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

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Swing band -. .. is. . The idea of a swing band is Rudy G-abrian's. Last September he found Len Forthaus with a hot trumpet and Harry Stonum who could really pound the skins and make with the rhythm. Rudy played the piano. He got another trumpet and four saxophones, a guitar and a double bass. This was the orchestra. All worked hard and were good. The orchestra took its first bow at a senior social in December, and from then to class day every athletic and social event found it improved. By the end of the year they had about fifty numbers. And now Rudy scores another success, accor- dionist, pianist, teacher, arranger, orchestra leader and now composer. He has written a song, a combination of a farewell to Alma Mater and a reminiscent march. lt is his tribute to the school in the name of the whole senior class. Top' K. Thum, B. Heilweck, G. Peters. Znd. row: L. Fort' haus, I, Helfrich, K. Tiefenbrunn. 3rd. raw: R. Schibxg, H. Stonum, E. Venker. Bottom: R. Gabrian, Director. . . .. . , . glee club With its performance at Fontbonne's Spring Festival, South Side's Glee Club, under the capable direction of Brother Anthony Gerhardt, concluded a successful season of choral entertainment. Forty-eight boys answered present at the Club's gatherings. Though they practiced constantly, the glee boys were unemployed until March 23, when they contributed to the City House Choral Festival. Several weeks later a few numbers were offered at the school's oratory contest. The singers reached the climax of the season by doing their part between acts of Help Yourself. Bottom row Wehrle, Zimmerle, Quoin, Schm- z1ng,A Becker, Hogan, G De Moor, Callahan Ehrler, Berndt, Kelly, Straub. 2nd Row Toomey, Beck, Knepper Ruff, McGaulew Hoehle, Wilhelm, Laury, Sullivan, S h t Stonum 3rd Row' Michaelree, Fuchs, R De Moor, Gilbert, McLaughlin, Weber, N Becker Wormek, Cunningham, Kaiser, Westrxch 4th Row l Bxeg, A. Bieg, Muenster, Cordeal, Kaempt, Chenot, Bonus, Lawton, Smith

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.MN wif Z,..---V Top: R. Westnch, I. Newman, R. Shelley, Bro. G. Galos, R. Hacker, l. Cuba. Bottom: H. Drees, W. Alt. A T lx F B kl camera club -, C an A s Hours of toil in the red hue of the darkroom resulted in membership of the Camera Club being limited to twelve students. Through instructive lectures and practical demonstrations the persistent workers have progressed rapidly in the knowledge of correct exposure, pleasing portraiture, and effective toning. Proof of their success lies in the fact that three members won prizes in the city-wide contest it sponsored. The club president, loe Cuba, assisted by secretary Robert Hacker worked out the details for this contest. The superb blending of the photo-montages appearing in this book is the work of Brother Gabriel Galos, Camera Club moderator. The pictures in this book and those in the monthly Clarion were shots taken by Brother Gabriel and his club. l ' 'Living Catholic Authors .. e Living Catholic Authors of the Past and Present started as a supple- ment to the Clarion but it soon outgrew that form. The field of Catholic literature had to be covered by something bigger, something greater. And it was. Brother George Schuster's project so completely filled the need for a basic introduction to Catholic literature, that since its appearance in February it has reached the hands of over 30,000 teachers and students all over the country. The work of Brother and his staff is a success, so much so that the clamors for more will be answered by a second edition in August. LOVER srunul i l or ne: ummm I 5 l BENZ YU! 'ff

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wif Mgfilgw Back row: Frank Homo, Bill Pruellage, Bill Zielinski, Herm Drees, Tom Kuenke, Richard Mulligan, Louis Comerio. Front row: Marty Heiman, foe Weissler, foe Hurst, lohn Walken, Lou Kell, Charles Haase, Absent when picture was taken, Donald Heitmeier, Fred Busch accordion band L. .C . South Side is unique in that it has so many good accordionists. Brother loseph Schmidt was quick to realize this fact. The result of his patient planning is South Side's accordion band. The youthful musicians made their debut at the Mothers' Club Christmas party. That the band was a success is putting it mildly. Then followed appearances at such events as South Side's basketball games and Father Lamb's benefit program for Nazi prisoners. May its second year be as successful as its first. music . brass band A great number of people are responsible for the band. It is difficult to decide whom to acknowledge first. Brother lulius was the spark that lit the tinder which has been collecting on the band subject since way back when . He put the idea into action. The action was the Mothers' Club. It stepped in, in typical Mothers' Club fashion, and bought all the equipment. Brother Edward Reeb was named faculty supervisor and Mr. Charles Werner Bandmaster and head of the teaching staff. They started with nothing, and now after five months they have forty-three musicians and several public apear- ances behind them. First row, left to right: R. Schibig, B. Blume, D. Raumschuh, R. Ash, l. Wehrle, W. Meyer, l. Haring, A Tilley M Zeis l Weissler, M. Heiman, R. Frei,l Dougherty, R. Bold, R. Koenig, L. Forthaus. Second row: I. Newman, V Vander Hacr I. Becker, l. McGau1ey, I. Corbett, G. Peters, R. Helfrich, F. Snow, l. Michaelree, I. Fernandez, R. Bloemlrer E Haessig N. Kansteiner, T, Kuenke, I. Haselhorst, B. Zimmerman, F. Vogelweid, W. Feustel, T. Carmody, R. Loury D Minne man. Third row: E. Griesboum, H. Stiften, I. O'Bnen, O. Ullrich, A. Guilfoy.