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

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THOMAS HUGH WINDHAM Little Flower Baseball Major League Basketball - Coach Beferee f Heavies Ping Pong Chant. You can't name a sport that Windy doesnt excell in . . . In basketball he has been a major league standout for four years . . , ln baseball he led Q-E to a iunior champion- ship . . . ln ping pong, he was always a top contender . . . Even in hockey and football which are not played at the seminary Tom is incomparable . . . So completes the picture of a well-rounded athlete and a very well-liked SQVTTIOGVIOYT, KENNETH STANLEY WOJTAS St. Maurice Le Petit Staff Cathechist Schola Tennis. Ken is more popularly known as Mr, Democrat to the class, he has long been F. D. l2.'s most loyal Defender. . . Has been studying astronomy since grammar school and is now quite proficient in the subject . . . Labored to get enough patrons for the Le Petit. . . l-le plays a fast game of tennis . . . After school more often than not Ken may be found in a furious discussion about current world events. l 2. FY' 1 PETER CHARLES ZAVADOWSKY St. Frances of Rome, Cicero Baseball Intramurals' Glee Club Chanterf chestra Prefect - Beadle Candle - Mission Society President Golf Champ Beadsman r Choir ie With Father - Business Manager Le Petit. lf you want to start a campaign, finance the building of a church, or secure funds for the foreign missions, Pete is the man to see. His ability in dreaming up fantastic money making schemes won him the offices of President of the Missions and Business Manager of the Le Petit . . , Tees aff with the best of them on the links, having acauired this skill from many outstanding golfers. ROBERT JOSEPH ZIELINSKI Transfiguration Baseball Minor League Monogram Club Ping Pong Champ Minor League Captain i e ith Fat er Bob is one of the most consistent seniors in the graduating class l-lis marks are always near the top of the class and yearly he won money in the scholarship exams good shot on the basketball court and always a Finalist in Ding pong he is also Ouigleys answer to Billy Cox as a third baseman . . . A loyal defender of the Cubs and Bears.

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THOMAS FRANCIS VENTURA St, james, Maywood Le Petit Stat? Brush and Stylus Club Intramurals Religious Bulletin Illustrator Mission Collector. for live Years lom's drcll caricatures of seminary life and classmates have adorned the blaclcboards of several rooms , . His artistry has appeared almost daily in the religious bulletins and his magic touch enriched both the Candle and the year bool: lo add to these accomplishments he was the tallest stalwart of the Intramurals in his last years at the seminary, and as such was always a potent threat ic, f r i- 'sf' Y uh! -c WILLIAM IAMES WI-IELAN St. Mary, Des Plaines Glee Club Intramurals. Srnce coming to Quigley in fourth year, Bill won many friends with his friendly smile and amiable personality . . possesses a fine sense of humor, and when he starts laughing, there is no stopping him . , . Was a bright spot in the intramurals in Fifth year . . . During fourth and fifth years he contributed his but to malcina au' Glee Club 'llhe Finest in the land M JAMES CASSIN WESTBROOK St. Priscilla Minor League Basketball Catechist Beadsman Glee Club le-nnls Chanter. lt is hard to find jim without a word to say and harder to keep him from saying it . . . Although he is a fine rebounder and defensive specialist in the minors, he would rather play tennis last year he went ta the auarter-finals before submitting , . . Self-appointed publicity manager for the Benedictines, the Cubs, and the North Side . . . After school he may be found with the beadsmen IOI-IN NEAL WILLIAMS St. Ignatius Loyola Czlee Club Beadsman Waiter Intramurals, john is a sharp moral debater and a man of unyielding principle. An ardent baclcer of the jesuits . . , Served as a waiter in the cafeteria for the first few years at Quigley . . . Delighted in mispronouncing words in Father Murphys fourth year Greek class , For the past frve years he has shawn a staical patience surpassed by no one

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.X4 t:5:5 fo RHQQWQ QI' The small flrcker ofthe sanctuary lamp could be clearly seen hangrng as It seemed, halfway b tween heaven and earth lts lrght told the same story rt had always told Christ the Lrght amrd the darkness was present rn the tabernacle To us erghty young men whose last day at Qurgley was to be spent rn unlon wrth God, an older take was easrly remembered, that of Our Lord s frrst semlnarlans john and Andrew Therr call to Hrs service was the same as ours although ours was centunes later we showed the same wrllrngness the same eager ness, when we entered Qurgley Seminary In September of 1949 Through those frve years our vocations grew stronger untll we could say wlth convlctlon that the semrnary was the place where we belonged Because of the many blessings and graces which carried through the Mass of our last day of recollection at Quigley would be offered rn thanksgrvrng ln a way thus very Mass was to be a summary of all that we had accomplished a history concerned wrth our past frve years The prrest entered the sanctuary prepared to celebrate for the Intention of all the sacrrfrce which everyone present hoped he would one day offer lntrolbo ad altare Den Thus was our reason for com Ing to Qulgley Why we In particular were the ones chosen for thus rmportant work was a question no one attempted to answer The fact was that when the llst was read, our names were on It Things moved rapidly the frrst few weeks for we were stlll rntrrgued by the new subjects our classmates, and the faculty Terms suc as u demerrts and Beadle ong thought to be a member of the Insect trrbe began to sunk rn Wrth homework and L rrdes our trme wasnt ours any more But surely the busiest among us were the new members of Monsignor Meter s cholr Tom Swade, ohn Rudnick Peter Zavadowsky and Tom Purtell were a few of those who spent their noon hours behlnd the closed doors of the audltorlum Many of us wondered at frrst who was doing the slnglng and to fund out at was our own classmates only added to the amazement Whrle thus was gomg on the rntramural players were gorng unto fall trarnlng for the season which was about to open Dements flew fast and furrous then Lets have your card seemed to be the school slogan because rt was the most frequent sayrng heard Nevertheless our roller coaster of work prayer, and play sped along untrl rt halted momentarily for Christmas and the annual vrsrt of Hrs Emrnence Gerald oyce was chosen to present hrm wrth the splrltual bouquet from the school After this we exp rrenced our frrst long vacation from books but thrs feeling of ease was short llved Knowledge was belngrngralned In ourheads butnot only Latrn scrence and algebra were hammered rn Xl A careful and lengthy study was made concerning St Pat s nught one whrch was perhaps the most enjoy able of the year In March of 1950 second year was elnmlnated from the competltron so that 1 A played 1 B for the champlonshrp Wrth Tom Farrell and Stanley Flens shooting for 1 B and rm Bonren and jack Brennan frghtlng for 1 A the South Srde was havrng :ts own crvrl war But when 1 A later retalrated by defeating 1 B rn baseball, peace once again reigned In the South But enough of land actrvrtles Nany of our class had gone to sea for around the edges of the pool stood the non swrmmers, a group of fellows who were re srgned to therr fate of conquerrng the deep The offrcers of this club were Phrl Dressler and john Flavrn l contrast to them were Bull Albertson and Gene Keusal regular members of the swlmmrng team But alas there was trouble here too for poor Gene couldnt swrm rn a straight lane ln April on a Thursday mornrng we mulled over the scholarship exams For three or four hours work Paul Hazard and Bob SWIQCG were given their second year gratrs From Aprrl to May, prng pong and baseball were enthusiastically followed Wrth summer ahead of us Father Sheridan reminded us to be faithful to our dutres as semrnarrans Our year as the Bennles of the school had passed swlftly and looking back on It we admitted that this begrnnrng of ours was not at all unpleasant The Glorla which the prrest had just begun con tanned one of the thoughts whrch were uppermost In our mrnds the following fall the Idea of gratitude GFOIIOS agrmus tub: propter magnam glorrom tuom Second year found four out of our frve rooms on the same floor the third frfty frve starrs hugh There were a few drffrcultres at frrst adjusting ourselves to the starrs ducking the slantrng roof and payrng the beadle two cents for erasers a collectlon which seemed perpetual But In the academic lrne Latln reared Its mrghty head rn the form of syntax For 2 B and 2 C Father Voss orrgrnal tests brrghtened every afternoon Another hrghlrght was the homespun and home grown humor of Duck Glow So humorous were hrs words that Father Voss nicknamed hum Uncle Mrltne Wrth second year came a new sport bowlrng We were represented by three teams the leadung one berng john Armons The day john and hrs follow keglers Ball Kenneally and lm Mulligan moved Into frrst place they declded to make It their home The followlng years, three to be exact saw their declsron upheld Those who trred to break thus wrnnlng streak were Charlie Keenan Tom Frscher and Charlre Erickson but that . . , . . . 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