St Fidelis Seminary - Skullcap Yearbook (Herman, PA)

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l GEORGE STUPARITZ P1ttsburgh Pa One glance at the patrent angler seated on the bank of the brooklet nestled rn the quret Wood lands of Herman rs enough for any student to recognrze George Stuparrtz of Prttsburgh What surer proof can We demand that Prttsburgh does have a devoted follower of Isaac Walton Indeed Buck has been the class authorrty on all out doors questrons for srx long years As an ad mrrer of nature he loves to roam rn nature s won derland Wrth camera rn hand he rs ever vrgrlant to capture one of the mutable beautres of nature and hold rt for fond remrnrs Censes Numerous Saturday afternoons are marked up rn George s log as so many books rndexed and shelved or a frne garnrshrng of the lrbrary rtself When not engaged rn the dutres of lrbrarran George Wrelds a swrft and masterful stroke at the table tennrs and many an oncomer falls prey to hrs paddlrstrc onslaught Buck rs also qurte adept at brllrards and furnrshes plenty of keen competrtron rn the club room on many a Wrntry eve In the classroom Buck rs a quret lad dorng hrs duty rn hrs own calm and collected manner He rntends to contrnue hrs studres at St Vrncent s IOHN MARTIN Prttsburgh P ,. 7 When the college truck pulls away from the Sem mary drrve you can be sure that Iohn Martrn rs at the wheel launchrng out on hrs regular Saturday afternoon busrness trrps to Butler I rs Worthy drrver for to thrs day he has never been accosted by an offrcer of the law But Iohns responsrbrlrtres do not end Wrth prlotrng the motor vehrcles He rs also manager of the Mrssron Store and carrres out hrs dutres precrsely and unerrrngly Through hrs effrcrent management many a dollar has reached the hands of a needy prrest rn some far off mrssron parrsh Iohn can also boast of berng the frrst presrdent of the Thrrd Order Entertarnment Commrttee In the classroom we frnd hrm a quret fellow always engrossed rn a textbook and not a mrnute to waste From earlrest years he has been an ardent admrrer of the stage and ha developed rnto one of the outstandrng actors of the class He has an ever present rnterest rn musrc and has played rn the percussron sectron of the band for several years For recreatron summer sports seem to attract Iug and an afternoon of mushball IS hrs real delrght He rs an effrcrent and responsrble youth who Wrll use hrs effrcrency best as he contrnues hrs lourney to the prresthood rn the Capuchrn Order I , tl 5 , , , . , - , . , - I . . . ' 1 , . 3Xf.f5X.Q-Qfexr . ' , cr. , , . ug a , . . . , . S . . . ,

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D - -ir if Q JOSEPH MOFF ITT Q. Plttsburgh Pa Those who have wltnessed our holy drama Cal vary w1ll never erase from thelr memor1es the hgure ol the cunn1ng apostle ot Chf1Sl Iudas lscarrot Th1s same Iudas oft stage Ioseph Mothtt ol P1ttsburgh 1S one ot the versatlle members ot our graduatmg class Durmg the past s1x years the kld from de Slflp has l1ke a planet 1n the sky spread h1s warm feel1ng of fun and frollc xnto everyth1ng he has ever done Moe although a fun lov1ng son ol St F1del1S has nevertheless a deep touch ol s1ncer1ty 1n h1s heart wh1ch more than once has shone among us As an athlete Moe plays a mean game ot mushball and a wrcked game ol handball but most of h1s recreatron perrods are well ut1l1zed rn beautltylng Fr Benno s observatory or 1n concoctmg some new contrapt1on for the stage Moe has had a great hand 1n shlltlng scenery for our plays and constructmg some ot our new scenery but h1s greatest dehght 15 1n actmg and dlrectlng plays May h1s graduatron be not too severe a loss to St F1del1S but an 1nv1ta t1on to loads of success Wlth the Capuchln Fathers to whom he w1ll go thls summer for h1S nov1t1ate -GRI-xlnl THOMAS O CONNELL It ever there was a true son of St Patrrck a pug nac1ous product of Er1n 1f ever there was a s1newy pug1l1st1c Feman 1t 1S Thomas Oaks OConnell ol Donora Oaks sometlmes styled Izzy heads the enterta1nm nt commlttee of the Thlrd Order and conducts the d1scuss1ons and debates for our lrterary rendezvous As d1rector ot these paramount enterpr1ses Oaks lulhlls hrs othce farthtully and successfully He ranks h1ghly as a gamester rn the arena ot sports Fast and hery sprmgrng and agrle Oaks leads h1s teammates to vlctory whether 1t IS ln basketball volley ball or mushball A champ1on 1n athlet1cs and a leader 1n the llterary depart ment Oaks 1S also a leader ln the study of economlcs He IS the crlterxon or the Sextam on d1vers top1cs concernmg economlcs Oaks also llkes to argue the Iew1sh quest1on He has read many books about the Iews probed thelr hlstory and w1ll oppose any remarks 1n opposltlon to the Iewlsh race whence hrs second n1ckname Oaks has a llne tenor vo1ce and uses 1t to a good advantage ln chantmg dur1ng our Hrgh Masses Ettrcaclous Oaks yearns tor the secular envlronment and so 1n September wlll take the route to Latrobe where he wlll l11'11Sl'1 the second halt ol h1s Semmary campa1gn1ng , . r W I , . I - , . . , - . A , . . , - I I , . . , e , , Donora,Pa. 1 . , ' , ' I I ' e , . . , 1 , - I I - . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . 3 . , , , . - , , ,

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i -'-is if-' 5 EDWARD GALLAGHEH A Prttsburgh Pa Edward S Gallagher Very many of you have seen that name several trmes on subscription blanks for the Echo and Frdelran We too have seen rt but to us 1t means Just plarn Ned Bus1ness Manager of these two lrterary works Ned IS the stockrly burlt Jovral second baby of the S1xth Class and harls from that peaceful llllle suburb of Overbrook Pa A true lrrshman at heart and a worthy frrend Ned has lrttle trouble rn nrakrng everyone hrs pal Baseball IS Neds favorrte sport and when not playing a game he rs reading about hrs favorite players rn the leagues He rs usually first on the daily sport page and lets no lrttle article go by unnoticed Mushball also falls into Ned s lrne of sport act1v1t1es and he IS really a terr1f1c hrtter Many trmes hrs hrts saved the day Ned rs active rn the classroom as well as on the campus for he rs by no means the baby rn mentalrty Ned rs a voracious reader and has a strrng of books many of them class1cs and novels totaling over fifty for the school to enter the Capuchrn Order GXJIGSQIQZD IOSEPH RAUTERKUS Pittsburgh Pa Coming along the end of the trail at St Fidelrs Ioseph Rauterkus frnds hrmself the baby of the Srxth Class Desprte hrs youthful appearance Ioe has all the qualities of a man both physically and mentally Ioe rs a true lover of sports and takes deep interest in them He rs ever watchful for an opportunrty to partrcrpate rn some game or at least to read about rt He possesses an uncanny abrlrty for rememberrng the stars of all sports and as a yogee he rs the best at St Frdelrs Besides keep1ng rn stride with all sport developments and devouring all sport stews Ioe finds ample trme to practrce hrs sweet sounding vrolrn and thereby follow the footsteps of hrs earthly father the wrdely known Doctor Rauterkus He loves hrs studres and as assrstant editor of the Echo and Frdelran he shows his capacrty for Englrsh Ioe showed much rnitratrve rn assembling h1S string ensemble an rmportant factor for all our dramatic presentat1ons Because of hrs love for musrc Ioe has been an actrve member of the St Frdelrs Seminary orchestra and choir He rs the proud possessor of a genurne second tenor vorce that rs an important part of that sectron Ioe has heard the call of St Francis and will enter the Capuchrn Order rn Iuly D I 14 fi- year of '40-'41, Ned has been preparing himself during the past six years