St Jeromes College - Lion Yearbook (Kitchener, Ontario Canada)

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The purpose of this Fraternity is to foster social and recreational activities for the students of the High School Department of St. Jerome's College. Sigma Iota Kappa promotes many student activities during the course of the school year. A few of the more outstanding of these are recorded in the following pages, but space does not permit a complete description. The benefits offered by the Fraternity do not end when a student leaves the school, since an honorary membership is conferred upon all active members who graduate or discon- tinue their studies at St. Jerome's College. The officers for the current year are: President: Anthony VanHee, Scotland, Ontario. Secretary: John Reinhardt, Stratford, Ontario. Treasurer: Bernard Weber, Detroit, Michigan. The office of moderator is capably filled by the disciplinarian, Brother John Traynor. Sigma Iota Kappa has been a powerful asset to the boarders of St. Jerome's College, and will continue to carry on its invaluable services in the many school years to come at St. Jerome's. SI .A .A 4. fr 'inn-...W SIGMA IOTA KAPPA EXECUTIVE J. Reinhardt, Anthony VanHee, Bernard Weber. QQ. 3,

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new dh his Happy High School Hay Riders There was one social activity sponsored by the Sodality during Lent, which all will remember - the hay ride, held Saturday evening, March lhth. Three wagons were crowded with young couples from St. Mary's and St. Jerome's - even some of the faculty members came along for the ride. After about two hours in the fresh air, the cold and hungry hay riders trailed into a nearby restaurant for a small, warm lunch. The evening's fun ended as they boarded the street-car and escorted the irls home d 0 0 0 ,UMOTI s5,.f 255101-55. .3 if .im -QF 45 Tom Moser figuratively twists another arm 2gpe ' 1 ' A - for the Missions. Q, Cf .- f X-rg, V,sx-XT' .gfgiiiiiigb The mission drive during Lent provides an ample '19 ky Y outlet for the loose change that accumulates in JN' Xsfx Q ' the pocmets of boys who stay away from shows, 'X XX f dances, card games, poolrooms and girls during r-',, the season of penance. To date we have collected NX f299.35, which is a praiseworthy total, and there is still more to come in at the time tni Bm .Uma Soon after the Easter vacation the Sodality plans to hold a Barn Dance. The place will be St. Jerome's Gym, and we have high hopes of importing an orchestra from Hamilton to provide the calls and the music. We are trying to bring in a group of square dancers from Preston to teach the students the different variations of the square dance so that the evening will prove more interesting for them. The dances of previous years were a great success - we feel certain that this one will outdo them all. 5'.Dnma Somewhere around April 15th the Sodality will present the highlight of the year, the Sodality Dance. This will mark the close of the year's activities so attendance should set a record - we certainly are all out to make it a success, and to provide a suitable finale it activit is wr'tten.

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.5 12. Initiation is only a mild form of intro- ductioncommonly found in schools and colleges, usually prevalent at the beginning of the school year. Usually the victims are the naive and unsuspecting newcomers - they are still too dazed and at sea to fight back and defend their rights. Initiation at St. Jerome's involves a parade along the main street of Kitchener with the paraders decked out in absurd and ludicrous costumes, performing all kinds of sheenanigans, much to the delight of the public who view it. Usually it provides a bonanza for camera fans, but this year con- ditions were different. The result is that we could obtain only one suitable picture to describe the event. The 'person' on the right is one of the victims - any resem- blance to the actual person is purely ac- cidental. H bn D one of the boys? SCENES FRUM THE HALLOWE'EN DANCE Sigma Iota Kappa sponsors and conducts the annual Hallowe'en Dance in cooperation with St. Mary's C.Y.O. Financially, and from the point of view of entertainment, it is always a great success, as it was again this year. Each year the crowd seems to grow, each year more original and more unusual costumes appear - this event should become traditional. 6fvu.412rm4 Ha.fyln1Fw5 Santa announces a gift Vengeance is mine, says Charlie The Annual Christmas Party for the boarders is a happy time - spirits are high because of the approaching vacation and holiday season. The resident students of St. Jerome's have come to look forward to this event. It provides an evening's relaxation, a chance to air budding talent, and, at times, even presents an opportunity for one of the more un- fortunate of the boys to even a score which otherwise would have remained the same.