Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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SODALITIES n JL HiS usual the Sodality played an integral part in the school activities. Though receiving a late start due to the many duties that occupied the time of Father Maruca, the moderator, the sodalities accomplished much in the short time in which they had to work. May devotions were daily conducted most efficaciously by the Socialists, with seniors giving short talks on the various titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The officers of the Senior Sodality were: Dick Kelly, prefect; Dave King and Richard DeDonato, assistants; Robert O'Gorman, Louis Haven, Billy Kelly, Paul Claudon, Fred Hebert, and John Boehm, consultors; Eddie Sheehan, secretary; and John Naughton, treasurer. The officers of the Junior Sodality were: Charles Morrill, prefect; David Read and Thomas Anderson, assistants; Edward English, secretary; William Bellinger, treasurer; Leo Sheehan, Leo DeDonato, Richard Corrigan, Ernest Bertin, Eugene Parolik, George Basel, consulters.

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 MOTHERS' CLUB I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. R —Elizabeth Barrett Browning. iND our mothers prove their love by deeds. For the past twelve years the Seattle Prep Mothers’ Club has been an integral part of the school, promoting the interests of the school, adding that touch of ineffable sweetness that changes a house into a home, a building into a haven of quiet joy. That our chapel is garnished and bright, that the interest on our gymnasium is promptly paid, that the football men enjoy an annual dinner, and, important above all, that all of us are joined in their prayers all these gifts of body and soul we are continuously receiving from our mothers, united in the Seattle Prep's Mothers' Club. As education is merely furthered in school, beginning in the home and ending long after school-days have past, the interest of our mothers in the school conditions the scholastic success of the respective students. Teachers are thereby enabled to cooperate with parents to advantage. That barren impersonal institutionalism, so often the cause of students' failures, fails even to threaten the boys of Seattle Prep, principally because of the willing attention of the Mothers' Club. Twelve years ago, in 1924, the club was founded. Mrs. J. L. O'Callaghan and Mrs. Catherine Logan were chatting aboard an East Cherry street car. ''Too bad we don't have a Mothers' Club at Seattle College High School,” sighed good Mrs. Logan. Mrs. O'Callaghan began to fold her transfer over and over again — an idea was forming. Let's have a Mothers' Club?” suggested Mrs. Logan. Why, we'll just head right over to the college to see Father O'Shea.” Father Jeffrey O'Shea, now in Lewiston, Idaho, was then rector of the College. For the first three years Mrs. O'Callaghan was president of the young but inspiriting organization. This year's cast of noble characters has Mrs. Carl Robinson, president; Mrs. John Carmody, first vice-president; Mrs. Frank Perri, second vice-president; Mrs. William Smith, secretary, and Mrs. Robert Sheehan, treasurer. A very important part of the club's routine is the card party held once a month. Well planned and deftly managed, these bridge-fests furnish enjoyment to the mothers, who form the extension branch of the Seattle Prep's curriculum. Once a year, on Mother's Day, the personnel of the Mothers' Club assemble at the school, first to attend Holy Mass, and secondly to attend an entertainment in the gymnasium. Along with the music and songs the mothers are reminded of the great work they are doing, of our appreciation, our desire to live up to their hopes in our regard. And may these words of love and promises of achievement that we address to our mothers now, echo across the years, restraining us from the less perfect pathways of life and urging us to become virtuous men the desire of our mothers, and just a part payment for all they have done to realize such true success.

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Bill Bollingor Michael Colacarro Richard DoDonato Frank Nostor Wally Carrcll Treasurer Sorgoantat-Arms President Vice-President Secretary ID i b ELIEVING the attaining of its objectives could be better realized by individual class organizations, and class to class campaigns cooperating toward a common end, the Seattle Prep student body did not hold so many meetings during the year as in former years. However, its record of school spirit and achievement, attained through inter-class rivalry and the cooperation of teachers, student body officers, and class officers, conclusively shows the merits of this system. An open-air assembly on the front steps of the school was held a few days after the commencement of school. Richard DeDonato, as the new student body president, introduced to the students Father Logan, the new principal; and then the rest of the student body officers. A group of Seniors gave short introductory talks on the Sodality and various activities. Coach Walterskirchen, as the final speaker, emphasized the school spirit needed for the success of the coming football season, and was enthusiastically received. All through the football season, pep rallies were held before the games to imbibe both the student body and the team with the fight of victory. The most spectacular of these demonstrations was the fifty-foot O'Dea game bonfire in the middle of the campus, accompanied by songs, yells, and snake dances. At a student body meeting, the Columbian Squire Trophy, emblematic of the Catholic football championship, was awarded for the second consecutive year to the Prep. In presenting the trophy to Captain Frank Nestor, Jack Sylvestor praised the school as having the most outstanding school spirit he had ever come in contact with. Then came the successful sponsoring of Father Maruca’s Italian Dinner. Second year and Senior A classes were outstanding in their support of the affair. Born Lucky proved to be the most successful school play yet held. The Sophomores and Freshmen accredited themselves well in the sale of tickets. A smoker was then held for the benefit of the basketball team. Nine three-round bouts were staged, but from the standpoint of most of the spectators, they were surprassed in interest by the entertainment given by talented members of the student body. With the announcement of the proposed Echo, a drive for subscriptions was successfully promoted by the Senior class, with a final total of over 220 subscriptions. In the middle of May, an assembly was held in the gymnasium to nominate the candidates for the student body primary elections. It started off the most active student campaigning in recent years. With such avid interest displayed by the students in the election of their representatives, efficient and loyal student body officers were assured for the coming year. As the curtains fall on a year of school spirit and activity, special recognition must be extended to the members of the faculty and especially to Mr. Flajole, S.J., and Mr. Coen, for their cooperation in all school affairs, without which many of the student body's efforts would have been in vain. Outstanding among the individual classes in the school were the Freshman and Sophomore A and B classes, and the Senior A class. Their loyalty will go down indelibly with the years, etched deeper and deeper, with the passage of time on the minds of all. ASSOCIATED STUDENTS