Southside Catholic High School - Clarion Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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ton F. Web ,I Judge I Cub: W, Guilfoy, H. Lanklord oratory The responsibility of upholding South Side's oratorical reputation this year fell upon the shoulders of a talented freshman, Clinton Bliss. Bliss topped all school competition, and thus earned the right to participate in the American Legion oratorical contest. In this he missed taking first place by a slim margin. The lunior oratorical contest saw William Guilfoy of 3C take first place with a speech on l'Catholicism and Socialism. Frank Weber and Harold Lankford of lunior C tied for second place. ELOCUTION top: R. Callahan, I. Haring, I G giola, R, Schibig DEBATING SOUADfcenter: I. Muenster, R. B l h I. Binder, W. Guxlfoy, L, Oldeg, I. Iudge, E. F ...lm L or - elocution The annual frosh-soph elocution contest uncovered a surprising amount of speaking talent. Foremost among the voluble gentlemen was the winner, fresh- man Robert Callahan, who gave forth with a clever selection entitled How To Catch A Mouse , by Ioshua Ienkins. Not far behind were sophomores Iames Haring, loseph Garagiola and Ralph Schibig. debating .... mmm. L . Though the record of South Side debaters was not brilliant, it was, in the war time vernacular, suc- cesslul. They shared third place in the Catholic School League, and joined several other schools in fourth place of the Public School League. Brother Frank Britz coached the boys both pro and con on the proposition: The Power of the Federal Government Should Be Increased. Belscher stood at the rostrum for every debate. He, his veteran partner Muenster, and Binder were the senior debaters. Iuniors Frei, Guilfoy, Oldeg, Ogle, Iudge and Coughlin completed the squad. spelling South Side's spelling team, in the persons of Robert Schroeder, Lawrence Lawton, Thomas Hannon, Ioseph Miller, Charles Apel, loseph Lampe, Thomas Wall, Robert Herguth and Eugene Kaelin, disposed of McKinley on March 22 by spelling successfully 36 of 39 words to the opponents' 33. This proved to be South Side's only victory in the spelling tour- nament sponsored by radio station KSD. The second round saw South Side take on an ex- perienced team from Rosati-Kain. After a close battle of syllables, Rosati-Kain won the match by spelling 33 of 36 words to South Side's 30. Page' T1l'0Ilf.1j-Ullf' SPELLING TEAM bottom' I... Lawton, I M Bliss, C. Apel, I. Lampe, Capt, R. Schroed R l t d l f R I Herguth, E. Kae in, Cap. W. A e sberger o Kam, T. Hannon.

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Variety was the keynote of South Side's dramatic endeavor this year, follies, parody and first class farce. It all began last November when Brother Charles Rahe put the freshmen . 4, f Q before the footlights for -a two hour session of skits, pantomime and music, ' and really made those freshmen entertain. 2. Not to be outdone by the frosh the seniors brought forth The Travesty K of Macbeth in December. loe Muenster mopped up the gore of the bloody ' , Shakespearean tale and wrung out a twenty minute version, with Lady i ,I A g ..s,A Macbeth as a red headed glamour ga1. '5 Climaxing and high lighting the season was, of course, the Senior Play. With the largest cast ever to be put on South Side's boards, Brother Rahe ' ' 'fl ' produced and directed Help Yourself and made his boys bring down the house. loe Binder, the impetuous and very dynamic Stringer, and constantly efficient Mr. Bittelsby, . ,, . . . ,, . . . d I P if or Harvey Kramer, turned the fabricated Kubinski Business into a booming in ustry u y old bankers like Bernard Moder and lack O'Donnell were exposed as the bluffing executives that they were. And for once the truth doesn't triumph. The bankers didn't know the difference after all. Special recognition is due Brother Frank Britz who has handled all the lighting effects for all these events, not only for the plays but for the orchestra, assemblies and even the boxing matches. 1 l Mikecin, R. Washford O. Lang, R Belscher, E Roeder, W Matnews, l O'Donnell, F Kuppznger, C Cordeol, I. Bogdan F Schmalle, T Hannon, l Muenster Standing. F. Meyer, I O'Donnell, F Schm ll F Kuppinger, I Lehmberg, V Lammert, I B l F. Gebhart, B Moder, L. Knaup, W M Sitting H. Messmer, R. Fuerst, O Lang, E B g . l Beckerle, R Coerver, l. Binder, H Kra Belscher, F.Pich1er

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student guidancemm Christ said, What doth it proiit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? A student at South Side should never have occasion to forget these words, tor at South Side his spirit- ual welfare is carefully guarded. The annual retreat affords each stu- dent the opportunity tor a spiritual checkup. Two priests are always avail- able to give sound advice in and out of the confessional. During Lent the stu- dents were encouraged to attend daily mass at school. The Way of the Cross was held each Friday afternoon of Lent. The student body joins as one in thank- ing Father Lamb and Father Pieper for their sympathetic interest in its spiritual life. Central Committee Officers Left to right: lohn Kennealy, Presidentg Lawrence Lawton, Vice-President, lohn spiritual Schwartz, Secretary. central committee Although South Side has long been active in mission work, it was not until this year that the Central Com mittee was Iorrnally organized as a unit ot the C.S.M.C under the title of Our Lady of the Pillar Under the leadership ot its moderator, Father Lamb the Committee initiated a campaign to awaken the students to an interest in the work of the Missions. Generous contributions from the weekly mission col- lections and irom the semi-annual paper drives were sent to the Peter's Pence collection, and to the Marianist missions in China. Donations to the annual Christmas food drive reached an all-time high. It was a banner year for the corporal works of mercy at South Side. I age Tuenly Tuo