Mount Saint Marys College - Eagle Yearbook (Orchard Lake, MI)

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YU HS SI EEHELY HRODH Pops l Skip --crew cut . . . friendly smile . . . West Ted - The Braini' . . . plugger . . . sports' Branch conscience . . . the cute one . . . bull fiend . . . misogynist . . . dwells in a monk's cell. session lover. Klunx - Sha-Shan . . . pride of Hamtramck 'climv-food-moocher . . . friend of long john . . . expert diver . . . the deaf one . . . lover of . . . motorcycles! Oh, my! . . . chin mocker . . . rcfectory food. Haba, aba, abaf' fan . . . be happy! go Lucky! Lesh -sports, sports and more sports . . . win- Km -number one drag boy . . . Joe Newspaper ning smile . . . Fr. Wotta-fan . . . Member of the . . ex-orator . . . luxurious room . . . Anglophile. Unholy Three . . . physique. Norb7'-sleep . . , turtle-speed . . . Joe Shuffle Stick - music fiend . . . Harry Hi-Fi . . . psy- Feet. . . pinochle fan . . . unexcitable. chiatrist for Guts . . . teaser of the Rod . . . French Horn blower. Duds -tea lover . . . Syracuse Nationals, fan uMacw-Joe Orthoepist I I . alias Mons i u . Fr- . . : heats water on the radiator . . . needs wide Kubikvs Pride-4-Mr. Mace, i i I loved for his wise chairs' remarks in class. Cuts -a femme-man . . - Pistol Pete - - - evil Majo -Dolly-enthusiast . . . track star . . . Glee smile...cheerleader...suffers from bibliophobia. Club bass , , , future engineer I i I famous as Cuts' roommate. '4Wally - noisy . . . noted for vociferous garrulity . . . Pepper-upper . . . half member of the Unholy MLCHHYW-Erudite . . . class bouncer . . . long Three, hair . . . low trousers . . . proud of brother Louie. uSAMn ASLI-:ow

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l.laNNY X HBENNYN was just another addition to the numerous accomplish- ments of the Graduating Class of '56, The Senior year for my boys was an important one in more than one respect. They were learning, little by little, what was expected of them in the years ahead. They were to be leaders of their people, leaders of the American Polonia. Truly they would be Polish Americans, fully conscious of their priceless cultural heritage and prepared to pass that rich treasure on to future generations . . . they were to he militant Catholics, who, well versed in their Holy Religion, would bring Catholic influences into a secularized world . . . lastly they were to be good Ameri- cans, who, loving their native land and aware of her problems, would ever be ready to serve and to sacrifice for Cod and Country. The basketball season showed forth the true colors of many of the Seniors who now led the Red and White unto victory in their competition with other schools. In the spring, the class trip, a five day affair, was spent in Washington and New York . . . most truthfully it may be said to embody the best of all the fond memories of High School days. In baseball and track, as in the previous sports, the Seniors took their rightful places of leadership among the rest of the students. This last sports season, will always be remembered by the partici- pants not only because it was the last ofltheir High School days, but because of the many frierids and val- uable experiences gained while taking part in it. Then came the final examinations, the Gaudeamus party, and the approach of Commencement in unmerciful succes- sion. I noted that in these days jubilant happiness was mingled with feelings of regretful sorrow. The Com- mencement day was here at last. My boys had waited four years for this day . . . years which later they would recall as the happiest of their lives . . . years during which they had grown from boys into men. As they solemnly marched down the campus walk toward the auditorium, I could tell that in the heart of each one, sentiments of happiness were mixed with sor- row . . . happiness at having arrived at their cherished goal at last . . . sorrow at leaving the friends they had come to know so well and the Alma Mater who had been so good to them, and whom they had come to love and appreciate so dearly. From my post, venerable with age, I watched the solemn procession advance toward, the 'igymf' and though they were unaware of it, a few tears trickled down my time-worn face as I beat away their final minutes at Orchard Lake. '4My boys were men now, but somehow I knew, to me at least, they would always remain . . . amy boysf' the Class of '56. it E CSMPZIITZY, NELL1E LGOPH

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uCONNIE,, SMOKx-JY l Benny - sheep dog . . . Hot rod . . . juvenile Leon -the active one . . . talkative . . . Dudophile delinquent . . . another of the Unholy Three . . . . . . early riser . . .the holy one. suffers from Francophobia. i.Meelz,, - Pagoda n l I Standard on Representa- Connie Puck-Puck . . . the bad one . . . Daddyz .4 . lover . . . little President of the Moms and Dads me . . . Wll1lllIg0lJhllC . . . the hungry one . . . C1 b airplane lover . . . healthily neurotic. u ' Nellie'i-Black Sheep of the Class . . . expert cfsmokeyv-Scratch me! l I ' TB l . U knick-knack on affalrcs dc Coeur ' ' ' Notre Dame and South collector for his desk . . . noted for his active Bend hater . . . Rod-pester. nephew-Bobby. OP,' - doormant for History Class . . . fluores- U cent varsity champ . . . Kubikophile . . . Member Bob -Plugger ' ' ' pest for Chrobot ' ' ' Rec of Unholy Three ' I . The Hooooood. Hall Commissioner . . . question asker . . . baritone. Hllodi,-llat . . . Assistant principal . . . Daddy,s ffparmerw-,The grin u l l deaf one u n . with a favfmlc - - - future dffmlst' beard . . . cigarette moocher . . . emergency barber . . . professor of avriculture. Popew-Missions are not sissified . . . carrots D and lettuce . . . We'll seef' Con -The professor . . . collegeophile . . . Sam -pin-up fan , . . the Schick Man . . . the guitar Player - - - jHi1h0l1SC lover - . - m00Ch6T- caged campused canary . . . Daddy-oh. Champ- Bon FARMER Con