Seattle Preparatory School - Echo Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Phil Gastineau drew leading roles, with Don White rank- ing as top star in the basketball scene. We gained momen- tum as we settled into a smoothly functioning group. Many new lettermen were added to the roster. We ran out of gas about half way through our trip but after much strenuous pushing and pulling we managed to get by with most of our riders still on board in an upright position. En route, Arsenic and Old Lace was enacted, with Mee- han, Wyse, Packard, Parker, Touhy, Dreaney, Carroll and Smith carrying roles under the dauntless, sometimes called fearless, mister by the name of Falsetto. A certain bit player known as Mike Hansen demanded better roles and immediately was made prefect of the Sodality, editor of the Panther and president of the Associated Student Body. Don White was made director of the powerful Lettermen's Club. Jim Meehan, Bill Wall and Jim Wyse insisted upon making speeches which were lauded by the public, espe- cially in a small town called College of Puget Sound. Then came the pause for which we had all been waiting, the pause that refreshes, the junior Prom. It was a huge suc- cess and earned the cast many curtain calls. But before we knew it the end had come to this very enjoyable and highly successful junior tour. 1945-46 Touk Peace having been declared August 15, we believed it safe to board an airliner for transportation during the last year of our show. We set out on what seemed to be the shortest trip we ever made. Don White and john Prender- gast took the controls, with Fr. Evoy and Fr. Renner as navigators. On the gridiron John Sollars and Chuck Ketch- am were chosen by football enthusiasts for the all-star cast of the Cross-State Leagues annual All-State show. The former was voted the Inspirational Oscar for his spar- kling performance. We had a little trouble with a high flying balloon called O'Dea which we deflated in a hurry and dropped on the University of Washington Stadium on Thanksgiving Day. We then were acclaimed Catholic Champions of the Northwest. We managed to win third prize in the Cross-State Gridiron Show and the basketeers came in second with their excellent performance starring Sollars and Spangler. They gained the recognition of being the best Prep team in years. The good fortune of these teams is attributed to a strong, huge, bulky man called Mr. Melink, or Melinkquicha, or Malinkavich, or something like that. The plane crashed into an air pocket but in our groping attempts to gain an even flight most of us retained' our seats and weathered that mid-January storm. An expe- rienced cast of prize debaters did very well in keeping the speaking reputation of Seattle Prep high and mighty. The Lettermen's Club presented The Best Dance of the Year, which was really a social success in the highest sense of the word. Finally, on June 2, the Seattle Prep Players of '46 presented their last performance at the Moore Theater. It was the end of one of the best companies ever to carry the name of Seattle Prep. These four years have enabled us to take almost any part, be it doctor, lawyer, engineer or priest. And no matter how successful we become on the professional stage of life, wefll never forget the little school house where we got our start. God bless you, Seattle Prep.

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THE TRAVELING PLAYERS OF '46 1942-43 TOUR Fattened by thoughts of glory to be attained at Adelphia Hall, we set out on the road to success or failure. We were the greatest number of milling, rampaging freshmen ever to hit the resounding halls of Seattle Prep. But after awhile we hit the road in earnest and soon climbed aboard the newly designated frosh bandwagon. The road was bumpy and the wagon needed oil but soon overcoming these few difficulties we seriously sat back and reaped in the knowl- edge that passed before us. As bandleaders we elected Mike Hansen, john Parker and Don White. While direct- ing the route of the rickety cart was Fr. Mulligan, Mr. Kelly and Mr. Brady. We put on a grand showing at The Sodality with the largest cast ever to take part. This was the first time we ever played at the tough Cross State Theater. Although-the show wasn't a sell-out, we made ourselves known as contenders for fame to come. We were somewhat jolted by Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, and we chose our paths accordingly. Our band gathered theat- rical fame through the efforts of John Parker, Bob Buck, and Jim Meehan in the Merchant of Venice. We were bogged down by one of the greatest snows to hit Seattle, but came the thaw and spring. And with it came the end of our withering winter tour. . 1943-44 TOUR Leaving the old wagon for faster travel, we caught horses and set out anew, with Franzel and Sollars leading one band, Maloney another, and Don White in charge of a third column, with Mr. Seaver, Mr. Rebhahn, and Fr. Renner, SJ., bringing up the chuckwagon and largely responsible for stuffing us with knowledge. Don White, Chuck Ketcham, Ed Raitano, jack Morrison, Swan Swan- son and Joe Faccone distinguish themselves in our annual outdoor Sports Show. We stopped at a hick town called St. Josephs Hall, where some of our cavaliers dismounted long enough to star in a play called You Can't Take It With Youf' Packard, Parker, Touhy and Smith appeared in this one night stand. We pitched camp and called in all the roving bands from all over the entire northwest for a rendezvous, which was called the Sodality Convention. Anyway, everyone was and always will be full of plans which they were to give at this meeting, and everyone was full of enthusiasm over the good work and plans made at the festival. About the end of May we hit a desert and were almost lost in the vast unknown. But our vision finally cleared and although our good and faithful ponies died we managed to flounder through the seemingly end- less desert of knowledge. 1944-45 TOUR Gathering together for reeharsals again after a short leave of absence during the hot summer months, we boarded a sleek bus which immediately began to roll with Tom Read, Gene Maloney and Don White in the driver's seat, assisted by the able advice of the much learned men of the world, Frs. Toner, St. Marie and Evoy. Some of our buddies were forced to leave the cast and join advance companies in order to finish the tour before the service called them. In our Football Follies john Sollars and

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NAME: Russell Clifford Alexander NICKNAME: Honest Russ AMBITION: To inherit s5oo,ooo,ooo and take lite easy as an undertaker ACHIEVEMENTS: Football-Soph-Frosh 2, Boxing I ACTIVITIES: Sodality I, 2 NAME: John Gerald Andersen NICKNAME: Andy AMBITION: To honestly type fifteen words a minute ACHIEVEMENTS: Baseball-Cubs I, Second Team 2, 3, Basketball-Cubs I, Third Team 2, 3, Football-Second Team 2, 3, 4, ACTIVITIES: Sodality I, 2, 3 NAME: Robert Renaut Beezer NICKNAME: Bob AMBITION: To be a successful pawn shop broker and proprietor ACHIEVEMENTS: Baseball-Cubs I, Football- Second Team 4 ACTIVITIES: Annual Stafl 4, Debate Club I, 3, 4, Sodality I, 2, 3, 4 -NAME: James Louis Berard NICKNAME: Dumbo AMBITION: To get out at Kosher Canyon ACI-IIEVEMENTS: Class Officer 4, Football- Second Team 2, 3 ACTIVITIES: Panther Club 3, 4 JL 4 I NAME: John Wesley Blewett i NICKNAME: Bullet AMBlTlO,N: To be a winning grade-schasiyff basketball coach y if v ACHIEVEMENTS: Baseball-Second redm 3, Qasketball-Third Team 3, Varsity 4, Class Offi- cer 3 ACTIVITIES: Glee Club 4, Publicity Club 3, 4 NAME: James Gerard Boner NICKNAME: Beaver AMBITION: To build better and bigger barges forthe Chris-Craft Co. ACHIEVEMENTS: Baseball-Frosh I, Second Team 2, Varsity 3, 4, Basketball-Frosh I, Sec- ond Team 2, Varsity 3, 4, Football-Cubs I, Second Team 2, 3, Varsity 4 ACTIVITIES: Glee Club 2, 4, Lettermen's Club 3, 4, Sodality I, 2