St Agnes Academy - Crusader Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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VICTORY! VICTORY! VICTORY! !« • JEAN PATTY PEP CLUB The Pep Club, one of the leading activities of the school, encourages school loyalty, sportsmanship, and cheers the boys on to vic- tory. From this active group of girls four were chosen to lead — Edna Dillion, Jean Becker, Potty Breslin, and Alice Tschacher. Also it sponsors at least one dance a year and refreshment parties after the games. The members appear in the colors of the school—blue and white—the leaders in white skirts and royal blue battle jackets. EDNA ALICE

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PIANO St. Agnes specializes in troining students for classical piano music, and their progress is rapid. There are about sixty or seventy piano students yearly and the waiting list is large. The advanced pupils ore to play solos in the music contest. This year the soloists are: Margaret Partridge, Phyllis Smythe, Kathy Phillips, Myrtle White, Jodine McNertney and Cecelia Koehnke. Cecelia Koehnke Catherine Phillips ACCORDIONS In the post few years, accordions hove be- come popular and the number of pupils has increased. The number being large enough for an accordion ensemble. Accordion solo- ists for the contest are: Ann Rock, Leona Walters and Jodine McNertney. Anne Rock, Dolores Hopkins, Darlene Shepherd, Leona Wal- ters, Myrtle White, Jodine McNertney, Leonida Todd, Lois Litzen, Teresa Cody, Kathleen Cody, Catherine White, Joseph Koehnke, Donna Barta.

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SPORTS First Teom and Lettermcn: Dick Jones, Tom McGinley, Bob Henderson, George Burke, Norky Newberry, Jim Stewart and Martin Collins. Second Line: Jerry Stewort, Charles Wetzler, Bernard Burke, George Rogowski, Bob Best and Gerold Goetzinger. Water Boys: Butch Stewort and Tommie Todd. Reverend Father Woijckus and Coach Todd OUR FOOTBALL TEAM This year's Irish six-man football squad had winning ways on the grid. Their seven lettermen put on exhibitions of six-man football os it should be ployed. The Elue and White were alert to intercept passes as well os throw and receive their own forwards; they blocked and tackled with accuracy. Although they had a tough schedule, they came through with an exceptional record, six victories and one defeat. The Irish opened the 1946 season by possing their way to victory over St. Patrick's of Sidney, 15-6. The Blue and Whites defeated Broadwater, 27-12. The able squad notched another victory in their 1945 record who they trounced Mullen, 47-7. St. Patrick's of Sidney again bowed before the locals, 47-20. The Irish, undefeated so for, absorbed a bad beating before St. Patrick's of North Platte. 66-13. Broadwater a- rain foiled to ciash into the win col- umn as they fell before the Irish six who proved to be supreme as they nosed out Broadwater 37-18. St. Ag- nes ended its football season in tri- umph os she outlasted Dalton 1 1 -8.