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

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lft wrth the rnstallatron of the new elevator longer was rt necessary for Fathers Wronka and Murphy to walk three fllghts dauly Wrth the advent of tnfth year lrfe come to the gym There before me were Nemecek and Keane who In an upset defeated lvers and Lyman to became champs of the handball tourney Jlm Roache and Jack Clark were made mrnor league captains and their appoint ment remrnded us of the speedy change of seasons summer to fall Seeung John Hotchkrn logged my memory and took me unto the Qurgley theatrrcal world John was the leadrng lady tmanl rn Krnd Lady Near hum laokrng down were a few of hrs supporters Duck and Ed OConnor Ed Parker and Jrm lvers F ther ODonnell had worked hard and has premier presentatron Indicated that the Quigley theatrical world would reach great heaghts rn the future Stratton was elected Governor of lllrnors Eisenhower was elected Presrdent of the Unrted States but those electrons were overshadowed rn rmportance by the Sensor electron whuch resulted In Jrm Roache being Presrdent Duck Stalzer Vrce Presldent Don Stalzer Secretary Roger O Brren Treasurer and John Hatch krn Parllamentarlan Seelng Don McCann Jrm Byrne Louie Zakrewlcz and Jrm Todd reminded me of how they had augmented the membershlp ofthe 3 l6 club on Wednesday nlghts Therr destrnatron was Chrna town not for chop suey but for the relrgrous lnstruc tron of grammar school chrldren Bull Cox John Callx tb? and John MCGIII were but a few who vnslted St Joseph s Porrsh every Thursday to help In the relrglous Instruction there In the oquotrc world Gene Nowotarskr and Paul Parrrngton conducted the lute guard class under the supervrsron of Father Lyons John Nook guarded the locker room to prevent towels from frndrng theur way to destlnatlons unknown on the South slde lm OBrren was placed rn charge of the library under Father Benesh There was Srmon Rozmus who was reputed to have a larger Llthuanron vocabulary than has professor There was Adam Rydzy a favarrte In Father Hartnetts class Seerng Lou Falkner brought to mrnd the many trmes that Lou whrle play :ng without has glasses had to have the basket pointed out to hum And there was John Morlarty who won the frfth year shooting contest The photographs of l-las Eminence and Monsrgnor Schrnrd brought my mental roving to the des alla Tuesday June 9th rn the year of Our Lord l953 lnstead of caps and gowns as one mrght expect we wore cossock and surplrce symbollc of the purpose of our vocatron the nature of our studyrng and the arm of our lrves The hrghpornt of the ceremony was the sacrrfsce of the Mass the focal point for the rest of our lxve Present at our graduatron were our parents and teachers lGod bless theml wrthout whose and and prayers ut would have been nmpossrble for us to have engoyed that graduatron day I ,no . , , , - , ...J , 1 -O' r , , I I I , , , , , , - , I I I - 1 I f : s, . - , 1 I '

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llturgy of the Mass was explauned glvlng us a better perspectlve of the essence of the Mass We were getting our fnrst lnsnght unto the meaning and benefits of the spuntual lnfe JUNIOR Hagen together with Paul Burke Ron Klefer and Joe Kennedy looked down from theur pos: tlons above me and reminded me of our fourth year that year when 4 A had names that should have been ln -I B or -I C The alphabet was distributed systemat lcally throughout the three rooms to us JUNIOR year was the year of the bug shakeup I was remnnded that that was the year when the shakeup affected the en ture school except flrst year Seelng John Nook Bull Welsh and Jlm Kunzer all of whom located In 4 A remnnded me of how pleasant the change was I recall how some dlsllked the new arrangement Remnnusclng we all agreed on more than one occaslon that the change was a constructlve one because It brought the entlre class closer together and gave us a better class splrlt There was Bull Moroney Iooklng as smug as ever despite the fact that the nemesis for the year seemed to be VIFQII and Plato wrth Trngonometry runnung a close second My pleasant vlslts to the Library were rellved when l saw Rod Stanek Moose Dombrowsku and Rog O Bnen Thelr addltlon to the Library Staff Installed a new llfe Into the world of llterature The efflclency of the Ceremonies group the Cathe dral Servers came before me upon the appearance of Bob Walsh Jack Clark Jerry Bresnahan and Bll Welsh There were Bull Cox Bull McGlynn and John Mornssey who helped lnght the Candle every two weeks under the censorshnp of Father McMahon I be came hungry when I thought of how often we stopped IH at Jlm Ouletta s Plzza Place on Wednesday night There you would always flnd the West Srde bloc of semlnarlans revlewlng the week at school argulng baseball or basketball and swallowrng plzza Dan Coughlnn nn hls portrayal of the Cat an Parade at Devlls Bndge brought to mnnd ln thus maze of plctures the notrflcatron of tryouts for the play at the end of September Pat McGuan landed a never to be forgotten part In St Felux and Hrs Potatoes There before me was the group of Pllgnms In St Anne and the Gouty Rector mcludlng Cahlll Dunleavy and Glllrgan Radlo plays and short stones assigned by Fathers Lrske and Casey taking us to many dlstant lands were brought unto sharp focus when the vlsages of Jack Duffln Phll McGee and Joe Murphy came to my at tentron Long antlclpated travel came dunng fourth year wuth the memorable Washlngton tnp Plctures were snapped constantly by Jlm Dowd and Jlm Dre bold wlth Jnm Grrffun and Duck Stalzer as the centers of attractron The Strata Dome to and from Washlng ton provlded us wlth beautlful vlews of scenery vnews whnch could never have been observed from ordunary wundows as we rode through the area There were the tours of Cathollc Unlverslty the promlnent and lm portant bulldlngs the boat rude up and down the Potomac wlth Monsugnor Meter provudmg the enter talnment at the piano with has usual versatlllty those were but a few of the memorles of our tnp But especially we all believed the most long lastlng memory was our audlence wuth Our Apostolnc Delegate and the satlsfactuon of havung known that there would be mass In the morning even on the boat The week prior to our trap had been Holy Week Durrng that tlme we as Juniors had been prlvlleged to assist the Seniors as part of the plaun chant cholr From the beginning of the year we had practiced for those three lmportant days Thursday Frlday and Saturday of Holy Week when we were at Holy Name Cathedral chantung the psalms the lamentatlons and proverbs Wrth the patlence ablllty and wllllngness of Father Wogclk we enhanced through the plain chant the beautrful servuces of Holy Week Dorgan Bedlngfueld O Donnell and Bohlman repre sented Fourth year ln the Glee Club Department Ed Parker was behund the flute Dan Stempora on the percussnon and Bob Grszewskl on the vlolrn also played supportlng roles These were but a few who made the Fourth Year Concert a great success Johnny Roller wlth hrs legerdemaln entertalned those who were unfortunate enough to recenve an In vltatuon to 205 He amazed them for across the hall from 205 was has locker Upon opening has locker John from his bag of trucks would pull out a light bulb and socket He would pull the chain and light the bulb and at the same tlme llght up the eyes of hrs onlookers lmore often than not the bennnest wuth amazement and astonushment The year was filled with excitement of all kinds and a greater amount of home work but what was more Important nt was a year of convlctnons Quigley had offered us somethlng not altogether matenal as basketball and swummlng but spuntual pnncaples that were guldrng flares as well as beckoning beacons I vrvxdly recall that for some of us It was apparent that there would be a partung of the ways The magorlty on the other hand had Increased strength of convlc tlon to forge on ahead for the remalnlng years Junror year seemed to tell us that Qungley was where we belonged SENIOR was the name we boasted In September l952 whereas FRESHMAN was the tutle for the three new members of the Faculty Fathers Le Compte Duggan and ODonnell The Faculty was glven a 107 , 1 . 1 ' 1 , 1 I . . . . 1 I . . . , 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 . I . 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 , . . . , I I . . . I 1 . . . . . , . . , . . 1 ' , . , , 1 1 1 . . 1 1 I , . . . . I - 1 . . . V 11 - 11 - 1 4 1 1 . . , . . , I , . I 1 1 - I . , , . 1, 1 'f ' H ' ' 4 . . . . . 1 1 I , 1 1 ' 1 - 11 4 - 11 . I I ' ' ' If . . . I' ' 4 ' . . . 1 1 1 , I . I - 1 I - ' 1 ' 1 f 1 1 ' - 1 . . I I

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