St Josephs College and Military Academy - On Parade Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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erha s a year wiser. Perhaps it did not ?how,pbut we thought so, anyhow. This time we knew our way aroun and knew most of the boys, too. In our own estima- tion we were in for a blg time-we were going to show them what could be ac- com lished with so much talent around. Sid friends were found again, endless bull sessions soon brought out all the thin s we had done during the summer, in short, the year started with a bang. This time we knew our wag' around the supzply room, and when the eargent tried to oist any old uniform that came to hand on us, we et out a big enouilh squawk to be heard and have our wls es fulfilled. Our choice, what choice there was, was l t ui ke d b tter. a o q c r an e First among the events of the year was the arrival of Lt. Col. Elmer L. Knight U. S. A., as head of the military staff and P. M. S. 8: T. His arrival pn November 11, 1946 marked the beginning of many im- provements in the ml itary conduct of the school. lt was under his fine direction that Ygllginally made Honor School Rating in Sgt. Frank Richardson, U. S. A., also arrived that fall. He took over the ob of lst. Sgt. on the staff and later took clharge of the Crack Platoon, building up this out- fit into an outstanding organization. Remember when we came back from Christmas vacation and were geeted by that huge mass of canine fur, uke7 Hls full name was Yankee Duke, and he car- ried a pedigree that went back at least to the Mayflower. Duke was a great favorite of the Cadets but his unbreakable habit of wandering off to town for days at a time proved to be his undoing. Duke was AWO so .often that the Rev. President felt thatnhls bad example might have an adverse influence on the boys, so he was sold up the. river: to Catherine that is, where he still remains. So if you're riding through the hills of Catherine some day and meet a.St. Bernard along the way, you'll know lt's Duke. lt was during this year that the Me- morial Gateway was begun in memory of the Alumni and Cadets who took part in World War ll. This was also the first year we used the new tennis courts and skating rink. Some of the students, under direction of the Faculty, had begun to work on leveling of the space for the tennis courts during the late Spring. During the Sum- Father Terence and Duke. mer, the Faculty undertook the ,iob of lay- ing the cement for the courts. The area ll 110 by 114 feet, all in concrete, which contains space for two tennis courts. A six-inch high curbing was built around the court to allow the courts to be flooded m the winter, providing an excellent.skat- ing rink, better than a quarter acre m ex- tent. lf you think back hard enough ypu will remember what trouble we had with the bull -ring. A few' of us even surpassed last ear's records in hours on that lovedy march. They sag. that opportunity raps but once but in t ll case, lt kept on knocking. On the brighter side o the fence we can remember that at last we got a little authority, yes, genuine author- ity. Some of us were Corporals and Ser- eants, - why even a few became Staff Sergeants before the end of the year. This was one of our outstanding years in athletics. The football team was scored upon only once, by Ellis, and that by a fluke. And it was a year to remember for we beat Ha s Hi 28-O! The track team did even better. Spark- ed by Captain John Carlnody, we took the Class A State Championship for the 5 , 1 ia L- wf- i I 5.33.-gangs., '- -'r5',g,v.g:j, -A L Volley ball on the new tennis courts. 63

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aaa .js-Anfon? As we leave St. Joseph's, our profes- sors and our friends, let us go back through our own history and revive a few memories of the days gone by: proof that high school was not so bad after all. FRESHMAN YEAR The calendar tells us that it was Sep- tember 4, 1945, when we, the greenest of the -green the future '49ers, first entered St. oseplifs. There we were, sitting around the East entrance with the ol timers surrounding us. At first we were afraid to talk but soon the ice was broken and everyone tried to talk at once. On that day we met many who later became our close friends, not only for the duration of the school term, but, we believe, for 1 e. Remember when we were issued our uniforms?-oh,, those beautiful, well-fit- ting O. D. uniforms! All of them had to be form-fitting, that isg Kaur form had to fit the uniform. It was t en we learned that the Army has two sizes, Large and Larg- er. Sgt. Adams just said: 'Who cares about a few sizes one way or another? Later on we found out that someone did care: the first officer you met..After a few weeks our uniforms were tailored to fit and we did look pretty sharp at that! Ah, yes, then came the trouble of finding the classrooms. Of course they had numbers on them, but they had them distributed over four floorsg in this wing and that, left and right-well we finally found them, after getting such directions as: Up two floors, down four classrooms, turn right at the left win ,fo left at the third door from the second rinking foun- tain, and it isthe second door riight across the hall. No wonder we all ma e straight A's lfor Absent, that isl the first week. The poor professors fGod bless themll did not say much to us at first, but judging from the wrinkles which developed on their brows they must have been wonder- ing how they ever got such a collection of numb-skulls together in one lplace. Occasionally we had a xttle trouble with the bull rings not much, just a mat- ter of a few hundred hours. We were really such angels! Remember when some- one gave you the first one of your career? x kv 9 an ' . l f ' M 4.4 JA Of course, you objected, but objections have a way of being over-ruled, ou would saly: No, Father, it couldn't ol? been me w o threw that paper wad during Histo Classy absolutely not! - - - You marcheldl Just now a familiar word pops up: 0. D. Whenever that word was yelled, ev- ery action ceased, everythin fell into place. ltnreally seems funny: wghatever we were doing at the time was definitely wrong, no matter what it was, the O. D. woul come along at the critical moment, and . . . well, you know the rest. Life can be so cruel. This was the year we had the good football team, a team which went on the next year to even greater heights. We won all our games that ear except the one with Hays Hi I our old, jinxl. lt was a hard one to. lose but we made up for it in the following Mears. When ay rolled around we felt pret- tg well at home, in fact we knew we had t e whole thing licked. All we wanted was the next year and a chance to show them! SOPHOMORE YEAR Well, we came back a year older and I mu. V -n vw . me - - , Q .11 W1 1,15 A ' ', 'iff ,ai f f ' , X e , ' -5-,,.,':f,'. 5-rgg 'iqif 3. L 'Q' , 'si x -K 1- ,sl . ,, L., i, ,W-LY' - ,N . A. -.- - - . 1 ' fQ'Q:iGsF1'd'f4gf V is rl ., 4 l.l,2sg,. ,QQ ,Q 1 .4 , . - - 1 - li ififilfi' 5 iff-'f lf1'i P - .L f, la iw., Lf KX -Q if 1 . - ..A 0-I Y , 1 . - ,.,. , , - . g I 1 Q 4 , . .V 1.3 . 5,1 , . pq. e, . I Q A . ,a , ' . Inspection at the annual bivouac.

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wen . Jinx' B . Z to burn the Nam afln first time in the history of the school. The beautiful trophy they received is by far the finest on our collection. The school will never forget that year, and neither will we! . JUNIOR YEAR No, we were not going to run the school this year: this time we figured on laying off for a year and giving t e others a chance. Somehow things were not much differ- ent from last year. There were no radical chan es in the- schedule except for the dreaded demerlt system. Oh, those demer- its! Why did we get so many at one tune? Wh did we not realize at the time that hooking a smoke carried six demerits? The hard part of it was that for every one over ten, we had to march an hour in the bull ring. We had to be oh-so-careful now. You were afraid to approach the Bulletin board where the demerit list was kept for fear of finding your own name among the other victims. I guess we were not slick BDO!-I-ith to get .away with anything. e Memorial Gateway was completed and dedicated this year. he names of all the alumni who fought in the war and the names of those who gave their lives for their country are perpetuated on the tow- ers of the Gateway ln large bronze plaques. It is a beautiful and itting me- morlal. The big thing' of the .year was the Re- treat and what .appene during that ex- ercise: the burning of the chapel. Al- though the damage to the chapel was ex- tensive due to smoke and water damage no other damage was done to the rest of the building. Father Terence was partial- li overcome by smoke inhaled in rescuing t e Bl. Sacrament, but he shortly recover- ed. After the chapel was repaired and re- decorated it was more beautiful than ever. . Paul Llrban '40, returned to the .school this year as a teacher ln the Plxllcl de- partment. He had served in the rmy for court years and had reached the rank of a am. P Another high point in the year was the lzlonor School nspection. lt was the first time that we passed all the r uirements satisfactorily. We were ranting a rating of Excellent, and entiged to wear the white star on the sleeve of the uniform. Our thanks are due to Col. Kni ht and his military staff, including Caphi... Weigel, for their untlring efforts in getting us through that inspection. The Year was not outstanding in sports: we lost the annual football game to the lndxans: I guess they were just get- ting their revenge for last year's drubbmg. Basketball was just so-so. The rifle team came through with another trophy and that was about the extent of our athletic prowess for the year. S E N I O R Y E A R When we came back this ,year we somehow felt a little different. his was to be our.last year at St. Joseph's, and we were Seniors, the ones all the rest of the school look u to. We hated to think that this was really the last year, but even the beat of things must some tune come to an en . There were quite a few new improve- ments about the Jalace when we returned, things which ma e life a little more pleas- ant and easier. New lights had been instal- led in the locker rooms, water fountains L. --.J Bishop Thill blesses the new Gateway.