St Josephs University - Greatonian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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A RACKWARD GLA CE The Minstrel, on Wednesday evening, was the high- light of the week. Under the direction of Bill Byron the faculty was bombasted for over three hours. The Slater System received its share of lampooning as did the office force. The week's activities closed with the President's rece - tion on Sunday afternoon, May 7. During the buffgt supper the candidates' for membership in the ASN were announced. junior recipients of the honor were, Bill Byron, Ray Chun, Dennis Clark, jim Duffy, jack Ivers, and jack Li-ster. The Centenary Class consolidated its efforts in its sen- ior year. Early in October Carl Mazzicone was selected for the lead in the Cap and Bells fall producction The Skin of Our Teeth. Ray Chun organized and became the first president of the Shaffery Biological Society. Ray Brogan and jack Ivers took over the management of the Hawk, and Dennis Clark handled the editorial policies of the Crimson and Gray In early November class president jim Duffy appointed Marty Lowe editor of the Greatonian and erry OBrien and joe Brady as business managers. The College Sodalities were reorganized in November. A central council was organized to coordinate the activi- ties of the four class groups. Dick Darlington, senior Sodality president, was the president of this body and Frank Althoff was named secretary. The senior sodality was represented on the council by its other officers, Lou Duffy, vicce-presidentg Ed Spencer, secretaryg and Dan Yates, treasurer. The success of the Senior Ball was due to the efforts of jerry Holleran and his committee. Responsibility for the several sub-committees lay in the hands of john Moran, jerry O'Brien, Lou Duffy, Frank Kelley, Bill Hoath and Torn Cairns. ln April the ofiicial notice of the selection of fifteen

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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

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RECALL l Wl o' Who Among Students seniors for inclusion in tie 1 s Of American Universities and Colleges was made known. The seniorsg Jack Ivers, Ray Chun, Dennis Clark, Ray Bf0gnn, jack Lister, Mike Stack, Ed Spencer, joe Rogers, Lou Duffy, Art jones, jim Duffy, Dan Shields, jerry A ' ' 1 rs lf d Holleran, Zack Grayum, and jerry O Brien, were e ccte On a basis of scholastic participation, and service to the College, ln April the national scientific fraternity Sigma P1 mem Sigma, installed a chapter in the College. Charter n - bers in the honor society from the Class of '51 were Zack d hn Magsam On May 3 Grayum, John Coburn, an ,Io . . , Joseph Feighan was awarded a medal by the American Institute of Chemists for outstanding qualities of leader- ship, character, and scholarship in the field of chemistry. ' I I - 'ld ' tle Memorial .Commencement exercises were hc in 1 Fieldhouse on Sunday, June lorh, thus closing another chapter in the lives of the Class of '5l.