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

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if sl' IZM ARLY 1n September, when the echoes of the retreat master were yet resounding through out the chapel and the book store was still do1ng a thrivmg business to some s1x hundred none too eager semmar ians Father L1ske was already busy rounding up h1s Le Petit staff and busier yet was he 1n removing the effect the summer had made on these new seniors Why was he so busy so early in the year? Most of the boys just back from thelr summer vacation, were still mentally enjoying that vaca t1on The reason for th1s enthusiasm so early in the year was that all 1m portant ed1t1on of the yearbook But that doesn t come out until une might be someone s reply Why all the ex citement ten months ahead of publl seems like a great deal of time to pro duce one book Let us rev1ew the work the staff accomplishes before the orig mal copy goes to the prmter To start with the staff doesn t have unt1l une to produce the book The book in 1tS entirety must be at the prmters office by February so from September to February the staff burled itself m its work which lncluded the select1on of the type of book, the ra1s 1ng of suflic1ent collateral and the acqulsltlon of mater1al for the book and these were only a few of the jobs that the staff had to accompllsh Act ually the foundatlon for the book was la1d before September VN hlle the present fifth year scrlbes were still IH fourth year and the 1951 yearbook had not yet come from the prmter Father Llske was slowly and tediously planning for the yearbook of 52 For h1s Editor 1n Chief, a man who had to carry the respons1b1l1ty that goes w1th such a job he wisely selected John Keating Like most of the staff members ohn had recelved some exper1ence from the Candle ex per1ence he never regretted as the months rolled by and the yearbook was slowly tak1ng shape 1912 saw the first Qu1gley yearbook and s1nce then If has been an annual edition Although the 1952 yearbook dlffers 1mmensely in s1ze and content from that first yearbook 1n 1912 the aim of the yearbook has not been changed The alm of the yearbook the semlnarlans both splrltually and IH tellectually for the all 1mportant office they are striving for Together with Father Llske Edltor 1n chief ohn Keatmg and Managing Edltor James Kenny selected the staffs according to the abilities and prefer ences of each writer Havmg selected all the staffs each member was assigned to a special department Before the book could be ever con sldered a certa1n amount of collateral had to be ralsed to finance the book The amount of money to be ra1sed was h1gh and the number of fifth year stu dents was small but the sp1r1t of the fifth year class was also high From the beglnnlng although fifth year s 77 O Q Q . - . , . 3 . . . . . , . . -. - . . , . . . J . n , . A , J , - J ' ' , cation? To such a sceptic ten months through the years has been to prepare . . i . . , . - , - 1 . , Q . . . 3 . . , . , . Q . J y . . . . , ,