St Fidelis Seminary - Skullcap Yearbook (Herman, PA)

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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

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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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T'-ez v-7 Requlescof ln pace' Now cracks a noble heart' Good nrght sweet prznce And tlxghts of angels smg thee to rest Shakespeare s Hamlet lt was just two years ago that a noble heart cracked and passed from our m1dst 1nto the company of angels That heart was Francts Cagnettl s On a brtght September day m 1935 the sunny rays beat a tattoo on the New Castle pavements to fanfare Cags departure for St Fxdehs Semmary However he was not accorded such an ovat1on here at school for he was Just another m1n1m But by the fall of 1938 h1s years at the semrnary were f1n1sh1ng na1ls tn the hardy t1mber of Cag s makeup for 1n that t1me he exh1b1ted h1s ab1l1t1es A sterl1ng character a strong w1ll and a splend1d const1tut1on placed h1m ln the front ranks of the class act1v1t1es Few students could v1e wtth h1m 1n Latxn Greek or German and even fewer could contend w1th h1m for a left f1eld berth on a mushball held or a center back pOS1l1OD on a volleyball court or a net man Job on the tennxs turf forward to h1s l1fe 1n the pr1esthood It was Cag s dearest dream to v1sual1ze h1mself1n the Whlte glrdled hablt of the Capuchms so that he could go among the s1ck and 1nf1rm eas1ng the1r pa1ns not only by sooth1ng words but also by tender l1ttle deeds and act1ons Ever d1d h1s eyes sparkle as he t1me after tune told of h1s future aCl1V1l19S as a hosp1tal chapla1n To h1m however was not to be gxven the 1oys of the pr1esthood God rather wxshed that th1s l1ly adorn h1s heavenly garden Cag fell 1ll 1n the wrnter of l938 Dur1ng a prolonged tllness of some l1V9 months a cancerous growth had stealth1ly worked tts way 1nto h1s vttal organs and crushed out the sweet young hte tn them But what a beauttful death h1s was' Iust before h1s pass1ng Cag ratsed tear dxmmed eyes to those around h1m and Wllh a tender vo1ce sand I have always prayed God to let me become a prrest but 1f He does not want me for that state then I prayed H1m to take me to H1m HIS prayer was heard and answered on that cr1msoned even1ng of May 27 l939 May h1s soul rest 1n peace' , , , . , , , 2 ' ' ' I - . . I Our class was then advancing farther to our goal-each looked eagerly . , . , - , . I . . I . Z .. , , .