Rockhurst University - Rock Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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ROCK on campus. Paradise Lost was the sophomore entry to the social scene that year, and it was another important year for the sophomores and the Variety Show. That year marked the appearance of M. Etienne Gilson, the French philosopher, and Pulitzer Prize winner Allan Nevins. The 1962 college year was marked by the elec- tion of junior Jim Golden as Student Council president and Mike Breen as Vice-President. The homecoming dance was enjoyed by a capacity crowd at the Muehle- bach Hotel with the music of Skitch Henderson. The junior spring dance, Roaring 20's , recreated the days of bad manners and good whisky with a vivid setting of a speakeasy, warehouse, and funeral parlor front. Dexter Perkins, expert on the Monroe Doctrine, and Cleanth Brooks, scholar on William Faulkner, were two of the Visiting Scholars in 1962. Also sig- nificant was the Fine Arts Seminar which brought to Kansas City eminent figures in the fields of music, architecture, and art. The Variety Show in '62 was the first of two shows to be directed by Mac Geschwind. Comments concerning the shows were unanimous regarding the increased quality of the L production and its move from the totally slap-stick to a great emphasis on excellent wit and sharp humor. The last year finally arrived with another Sep- tember and was filled with parties, the senior picnic and dinner dance, the homecoming dance with Ralph Martierie, and graduation. Senior Class President Tom Sarsfield served his last of three terms as leader of his class. The HAWK was under the editor- ship for the first semester by John Wintrol who also handled the paper during the last semester of his junior year. Jim Golden was president of the Council again and was instrumental in improving the student- faculty relations and student activities. Two of the Visiting Scholars in 1963 were political scientist Clinton Rossiter and Shakespearean scholar G. B. Harrison. I This year's senior class has proved itself to be one of the most successful regarding the fellow- ships it has received. A total of 22 fellowships were won by members of the class and three seniors graduated summa cum laude. Tom Chirpich distin- guished himself by receiving a 3.98 average to lead the class and Jim Golden was chosen Senior of the Year.

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...dl The Class of 1963 September! A time of novae res : a totally new environment, a new educational experience, new classmates, and new problems. The September of 1959 was no different for the Class of '63, but what- ever problems existed were soon overcome to form what has been called one of the most unified classes ever to graduate from Rockhurst college. This unity has found its roots primarily in the individual members of the class. It has extended itself within both curricular and extracurricular ac- tivities, as well as various social activities. The class of 1963 was a well-wrought combination--a working class, a party class, an intellectual class. As freshmen, the class of 1963 distinguished itself with its presentation of Christmas atCa.melot. Attempting to better the dance of the previous fresh- man class, many of the students and faculty members felt that the 1959 Christmas dance was one of the most beautifully and elaborately decorated dances ever to be presented on the campus, Bud Hensgen, who left for the Jesuit seminary at Florissant after his first year at Rockhurst, was elected president of the class for 1959-A'60 school year. Under his leadership and the work of both the dorm and day students, the freshmen participated in most of the campus activities including the carnival and many of Rockhurst's fiftieth jubilee activities. The freshmen were introduced to the top quality of the Visiting Scholar series by hearing and seeing such men as poet Robert Frost, historian Samuel Eliot Morison, biblical expert Dr. William Albright, and philosopher Anton Pegis. Other figures to visit the campus that year were Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff, chairman of the board of Radio Corporation of America: former President Harry S. Truman, and the former chairmen of the Republican and Democra- tic parties, Sen. Thruston Morton and the late Paul M. Butler. The second semester of the first year was filled with much work on the student Variety Show. The freshman class was responsible for one-half of the show that year. Tom Plumberg directed the re- view of the col1ege's history that comically spanned fifty years. As the class of 1963 began to get the feel of college life, they rapidly became active in many of the campus organizations. During 1960-'61 the year- book was edited by two sophomores, Bob Boner and Bob Conroy. They also edited the book in 1962 and their products progressively improved to form a challenge to future staffs and to create a sense of the

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V Q , 4 9 V Graduates WILLIAM LOUIS ANTHES Kansas City, Missouri AB Economics Philosophy Club, 43 Pre-Legal Club, 43 Young Democrats, 3, French Club, lg Spanish Club, 3,4, Treasurer, 49 Commerce Club, 3,4, Sergeant- at-Arms, 43 Placement Club, 45 Intramural Basketball, Softball, Football, 2-45 Bowling 3,4. RONALD VIRGIL BARTLES Montrose, Missouri BS Education English Club, 3,4, Treasurer, 4. I i 45 Ei is ggi ? 1 L- . -v-t.......... ., ... ANTHONY WILLIAM BARTLES Montrose, Missouri ,AB Economics History Panel. 1-33 Pre-Legal Club, 1-4g Secretary, 33 Student Senate, 3, Sodality, 2-45 Intramural Softball, 3,4g Basketball 4. ARTHUR J . BAUGHMAN Kansas City, Missouri BSBA Accolmting JAMES MICHAEL BEDNAR Kansas City, Kansas AB Economics Commerce Club, 4. -RONALD KENT BELSER Lee's Summit, Missouri BSIR Industrial Relations Vet's Club, 1-45 Intramural Softball, 3. ROBERT DAVID BESSENBACHER Kansas City, Missouri AB Education Student Senate, 45 Vet's Club, 3,4, President, 49 Basketball, 19 Intra- mural Softball, 2-44 Basketball, 33 Bowling, 1. EDWARD LOU? BIERSMITH Kansas City, Missouri AB Chemistry Lab Assistant, 3,4g Academy of Science, 3.4: German Club, 1,23 Tennis, :I-4:IntraInl1ral Basketball. 1-4: Softball, Football, 1.2: Dean's List, 4