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

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JOHN LENSKI CHARLES McINTOSI-I S NIORS Improvements Made on the Grounds There were quite a few improvements around the place that year. New lights had been installed in the locker rooms, drinking foun- tains had sprung up on the drill field and tennis courts, the handball courts were finally com- pleted. At first, few were interested in hand- ball, for it was something new. The tennis team began to use the courts for pralcticeg then sev- eral of the faculty began to play and the inter- est of the 'Cadets wias finally aroused. Now it is one of the more popular sports. Tennis was organized as an intramural sport and 'an elim- ination contest was held just before the close of the second term. And we were looking forward to becoming juniors. JOHN LENSKI .... . . . . . . Iola, Ks. Journal: Yeambook: Glee Olulb. CHARLES McINTOSH . . ..... . . . Hays, Ks. Crack Platoon: Boxing: N R A. ALFRED MICEK ....... . . . Atwood, KS. Football: Track. , J - ALFRED MICEK R Lenski and Patzell lforegroundl and Robben and James lend a hand with the ditchdigging. 5. .n x 1' .33 .

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SENICRS State Champions in Football The 1948 football campvaign will long be re- membered at St. Joseph's for it was the first time we had achieved the state championship. The team went through the season undefeated and then took Lawrence, the defending state champion, in the first annual Sunflower Bowl game on Thanksgiving day. Besides taking the mythical state championship, Marion Schmidt was chosen to the all-state team as co-captain, and Bob Fluker received an honarable mention. We also took the trophy as winners of the now- defunct Union Placific League. The basketball season was an anti-climax. After losing 18 out of 19 starts in the regular season, the Cadets went to the Regional finals where they were downed by Russell who went on to take the state crown. Three games to our credit that year, but we got a trophy! HAROLD JAMES ........... Carlsbad, N. Mex. Journal: Yearbook, Flag Detail: Decorating: Glee Club: Crack Platoon. RICHARD KLUGE .............. Topeka, Ks. Basketball: Football: Track: Crack Platoon: Decorating: Journal. LEROY KLAUS ....... . . . . . . . . . Hays, Ks. Glee Olub: Crack Platoon: Boxing. HAROLD JAMES RICHARD KLUGE Looks like Kluge made an A on his test. LEROY KLAUS

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S IORS Juniors Begin to Make the Grade When September rolled around we found that we were finally in line for ua few commis- sions and promotions, with a little say-so in the corps. We even had the privilege of 'attending the military balls and dating girls without vio- lating the military standards. We finally got our turn to tell off the freshmen and sopho- mores: we really felt good about it. New Recreation Center Begun The Number One event of the year Was the beginning of the new Recreation Center. For years the school has felt the need for better facilities for recreation, especially for the boarders. Then, too, the bvasketball floor left much to be desired: it was small and the audi- torium held only afbout a thousand spectators. The new building was to have 'a large, regula- tion basketball court, recreation rooms, bowling alleys, swimming pool, exercise gym, wand had provisions for the military offices and music de- partments. It was, indeed, the beginning of a dream come true. THOMAS PETTIT ..... . . ....... Topeka. Ks. Yearbook: Journal: Crack Platoon: Basketball. IRVIN PFANNENSTIEL ............ Hays, Ks. Crack Platoon: Rifle Team: N R A: Football: Glee Club: Track. THOMAS PITNER ............... Colby, Ks. Football: Track: Boxing: Decorating. gi 1 can , , .af , , 1 , f V qw - .- ,JN - ,' , l wil .1-mm THOMAS PETTIT u URM 2 . V , . 53? ' lv l A f '-1 . '-ggi A f t J ia: ft' 1 --35:13 5 , 2 I ' ' 'v A .Z , :7.' .fs .4 '. '- 5 ' A ,, ..:. My 'T . ,,.,, ,N 27. . ,- W- 4.1, Q., The chemistry class turned ditchdiggers for a day. IRVIN PFANNENSTIEL' THOMAS PITNER pf! f ' A :. ple H kb uno- ' f