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

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K-.qi 'Y -5351 I MM No matter what the weather out slde the Qurgley pool rs always an rnvrtrng source ol pleasure and exercrse for the semrnarran Con trnunng Monsrgnor Foley s system of makmg every student a swam mer Fathers Marhoeler and Cahrll took rn hand the unusually large Freshman Class and began the task ol makung them swrmmers ln addrtron to reducrng the number sun ers m n unuor e guards took the requrred Red Cross exams and became sensor guards Swrmmrng periods are arranged for the convenrence ol every class Durrng these the students who are srnkers are taught the lunda mentals of staying afloat When a student learns how to swam he may advance hrs knowledge by taking a Red Cross course whuch classes the swrmmers as Begrnners lnterlms and Sensors Alter com pletrng thus course the student may try to become a Lifeguard l th s way the number of non swimmers rs brought to ml enrors m Coffey and ohn Enrnght and unlor Bob Oconnell are rnstructors who made many freshman a swrmmer The mayor event of the year rn the aquatrc held rs the annual Cwrm Meet Thus attraction us an artful contest compllrng the best and lancrest swrmmers of the school In a serres ol water feats Carryrng H honors ln the hundred yard free style was censor Don Carroll rn 111 Masterson and Kearney held the lead rn the breast stroke feature. The Plunge was won by McGuire with a distance of forty- one feet. Father Maniola who was in charge of the meet was pleased to see the large number of contestants and spectators.

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-.-g---IIS-I The league comprrsmg the largest number ol teams and the league whrch rs packed wrth latent talent IS the popular lntramural Unlrke the teams rn the Major and Nlrnor leagues the lntramural league holds all nts games during the noon perrod every room has :ts own team and plays agamst all the other room teams The lntramural system gives every student a chance to play basketball and rn thus way much playrng competltron orrgrnates Many a boy who thought hrmsell rnelrgrble for partrcrpatron rn the higher leagues has been found playrng rn the Intramurals The mayor and mrnor leagues are noted for therr trght and carefully played games but for excrtement and game sprrrt the Intramurals are second to none At the outset of the basketball season the athletic drrector Fr Sueger chooses a captcnn for each room team He n turn chooses hrs team andalter a few practrce games the teams are set for actron The past year Saw Frrst year holdrng erght teams with 1C and 'IE among the leaders ln second year Burns was a key man n the QA squad The hrgher the year the fewer the number ol teams thus we have fourth year wrth only two teams Two of the hugh point men deserving credit are Haggerty and Sullrvan The Frfth year qurntets were once agarn rn the lrmelrght with the seasoned veterans Wentzel and the Sullrvan boys n 5B a d House and Drlla from 5A Newly added to the teams this year were Prrndrvrlle Taylor and Gurstolrse Wrth the vrctors constantly changmg the teams Frght for the lead whrch gives the league the attractron whrch rs Its exclusrvely lNlHHMlIHHl llHI'Ill

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Before concluding, We turn Our thoughts and Our words wrth very specral tenderness to you who are strll rn your studues for the prresthood and urge you from the depth of ur heart to prepare yourselves wrth all serrousness for the great taslc to whrch God calls you You are the hope of the Church and of the people who loola For so much or rather everything to you For to you they loolc for that lrvrng and lrfe grvrng knowledge of God and of esus Chrrst In which rs life eternal ln prety, humllrty, obedience dlscrplrne and study strrve then to malce yourselves prrests after the Heart of God We assure you that In the taslc of Frttrng yourselves For the prresthood by solid vrrtue and learning care no drlrgence no energy can be too great because upon rt so largely depend all your Future apostolic labors See to rt that on the day of your ordrnatron to the prlesthood the Church funds you rn Fact such as she wrshes you to be that rs replenished with heavenly wrsdom rrreproachable rn llle and establrshed In the ways of grace so that the sweet odor of your lute may be a delrght to the Church of Christ that both by word and good example you may burld the house, that IS the famuly of God lHl Hllllllt Ut Illllt PIHS Xl ll llIlUHl Plllllll