St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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X, Club OFFICERS KING MADDEN HELLENTHAL MUSSIO Page One Hundred Twenty-three

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-THE 53 J'CLUB The ttX Club HE purpose of the th Club is to foster a better relationship between the Athletes at College, and the letter-men. The membership includes all men who have represented St. Xavier in the three major sports, Football, Base- ball and Basket ball. At the first meeting, the following were elected officers: Rev. Hubert Brockv man, Honorary President; Michael Hellenthal, President; Joseph King, Vice- President, and Richard Weiskittlc, Secretary and Treasurer. Under their guidance, the first annual banquet of the MX Association was held, on Home-coming Day, Nov. 22, 1924, in the new Elet Dining Hall. The principal speakers were Rev. Hubert Broekman, Rev. Francis Finn, Rev. Al- phonse Fisher, Michael Hellenthal, and Walter Schmidt, toastmaster. All mem- bers of the football squad were guests at the banquet. In January the election for the ensuing year took place and those elected were: Rev. Hubert Brockman, Honorary President; Joseph King, President; Michael Madden, Vice-Presldent; Thomas Mussio, Secretary and Treasurer. The new officers have outlined as the definite acting purposes of the organization, first the taking over of all Athletic banquets, secondly, to have a Meet-the- Team night, and thirdly, the putting on of a regular May Fete each year. The ttXl' Association has recently announced the list of all those athletes who, in the last five years, have earned :1 monogram in the major Sports, Page Cum Hundred Twanlyvtwu

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Cheer Leaders ARLY in the season it became manifest that more than one Cheer Leader would be necessary to handle the increased crowds, if anything like con- centrated yelling be continued. The Veteran Pat swayed the HBank of Humanity with the facile dominance which has always been his, but 10! over on the other side of the field was an innovation. The Knot-Hole Club, tnot offici- ally known as suchl, which had been tearing down fences had been admitted for the sum of one quarter, and reformed itself in its new quarters, constituting a Titan of lusty, cacophonic, treble opposition to all united cheering. Here indeed was a problem. These kids, loyal supporters that they are, were not only drown- ing signal acoustics and plays with their absolute pandemonium, and ructions in general, but actually succeeded in so intermeddling with the vocal efforts of the Grand-Stand under Pat, as to neutralize it. The Old-Timer would call the cheer, and none but the very near could get it or follow along in spite of his excess of gymnastics. The condition of alTairs was truly disheartening, and something had to be done. It was finally arranged that Pat continue to direct the elite, while Dick Deters and Ed McGrath would unite on the other side, and by pre-arrangement of cheers, work as one with Captain Geerin. It was a happy plan indeed. The kids who had defied the cops, provided for their guidance, be came as little lambs under the duet of yell semiphores. Each side thus cheering in unison produced an amount of pulsing volume that was simply sky-rending Oh it was great! Ame de Boue alone would have rendered one unresponsive to that beserker chorus. It was the blood cry produced by the delirium of the tight, and what fight is comparable to a football game. Vive le Football! Vive 1e Bruit! Page One Hundred Twenty-four