Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Loras Players to the Rockies Little Mary CMartha Wadlej awaits Big Jim with the young ladies, Bob Paul as Chief Brown Bear r l l Kathy Keller flatters Big Jim Wellington CBill Renkj.

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Little Mary Sunshine takes l Tom Hanson directs the Rangers. Jan Kochneff plays up to Joe Schuver. . Do you remember dastardly villians, blushing heroines, or stalwart heroes? Do you remember the days when the good guys always wore the white hats? Do you remember the operetta? Well, if you do, or even if you don't, the Loras Players had a theatrical tidbit to titillate your nostalgic tastebuds. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April I8-20 at 8 p.m. the Loras Players presented Little Mary Sunshine , a saga of Colorado! The story line deals with Little Mary CMartha Wadleb, the charming proprietress of the Colorado Inn high in the Rockies. As the show opens we dis- cover that Little Mary has purchased the land upon which the Inn stands via the humble savings she earned through the sale of her homemade cookies. Because she is unable to meet the payments the government will be forced to foreclose the mortgage. Trying to win her pure heart is the stalwart Forest Ranger, Cpt. Big Jim Warington CBill Renkb. As in every operetta we have our character juvenile and soubrette. Thomas L. Hanson por- trays Corporal Billy Jester, a timid, yet well intentioned hero. Opposite him is Naughty Nancy Twinkle QDebbie Ecker- manb, Little Mary's woman of the world' maid. And of course what would an operetta be without a horde of wild Indians. Doug Kroupa and Bob Paul portray the parts of Fleetfoot and Chief Brown Bear of the once fierce Kadota tribe. Brown Bear adopted Little Mary into the tribe many years ago, when the noble lndian guide, Fleetfoot, found the lost girl who was berry picking at the time. Fleetfoot and Brown Bear are the only two Kadotas left-or are they? Dan Heithoff says no, and he can prove it as he plays Yellow Feather, the operetta's villian. Debbie Eckerman with her lndian friend.

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Mrs. Kathleen Enzler speaks at '76 Graduation On May ll, l975, l92 graduates marched into the Loras fieldhouse for Commence- ment exercises. lt was a misty day as rain drizzled on their heads. Yet their proud spirits were not dampened. One hundred sixty students were awarded Bachelor of Art degrees and thirty-two students were awarded Bachelor of Science degrees. The traditional caps, gowns, procession, and patriotic songs were a part of the ceremony. However, something not so traditional occurred. It marked the first year in the history of Loras College that a husband and wife team delivered speeches at graduation and bac- calaureate exercises. Reverend Mr. Clarence J. Enzler, recipient of the Doc- tor of Letters degree, presented the homily at Baccalaureate Mass. His wife, Mrs. Kathleen C. Enzler, recipient of the Doctor of Laws degree, delivered the commencement address. The honorary degree, Doctor of Laws was conferred also on Michael J. Martins. Mr. Clarence Enzler, a l93l Loras graduate and a former Loras professor, is acclaimed for his distinguished con- tributions to his family, country, and Church. Mrs. Kathleen Enzler, mother of thirteen children, received a B.S. degree from Wilson Teacher's College in Washington in I936. She and her husband pioneered the Family Life Movement in the Archdiocese of Washington. they were the first recipients of the Couple of the Year Award in that archdiocese in I96O. Mrs. Enzler's speech focused on the National Women's Year theme of equality, development, and peace and its relationship to the graduates. She added a fourth quality - liberty - to the list of at- tainable goals. Mrs. Enzler affirmed, The achievement of these four goals - equality, develop- ment, peace, and liberty-have their beginning in the family. She expounded that the only way to solve the world's problems is through peopIe's characters, and this can be accomplished through the family. Mrs. Enzler claimed her greatest achievement to be the shaping of her children's characters. In conclusion, Mrs. Enzler encouraged the graduates with these meaningful words: Loras College says the world is tough but it's not too tough for you. l Due to inclement weather, the graduation ceremony was held in the Fieldhouse. Right. Rev. Neil Tobin announces the graduates as Mr. Joseph V. Graber, chair- man of the Board of Regents, Mgsr. Francis Friedl, and Archbishop James Byrne. the Chancellor. confer the degrees. Mrs. Kathleen Enzler addresses the graduates The proud l975 graduates. Yil,