McBride High School - Colonnade Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Qaatg.-one Members of the senior play cast: Seated: Castulik, Chick, Flood, J. Meyer, Buelt, Giordano, Litteken. Standing: Naumann, Kwiatkowski, Springrose, Vogen- thaler, Gebhart, Kellett, Gray, Gensert, Mattingly, SENIOR PLAY A group of seventeen nervous yet confi- dent seniors went through their supreme test on May 1, 2, and 4, when the Annual Play Brother Orchid was presented. The plot centers around the life of Little John Sarto tFrank Floodj, a ruthless gang- ster, who returns from ten years in prison only to f-ind that his throne has been usurped by the Gimp fJoseph Chickj, and that he is to be taken for a ride. He escapes his would be murderers and takes a refuge with the Lit- tle Brothers of the Flowers, a community of monks who, as Little John puts it, do nothing but pray and herd posies. Brother Nasturti- um fFrancis Naumanj , ex-prizefighter, Broth- er Hollyhock fRobert Buelt and Louis Kwiat- kowskij, the community physician, and Abbot Jonquil fJohn Castulik and Tom Vogentha- lerj, show Little John a kindness and a way of life he never knew possible, Brother Orchid's continual use of slang and his propensity for such antics as playing Ale- xander's Ragtime Band on the chapel organ startle the brothers just a little, but they ac- cept him for what he is and he finds happiness with them. His chance to do something big comes when his former cronies attempt to break into the flower m a r k e t, which is the brothers' sole means of existence. Fat D u t c h y tJohn Litteken and Paul Gensertj, the dumb, ge- nial bartender, is the only one of Orchid's old friends who remains faithful to him in his new life. How Brother Orchid handled the mobsters and becomes an unsung hero make the climax of the play. Feise. Bro. Frank Bischof Gfcfivifies GLEE CLUB McBride's Glee Club, under the capable di- rection of Brother Francis Mueller, who has served in that capacity since 1936, has again brought distinction as a choral group to Mc- Bride. Not limiting themselves to singing, the mem- bers of the Glee Club participated in their third operetta, entitled The Masked Baritone. The characters were chosen from the Glee Club members, who were guided by the ex- perienced coaching of Brother Mueller and Brother Louis Schuster. The conflict of Reggie with Mortimer, a highly cultured man, who in reality gets ev- ery word and every thing mixed up, the clash- ing of the station owner, Joe of SOS, with the shrewd business man, Cappy Ricks, drive this plot to an amazing ending. Other affairs in which the Glee Club took part were the Fontbonne Festival on May 3, on Parent-Teachers' Night, and the graduation exercises held at Blessed Sacrament Church. COLONNADE All American honors was awarded by the National Scholastic Press Association to The Colormade for the third consecutive year. Exceptionally good was the rating given to the editorial page, while the news and sport pages received anexcellent rating. The paper was well commended on its news and sport coverage, interesting editorials, feature stories, special columns, general make-up, and head- lines. Editor-in-chief of this year's publication was Herbert Gebhart, who exercised complete con- trol over the editorial page. The news pages were under the direction of Hilary Mattingly, who was assisted by Tom Finan, a junior and ace feature story writer. Edward Mee and John Gray were in charge of the sport page, and the Green Flashes column. Don Byrne, copyreader, was kept busy with his column Ole Fateful Sez . William Noonan, sopho- more, supplied humor and gossip for the pa- per with his Ravings at Random. John Ar- chibald, after winning the school cartoon contest, was awarded the position of staff car- toonist. The circulation of the editions was in charge of Victor Gazzolo. August Giordano occupied the office of Ad Manager. Other writers for the publications were, John Meyer, John Morley, Paul Gensert, Dick Holden, Lawrence Willett, and Jolm Blake, seniors, Glennon Dorlac, Ray Jurgens, and Jack Shortal, juniors, William Noonan, Paul Seivers, and Michael Delaney, sophomores. The last issue of the paper was edited by the Junior staff, in order that the seniors might prepare this book. Page Nineteen

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616 0 012123 6 RAYMOND L. SZTUKOWSKI St, Adalbert A rose by any other name. Glee Club I, Ad Worker I, C.S.M.C. II, Track I. RAYMOND S. THERIAULT' New Cathedral I-Ie'd make a good bouncer. Football I, II, III, Boxing I, II, Spirit Banner Representative II, III, IV. JEROME H. TURNER Corpus Christi Apollo Jr. OMER J. VERHAEGI-IE Our Lady of Mount Carmel I don't talk much! Ad Worker I, II, III, IV, Boxing I, Intramural Basketball I, II. THOMAS J. VOGENTHALER St. Jolm and St. James I want to be a June bride. Track I, III, Math Club IV, Spelling III, Citizenship Committee I, Bowl- ing III, IV, Senior Play, Boxing I, Ad Worker IV, Minor Drarnatics I, IV. LAWRENCE E. WILLETT All Souls No, I, didn't prepare any material. Pm slipping. Track I, II, III, IV, Ad Worker I, II, Colonnade III, IV, Boxing I, In- tramural Basketball I, II, III, IV, Table Tennis III, IV, Honor Stu- dent I, Tennis Tournament III, IV, Year Book. Page Eighteen fhlnetaen LEE B. TATE St. Rose Ego Odi Me Football I, II, III, IV, Basketball I, II,, Track I, Bowling III, IV, Bowl- ing Manager IV, Ad Worker I, II, III, IV, Class President I, Honor Student I, II, III, Spirit Banner Rep- resentative II, Intramural Basket- ball IV, Transportation III, IV. ' EDWIN V. TUCKER Blessed Sacrament Wabash schedule - never on time. Boxing I, Ad Worker I, II, III, Spir- it Banner Representative II, Intra- mural Basketball I. MELVIN J. VENNEMAN Our Lady of Perpetual Help The singing messenger boy. Entered in IV, Boxing IV, Bowling IV, Transportation IV, Ad Worker IV. JOSEPH P. VOGEL Sacred Heart Disputacious in an argumentative way. Boxing I, Handball II, Glee Club I, Ad Worker IV. WALTER A. WEGMAN Holy Rosary VVhat's your name, bud? Ad Worker IV. HENRY L. WILLMERING Our Lady of Perpetual Help Artie Shaw swing fan. Boxing IV. WILLIAM T. ZEMBLIDGE St, Ann, Normandy Pine Lawn Play Boy. Spirit Banner Representative I, IV, Basketball I, III, Track III, IV, Football II, Elocution I, Class Pa- per I, Intramural Basketball IV.

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fha G0!0lZIZ6i 6 Members of the debate team: Front: J. Meyer, Gray, Rankin, Mattingly, Byrne. Rear: Gensert, Gebhart. DEBATING Resolved: That the Power of the Federal Government should be increased? This ques- tion provided the McBride debaters with one of the timeliest issues ever argued by any fo- rensic group. Problems facing our government officials at the present time frequently pre- sented themselves during the season. The debaters were under the supervision of Brother Victor Naegele, who replaced Brother Frank Bischof as coach. During the season the team participated in two tournaments and in two leagues. In the St. Charles tournament the debaters met with little success, since these were the First debates the squad had ever participated in. Two weeks later, at the St. Louis U. High tournament, the squad showed great improvement, winning half of their debates. In the Missouri State League and the Catholic League the debaters took part in nineteen engagements, eleven negative and eight aiiirmative. Although the season may not have produced as many victories as could be desired, the de- baters believed that the benefits derived from the experience far outweighed any defeat. ORCHESTRA The orchestra this year comprised twenty members and was under the direction of Brother Charles Sweeny. Playing both classical and popular music throughout the year the orchestra made spe- cial appearances at the operetta, The Masked Baritone, and at the annual play. Victor Gaz- zolo, William Petterson and James Brady will be lost to the orchestra by graduation. Page Twenty Ylinetem ORATORY Hilary Mattingly gained oratorical suprem- acy in the school when he won the school con- test sponsored by the Atwell T. Lincoln Post of the American Legion. Other contestants and the titles of their ora- tions were: Robert Buelt, Voting, the Safe- guard of the Constitution , Don Byrne, One- third of a Nation Versus the Constitution , Joseph McNicholas, The Constitution and the Preservation of American Liberties , and John Meyer, The Constitution, Fortress of Free- dom. For this victory, Mattingly was awarded a bronze medal, and the right to participate in the North St. Louis District contest, where he won third place. In the Junior Division, Tom Finan emerged victor in the school contest, after competing against Glennon Dorlac and Charles Faust. Tom also won third place in the annual Ma- rianist Oratory Contest. The title of his ora- tion was Catholic Social Action and Indecent Literature. As in previous years all orators were under the supervision of Brother Harold Huels who has proven himself only too worthy of the po- ' ELOCUTION H For the iirst time in several years, the sec- ond-year students, who won places in the freshmen elocution contest as first-year stu- dents, were unable to defend their laurels as sophomores in the sophomore elocution con- test. Last year's winners, Paul Sievers, in the humorous division, and Richard Palazola in the serious division, were replaced by Donald Bonfa, and Benjamin Vilbertg Palazola, how- ever, who reached the Final contest, put up a stiff battle and was defeated by a narrow mar- gm. Donald Bonfa was awarded first place for his rendition of The Deathbed of a Traitorf' Vilbert won second place with the selection Da Besta Frandf' Participants in the final contest, in addition to the winners were: Richard Palazola, John Muldoon and Charles Heil. Finals in the freshman elocution contest were held on the afternoon of May 13 after the contestants had been narrowed down to six by an elimination contest held on April 30. The ultimate winners in the two divisions, humorous and serious, into which the contest- ants were grouped, were Thomas Fitzgerald with the selection The Volunteer Organist , and Houston Harrison with a humorous selec- tion, The Owl Critic . Both contests were under the supervision of Brother Eugene Janson. sition.