Seattle Preparatory School - Echo Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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1943-1944 Dear Diary: 67 One hundred and one scared frosh jam Prep's halls . . . Though 'X X U ,Q- put at ease spiritually by the traditional Mass of the Holy Spirit, D 'X gl and socially by the first Sodality semi-formal, our confidence is ' t Q, shaken by numerous trips over the bank . . . The November retreat is something new to us, and is well received . . . Class elec- tions result in Joe Carlson leading IA, Dick Foley heading IB, and Bill VVainwright, IC . . . Mr. Carlin splits his moderating duties between IA and 1C as Mr. Agnew looks after IB . . . Al Flynn becomes prefect of the active frosh Sodality . . . Chas. Bricker begins his colyum', on the Panther . . . Freshman names in sports are those of Rino Bogni, a varsity letter winner in football, and john Morris, Jim Rogers, and John Halleran, frosh team basketball stars . . . lA becomes famous as a sub-cellar pool-hall and takes honors in intramural basketball . . .Though weakened by a gas attackn, IB wins junior league softball championship . . . Carlos Ralph Zener III shines in IA-IC Latin contests . . . Paul Beytebiere places second in junior elocution . . . Dick Wright and Bill Mulligan debate avidly . . . Among other people who infiuence our little frosh world are B. I. Coles, A. S. S. P. prexy, Al Schuss who coached the Panthers to a high place in cross-state football and basketballg Mr. Carlin, who arranges hikes for the week-ends, and swimming Tuesdays at the Y. W. C. A.g and such timeless characters as Frank Sinatra, Pistol-Packin' Mammav, and Scavotto . . . Really collegiate now, we leave our frosh year with the Hnal curtain of the Harlequins' You Can't Take It with You . . . 1944-1945 ', No more inferiority complexes . . . We toss the new frosh over the bank with joy . . . This year John Porter is prexy of 2A, with Fr. Hayes as moderator, Dick Foley and Fr. Frank Logan in 2Bg 2C: Bernie Miller and Fr. Toner . . . They lead a class of only ninety-six . . . We have another retreat which is even better appreciated . . . The candy vending machine outside 2A proves a gastronomical success but a Hnancial failure . . . Morris and Ron Stauber join Bricker on the Panther staff . . . The school is sharply divided between the fourth term and Governor Dewey . . . Under Coach Harry Bird, we defeat O'Dea in football ji for the first time in four years . . . Buz Ketcham attains his first stripe . . . The basketball series with O'Dea is cancelled because of .Pqj mysterious paint on O,Dea steps . . . Second team football is 5 wif. 7, lj ff 4 r Q, Z' 4, 4. , d I 7 N ff,

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Mr. Carl Tagariello, S. J. Mr. Charles Wolleson, S. J. Mr- Edward J- C0611 Typing. Lating Englishg Religiong Moderator 2B. Algebra: M0Cl9fUi0f 1B- Mr. Daniel Melinkovich Mrs. Jeannette G. Perkins Mrs. Lillian Perry Ancient H istoryg ead Coach in F ootball, Registrarg Secretary to Principal. Cafeteria- Basketball, Baseball. 1 Riiil -'f f-N

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bolstered by Foley, Payne, Beytebiere, McMahon and Miller . . . Foley and Payne fill out the second team diamond . . . In intramurals, 2A is tops in basketball, 2B in softball . . . 2C contributes the most in the Alaska week drive . . . Fred Robinson is top man in the A. S. S. P .... Those privileged few who foretaste the junior promis delights are Carlson, Resner, Ketcham, Halleran, Derrig, Adair, Conner, Cassill, and Santucci . . . Minor trials and tribulations: gas rationing, Rum and Coca- Colav, Gravel Gertie and a cigarette shortage . . . Foley is to be 41 secretary of the A. S. S. P. next year . . . Believe it or not, we'll be lf -upperclassmen! . . . - 1. -' 1945 . 1946 Z - Si' U I. f- .1 fQ',' . ' af W? .. , fvv?',m I,l f 7 A mere eighty-five of us left, but we're really rolling . . . Three hundred and ninety-four in the whole school now, a record . . . We superior juniors look down on the frosh, yet our leisure time is occupied with yo-yos, Itchy, hot rods, and Sioux City Sue' . . . We're led by Carlson in SA, jack Moore in SB, and Fred Veno in 3C . . . Moderators are Mr. Kauffman, Fr. Goudie and Mr. Patter- son respectively . . . Halleran, Stauber, Cassill, Broulette, Rose, Flynn, T owey and Buzard staff the Panther under the, new editor Bricker . . . New Panther clubbers are Cassill, Stauber, McGinnis, Foley, Haley, Payne, Veno, Berens, Shanahan, and Carlson . . . School improvements are permanent bleachers in the gym, movies in the Chem lab . . . Football letters go to Shanahan, Ketcham, Beyte- biere, and Payne . . . Orchids go to Dan Melinkovich, the coach who leads the Panthers to the cham- pionship in the N. W. Catholic football league, to thirdrin cross-state football, and to second in cross-state basketball . . . juniors tread the boards : Bill Conner as a tough gangster in What a Nightlvg Ron Santucci in the sinister plottings of La Carotang Rastus Ketcham in The Revised Masterpiecei' . . . Mrs. Perry celebrates her tenth anniversary as Prep's ndieticiani' . . . Flynn is head prefect of the Sodalityg Cassill is treasurer . . . Halleran, Rogers, and Morris are stellar second team casaba material . . . john Pirolo, Payne, Lyons, and Foley make first string baseball . . . Shanahan scores in oratory . . . The publicity club gives Rod Mackay some more big biz . . . The Prom turns out to be more than an event',g under the capable hands of the lucky soph of last year, with the addition of Joe Haley and Iim Rogers, it is a highlight of 1946 . . . Ted Shanahan is elected to the head A.S.S.P. position for 1946-1947, with john Halleran as vice-prexy . . . And now, we look forward impatiently to our senior year . . . the lordly senior year! . . . fs: ' 1946-1947 The Chinese say a picture is worth ten thousand words . . . The high school careers deserves the treatment of pictures as well as words, though neither can perfectly express this final year as we 'IQ really lived it . . . f x., fn . gg I ' 1' ' following pages prove this . . . A year as full as this last one of our