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

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SENICR Receive Honor School Rating It meant a lot of hard work, but it was worth it to get the Honor School rating. Many were the hours that were spent in cleamnil our rifles and in shining our brass and shoes. verythlng had to be perfect. t n . This was the year 1n which the demerit sys- tem was inaugurated. From the howls of the older men we soon understood that it meant something rough, and indeed it was. Many were the hours the boys tramped down the weeds around the drill field. How Well we remember the names being called off for dpenalty drillers to report to the O. D. on Satur ay mornings at 9:00. Sometimes our names were called off: and if we were lucky, they were not. Good Year for Athletics . The football team did quite well that year, winning five and losmlg two, one'of the losses being to our arch-r1va s, H3375 High. The B team had a little better recor , winning fobur out of five. In basketball the season was fair the Cadets winning nine, losing seven. The high- llght of the season came with the athletic ban- guet, at which Johnny LuJack, ot Notre Dame ame, was the guest sgeaker. The rifle team, un- er the coaching of Capt. Welglel, was outstanding. That year they won anot er third place Hearst Trophy. But the event that pleased both coach and sharpshoot- ers was the two-tune beating of the University of Wichita team which boasted of having one of the best rifle teams in the country. The team also attended the three-day Midwest Camp Perry Matches at Boonville, Mo. ELDON BIEKER . . . . . . . .... . . Hays, Ks. Glee Club: N R A: Choir. PATRICK DONOGHUE . . . . . . Mattoon, Ill. Crack Platoon. 1 BRANSON GOETZ . . . . . . .... . . Fowler, Ind. Journal: Yearbook: Boxing. I NM .1 'ff mam' I li 1 1 EIJDON BIEKER PATRICK DONOGHUE Father Brice is in charge of the canteen. BRANSON GOETZ

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or IVAN GOTTSCHALK HARLAND GRABBE SENICRS Excitement During Retreat The annual retreat is supposed to be a time of quiet and reflection, but this year's proved to bring with it a lot of excitement. The lec- tures were held in the -auditorium because of the lack of seating capacity in the chapel. At the end of the lecture on the second morning, we were moved out of the building immediately by way of the north stairs, and we wondered what had happened. On arriving at the drill field we soon found out: clouds of smoke were billowing out of the chapel windows. The local fire department was fast 'at work trying to quench the ablaze, and people were running hither and yon. When the fire was brought un- der control it was found that the greatest dam- age had been caused by the smoke and that the fire had been confined to the sacristy. The main loss was to the vestments and the sacristy cup- board. Father Terence was partially overcome by smoke when he rescued the Blessed Sacrif- ment, but he soon responded to a few shots of Penicillin. After the cha-pel was re-decorated it was more beautiful than ever. Before long May was here and we had suc- cessfully passed our first year of high school. IVANGOTTSCHALK.............Hays,Ks. Football: Boxing: Rifle Club: Journal: Yearwbook: Crack Platoon. HARLAND GRABBE . . . . . . . . . . . . Hays, Ks Football: Basketball: Boxing: Track. RAMON HORINEK ......... . . . . Atwood, Ks. Football: Track: Rifle Team: N R A: Boxing: Fencing: Basket- ball. . RAMON HORINEK Food is good no -matter where you get it.