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

Page 193 text:

ALUMNI Second Alumnus President of St. Mary's College With summer gone the boys returned to St. Mary’s with another Alumnus to welcome them. Father F. J. O’Hcrn, S. J. ’07. succeeded Father B. J. Rodman. S. J. ’01 July 18. 1928 and is the second Alumnus to become Rector and President of his Alma Mater as Father Rodman S. J. was the first. Only time in its swift flight can show us what the future holds in store for St. Mary’s hut surely in the hands of as capable a man as Father O’Hcrn has proven himself to he in the past the program for a Greater St. Mary’s will produce remarkable results. Sol Gross Honored by Business Associates Sol Gross of the Class of 1910 was the man in whose honor some of the most prominent business men of St. Louis assembled for a testimonial dinner October 25. 1928 at the Coronado Hotel of that city. Mr. Gross’ past record has been one of successful achievement and he may well be termed the counterpart of Marion Batson, S. J. in the business world. Loyal to his Alma Mater he took the helm of the 1928 Annual Alumni Meet and steered it through to one of the biggest successes in the history of these epoch making meets of St. Mary’s. He is a true son of St. Mary’s. The Advisory Board of the Alumni One of the greatest steps forward in the past year was accomplished in the creation of an Alumni Advisory Hoard whose duty it is to confer upon the projects proposed in the material advancement of St. Mary’s and to advise the President of the College of their decisions. The movement makes for a more constant contact between the Alumni and their Alma Mater and for the promotion of a spirit that would scarcely be there otherwise. Mr. Marion Batson, S. J., Alumnus to India As he did battle on the fields of glory while at St. Mary’s with the cheers of another student body ringing in his ears so now Marion Batson of the Class of 24 has gone forth to fight the battle of the Lord in the far off India with the cheers of the present St. Mary’s Student Body urging him to keep up the good fight for the son of Mary, our Patron. Knighting of the Graham Brothers Robert C. Graham. '04; Joseph Graham. ’04; and Ray A. Graham. ’04. reaped a great reward for faithful service to the Faith and Catholic principles when on November 19. 1928 they were admitted to the Order of the Knights of St. Gregory at St. Simon’s Church of Washington, Indiana which is the native city of the three Graham brothers. It marks the first time in the history of the American branch of this Order that the honor was conferred upon three of the same family and St. Mary’s is honored in that all are loyal sons, in fact, it is largely due to their devotion to St. Mary’s that this honor was made possible for them. Page 17»I

Page 192 text:

Alumni

Page 194 text:

The Triennial Meet TTNDER the direction of John Cunningham 11. of Kansas City, the Alumni Association of St. Mary's College prepared the biggest tri-ennial meeting of the former sons of St. Manrc’s. in which not the slightest detail was overlooked. The scores of Alumni and visitors who spent three enjoyable days—enjoyable to the fullest extent through every minute of the days will attest that as a “big boss” John is the nc plus ultra, and that his corps of able assistants were on the job every minute. Alumni from every section were present for the three days’ jollification which did a great deal to bring the St. Mary’s sons of the present into intimate contact with the men who have left S. M. C. in generations past, only to return as “boys” again. From the minute when the first Alumnus registered and the program began on May 31. until the last coach of the train bearing the last Alumni back to their homes disappeared down the track, there was not a dull moment. Wally Laufer. genial personality plus” again won his way into the hearts of his admirers and the antics of his fellow merman. Desjardins aided greatly in the merry making. The diamond stars of yesterday showed how the hit and run and squeeze worked out here when “Tinker to Evers to Chance” was the bv-word in the big time: kings” and indoor claimed their admirers, and the culminating event, the annual banquet, in the College refectory on the evening of June 1. at which several prominent Alumni spoke to the students and short addresses were made by James Burris. Newman Guthrie, and Jack Leahigh. A pageant of Catholic education completed the program. JOHN CVNNINOIIAM