Saint Ambrose College - Oaks Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visionsv-joel II, 28. ACKE, EDWARD HENRY, Davenport, Iowa, Com- merce Club, Young Republicans. ALBRECHT, LEMAN PAUL, Natural Science, Bettendorf, Iowa. ATZEN, THOMAS IOSEPH, Davenport, Iowa. American Chemi- cal Society, Intramural Basketball. AUBRY, IAMES MARTIN, Moline, Illinois. Young Democrats, Quad- City Club, Commerce Club, Intramural Football, Intra- mural Basketball. AUBRY, SISTER MARY RICHARD, O.S.B., Nauvoo, Illinois. BAER, SISTER CECILE MARIE, O.S.B., Nauvoo, Illinois. BARBARO, IOSEPH LAWRENCE, Western Springs, Illinois. Chicago Club, Commerce Club, Intramural Football, Intramural Base- ball. JAMES MARTIN AUBRY SISTER MARY RICHARD Business Administration AUBRY, O.S.B. History A more realistic view of ourselves, life, and our abilities was achieved during the four years at St. Ambrose. Many arrived here self-confident. These were proba- bly a minority. Others were only confident in the eyes of others. Perhaps this is the greatest accomplishment of college-a real self-coniidence which inspires adapta- bility and cooperation expressed in growth towards maturity. In academic life it is presumed we had become minor authorities in our Held of endeavor. Be it in science, the fine arts, or economics, we had all made our choice and incorporated the field into our lives. More than just the knowledge of material had developed. XVe had learned, in a small way, to be a physical and mental part of our field, thus affecting our likes, dislikes, and attitudes. Along with this, it was hoped we had achieved a broad view of many fields of knowledge by eaming our liberal arts degree. No matter how much we may have disliked a word list or an outside reading list, We THOMAS JOSEPH ATZEN Chemistry EDWARD HENRY ACKE Accounting SISTER CECILE MARIE JOSEPH LAWRENCE BAER, O.S.B. BARBARO Education Accounting had Hnishe d-and it is part of us individually, shared as Ambrosians. Many of the seniors have made an actual outstand- ing contribution to the College. In many of the extra- curricular activities and sports, our Senior class has made itself known. Many have become better people. To name any one person would be wrong. There are too many and in varying degrees. The purpose of the outstanding work is not to get recognition anyway. Good work and achievement must have a better source of motivation. Therefore, praise here is unneeded for those who have ushinedv have earned their reward personally in their own individual feelings of accomplishment. YVhat could be said here would be unimportant in time, but what they have learned will be with them for as long as it is needed - a lifetime. lVhcn we left high school days, we also left a com- munity of which we were a part, no matter how small of a part that might have been. By Junior year we were SENIORS 23

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or Seniors of 1966 George Flynn Vice-President Lawrence Lefebvre Secretary-Treasurer Gerald McMorrow On-Campus Representative George Burnett Off-Campus Representative Steven Conte Seatcd Cl. to rj, L. Lefcbvrc, G. Flynn, M. McLaughlin. Standing Cl. to rj, G. Burnett, S. Conte. On Sunday, September 16, 1962, a freshman class arrived at St. Ambrose College. Very few of them knew each other, or for that matter, few of them knew much about the college and college life. Everything was strange to them. To many upper-classmen and faculty, however, the usual feeling was probably incured, This is Ambroseis prospects for the future?', Well, at 8:00 A.M., Wednesday, September 19, 1962, we began. On May 29, 1966, we ended. VVhatever prospects existed - fulfilled! We started as a class of 216 fresh big-shotsv from high school. Those with past academic and athletic accomplishments considered being a freshman a let- down compared to their senior year, just past. But ah, there was freedom, especially for those from out-of- town. The old guiding rules in the form of parents was left behind and except for those school rules, decisions and time were each individual's business. For some, this was another step to maturity, for others, besides the transfers, it was a blunder. We graduated about 150 of the original. The real Ambrosians came through. To us seniors, if we desire to do so, we can look back over an interesting four years. To every Ambrosian there were the beanies. This, for all of us, was the beginning. There have been so many things, however. We have seen a new President on our campus. Msgr. Collins left us, and Msgr. Menke has taken over. We all remember the Cuban Crisisg we even heard President Kennedyis address piped into the cafeteria. Then on November ... COLLEGE 22, a rainy, cold day in Davenport, we all shared in the sorrow as the country faced the assassination. Presi- dent johnson had been sworn-in and then elected. More locally, we saw the reintroduction of the Homecoming Parade our Sophomore year. Ambrose Towers living quarters was opened and some moved to live there in- stead of the usual Davis and East. The library took on a new lookv with the addition of the Browsing Room. In our junior year we were faced with the unusual, Davenport was flooded. Remember the smell of the sandbags and the work. Senior year brought the first Supreme Pontiff on United States soil, Viet Nam, and Concelebrated Mass. The Registrar's office will not soon forget our worry of change from 2-SU to 1-Av. There were also the many other events of senior year and graduation. To mention everything would take much time and present a bore to some. Let these few sug- gestions just recall to each reader what of the four years he holds important and enjoyable to his own personal life. Let it just be said that we have had many ex- periences, both individual and communal, in these past four years. To look back over the four years is difiicult, not particularly because of the time, but because of the change which has occurred in our own lives since then. What has really happened? What have we really gained? VVe left high school with many idealistic notions of college and ourselves. Some of these hopes were fulfilled, others neglected, and others discarded as childish dreams.

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LESTER CLYDE BICKFO RD Philosophy JOHN MATTHEW BELL Political Science fn? CHARLES PATRICK RONALD PAUL BLEUER BOHNENKAMP Economics Biology completely absorbed in a new community of Ambrosians. We each brought our past and molded with the present, to share and receive and form a new community. So it was again as we left St. Ambrose, we took what we each were then, and mingled that with what came ahead, that being anywhere in the world. Like it or not, we cannot change what those past four years made us. Some faced the working world, others the militaiy, and still others more academic life. Another of the many transi- tions and adjustments was faced by all of us. Because of the four years at St. Ambrose, that change should have been easier for us, and very profitable. We had completed another step to real manhood - a mental more than just a physical change. We had to take what we were and continue, to face the future. In the words of Wordsworth, we are not to look wantingly back- wards at our lives, but realize that they are past, and find strength in what remains behindf, 24 COLLEGE BELL, IOHN MATTHEW, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Pre- Legal Club, Young Democrats. BENAC, IOSEPH IOHN, Business Administration, Davenport, Iowa. BICKFORD, LESTER CLYDE, San Pedro, California. BLEUER, Rock Island, Illinois. Commerce Club, Investment Club. BOHNENKAMP, RONALD PAUL, West Point, Iowa. Iowa Club fPresidentj, Tri-Beta fVice-Presidentj, Young Democrats, Iunior Class Vice-President, Intramurals. BOLEN, RICHARD THOMAS, Blue Island, Illinois. Chicago Club, Commerce Club, Intramural Football, Basketball, Bowling, Volleyball, Baseball. BROWN, WILLIAM F REDRICK, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Club fSecretary, Presidentl, Commerce Club, Big Brothers Club, Intramurals. BUNKE, WILLIAM KURT, Mil- waukee, Wisconsin. Commerce Club. BURKE, SISTER DONALD MARIE, O.S.F., Education, Clinton, Iowa. BURNETT, GEORGE P., Millington, New Iersey. Big Brothers Club, Chicago Club, East Coast Club, Young Republicans, N.F.C.C.S. - Family Life Commission, Student Council, Senior Class On-Campus Represen- tative. Q 'Ci f'3:gv- l RICHARD THOMAS WILLIAM FREDRICK BOLEN BROWN Sociology Political Science WILLIAM KURT BUNKE GEORGE P. BURNETT Business Administration History