University of San Francisco - USF Don Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Locate DO YOU’ REMEMBER: . . . when Willie Shea and Jim Barrett first came to USF, 1941 wasn’t it .. . when the student body was 20 strong . . . when 134 Freshmen of the class of ’49 rode roughshod over the entire student body led by Terry McGuire, Bob Jones, Maurice Evans (age 42). Bob Gorsuch, and Bob Coleman . . . when Martin Kelly t(x k a late afternoon swim in the Coke Ice Box in the lounge ... the first USF glee club: Johnny O'Brien, Jim Mansinne, Vic Campilongo, and Jim DeMartini ... the first ROTC of Ray Love, Russ Moon, and Colonel Johnny O'Brien ... the Frosh Fandango at the Greenhills Country Club . .. the first tabloid Foghorn announcing Clipper Smith as new head football coach ... the first Winter Formal at the Whitcomb Hotel under Chairman Lou Dito . . . the first postwar reception for Lone Mountain . . . when Bill Loftus was high point man of the Sodality basketball team . . . when Omicron Epsilon was formed for the returning veterans by Paul Crisafulli and Ken Boero.. . when Clana Eireann was reformed . . . when returning veterans swelled the ranks of the advanced ROTC in search of commissions . . . when Father Rossi and Father “Jim” returned to the Hilltop, “I have returned” . . . when Bill Hughes started his reign as Commissioner of Intramural Sports ... the FroslvSoph Picnic at Fairfax in the Spring of 46 . . . when Con Dempsey struck out 16 Gaels on a Sunday afternoon including a boy by the name of Wedemeyer . . . when the Class of 49 outpulled the Sophs on President's Day, 1946 ... when a returning Navy man by the name of Pete Newell was signed as baseball and basketball coach ... when Colonel Stuart replaced Colonel Whitaker as CO of the Don ROTC. Then There Was the Time That . . . the Big Nevada Rally at Scottish Rite Audi' torium under Joe Vevoda, Bren Doherty, and Terry McGuire started the 1946 football season . . . when enrollment soared over 2000 . . . the Gold Rush Days with Forrest Hall, Harmon Rowe, and assorted Fleet City Stars .. . scrimmages on the Hilltop and chalk talks at Powell and Sutter . . . Francis Powers of the Saturday Evening Post picked us as 7th in the Nation ... the fabulous Santa Clara Rally featuring the “Mills Brothers ... or was it Bob Jones, Wade Finnigan, Dick Kelly, and Terry McGuire ... when Bill Baldwin made his first appearance at the St. Mary's Rally ... the post Santa Clara game dance at Legion Hall on Irving St. . . . when Rod Martinelli succeeded the retiring George Bull as Sophomore Class President. . . Forrest Hall's punt runbacks . . . when a group of unknowns tried out for basketball at the Page Street Gym, names like McNamce, Bennington, Hanley, Dejulio, and Giesen ... the first postwar Father and Son's night in the auditorium . . . L’SF night at the Mark with Carmen Cavallero ... the big name bands at the class dances, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Ernie Heckscher, and Joe Reichemann ... the student Nxly elections proclaiming Hal Jensen the new ASL'SF President . . . THE FALL OF '47 brought. . . the big year in f x tball . . . Joe Scott, Forrest Hall, and a galaxy of quarterbacks . . . Joe Mocha was Life Magazine's Picture of the Week . . .

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Senior JOHN HALE. President John Diiikli Hall. B.S. Economics San Maims Calif. Senior Class I're-idcnt. ('.ami-- Committee. President Club. ‘19 Cluss-book, F.wciilivr Council Navy FRANK SHAW, Class Representative Frank Woodm uv Siiaw. B.S. f’ttlilitat Science Alameda Calif. Srnior Cl - Representative. IRC. Executive Council, ‘19 Cla‘ hook. Sodality, l i Sigma Alpha, St. Ivc Law Club. Clu» Valedictorian Navy Air Corps oth tcers CHARLES ROACH. Vice-President Charles IIollanii Roach, B.S. English ''an Francisco Senior Class ice-Presidonl. C1C Representative, Soccer '47, Executive Council. ’49 Class book. Glee Club, Omicron Epsilon. Bio-Chem bib. Kappa Lambda Sipma, St. Ives Law Club Coast Guard NED WARD, Class Representative Khmonii Cam eh . ari», B.S. Political Science San Rafael, Calif. Senior Class Representative, Soccer 47. ‘48. Came, Committee. Social Committee. BSC. Executive Council, ‘49 Classhonk. Ski Club, Omicron Epsilon. Scabbard Blade, Letter Society, St. Ives Law Club Army

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when M(x rc's Shipyard reported the loss of a Bell intended for St. Mary's as Fred Kleme' nock, Jim Ryan, and Hal Jensen sped across the Bay Bridge . . . Bill Walters tried to form a USF Ski Club . . . when the Executive Council investigated secret organizations on the campus . . . Jim Brennan and Walt Johnson were Junior Class representatives . . . when Bob Vance bombarded the Santa Clara Campus with paper bells . . . and Charlie Mann, Luis Aleman, Chic Roach, and Ned Ward joined Coach Gus Donaghue's Soccer team . . . Jack Grealish and Tom Butler starred for the Irish in intramural f x)tball ... the car parade to see the team off to Marquette . .. Dons won 3444 ... when Santa Clara and St. Mary's fell before the thundering Don gridders . . . when Hal Dejulio and Joe Westenkirchner became proud papas ... the march down Market Street led by Warren Foley after the St. Mary's victory . . . that never to be forgotten third quarter when the Dons turned defeat into victory ... the Winter Carnival, the first of the postwar era, at the Scottish Rite Auditorium with '49ers Terry McGuire, Jack Barrett, Rod Martinelli, Ned Ward, George Snyder, Hal Jensen, Walt Johnson, Joe Truzzolino, and Bob Jones working over time to insure its success under the direction of Rudy Papale . . . when a surprised Cal basketball team was dumped on New Year's Eve '47 by an underdog Don team . . . Harry Likas won the National Singles Championship . . . when Joe Feldhaus took over as Foghorn Editor . . . when Paul Schramka hit four for five against Santa Clara . . . Larry Driscoll replaced Frank Marias as Cadet Colonel of the ROTC . . . and Bob Parina took over as president of the Radio Club ... the sensational social committee headed by Rod Martinelli staged three receptions within ten days to beat the oncoming finals in the Spring of 48 . . . when Ned Ward, Dan Whalen, Frank Hegli, and Don Muldoon swept the last of the hay from the Auditorium after the Holy Name's Barn Dance at three in the morning . . . when Hennessy, Kennedy, and Dolan joined the Don Quixote club and Herrerias and Bosque joined the Irish Club . . . when Father Lyons announced that the Quarterly would s x n go to print... the Junior Prom at the St. Francis Colonial Rtxim headed by Bob Jones, Warren Foley, John Hutchins, and Dan Whalen . . . when six candidates ran for student body president, Lyman Pohley, Rod Martinelli, Terry McGuire, Ray Doyle, Chico Roach, and a longshot by the name of Frank D'Atri . . . and Joe Truzzolino ran all alone for Vice-President and made the longest campaign speech ... the success of the first Philippine night . . . when Don Farbstein demanded and got a jury trial by the BSC over a parking ticket ... a Lone Mountain jury convicted him . . . when President Truman's March 17, 1948, speech had the whole campus by the radios sweating out a new draft . . . when Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Travandrum; India, spoke to the students on current affairs . . . Peter McCabe retired from the College Players for the fifth time ... Art McCue's first Spring Concert had the audience enraptured . . . when John Bennington's golfers beat St. Mary's ... when Dominican College held a leap year dance in San Rafael... Hal Jensen and George Muldoon took a pre-final vacation in Arizona . . . John Vriend's “Who Am I” Contest in the Foghorn ... the Class of '48 bowed to the faculty in the annual President’s Day Soft-