St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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IN GRATITUDE . .. Main prize: 1959 Drive’s new home For six years the Rev. Ara F. Walker, S.J., was the president of Saint Ignatius High. His arrival in 1953 brought a new and vigorous administration. During his reign the school's appearance changed considerably. The first major project during his administration was to have the exterior of the building restored to some of its original beauty by having it sandblasted. A year later ground was broken for a new wing. This addition includes the Brockman Library, the Office of the Principal, student counselor facilities, the Garvey Room, the speech room, and the new gym. Then another milestone was registered. For Father had seen to it that enough classrooms were put into operational use to enable the school’s enrollment to swell over the one thousand mark. In the summer of 1958 the interior decorators moved in. The fourth floor became an oasis in the desert. Years to come will sec the entire interior of the school modernized. Yes, Father Walker truly led a vigorous administration. We of Ignatius arc thankful to Father for all that he has done, and extend to him our very best wishes for success in his new post as president of Columbicrc College at Clarkston. Michigan. 6 Jim Lang. Mr. Wicks. SJ., and Jim Lopcman talk over plans for the student phase of the Scholarship Drive with Father Pingstock. SJ. Carl Cira and Ken Yanosko prepare P.A. announcements on the tape recorder while Chris Likly and Bill Litzler map out a poster campaign . . . Office staff workers (not pictured here) were Jerry Winch, Jim Popadak. Ned Durkin. John Trcible. Steve Pachasa. Ron Bayless. George Kirby, and Jack Winch. SCHOLARSHIP DRIVE Spring and the Scholarship Drive go together in a big way at Ignatius. Through this dynamic annual raffle of a new home, the Fathers’ Club, under Fr. Pingstock’s leadership, has in recent years completely financed the new gym, modem classrooms, new lighting, and an exterior sandblasting of the school—all striking examples of “Ignatian Progress.” Because these and many other necessary improvement costs would otherwise have to be paid for by much higher tuition, the “Scholarship Drive” richly deserves its name. Complementing the separate campaigns of both the Fathers’ Club and the Alumni, the Student Drive this year, under the direction of Mr. W. J. Wicks, S.J., adopted the colorful highway “Route 66” to symbolize the student goal of $66,000. With a dazzling array of seller's prizes, and Ignatians’ famous spirit, success seemed all but certain.

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Fr. Pingstock, S.J., chats with Mr. William Maloney, a freshman dad, at Frosh Fathers’ Night. Fathers’ Gub Officers. 1958-59: Charles J. Slifc, Entertainment Chairman; John J. Winchester, Treasurer; William P. Malone, Secretary; Andrew T. Lamb, President; Carl C. Hcintcl, 2nd Vice President; Paul J. Carmody, 1st Vice President. Activities Calendar 1958 Family Picnic Aug. 31 Freshmen Fathers’ Night Sept. 10 Supper Dance Oct. 11 Election Party Nov. 6 Father-Son Communion Breakfast Nov. 30 1959 Las Vegas Night Jan. 10 Shrovc-Tide Party Feb. 10 Mothers’ Night April 11 Grand Drawing For 1959 Drive May 9 Closed Retreat May 22-24 Golf Party July 7 Parents live it up in a Wild West setting at Las Vegas Night. Freshman Parents’ Night draws a capacity crowd. East and West Side dads play ball at the Family Picnic.

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Alumni Scholarship Drive committeemen plan their campaign during dinner in the Sportsmen's Room at Cavoli's Restaurant. Alumni and their sons (future Ignatians, of course!) turned out in force for this year’s Alumni Communion Breakfast. Alumni and their dates pause between dances at the Birthday Ball at the Statlcr Hotel. Alumni Scholarship Drive Committee. 1959: Sealed: Daniel J. O'Brien. '50. Alumni Treasurer; John E. Maddock. '32. Alumni President: Paul C. Kearney, '46. Alumni Vice-President A Chairman of Drive: John F. Dooley. '43. Alumni Secretary. Standing: James J. Grant. '32. Publicity Director; Francis X. Schant. '35: John F. Murray. Jr.. '48: Charles A. Novak. '52: and Robert S. Bixler. 40. Group Leaders. Like the Fathers’ Club, St. Ignatius' Alumni Association is perhaps the most active high school organization of its kind in the country. As our Alma Mater song has it, “Years of passing cannot sever Ties of new days from the old . . . We’re Ignatius men forever.” This year's Alumni group has more than lived up to this tradition. Among this year’s Alumni activities, the Annual Communion Breakfast drew a crowd of more than four hundred Alumni together with their sons. The Christmas Dance, Lenten Retreat, and golf party were also highlights of the year’s program. Fall meetings featured Mr. Wirtz showing movies of this season’s games. Nowhere is Alumni spirit more evident than in their driving generosity in supporting the Scholarship Drive every spring, with a special campaign of their own. The Alumneye newspaper finds its way to all of the forty-eight states and to alumni in the armed forces. Ignatians graduating this year have a truly live alumni organization to step into. Thc Alumnj Awards (his year werc presented to Mr. Joseph Thomas, who received the Fr. Rossing Award, and to Mr. Howard Mahoney, who received the Gerald B. Garvey Award. Rev. Robert C. Broome. S.J. Alumni Moderator. 7