St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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As usual, success was the keynote to the Fathers' Club activities. With Fr. Donald O'Gara (faculty moderator), Joseph McKeever (Pres.), Nat Gale- gari, Fred Perry, and Cedric Woodard (Vice-presi- dents) the club was well guided and proved itself an effective organization. Its year’s activities benefitted St. Ignatians in either a spiritual or material manner. The Father-Son Com- munion Breakfast, for example, gave the students and their fathers a tremendous spiritual booster, as did the Parents’ Retreat Day. Lectures given at the meetings themselves suggested better ways for the fathers to understand and to train their sons. In addition, the Fathers' Club contributed substantially to the School’s Improvement Fund. Through their numerous gatherings such as their Dances and Cadillac Raffle, the financial support given by the Club mounted into the tens of thousands. It was a fruitful year for the Fathers’ Club; one of which each member, looking at its record, could be proud. Fathers' Club

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Dedication Late into the night, a light often burns bright in the basement of Ignatius High School. There, in his office, works a priest whom not too many Ignatians know and appreciate. Sitting at a desk clut- tered with the files of alumni, mothers and fathers, bills, projects, and myriad papers, toils Father Donald O'Gara S.J., a man who has done much for S.I. Father O'Gara, himself a graduate of St. Ignatius (class of 1931), has come back to his school, bringing with him a tremendous talent for organization. Such talent was not to be wasted; lie was made Director of Development. Not just an empty title, his is a position of the greatest responsibilities, for upon his shoulders rests, in a large part, the future of our school. A new field house, bleachers for the athletic field, even the renovation of these hallowed halls themselves are his projects. Every building project entails raising funds. Father can handle that too. His drive and perscvcrcnce have encouraged the Parents' Clubs and the Alumni Asso- ciation which have become indispensable and integral parts of S.I. Much of the funds in the Development Treasury were raised by the Fathers', Mothers', and Alumni Clubs. Father O'Gara has been a chief factor in their success. This then is Father O’Gara, the organizer. But more important is Father O’Gara the priest. Here is a man who has brought many sheep to the flock of Christ. His sincerity, understanding, wisdom and expe- rience have converted many to the Faith. As a chaplain in the army, spiritual Father at Bellarmine, and parish priest he has fol- lowed in Christ's footsteps. Through his priestly ministrations and his work in the Parents' Club and as a teacher at S.I., he has helped many become more fervent. So it is we dedicate the 1962 Igi atiau to Rev. Fr. Donald B. O'Gara, outstand- ing director, and alter Christus.

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) [ Jikotkm' ('Cub At last, we must confess it: Mothers are essential. Last year saw S.I. facing up to the fact with the for- mation of the Parents’ Advisory, the Mothers' Club of S.I. This year even the tardy, reactionary, slow-to-accept- change Ignatian (we hate to change our format) admits that mothers are learning more about their sons' school life and teenaged needs, worries and experiences through this organization. We must face up to the fact that mothers too are having a change to take an integral part in the insti- tution that plays such an important part in their sons' lives —just who are these Jesuits that teach you? What's so Sweet about Latin? No you can’t go to Florida to join the anti-Castro-fighters even if you can say Buenos Dias! and we don’t care what your Sociology teacher says about Barry Goldwater. Officers of the organization are Mrs. McKeever (Pres.), Mrs. McGinty (Vice Pres.), Mrs. Madden (Treas.), Mrs. Asse- lin (Recording Sec.) and Mrs. Finnigan (Financial Sec.) Onward, Mothers!