St Ignatius High School - Ignatius Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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announced that the heavyweight bout would soon be under Way. ln it Lyons the Lion fought HBesch the Bouncer. Besch had Lyons against the ropes a couple of times but he came out again to Win. lt is interesting to note that the Scholastics served as the posts to hold up the ring in these boxing matches. Next on the program was a Tug-of-War in which all participated. lt was fat against muscle, and as usual muscle triumphed. When the scores Were figured up and all the points tabulated Class l-C Was found to be the champion of the evening, with l-G in second place, and l-E in a close third. And then chow. There Was ice-cream, pop, candy, and hot-dogs which all en- joyed after their appetite had been Worked up with all the activity. As We started home I could see that all of the freshmen would long remember this our Freshman Night, Where fun and sport were mingled to give us a most enjoyable evening. l Want to take this opportunity to thank all the priests and scholastics on be- half of all the freshmen for this fine example of the greatness of St. Ignatius. .4523 214- :fl Q . if ,. 1. f xx 4 H132 Hb' 4, 1 ri f . ' mar. .' .J . 5 V .40 ,. V W Y hr H' . x -Q, . 4 tr .': 1 ' '. ,,.Wli , 1. ,gig ,Qi 455 , it . WW., rag, ,. ,, 1 I a . ,vin f ,f , ,' ,

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F Jfeff l'l'lClfI'l 0l00l i5 OIL . . . F Es MAN NIGHT 'iFreshman Night began when on the night of October 27th all the Bennys gath- ered in the upper gym for a night of festivi- ties. Mr. Lipps gave the welcoming address in which he stated the hopes of all the teachers that the class of '51 would be the best ever to come out of St. lgnatius. l-le in turn handed the microphone over to Tom Bridgman who was the Master of Cere- monies for the evening. Now the program was divided into six contests. The first of these was the Dribbling Contest Anyone who dared enter this race had to have both speed and accuracy combined. A few fellows started out fine but when they looked up into the stands they lost the ball. But these incidents make for confusion, and there was plenty of that. When the race was over and the judges huddled, l-G seemed to have won. All in all, the con- testants seemed pretty winded. The next contest was the Three.Legged Race and it was one of the funniest of the whole evening. The crowd had such a good time watching the contestants pick themselves off the floor that, before you knew it, the race was over. lt seems that l-B had the best waddlers for they won. Now the next race was what everyone had been waiting for, the Peanut Race ln the absence of peanuts large black jelly beans were used, The black beans did not hold their dye very well, and after a few gentle pokes from the freshies' noses, they began to get a bit sticky, both of which factors improved the competition consider- ably. When the race started out everything was honest. But after awhile, when the con- testants saw how hard the task was and what had to be done, they started playing outside the rules. And from then on it was a melee. Some, instead of hitting the little jelly beans with their nose, were blowing and hitting them. Then one contestant dared to pick it up under his nose and run with it. There was so much shouting, yelling and cheering that everyone was hoarse for the rest of the evening. But l-C must have practiced, for they dominated all the cheer- ing, This was a contest which we all en- joyed. But the real joke was when all the fellows in the hall were wiping the dirt off their noses. And for a few days there were plenty of sore noses on certain freshmen, especially from those of l-E, who spared no sacrifice and courageously carried off hon- ors in this event. Following the Peanut Race was the South vs. West Basketball Game This was really a game. The West proved its superiority over the South by a score of 20 to 6. After this were the Relay Races in which l-C was again victorious. This race was interesting, especially when a few of the fellows dropped the stick they were to carry and had to run back for it. And now came a long awaited exhibition, the Fights And were they good! ln the light division Dynamite Donald Chojnacki took on l-lorrible'-' Harry Belluomini. Dynamite's main defense was the old right and left while the l'lorrible's was body blows. But Dynamite came out on top in a thrilling exhibition ln the medium division Bruiser Bragiel fought Killer Keating. lt was a dynamic struggle but l'Bruiser triumphed. And now the crowd went wild when it was

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i ' NX. i t ,j ,Q gm t il, X, f,,. . f'f,. M 4 Z' .1 'fi 'W QW, W, . Hi who f 1 til 'Q .x i t X X , tt' W it v Too many cooks mqy spoil the broth, but they always improve the pie. E 0.K0courek9 by RICH KEEFE, '48 and I IM QUILTER, '48 As you value your sanity, l warn you, don't read ahead! We, the authors of this wit column, implore you not to read past this period. But-it you absolutely must . . . Ah! So you did not heed the warning, eh? Well, tsk-tsk, Ctamous words ot a cer- tain someonel. Your bravery will get you nowhere. We slipped this here article past the censor, after we were thrown out ot the PREP room so many times that they put a revolving door on it jest ter us. And now--Splot Pie: You've probably seen us betore. Cl-low could you have missed us!D We are known as Keete and Quilter, Quilter and Keete. Because people are always dedicating these catastrophies to someone, we will tol- low suit, Seriously, though, we wish to dedi- cate this article to that patient little man, Whom you see roving about the school. This is for Brother Iack. Lady returning from California on train: I visited San Ioesie. Man beside her: Madam, it's pronounced San l-lose, Pause. Man: When were you there? Lady: ln Hune and Huly. 'k ir 'k Some men thirst after power, some thirst after fame, and some thirst aiter money. But there is one thing everyone thirsts after. Whats that? l'Salted peanuts. -A' -lr -lr Fr. Esmaker: l would box your ears it . . . Karr: lt what? Fr. Esmaker: lt l could find a box big enough. 'A' ui- i' And have you heard about the little moron who swallowed tive pennies and then asked people it they noticed any change in him?