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

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BUILDING FUND DRIVE On the night of Pridav. September 21. inaugurating the schooI pep raIIies, Rev. joseph E. Schieder, in an inspiring speech. announced the pIans for the opening of a campaign to raise funds with which to huild a new St. Ioeis. Setting the opening dav of the drive for No- vemher 20 and naming 52UlI.0UU.U0 as its goal. Iiather Schieder whipped the student hodv into such a state of wiId enthusiasm that anyone witnessing this. our first pep raIIv of the vear. knew instantIv that the drive couId not fail. I9oIIowing the puhhc announcement of the drive. Father Schieder received a Ietter of endorsement from His ExceIIencv john If O'Hara. CSC.. D.D.. Bishop of the I5ufIaIo Diocese. The campaign received simiIar tokens of encouragement from Governor Thomas E. Dewev and the I'-IonorahIe 'Ioseph Kellv, then INIavor of I5uIIaIo. IfIeinhans IX'Iusic HaII was the scene of a mammoth raIIv on the night of Novemher I5 which inaugurated the I5uiIding Ifund. INIore than two thousand Iive hun- dred peopIe were present in the INIusic I-IaII as BiIIv Keaton of XVEISR, the IN'Iaster of Ceremonies for this gaIa affair. introduced various ceIehrities and IocaI night cIuh acts. The following Sundav. the corps of several thousand workers Iwegan a canvass of all the parishes in the Dio- cese of I3uIIaIo. Uuring the next two weeks. Committee Chairmen and workers settIed down to work as thev unseItishIv gave their time to make the drive a success. Two weeks after the cIose of the drive. our GeneraI Chairman. Father Schieder. announced that the cam- paign had netted seventv-tive per cent of its quota and that we had everv reason to In-Iieve that we would reach the one hundred per cent mark after the donations of the Iarger industriaI concerns had Iaeen reaIized. Cn their grand dispIav of cooperation. the facuItv and the students express their heartfelt thanks and grati- tude to the men and women who comprised the organi- zation of the I3uiIding Fund. and. especiaIIv. to Father Schieder and his ahIe assistant. INIr. -Iohn Harden. who worked together rirelesslv so that we couId reaIize our goaI. Dr. RahlII. Dr. Lyons. judge Yeager and Father Schieder discuss pIans. I gtidosephs Iiisliiuic BUILDING FUND HEADQUARTERS Campaign Nov 20 fu Nov30 kr 200.000. Headquarters at the IVIarIcet Arcade in dOXW'I1IOUYn ISIIHHIO. . SK Uosephis CoIIeP.1ate Institllff In Kenmore The I'r0P05f'tI ND D I ' Y' fi . . V' f ix Lfffixtg V1 V, .. .. A5 4 sa- . 1 ' D. ii ' 53 g?IV'3- Ati.-so fd nqilnu in ggrk .2 i 4 ,, .wfa ll 53 gr-. -1 '-'Z . ,,,'2g,7 4' W - W -M 2:1 V g is 3315 !. ,Ld it I 4, J F Q, S jx W, . .. .,f2 -, J -Qs:-fr I - s I sk '

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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

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an 6.4 4 X r 7 ... an . .. 5, , Q if 1, t eal'a': M . ' and IVi1ster54::es H'Ck9Y, Come-rford, Diebold Lich The Ermylfi W . . tenthaI. Pettie, Borowiak einfurtner, Sauter, Lurhringer K S , err, Owns M. i lkuszewskj SIIGIIIL ACTIVITIES As an often weIcome relief from the routine of the classroom, St. joseph's CoIIegiate Institute provided the student hody and, on occasion, the faculty with some extra curricular amusements which were designed to prove amusing and diverting to aII. The gigantic task of raising money in the interests of a new school did, quite naturaIIy, cause severaI of the usuaI social events to he canceIIed or at Ieast postponed untiI the second semester while the BuiIding Fund Cam ai n was bein carried on. For the first time in man ears, the Dramatic Societ' did not resent its an- P g g Y I I P nuaI Ia on Thanks ivinv Eve hut the disa ointment at fore oin this eneraII aIa event was for otten P Y g 5 g g g Y g g with the prospect of a new huiiding. The eve of Thanksgiving, though Iacking the pIay, was still utiIized to the hest advantage for the Foot- haII Dance. This festive event was the first of severaI to fete our unconquered pigskin squad and an unusuaIIv Iarge crowd attended the dance held in the newIy redecorated Knights of Columhus Auditorium. This dance. now to be an annual affair, was run hy the Senior CIass in pIace of the customary FaII Skating Party. Despite the New Years' Eve-in-Times Square atmosphere around the checIcroom, the guests managed to Iaunch our social season on its way. The music was supphed, in the modern manner, hy Art Schaefiefs Rlfkflllll-ATIS. Not to he outdone during the festive hoIidav season, St. Josephs CoIIegiate Institute sponsored The Star Night Dance on the night of Decemher 29th for the henefit of the yearhook. In the shadow of a gigantic Christmas tree overIooIcing the hedecked Mary Seaton Room of KIeinhans Music I-IaII, over two hundred coupIes danced to the music of Tone CarnevaIe's orchestra. This event. coming as it did at the cIimax of the YuIetide period, was among the more coIorfuI and gIittering sponsored hy the school during this active year. 93