St Johns High School - Knight Herald Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Front Row: Muessig, Coehrs, Braatz, Burkhart, Hofmann, Sanford R. Lauer, T. Kanary. Second Row: Syring, R. Meng, Conlisk, Watkins, Kerscher, Grady, Brazzill, Papp, McDonough, CaJacob, Mr. G. Wallenhorst, S. J. Third Row: Canelli, Reed, S.. Morrin, W. Whelan,. W Malone, Trese, Beckmann, R. Johnson, Logsdon, O'Reilly. Fourth Row: R. Malone, Higgins, T. Lauer, Burnor, Plummer, Daly, McMillan, Seybold. Masquers naN the second full year of its existence the Masquers’ Club, the dramatic society of St. | John's, expanded both in size and in the scope of its activities under the able direc- BK tion of Mr. George Wallenhorst, S. J., moderator. Mr. Wallenhorst was assisted by Raber Malone, president; Paul Burnor, vice- president, and Jerome McDonough, secretary- treasurer, the officers of the organization. The Masquer's presented one minor play during the year, the comedy ''The Last Reversal.” It was enacted before the student body shortly before Thanks- giving. The major dramatic production of the 1935-36 school year was the three-act comedy, ‘Merry Madness,'' which was presented in St. Ursula's Auditorium on the evening of Feb- ruary 16. Early in April the new officers of the club, who would have continued as such through next year, were elected. They are Thomas Lauer, president; John Burkhart, vice-president; and Hugh Graff, secretary-treasurer. At the first meeting after the election of the new officers the members of the club voted in favor of securing member- ship pins, which will be received late in May. They also de- cided to hold a picnic instead of a banquet. Because of the closing of the school this June, the picnic is to be the last official activity of the Masquers' club before it is disbanded. MR. G. A. WALLENHORST, S. J. page thirty-six

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First Row: Carroll, Bridenbaugh, Smith, Keogh, Hofmann, Wenninger, H. Gill, O'Connor. Second Row: McGrane, Adamwicz, Gates, Blake, Grady, CaJacob, Gaither, Halloran. Third Row: Mr. J. Zipprich, S: J., Forrester, H. Whelan, W. Malone, Beckmann, J. Malone, Logsdon, Higgins, Croll. Fourth Row: J. Kanary, T. Lauer, Reed, W. Johnson, Daly, Glynn, R. Malone, Leyland, Mohler. Acolythical Society iy Pee @ Swe Oly Ale S@CIETY. ds-an organization ever active in the school, | since its members serve God daily in the chapel. To add beauty to the divine serv- ices, to assist the priest at the holy sacrifice of the mass, are the aims of the society. | It gives an opportunity for the boys to be united in a closer relationship with the Divine Creator and, as they have often heard, is a privilege that is denied even to the angels. What Catholic boy who has not learned to serve at mass, does not feel a certain emptiness in his heart? The first meeting of the Society, which is under the direc- tion of Mr. Jerome Zipprich, S. J., was called about the second week of school, at which the election of officers took place. John Kanary and Hewitt Whelan were elected president and secretary respectively in the senior division, while Robert For- rester and Edward Glynn were elected to the same offices in the junior division. St. John Berchmans is the patron of the acolytes, and in his honor a symposium was held at one of the meetings during the year. Three seniors read short papers depicting the var- ious phases of serving. Toward the end of the year a picnic was held at Lakewood, MR. J. A. ZIPPRICH, S. J. Michigan on Lake Erie. page thirty =f 40 2 {

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First Row: Coehrs,. Conlisk, Syring, CaJacob,, Barkhart. Second Row: Mr. G. G. Grant, S. J.. Trese, W. Whelan, Mr. G. A. Wallenhorst, S. J., Seybold, McDonough, Logsdon, Mr. J. P. Buschmann, S. J. Third Row: T. Lauer, R. Malone, Burnor, McMillan, R. Johnson. “Merry Madness FTER having presented mystery plays in the past two years, the Masquers' Club of i St. John's this year introduced some variety into its program when it presented the We stellar comedy, ‘Merry Madness.'' Although lacking perhaps the tenseness and in- tricacies of plot which were characteristics of the two previous plays, this year's presentation made up for both with its excellent humor and fine acting by the entire cast. Besides provok- ing almost continuous laughter from the capacity audience, there was also more than the usual amount of depth to the plot, not often found in plays of this type. The success of the play is due largely to the co-directors, Mr. George Wallenhorst, S. J., and John Hurst, who gave much of their time and ability to train the actors in their various parts. The business staff, headed by Mr. Gerard Grant, S. J., also deserves much credit for its part in making ''Merry Mad- ness’ the financial success that it was. Nicholas Seybold and Thomas Trese, as Octavius, and Oliver Semple, were undoubtedly the stars of the play, each turning in an excellent performance and gaining much applause and many laughs from the audience. The other members of the cast, in spite of their less important parts, also performed very ROBERT MALONE. - well and deserve much credit. page tM Rar josie sso ie