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

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E 0I'0, l0I'0, allf! gUOPylU IQPC' . I DAVE BOI-IR, DARK ROOM TECHNICIAN waves good-bye or is he just beginning to direct again? Looking in at the office door we see Father Brackin in his cubicle, discussing scholastic matters with a long line of students, or patch- ing up a bennie wounded in the West Wing Skirmishers' Wars. Or perhaps he is up on the roof surveying the possibilities fora solar heat. ing plant, or supervising some repair work in a classroom. A cheer arises from the gym, Quigleyls famous Star-Stadium, A basketball game is in prog- ress. Basketball, as you all know, is the king of sports at Quigley, Many nights the first game draws a hundred spectators, including some of the profs. The cheering is loud and frequent, And the quality of play is good. Iwo or three of the major league teams could make a good game of it with most high school teams in the city. At other seasons of the year baseball games ore played at the lakefront. In the gym the hand-ballers hold sway. During the last two months of the year the gym is filled with hurtling bodies rocketing. richocheting celluloid spheres and noise. Pingepong gives the gym that snake- pit look. Now to the seamy side of Quigley night-life. jIM SWANER, CHIEF LIBRARIANH Should we venture near 205 we would see a long Iine of underclassmen and even a few older boys, who should know better. Bennies up for their first offense seem grateful to have escaped alive as they leave the disciplinarians' lair. There is only one extracurricular activity which combines phsyical, mental and moral exercise. One would expect that every student wished fervently to participate in it, yet the opposite is true. I refer to jug. Fr. Duggan presides over this venerable institution with a sort of Cheshire Cat grin. I-Iabitual inmates of jug sometimes wake up screaming in the night about that grin. Not enough seminarians use the Quigley Library. It is famous for its collection of old books. I'IardIy a book in it is younger than fifty years. The third floor of the East Wing is Guigleyis Left Bank. I'Iere the art class meets, here are the bull sessions which analyze and solve most of the worldis problems. Instead of the starving author in the garret we have Earl Thomas in the Le Petit room. Ihe room might qualify as a garret. but Mr. Thomas definitely is not starv- ing. When he is not supervising the production of QuigIey's greatest yearbook, fourth year's literary lights use the room to create the Candle

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X IX r r I S tsss L L L t 4 - S S' X f XX 1 to 0, Q U1 Z E f W .24 fe 0ll,l Zf Some semrnarrans unfortunately never stay after school They don t realrze that many very rnterestrng thrngs happen after 3 15 The purpose of thus artrcle rs to descrrbe In some small way the physical mental and moral actrvrtres whrch tal4e place alter the locker slammmg and boolc bag dropprng which herald the departure of the 3 16ers has subsrded Frrst let s hurry to the chapel Rrght after the last class rs over lmes begun to form at all the conlessronals The Beadsmen assemble and pay their nrghtly homage to the Queen ol Heaven The doors open and close as each semrnarran comes rn to pay hrs last vlsrt before departing Several boys stay longer garnmg graces per haps for their more heedless brothers ln spate of the small norses ol people movrng about the srlence rs so pervasive that the trclcrng of the large cloclc In the rear seems quite loud ln the hall downstairs we hear the strange muslc of muffled drums and drstant trumpets as Monsrgnor Meter clrrects the orchestra rn Leroy Anderson s Phantom Regrment Or perhaps the chorr rs havrng an alter school practrce much to the joy of the eager chorrsters The ready strarns of accordron musrc drrtt up from the cafe terra The mternatronally famed Quigley Ac cordran Band rs rehearsrng As we pass 103 we hear a vorce saymg All rrght deep breath Then the solemn cadences of plarn chant come Forth The chanters are practrcmg We go rn to lrsten and Father oe grves us a brief lecture on the beauty of chant see musrc sectron As we leave Father oe tm Aire jIM MORRISSEY LEADS BEADSMEN ART CLUB MEM BERS AT WORK I EMIL DISPLAYS HIS STAMP COLLECTION

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0lfU6Uf' if THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS Even as the drnner hour approaches the old burldrn rs strll buzzrn Spealcrng of the burld Ing there rs a legend that someone on seerng rt for the frrst trme sand All that place needs rs a draw budge and a moat The pace rs slower than before but strll many actrvrtres are gorng on The chapel rs emptrer now A tew penrtents kneel at the confessronals only one or two wart rn l e As earlrer the departrng semrnarrans come rn for a mlnute or two to malee therr last lfll0l0Qlf' Uflfle vrsrt The peace and srlence of Gods House presents a great contrast to the chaotrc turmoil of publrc transportatron durrng the rush hour Here the homeward bound semrnarran lortrhes hrmsell For the coming ordeal and brds farewell to hrs Model ln the gym the second game rs an progress Only cz few spectators are watchrng now The THE GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE MR O KELLY THEODORE NOVY FAITHFUL LUD I E O . . r. . . s C . . , . . . .. . , , . i ' in . ' , ' ' '