Loyola Academy - Yearbook (Wilmette, IL)

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From leff, John Quigley. Rich O'Dwyer, James O'Connor, Bill Lackowskl, Tim Quigley, John KuTsch, The members of The El- derly group. Confldlng his cards, one of The elderly of Pembriclge seeks consulTaTion from senior Pal Pip er in o game of poker. Photos by James 0'Connor. Check Mare, Rich O'Dwyer and Peter Blaumueller conlemplole Their nexT move againsT The In- famous Slanley aT Pembridges Tuesday Bachelor Night Volunleer 23

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Love in f-.loijon Describes Volun Teer Work ove in acTioh is a good descripTioh of The work done by sTudehT voluh- Teers aT Loyola. VolunTeer- ihg Their services, Loyola Academy sTuder1Ts have given of Their Time and eher- gy To various service pro- jecTs ih and ouTside of school. Following The exam- ple seT forTh by ST. lghaTius, These sTudehTs embody Those characTerisTics of be- ing 'llvleh for OThers. Their spiriTed work, chanhelled Taking Time ouf from his Tuesday evenings, Junior Rich O'Dwyer spends Time wiTh The elderly. Through The lvlihisTry DeparT- mehT, has beriefiTed many iD The Chicago area who have heeded help. The mosT popular voluh- Teer projecf is The Soup KiTcheh wiTh Loyola sTudenT and faculTy members hum- berihg ih The fifTies, a much smaller involvemehf Thah in years pasT. This may be ih parT because ST. Thomas has experienced a flood of workers from all over which has limiTed The level of ih- volvemehf. The Soup KiTch- eh is locaTed aT ST. Thomas of CanTerbury in The UpTown area of Chicago. To com- baT The falling numbers, The lVlihisTry deparTmehT offered oTher alTerhaTives like a new experimenTal projecT To help The poor ih EvahsToh. The volunTeer work includes The preparaTion and serving of food To The underprivileged. 22 VoluhTeers This projecT noT only ehables The volunTeer To help oThers by saTisfyihg Their physical hunger buT also helps To fulfill Their infehse hunger for com- pahiohship. AhoTher popular voluh- Teer job is working wiTh The elderly aT Pembridge Nursing Home in Evahsfon. The group includes 45 regular members who go every oTher Tuesday evening. The members leave aT abouT 6:30, and uh- Til 8:30, They play checkers, cards and Talk wiTh The meh aT The Nursing Home. This provides The individual wiTh a chance To work wiTh people who have fallen ouT of The mainsTream of socieTy. lvlahy have become senile, while oThers are jusT unable To cope wiTh The pressures of socieTy. Working wiTh Those aT Pembridge allows The vol- ur1Teers To appreciaTe Their youTh and viTaliTy. John Quigley, a sehior who is ac- Tive in a number of volunTeer projecTs says of his volunTeer work, l enjoy iT because l geT a loT ouT of iT, l feell can do some Thing for oTher peo- ple while sfill having a good Time. We can brighTen Their ofherwise dreary roufine. Our work aT Pembridge gives us a special sense of safisfacfion. SaTurday mornings for mosT mean sleep, buT for a few diehard voluriTeers, SaT- urday mornings meah Trav- ellihg To UpTowh To TuTor Hmong refugees in English and Teach abouT Those he- cessiTies imporTanT for Those who are unfamiliar wiTh The ways of America. These may include familiarizihg Them wiTh The procedures of pur- chasing goods aT a sTore or helping The refugees handle Their bills. There are mahy volun- Teers aT Loyola who work on Their owh aT hospiTals, re- Tarded childrens homes, and nursing homes. These sTu- derifs also fihd someThihg special in Their work wiTh The less forTur1aTe. G-eTTihg a hug from a refarded child, geT- Tihg Through To an elderly mah sTruck wiTh sehiliTy, and The sense of saTisfacTioh when one sees a refugee able To do his shopping on his own are jusT a few of The benefiTs of voluhfeer work. All volunTeer work gives The Thrill of knowing ThaT one is doing someThihg for oThers. Jim O'Connor T YQ f' 'N Aff . 3 1-.X Q. N . M .T X TS-....,

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Wafching as Sieve Johnson re- laTes The sTory of Grover Ma- lone: RusTy Magner, Mike Gille- spie, Brian Travers, Paul lacono, and Dan Baldino culTivaTe Rambler spiriT in Shane Baldino and Mark Moran. Photo by Dave Williams T- . in. My yi, ,l FT TWU T Ty l TTTTWWTTTTTTTTTTTTTT i 'Thr' They praofioeoi and They Sweafeoi, only To find ouT Thaf Boys Wear Makeup ho ever said There is no such Thing as a Time machine? Perhaps There isn'T, buT The magic and aura of The casT of The Third annual Follies gave The effecTs of one as They led The audience Through eighi decades of comic and dramaTic hisTory. Under The producfion of Lawrence ReuTer, S.J., The direcTion of The English De- parTmenT's James Kucienski, and The choreography of Peggy Reynolds, casT mem- bers represenTing Regina, Marillac, Woodlands, and The Academy enTerTained Three TheaTers full of family and friends, The Follies' TiTle, The Spirif of '75 , reflecTed The life and spiriT of The Academy Through iTs seyenTy-five years of rich hisTory. The pro- ducfion began in 49041 wiTh Fafher Dumbach's energeTic plea To Archbishop Quigley for Loyola's esTablishmenT in 24 Follies The NorTh Shore. Before The audience knew iT They were wiTnessing a 4984 senior, RusTy Magner, Take Two pro- specfive freshmen, Mark Moran and Shane Baldino, on a guided Tour of The Ada- demy on Open House nighT. Upon viewing The picfure of The four members of The firsT graduafing class, circa 4944 and FaTher Barlow, S.J., Their senior English Teacher, The Three modern day sTudenTs wiTnessed The rebirTh of The members of The picfure as They sTepped ouT of The phoTo and broke inTo a song. Soon The four 4944 seniors along wiTh FaTher Barlow revealed To The audi- ence ThaT They represenTed The spiriT of Loyola. Through- ouT The play, prospecTive freshman Moran remained opTimisTic abouf The Acade- my, while his peer Baldino re- mained cynical concerning his success aT Loyola. AT The onseT of The journey Through The decades, The audience found iTself in The midsT of World War l. To The Tune of Over There , The scene depicTed The emo- Tional seTTing as The dough- boys were leaving To go off and fighT in The war. Jusf as The audience was being drawn inTo The sad- ness of The war, scenes quickly change and iT found iTself in The flamboyance of The roaring TwenTies. The scene Took place aT Ann O'Day's MalT Shop, a popu- lar hangouf for Loyola sTu- denTs of The era. EnTerTain- menT was provided by flap- pers Debby BurdeTTe, Maura Whalen, KaThy Naninni, Col- leen McCarThy, Angela Cril- ly, KaThy Lee, and Julie Gold- berg, wlTh Their rendiTion of The Charlesfon. To illusTraTe The facf ThaT There was a depression sweeping The counTry, Two solos were performed Thaf Qconfinued on page 265 - T T A T if , L. T