician. Fred Schneider. llo oni Ron —Peters, Huston, Sullivan, R., Polito. Mn , If Rou —Fitton, Merfeld, Maloney, Herrig, Rolinger. Toj, Ron —Gregory, Dunworth, Kamenjarin. Walsh, T., Paul, White. Ptom Committee A smashing climax to this year cf successful social events was the sensational and colorful Senior Prom Each year the Seniors attempt to sur¬ pass the work of the preceding class this year being not the exception Billy Baer ' s music, as arranged for by the Orchestra Committee, was superb The smooth style and scintilatmg rhythm proved the bne quality of so distinctive a band The decorative motif was excellent in its richness and harmony of color Loras Gvmnasium was transformed that evening into the most beau¬ tiful and unique of ballrooms. Deviating Com the traditional combination of purple and go ' d, the decorators glorified the scene with additional hues Members of the Prom Committee wo r king together harmoniously under the dynamic direction of class president, Dcna ' d Schissel, provided truly a centennial presentation of emoyable dancing. We are deep! indebted to Mr Schissel and his assistants for their major roll in placing our one hun¬ dredth graduating class among the ond memories of the next century I ' n t nur Juiuth, ( cn lt IbecwatfoHA Committee Bottom lion —Lanigan. Walsh, J.. Mulholland, Peters. Mii Jlc Ron —Klicn, |.. Genoar, McCarthy, O’Neil. Toft lion —Niochwicj, MeFadden, Rccsink, Kamenjarin, Averill. This committee has become prominent among the important organizations on the campus because of the ever present need for appropriate modes and motifs to accompany and complete the settings for many of the different activities held by the student body on the various celebrated occasions. Until recently the Decorations Committee was a temporary establishment to meet the needs o sporadic calls. However, it has proved itself invaluable and now the creative artists of Loras are united in an extra-curricular activitv of Immense value to themselves and the student bodv. Precedent has made it an established poliev that the chairman of the committee be appointed by Father Breen from the ranks of the Sophomore Class. Father Breen is the genera! chairman and adviser for the committee President Bill McCarthv of the Sophomores and his company of decorators have brought the organization to the fore by gaining much deserved recognition for their work this year. The Football Dance, the Christmas Soiree, and the Pre-Lenten Dance gave ascending acclaim to the committee for their splendid work of this year which was so brilliantly climaxed by the glory of the Senior Prom Chairman McCarthy and his associates are to be congratulated on their fine work in this year of recollecting a century of progress and should be given due credit for their part in contributing to the progress of Loras in the field of entertainment , «• one hum!ml ; £a 4 Bottom Ron —Monster, Smith, Van Mcir, Shaw, Rei11 , Renicr. Middle Rou —Heimerman, Goodman, Kivlahan, Poire, Ruhland. Reilly, J. o Rou —Murphy, Quirk. Barry, Humphrey, Roche, Hutchinson. John W. Collmgs. a former Loras student and director appointee of the Band, arrived to give the organization a new impetus a new challenge to the success of past seasons Through the constant effort of Director and of in¬ dividual members a Band, capable of furnishing delightful entertainment at student functions, was again realized. The activities of the Band were varied and numerous, revolving prin¬ cipally about the athletic contests, but consisting also of several concerts for the student body and or their large radio following For the most part the music rendered included marches, novelties, classical, and light classical com¬ positions bv the masters and by modern composers Officers for the 1938-39 Loras Band were Student director, Leland Barry, principal musician, Oliver Goodman, publicity director, James Renier; secre¬ tary, William Wolf librarians. Lawrence Murph and Jason Roche. one hundred ten Ro foin Rou —Fusco, W hite, W inks, Schramm, Reed, Owens. Second Rou —l.inehan, Beecher, B., Walsh, )., Baltes, Lally, Payton. Third Rou —-Paul, Koch, Haggerty, (inter, McFaducn, Verstvnen, Cummings. Toft Rou —Derouin, Bahning, McCarth , Q.. Humphrey, Thornton, Ludescher. IflcHcgrairn Club The Loras Monogram Club is composed of all men on the campus who have won major letters in intercollegiate sports sponsored by the college The 1939 edition of the club boasts forty members Included in its ranks are members of the football, basketball, baseball, and track squads William Reed is the president of the organization; ether officers, all seniors, are Alphonse White, vice-president; Ben Winks, secretary; John Paul, treasurer The club has a policy forming committee consisting of Tim Linehan, Herman Derouin. and Al Spahn. r ather M M Hoffmann serves as moderator of the Monogram Club. The essential purpose of the club is to serve as a medium of good will among the various members as well as keeping alumni of the school informed as to Loras athletics Monogram Club members serve as ushers at all football, basketball, and other athletic events at Loras pane one hundred clci cn Traditionally, the Purgold has been the outstand¬ ing student publication at Loras With the com¬ pletion of this scholastic year, we present this volume as the product of our best efforts A deep regret, that our talents be but meagre, that our compilation be but incomplete, assails us However, we shall consider our efforts well spent if. today, tomorrow, or at some future time, we may be instrumental in your recollecting just one happy memory of some cherished friends or inci¬ dent at Loras. Time awaits no man 1 he enH crowns all and that common arbitrator, time, has ended our Loras days. The class of 1939 passes on. it has played its collegiate role, it leaves with the high ideals of Christian character This is the character of Loras, this is the character determining our future role, this is the character we will possess fZcAkek CrcA. Company Locust Street from Seventh to Eighth Avenue r ’’ X (}■ f Sincf. its very beginning, in 1894, this store has always sought the best for its clientele and has maintained a policy of satisfactory service to all. The inward urge, each year, to ma! e it better and of more service to the community has resulted in the upbuilding of a great retail institution — one which is conceded as being the largest department store in Iowa. Diligence, perseverance and straightforwardness count equally as well in business as in school life. BIRD CHEVROLET O O SALES .ind SERVICE ' You’ll lie Ahead With A Chevrolet” DUBUQUE. IOWA BUETTF.LL BROS. CO. 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Dupont, Photographer OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER 1939 PURGOLD Special Kates to Loras Students At All Times For a Good Place to Eat and Refreshments D lamond s Cafeteria 1) u B U Q U E FINEST AND LARGEST IN THE STATE Prii Yv R easonable Corner Ninth and Main Streets Senior Directory JOSEPH P AVER ILL. LELAND M. BARRY. FRANCIS C BAXTER. WILLIAM H. BLESS ' NGTON WILLIAM C DOUGHERTY.. ROBERT J. DEGGENDORF.... EDWARD F DEWITT. WILLIAM J. DOHERTY. FRANCIS D DONAHUE. EDWARD DUNBAR. RICHARD A. FOSTER. FRANCIS P FRIEDL. NESTOR B GOEDKIN. KENNETH J HcRBST. EUGENE V HICKEY. JUSTIN J KANE. JOHN P KEANE. WILLIAM J KELLER. FREDERICK B KLAAS. KARL ) KLEIN. JOHN | KOLFF.N3ACH. MANSFIELD LAGEN. WILLIAM P LEONARD. WILLIAM L LONEPGAN . . . QUINN MCCARTHY. Robert McCarthy. edward a McDermott .. JOSEPH MACK IN. EARL J MENSTER. WILLIAM C MICHAE!_ JOSEPH W MILLER. PAUL F MILLER. ..1018 Western Ave . Waterloo, Iowa .Van Horne, Iowa . . . .437 West 14th St , Dubuque. Iowa .Charlotte, Iowa .Bellevue. Iowa .758 Caledonia St., Dubuque, Iowa .529 West Cherry St . Cherokee, Iowa .319 Randolph, Waterloo, Iowa .Bonesteel. South Dakota .Lone Rock, Wisconsin .Bo v 57, Newell, Iowa . .1126 West 4th St. Waterloo, Iowa .New Vienna, Iowa ....2739 Burden Ave. Dubuque. Iowa . . . . 1 7 65 S Grandv ew. Dubuque, Iowa .1359 Belmond St.. Dubuque. Iowa ..524 S. Harvey Cak Park. Illinois .533 Seminary St , Dubuque, Iowa 1298 Beimont St, Louisburg. Wisconsin .Carson, Las Vegas, Nevada . 7 00 36th St . Des Moines, Iowa .1090 Glen Oak, Dubuque, Iowa .Bernard, Iowa .977 Cleveland, Dubuque, Iowa . .130 N Long Ave . Chicago, Illinois .Lakota. Iowa .476 N Grandview, Dubuque, Iowa .St. Anthony, Iowa .Cascade. Iowa .Walker, Iowa .Fairbank, Iowa .Fairbank, Iowa ' More Senior Directory on Pages 122 and 123) Dubuque Star Brewing Co. DUBUQUE, IOWA What Dubuque MAKES .... MAKES Dubuque . . . DRINK . . . Dubuque Star Beer 1 t’s Kracusened” THE CHOICE OF DUBUQUE BEER LOVERS FOR FORTY YEARS Dubuque Owned Dubuque Operated DUBUQUE STAR EREW1NG CO. TAYLOR-YONKERS Photo-Engravers and Artists • Commercial Photographers • Black and White Halftones and Zinc Etchings • Benday Color • Two Three and Four Color Process • Creative Ideas • Wash and Pen and Ink Drawings Layouts • Retouchers and Designers Photo-Engravings today, whether simple black and white halftones, zincs, or elaborate four color process, illumine the way to clear, truthful discernment of what you have to sell Your Engraving problems will be better displayed if you allow us to work with you TEAM WORK IS POWERFUL A High Class Bookbinding Service for Public and Private Libraries. A hand bindery that can execute for you anything from the most simple binding to the most elaborate hand tooled volume. Prices Always Reasonable Kolarik Bookbinding Co. Iowa’s Leading Hand Binders” 3 002 Madison Street Cedar Rapids, Iowa Metz Manufacturing Co. Manufacturers of M1LLWORK Seventeenth and Elm Streets Phone 1304 DUBUQUE • • • 1 DRINK IN BOTTLES When in DES MOINES Stop At HOTEL KIRKWOOD A TANGNEY-McGINN HOTEL LIME ROCK SPRINGS BEVERAGES are better . . Ask for Them! ARTISTIC SHOE REPAIRING CARL DeMAIO — Shoe Repair Service Dubuque ' s Mas Modern Shoe Shop 1032 MAIN STREET DUBUQUE G1UNTA BROS. Wholesale Fruits and Vegetables Telephone 848 - 849 nunuQur ..... iowa WILLIAM L. MORAN.1584 Jackson St. Dubuque. Iowa LOUIS NAGY.208 8th Ave. SW . Oelwein, Iowa JOHN J. PAUL.325 N 8th St. LaCrosse. Wisconsin ROBERT PFIFFNER.133 Elm. Dubuque. Iowa ROBERT J. QUIRK.1398 Alta Vista. Dubuque. Iowa WILLIAM REED.1314 Fifth Ave, Marion. Iowa JOHN T. REILLY.N. Locust Ave. New Hampton. Iowa (More Senior Directory on Page 123) LORAS MEN RIDE BLACK AND WHITE 7 Takes Them There On Time” i axi and Baggage Service BLACK AND WHITE CAB CO. 38 — Phones — 39 A Friend “AN OPPORTUNITY” To Thank the Faculty and Student Body oi Loras for past favors and patronage — may we continue to serve you in the future ED. GRAHAM AND SONS Style Store for Men 845 Main Street Telephone 277 fir«$tone TIRES and TUBES BATTERIES BRAKE LINING ami AUTO SUPPLIES FIRESTONE SERVICE STORE 7lit and BlufT Streets —Dubuque PHONE 617 CASUALTY . . . FIRE . . . MARINE SCHWIETER1NG INSURANCE AGENCY OUIU- ' QUl ..... IOWA Compliments of The Trausch Baking Co. “Bakers of SWEETHEART BREAD SJBBINC-’S JEWELRY Diamonds . . . Watches . . . Jewelry Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing 803 MAIN STREET DUBUQUE DUBUQUE RECREATION PARLOR 92 3 MAIN STREET DUBUQUE IOWA EXCEL PHOTO SERVICE 1879-8i Central Avenue KODAK SUPPLIES . . . FILMS The Best Photo Finishing Direct ami By Mail LAWRENCE I ROEMER.273 ' ' enView. Wilmette. Illinois RAYMOND F ROSELIEP. Sageville Road RED No 1, Dubuque, owa IOHN I ROSKOPF .60S W. Linn, Marshalltown, Iowa MAURICE L SCALLON• • • . (fHey, Iowa DONALD ) SCHISSEL.■• • • • • • • • • v y -Varina. Iowa ALPHONSE A SCHRAMM.Tb W. Avon St., Freeport, Illinois FRANCIS J SCHROEDER.. v: ;; ' vY an ' owa JOHN F THORNTON. H, ° w - 4th St.. Waterloo, owa CURTIS E. WELAND.. • • •; •••••• AValford, owa ALPHONSE P WHITE.633 E Dewitt St. Dyersville, Iowa NORBERT E WILLCINC.579 Seminary St.. Dubuque Iowa REN W WINKS. Sumner ' lowa Autographs Pat ten A MOST REVEREND FRANCIS J BECKMAN. STD MOST REVEREND EDWARD D HOWARD. D D MOST REVEREND HENRY P ROHLMAN. D D MOST REVEREND JOSEPH M. GILMORE. ST D RIGHT REVEREND THOMAS CONRY. PA. VC RIGHT REVEREND A R THIER RIGHT REVFREND J M WOLFE RIGHT REVEREND AUGUST VOIACEK VERY REVEREND D V FOLEY VERY REVEREND M J. MARTIN REVEREND E. P AMENT REVEREND N C BARRFTT REVEREND A. J BREEN REVEREND J K CASSIDY REVEREND U. M CHURCHILL PROFESSOR JOHN J COLLINGS REVEREND W B COLLINS REVEREND J, B CPANEY PROFESSOR J. W CPETZMEYER REVEREND J J. DONAHUE REVEREND K. DOWNING REVEREND ALPH DRESS REVEREND R. P DUGGAN REVEREND L | FNZLER REVFREND F. A FITZOERAI D REVEREND J. T GANNON REVEREND J R GOODMAN REVEREND W D GREEN PROFESSOR C. W. HFITKAMP REVEREND M. M HOFFMANN REVEREND A. A HCLBACH REVEREND j W HOWELL REVEREND F J KAUFMANN REVEREND E. G KELLY REVEREND W G KESSLER REVEREND J J KLOTT REVEREND L H KUENZEL REVEREND H H LONG REVEREND E V l COSRROCK REVEREND S. D. LUBY REVEREND I. B McDONALD PROFESSOR B. R McQUILLEN PROFESSOR A I. MIDDEN DOFF REVEREND V. J PETERS REVEREND W. H. ROWAN PROFESSOR J. j. SCHILLING REVEREND K. G. SCHROEDER REVEREND C. N. SCHULTE REVEREND W. H. SCHULTE REVEREND I J SEMPER REVEREND J C. SIMMS REVEREND N A STEFFEN REVEREND C A STEMM PROFESSOR F. |. STORK REVEREND L B STRIECEL REVEREND J A THEOBALD CAILEN P. THOMAS LEN WINTER MAJOR W. L. McMORRIS HONORABLE GEORGE R. MURPHY HONORABLE GUY M. GILLETTE HONORABLE CLYDE L. HERRING HONORABLE WILLIAM IACOBSEN DR. L M FITZGERALD DR H M WILL.ITS MEDICAL ASSOCIATES DON AMECHE MR AND MRS. GEO W. MYERS MR. AND MRS G W CANNON MR. AND MRS. F. P. KEANE EDWARD 0. RILEY RENIER ' S MUSIC STORE DUBUQUE AWNING AND TENT CO. KEY CITY GAS CO IOWA OIL CO MERCHANT ' S HOTEL BELSKY MOTOR CO. UNIVERSAL CAR AND TRACTOR CO I 1 I I 1 S ! At - :,r S?5 t V T- Z • ’ 7 3 ' . • •.(; r i l,: : _ . r L • . - • ■ • • a - • R • - : u- - ■ r- ' - ' • i - - . • ■ • • -.• � • • % v- 37g.777 P C7 3P IQ C.=2 r. wjhlsh-