Quigley Preparatory Seminary - La Petit Seminaire Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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N WASZAK P WENTZEL NORBERT JOSEPH WASZAK PHILIP CHARLES WENTZEL Immaculate Conception Wrnner of Frve honor certrfrcates and scholar shrp prrzes lent hrs lrturgrcal vorce to the Schola Cantorum and to the glee club avrd stamp collector and hence the champion ol the Phrlatelrc Socrety never takes offense bowled the slowest ball In the hrstory of the Ourgley bowling leagues loyal to the socrety of Beadsmen Maternrty of the B V M Orchestra member for all Frve years rolled em rn the aisles as Agathangelos Bagratrdes of The ORDER OF MELCHISE DECH played on champronshrp basket ball baseball and volleyball teams known as the voice from the cheaper seats rnfamous for hrs ten cent jokes owns the oldest extant Ford also a stamp collector v.: , 4 4 ' , rr . . , CTI ' . . rr V - - A I I . , . . rr - --

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id T SULLIVAN THOMAS FRANCIS SULLIVAN St Peter Canrsrus Satrsfred the school s sweet tooth lor four years has a pleasant affable smule a Sensor lrleguard and monogram man carried home the bacon rn three scholarship contests a champ cager rn 44 received two honor certrfrcates member of the Schola Cantorum JOSEPH CARL TAYLOR St Paschal A good sense of humor even when the yoke rs on hum runner up rn last years chess tournament and an offrcer ol the chess cub rn the Cathedral Chorrsters and the Plaun Chant Choir rescueless lrfeguard and a Quigley kegler E SZMURLO EDMUND HENRY SZMURLO St FId6lIS Headwarter rn Ourgley s famous caleterra for three years one of our Semrnary s numerous chess fiends member ol the Gregorran Plarn Chant Choir and the glee club an easy fellow to get along wuth Jorned the Phrlatelrc Socrety was also a faithful Beadsman JOHN OUINN WALSH Our Lady of Mercy Called Q for short rn memory al the days when there was also a J Walsh an honor student and a scholastrc wmner belongs to the Massa Choralrs and the Cathedral Chonsters blushes bashlully whenever called on rn class but otherwose bearer ol a wide grrn .lL X J TAYLOR N J wALsH I I - I .Z ' I I I e'-, , 1 ' ,Q ,. .U J. Q' E . ' Q G.. ,, 5 ', . I L fy ' 2 'W 'ff

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Nlllll being the record and impressions of the spiritual endeavours the intellectual adventures the athletic achievements and the aesthetic accomplishments of fifty eight young men who entered Quigley as unlettered callow youths in 1941 and now leave the Petit Seminaire qualified to pray and study our way to the priesthood WE PRAYED There were a lot of prayers said by us during the five years As soon as we entered Quigley we lcnew that we would have to pray often So the beautiful St ames Chapel was visited daily How much time we spent there in the darkness The slowly fading gloom the beauty of the place revealing itself gradually the majestic altar e awe inspiring windows lofty and solemn telling in brilliant colors the drama of the Redemption The moments spent in chapel are all memorable e times when it was a Gethsemane to share with the suffering Christ e Stabat Mater the austere and melancholy music from the organ The tenderness we felt while kneeling at the wonderous Christmas crib the finest we ever saw The Mass on All Souls for all the departed professors and students The May altar of the Queen of Clerrcs and the crowning by the Class Presrdent Willie Ryan The Days of Recollection and the Holy Hours with special sermons The sweet mercy of God coming to us quickly rn the Sacrament of Penance in the semi darlcness the unspealcable loveli ness of the purple hue of the glorious Rose Window as the late afternoon sunlight came streaming through the splendid practice of saying the Rosary each day was continued in our time when the Beadsmen met at 3 15 a group that was started all the way back in 1923 the Beadsmen have no oFficers to guide them, yet it is probably the most faithful and active group in Qulgley life at our time twenty six years after its founding most memorable day of prayer during our course was the Sunday before the Christmas of 45 not only was it memorable as the day on which the first Mass was said in the honor of Mother Cabrini but also as the day on which our Archbishop became a Cardinal There were millions of words spoken by professors and millions of words in four languages written by us in the course of our education at Quigley As we loolc baclc it was a long way from the plus and minus sign to the laws of 7.3 lHi EHHH Ui iHi IHHTSS Hi 745 D - , . . A 1 A 1 U . . . r U I th Q ' . . . I ' . . .th ' ' ' ' ' . . .th Lenten services , . . the Stations of the Cross and the haunting beauty of the