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 . . . . , ,

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tlme was taken up wlth many other actlvrtxes, they gave the1r whole hearted support to ra1se funds for the expense of the book To select a bus1ness manager was probably the most dlfhcult task for he had to have stamlna, resourceful ness or1g1nal1ty and so many other qualltles demanded of a bus1ness man In chooslng Donald Dohr they couldn t have found a man more sultable for the Job Dons frxendly personallty made actlve enthus1asts even outslde of the flfth year, for hls campalgn Before Chrxstmas had rolled around Don and h1s staff were farther ad vanced than any staff of prevlous years VX hlle the Cubs were st1ll lmger mg ln beautlful Wrigley fleld Don and some of the Andy Fram ushers ln fifth year were there persuad1ng Phll Cavaretta to glVC them an autographed arlans sparkllng personalltxes Ph1l ac commodated them After thls trlumph Don made connectlons at Notre Dame and recelved an autographed football These were just a few of the prlzes he later used as an 1ncent1ve to mduce the underclassmen to give thelr full fledged support to the yearbook WOFklUg alongslde Don was Treas urer Mlchael Adams Day by day as money kept com1ng ln, M1ke made the books correspond w1th the changlng pI'1I1C1plC M1ke could be seen dally dragg1ng his over slzed record book around and makmg the necessary ad dxtlons every nlght after consultatlon wrth Don Dohr There wasn t a day that passed wlthout Don, M1ke, and thelr staff encouraglng the students to help them ra1se suffncxent money These 78 boys planted themselves every noon down 1n the cafeterla so they could be constantly remlndmg the students of thexr need for funds More than once ohn Barrett, he Engravmg Edltor and h1s staff of Donald Croarkln Robert Genovese and ohn Harrlngton labored over the yearbook unt1l darkness had enveloped the semmary and everyone else both faculty and students had long s1nce gone home Not only d1d they glve generously of thelr tlme after school but many of thelr Thursdays also were devoted to work on the book Thelrs was the tlresome and met1culous work of mountlng all the plctures Thls en taxled very precxse work because the prcture space, 1f not measured correctly would not be unrform and the plctures lnstead of enhanclng the appearance of the book, would detract from lt The mathematlclans and when the servlces of these boys were glven, the best of Qulgley were represented The field of mathematics was r1ght up the1r lme as was clearly proven by thexr work Before the engravlng staff could even conslder start1ng thelr Job the amount of pxctures needed had to be supplled No matter how much IS wrltten there lS no better way to deplct llfe than through pxctures The responslbllxty of supply1ng the necessary plctures rested on the shoulders of ohn Bald w1n and hls able asslstant from fourth year, Bob Walsh At all tlmes these two could be seen lugg1ng thelr camera around whether they were taklng a pxcture of the solemn Consecranon of the Holy Sacr1f1ce of the Mass or an actlon shot of some basketball game . J t 3 u 1 n - , , J 3 J . J , . 3 5 J 0 1. n 7 1 - , , 3 Q ball. Unable to withstand the Semin- work itself points out the need for good , , - . . - J - . . . . , . . , - . . , - , ,