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

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lication. Eugene Sermak's editorial work was outstanding and gave an especially interesting account of extra-curricular activities. ,Chester Malikowski, the editor, followed, more or less, the pattern set by the previous yearbooks in publishing the Kantian of 1938, with the excellent biographies of the graduates. ' Hiditor Stanislaus Talalaj, assistant editor Etigene' Maru-szewski and business manager Ijo4eph Prugar combined their talents to publish the ,40'yG31'bOO.li. Several pages of light-hearted hulnor instil a spirit of fun into this. annual, making it very pleasant reading. The Kantian of 1941 was one of the finest yearbooks to appear since the year 1925. Under the editorship of Vincent Rip P-isula,, the twenty-fifth graduating class presented an edition exciellently arranged and replete with clear photo- graphs. It stands out as an outstanding edition in khe line of Kantians. I The staff of the ,42 Kantian, headed by editor Walter Lelito and his assistant Ioseph Kozlowski, produced a yearbook characterized by ,excellent writeups of all activities. Sigismund Stelmpkowski was chosen 'business manager of thin edition. T 4 Vllhe 343 and ,44 yearbooks are, in many respects, similar to one 'another. The covers of borh. have a military motif, signifying that the nation was then engaged in the Second World War. Ierome Iaskowiak, with the aid of assist- anti editor Blair Kolasa and business manager l All Catholic Honors in 1949 . I l' CRTIIIILIB Slflllllll PRESS ASS1llUlNl'lllNl TIIE nnlwc HCM! IS Awimnrn ru Tue llliiiajinnlann. ll Tl! AINIIAI. BIIIYEY BIIIIIIIUTIII IY TIE UATIIIIIIC illlllll Ill!! ABBUCIITIIH AT TIIE MAIUUETTE IIIIYEIIIITI Cllllllli ll? IIIIIIINIIISM 'IIIIS FIRST IIIY WF IEPTEMIEI IN Ill! IEA! NINETEEN IIIINIIIIEII FIIITY NINE af Norbert Robaszkiewicz, edited the Kantian of IQ43. The editorship of the following year's publication was held by William Ziemianski. The assistant editor and business manager was.- Edward Worosz and Eugene Rabent, respec- tively. In the ,45 edition, Norbert Duch assumed the editor's post, with the aid of assistant editor Frederick Pilatowski, succeeded in producing za book filled with excellent Writeups and biogra- phies. D 1 . A yearbook distinguished by its fine photog- raphy and excellent recording of sports was the Kantian of 1946. Associate editors Andrew Drews and Raymond Zdrojewski wr te' the articles, while Ioseph Ostaszewski .handled the business matters .'i' The first yearbook in which the Class of' Fifty appeared was the ,47 edition. 'Lawrence' Binkowski was chosen editor and was ably aided by assistant editor Robert Matelsky and 'Leong activities received particular attention. R . The Kantian of 1948, distinctive in -its ,golden cover, was planned and brought to reality through the efforts of Edmund Lazowski, editor,- Edward Bogush, assistant editor, and Daniel business manager. The artistry of Francis Bara is seen throughout the annual. Every year, the yearbook staff endeavors- to have its edition surpass those of previous years. The 1949 Kantian, upon being submitted to the National Catholic Yearbook Contest, was voted the All Catholic Honors. The theme of the book was the Kanty'March and the development of thought was excellent Editor Edmund Taranow ski, assistant editor Chest er Mrowka and business manager Ioseph Matala deserve much credit 13.11 3. SUCCCSS The , l . . li l 1 I , - . ii 4 - il Y ', i i m . . - 1- 1 gi , . 1 lf ' I A' . ' . 1' . -. . 'ri' l A a vifc t fl -.V A ' Y k . 1 5. i ' 4. - --.. . ' 1 .- li --- ' . . ,W-,N I . : . . . it 1 . 9 i 'Q 1 T 1- y ag T ' 4 it A 4 ' 'L for making the 'l4Q Kant- ' . ., 'QQ ,.. A . ag. Q e . . . . .-Z n25f.1?L.225.H3 Kowalski, the 'business mana er. Outaof-class: g

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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-

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Nestlings Class of '53 First row, left fo riglzis llavid Sehiek, .Jerome Kulminiec, Anthony Cholewiak, Joseph Modzelexv- ski, Edward Olewnik, John Wanat, Matthew Krauza, John Rak. Second row, left to right: Sigis- niund Jmosz, Joseph Lukasik, Robert Lucarz, Joseph Hybak, John Gawrylik, Manuel Mendez, Bernard Prasolowiez, Holeslaus Huinienny. Tlrlrrl row, left to 'l'1'gllf.' Robert Ciok, Arthur Olesz- kowski, Stephen Toczylowski, Holiert Zielinski, Paul Kasich, Walter llawid, Frederick Biehaylo, Stephen Hush, George Baran. Fourth rote, left to Vliflllff Harry Rell, Edward Hawthorne, Ronald Polny, Leonard Swizltkowski, George Niemiec, Henry Zarnorski. lf you could hut turn hack the pages of the calendar just ten short months, you woulld recognize yourselves in those bewildered, frightened figures that stood, seemingly alone in the world, hefore the open doors of Kanty. Since that tiine, however, you have been affected hy a striking and singular trans- l formation. Returning to the present, we can see that you p no longer represent that lonely and bewildered i fiwure. lt is evident that you have cured that most , . eonnnon ailment of Freshmen, honiesickness, hy -Q 1 s, , - - . ' - Q J. Nha imlnlnng most freely of that wonderful tonic, :1 -j y coinhination of work and play. 191 From the period of your initiation into Kanty , i . 41 - - 1 l .il 'J- ' A life to the present IIIIIC, you have learned many 1 ig V - -e- ,447 things--a spirit of co-operation, the importance M :ZH . . . . . .-s..,g'? -,.'. 5,2 of application in studies, self-reliance and the , 1 gffff wg if . , . . . . ' ,ffl .V fjqfvlfixfkii important part that non-scholastic activities play Z- ,, -2 J:--4 , -,:,,,-:f . . , , I . ft- ' 2'-3gt'?' in your lives at lxanty. -.' We With this knowledge in view, strive to go always ' onward, never regarding your past mistakes hut 1 , iii acting in the present and thinking in the future.