Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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20 DELTA EPSILON SIGMA NATIONAL CATHOLIC HONOR SOCIETY Senicrs nominated to Delta Epsilon Sigma, national honor fraternity, are left to right, seated: Russell M. Bleich, Ronald Kenneth W. Kraus, James L. Steimel, Arthur T. Huinker and Louis W. Wunder. James L. Huston, Robert J. Offerman, Thomas A. Ryan, Richard N. Kurtz. John D. Callan, James Leo A. Ruggle. The Delta Epsilon Sigma is a national scholastic honor society for students and graduates of Catholic colleges and universities. Election to membership in this organization is based primarily on high standards of scholarship, coordinated with leadership, achieve- ment, and general ability. Ten percent of the senior class may be chosen for this recognition, and the selec- tions are made by a faculty committee composed of Delta Epsilon Sigma members. The Loras College chapter of this national society was instituted under the leadership of the Most Rev. Edward A. Fitzgerald, a former dean of studies at Loras, now Bishop of the Winona, Minnesota, diocese. Due to the fact that Msgr. Fitzgerald was actually the man responsible for the formation of Delta Epsilon Sigma, Loras College has been granted the chapter title “Alpha.” The induction banquet was held traditionally in May at the Bunker Hill Country Club. The certificates and keys were presented to the members at the ceremony. which was under the direction of the Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. Naser, Standing: William 1. МеКШір. Paul. R. Hesselmann, A. Rynard. James СГ. Stessman ane George N. Schulte, president of the Alpha chapter of the Delta Epsilon Sigma. The members of the graduating class of 1957 who were chosen to receive this honor were: Russell M. Bleich, Miller, Iowa, philosophy major; John D. Callan, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, history major; and James I. Hus- ton, Des Moines, Towa, English major, ` Others included in the list are: Kenneth W. Kraus, Waterloo, Towa, chemistry major: Richard N. Kurtz. Jesup, Towa, philosophy major: William |. MeKillip, La Crosse, Wisconsin, chemistry major; Ronald J. Naser, Fort Dodge, Towa, philosophy major, Robert J. Offer- man, Dubuque, Lowa, biology major; and. Leo A. Rug- gle, Perry, Towa, commerce major, Also named to membership ін the society were: Thomas A. Ryan, Dubuque. Lowa. biology major: James A. Rynard. Dubuque. Iowa. commerce major; James T Steimel, Waterloo. To wa. economics major: James T. Stessman, Missouri Valley. Towa, English major: and Louis W. Wunder, Anamosa, lowa. philosophy major.

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SENIOR Senior el left to right, are Thomas J. Daugherty, vice-president: Norman C. Conway, sec- retary, and Richard N. Kurtz, treasurer. unm John. E. while Wright. senior class president. tunes in the TV set in the Chapel Auditori Joseph W. Mayer, speaker. watches on the left. 21