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

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I OD GLEE CLUB Somethxng new has been added Tlus phrase could be well used to de crlbe the management of the smgmg orgamzatlon ln St oseph s Colleglate Instxtute th1s year The outstanclmg change appears rn the dlrectorshlp of the Glee Club Mr Murray Speram, formerly a first vlolmlst ln the Buffalo Ph1lharmon1c Orchestra, has assumed that post and, through several performances early ln the year, he has proven hlmself to be a leader who has unusual abxllty and myaluable experlence The ofhce of Preslclent was assumed by My ron Luthrmger, one of the most popular members of the Semor Class who has been a member of the organxzatlon for two years whxle ames Leberer, a junior, was elected XIICC Presldent The posltlon of Llbrarlan was created for the fllxng and preservauon of lxterature and selectxons and that task was competently handled by Neal Farewell Contmulng along the lme of songs from operettas as ln previous years and adding hymns and popular mus1c to 1ts repertolre the Glee Club held an mformal concert for a group of nuns earlv xn February and devoted a great deal of mme to preparanon for the Annual Sprlng Concert Thxs yearly school actlvlty held ln conjunctlon wtth the orchestra has been hxghly successful ln the past and with the pOllClCS and good record of the organlzatlon upheld ln the future th1s tradltxon of good music at St oe s wnll contlnue to recelve the plaudlts of the mUblC lovers of Buffalo Ronan Mucuszswsxr, 47 Hausle Farewell Amelotte Romano Degcnhart Sxgner Brunnlng R Kane Hexnnlng Fxscher 7nd Ron :rd Ron Crnqul 4th Ron Alherl Cascxo Kingston Stexnwachs Nlumbach Best Nlodzelewslcx Hepp Stem Dowd Schuch Tcnello Llndsay Hess Kolb Ynelonlm Kxrsch Meyers Haykel R Kane Rexchlm Suevater Coughhn Tubrndy Hess Gtcss Schuetkler B Blrkmeler Schultz T Chambers Nlxchalslcx Durlcln 5th Ron Bestlne Treanor Barton Glowmslcl Bxrlcmexer Luthtmger Gollbersuch Heubusch Weln furtner Gueth Verel 1astRon Norton Grxfhn Coluccx G Chambers leberer DAm1to Nlnltuszemslcx Van Allen Fvers O Brien Klel

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STUIJENT GUUNGIL Seated Sattler Menge Ketterer Ganey acohx Braun Wlllrg Mlschka Sauter Heftel Bestme Slandmg Palumbo Hoar DAmato Sulltvan McNeil Charlap OConnor Offermann Haren Wennfurtner Measer Lyons Luthrmger Butler Carballada Klaffka Schaefer Sowers Heubusch The somewhat gruellmg task of preservlng order among the students at St osephs Collegxate Insntute IS the duty of some th1rty odd members of the Semor Class The orgamzatxon to which these young men he long IS the Student Councll Semors are appomted to th1s group w1th regard to thelr scholastlc ab1l1ty and the1r general deportment through thelr first three years Early 1n the year, the Student Councll held thelr Hrst meetmg and elected Ken neth Menge to the ofhce of Presmdent The posts of Vxce Presldent and Secretary were recelved by Edward Ketterer and Alan Sattler, respectlvely The Council s chnef funct1on IS to keep order on and around the school premxses Councllors are stat1oned student councllor recelves a hook of summonses, whlch are issued to unruly students When a pupll IS given one of these t1ckets, he reports to the Student Councxl Court whlch meets after school on Thursdays There the malefactor 15 tr1ed by a court conslstnng of student councxlors, supervised by the President of the orgamzatnon The councllor states the nature of the offense and the accused IS gxven a chance to defend hlmself After hear mg the case, the jury gnves a verdxct If the student IS found guxlty, he IS given some work to perform or some selectxon to wrxte The Councll also has other important tasks to perform It IS thelr duty to mamtam order among the students when they walk to the New Cathedral on Flrst Frldays to attend Mass and recexve Holy Commumon At these tlmes, the councllors are stanoned along the route travelled by the students Durmg warm weather, the councxlors are posted ln the courtyard to preserve the demeanor wh1ch lS requtred of every student at the In stxtute The Student Councll was founded ln 1930 hv Rev Brother Phxlxp FSC but dld not assume a definlte program untll 1935 At that tame a const1tut1on was drawn up by a commxttee chosen from the Councll Thls constltutlon was hnally approved by the Pr1nc1pal, Rev Brother Cass1an, FSC , and the Student Councll be came a permanent part of the St oes Student Organlzatxon 87 , , , 3 1 1 I , ' ' , y ' , , , ' - V I ,- y , , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , . . . J , . . . , . . . . . . . in the halls, the gym, the cafeteria, and the locker room during the day to keep order among the students. Each I . , . . .,

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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