St Josephs Academy - Twin Towers Yearbook (Collegeville, IN)

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Climaxing weeks of preparation and drilling the homecoming celebration became a reality beginning the evening of October 31 with a bonfire, centering around a football game between Fort Wayne Cen¬ tral Catholic and St. Joseph’s Academy, and ending with a victory dance. The rally on the eve of the game is one to be long remembered. The effigy of a Fort Wayne player was riotously beheaded in a guillotine by the co-capt ains of the football team, as the cheers, speeches and promises all blended into the color and glory of the evening. After inspiring talks by coaches and players ' the bonfire, largest in campus history, was kindled. omecomincf Fort Wayne and St. Joseph’s proved fairly well matched in the homecoming game, St. Joe was able to claim the deciding factor. It was Jerry Diver, who delivered the deciding drop kick in the 7-6 en¬ counter. Last, but far from least was the Homecom¬ ing Victory Dance held at the Hazelden Country Club. Both the young couples and the faculty chaperones considered the evening, climaxed by the selection of homecoming queen and the presentation of souve¬ nir footballs, a great success. Thus, St. Joseph’s Academy homecoming festivi¬ ties passed with a most appropriate and beautiful swan song. Page sixty-seven

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Standing, left to right—L. Rossi, C. Russell, R. Lamkin, L. Hess, E. Hartlage, A. Cantieri, L. Evans, J. Raster, R. Nolan, R. Woodcock. Kneeling, left to right—J. Diver, co-captain, Richard Scharf, coach, D. Kasperan, co-captain. (f ciishetlad Not to be outdone by previous records, the Puma Cubs took to the hardwood to once again bring home a series of victories. With only two returning lettermen, Coach Scharf built a fast moving team of new and capable material. The greatest victory of the season was the winning of the Kankakee Valley trophy for the second consecutive year. The best contested game of the season was the Rensselaer-St. Joe thriller in the Sectional Tournament. The Puma Cubs have fought long, hard, and clean to establish their record—a record of which they are justly proud. S. J. A., 25; FAIR OAKS, 42 St. Joseph’s Academy Pumas began their season by losing a poorly contested game to Fair Oaks, 42 to 25. The Pumas did, however, get off to a fine start, but were unable to hold the pace. S. J. A., 32; MORGAN PARK, 27 On the lower end of a 10 to 18 point score at halftime, St. Joe, with Johnny Raster scoring 12 points, came back to beat Morgan Park Military Academy by 5 points. S. J. A., 39; BROOK, 41 Next on the Puma schedule was the traditional rival, Brook. Despite the Pumas’ 5 point lead throughout the game until the last quarter, they nevertheless lost. It was Jerry Diver’s night as he scored 14 points in the encounter. S. J. A., 59; KNOX, 52 Traveling to Knox the Pumas won what was probably the roughest game of the season, 45 fouls being called, by a score of 59 to 52. S. J. A., 48; SACRED HEART, 30 Sacred Heart of Indianapolis was no match for the Cubs. 21 points were scored by A1 Cantieri, who showed con¬ siderable skill throughout the game. Page sixty-nine