St Josephs University - Greatonian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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REMEMBER WEE . The aggressive spirit for which the Centennial Class was noted in its freshman year began to stir on the first day that the class as a whole gathered in the several classrooms of the College. Reactions to the Sophomore regulations were varied. Some of the class submitted to the rules and could be seen wearing their maroon ties and dinks and one trouser leg rolled up while they carried their books in a basket. Some impc-rsonated upperclassmen. Others were more open in their rebellion, but Father Buckley, then discipline chief, made it clear that the freshmen, individually or collectively, were not permitted force- ful rebellion. Legislation did what force could not do, The day following the election of Larry Dietrich, Bill Cunningham, Paul Ackerman, Edward Gormley and Eugene Ahern as temporary class representatives, agitation was begun in the Student Council for modifi- cation of the Freshman Regulations. Their efforts were successful to an extent, and some modihcations were made. Balloting for class officers in early November was preceded by several hectic weeks of campaigning by Eve rival parties. Larry Dietrich's GORPS placed their candidates in ofiice by electing Larry, president, Paul Ackerman, secretaryg and Gene Ahern, treas- urer. The Coalition party, a dark horse in the campaign, came in second and elected their presidential candidate, Edwin Maginnis, vice-president. The success of the Snow Ball demonstrated the organizational ability of the GORP leader and his party whips. Chairmen Daniel Storey and Jeremiah O'Brien engaged George Summers' orchestra to play and the class turned out en masse. Proceeds topped the nearest previous mark by 3400. Class activities were not the only concern of the men of '51, Dennis Clark was appointed delegate to the fifth NFCCS Congress with Ray Brogan as alternate. Jack Ivers was the congress' publicity manager. The first college year ended as it began-in a rush of activity. In a campaign that was FIELD HOUSE ST JOSEPHS COLLEGE emit ci. amor ,L JOHNMSSRAIN A w7fC7 GNGWEEH BUILDEP,

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more hectic than the November electioneering, the GORPS put jim Duffy, Bill Byron, and jerry O'Brien in office as president, secretary, and treasurer. The Coalition party again gained the vice-president post for their candidate, Ray Clfun. Sophomore year began with the former rebels wielding the whip over the new fresh- men. Under the direction of Bill Cunningham the new Vigilantes ruthlessly crushed several rebellions and hauled individual rebels before kangaroo courts where biased judges and juries and prejudiced defense attorneys found the culprits guilty. In February Bill Byron played the lead in Front Page and jack Ivers was named chairman of the first Philadelphia regional NFCCS Congress which was held at the College in early April. In May, jack Ivers and Ray Brogan represented Saint joseph's at the sixth national congress of the NFCCS in Chicago. Upon his return to Philadelphia, Jack was elected president of the Philadelphia region for the school year '49-'50, In the class elections, held in early May, john Grayum, the GORP candidate, edged Fred Smith by five votes for the office of class president. Fred became vice-president and GORP men Art jones and jerry Holleran were elected secretary and treasurer. Walt Dombkoski started the junior year's activity by signing Ray McKinley's band for the junior Prom after out-maneuvering the agent of the famed Meadowbrook. Financial arrangements were in the hands of the ticket committee chairman, Bill Hoath, and patron committee chairman, jim Duffy. Frank Nealon directed the publicity and decoration chief Ray Gallagher made the Clover Room of the Bellevue look like 2. formal garden after rental arrangements were made by Bill O'Brien. Class elections in the middle of junior Week provided a full program of activity for the class during April and early May. Six candidates Hled nominations for the office of Student Body President. The result of the election, held on May 5, showed that Dan Shields had prevailed over his fellow ofhce seekers: jack Ivers, jack Lister, Phil McKeaney, Hugh McCaffery, and joe Brady. jim Duffy was elected class president for the second time, having held the office in Sophomore year. jim, running as an independent candidate, defeated the Centennial and Peachee parties' candidates, Ed Gormley and Fred Perone. Gormley became vice- president and his running mates, Paul McSorley and Ed Spencer defeated the Peachee candidates Dick Possenti and George Callahan to become the class's secretary and treasurer. Junior Week began with Mass and Holy Communion on Monday, May 1. A banquet was held at the Broadwood on that evening, judge Bartholomew Sheehan, '27,X was the guest speaker. Postponement of the faculty-junior softball game from Tuesday until Friday because of wet grounds gave the faculty the needed time to develop the winning combination that defeated the juniors 8-7. v