St Marys College - Dial Yearbook (St Marys, KS)

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JOSEPH MAURICE HOWARD Columbus, Ohio “Jake Sodality, '20-'27: Acolythical. ’20- 27; Mission Society. Vicc-Pres.; C lass President. ’26-'27; Philalethic, 27; Hour (ilass, ’2.?-’27; Dial Quarterly Editor. '27; Football. ’25-’26; S M Club. ’26- '27. AKK HOWARD and Cal Coolidgc are brothers in spirit. Both say little and think much. Everyone always wonders what Jake’s secret ambition is. ()ne day someone asked him. 11c answered tersely, “To get married.” His answer staggered the hearers. They couldn't believe it. Howard the misogynist, the lone wolf, the silent, the thoughtful, the dignified, the quiet—saying a think like that! But Jake never lies. So if he is looking for bis dream girl we’re going to help him out. Girls, here arc bis weak points. Possessing more common sense than the average man. which the class as a whole had the good sense to realize, he was elected class president for two successive years. Jake is good at both study and play. In bis studies he leads the class, excelling in Latin. In athletics lie won a place on the Kansas All-State football team for two years. He also knows baseball and knocks a mean two bagger. His strategy at quarterback on the varsity football team won a game or two for St. Mary's and his brainy running of the team won for him the admiration of both the coaches and spectators. But lake finds time for more than studies and play. He has been president of about every student organization on the campus. To enumerate these would bore the reader and make Jake foam at the mouth. He has always been unassuming and he doesn't know what conceit means. This is one reason why Jake has always been the most popular man on the campus. Next year Jakes takes up constitutional law. Best of luck, Jake. We hope that you will be president some day, too. Page Thirty-six

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Senior (Tlass HUE LONG anticipated parting of the ways has finally arrived for the class of '2?. But though we have anticipated it. sometimes longed for it. the actual going is hard. Leaving behind us the best friends we have, or ever expect to have, departing from scenes which recall memories of a thousand happy events of the years that are past, is not easy. Our parting is rendered harder because we instinctively realize that we will never return to St. Mary’s as a participant but must ever be. from that day in June when the sheepskin assiduously sought is safely tucked under our arm, interested onlookers in the drama of education. Never again will we have actual parts in acts and scenes as they unfold. Rendering easier the thought of parting is the realization that we are about to step out into the world, there to attempt an application of those principles inculcated in us by countless hours spent in the class room. We realize that our future success in life, as the world judges success, will depend largely upon the facility with which we apply those principles. And we are confident and anxious, in the strength of our youth and inexperience, to gird on the armor and to give battle. Instead of a lady’s favor for reward, the end most sought after by the knights of old, we will rest content in the knowledge that our endeavors and successes will be ever a subject of thought, conjecture, and we hope in some cases of exultation, to those we leave behind. And now it is fitting that we acknowledge our debts. To our teachers, through high school and four years of college, we owe a debt we despair of ever repaying. To enumerate them would be unjust as their names are legion and some no doubt would have to be omitted. The other members of the faculty we thank for their example, their courtesy, and their never-failing advice. The members of the student body as a whole deserve our gratitude for the patience they have always shown towards us in our shortcomings and for the companionship they have always tendered us. In conclusion we desire to say that we will always cherish the years spent at St. Man’s as among the best of our lives. We will always carry their memory with us as of happy days well spent. Again we thank all those who have rendered our stay more pleasant or more profitable, hoping ever that our future may be spent in as good company, among as good fellows and as fine teachers, as in the years just past. Page Thirty-five

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LEONARD J. BARES “Kraut'’ Kansas City, Kansas Sodality, ‘23-'27; First Honors, 8: Second Honors, 6: Fhilalcthic. ’23-'24; Dial Quarterly. '24-'27; Literary Editor Dial Annual, ‘27; Tournament Committee, ‘27 ; Sen-Juns, ‘25-'27; League Baseball, Basketball, Football. ‘23-'27: Varsity Tennis. '25-’27, Captain '26-27; Hour Glass. '24-’27. Editor. '2b; Librarian. ’24- 25; Costello Essay Winner. ‘25; Publicity Staff, ‘25-‘26; Spanish Club, '25-'26. I ' HEARD it said of “Len” that he left home some four years ago a delightful unspoiled youth to go to St. Mary’s. After his first year in College he returned home a fully developed young man and a perfect gentleman. This is all perfectly true though St. Mary’s cannot claim the credit for making him a gentleman. Not that that gift lies beyond her power, but rather because there was no need to confer it. “Len” is a gentleman by nature, a gentleman of the first rank. In school life “Len” has always been most active both in and outside of the classroom. As a student he stands among the highest. As an essayist and a college journalist he ranks with the best. During his Junior year he served as editor of the I lour Glass and established for our college paper at that time a most enviable reputation. On the tennis courts we find “Len” at home. For three years he has been a member of the tennis squad. During the last two years he has served as captain of the team, in which capacity he has proved his ability as a leader and has always shown a fine quality of sportsmanship. “Len” surely deserves to be called a good sport and a true comrade. At parting it is our sincerest hope that good fortune may attend his every undertaking in life. Page Thirty-seven