St Agnes Academy - Crusader Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

Text from Pages 1 - 48 of the 1937 volume:

THE ACADEMY BUGLE 1937 DEDICATION ♦ We, the Seniors of St. Agnes Academy, dedicate this, our first annual, to our be- loved Pastor, the Very Reverend P. J. Manning, V. F., in appreciation of his twenty one years of devoted service to our Parish and our Alma Mater. Class of 1937 2 FOREWORD ♦ Th is is the result of our labors—our first Annual . It is our earnest wish that it may prove a mark of gratification to Alma Mater,- to Reverend Father J. M. Nolan� without whose help our dreams would never have been realized; and to all those who have in any way helped to make its publication possible. Our earnest hope is that succeeding classes will improve upon our efforts and make The Academy Bugle” a permanent edition of which the school may be proud. Class of '37 3 Our Bishop, His Excellency, THE MOST REVEREND S. V. BONA, D. D. Bishop of Grand Island Our Pastor VERY REVEREND P. J. MANNING, V. F. 5 r r F r [ [ REVEREND FATHER J. M. NOLAN j I F r f r r F f ' '1 '• ' r ,, • ' ?'.• -_______r-_ , rh y w ii-� T S V1' I lii-W • 1 T '■••-- .i -r-myfS. TW TW-i OTP® Sbr ■fata ’ y :' W SrSffi fjSvc ✓ - • ' V %£-V Ihp jK V ■m® ftiiS , $ � £ ft M SWivMt 5S£J _ni .-•’ j ■tWmT T I r F r r r r r r r n n n n n i SCHOOL HISTORY Saint Agnes Academy was founded in 1908 by Rev- erend William McNamara who dedicated the school to the memory of his sister Agnes, lately deceased. The Academy is operated by the Sisters of Saint Francis whose Mother house is at Stella Niagara, New York. True to Franciscan idealism, the Sisters aim to form in their students, characters worthy of the Catholic Church, loyal to their Alma Mater, and socially efficient to fulfill their civic duties in their respective communities. The Academy is accredited to the State University and enjoys all the powers and privileges granted by the Uni- versity to the leading institutions of the State. The high school offers college preparatory, normal training, and commercial courses. Extra-curricular courses in music, art, and athletics, may be pursued at the option of the stud- 9 ents. The public speaking course offers an opportunity for debate and dramatics. The St. Agnes Alumni Association now numbers 358. The achievements of the alumni in the various fields of, education, commerce, medicine, and architecture bear ample witness to the secure education foundation laid by the faithful and persevering efforts of the Sisters. A review of the accomplishments of our predecessors— faculty, alumni, and students—has inspired us with a keen- er interest in our Alma Mater. To insure its continued progress, we stand ready to extend its religious, civic, and social influence. The Seniors—’37 f r r r f r [ [ [ i ( l ( I r r y 'M.M- . cwr- . • « ‘ , ‘ . ,t , «tf. V'V r 5 U ’“ %i r I I I I ! : . r t r j Frank Abegg Frank, Jr.” has a motto— And he won't change his mind. No wimmen’ ” is that motto— They're out of luck, we find. Carl Brown Carl's the name. Just call him Kick.” He's not to blame— Pals” did the trick. Maurice Davis He’s the fellow with the giggle Everybody knows. Don’t know what you call him— But we just call him Mose” Wayne Deaver He's steady and dependable— And with that we might say— He has a streak of stubbornness And rather likes his way. Daniel Dillon Eileen Dillon Michael Essay Alas, poor Danny!” Have we heard that phrase before? Yes, we'll forgive you Danny; But look what happened to the score. With an added sun-tanned shade You'd never know this miss” No, her complexion didn’t fade It always looked like this. He has a twinkle in his eye— A crinkle in his hair. And if you ever need a friend You’ll find that Mike” is there. Betty Ford Next on the list is a girl named Betty. If you want to giggle—just say so— She’s ready. Katherine Rose Fox We might say she’s timid But that isn’t true. Just get acquainted— And you’ll like her too. Sylvester Lovell Red” has a disposition As sunny as his hair. The way that he plays basketball Makes his opponents glare. 15 Cyril Murphy Some call him Cyril” But they’re very few. We just say “Murph” And he answers us, too. Maxine Mary Maxine Mary who? Most people implore. But that’s all there js— There is no more. Frank Orchowski Dispositions are many— Just mark this one down. We give you Frank— Who’s our “man-about-town”. Dorothy Ann O’Keefe Here you see our editor small A little over five feet tall. She has a pug nose, is peppy, too And there’s very little she couldn’t d Margaret Reynolds “Slow-but-sure” Margaret Would describe her indeed. Until she sits down to type— Then we gasp at her speed. Patricia Rogers No, I haven’t the lesson—” A phrase commonly used— Is a crime of which Patsy” Is often accused. Teresa Shaughnessy Pardon our laughing— But we can’t quite feature Hearing one of our classmates Being called Teacher”. Don’t say I’m dignified” Was her request. Well, we call her Toots”— So you know the rest. His picture looks studious But we all believe After knowing Fritz” so long That looks do deceive. You’ve heard of Irish temper”. Well, get “Speck’s” Irish raised And he no doubt will prove to you The meaning of that phrase. Rosalie Rust Francis Steinman Kenneth Steggs 16 JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY September 1936 finds the Class of 1938 again gathered at St. Agnes to embark on its third flight towards gradua- tion. Two new passengers joined us on our trip. They are Virginia Traphagan and Andy Perlinski. This year our pi- lot, a very able one, is Sr. Ita. Jack Brittan becomes the co-pilot assisted by Andy Perlinski, Virginia Traphagan and Ardyss Gentry. Our teachers this year are Sr. Ita, Sr. Celeste, Sr. Edmond, Sr. Agneta and Sr. Geralda, who help us to learn the rudiments of business, normal training and college preparatory courses. We are honored to have with us Reverend Father Nolan, who teaches us religion. The most important event of this year is the Junior- Senior Banquet of which we are hosts. For our Hall of Fame we nominate Eileen Linehan, who won the gold O- G. A. pin in shorthand. Under the careful piloting of Sr. Ita, the green and gold ship is brought to earth, the Jun- iors tumble out, ready to start on their fourth and last flight. Class of '38 17 JUNIOR CLASS MEMBERS (Reading from left to right on preceeding page.) 1st Row: Mary E. Burke, Florence Younkin, Maxine Hen- derson, Mary E. Dilling, Artyss Gentry, Eileen Linehan, Virginia Traphagan, Gertrude Kuhn, Katherine Burgess. 2nd Row: Rita Abegg, Mary O’Connor, Dorothy Breckner, Mable Coupens, Virginia Kennedy, Irene Dillon. 3rd Row: James Lauer, Andy Perlinski, George Toline, Leroy Steggs, Jack Brittan. 18 SOPHOMORES 1st Row: Mary L. Henricks, Nadine O’Dell, Ellen Lov- ell, JoAnn Reed, Ruth Annen, Freda Essay, Dorothy Jones, Lucille Dougherty, Mary Jensen. 2nd Row: Reathy Hal- bur, Jean Johnson, Rosemary Reinkober, Olive Toline, Jean Lauer, Lucille Watteyne, Mary Brittan, Mary Hayes. 3rd Row: Chenia Abegg, Firm Buckley, Edward Gentle- man, Jack Burns, Robert Bauman, Jack Buechsenstein, Ed- ward McNulty. 19 ' ' I 1 FRESHMEN , 1st Row: Leah Echycaner, Monica Haller, Virginia Delsing, Jean Abbott, Agnes Urbekeit, Mary lodence, Eileen O'Keefe, Joan Bauman, Jean Bauman. 2nd Row: Maryann , Sherlock, Maxine Middlestaedt, Katherine Keeley, Francis Navrat, Maxine Carnine, Louise Murphy, Eva Dillon, Mary Linehan. 3rd Row: Harold Kirshner, Jack Steinman, • Jack Burke, Anthony Lauer, Leonard Abbott. Ttl (LJLjkC i i i 20 •[ I I i. W ft' r- - ••‘T’ti !' 5' T f y - Si? «id r.:ru .i r V £ •% ' y A% KXiu h ‘ gvvr-y 1’' ’ww.'' S : •,, r.;-NX--v • . r% jSa irisii ■xvrT WfflZ ftssw m («ipM� , ' ' 3gzSZ£ V-: vv 3? V- «• SS%!f : - -vx- V V -v ' -• -! W r . L I r. r. r. L r ] ] J i I ] ] ] J J J 1 J ' ' ' THE BUGLE STAFF Front Row: Frank Abegg Jr., business manager; Dorothy Ann O’Keefe, Editor-in-Chief; Virginia Traphagan, Junior class editor. Back Row: Eileen O’Keefe, Freshman class editor,- Chenia Abegg, Sophomore class editor. DEBATING CLASS Sitting: Francis Steinman, Betty Ford, Margaret Reynolds, Rosalie Rust, Dorothy O’Keefe Eileen Dillon, Cyril Murphy. Standing: Maurice Davis, Kenneth Steggs, Wayne Deaver, Frank Orchowski, Frank Abegg, Carl Brown. 23 DRAMATICS Home Ties, a modern high-school drama in four acts, was presented by the public speaking class under the dir- ection of Father J. M. Nolan. The play involves a period in the lives of the household of Martin Winn, a gentle- man farmer whose life holds a great disappointment. The role was played by Frank Abegg, Jr. The cast included: Leonard Everett, a good-looking young man who has spent most of his life in the country, Cyril Murphy; Josiah Tizzard, an umbrella mender and humorous character, Kenn- eth Steggs; Harold Vincent, a college student from New York, Francis Steinman; Ruth Winn, Martin’s daughter who has just returned from boarding school, Dorothy O’Keefe; Alma Wayne, Ruth’s sophisticated room-mate at college, Betty Ford; Aunt Melissa, a lovable, sympathetic maiden lady, Margaret Reynolds; Mrs. Poplin, a widow with a pension and “symptoms , Rosalie Rust; Lindy Jane, a colored girl of the “topsy variety, Eileen Dillon. The situation proved to be quite complicated, but every- one “lives happily ever after . 24 BOYS ATHLETICS The St. Agnes Academy Basketball Team resumed bas- ketball again this winter and won four out of eight sched- uled games. Reverend Father Nolan and John Ranahan, stellar forward of the fine St. Agnes team a few years ago, coached the team throughout the season. The squad was in pretty good shape for its opening game, but the lack of experiece caused the team to take a 34-14 lick- ing from Chadron Assumption, the game being played ct Chadron in a large gym. Playing a greatly improved brand of basketball, St. Agnes coasted to 40-14 and 35-15 vic- tories over Bingham High and walloped Lakeside 51-15 and 25-9 in two games, but slipped badly after a good start and lost to Assumption Academy of Chadron played here before a large crowd in the Methodist Church Gym. It proved to be the most exciting game of the season and St. Agnes played a good brand of basketball against the strong invading Assumption quintet, until the teams mor- ale was broken. The team was again beat in the second half in the Class B Tournament held here, by a strong 25 Mullen team, Sandhill champions and runners-up in the Class B Tourney. The second team was also beaten in both games by the Chadron Assumption second crew, losing by the small margin of one point in the game played here after leading 11-2 until the last quarter. In 1930 the St. Agnes Basketball team, one of the fi- nest teams in the state that year, won several tournaments in the neighboring towns and played in the Chicago Nat- ional Catholic Tournament. Although the squad is losing four first stringers, Captain 'Red Lovell, Maurice Davis, Wayne Deaver, and Mike Essay, and also Dan Dillon, a substitute, who are Seniors, the school has good possibili- ties of having a winning team next year. --Mose Davis Following is the first team lineup: Capt. “Red Lovell, forward; Maurice Davis, forward; George Toline, center; Wayne Deaver, guard; Ed McNulty, guard; Mike Essay, guard. Reserves: Andy Perlinski, Dan Dillon, Jack Burns, Jack Bix, Jack Brittan, Jack Burke, Firm Buckley. Officers of the St. Agnes Academy Athletic Association: Frank Abegg, Jr., President-Student Manager,- Francis Steinman, Vice President; Frank Orchowski, Financial Secretary; Kenneth Steggs, Corresponding Secretary. GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM 26 1. Father Manning coming from the Academy-several years ago. 2. Silhouette. 3. Freshies of ’35-’36. 4. The first S. A. A. borders. 5. And the Freshie girls of ’35-’36. 6. That blur happ- ens to be “Red” Lovell— and he’s making a basket. 7. The 1 guy’s” practicing up in Bauman’s back yard. Thats Eddie McNulty throwing. CLASS PROPHECY As I sit at my desk thinking of what will become of the Class of '37, a series of pictures appears before my mind and in these pictures I see that in 1947: Carl Brown will be a great Professor of Arts in the University of Ox- ford, England; Rosalie Rust, a nun of the Franciscan Order and a missionary in China; Frank Abegg, a ranger in the mountains of Montana, and married to a hiil-billy girl; Maxine Mary, an old-maid-school-teacher in one of the rural districts of Box Butte,- “Fritz Steinman, head book- keeper in a large insurance company in Paris, France,- Frank Orchowski, Emperor Koski I—Emperor of the New Polish World Empire; Dorothy O'Keefe, the beautiful Queen of that famous World Conqueror, Frank Orchow- ski; Wayne Deaver, president of the Postum Cereal Mill- ing Company of Chicago, Illinois,- “Mike Essay, the head of a large trucking firm, trucking in all directions for Point Ba rrow Alaska; Betty Ford, the wife of a farmer, still farming on the plains of Western Nebraska,- Daniel Dillon, conqueror of the World's light-heavyweight boxing title; Kathryn Rose Fox, a noted professor of Physics in Cam- bridge, University; Margaret Reynolds, World's champion typist and bookkeeper, now employed in Japan,- “Mose Davis, a licensed monkey buyer in South America; Eileen Dillon, private secretary of the King of England, and married to a butler; Speck Steggs, engineer of the first railroad across the Atlantic ocean,- Pat Rogers, the wife of a noted Banker in New York City, Red Lovell, a fam- ous plane pilot in Australia,- Cyril Murphy, a noted as- tronmer—the first earthman to land on the planet, Jupiter; Teresa Shaughnessy, a rival of Mrs. Simpson, and finally married to the Duke of Windsor. 30 T 1 ' )%UtiAs Vh- I I ■Cv C sf7 S A % ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ♦ The staff of the “Bugle wishes to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Glen Wor- ley of the Worley Studio for the great amount of time and work he so willingly contributed in order to make this, our first annual, a success. 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