St Procopius Academy - Procopian Yearbook (Lisle, IL)

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PUBLICITY Back row: Lester, jim Lenin, Ed Joyce, Bob Vesely, Dav Randall. Front row: W. Sphan, Paul jasurda, Norbert Bawig, Harlod Bicek, Hen ry Kotun. f ff M.. xx, PLAYERS First row, left to right: 'lack Slown, Roger Perry, Ray Rigorsky, Ron Supena. Edwin nloyrc, Wlird Pank- ratz. Second row: Richard Iaffal- dano, Creighton Zassadil, John Sol- tiss, Henry Kotun, 94 STAGE CREW Left to right: R. Kreil, R. Novak Fr. B. Kovach, R, Perry, Dennis soff. Second row: Kovach, R. Ko vack, W. Jenson, R. Kauffmann, ,I McConnell, R. Apolloni, D. Abel E. Kundrat. Third row: Hruska W. Lester, D. Kovac, R. Ujka.

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A 4 l' Rev. Father Mathias Kucera, O.S.B. Q 9 Direflor X 4 . J .I ain't a sailor, he's a crook. K Ns There is an empty room upstairs of the best organized and most aetive groups on the cam pus, st the presentation of RJII1l!7Jtl'l8 lem 1 blend of mystery .md comedy Rum the ietiyities of ex librarian Belinda Pryde The story llhlltl lihr.1ri.1n when she huy's .1 hotel of eyudstiorulvle repute hootleggers, .in ex-tonvitt. .ind even .1 murderer. Beatrite .1ppe.1red in her fifth show .ind the hest PCl'lOfITT.iITkC ot .1ny' le.1d .1etress to Rithard lllil-.1lLl.1flO appeared as P.1toon. .1 ste.1lthy' ex-rough hotel elerk. A new-tomer to the Players, he did 11 splendid job of portraying the male lead. Patoon w.1s seen to engage in other .utivities hesides tal-:ing t.1re of the hotel, sua h .ls murder and hootlegging. This year the campus' The-spi.1n group Adopted .1 new polity' of luviriyg riutinees, Two Afternoon perform.1ntes were staged for the benefit of those who had found it diffitult to attend the evening shows. The entire gy'm had to he Hblaeked out. so that the m.1tinees eould be staged. The Proeopian Players are under the able direetion,of liither Mathias Kueera, OSB. His assistants ofthe direttional staff are eollege Freshmen Ray' Rigovsl-zy' .1nd Ron Supena.

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Dnerlor P Alban I-lerble RLSLIINIIIE, the prictrce ot former years the school orchestra rs once agarn made up ot t d l l s u ents ttters clertcs and brothers Thus practice ot eomblnrng the eler wrth th SY C students had been dxscontrnued at St Procoprus tor the past seyeral years but the musxe deptrtment has deerded thtt the student seetlon vyould haye much from wh l t b f tel 0 ene lt rt they had an expcrnenced group to yyorly yyrth Needless to say ln XICW of thus year s pcrtormanees thus eombrnatron has met yxrth decrded success ln 1kldlflOIl to the Semor orchestra the musre department also rncludes a yunror rou 8 P Thus rs dryrded rnto two sectrons .1 strrng group and a vytnd group both ot whrch are under the tutorshrp ot the musrcll drrectors Members of the yunror orchestra are chosen on the btsrs ot therr musical ivtltud h h d Y neyy student at it Procoprus Here they serye a form of apprentrccshrp prror to therr l TLIHIHIITLC to lllf. SLHIOI' gI'OLlP The Scmor orchcstry drerected by Dr lrcderrely Toe oyer the course ot the school year The ttrst a fall concert held at St Proeopnus gym audr tortum yy ts receryed yynth much ty y ltusc by both students and yrsrtors alrlye The second 1 ttll concert held rn conyunctnon yyrth the Way eryrlle Glee Club also under the dlreetlon of D I l r oenrges yy ts yye comed yynth cyen more acelum sxnce the orchestra yyas noyy .1 sc rsone l rnusrc tl body yyrth scyen months of hard vyorly behlnd rt nxges has presented tyyo concerts The success ot the orchestra yy1s possrble only beeyuse ot the sy lendrd cooperatron and efforts ot both thc group xtself and Dr Toemges tts dtreetor E l-1 .- ' y . f ' A . - . - , ' -, ' ' A ' -' ty ' e yy' ie is in ieatod by' a special test given to ever ' ,tj , ' .4 .' 1 t x,A I, x- . - ff' K . '-ll . K , y L 'A I A ' . ' .' ,' ,L , w. Y' . 1. . h- . A ' ' A , ,- V. , .' ,,A ..-Q' .' ., , -,k ,K V, , . - A A 4 K 'gr . v 1 t g-A - y N A V 4 A v V L . l g- ' 'F-, I ' .sy ' ' I Dr Frederrck Toentges