St Casimir High School - Casmirecho Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 52 of the 1944 volume:

Foreword THE STORY OT how'our Alma MoTer ereCTs Upon The carefully loid ToundoTions of ChrisTion life in The home on oll-embrocing ChrisTion educoTion for GOD and COUNTRY Through o guided pursuiT of The orTs and sciences, Through C1 developed pro- gram of creoTive ocTiviTies, and Through consTonT encouragemenT of friendships and cooperoTion in sTudenT social life, as she prepares us .To assume in The world of Tomorrow The responsibiliTy 0T zealous CoThoIic leadership and inTeHigenT ciTizenship, we re-Tell in The 1944 CASMIRECHO Published by The Senior Class of ST. Casimir High School DeTroiT, Michigan In The feverish Turmoil of 0 world oT war, The CASMIRECHO pouses To remember and honor The ST. Cosimir men and women who are carrying Torword Americo's thT for freedom and iusTice. FirsT we honor our men and women in ocTuol service; Then, men and women who ore backing The oTTock in foc- Tories, offices and on home TronTsebuilding The leodership of TomorroweThoT is, all The ST. Cosimir men and women who ore holding high The ideols of ChrisTion democrocy in boTTle, in producTion and in preporoTion for The TuTure world. To oll Those who ore con- TribuTing To 0 beTTer 0nd sTronger Americo, bUT especially To The 1 15 in ronks, we dedi- coTe The CASMIRECHO. WE .THE YOUTH at Saint Casimir High School faithfully treasure our precious SPIRIT OF LOYALTY which inspires us to be fearless cmd EVER LOYAL to GOD EVER LOYAL y Lyn n u C C O T INSPIRATION ...For God and Country The Class of '44 acknowledges respectful gratitude to: REV. E. MAISEL for his fatherly interest in us and for watching over us that all would be well with us. REV. P. WYRZYKOWSKI for his keen facility in training the boys and for coaching them on to victories and thereby spreading the name of $.C.H. far and wide. REV. V. DOMINAS for his encouraging smile, on- the-beam jokes and his readiness to pep up our social gatherings and activities. SISTER M. VALENCIA for being a principal, a friend and guide over the hurdles of high school life, as well as for her invaluable and just llperlectll math classes for the wise Seniors and Juniors, and for her super supervision of the Student Council and the Science Club. SISTER MARY ANATOLIA for her kind and gen- erous helpfulness and patience in supplying reference material in any category we desired as a librarian as well as her lively and instructive Sophomore and Freshman Math classes. i SISTER MARY BOZENE for creating sweet and pleasing musical programs, excellent work in music classes and efficiency in directing the Glee Club and orchestra as well as having likeable Freshman Eng- lish classes. SISTER MARY ERMINILDA for her beneficial busi- ness courses in equipping future executives with abun- dant knowledge of typing, bookkeeping and short- hand, for her capability in conducting the Commercial Club, and for her energetic efforts in the furtherance of the Junior Red Cross activities and her ardent de- sire to bring help where it was needed. SISTER MARY HOSPICIA for her graphic presenta- tion of the historical events to the Juniors in Modern History classes and to the Seniors in her American History classes, for her zeal in promoting the interest of the Missions, and for her proficiency in conducting the War Board activities especially the stelling of stamps and bonds. SISTER MARY RAYNELDA for making the pueri et puellae Latin conscious and for her untiring eftorts in satisfying our literary needs in English classes, for her guidance on llCasmirette,ll and for preparing meals to the ever-starved students, and her help on our Annual. SISTER MARY SALOME for her absorbing and in- teresting Polish classes and her entertaining and de- lightful English classes for the Sophomores, for her direction of the Holy Name Society and for her Epi- cureanll delights in the candy store. SISTER MARY SERAPHIC for her endurance record of teaching chemistry to bewildered Seniors and Juniors as well as satisfying of the scientific needs of the Freshmen for her success in making our Sodality an exponent of Catholic ideals and philosophy in our daily school life and for her skillful direction of the Science Club and expert handling of annual finances. We will not soon forget these sentinels of patience, courage, guidance and right to have led us through the bewildering maze of school days up to the door that leads to a new lite-a life that will be richer, fuller and more Christian for their influence. All the trite amenities that roll so glibly oft one's tongue would be out of place here-our debt is far more than a material one; it has a spiritual tenor, too. Through their help, their inspiration, their example we have learned not to tear to venture into the unknown. They have taught us to go out into the darkness and put our hand into the hand of God! OUR GUIDANCE WiTh sinceresT opprecioTion we, The Class OT '44, exTend our groTiTude To our beloved PosTor, Rev. E lvloisel, for his loyol supporT in our under- Tokings. lT wos Through his unceosing endeovor ThoT we were encouraged To sTrive for high ideols. WiTh The heorT OT 0 True friend, FoTher Moisel undersTood our dilhculTies ond hos over and over proven him- self on excellenT spiriTuol piloT. REV. E. MAISEL, Pastor In AppreciaTion . . . Do you wonT 0 friend never Too busy To help, on odviser olwoys sympoTheTic, on opTimisT who has never foiled To laugh us Through peTTy Troubles ond dork days? If so, The person To see is SisTer Mory Volencio. For six and 0 half years she hos been every- Thing we could ask for in o principal, in oddiTion To The oTher years ThoT she spenT here 03 0 Teacher of science and moThemoTics. She hos meT The Challenge and organized The school curriculum To meeT The presenT exigencies. IT was Through her unTiring eHorTs ThoT ColisThenics, Wor Boord, Junior Red Cross and oTher ocTiviTies were organized and so well corried ouT. Sister Mary Volencio hos done much Toword furThering our moTTo of For God and C0unTry. We will soon forgeT The pink slips and The yellow obsence slips which she passed To us,- we may even TorgeT oudiTorium Talks and rheToricol quesTions. BUT we will never forgeT our friend, SisTer Mory Volenc'io. Here is porTroyed o phofogrophic account of work done of ST. Cosimir High. STU- denTs hungry for Truth discord The false and raid the extensive sforeroom of knowledge, learning To use if so That They and Their fellowmen moy beneFIT . . . NOT guns and ammunition, but pens and paper are Their equipment. They have broadened Their minds and sTrengThened Their wills Through guidance and obedience and leadership. A Year Review . . . ., s j M'iniif They have sTriven To mold God-feoring scienTisTs of The TuTure Through correloTion wiTh longuoge, IiTeroTure 0nd oTher subiecTs for o compleTe life. They have sTrengThened Their bodies Through physical Training and learned The TruiTs of cooperoTion, indusTry 0nd iniTioTive-The viTol element in posT-wor peace. They have noT forgoTTen ThoT recreoTion, pauses ThoT refresh, and laughs, are necessary for America's defenders, Too,- for These provide The niceTies 0nd culTure of everyday life. All These ocTiviTies laid on foundoTion of prayer and sacrifice porTroy The life of S. C. 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The girls of The High Schoel are members of The SodoliTy. The feosT of The lmmoculoTe ConcepTion has been seT aside for The doTe of recep- Tion. The TeosT of ChrisT The King was seT aside for The recepTion of The boys To The Holy Name SocieTy. MeeTings are held monThly, end in GddiTion To The business meeTing, CoTholic AcTion pro- grams ore presenTed. Some of These were: VISION OF ST. DOMINIC THE SACRED HEART FOR THE WORLD HRECEPTION TO THE SODALITY DRAMATIZATION OF THE MASS AnoTher prominenT ocTiviTy was The pomphleT drive To promoTe CoTholic reading among The boys in service. They also received ChrisTmos packages Through The auspices of The SodoliTy. The CoTholic STudenT Mission Crusade works for The Propaga- Tion of FoiTh. Any ocTiviTy which con TurTher This aim is pursued wiTh greoT enThusiosm, and every sTUdenT is a member of The So- cieTy. WiTh The help of God we hope To fulfill our obligoTions OS SodolisTs and members of The Holy Name SocieTy as we go inTo The world. AT The righT we and Helen Korwecko and Irene Krzywinsko wrapping books for servicemen which were purchased wiTh do- noTions coHeCTed during The Book Drive as CoTholic AcTion proiecT BOOKS FOR during Book Week. MILITANT AMERICA Page 12 and The Missions, In honor of The Holy N c: m e , The Freshmen b o y s dromoTized The Mass 0T CI CoTholic AcTion MeeTing which Took place on January 21, 1944. The Missionaries of S. C. High are working and conquering for ChrisT. ColiecTion of canceled sTomOS is on ocTiviTy in which every sTudenT por- TicipoTes. There is keen compeTiTion among classes in ransoming Pagan Babies. CerTificoTes are awarded for each of such ronsoms. The new c:c- TiviTy adopTed This year is The supporT of c: seminarion. CoTholic Book Week exhibiT, held in our library Through The courTesy of SisTer M. Anci- Tolio. A scene from o skiT enTiTled Vision of ST. Dominic was dromoTized 0T The TirsT CoTholic' AcTion meeT- ing on OcTober 8, 1943. Veronica Bizon played The role of Blessed Virgin and Leonard Olezkowicz of ST. Dominic. Page 13 Who found X? ugkue T3 v '1. ' ! I! 1' I? W 1! 1' '1 MM!- TOP Row-Ronald Marfiere, Thomas Pofachick, David Madeio, Robert Oleszkowicz, Arthur Kobier- zynski, William Marisnick, Joseph Mier, Boniface Rosinski, Frank Kniasiak, Jerome Hill, Jerry Woi- ciechowski, Edwin Gapo, Henry Klebonowski, Frank Krzesowiak, Frank Rogola. Middle Row- Gerry Baker, Diana MarTiere, Dolores Biernat, Delphine Wisko, Helen Poniofowski, Theresa Rofh- ermel, Christine Zimnicki, Marie Myska, Joan Kaminski, Grace Kaminski, Natalie Cichon, Elizabeth Natkowski, Viola Janus. Third Row-Theresa Wydich, Christine Wietecha, Dolores Towle, Loretta Towolski, Elenor Olson, Elenore Bloszkiewicz, Elenor Popowicz, Jane Maksym, Helen Krzywinski, Eleanore Klein, Lucille Zapinski, Patricia Voight, Aurilia Dominic, Theresa Domka. The Freshman perennial plonTing was begun on a sunny day in early SepTember. Eoch plon'r was eager To bloom inTo o woy-wise flower, ignoronT of The Tedious Task before iTseIT. We were slyly welcomed by The Sophomores, who in o monTh or so repaid The TorTures of Their previous year. We were beginning To bloom wiTh selT-confidence when on unexpecTed frosT called TesT Week made us wiTher olmosT inTo oblivion. The gardeners Toiled chonTinuously To bring obouT our recovery. An injecTion oT inTeHigence necTor 0nd 0 Roller SkoTing PorTy was prescribed and we began To flourish. Though noT compleTely recovered, we were rewarded o vocoTion which was readily welcomed. We resumed our growTh buT were sligthy TrosT-biTTen by more TesTs, buT Through The unTiring core of our gardeners, we began To bloom wiTh flying colors. A Bond Rally was held, and oTTer reaching our goal, we wenT dancing in The field of heorTs on ST. VolenTine's Doy. ATTer EosTer vocoTion The gardeners had To weed Their gardens and were rewarded by splendid resuITs. They onched us pass our crisis and were awarded by our blossom- ing inTo heorTy Sophomore plchs. Page 11, Music Hath Charms FRESHMEN - 201 Top Row Ueft to right Henry Gladkowski, Bernard Bart- kowiak, Bernard Okroi, Edward Niewola, Raymond Win- kowski, Frank Kociemba, Sylvester Rumps; Norman Ko- sinski, Erwin Plagens, Samuel Olszewski, Johnny LaMusga, Joseph Stanislawski, Lawrence Peruski, Raymond Andrze- iewski. Middle Row: Loretta Foley, Bernice Grzvelak, Ger- trude Bednarczyk, Rita Urban, Theresa Torzewska, Dolores Teklinsko, Jane Cislo, Elaine Badaczewski, Caroline Gol- embiewska, Ann Antczok, Jeanette Cisek, Dorothy Poli- powsko. Bottom Row Marian Barc, Bernice Sfrzepek, Rose Kaminsko, Theresa Stroinska, Eleonora Janeczko, Jane Kowalewska, Stephanie Mikulec, Catherine Guzinsko, Doris Blazak, Annette Leszczewicz, Josephine Popowska. Wisely hos President Roosevelt ex- pressed The desire that schools have musical ocTiviTies: A student body uni- fied in spirit by singing is unified for action. Recognizing this power and HS ne- cessity Sister Mary Bozene hos Tire- Iessly striven to produce music and some more music. Under This guid- once St. Cosimir become a musical morale builder. Page 15 STalwarT Sophomores Rose Above The ATTer quiTe an enjoyable summer we again reTurned in The fall To resume our sTudies. This year, however, we reTurned wiTh o biT of sophis- Tic'oTion for our Sophomore year. This year our subjecTs were 0 biT difTerenT. SiTTing by our TypewriTers for The TirsT Time wiTh Those blank keys sToring 0T us, we TelT roTher ignoronT. Many were heard using blonkeTy-blonk, buT noT in The proper way. The various porTs of The TypewriTer were given difTerenT names Than Their own when we were angry. WiTh The aid of our Typing Teachers our ignorance wore OFT and changed To ropid speed and brilliance. MoTh 0nd GeomeTry were The nexT of our new heorToches. Every in- sTrumenT including our fingers was used in working our problems. English, Though noT being new, brought us closer To drama and poeTry. Among The inTeresTing works we sTudied were: Julius Caesar, and Ivanhoe. Religion seemed a biT more inTeresTing as we learned The True focTs of life which will be of greoT value To us in our fuTure life. We meT again wiTh difficulTies in LoTin. Our problem This Time was greoTer as we had To TronsloTe Caesar inTo idiomoTic English. The days and hours of sTudy, proved noT To be in vain as we were awarded The MeriT Cup every quorTer. Our social ocTiviTies grew c1 biT fuller and we greole looked forward To Them. We really never expressed our feelings Toward oThers, Till we had The opporTuniTy To iniTioTe The Freshmen. Our classes were oTTen in- inTerrupTed by various school assemblies, class programs, dances, pep meeT- ings, and many oTher ocTiviTies which we all enjoyed immensely. These monThs, weeks, and days flew by so quickly ThoT we con'T realize our school year is coming To an end, buT we eagerly look forward To our Junior year. Lowly Soil .of Their First Planfing ROOM 303 President 7, V Vice President Secretary ,, , Treasurer ,V , S. Bok ,,,,,, A. Kaminsko , 7. S. Pazymies Fourth Row Ueft to righ'O: E. Skotzke, G. Pudelek, L. Kurczewska, F. Chlud- zinska, D. Gorbus, D. Kopcok, D. Kielczewsko, M. Percha, G. Konderz, A. Kaminska, S. Bok, D. Malczynska, D. Pawlowska, V. Mololepszo, R. Tada- iewski, J. Kopicko, R. Plagens. Third Row-E. Welker, S. Dudka, T. Moryc, D. Shootko, R. Nolepa, T. Wasilewska, A. Jakubiak, M. Barlozek, S. Shay, C. Grygier, J. Przy'tulaska, V. Zcborska, L. Baker, M. Horger, D. Jurewicz, A. Ardanowski. Second row--I. Krzywinska, J. Corby, E. Kwiatkowskc, E. Ciolek, D. Waligorska, H. Karw-ecka, V. Cichostemska, D. Woiciechowsko, G. Karankiewicz, S. Pozymies, S. Balazy, J. Bieniek, T. Grzywocz, S. Rumpa, D. Steczak, J. Mazuchowska, M. Crivelli. First Row: L. Wollon, A. Jakubus, A. Przepiora, M. Jankowiak, F. Helminski, M. Misiak, E. Wallon, J. Przybyl- ski, A. Galecki, F. Przekop, J. Sarosiek, A. Mech. CLASS OFFICERS ROOM 307 President, .. J. Przytulska Vice President 777777777777777777777777777777777777 M- JOHkOWiOk Secretarym,a...vawqmw-v rrrrrrrr M- MiSin ,V. Cichostemska R. Nolepc Treasurer, d ,7 A, Page 1 7 PresenTing Tomorrow's Seniors The year was 1943. We were back again aT schcal donned wiTh The new TiTle of Juniors , buT wiTh The same enThusiasm and spiriT of old. A few familiar faces were missingeseveral new boys and girlseBernadeTTe Szarfarz, Joseph Peruski, Dolores Tchorzynski, Raymond Baerowski, and Leo Guzinski joined our rankseand a few new members of The TaculTy greeTed us. Now as To our sTudiesechemisTry was no longer a mere name. Ele- menTs, valences, equaTions became parT of our daily conversaTion. We masTered The arT 0T unshorThanding our shorThand. English became enTer- Taining as well as laborious when we dramaTized selecTions such as, Mer- chanT of Venice. The hours of hard sTudying were occasionally spiced by social acTi- viTies. Remember The Junior wiener roasT aT River Rouge Park, The fun and pleasure we found in decoraTing The audiTorium for The ST. ValenTine dance; The bumps and knocks received from boTh The Junior skaTing parTies aT Arena Gardens? For The TTrsT Time in The hisTary of ST. Casimir, we inTro- duced and sponsored The Ring Day . WiTh The cooperaTion of all The Juniors, This evenT was an ouTsTanding success. The year was climaxed wiTh The Junior-Senior banqueT. Now The curTains drop aTTer The Third acT promising To reveal more, when we as Seniors will reTurn To our old l'Alma MaTer for The final acT. CLASS OFFICERS ROOM 306 ROOM 303 L. Oleszkowicz ....................................... President V. Peck . .................................................. PresidenT T. Sikora ............................................ Vice President J. Peruski ,..,m..,.u-.VmVice President B. Jankowiak .......................................... SecreTary E. Maczkowski ........................................ Secretary P. Zawacki ............................................... Treasurer E. NaTkowski .............................................. Treasurer Junior identification: The war . . . current events . . . make History 0 very enjoyable sub- ject. Many distant, une heard of places are brought to the limelight and the Juniors dutiful- ly locate them. St. Casimir High's pride, the Seniors of '45 . . . Young men and women who will fill the respon- sible positions for an- other busy year in Alma Mater's glorious history. There are difficult stud- ies to master, publica- tions to edit, club meet- ings to organize and preside over, athletic groups to captain . . . St. Casimir's tradition must endure. The Merchant of Venice is thorough- ly enjoyed by the Juniors who find their literary mind broadened by Wil- liam Shakespeare. Top Row Ueft to rightt: J. Peruski, R. Bortkowski, T. Madeio, A. Leszczynski, C. Janeczko, P. Pawluszko, L. Brudzinski, L. Oleszkowicz, T. Woinowski, E. Wtoch, A. Maksym. Sec- ond Row: A. Michno, C. Chorzelewsko, L. Lewandowskc, G. Przytulska, D. Gondek, E. Maczkowska, H. Kosinska, D. Turk, V. Turowski, C. Lachowsko, F. Dutka, T. Sikoro. Seated: F. Martins, D. Galecka, P. Zawocka, V. Peck, A. Roboczynska, H. Wodkowska, L. Slowik, V. Lyskawo, E. Notkowski, D. Turowski, B. Szatarz, F. Rolecko, D. Kieda. Bottom: B. Jankowiak, R. Pozik, J. Woch, S. Sienkowski, R. Szlec, A. Williams. Not in the picture: D. Kronkowshka, D. Skowronsko, A. Sluzynska, S. Strenkowska, T. Pahucky, D. Tchorzynska, L. Guzinski, W. Teper. Page 1.9 M. Czyzewska J. Domzal G. Fidrich B. Franuszewicz G. Cieplak VERNA BIZON, keeps up the soldiers' morale by writing To service men, and keeps up our own by her sunny disposition. . . MARGARET BROCK, sport jackets and tricky shoes, feather bobs and 0nd bangle bracelets, willowy grace and so- phisticated charm. . . GENEVIEVE CIEPLAK, pe- Tife, fragile loveliness, ardent and responsive per- sonalify. . . MARION CZYZEWSKA, calm, digni- fied, serious and studious. . . JANE DOMZAL, un- limifed iniTioTive, plenty of energetic: fervor. Jone is ever 0 doer 0nd occomplisher. . . JOSEPHINE DUS, an antidote for onybody's blues. . . GENE- VIEVE FIDRICH, champion of truth and straight- forwardness, frank and outspoken. . . BERNARD FRANUSZEWICZ, friendliness in abundance, our sfor boskefboll player whose Winsome smile won many friends. . . MARY FRONCZAK, possessor of charm, sovonf of swing, connoisseur on How to geT along with people. M. Fronczclk As We See Ourselves On a June day in 1954, SisTer M. Seraphic, doing research work in The PresenTaTion Col- lege, PlymouTh, Mich, was visiTed by one of her former pupils, Irene WieTecha. This visiT broughT sweeT memories and aroused curios- iTy abOUT The oTher members of The class. Irene WieTecha, obliging as ever and iusT The righT person for H, for she was The chieiC of The F. B. I. force, promised help immediaTely. Following a lead ThaT Josephine Dus and MargareT Raniszewska were on Broadway, she decided To fly To New York. On The plane she found ThaT her piloT was PaTriCia Kaszew- ski and The sTewardess Miss Jane Domzal. An inTeresTing conversaTion ensued, during which Miss Domzal reporTed ThaT Geraldine MaTey was The baskeTball coach aT Bryn Mawr. Tun- ing in on The cabin radio, a somewhaT Tami- liar voice was heard. Bernard Franuszewicz, one of The counTry's leading commenTaTors, had jusT sTarTed his weekly program. All of a sudden a flash came over The radio. llGeneral STanley H. Kosinski and Admiral Leonard Lewanclowski meT in Casablanca To discuss sTraTegic plans for The coming invasion of Mars.ll AfTer a maTTer of minuTes, she had reached The desTinaTion. On The way To board The inTer-c'iTy helicopTer, she meT Genevieve Cie- plak and Marion Czyzewska, scripT wriTers for one of radio's greaTesT dramaTic acTresses, Eugenia Kosla, on Their way To Radio CiTy. On The helicopTer she meT MargareT Brork, recenle named besT dressed woman in Amer- ica, on her way To Sak's FiTTh Avenue, To con- fer wiTh Angeline Ksionzek, her personal dress sTylisT. Arriving in The hearT of New York CiTy, lrene wenT To The ofTice of The New York Times, where she found Wanda Tobiczyk and Eleanore Nalepa, ediTor and co-ediTor, puT- Ting The finishing Touches To an exTra issue announcing ThaT Bernard Woiciechowski, New York's greaTesT prosecuTing aTTorney since Tom Dewey, had won his ToughesT case. A flash came over The TeleType! Helen SabaT, who has spenT many years in Poland as a social worker, is coming home To discuss a TuTure drive for funds wiTh JaneTTe Horoza- niecka, head of The Polish Council in Wash- ingTon, D. C. During The course of an in- TeresTing conversaTion, Wanda menTioned ThaT Irene Wasilewski and Theresa Helminska were resTing in Florida, aTTer successfully helping F. D. R. plan his poliTical program for The coming elecTion for a sevenTh Term. Going To The TheaTer ThaT evening, Irene meT STanley Ozog, who menTioned ThaT he was a chemical engineer aT DuPonT Labora- Tories. Looking over The program, she saw Genevieve Szymanski's name lisTed as cosTume designer for This producTion. Going back- sTage aTTer The show, she meT Verna Bizon, a Power's model who had come To congraTulaTe Josephine Dus and MargareT Raniszewska on Their success. The girls also received Tele- grams from DoroThy Kulpa, RiTa Wypiiewska, and Genevieve Fidrich, who have also shoi' high inTo Hollywood's consTellaTion of sTars. A Telegram also came from Virginia Naru- szewicz, a professor aT Georgia Tech. On arriving aT The college, she heard Vir- gie TranTically Trying To explain EinsTeinIs The- ory of relaTiviTy To some well-known profese sors. In The course of The conversaTion, Virgie showed a leTTer from DoroThy Zaborski, who recenle won The PuliTzer Prize for The besT novel of The year. On conTinuing The iourney, bad weaTher condiTions forced The plane down on a field in Texas. To her surprise Irene learned ThaT The ranch belonged To Florence Garbek. Irene Kilian, Red Cross Ambassador To war-Torn counTries, was visiTing Florence of This Time. ATTer The bad weaTher had cleared, she conTinued her Trip To Los Angeles, where she found Leona Grabowski and Theresa Phillips operaTing an exclusive dress shop. On Talk- ing To The girls, she learned ThaT Mary Ann Niedzwiecka, Virginia Pawlowicz, and Mary Fronczak were privaTe secreTaries To MeTro- Goldwyn and Mayer, respecTively. Summing up The TacTs, she realized ThaT all The inTormaTion needed had been accumu- laTed, Therefore, she boarded a plane for DeTroiT and SisTer Seraphic To make a reporT. L. Grabowska F. Garbek J. Horozaniecka l. Kilian S. Kosinski E. Kosla P. Kraszewsko T. Helminska FLORENCE GARBEK, old:foshioned sweet- ness, shy, semper fidelis friend devotee of sin- cerity and The Sodolity. . . LEONA GRABOWSKA, a person youill love To know and know To iove-o SOUI of peace with itself and The world and God. . . THERESA HELMINSKA, quiet and friendly with bright ideas. . . JANETTE HOROZANIECKA, first honors for four years give 0 fair idea of Janeffe's mental ability. IRENE KILIAN, frisky, versatile, splashy red -c1li active odiectives you can think of, That's Irene. . . STANLEY KOSINSKI, quiet, a good sport, who is now doing a family job for Uncle Sam. . . EUGENIA KQSLA, whimsical and Sunny with lots of thought for others,- is it really any wonder she is Tops with us all? . . . PATRICIA KRASZEWSKA, deeply Th0ughfful and generous of heart always,- how we envied Tho? conspicuous smile and serenity of soul. . . ANGELINE KSION- ZEK, a wandering espiol, sedate and serious, re- Ticenf; no one peers into her hearT-her dreams are her very own. A. Ksionzek After Four Years Forty-five eager expectants filled the halls of St. Casimir High School in September, 1940. There are moments in one's life one never forgets. Initiation is such a moment in our diary. The finest spectacle viewed then was Eugenia's dancing c'ontortion with the broom. Two months later we forgot, for minutes at a time, our indignant experiences. One and all drank deeply from the Fount of Knowledge. Lunch hour became a time to look forward to for our fun-loving mass of humanity. Orange throwing became a favor- ite noon-hour sport. Our school days were interrupted now and then by a few days of freedom guaranteed under the Constitution as Armistice and Thanksgiving. We embarked on a three-week holiday after sponsoring the Christmas program. Nineteen forty-one found us more resolved. Bowling became a popu- lar sport with us. Added ventilation was sup- plied by Gerry and Dorothy as they whizzed by from the bowling, alley to beat the beii. When the St. Casimir baseball practice be- gan for the first time that spring, our c'lass was represented by Bernard Franuszewicz. Two more quarterly tests and we said, So long for a while. Still hearing the echoes of the school song, we returned again to occupy the Sophomore vacancy. Frequent sirens and persistent air- raid drills made us war-conscious. Election time approached and Sophomore classes were lighted with candidates' smiles and bright speeches. Helen S. and Stanley K. rose vic- torious. Typing was introduced to the sopho- mores for the first time. Everyone watched with awe as Mary F. drew up her own unique method of discovering and then landing on a key. By heritage we came into the power of doing unto others what others had done to us, and the initiation was a screaming suc- cess. The annual patron drive opened in the fall and for the second consecutive year our class won first place, much of the effort due to Eleanor N. who headed the list and With a few yea's and nay's during the assemblies, 0 Irene W. who was second highest. lot of waltzes and foxtrots at dances and a storm of Yea-a Team, during the basketball seasort, the second year of our high school came to an end too soon. We returned-carefree Juniors. Our num- ber had decreased to five boys and thirty- five girls. Our social calendar was forever occupied with dates of dances and other school activities. Home nursing became the spice of variety in our studies. Tickets went on sale weeks preceding the skating party. Around and around we went untilweOuch! Again it was Yea Team and this year Stan- ley K. and Leonard L. were art the Varsity. Our idea of optimism was to watch Josie and Margie trying to start Josie's car by pushing it. One of the fondest memories we cherish was the hike to Canada and all the fun that went with it. Members of the student coun- , cil participated in solving school problems. Class members took active part in preparing the Junior and Senior banquet. Final exams, and we bade farewell to the graduating Senior class and looked forward to occupy- ing their seats. Then came September and thirty-five of us walked into the room passing the maroon pennant designating us as the proud posses- fPleuse turn to page 2U Page 2.3 OUT of St. Cosimir High School poured, in end- less stream, her graduates men destined to fly planes, to man destroyers, to people stagnonf trenches, to fire pompoms, howitzers, and mortars and many ultimately even to succumb to the curse of naked steel. D. Kulpa L. Lewandowski E. Nalepa V. Naruszewicz M. Niedzwiecka S. 0109 V. Pawlowicz DOROTHY KULPA, The correcT answer girl, who odds sweeTness of manner, a keen sense of humor and on inTriguing smile-business manager of Casimirecho. . . LEONARD LEWANDOWSKI, has a spiriT of cooperoTion, poliTe, and now serv- ing The Navy blue. . . GERALDINE MATEY, beouTy, brains and beous; This demure liTTle Miss holds many hechs in her Tiny palm. . . ELEANORE NALEPA, a friend in need, 0 good sporT, a mosT delighTful companion, ombiTious and sTUdious . . . VIRGINIA NARUSZEWICZ, moTh-mod oncl c'ollege- bound, Virg will be successful,- she has grace of person and o genial humour on her side. . . MARY ANN NIEDZWIECKA, Mary Ann is jusT a nice, quieT, good-noTured girl. . . STANLEY OZOG, The baby of The Senior class, like 0 round buTTer boll buT Twice as precious,- genius for originaliTy. . . . VIRGINIA PAWLOWICZ, fresh as a daisy wiTh friendship on every peTol, peaches and cream sprinkled wiTh sugar. . . THERESA PHILLIPS, hu- morous in every word and ocTion; her presence is desired everywhere. T. Phillips AFTER FOUR YEARS iConcluded from Page 23t sors of title Seniors . A star was added to the school service flag for Leonard Lewandow- ski as he became our loss and the Navy's gain. Planning the school paper became a hobby with some at us. We discovered in First Aid that the neck is not one of the proper places to tie a tourniquet and that a concus- sion is not a type of a couch. Weeks passed by all too quickly as we fervently occupied ourselves with studies. The cafeteria became an added attraction to hungry students. Ring eand the Juniors have given us another memorable day. The Prom Committee made elaborate plans for the annual Senior frolic which was held at the Italian Gardens at the Book Cadillac Hotel and everyone looked for- ward to the prom and all that went with it. We all attended the party for Stanley K. shortly before he left for the Armyeto makeone more score to settle with Hitler. What would we do without basketball, the Memorial Gift There is a tradition at St. Casimir High that a lasting memorial is purchased for the school by the graduating class. The class of 1944 has given to their Alma Mater a laboratory cabinet. Work, worry and fun has gone into the raising of the fund for this gift. In this way the Class of '44 can never really be out of St. Casimir. This cabinet will be a silent reminder to all the future classes of the love ex- pressed in deeds by the '44 class. nucleus of the St. Casimir sportsmanship? Benny F. made the All-Star City-Champ, hav- ing several scalps dangling at his victory belt. Dear Son was the comedy-drama selected for our Senior play. We discovered hidden potentialities in our star player, Bernard Dorothy Z. and lrene W., editor and assistant editor respectively, head- ed the 1944 Casmirecho year book, and Wojciechowski. again it was a welcome to the good fellow- ship of amateur iournalism. Knit one and pearl two become our theme song as the Senior girls knitted the afghan to be con- tributed to the Red Cross. ready in sight as plans for the commence- The end was al- ment week started. The last Senior program, the Senior and Junior banquet, the alumni . breakfast, came in order and finally the end is before us. Yes, we have crossed the boy, the ocean lies ahead, but in heart and spirit beautiful memories will remain. H. Sabai M. Raniszewsko W. Tobiczyk l. Wasilewska I. Wie'recha B. Woiciechowski R. Wypiiewsko G. Szymanska MARGARET RANISZEWSKA, o Teasing smile, on impish comedienne, that's our hoppy-go-lucky Marg. . i HELEN SABAT, music hofh charms This Helen well knows,- dork and lovely, sincere and sympathetic, she does her job wellhsinging Through years. . . GENEVIEVE SZYMANSKA, pep -oc'tionhspeed-ofhlefic mind and quick spirit, 0 good sport in any game life has To oHer. WANDA TOBICZYK, c1 willing helper and 0 hard worker. Wanda likes iournolism, editor of Cas- mire'r're. . . IRENE WASILEWSKA, mild, and sweet, to be with her is one big Treat,- energefic 0nd s'ru- dious. . . IRENE WIETECHA, 0 love for diFFiculT les- sons and c1 desire To master them make Irene a worker hard To find. BERNARD WOJCIECHOW- SKI, pert 'ni popular, oglow wifh good-humor and friendliness,- refreshing cs 0 coke on 0 hot day. . . RITA WYPIJEWSKA, fun and Iikobilify seasoned with a dash of sentiment, Turned up nose, enthu- siasm 0nd vivocify. . . DOROTHY ZABORSKA, strong, scientific leanings don'f detract from Dor- othy's sharp sense of humour and general good fellowship. D. Zaborska And So We GraduaTed . .. High school days are over for us. . . we have known our losT Senior donce, our losT Senior Prom, our losT Junior-Senior bonqueT. They are all behind us. The absorbing and compelling odvenTure ThoT is life sTreTches ahead and each of us has his very own roinbow To follow, his own sTor To reach. YeT in all The ioys and The sorrows ThoT The TuTure holds, none of us will Find 0 ioy greoTer Thon our school days; none of us will feel 0 sorrow quiTe like ThoT of leaving ST. Cosimir High. A greoTer porT of our high school career has been spenT under 0 war cloud and H hos lefT o deflniTe impression on us. Our number has dwindled owoy inTo defense plonTs and various branches of The services while we were yeT privileged To conTinue and reach The goal of 0 high school diploma. This privilege makes us all The more willing and anxious To Toke our place in The swiTle moving currenT of life and accomplish worThwhile Things 1'For God and CounTry . WhoT 0 grand ideol This moTTo holds ouT for us. For God and Coun- There is so much To be done for boTh iT is impossible To seporoTe ll Try . Them, for loyolTy To God requires onolTy To CounTry and we as CoTholic' men and women will never be loyal To our CounTry if we are noT loyol To our God. Over one hundred sons and doughTers of our Almo MoTer are spread over The face of The world, given The glorious opporTuniTy To demonsTroTe whoT ST. Cosimir boys and girls can do For God and CounTry . They expecT us To do our porT when The Time comes; and we will if we ever keep before us The ideols ToughT oT ST. Cosimir High School. And so we leave for whoTever life holds for usesome To conTinue our eduCoTion, oThers To Toke Their places in Uncle Sam's Army, or To do Their shore in The greoT work ThoT lies ahead of us. Wherever we shall be The spiriT of ST. Cosimir High School will be on inTegrol porT of us forever. So long, ST. Cosimir High! ITls been nice knowing you! AWARDS uHonors Night June 9, 1944 SCHOLASTIC Senior Awards - for the four years: MAGNA CUM LAUDE Presented in 1944 to CUM LAUDE Presented in 1944 to RELIGION AWARD Presented in 1944 to ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ............. SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Presented in 1944 to ............................................................................................ ACTIVITIES AWARD Presented in 1944 to ................................ , ......................................................... ATHLETICS AWARD Presented in 1944 to 7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARD Presented in 1944 to ....................................................................... , ................... For the Year 1943-1944: HONOR CLASS MERIT CUP Presented in 1944 to ....................................................................................... HONOR STUDENTS Total number 7 Va rsi'ry Letters: BASKETBALL .. 7 BASEBALL Intramural Trophies: BOYS' BASKETBALL ,,,,,,,,,, , ......................................................................................... GIRLS' BASKETBALL .................................................................................................... BOYS' VOLLEYBALL ...................................................................................................... GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL ,,,,,, ,, ........................................................................................ Physical Fitness: LEADERS .............. A. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, r ........................... Loyalty: BASKETBALL SERVICE Loyal Service: Presented for the year 1943-1944 to ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, To Country Allegiance to the flag of fhe Unifed Sfafes generafes that bold patriotism fhaf surges through fhe veins of every Sf. Casimir sfudenf. Cognizant of his God-given privileges, he learns fo pro- tecf and uphold the glorious American Constitution, flaming torch of freedom. Page 31 Our Sta rs in the Over 0 hundred sons and doughTers of ST. Cosimir High hove answered The coll To dUTy and joined The Windows Are ranks of Those who are TighTing To defend whoT is deoresT To every man. for These For equipmenT These sons and doughTers noT only corried weopons dulled by The cold groy of reoliTy; more imporTonT, They harbored The Treasures which olmo moTer had so Iovishly poured ouT To Them. They reolized ThoT educoTion oT ST. Cosimir High, illumined by The spark of CoTholic ocTion, hod Toshioned o phil- osophy of living rich in The wisdom of The ohcienTs. Ibrwtlr KritrItxt; Our for-Tiung worriors losT in o maze of miliTorism Toll bock Upon sTimuloTing memories of Their doys oT ST. Cosimir High School. More Than ever They sense now The need of allegiance To her principles. They kindly refresh The Home of TideliTy. This may occounT for The mony visiTs The loyol soldiers, sailors and morines on furlough moke To The shodows of Their olmo moTer To rededicoTe Their lives To The Task ThoT is Theirs, For God ond CounTry . jrzttztztnetitttittt Lewi1xreeeeee;,e ntdzoxtwm 0 Virgin Queen Immaculate WiTh shining sfor-lit crown And azure mantle flowing soft O'er spotless snowy gown; Our nation's potroness oll fair, Excelling ancient types Prove Thou Thy title now, we beg, Queen of The Stars and Stripes. Each Twinkling star on heavenly blue Should shine with freedom's light Impelling all To noble aims Than love of poser and might. White stripes for faith and red for love,- Behold True virtues Types. 0 make our flag mean such for us Queen of the Stars and Stripes. 0 moTher dear no longer wait Thy Triumph here to show Crush now beneath Thy virgin heel Our country's bif'rer foe. Yes, Mary, Thy pure heart must be The organ, Through whose pipes Wiil sound once more In God we Trust . Queen of the Stars and Stripes. Queen of the Stars and Stripes Page 33 We Serve WarTime Needs The war has increased The responsibiliTy and The avenues of eTTorT in our school Thereby laying on added burden on The ToculTy 05 well as sTudenT body. One of The ocTiviTies was The Bond and STomp Drive which has been ciorried on successfully. Individual sTudenTs purchasing bonds were awarded honor ribbons which They prOUdly wore in school. Earlier in The year we were presenTed wiTh o ciToTion for The Triple Jeep Campaign which was launched. The Junior Red Cross members also Took ocTive porT in canvassing The parish disTricT To collecT volunTeer conTribu- Tions during The Red Cross Fund Campaign. The soliciTors puT oll Their eTTorT inTo Their work. IT Tock courage To go from house To house buT as ever our girls did noT shirk responsibiliTy buT c'onTribuTed Their porT To The genera! cause. Among oTher ocTiviTies, we held 0 Scrap Drive 0T ST. Cosimir High School. IT was occepTed wiTh enThusiosm by 00R SWOOES MAME . u r T The sTudenTs who porTTCIpoTed cmd conTribuTed enormously . um mu Towords This ImporTonT 0nd VIToI cause. a V Jrjgfadlilllf During the Red Cross Drive inter-closs competition was stiff when it come to filling the milk bottles with their spend- ing money. This year they topped their goal again with the two Freshman Classes tied up for First place. Our alumni in the Service were gloddened by the packages sent to them at Christmas time. The members of the Junior Red Cross hove gladly given their time to wrap these packages consisting of small articles such as soap, toothbrushes, military sets, games, etc, which were contrib- uted by the students. With great pride, we display the minutemon flag in our school, which has been awarded to the school for the systematic sole of War Bonds and Stamps. It was presented to us together with the citation for the purchase of the Pt- 19 Foirchild Trainer. The production line of the Junior Red Cross has been in full swing this year as in previous years. Knitting needles clicked while the afghan squares were made. Sewing mo- chines song as slips, dresses, and bibs were sewed by will- ing students. To give the artistic touch to the finished prod- ucts they took up the embroidery needles and after 0 whiie the bibs and dresses had little bunnies and chicks and flowers on them to amuse the little refugees who will at some time wear them. Page 35 We MeeT The PresenT Exigencies The imporTonce of a Thorough knowledge of TundomenTol prin- ciples 0nd secreToriol duTies was sTressed in commercial courses. Un- der The direcTion of Sr. M. Er- minildo, proficienT Teacher, The sTu- denTs learned emcienT meThods of bookkeeping, Typing ond shorThcmd as well as neoTness and accuracy. Who's Who is repleTe wiTh The names of women chemisTs, physi- cians and surgeons. We have Them here 0T ST. Cosimir's in The making. ColisThenics has been endorsed as one of The required courses for boys 05 well as girls. Squads under leader- ship of Kopicko, Helmin- ski, Boerowski, and Go- lecki have progressed ex- cepTionolly well in rifle drills, which prepare The boys for Their role in Uncle Sam's forces. The girls prom from The weekly exercises wiTh Gen. Szymonsko 0nd Jos- ephine Dus as Their lead- ers. A quieT onosphere conducive To sTudy and research - a vein of golden knowledge where any sTudenT moy sToke his claim and mine iTs vosT resources eThis is our schools nucleus of learning, The library. DirecTed by SisTer M. AnoTolio, The Iibro ry STOTT hos TuncTioned perfechy in aiding sTu- denTs. This year found 0 new course inTroduced in our high school cur- riculum e AeronouTics. This Course includes The sTUdy of The porTs of planes, The Theory of HighT, oircroTT classifi- coTion, meThods of Hy- ing 0 plane, Types of moTors, insTrumenTs, novigoTion, meTeorol- ogy, radio, oir TroFFIc rules, and airline od- minisTroTion 0nd posi- Tion in ovioTion. These Tu T u r e ovioTors 0nd ovioTresses make avio- Tion o full-Time hobby by reading numerous books on This subiecT from The school library. A man or woman is always handicapped if his speech is defi- cienT. To overcome This difficulTy perTeCT, procTic'ol, peppy, and p l e o s o n T HPOTTGFH Classes are held regu- lorly. iiiiii i Page .37 OUR PROM QUEEN Page 38 The Night Arrival of Fr. Dominas and other guests at the Italian Gardens. At the formation of a V the Sen- iors sang their school song, $.C. High School. There was no man- power shortage as you can see. of NighTs The soTT lighTs of Book Cadillac's ITolian Gardens beamed approvingly CT The gorgeous sighT ThoT Our Lady's Seniors and Juniors mode on January 22, 1944. The mosT picTuresque spoT in The ballroom was The niche where o sToTue of Our Lady among palms and flowers smiled upon The Throng. She was The Queen of The Prom. Perfumed Howers OT youTh Wled The room as The young ladies smiled upon Their doTes in collared Tuxes . The grand march climaxed The perTeCT evening, when Roy Gorell 0nd obouT four hundred couples poid Their TribuTe To ST. Cosimir School by singing our school songs. Many Tears come To The eyes of The Seniors, for They realized ThoT soon groduoTion was near. Too soon for everyone, The clock hailed midnighT and They IeTT The ballroom, each Treosuring in his heorT memories which shall live for many 0 year To come. Due To The careful planning, The Prom Turned ouT successfully and There will remain o pleosonT niche in The avenue of The Senior reminiscences. uy '1 1.. AfTer The Grand March The Seniors posed for a Final geT-Together amid The colorful background Page 39 Rings . . . Memories JUST as any school ocTiviTy leaves us wiTh IosTing impressions so The newa-inTroduced Ring Day, which has been a gale evenT, hos IeTT unfor- geToble memories wiTh us. The class of '44 has been privileged To be The firsT groduaTing class To have 0 Ring Day Ceremony. On The morning of February 2, 1944, every Senior heard Moss and received Holy Communion. ATTer Moss 0 few picTures were Token and Then The rings were blessed and disTribuTed by FoTher Dominos. NexT come The delicious breokTosT prepared by The Juniors. ATTer The breakfast speeches by Rev. Dominas 0nd presidenT of Senior and Juniors classes were delivered. Then There was 0 dance. We feel deep groTiTude To The focuITy and Rev. Dominos and The Juniors for making This TirsT Ring Day a golden memory in our Senior diary, Fr. Dominas presenting The blessed ring To The Senior Class President The ceremony of The rings become a losTing Tie of friendship beTween The Juniors and Seniors; for love of 0 friend when friendship fades leaves emberse-lovely embers. Memories glowing in a darkness . . . heorT spenT. A ring is a symbol of loyolTy, onolTy which implies enTire devoTion To Cl cause and The willingness To sacrifice everyThing Tor ThoT cause. Such ioyolTy is love in ocTion. When The ring is c: class ring, The wearer Then professes his onolTy To The school, The emblem of which is engraved on ThoT ring. IT sTonds for The !oyolTy To The ideals of ThoT school; love of TruTh cmd iusTice, of knowledge, and pieTy 0nd of wisdom and TorTiTude. This love is noT expressed by cheers and applause buT by opere eT veriToTe in every deed and TruTh. LeT us keep ThoT flame of loving loyolTy burning brigthy forever! Around The banqueT Table which The Juniors so exquisiTer seT for us, The Seniors pose wiTh Fr. Dominas for o losTing remembrance of a new TrodiTion Page 1,1 Senior Play Before and Behind The FooTlighTs . . . IT Was Fun Dear Son, The ThreeeacT comedy drama selecTed for The Senior play, was an appealing Take-oFf aTTer weeks of rehearsal and a clever make-up preceding The call on sTage . The play was presenTed To The audience ThaT received iT wiTh an enThusiasm which fulfilled all expecTaTions. The humorous version of some of The high school incidenTs evidenle aroused memories in The minds of The adulTs; for They, as well as The younger seT, were pleased. Bernard Wojciechowski, as Lee Sheridan, was The sTar of The play, shar- ing close honors wiTh Jane Domzal, who played The role of Mrs. LinTon, a middle-aged moTherly characTer. ThaT Geraldine MaTey's inTerpreTaTion of Jean Harkness was successful was shown by The number of ah's and oh's coming from The audience every Time she made her appearance on The sTage. Irene Kilian was humorously aggravaTing in The role of Amy Swain, while Leonard Oleszkowicz succeeded in bringing gales of laughTer from The audience in his parT oT Sid Daniels. RiTa Wipiiewski was vividly colorful in The role of RiTa Lance, while Frank Przekop was an unfriendly gruTT c'haracTer noT like The real Frank aT OH. H is To be regreTTed ThaT The parT of Dick SToddard played by AnThony Mic'hno was so shorT. DoroThy Kulpa as Gaie NorTh, and Ray Baerowski as Gordon STockweH were also convincing. All in all, The play oFfered splendid opporTuniTies for some TirsT-class acTing. They Brought Masferly Music. To the Masses lnse'r-D. Gclecko, the pianist. First Row Ueft to righQ: E. Walker, accordion; D. Wisko, accordion; B. Okray, ac- cordion. Second Row: M. Kurpinski, accordion; J. Mier, accordion; F. Krzesowiak, clarinet. Third Row: E. Piatek, trumpet; A. Gelecki, clarinet; S. Skolorus, saxophone. Fourth Row: G. Ciesielski, clarinet; T. Loskowski, clarinet; L. Fawazza, clarinet. Fifth Row: D. Jurewicz, guitar; J. Przy- bylski, guitar. Completing The ocfivmes ogendum of ST. Cosimir High School, musi- cally gifted students formed a school orchestra to serve as an outlet for musical desires and ambitions. Under The direction of Sister M. Bozene The entire orchestral ensemble demonsTroTed their Talent and proHciency with Their rendition of classical and modern compositions of The annual Senior play and Honors' Night. SCOOP - uCasmireTTes aT Ease llCousmireTTe equols To hard work and long, Tireless hours. ThoT is on equoTion which is a challenge To any moThemoTicion. Mony sTudenTs never reolize The happiness and energy ThoT have gone inTo The publicoTion of every issue. IT's noT oT oll sTronge To wonder inTo The PublicoTion room and find busy CosmireTTes wriTing orTicles, correcTing Them or discussing wiTh Their Tellow wriTers Topics in o iournolisTic jargon, or To see ombiTious reporTers scurry Through The school goThering informoTion. All This husTle ond ocTiviTy is buT o momenT of The school paper's life. The sToFf, however, does noT regreT Those hours of Toil when iT recalls The momenTs of pleasure every issue broughT To The sTudenTs of ST. Cosimir High School. Moreover, 0 copy of H was senT To all The alumni in service, To keep Them posTed on The ocTiviTies of The school, To show Them ThoT The ST. Cosimir High School sTudenTs are backing Them up while They are backing The oTTock. In This way They hoped To make on small conTribuTion Towcird The greoT cause for which They are TighTing and dying. While The sToFT Through The pages of The CosmireTTe informed The boys of The ocTiviTies in Their Almo MoTer, Miss Irene Kilion duTiTully by her service column kepT The sTudenTs informed on The whereobouTs of our boys. Now The work goes To The class of 1945. May They work wiTh The some spiriT ThoT en- couraged us To work hard To bring glory To our Almo MoTer by The pages of The Casmir- eTTe. The Task oT ediTing The 1944 Cosmirecho Tell To D. Zobor- ski and l. WieTecho, who headed The sToFT of workers. Business monoger, D. Kulpo, and J. Domzol proved Their iniTioTive in ossuring The yeorbook on flying Tinonciol sTorT. Describing The Redskins was The ossignmenT of G. MoTey, ' while A. Ksionzek, I. Kilion, and W. Tobiczyk, penned The sTory of school ocTiviTies. Perhaps This would be The besT occasion for The sToTT To ex- press iTs groTiTude To all Those friends who have helped Them in Their eFforTs. In The TirsT place, we Thonk Miss Rose Norus- zewicz, on olumno of S. C. High, for helping us in arranging our picTures and giving The orTisTic' Touches. Then we soy Thank you To Mr. Bien, who sacrificed his Time To Toke The phoTogrophs of our ocTiviTies. Many of The ToculTy onol sTudenTs, especially The Seniors, deserve C'ommendoTion for Their cooperoTion, sponToneiTy ond inTeresT in offering informoTion Tor deToiled orTicles. Now we oTTer you The Cosmirecho . IT has nurTured o deeper undersTonding be- Tween The ToculTy ond sTudenTs,- iT has developed many new friendships and sTrengThened many old ones,- iT hos ToughT us The value of diligence and poTience. In iT you may see on eHorT To immorTolize The days of our youTh in 0 volume ThoT we hope will become To The groduoTe o ToundoTion Tor reminiscence and To The undercloss- man 0 link in his chain of high school endeavors The Cosmirecho hos depicTed in word and picTures The sTory of 1944 GT ST. Cosimir High School. However The True value of This book connoT be judged by This phrase or by ThoT phoTogroph, buT only by The fond mem- ories evoked by dreomy conTemploTion of each page. Therefore, To all Those who Toke iT ouT inTo life wiTh Them, we hope The Cosmirecho will be whoT 0 book should beeo companion in soliTude, o comforTer in disTress, o mem- ory in reverie, and o helpmoTe on The long road home. Page 41, Recall Memories of Bygone Issues The typists really had a work to do. The Casmirette staff busily at work, giving the paper the Final Iook-over and getting it ready for the mail. Mounting pictures for the Annual kept the artists very busy. Searching for in- spiration took some time, too. Page 45 Boys' Va rsity Back Row: Rev. Peter Wyr- zykowski tathletic direc- tort, Swinkowski, Leszc- zynski, Gclecki, Michno, Tcdaiewski, Oleszkowicz, Jankowiok, Kopicko tstu- dent managed. Front Row: Przepiora, Hel- minski, Modeio, Woicie- chowski tcoptaint, Kosin- ski, Frcnuszewicz, Bartkow- ski, G a p a , Krzesowiok tcaretakert. Boys' Intro-Murals Standing: Tornocki, Szelc, Misiak, Brudzinski, Pawlus- zka, Wach, Jckubus, Ok- ray. Seated: Brodzinski, And- rzeiewski, Mortiere, Krze- sowiak, Kociemba, Krogu- Iecki, Modeia, Oleszkow- icz, Rumps. Boys' Action The Mighty Redskins showing what they've got on the ball to the stu- dents of S. C. High. Left to right: 5. Kosinski, R. Bartkowski, A. Leszczyn- ski tcaptaint, B. Wojcie- chowski, B. Franuszewicz tball in handy YKWVX W x ewx x Girls' Varsity Here we see the girls in action Fighting for their dear Alma Mater. Left to right: M. Raniszewski, J. Dus, G. Szymonski, D. Kut- pa tcoptaint, G. Mctey, D. Kronkowska. Background: Janus, Crivelli, Towalski, and Martins, subs. Page 46 Captain and Assistant Coach Assistant Captain, Ben Shorty Woi- ciechowski and Coach, Henry Reds Mickiewicz with the many trophies brought home by the Redskins in the Basketball History of St. Cosimir High School. Cheerleaders and Mascot Standing Ueft to rightt: Sylvia Dutka; Mascot, Stanley Pietrzyk; Captain, Jose- phine Dus. Kneeling: Dolores Kronkowska, Viola Janus, Genevieve Szymanski, Dorothy Kulpa, Evelyn Kwiatkowska, Dolores Shootko. The cheerleading squad that stood by our boys through victories and defects. Page 47 Athletic Board One of the meetings of the Athletic Board presided over with Ben Woiciechowski as chairman, in the absence of John Kopicko, student man- ager. Also in the picture are: Henry Mickiewicz, Geraldine Motey, Leonard Brudzinski, Celphine Waligorsko, Arthur Ardanowski, Anthony Andrze- iewski, and Frank Krzesowiak. The Board consists of the captains of both Girls' and Boys' Varsities and also In- tra-murol captains, the Intra- mural managers, and the Caretaker. Basketball The 1944 basketball season opened with o bong. There were only two veterons on the teom, Ben Woiciechowski, and Ben FronUszewicz; the first few proctice try-outs brought forth quite o few promising ployers. Among the opponents they were to meet were the St. Hedwig Knights, who replaced St. Vincent's team in the third division. The Redskins detected their first two opponents, St. Francis Xavier and St. Hedwig. These two victories had to give them enough of spirit to lost them through the next two games which were recorded on their books 05 losses. The rest of the season olternoting with victories ond losses, brought 0 .500 average, which qualified the team for the stote tournament. The team went into the tournament with high hopes and brought home two victories. The third game was 0 rough and exciting one with St. Cecelia, o tirst division teom, ond spelled 0 loss to our Redskins. From the won-ond-lost point of view this wos o dismol season on the hardwood. But the six victories coupled with the fact that the six defects were by one or two points, il- luminate the pictures lntromurols For the first time in the history of lntro-murol bosketboll at S. C. Hi, the Freshmen teom walked off with the trophy. The girlsI chomps were the Sophomores, who held their own against the stiff com- petition of the other classes. Volleyball Everyone either ploys this tun-tilled game or hos on omusing time watching the gome in progress at the some time cheering their tovorite teoms to victory. The time: noon in- termission. The place: on the street facing the school building. The mid-yeor chomps were the Junior boys and the Senior girls. We shall not know the final results of these games before the annual goes to print,- theretore, everyone hos to be on the olert tor himselt. Baseball Baseball ronks in importance, next to bosketboll,ot St. Cosimir High. The baseball team in previous years hos olwoys ended near the top. This seoson's squod built around lost yeor's oble veterons hos high hopes of running ohE with the division title. Herets hoping thot they sholl bring 0 He phy. Page 48