St John Kanty Preparatory School - Kantian Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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fra '- AY W -'A'h-Qi' N-'TT il ff - ,gig The Wig The Szlver Kalman ff Anniversary 0 ll Kanfian The year 1950 celebrates the silver anniver- sary of the publication of the first Kanty year- book. lust twenty-Five years ago, the senior class of 11,125 proclucetl tbe school's first annual untler the title of the l'K:1ntian . This monu- mentous undertaking was received with words of high praise anal thus began a tradition which has been continued to the present time anal will surel extentl far into the years to come. Let us then turn back the pages of history to the year tozq. Kanty at this time hatl reached the position of a highly regartletl High School and Iunior College, with every inclication of malcinq further advances in the future. The pro- posal that Kanty shoultl publish a yearbook. for the first time. was arlvancecl antl this decision receiyecl the aooroyal of the faculty under the suoeryision of the late Very Rey. Stanislaus Kon- ieczny. rector of the institution. Francis N. Reos. '21 was chosen student eclitoi' of this first yearbook ancl he. uncler the supervision of Professor Casimir Clowaclci, then a teacher of Ensrlish at Kanty, proclucecl one of the rnost unieue etlitions in the entire line of Kantians The 'Qs etlition was characterizt-tl by woufl-:'rFul not-ms eomrvvsietl by the eclitor. Every ygratluates biosrraohy was in poetical form, a style which has not been imitatecl in the Kan- tian's history. 'Tltie Kanty March. with lyrics Written by Editor' Reos and the music composetl by the Rey. Ioseoh Orszulile. CM, was a feature of the first volume antl also celebrates its twenty-five years of existence in rogo. In the followinfr year. the staff Wrote in tirose. The '26 Kantian was well illustrated and ye an excellent account of the class history.

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Zdagafwf and Wanda! Sanz fm Kant? Saint Ann's Church, Cracow

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Tlie yeztrluoola of 1927 presented ti larger :intl much more cuniulzitive volume than tlie Kant- iuns of prececling yettrs. litlitor Augustine Leia and llusiness Manager Stzinislzius Syrnultt ex- pressed tlie conviction in tlie lorewortl to tlie ttnnuzil tliztt' in future years, tlie Kzintiztn woultl continue to zielvztnee in size atntl scope. We now see liow well tliis pretliction luis been fulfilletl. Tlie 'lei Knntittn, lvountl in siniulzitetl leather eover, inclutles tlie comic Collegi41te's l,llSl Will ttntl Test:unenti', wliieli pzirotlies formal eon- tracts by its lvequezitliinents of nonsensical posses- sions to tlie untlerelttsstnen. ln tlie Kztntixin of 1919, untler tlte :tlile etlitorsliip ol' Henry Kult-szzi, sueli airtitles :ts tlie ClironiCler's Diary :intl Class Will provoked niucli merrinient. Hilary Cliinielinslxi. :is etlitor-in-chief. comniuntletl tlie tlestinies of tlie Kttntiatn of IQSO. His mastery of Englisli :intl tlie cooper- ation given liitn lay liis suliortlinzttes. assistant eelitor Casimir Ploeliztrczyk and lvusiness inun- uger losepli Dziolezyk. eoniliinetl to pulnlisli Ll fanciful yeztrliook. Many yeurbooks have been lxisetl on certain plains or themes, wliieli enuliletl tlie stuff to tlevelop tlie ztrtieles to protluee one totttl effect. A gootl exzunple ol: tlienie tlevelopinent may lie found in tlie '51 Kztntiztn, an etlition wliose nrt work uses feuelulism its its liaise. Here suit- ttlwle tlrztwings ol nietlievzil scenes inlrotluee tlie Written mutter in gi very unique inzuiuer. Many illustraitions lay losepli Clregorowiez flflcletl n clzisli of tlistinction to tlie .innuzil of 1931. Antliony Suelioclqi was eliosen etlitor :intl losepli Stemplowski zissuinecl tlie position ol ztssistzint eclitor. Tlie Kzintizui of IQVQ4, eclitetl liy Vincent lvloz- tlzier, contains xi spiritetl poein eoneeriiing the grzitluzites. Casimir l11l4iel's ltuniorous tlrgtwings enliztnee tlie zippeztittiice of tliis, tlie tentli vol- ume of tlie Kzintixin. ln tlie yezirliook of 1956, etlitor litlniuntl Ser- nizila nntl liis stall presentetl Il liilatrious two-page section of 'l-lumor. lt consistetl of at series of witticisms ttttriliutetl to ilu- seniors. 'lllie lvrotlier of tlte '56 K1ll1llllIl.S etlitor lteltl tlie same liigli post in the following ye1tr's pub-