St Josephs University - Greatonian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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1934 THE GREATONIAN The Ring Committee THERE are many reminders of the four short years spent in college-acquired knowledge is gratefully realized and lasting friendships are highly cherished. But, since athletic sweaters and Junior blazers lose their usefulness, photographs fade and social programs yel- low with time, all these soon become sentimentalities. The sole memento of college life, that is at once tangible and unchanging, is the ring. lt is a difficult task to choose a ring that is both appropriate to the occasion and pleasing to the student. l-lence, a Ring Committee is necessary, To each mem- ber and especially to the Chairman, Joseph A. Cornely, do we owe our thanks for their happy selection, This ring now becomes our mark of identification, whereby all alumni, present and future, will recognize us as their collegiate brothers. A sparkling stone, with its encircling band of letters, is set deeply in the face- of the ring, Each broad shank holds a picture of the tower with a monster hawk, wings spread wide, perched on the topmost spire. The class numerals and the col- lege seal appear to the right and left of each tower. Across the breast of each hawk, there flourishes a brilliantly lettered ribbon-1 ee-- mens agitat molem balancing the name of the particular school of individual graduation. Seventy-three

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THE GREATONIAN 1934 IN MEMORIAM JOHN RIDGWAY NULTY Born-September 2, l9I3 Died -- April 22, i935 IQEQUIESCAT IN PACE JOSEPH JAMES WIACEK 965 Lomberton Street , Trenton New Jersey BS, in Biology , St. Mory's Cothedrol High School Trenton, New Jersey Activities: Sodolity, l, 4. JOE is one of those quiet fellows-reticent, ex- tremely so. They soy thot still woterg run deep, Joe. We believe them ir- iii l... T' rr Seventy-two

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THE GREATONIAN 1934 The Senior Ball USIC soft, music sweet, music softly sweet--fthe Senior Ball of l934! The Bellevue with age-old traditions! l-eo Reisman of world-wide recognition! Soft lights and sweet music! Memorable occasion! The Senior Ball, presented by the departing Class on Easter Monday evening, April the second, of this year, was one of the most entrancing affairs that the Col- lege ever offered. lt was preceded by months and weeks and days of intensive pub- licity with Thomas Galbally, as Chairman of an enthusiastic Committee that dared all and did all, conducting a campaign of appeal that resorted to every known device ranging from a torrent of posters to a miniature broadcasting station There were bill-boards and floaters, handbills and stickers, letters, speeches, and voices, all with the one keynote, Come to the Senior Ball l They came. Through the regal portals of the Belle- vue on that night poured a stream of immaculately dressed and stunningly gowned couples, lured from the gloom of the streets into the bewildering delights of a festooned ballroom. Soft, rhythmic notes! The lurer, Leo Reisman. The Freshmen were there, trying desperately to look blase but nervously fussing with ties that always seemed to be slipping anchor, worrying about unruly hair and exposed collar buttons. After the first half hour they ceased to care'-ethe night was too short, Came thg- Sophomores, listening with critical ear to the soft strains of the orchestras, smiling in commendaton and makina Leo Reisrnon mental notes for the future, Everyone spoke highly of Seventy- four