Loyola University of Los Angeles - Lair Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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L O Y O L A Chaklis Coony usiness Manager Phil Girard Editor-in-Chief Thomas Roberts Advertising Manager Gerald F. Leahy, S. I.. Moderator STAFF MEMBERS Editor-in-Chief ... - Phil } Girard Associate Editor Advertising Manager Associate Sports - Law Editor High School Editor Robert E. Brennan Thomas A. Roberts - Joaquin Praters - Jack P. Wright - Harold B. Ryan Associate Circ. Manager Walter C. Rottner Humor Editor Business Manager - Sports Editor - Associate Sports - - College Editor - - • Circulation Manager • Exchange Editor Thomas J. Haddock Charles R. Coony Joseph C. Du Ross - - - M. Bernard Walter French Joseph Gibbons Grover L. Bossert Being blinded to true appreciation we are often inclined to undervalue the work of our fellow students. The Loyolan, our Chronicle of college activities has been for years a great undertaking and its rise to well-merited success is a fitting tribute to the earnest efforts of those students, who made it possible. However, the ardor of appre- ciation easily wanes and lest wc forget we will briefly review here the history of our publication. The paper began its career in 1919 as The Cinder. Its life was short and despite the zealous effort of its staff it succumbed on the rocks of bankruptcy. With an im- pressive ceremony by the staff it was formally buried beneath a towering tombstone on which was engraved the words Requiescat in pace. But a resurrection was forthcoming and in 1921 it began its new career under the name The Loyolan. Since its rejuvenation it has grown and improved and at [24]

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THE L O Y O L A Jack Wright, George Dunne. Harold Ryan Joaquin Praters. Walter French Michael Cunningham. Thomas Mercola. William Starbird. Bernard Tarabino former years. How fruitful have been their labors Loyola may now judge. The year book of 1925-1926 is the fourth in Loyola ' s history. The fourth and we think the best. It is fitting that the greater Loyola of 1926 has produced a greater annual of 1926. It is only propitious, then, that the students, the Alumni and the friends of Loyola acknowledge the deep debt that is theirs to Editor Louis Burke, to Mr. Belanger, S. J., and to each and every member of the editorial and business staff. Their ' s has been a great work, now crowned by monumental success. That the Loyola has pro- gressed we may readily see by examining its pages. Action pictures grace its athletic section — scenes of artistic beauty add a touch from a master ' s hand to its division pages — art work, the beauty of which is difficult to express in words, pictures to the reader the theme of the book. Add to this a magnificent cover and we have a few outstanding reasons why The Loyola is one of the best annuals ever printed. To all those who assisted in any way towards the success of the annual, the staff gratefully acknowledges its appreciation. [23]

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THE T O Y O L A LOYOLAN STAFF Thomas Haddock, Jack Wright, Joseph Gibbons, Edward Du Ross Maurice Bernard. Robert Brennan, Joaquin Praters, Walter French Harold Ryan. Grover Bossert. Victor Moreno. Harold Hurley. Walter Rottner the present time enjoys the most successful reign m its history. Phil Girard, Louis Burke and Martin Burke are credited with restoring it to a full fledged college chron- icler, as It was mainly through their efforts that it was able to survive its period of convalescence. The former has for the last three years been editor-in-chief and will be succeeded next year by Robert Brennan, who has already assumed the active duties of the office. Mr. Charles Coony, business manager, and the cooperative staff as a whole, de- sen. ' e great praise for their faithful labor during the past year, for it is through the harmony of their functioning that the present success of the paper has been accom- plished. Mr. Coony held the position of R. O. T. C. correspondent during the pre- vious year. The financial success of the publication was assured by the earnest work of Tom Roberts, newly appointed Advertising manager. ;« ' [ 25]