Seattle Preparatory School - Echo Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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OF 1948 large part, the name of Seattle Prep on our shoulders. With that rule in mind, we undertook responsibilities and set our goals. With eager determination we plunged into the fight both extracurricular and academic. But even with such interests we still found time to forget our worries. IIIA President Dustin and Moderator Mr, Tag gave the boys in room 3 many an interesting time, although many triple fines and broken backs were sustained. Murphy and Mr. Patterson led IIIB while Dick Sullivan stopped in our class long enough to be prexy of IIIC, guided by Fri Renner. The first evidence of the task of juniors lay on the gridiron as eight of the first eleven starters were third year men. The names of Harris, John Sullivan, McAteer, Ursino, Hevly and Coles began to appear on the roster as other junior subs swelled the ranks of the Letterman Club. But the greatest success of that '46 season was in the prowess of Laing and Hughbanks and their mud Leaguers with their rainy weather pigskin exhibitions. Dick Sullivan and Holmes were vital cogs in the casaba machinery as basket- ball season came and went. Spring found Fischer, Malone, Graaf, and Ursino taking to the diamond along with Burns and Kokesh. It was mainly through the efforts and success of Ghiglione, ,john Sullivan, Furey, Lucker, and Bob Drew as thinclads that track became so popular at Prep. But our achievements were by no means limited to athletics alone. Hentschell took over the Sodality as Prefect and boosted stock in that organization as Murphy and O'Brien gave new renown to the Seattle Prep Panther as co-editors. In public speaking Enthoven, Lucid, and O'Neill stand out, as Prep once more dominated that field. Lane was the first of our number to win a writing contest as he copped the Apologetics Medal and Brown loomed top hgure in the Harlequins. Chairman Malone handled the ,junior Prom. As all these events had come and gone, our third chapter drew rapidly to a close. As we saw our seniors leave forever the halls of Adelphia, we realized with that same determination that we were now in the drivers' SC2lt. It was up to us. Spurred on with this realization we elected Dustin to the role of President of the A. S. S. P. with Burns and Scholtes leading the Letterman and Panther Clubs, confident that our hard work would write the greatest book of all in The Story of Seattle Prep. Ghaapiw 4 In the final chapter we are seniors at last. As we reach this, the climax of our high school career, the days toward which we have been striving for three long years begin to lose their length and as we reminisce, we are half way tempted to wish that we were beginning rather than concluding our high school days. But we are not yet through. There are still battles to be fought and victories to be won. So with this do or die spirit, we began our fourth and seemingly shortest year. We began the campaign with industry, electing Coles as prexy of IVA, Cunz for IVB, and Lucid for IVC, as Fathers Logan, McDonnell, and Lanphier, acted as moderators in the classroom, as ASSP prexy Dustin started the wheels of government rolling. The football team maintained a better average record in tough competi- tion as Hentschell, Douglas and Harper received all state honors. The maple floor burners again upped Prep's athletic renown as Holmes, Douglas, Burrington, McAteer, Siffer- man, Burns and Malone earn varsity stripes. But again we missed the State Tourney by a single point. The Tennis and Baseball squads prepare for successful seasons as Smith returned to aid the cause of the racket men and Burns and Kokesh led the moundmen. But Adelphia owes the metal ware in the trophy case to the public speakers as these Prepsters have actually dominated the state. The tourna- ments of Seattle College, Gonzaga, C. P. S. and W. S. C. found Prep in general and Kaufer, Enthoven, Lucid and O'Neill in particular lead the field with six first and nine second place trophies. Between trips to the oflice, the latter two gentlemen managed to be prominent in State Public Speaking contests. In the held of dramatics two successful productions were staged with Marier and Brown taking the leads. Even in studies the class of '48 has written great things as Powers and Enthoven prepare to graduate with 4.000 grade point averages, a feat very few Prepsters accomplish. But not even all these victories can slow the sands of time, but on the contrary, seem to speed them on. As we see the Prom come and go, as we see Prep Night come and- go, as we see the juniors elect new leaders to fill our places, we realize that such scenes were the last which we will witness. No longer will we fill those desks we covered with our names, which such a short time ago had seemed like cells. No longer will we stroll the hallowed halls of the Miller St. Madhousef' No longer will we be called students of Seattle Prep. How well Virgil could express our emotionsH Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit eyes, already it pleases us to remember those burdens. As we march from Church after the Baccalaureate Mass followed by our teachers who have molded our destinies these past years, we find ourselves surrounded by our friends who have become endeared to us through close association. As we leave that school in which we spent our four happiest years, we are unable to express ourselves and struggle to say a sincere- thank you. eancludan To many this might seem the end of this Volume Fifty in the story, and if it were it would be a sad conclusion as the parting of dear friends always is. But rather than conclusion there seems to be a rebirth. As we view the sunset of our high school careers, we seem to face the dawn of a World before us. For we do not lose our old friends, but rather increase their number. We do not leave behind our teachers but rather take them with us in the knowledge which they have imparted. We do not leave our Alma Mater, as we pass for the last time through her portals, but rather does she lead us even more intimately over the high- ways of life. Whatever the future may hold for us, whatever the troubles there are in the world about us, or whatever may be our profession, we shall always cherish a special love for our teachers and for our friends that typilies the spirit of that school to which we shall ever ascribe our names as loyal sons. If we remember that spirit, and trust in God-we shall succeed. And may our deeds be as golden as her jubilee is golden and ever to her glory.

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THE C LAS S '7fze5Z'af1,qafSeaJfl'lep'wf1 VOLUME FIFTY IT is AN impossible task to attempt to capture all the happenings of the past four years within the pages of a manuscript. Yet even if we could list these events, we could never put into words our feelings of happiness which accompanied these experiences. We must, therefore, com- mend these happy days to the undying embers of our memories, to be preserved in those sacred flames forever. It is a likewise impossible task to try to catalogue all the achievements for which our classmates have worked and won in that time. But such achievements seem only secon- dary when we recall that it is the SPIRIT OF SEATTLE PREP which prompted these individual actions, and which we will remember in years hence. With this forethought, we will narrate a few of the manifestations of that SPIRIT, and a few of the outstanding names of Prepsters who have helped to write this golden jubilee volume in The Story of Seattle Prep. 046-plea I Gallia est divisa . . . to the accompaniment of these famous words, 105 timid grammar schoolers became polished Latin scholars. But it wasn't until we experi- enced the woes of freshman initiation, that we felt we had earned that proud title. Inside the classroom, we felt for the first time the influence wielded by our men teachers, with hardened posteriors and broken knuckles. Such men as the Messrs, Doyle, Rebhahn and Prasch, SJ., respective moderators of IA, IB, and IC, were especially close to us at this time, as we fought with Caesar in the Gallic Wars and fought with Mr. Coen in Algebra class. But we soon found out that school is not all work and no play, as we began to look about us, and saw the numerous activities which invited use. The first seeds of leadership were sown as' IA elected Douglas and IC Weston to the class presi- dency, while Kaufer held the posts of prexy of IB and frosh Sodality Prefect. Our first retreat was a big impression on our young minds. On the gridiron and maple court, it looked like Holmes and Douglas were a pair to be watched, while Burns pitched his way to a big S to be our first striper. We can't forget the Forty Mule Team , either, those bulky aspiring basketballers who would have looked more appropriate in elephant cages. Bob Lucid was the first of our number to distinguish himself on the platform in winning the Junior Apologetics contest, as voices which would later be acclaimed throughout the state were then first heard. But it was not these victories which heralded that year as a success, for actually we were no different from the forty-nine other classes of dumb little freshmen which preceded us. But rather all prosperity in our first year was due to the speed with which enthusiasm and genuine school spirit found our hearts. As those nine months drew to a close, we found ourselves quite proud to call ourselves Prepsters T efnc-plea .2 Sophomores. As our teachers oft told us, that word described second year men exactly, and we must agree that we were truly wise fools. No longer were we looked upon with disdain. No longer were we the bait of all jokers. We had reached a new era of dirty cords and gangling legs, and with a new zest for life, we wrote nine more months, probably the most humorous, in the story of Seattle Prep. No doubt sensing our pent up energy, Fr. McDonnell appointed Fr. Flajole and Fr. Veelkin as moder- ators of IIA and IIB as Douglas and Kaufer again held the spots of class prexy. IIC found itself dominated under the regime of President Terry and Moderator Mr. Paquet, in our first taste of tyranny, as IIC won the intramural crown. For Prep in general and the sophomore class in particular was beginning to feel the uncertainty of postwar times along with the rest of the world. There was, first the Hitler Youth Movement in Fr. Veelkin's class. Then there was the trial of President Terry in which he was indicted on a charge of not enough meetings, while Mr. Paquet busily tried to keep track of his paddle. To learn out love for study one had only to look on the bulletin board each night for the long lists of wise fools who were sentenced to jug But sophs shared in Prep's victories as the names of Drew, Hentschell and Kokesh were added to those of Douglas, Holmes and Burns as full fledged lettermen. Competition in speaking contests became keener among sophomores and O'Neill carved nitches in the annals of Extemporaneous Speaking as Kaufer won junior Elocution. At the same time that the sophs began prominent in Debate circles, O'Brien, Murphy and Sifferman upheld our cause in the Seattle Prep Panther and sophomore thespeans aired their acting ability in the junior Dramatic productions. We regard our second year at Prep as a briefing period for the last two, in which the stars of today were molded. efna-pied 3 Determination might well have been the motto of our junior year. We had risen above the days of carefree under- classmanship into the realm of the upperclassman. For the first time we realized that we were destined to carry, in

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1 v V A: y :lr . GAIL MATTHEW ACKERT, JY. Seattle, Washington When Windy entered Prep from St. Cather- ine's in 1944, he at once set out to make a name for himself in Athletics. As a freshman he was a member of the Swimming club and earned a position on the Cub football team. He made the Soph-Frosh team as a sophomore and advanced to the Second team as a junior. His crowning glory was his varsity rating as a senior. Also as a senior he joined the ranks of the Letterman Club. W JOHN PHILLIP AUGHNAY Seattle, Washington Entering from St. Mary's as a freshman, Phil at once showed his mental prowess and rated the honor roll his first year. He also joined the Sodality as a freshman, and was a member for all four years. During the summers, Phil relaxes at Longacres, keeping up' the attendance. His ambition for later life is to be a bookie like my Grandpa. Phil's well-known favorite expression LUCIUS ANTHONY AVERY Seattle, Washington Luscious came to Prep from St. Joseph's in 1944. He chose the Sodality as his main diversion from school work, being a Sodalist in his junior and senior years. Always trying to do two things at once, Luscious wants to build a theatre with a swimming pool, so he can enjoy both relaxations at once. He has an enviable hobby, it being vaca- tions at Arrowhead. The phrase most frequently used by Tony is gee, I'm nervous. if is why should I tell you. ' 1 , L 5 fi- ,fw m4,g j A 'fit' If 1 f, si? VJ ,V A Q . A' f ,Q F ikft fi iv f effiyri' 5 ff' P' I ff'f'!,5s' ' f x -' H Jw, 5' ,,' g 4 at . ,we .fa fw , b ' .V 'lf I I V If zfeff .ff , f .fa , . fir-1 M. , if-JJ , ffl!! l 'Ly fl, I . . af' - 1' try-'Z 1 . IJ-piggy, g A, I gl ff, .jf ff, A. Ifgzg. if ' Ji. .ivfqflff vo Ji, ff: ' ,K -1 ,I 5 .ff . I fitfrxi 1 U' ff I fljjifli, ,jf H 57 :Ames cannon snsunn, Jr. C lj ay ' ff Minneapolis, Minnesota A graduate of St. Edward's, Jim came to Prep as a freshman in 1944. He joined the Panther Staff in his junior year, and for two years served as the go-between from Prep to the printer's. His hobby, shot-rods,',' helped transport him on these journeys. Jim's sole ambition is to live long enough to see the new Prep flagpole. But until then, Jim just says It's a 'ruff life,' but on the whole it might be .... a