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

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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.

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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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had sprung up on the drill field and ten- nis courts, and the hand-ball courts were finall finished. Hand-ball was somethmf new here: at first few were mtereste , then the tennis team began uslngfhe walls for practice and then interest lnally be- gan to pick up, so that now dyou can.go out at almost any free perio and find several ames in ro ess. By this time Nii. .fdhn Lang, the cam- us caretaker, had finally lai the last Erick of the new parking airon in front of the school. He did the wor . of five men and it took him only fifteen times as long. This parking apron made the front of the building much neater in appearance be- sides providing a place to qlark a car so that it would not sink into t e mud up to the axles. . We again had some new members on the faculty: Father Anselm and Captain Schmal. Fr. Anselm came to the school and took over as Assistant Dean of Dis- cipline. He was a great help to Fr. Paul- inus because . . . well, we did get into trouble once in a while! Captain Schmal, Assistant P. M. 5. 8x T., had previously served overseas before coming to St. Jos- eph's as regrlacement for Captain Wei el. Remem er that famous mixer we gad along about December, that one which got us into so much trouble? You should hard- ly foriet that one for it was the last one we ha for a long time. Of course we had it coming to us for you must admit that if aaa get s miie wila. This year produced one of the greatest football teams ever to come from St. Jos- eph's. The team went through the season undefeated, then took Lawrence the de- fending State Cham ion in the iiirst An- nual Sunflower Bowl, game on Thanks iv- mg day. They'll be talking about aut game for years to come. Besides taking the mythical State Championship, Marion Schmidt made the All State Team as Co- captam, and Bob Fluker won an Honor- able Mention. We also took the last trophy of the now-defunct U. P. l..eague. And the sweetest .thing of the season was the scalp- mg administered to our old Indian Jinx: Hays HI. The basketball season was an anti-cli- max. After losing 18 out of 19 games, the Cadets went through to the Re xonal Fm- als where they were defeated my Russell who went on through to the State Cham- pionship. 3 games to our credit for the year, but we won a trophy! ,Tam- Last, but definitel not least was the s lendid rifle team. The trip to boonville, lac., proved to be an eventful one since they brought home two of the finest tro- hies in our collection. The team won the Midwest Camp Perry Rifle Match Grand Championship competing against schools and universities from 28 states. Besides the trophies they also won some fourteen medals. The teams also won third in the Hearst and second in the Fifth Army ln- tercjlzuegaate Nflatcfles. steal champs! th e lg sc oo un erta in or e gear. was the Xroduction of the Choral assign Play. chorus of 75 voices, the combined Cadet and G. C. H. S. Glee clubs, teamed with a group of actors from both schools to present a beautiful version of the Passion and Death of Christ in the form of choruses and.tableaux. A narrator ex- plained the action while the music was furnglhed by an organ especially installed or e occasion. While other events transpired, we will have to close now, as mth tears in our eyes we say: God bless and keep you, Alma Mater. That famous mixer.