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

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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

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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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The Star Night Dancers gather at the lnandstand, Guests at the Star Night Dance at Kleinhans Music Hall. The high spot of the early Spring social season was, of course, the Senior Promenade, the annual event of the school year which manages to attract almost the entire student body. The Mary Seaton Room, so popu' lar with the St. .Ioe's set, was again the scene of this dance which was strictly formal as usual. Dick Lecksell and his orchestra furnished the music as the couples promenaded through the hall in an intricate pattern of twos, fours, eights and twelves. This marked the last large dance before the arrival of Lent. The Annual Sports Night Dinner, begun last year and carried on successfully once more this year, was given at Hotel Statler on February 27th. The magic of Jim Thorpe,s name was great enough to attract a capacity crowd to the Statler for this evening which was another given over to honoring our undefeated foot- ball team. Mr. Thrope's talents as a speaker are commensurate with his abilities as an athlete and his audience sat enthralled as he spoke of the world of sports with which he is so familiar. Another St. -Ioe's annual , the Shamrock Club Banquet was held at Hotel Markeen on March 16th. The banquet was again managed hy the founder of this Celtic organization, Mr. john Barden, with the as- sistance of Myron Luthringer and Francis Cronin. Attesting to the tremendous popularity of this organization whose program also includes a wrestling match and a basketball game for the members. the attendance at this third gathering was the largest yet recorded. For the Seniors, the final dance of the year, The Senior Dinner Dance, which is a closed affair for the graduating class only, was held in May following the Retreat which is given at St. Bonaventure,s College.