Rutgers Preparatory School - Ye Dial Yearbook (New Brunswick, NJ)

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Continued from page 39 NEW BRUNSWICK IAY-VEES Again playing at the Municipal Stadium on November 5, the Prepsters en- gaged the New Brunswick jay-Vees. It was a thriller all the way down to the final whistle, with the Prep team winning 13 to 12. Don Conhagenis passing was a success all through the game, and proved to be the major factor in our winning. Taking the opening kick-off on their 40-yard line, the Jay-Vees marched goalward to score. Prep began their first march from the 45-yard line. Conhagen faked a pass and ran to the New Brunswick 35-yard. He then faded back and threw a 20-yard one to Doug MacKay, who shook loose a few would-be tacklers and romped over to score. Conhagen then place-kicked the vital extra point. Late in the fourth quarter the New Brunswick jay-Vees scored what was thought to be the winning touchdown, climaxing a 67-yard march. But the Prepsters decided differently. Receiving the kick-off with about two and one-half minutes to play, the Prep squad streaked toward the goal. Passes from Betz to Christfield clicked with clock-like precision, and before anyone realized what was happening, the Prepsters had a touchdown and the game. Lefty,, Ewing literally bulled his way through for that Winning touchdown. ST. PETERS Playing once more at the Municipal Stadium, on November 11, the Prepsters again engaged the St. Peters Cardinals, determined this time to bring home the bacon. Scoring touchdowns after passes of 45 and 50 yards, the Prepsters won 12 to 6. jack Betz, just before the end of the iirst half, tossed a long pass to Potosky, who was immediately tackled on the Cardinals 1-yard line. Lefty Ewing carried the mail for the touchdown. In the early minutes of the fourth quarter the Petreans started moving. Two passes, good for 35 and 15 yards, resulted in the Petreans tying the score. lack Betz took the kick-off on his own 10-yard line and returned it to the Prep 40. Betz then faded back and tossed a 50-yard pass to Glue-fingers Christ- field, who grabbed it on the Cardinal 10, and, thanks to a beautiful block by MacKay, raced the rest of the way to score. METUCHEN Going to Metuchen on November 20, the Prepsters ended their season by losing to Metuchen High 18 to 6. Fumbles proved costly to the Prep cause, and the Bulldogs scored i11 the first, third, and fourth periods. In the early minutes of the game it looked as if the Prepsters were going to score, but when two passes fell incomplete, our attack failed. The Prepsters' tally came in the early minutes of the fourth period following a pass from Betz to Potosky which carried to the Metuchen 20-yard line. The remaining distance was covered on the ground with Betz scoring on a 2-yard lun e. P it the Christmas Prom on December 3, John Starr, president of the Student Council, gave out the Varsity and Junior Varsity letters. Those receiving Varsity letters were Co-Captains Jack Betz and Walt Potosky, Don Coddington, Ted Minde, Doug MacKay, Lloyd Ienssen, Ken Altorfer, Lin Lee, Lefty Ewing, Don Conhagen, Jack Christiield, Aubrey Greaves, Gerald O'Brien, Jack Krauszer, Dick Fiske, lim Thompson, George Nebel, and John Starr. Page fifty-lln'c'c

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unzor Newman Club ,,.,,..Rr7xg NE of the most recent additions to the activities of Rutgers Prep ' is the junior Newman Club, open to all Catholic boys. This Club, which follows the same pattern as the Newman Clubs at Rutgers University, the New Jersey College for Women, and other schools, meets on Sunday evening once every two weeks, to discuss the Church, its history, and current social and other problems of timely interest. . jelq 5 25 '?f r frw fff-QSQQ Father Francis Coan, assistant pastor of St. Peteris Church, acts as Chaplain of the Club, giving generously of his time in attending each meeting. Mr. james Hogan is faculty sponsor, and Mrs. George C. Andrews faculty advisor. The Club, which did not get under way until the second semester, has been unexpectedly popular. The discussions, led chiefly by the boys themselves, have been interesting and instructive, and at each meeting cokes and cakes, quite like the proverbial loaves and fishes , seem to appear at just the right moment. On May 21 the Club received Holy Communion in a body at St. Peter's Church, after which they had a Communion breakfast at the Roger Smith Hotel. Talks were given by several guest speakers, and instrumental as well as vocal music was provided by Club members, with all the boys joining lustily in the singing. Continued from page 26 Five Sophomores showed their athletic ability on the basketball teams. Ken Harms and Oscar Gross played Varsity, while Linwood Lee, Jack Newton, and lack Swallick made the jay-vee team. Frequent mention is made at Prep about football, basketball, and baseball, but one is apt to forget the boys who toughened themselves on the Downie Commando Course. This horror of horrors was created for muscle building. Most of the boarding boys who did not participate in other sports spent their afternoons as Commandoes. They will never find a tougher course in the Army, nor a tougher top kick than Downie. Four of the Sophomores practiced swimming in the University pool each after- noon, although there were no regular competitive meets this year. The four in- cluded: David Henry, Ierry Tooey, Robert Langheinz, and Iohn Beaudette. When it comes to studies, the Sophomores led all the rest. Each month for two consecutive years Linwood Lee has topped the Honor Roll. Besides par- ticipating in all sports, Linwood has ranked first in the school, keeping his average in the high nineties. Some of the Sophomores gained posts on the Prep Clee Club, including first tenors Ivo Rie and Paul Simonsong second tenors Elbert Henderson, Morton Cummings, David Henry, bass Robert Langheinz, The Sophomores held important spots in Mr. Crove's jive band: Iack Newton beat out rythmn on his red hot drums, Don Miles tooted some nifty tunes on his sax. Ivo Rie and Stan Mann maintained a room in the basement of the Gamma House where quite a menagerie is kept in the interest of biology. Page ffty-lula

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Continued from page 28 Bill Sheehy and Al Conhagen, won jay-Vee letters. jack Krauszer, as a result of excellent passing, Won a Varsity letter. The snappy Microbe team, Perkins' Powerful Pigmies composed of a group of smaller boys, was undefeated in a wild and bloody six-game season. Many of these pigskin handlers will undoubtedly be future Varsity stars. The Freshman class contributed a number of boys to the Iay-Vee basket- ball team: Al Conhagen, Bill Sheehy, Jack Krauszer, and Steve Menhart. These boys also went out for the Varsity team but lacked the necessary experience. Participating in Mr. Croveis Clee Club were seven members of the Freshman class: two boys sang first tenor, two second tenor, two first bass, and one sang second bass. Others, not so musically gifted, took part in special public speaking classes. Douglas Moses upheld the class honor by playing his trumpet in the school orchestra, he also won the school Spelling Bee. Continued from page 36 dington and Rod Belanger. Rod left school at midyear, and Dink moved into the lordly Delta House. As we go to press, this room has been re-occupied by Jack Van Brocklin, formerly of the Beta House. Jack's sense of humor and his wide acquaintance with beautiful girls in the Highland Park area makes us sure that the Alpha House is the gainer in this transfer. Horace Dinwiddie was also a resident of the Alpha House at the beginning of the year, but now he commutes daily from Hillside. As Sev slyly pushes the door open, Mort QAlibij Cummings, with a practiced twist of the wrist snaps off The Lone Ranger from the radio. His room-mate, Ivo Rie, better known as Ivy and one of the main pillars of the Nature Room, offers Sev a rubber cigar, explaining that one of the white mice has had snow- balls . Creaking on up the stairs, Sev enters the domain of Ken CSweetheartj Harms. Ken, although hard at work one-fingering his typewriter, politely asks, as is his custom: Anything I can do for you, Sir?,' Next on this floor is lack fSteamerj Steinhardt who is at the moment trying to figure out why the house flooded with steam when he removed the valve from the radiator. Leaving Steinhardt muttering to himself on this subject, Sev comes to the room of Ted QCisco Kidj Minde, as a large placard on his door proclaims. Ted is the only senior in the house. He is busily at work with his set of compact little black books, which he uses in operating his date bureau. Sev hastily leaves before Ted, a loyal Cuban, asks him to finance a new revolution. Sev now returns to his Embryology, and we regretfully take our leave. We do not wish to disturb the peaceful academic atmosphere which pervades the Alpha House like an aroma. Page jlffy-four