St Josephs Collegiate Institute - Star Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Q. IIELIGIIIUS ACTIVITIES THE LEGION OF DECENCY .Muzledz Sowers. Xweinheimer, Luthringer. Car- halladn. Schifiler, WR-infiirtner. .S!iniJiiig.' Sanders, lhlumhach, lN'lcNutt. Hett- rich. Signer. Kane. Helter. Newton, Under the moderatorship of Rev. Brother C. Clement. l5.S.C., the entire spiritual activities schedule was mapped out in the latter part of I9-15. Among these activities were the Annual School Retreat and the task of emphasizing to the students the importance of supporting the missions through the Archconfraternity of the Divine Child, of which the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade is a unit, This year, the Retreat, covering the week of Octoher lst. was directed hy Rev. Rohert Gill. O.IVI.I.. in conjunction with the parish youth directors who assisted him in his important assignment hy giving nightly instructions. These talks were followed hy Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Father Gill was enthusiastically received hy all those making the Retreat hecause of his straightforward, friendly manner and his genuine interest in hringing out to them the importance of this character-forming period of a young man's life. Each day, after giving his talks to the two groups of students, he heard con- fessions and then conducted the lienediction of the Blessed Sacrament, In those regular periods when a class had neither an instruction nor Benediction scheduled, pamphlets were provided to comply with the customary Retreat practice of spiritual reading. These pamphlets treated all the main prohlems and questions which young men usually encounter in this most difficult part of life. During the four days of the Retreat. the students assisted at the Holy Sacrifice of the lVlass in their own parishes and, after the school portion of spiritual study, attended in a hody the religious talk hy the respective Catholic Youth Council directors and received another Benediction to end the day. At the close of the Re- treat. Brother C. Clement termed the results as excellent and joined those who took part in the exercises in expressing his gratitude to Father Gill. In many large centers all over the country, rallies and pageants were sponsored hy the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade in their continuous drive for the support of missions and missionaries. National Crusade Conventions gave hundreds of thousands of Catholics the opportunity to meet outstanding missionary leaders and see exhihits of the work these men are doing throughout the world, f the , V C body 3' one 0 C NTTY OF THE DIVTINE G my addresses tkgjgtditxidgigwiedcf and Brother y 1 R h e . t 1 ARCHCOlX4T'RATECH1liD mo Clark. mt?i?ilyNCSlVIC meetings 15 Schililer. PaulY- D Am i Clemem look on' fia ' . Ti A if ,TI si . V ,. .1

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ORCHESTRA As lf COI'l1plCl'6S IIS SLlCCCSSfLll Veal' under the capable dll'6s.I1OIl of Mt' Carl Ef b Buehler and Brother Albert FSC the Orchestra now boasts almost ty mem ers A number of the members are boys who had no musxcal traxnmg prror to entermg St f B hl r durm school oes they were glven the fundamentals of music by Pro essor ue e g d The Orchestra xtself devoted two afternoons a week after school to mastery perxo s of the mstruments Thelr ch1ef currlcular functron was to provlde a major portlon hl f of fl16 EI'1fCI'C3.lI'lI'l'19I'lI at ITIOSI of the school 3SS6IT1bllCS and at Il1E mont Y SESSIONS O the Archconfraternlty of the DIVINE Chlld At the annual elect1on of ofhcers, oseph Sannella of the current graduating class l d resrdent It was through oes efforts that a group of school muslcxans was eecte p played at all football and basketball games ASSlSIlhg hmm were Robert Schaefer as lc f VlC6 Presldent and Ernest Sweet of the umor Class as Secretary The tas handhng all sheet music and lnstruments was glven to ohn Kerwm whlle Raymond Sercu handled the organlzatlons hnances A r cent meetmg of the Cathohc MUSIC Educators Assoclatron the Orchestra t a e rendered Beethoven s Contra Dances and BIZCIS Agnus De: Both selectlons were well celved b the gathermg of musxc lovers The Orchestra also performed admlrably re y at several of the Parent Teachers Assoclatlon meetlngs durrng the year At the end of the year the Orchestra Jolned wlth the Glee Club to offer 1ts annual concert at Klemhans Musrc Hall and the record crowd testrhed to the popularlty of thls orgamza tlon both ln and out of St oseph s Colleglate Instltute I R Gu llelmo W1hl Krlegler P Sanella Dickenson Webster Eagan it mv g ll Alb B Kieffer D Kieffer 'na' Row Lombxrd Sweet Tarwe a 1 hl rd Ixon Flock Sowers Schedi Boyd Sannella Coug In lzt Run Sercu C1rb1ll1d1 Schiefer Terrana Kerwln

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Here at St. .loseph's, our C. S. M. C. Unit has brought to our assemblies leaders who have instructed and advised students on vocations to the missionary life and have narrated their own experiences in this type of work. At the first assembly, Brother C. Clement, moderator of this Unit of the Archconfraternity of the Divine Child, introduced the 1945-46 oflicers, joseph D'Amato, Donald Pauly, Robert Clark and William Schifiler. He included a brief outline of the organization's spiritual, sacrificial and educational activities for that period in which are included the monthly meetings of the Crusade members. Financial support from the students came in the form of voluntary contributions made to the Unitis representatives in each class. The funds thus collected during the year were employed to promulgate the propagation of Christian principles. LEGION OF DECENCY Among the most important of the extra-curricular activities at St. Joseph's is the scholastic unit of the Legion of Decency. This organization was inaugurated to stem the tide of indecent movies and to maintain a vigilant front against any corruptive influences of the screen. The work of the unit in accomplishing its motives has brought superlative commendation. Because it shields them from any possible moral danger on the screen, the Legion is an indispensable element in the Christian training of the students. The chief func- tion of the unit is the classification of the weelcly programs of all local theaters. A directory containing the names of all the theaters throughout the city is posted on the school bulletin board. This guide enables the students to use proper discretion in choosing their weekly entertainment. All students are members of the society and consequently are pledged to attend only those movies which are approved for general patronage. Working in close cooperation with the Permanent Committee on Public Decency, the Society also has an envied record in its campaign against impure literature. The success of the school chapter is a tribute to its officers, President Myron Luthringer, Vice-President Richard Carballada, Secretary William Schifliler, and Treas- urer Donald Pauly. The untiring efforts of these young men has merited the praise and gratitude of the students and for good reason, since their membership in this society most closely touches their daily lives. WILLIAM DEGENHART, '46 Kerwin and McGrath 5 du erve rmg the Retreat S . tamed glass windows new Chapel- of the Farber Gill, OEM I '- JQL gllest R 'J i erred! Master. Li as P