St Dominic High School - Torch Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Semester exams were next, then retreat. Father Bilstein, S. J. , of Cleveland, was our director, and we tried hard to make the most of the three days of prayer and quiet. Father Raymond's Valentine dance followed quickly. Frank and Carl and the Junior president, Anthony Cutrone, graced the occasion with their barber-shop harmony. The Irish honored their saint with a skating party, and everyone turned Irish for the day. Glee and play practice prepared for the great day, April 28, when the boys did a mystery farce, DROP DEAD! with Coleman the alluring madamoiselle, Frank, the un- suspecting victim,, Jasper, the star athlete and harassed student, and Harry as Dizzy adding complications to be resolved by Henry, the dignified professor. THE BELLES OF ST. MARY'S with Floralee as Sister Josephine, Dean of a girls' boarding college, Miriam and Sylvia as the snippy little twins and Marilyn, the capable president of the Student Leadership Council, made us realize the sense of responsibility and leadership for which our high school training should prepare us. The two short plays were supported by four beautiful choruses by the Glee Club, a girls' quartet, a boys' quintet, and the Greco- Marsalla specialty, Cheap Bananas. May was crowded. Crowning, with Marilyn as queen, Dolores, maid of 11011013 Patricia, Floralee, Miriam and Sylvia attendants, was a beautiful and devotional tribute to the Patroness of the Marian Class, and a fulfillment of our motto: To Jesus Through Mary. School picnic, class picnic, banquet at the Normandy House, class day with Mass and Holy Communion, breakfast served by the Freshmen, an afternoon program featuring our class history, will and prophecy, the blessing of our class rings, and the unveiling of our picture, all kept us busy up to the great event of graduation on June 6. The girls were lovely in white caps and gowns and the boys correspondingly handsome in navy blue, with class colors of medium blue and whiteg yet all felt that the long-desired day had come quite too quickly, bringing with it the realization that boyhood and girlhood days were over and the loneliness of being on our own. SPORTS In the fall of 1952 when Father Raymond LaBate came to St. Dominic High School there was no sports program. He immediately undertook its organization, and was ready with a football team when the season opened. Captains were Henry Washington and Leonard Lapaglia, and players included Ernest Washington, Philip Greco, Anthony Maniscalco, Noble Patterson, Clifton Coleman, Jasper lmburgia, Frank Marsalla, Anthony Cutrone, Gene Marshall, Henry Peck, Robert LaScola, Leroy Austin, Frank Traina and Luther Walker. St. Dominic's won six games and lost two. The 1953 season opened with en- thusiasm and a few new players, but injuries brought our efforts to an abrupt end after the first five games. The basketball season found us ready with both a senior and a junior team. We wound up with second place in the North Side Parish League, and third place in the All-City. Gene Marshall, Henry and Ernest Washington, Jasper lmburgia, Clifton Coleman and Frank McBride were high point players. It was fine preparation for the 1953-54 season when, having won the North Side trophy with no games lost, we faced Corpus Christi for the city championship in the Parish League. When we trimmed them 45-42 our Torch really flared for they had had a record of Championship for five straight years. Jasper and Ernest were picked to play with the City Parish League All Stars of 1954. Softball rounds out the year-'5 sports. Last spring we won nine out of twelve games played and are doing equally well this season. In the fall of 1953 Father organized the Parish Bowling League and his Kool Kats, Rough Riders, Alexians and Torches have met in competition every Thursday evening at the Chicago Arena. The season closed with the Kool Kats out in front and Father Raymond holding top score. Anthony Cutrone, Vincent Immordino and Frank Marsalla were high among the boys. The problem of transportation to games and practices was solved for us in the summer of 1953 by a shiny new green bus chauffeured by Father Raymond, That, and full outfits of handsome suits, make us wonder whether Father is a Houdini or a highwayman. At any rate we owe him more than we can ever pay, and wish to express to him our deep apprecia- tion for all that he has meant to us in every phase of our school and spiritual lives,

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