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

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.An .xgufogiograla g A yearbook is an odd place to find an autobiography but this is an un- usual autobiography' for here is the autobiography of the Le Petit Last May when spring fever had reached its peak Father Liske who has supervised my publication for years named Bob Bohlman Editor in chief Rog O Brien Business Manager and Jim Diebold Engraving Editor Bob then picked the remainder of my staff with the confirmation of Father Liske and then of Monsignor Schmid Following a number of meetings with Father Liske and Father Dehnert my new faculty counsellor my staff ad yourned for the summer turning over in their minds the theme they had chosen for me in my thirty eighth year of publication When September came riding in on the crest of the August heat wave my producers came again to my resi dence above 205, their heads burst- ing with notions. The theme THE INFLUENCE OF MARY OVER THE SEMINARY and the vast symbolism that it provided motivated them greatly. With Monsignors permission lto raise 9p7000l safely tucked away Mr O Brien aided by his tried and proven fellow mission collectors Jack Clark and Mick Nemecek proceeded by dream and scheme to solicit my pro duction budget on which Don Stal zer kept the tome like ledgers Meanwhile Father Dehnert and Bob were meeting with Messrs Rogers who printed me Stover who suggested layouts and contracted for the engraving and Kase who pro cured my covers Conferences and negotiations with these gracious gen tlemen over l was laid out in draft form and the components of this C W I 'D-. 41

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IH paIntIng sculpture and archItec ture have all wIth very few excep tIons been of a relIgIous character ln the words of Pope PIUS Xl The prIest must be graced by no less knowledge and culture than IS usual among well bred and well educated people of hIs day It IS the aIm of the Brush and Stylus to accomplIsh thIs The talented and ambItIous mem bers of thIs art group put theIr skIlls to practIcal and Imm dIate use rIght here In the semInary ln fact the IH fluence of thIs group IS so wIdespread that each student comes In contact wIth some of Its work every day In the form of the relIgIous bulletIn whIch IS Illustrated by Brush and Stylus The members of thIs group are also re ers that hang In varlous places of promInence throughout the school promotlng the annual play the New World DFIVG the Beadsmen and even the Le PetIt Fund DTIVG Whatever Dck Wheatley modern El Greco 40 the campaIgn may be these young artIsts advertlse It to a screamlng suc cess When the Cage Festrval BFFIVGS however the Brush and Stylus really goes to town' The members pool every bIt of Ingenurty each one of them has to desIgn and produce the clever decor that furnIshes the settIng for the SaInt PatrIck s Day Banquet makIng It the most colorful and splen dorous event of the year Another mayor task that IS undertaken by some of the club artIsts IS the plan nIng and executIng of the stage sets for QuIgley SemInary Theatre produc tIons lt IS the dream of every artrst that he wIII some day hold hIs own exhI but The Brush and Stylus man IS no ward to the annual concert held In Spflng when hIs years work IS clI maxed by a publIc exhIbItIon of hrs artIstIc acomplIshments Year after year vIsItors on the nIght of that ex hIbIt have never faIled to marvel at the talent that has shown forth In work of the members of our art club Just how do these men who are eager to dIversIfy theIr Interests go about IncreasIng theIr apprecIatIon for art In all forms and Improvlng theIr artls TIC abIlIty9 Every Saturday after school they can be found workIng on theIr artIstIc creatIons OccasIonally In order to Wlden the scope of theIr culture they make a trIp to the ChI cago Art lnstItute DurIng the year Father Graff presents speakers both clerIcal and lay who are competent and Interested artIsts In theIr own rIght These speakers gIve some In structIon on the varlous art medIa oIls pastels water colors tempora and the lIke . . e 1 1 ' . sponsible for the many striking post- eXCeP'fl0 'f Each member looks for' i , ,

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Mr Managing Edltor l wrote thot' draft were glven to the varlous de partmental Editors to each his own Fr Dehnert looks oheod -l to John l-lotchkun my feature sec tnon to Jlm Stalzer my sport sec tlon to Jlm Diebold all mounting work to Bob Walsh my plctornal copy to George Jlrgal management of correlatnon But none of these could work alone and so each prcked capable asslstants Worthy of partuc ular mentuon IS a fellow from fourth year who gave selflessly of time and facnlutues Earl Thomas whose flne photographic work as a huge factor of my being Space and modesty permst me to speak no further of myself I would ref r you to the Edltor In chnefs acknowledgments . . 1 1 11 .. ' - I ' 1 O - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . l 1 , I V, -5 . . . . . 1 Q - - La W