University of San Diego College for Men - Hilltopper Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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ojjLomore dlaSS Jtidtor V The class of 1959, has from its beginning, included a number of zealous and diligent students interested in the activities and well-being of the University of San Diego College for Men. The class is well represented in our student government, various school organizations, athletics, and campus activities. Dick Shea, Hal Mitrovich, Lea Lacy, Bernie Lourito, and Roger Ralston are well known as statue painters. Larry Cromwell, Lee Hammond, and Ken Leslie owe their campus fame primarily to the basketball team. Gene Borlin and Clyde Giddings are worthy ping pong opponents. Dave Oppenheimer, Larry Tessary, Bill Franklin, and Hank Zumstein are but four of the outstanding sophomore football players. Nor are the talents of the versatile sophomore class confined to athletics. The executive abilities of Tom Faherty, Vince Maher, Dennis Schmidt, Lea Lacy, Tony Piazza, Don McElheney, and Roger Ralston are evident in the key positions they hold in the Student Council, Masquer's Club, Ka Honu Hoi's, and Psychology Club. The journalistic aspirations of various sophs have found expression in editing and publishing the school’s first annual. It has come to the attention of the present writer that several of his staff comrades — freshmen, as it happens — are claiming credit in later pages of this book. That such a claim can not be substantiated may be noted when one recalls that the editor, the photographer and his assistants, one of the assistant editors, and other key men on the staff are sophomores. Lea Lacy might be called the founder of the yearbook; Roger Ralston has given him valuable support. Perhaps no one has worked harder to make the annual a reality, however, than its photographer, Paul Mulhern. Paul's willingness to devote hours of his time to taking and developing pictures has made the yearbook a possibility. Bernie Lourito's unfailing support cannot be overlooked, either. Thespians to be found in the class of 1959 include Tom Faherty, Bill Macatee, Bill Franklin, and many others. Academically I would say that our class had quite a few outstanding scholars as well. As the conclusion of this year the class of 1959 shall have reached the half-way mark in their college years. May the next two years be even more successful for them.