St Thomas Military Academy - Kaydet Yearbook (Mendota Heights, MN)

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DAVID S. BARKLEY WILLIAM BAST WILLIAM BAUMGAERTNER David S. Barkley Dave certainly has what it takes not only in the scholastic and military depart- ments but also in the athletic department and in all other extra curricular activities as well. Intelligence and application account for Dave’s success and for his excellent performance of his duties as a lieutenant. There is no doubt that these qualities will serve him as well in the future as they have in the past. Military: ist Lieut., ’39; Freshman Drill Platoon, ’36; Crack Platoon, Best Platoon, ’38; Honor Badges, 8; Military Monogram, ’38; Camp Ripley, 39. Activities: Eagle Award, ’37; Boarder Intramurals, ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39; Kaydet Staff, '39; Boarder Bugle Staff, ’37-’38; Choir, ’36, ’37, ’38; Altar Society, ’36, 37, ’38, ’39; Officers’ Club, ’39; Football, ’38. William Bast Through persistant effort and a determination to make good, Bill has won for himself a high place in the academy. A success in military from the beginning, Bill has risen to the rank of Cadet Major. He also occupies a high rung on the scholastic ladder. His success, however, hasn’t kept Bill from being one of the best liked students on the campus. His innate seriousness and genuine straight- forwardness masked by a hearty laugh make Bill a hard man to bid farewell to. We hope it won’t be for long, Bill. Military: Major, ’39; Crack Platoon, ’36, ’37, ’38; Crack Squad, ’39; Best Squad, ’36, ’37; Honor Corporal, ’37; Best Company, ’36; R.O.T.C. Camp, ’38; Camp Ripley, ’38; Rifle Team, ’37; Military Monogram, ’38. Activities: Eagle Award, ’37, ’38; Officers’ Club, ’39; Kaydet Staff, ’36; Kath- odians, ’39; Sgt.-at-Arms, Junior Class; Booster Club, ’39; Football, ’38; Hockey, ’38. William Baumgaertner In his four years at St. Thomas, Bill has been marked by his really outstanding intelligence and ability in classwork, the most important separate entity in school. His almost unparalled grades, resulting from assiduity and insight of mind into study, are indicative of his inner superior qualities. Few of us have heaped the fuel of dicipline-discipline of moral character and of the intellect-to such a height as has Bill, upon the spark of culture that glimmers within us. Military: Band, ’37, ’38, ’39; 2nd Lieut., ’39; Rifle Team, ’37, ’38; Honor Badges, 8. Activities: Biologians. ’37, Pres.; Parnassians, ’39; Eagle Awards, ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39.

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£entifsi GlaU G-anew-ell Jl leAAaqe We, who are about to sever the last thread of the tangible tangle that binds us so lovingly to St. Thomas, are inclined, perhaps, to look more toward the fire of the future than into the ashes of the past. It shimmers and wildly leaps—fascinating—challenging. But, O Youth, turn your sprightly, mercurial mind back upon your short four years at your academy. The cross-roads lie ahead. Reflect, to avoid being ’plunged into that abortive gulf’: We must fortify ourselves with the learning accrued and passed on to us by the painstaking efforts of our instructors. To release our souls and to live up to the Catholic ideals of Christian manhood so prudently and diligently inculcated in us must be our determination. To release our minds and dig deep down into the fertile soil of imagination with the silver spade of inspiration, placed so surely in our once incompetent hands, must be our utter resolve. To release our energies and face the world with fortitude, strong of limb and firm of will, must be our unshakcable purpose. We hold a sacred trust. We must not fail. It is in this, then, our farewell message, that we, the senior class, wish to assure those men who have so confidently placed their faith in us, that we will steadfastly adhere to the pattern woven so expertly by them; that, in the future, we will strive to sense their guiding hand upon our shoulders, that hand so comfortably, wonderfully close in the present. We shall always regret its phyiscal remoteness; we shall never experience its absence. It is with no regret, however, and with much confidence that we place the lofty traditions and standards of St. Thomas into the capable hands of the seniors to come. We feel sure that they will uphold these ideals with that privileged feeling that every true cadet experiences. Thus, then, with unashamed, real tears, shed partly in happiness but more because of that big ’Something’ that tightens our throats and sticks there, embodying in it everything that has ever happened to us at our school, we raise our hearts, eyes and hands in final salute. Rapidly running, swiftly rushing, the four years flood a panorama before our mind’s eye. Our small niche has been carved in the history of St. Thomas. We have added our Story of Glory to an already great edifice. Commencement has begun—and ended.

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ROBERT BLUMBERG JAMES BRUZEK JOHN BURKE Robert Blumberg Doc made a forceful entry into the school at the beginning of our junior year and has since made himself a power in the class. He will perhaps be remembered longest as the harmonizer in the Busy B Barbershop Quartet. His former military training placed him on almost an equal footing in the struggle for officers’ com- missions and he finally ended up as part time commander of the newly-formed Headquarters Company. His two short years at St. Thomas have won him a lasting place in the affections of this year’s class. Military: 2nd Lieut; Honor Badges, 2; Crack Platoon on Skates, ’39; Crack Platoon, ’38; Best Company, '38. Activities: Booster Club, ’38. James Bruzek Jim is probably the most business-like member of our class. The careful, methodical manner that distinguishes his every action is positive assurance of his future success. To us he is, and always will remain, a friend of quiet demeanor, yet one upon whom we can surely depend. Of a mechanical bent, Jim does well in all his classes yet still has time to engage in many an outside activity, both social and military. Military: 1st Lieut.; Crack Squad, ’38; Freshman Drill Platoon, '39; second-in- command; Honor Badges, 8. Activities: Kathodian Club, ’39; Kaydct Staff, ”38, ’39; Officers’ Club, '39; Eagle Award, ’36. John Burke John’s success at school is but an indication of greater success to come. His energetic application to his work has been rewarded by high grades and a com- mission in the cadet corps. In his capacity as president of the Kathodian Club he has proved resourceful, original, and dependable. He bears the respect and friendship of his classmates and leaves St. Thomas with their good wishes ringing in his ears. Military: 1st Lieut.; Officers’ Club, ’39; Best Company, ’37; Crack Platoon on Skates, ’38-’39; Camp Ripley, ’38; Honor Badges, 7. Activities: Eagle Award, ’36, ’37, ‘38; Kathodians, '37, ’38, pres., ’38; Booster Club, ’39; Kaydet Staff, ’39; Guidon Staff, ’39; Swimming, '38.