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

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Father Duggan rnetes out lustuce sentence 60 mln at hard blockboords The uppermost fngure In the mnnds of many semunaruans at Qungley IS not sylloglstlc nor ss lt algebranc geo metric or trugonometruc nt as the three dngut numeral 205 the address of two of the most amuable men on the faculty Th congenualutyof Father Frank Smnd and Father Edward Duf flcy however IS not the reason for the popul rnty of the second floor East cubncle 205 ns the offnce of the Pr fects of Dlscxplune The dubuous pleasure of running coupled wltn the task of assigning a different locker to each stud nt an nually and carune for thelr respectuve keys keepnnv records on absenteeism and tardnness Inspecting collars fun ffernauls hanr shoes sultcoats and s lth s mn the lunc lnne lfafellowfauls topass thus Inspection he goes to end of th f Ie J pensrng street car cards and keepnng the records thus entanled collectnng parent marrnage .ecords baptnsmal and confnrmatnon records all go to make up the thankless 1ob of the Dlsclpllnarlans Thelr prnmary task though ns to keep the demernt system smoothly an operation Qulgley has long employed thus dlscnplune procedure wuth flne results Each student carries a conduct card bearing hrs name In the center and frnnged on three sides with twen ty fuve small squares When a boy commlts a mnsdemeanor he receives from whatever pruest notices at the thenumber ofsquaresfllledln and the number wlth whnch they are fllledl of the penalty ascrnbed on the reverse side of the demerzt card At every multuple of five the prnest concerned takes the boys card from hum and guves It to the Dnscupllne Offnce The student must then go there to redeem the card l-le tells one of the pruests Fr Smnd or Fr Dufflcy from whom and for what he recenved each d merit The unformatnon I the seminary's lost-and-found bureau. quantity and quality ldesignated by . O . . . I 3 K, . tie i ' h ' ' ' ' ' the e i . 3 dis- .

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-.......,,m.,'-,NX fx X Thus sprlng as clouds of dust began rusunff from Lake Shore playground and th warm sprung days made home work harder than ever many sem: nanans betook themselves to the sun lst confanes of the gym There they spent many hours try :ng to keep a small vvhute ball on a bug green table The reason for all thus actlvlty was the ping pong tourna ment held each year after the basket balls have been stored away The authorltnes encourage thus tourna ment because they realnze the many advantages which such a sport affords Perhaps the prnnclpal benefit as that pang pong helps a semlnarlan to rely on hls own ablllty When a semnnanan plays thus sport no one helps hum re turn that smashung serve or solve hrs Potlent Pot opponent s style of play he s on has own herefore ping pong might be call d a necessary complement to the other sports at Qungley most of which stress the Idea of teamwork Novv to consider thus year s tour ney ln the senior dnvlslon Zellnskn from fourth year and Dreyer from fnfth seem to be the favorntes How ever Wnndham vvnth has great speed cant be counted out Besides these three Brigham looks luke a fourth year darkhorse Noonan seems des tuned to be the lone representatnve of third year In the finals ln the gunlor dlvlslon Pat O Don n ll domnnates play He IS an out standing player and should really be great by fnfth year tu orm Speclo U4 -:giffgffffigirfs v Q , ., O N , ...................... . ::::EEE55E5EEEH:HI:HHHH ..............I:IlIIIllI ' 'Qlllllllllllllllllllllll --.--.--' .......................II: .........................::::::' V A v . . I .F . . O . I - e - e ' - - 1 - . - - u . , ' a . . , . . . . . . v l c . v - , . A s ff- A I

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V Whot did you soy you got thot demert for? is then transferred to the seminarian s personal file his card is then marked after the last figure thereupon with the date and he is assigned his de tention or Jug These files are kept on each student for the length of nis stay at the seminary and are important in deciding each year whether or not he should be allowed to continue Good sound character in the super natural order is a must for one who would follow in the footsteps of Christ The truth of this statement is obvious lt is within the province I I Fr Dufficy odvice on staying out of trouble Fr Smld Senior Dlsclpllnorion of the spiritual director to root out the flaws from this essential ingredi to know the faults of the seminar'an9 He teaches so few of the lad s classes and has no sources aside from this save occasional corridor chats office conferences and information h gleans from other priests who teach a particular youth Sometimes a fault can be entirely unconscious even to the most introspective That s where the Discipline Office comes into play again The things a boy is sent there for are relayed to the spiritual director if they are of a nature grave enough to warrant it lt is impossible to conceive of the Blessed Virgin correcting anything in the character of the Boy Christ but we the fallen sons of Adam are often sorelv in need of it Thank God for an other instrument of l-las providence 2 Q .K gg lggc . . . 'S 1 . . . . .- s ent. But how is the spiritual director so ' I . v . . e ll - '11 ' . ' . . . . O5-