Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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minute ovation as he left the floor for the last game during the Western Maryland game. Post-mortems at Megee’s were growing in momentum. The last shreds of red tape were clinging to the bulletin boards. (Iripes about the cut system temporarily swelled as the list of unfortunates ap- peared. Twice the number of classes per week became suddenly important to some, and a proportion of the city ' s hospital patients were sadly informed that they had overcut. Weeping and gnashing of teeth were useless: no ex- cuses were taken. So the dark pall of exam week slipped over Evergreen. Some few managed to become exempt under the new system. January seniors were moping about the corridors declaim- ing how glad they were to be leaving. Senior Week activities and the July ' .50 Junior Prom lightened the gloom slightly. The Rev. Jerome D ' Souza, S.J., Indian del gate to the U.N.. and president of Loyola University, ladras, India, delivered the com- mencement address to the January 1950 graduates. THE GLEE CLUB CONCERT More than sixty voices of the Loyola College Glee Club, under the direction of Mr. Felice liila. entertained parents and friends in an afternoon of Christmas carols on Sunday, December 11. The program included sevenleen choral and instrumental seleclions followed by a reception for the guests. Below, Mr. lula directs the Gtee Club, accompanied by 11 illiarn Idnuzzi, pianist. The restful break in routine soon ended, and the unknown of a new quarter began to be unmasked. Those old enough to vote, now in the mi- nority, were watching for a Re])ub- lican rebuttal as the Welfare State BARBERSHOP HARMONY The Gtee Ctub Quartet, left to rigid, George Bauernschub and Charles Baris, tenors, and Bertram Morales and ,1 . Jacques Gunning, bassos, was a spar- kling fealure of all Glee Club programs. At every a})pearance demands for en- cores was a regular thing.

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THE WINTER WHIRL Basketball predominates, but exams, proms and extra-curriculars are necessary features of the winter scene. S NOWp YOU COULD COUNT THE FLAKES that had fallen by spring- time. The yearbook was planning its May supplement during balmy No- vember weather, and the Glee Club was readying for its joint concert at the Maryland Casualty auditorium in con- junction with the B 0 Club and the Associated Male Choruses. A large crowd packed the gym for the Dra- matic Society’s “Loyola Night,” which contained the usual slapstick with a large alumni percentage among the talent and some Hellzapoppin’ tech- niques added. The first quarter dragged to its close. The alumni invited the students to a dance after the alumni-varsity basketball game, and promised to make it an annual affair, as suggested by Bob Bourbon in Riini ing 117 The Hounds. The N.F.C.C.S. ' Balti- more-W ashington Council met at Ever- green to plan its December activities. Delegate Ed Pula hosted. New York was gasping for water and the punchbowl was at a dangerous ebb after the Cosmopolitan Chib’s first dance, held in honor of the Kymry Club of Notre Dame. The Glee Club BASKETBALL AND GRADUA- TION DREW RECORD CROWDS carol eered in the gym on December 11. Villanova was the much-feared op- ponent as the basketball squad entered the fray weighing a five and two record. Swimming candidates offered new Coach Jake Fisher a wealth of ma- terial, and the prospects again looked bright for Loyola’s most successful winter sport. Suddenly the Wake Forest had come and gone, and nearly everyone was home for the holidays or working at the post office. The holidays were past as if they had never been anticipated for weary weeks. Everyone was wondering where the time had gone, as final exams loomed on the calendar, now freshened with a crisp 1950. President Truman reported the State of the Union as good, and outlined the American ideal of leisure for all to enjoy their gifts. Reviews of the half-century were on every hand — so were reminders of the tests to come. Andy O’Donnell was given a three-

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F-- T i ' .i9k r .jjM THE FRESHMAN ELECTION SCUFFLE When frosh elections produced only half-hearted interest and no officers, the Student Council organized a re-election gained momentum. A group of actors of the Mask and Rapier company defeated a troupe from the Maryland College for Women in a competition staged by WAAM. Emerson Clarke and Charles Clark hung out a joint shingle as co-presi- dents of the July ’50 class after close elections, while Bob Bourbon, who nearly became a third man in the presidential tie, was installed as secre- taiy and Charlie Sybert was entrusted with the class funds. The tinkle of stonecutters’ hammers was drowned temporarily by the racket of rivet guns echoing over the campus. A juke box made a noisy debut in the caf and the rec room, and thesis copies began to mount up on the registrar’s counter. A philosophers’ convention was held in the Evergreen Library, and early morning philosophy professors began to become grouchy under Lenten fast. The Quarterly was still due to appear, this time in February. Mud surrounded the construction project which was the Chapel, and an impressive list of materials was being raised from its foundation. Noisy freshman elections resulted in the consolidation of Jim Garland’s position on the Student Council. His vice-presidents were Donald Boche and William Manger, who made up another two-man team in this close election year. Donald Lansinger was frosh secretary, and Neal Bathon paid the taxes. Thirteen seniors had already been accepted into medical schools. Joe Sills was elected president of the Mask and Bapier Society. DISCUSSION TOPICS RANGED FROM INDIA TO OODROW WILSON The John Gilrnary Shea Academy of History was formed in 1927 “ o promote a keen interest in history and to allow the student an opportunity to do special work in that field. Above, the members are gathered at one of their Thursday evening meetings. Seated are David Preller, secretary-treasurer. Dr. William D. Hoyt, moderator, John Hull, presi- dent, and Oliver Krastell, vice-president. Standing are John Seal, Thomas Coady, Richard Wojtek, Malcolm Rose, Theo- dore Pantaleo, Howard Will, Paul Steinhagen, and Melvin Cohen. Their annual banquet was held on May Uth at the Park Plaza. ALPHA SIGMA NU— SCHOLARSHIP, LOYALTY, AND SERVICE The campus chapter of Alpha Sigma Nii, the National Jesuit Honorary Fraternity, met with the Rev. Matthew G. Sullivan, S.J., in informal and confidential discus- sions. Left to right sitting, amused mend)ers, Bertram Morales, James Dietz, Walter Smyth, Father Sullivan, and Ferd Leimkuhler, are attentive president Edward Clarke ' s fireside chat. Andrew O ' Donnell and Edward McNeal, members not present, graduated in January.