St Martins High School - Samahi Yearbook (Lacey, WA)

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QYWF QF' First row-LeRoy, Connolly, Shryne, Zintheo, Sweeney. Second row-Golden- berger, Lee, Finch, Mayes, Heye, H., Arnold. Third row-Wells, Bergh, MacMillan, Wisniewski, Tuttle, Heye, E., Lamm. DAY STUDENTS There is a term used in St. Martin's vernacular which we have tried to change probably ever since the college began. In vain have all sought for a new name be- fitting those members of the student body who daily travel to and from their homes- it always ends up Day Dogs. Before the war, a large percentage of the students, sometimes half of them, were day students. The courtyard was filled with cars ranging from model T's to the latest in automobile fashions. Now only a few ears make their way over the hill. The ma- jority of the day students travel to and from school on the bus, chauffeurcd by Ed Kennish. This colorful group of students from Olympia, Lacey, Nisqually and Fort Lewis has shown great interest in sports, social activities and scholastic duties. Valuable to the Ranger football squad were Ben Goldenberger, Bill Wisniewski, Ron Macmillan, George Lawson and Ken Mallory. The remainder formed an intramural football team led by Dave Sweeney. They formed their own basketball five, the Columbian Squires, playing the varsity second team and other local teams. Social activities were taken care of by the Day Dog Activities Club headed by Dave Sweeney, president, Jack Connolly, vice-president, and Jerry Lamm, secretary- treasurer. The club raised a fund to have a mass offered each month for the St. Martin's alumni in the service. Keeping up the scholastic prestige of former years, Shryne, Lamm and Wisniewski were consistent Honor Roll students. To add to their accomplishment, most of these young men helped themselves through school by working after school and on Saturdays. Dave Sweeney and Jerry Lamm, graduating Day Dogs, were editor and sports editor, respectively, of the Martian Dave also took over in putting out the sports section of the Ranger Crossbow. Hats off to an integral cog in the St. Martin's student body, the non-resident stu- dents, or, as they themselves would be called, the Day Dogs.

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xfi Front row-Schryne, Philip Eckroth, Savio, Koreski, Landeis, Emerich . Second row-Keene, Bosserman, Bouson, Walker, Provo, Traynor, Feucht. Third row -Peter Eckroth, Denton, Baer, Benefiel, Aigner, Baxter. Top row-Wisniewski, Bird, Mallon, Monda and Lamm. THE HONOR ROLL St. lVlartin's students have many interests they may strive to attain athletic greatness or social distinction, but all of them hope sometime or other to become members ot' that very exclusive membershipfthe Honor Roll. To acquire listing there much consistent and efficient work must be done. A B grade average must be main- tained and this not too easy. Grading standards here are high, and one has to do real study to get on the Honor Roll. The junior class has been the outstanding scholastic unit in the school. During the year. eleven of its twenty-five members reached the coveted distinction of the Honor Roll. Two of them, Jim Walker and Joe Monda tied with the champion, Fresh- man Charles Bosserman for first place, and Bob Aigner and Charles Baltzo gave some very close competition for top honors. Other juniors who placed were George Keene, Jim Baxter, George Landeis, Earl Baer, Tom Mallon and Allen Bird. Jerry Lamm, who was a senior the second semester, was also an honor student. The freshman class placed seven members on the Honor Roll-Y-out of a class of forty. Bosserman rated a perfect 4.00 several times. His nearest competitor was Philip Eckroth. Other freshmen on the list were Denton, Rhodes, Mueller, Savio and Bouson. The sophomores, largest class in the school with near fifty members, rated low scholastieally. Their honor students were Shryne, Peter Eckroth, Traynor, Wisniewski, Roberts and Dawson. The seniors claim Jack Hutchinson who has an enviable near perfect record over his whole high school career, Mike Fitzpatrick and Jerry Lamm. To all these students our congratulations. They are an inspiration to the rest of the student body.

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THE MAURISTS A most important function of any organization is to look out for its continued existence. In the fifty years since its founda- tion, St. Martin's faculty has grown by drawing new members from the student body as priests and brothers of the Order of St. Benedict. In years past an exclusive body, the Scholasticate, included those young men who were stu- dents for the priesthood in the Benedictine Order. This year a more general body, The Maur- ists, replaced it. Rt. Rev. Abbot Raphael Heider, O.S.B., formed this society to promote vocations to the priesthood and the reli- gious life. Regular meetings were held at which lectures, papers and discussions on the priesthood, the monastic life, the lay brotherhood, and other related topics were discussed. lvb The club elected Carl Feucht president, Earl Baer secretary, and James Baxter i rarian. THE PLACIDIANS The story of the life of St. Benedict tells us that a friend of the holy abbot brought his son, Placidus, to the Benedictine monastery of Subiaco to be edu- cated. So through the ages since, other fathers have brought their sons to Benedictine schools throughout the world. The Pla- cidians are such a group--mem- bers of an ever increasing num- ber of students, those whose dads or uncles attended St. Mar- tin's in years gone by. They are second generation students. Honors in this group go to the Raymonds, father and son. George Raymond, of Olympia, entered St. Martin's in 1902 and ' was a hilltopper until 1904. In 1923 his son, Homer Raymond, registered as a high school freshman. Completing his sophomore year of college in 1929, this young man entered the Benedictine novitiate, and is the Rev. John Raymond, O.S.B., Ph. D., professor of mathematics, pur- chasing agent, and a former athletic director and prefect of dis- cipline. We hope that other sons will follow the example of this first second generation student. Dads of other lads are now in a variety of occupations. Some are in the Army and Navy, others are lawyers, executives, ranchers and farmers. The sons, now registered at St. Martin's, are a credit to their dads and to the school. May this select group grow to ever greater numbers-a symbol of the spreading influence of St. Benedict and the Benedictine family spirit. George Raymond