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

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Representing the military units of Loyola Col- lege in civil functions throughout the city and the middle Atlantic states, the Pershing Rifles is one of the most active organizations on the campus. In addition to co-sponsoring the annual Military Ball, the Loyola Company of this national honorary mili- tary society has participated in the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C., the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia, and numerous local parades and civic activities. One on the out- standing achievements of this relatively young out- fit has been the establishment of a crack competi- tion drill team, which has made excellent showings in the annual Regimental Drill Meets. Pershing Rifles DrifI Captain George Sl irka. The Pershing Rifles trick drill team an- swers to the command, Queen Anne ' s Salute! Scabbard and Blade The Scabbard and Blade, a national military fra- ternity, attempts, through its unit on the Loyola campus, to foster a spirit of closer co-operation and comradeship between its member cadets, and raise the standards of scholarship in the study of the military curriculum. Its members, distinguished by the red and blue braid on the shoulders of their uniforms, take an active part in all phases of cam- pus military activity, including the co-sponsorship of the annual Military Ball. The Loyola unit is headed by Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Larry Panico. Seated left to right: McCorry, Panico, Major Pedigo, Yuhn. Meinert. Standing left to right: Petrik, Brooks, Duke, Trinite, Varacalle, Troy, Streb, Foos, Schildwachter, Eichelman. i

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Association of the U. S. Army The Association of the United States Army is a professional organization whose membership is limited to those advanced R.O.T.C. students who are considering the Army as a full time career. The new unit, headed by Tom McHugh, received its charter this fall at a banquet at Ft. Geo. G. Meade, which was attended by various high-ranking mili- tary officers, and several members of the College administration, including the Very Reverend Vin- cent Beatty, S.J. Father Beatty and Father Hoggson at the head table with army dignitaries during the Association ' s banquet at Fort Meade.

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Mask and Rapier By virtue of a kind of reciprocal trade agreement with several local women’s colleges, Loyola men combined talents ( and a pleasant combination it was) with girls from Mount Saint Agnes and Notre Dame of Maryland to stage several highly entertaining productions during the past year. The Society’s successful staging of Kaufmann and Hart’s You Can ' t Take It With You, which was marked by excellent attendance, started the season’s schedule of dramatic activity. Loyola Nite”, the annual Thanksgiving-Eve high-jinx, lived up to its enviable reputation for hilarity. This was due, in large part, to the tireless efforts of Fr. Scanlan, who once again assumed his triple role of writer, director and producer. Under the expert but sometimes anxious eyes of Director Bob Dunn, a familiar face in Loyola dramatics, the cast and stage crew whipped into shape a creditable production of sophomore Ed Reese’s original one-act play. Room for Rent. It was presented at the regional finals of The Jesuit One-Act Play Contest, this year held at Evergreen. As the Maryland Province’s representative at Ford- ham, this same one-act play, complete with stage crew, cast, and moderator, journeyed to New York to compete with the finalists from the New York and New England Provinces. Society President Dan FitzSimons, a quiet man behind every scene, can look forward to some excel- lent future performances from such experienced men as Jack Kenny, Ed Reese, Gordon Hasenei, and Vince Cucina. Jim Eagle, Master of Cere- monies at Loyola Nite’’, and John Kenney, who played the Almighty in the one-act play, are the only seniors to be lost through graduation. Top fo bottom, left to right: 1. Jim Eagle, Mary Johnson, Gordon Hasnei, Ed Reese, and Vince Cucina. 2. Ed Reese, Joan Griber, Jed Downey, Gene Prevost, Audrey McNierney, Frank Bien, and Mary Britton. 3. John Trentley, John Kenny, Ed Reese, Mary Britton, Al Fields, Jed Downey, Audrey Mc- Nierney, Jim Eagle, Vince Cucina, and Joan Griber. 4. Direc- tor Bob Dunn and Father Scanlan.