1955 yearbook
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1955 yearbook
Description
Social Calender
SEPTEMBER
17 Friday Freshmen Registration
Freshmen Mixer (Marycrest)
18 Saturday Communters Club Dance (Marycrest
19 Sunday All Schools Picnic
Variety Show (Marycrest)
20 Monday Classes begin at 8:00 a.m.
24 Friday Football-Western Illinois-Here
25 Saturday St. Ambrose Interclub Mixer
26 Sunday Marycrest Art club project
OCTOBER
1 Friday Mercy mixer
3 Sunday Football-Lewis-There
Marycrest Social Science Club Project
5-7 Forty Hours Devotion
8 Friday Marycrest Publications Society Dance
9 Saturday Football-Loras-Here
15 Friday Homecoming Dance
16 Saturday Parade
Football-St. Norberts- Here
17 Sunday Homecoming Activities
22 Friday St. Ambrose Inter-club Party
23 Saturday Football-Omaha University-There
29 Friday Tri Tau Dance (MaryCrest)
30 Saturday Football- Lacross State- There
Halloween Part (Mercy)
NOVEMBER
1 Monday All Saints Day- No Classes
5 Friday Football- William Jewel- Here
6 Saturday St. Ambrose Inter-club Project
7 Sunday Social Science Club Project (Marycrest)
12 Friday Marycrest Junior Prom
13 Saturday Football- Iowa Weslyan- There
14 Sunday Music Program (Marycrest)
19 Friday Mercy Thanksgiving Program
20 Saturday N.F.C.C.S Workshop and County Fair
24 Wednesday Thanksgiving Vaction Begins
27 Saturday Basktball- St. Thomas- There
28 Sunday Basketball- St. Marys- There
DECEMBER
1 Wednesday Basketball- Parsons- Here
4 Saturday Marycrest Camera Club Skating Party
5-6 Marycrest Players
7 Tuesday Feast of St. Ambrose
Alpha Deta Theta Project (Marycrest)
8 Wednesday Feast of Immaculate Conception-no classes
10 Saturday All Schools Christmas Party
Basketball -Morningside - There
12 Sunday Marycrest Publications Society Project
Christmas Musical (St. Ambrose
13 Monday Basketball -Macomb -There
Christmas Musical (St. Ambrose)
17 Friday Basketball - Great Lakes- There
18 Saturday Christmas Vacation Begins
JANUARY
3 Monday Classes Begin After Christmas Vacation
7 Friday Marycrest C.I.C
8 Saturday St. Ambrose Inter-clun Project
9 Sunday Basketball - Lewis- There
13 Thursday Basketball- St. Norberts- There
14 Friday Graduate Record Exams
Basketball- DePaul- There
15 Saturday Graduate Record Exams
16 Sunday Basketball- Lewis- Here
21 FridayBasketball- Macomb- Here
23 SundayBasketball- Regis- Here
24 Monday Semester Exams Begin
28 Friday Basketball- Parsons- There
30 SundayBasketball- Great Lakes- Here
31 Monday Classes Resume 8:00 A.M.
FEBRUARY
4 Friday Marycrest Junior Class Dance
5 Saturday N.F.C.C.S. Sweater Dance at K. of C. Hall
6 Sunday Baskteball- Creighton at M. Fieldhouse
9 Wednesday Basketball- Iowa Weslyan- There
11 Friday Sophmore-Junior Cotillion
12 Saturday Marycrest Sophmore Dance
13 Sunday Basketball- Loras- at M. Fieldhouse
Mercy Valentine Dance
Marycrest Coffeehouse Hour
14 Monday Marycrest Freshmen Play
14-25 St. Ambrose Agricultural Institute Meeting
18 Friday Marti-Gras Festival and Variety Show
19 Saturday Marti-Gras Festival and Variety Show
23 Wednesday Ash Wednsday, Lent Begins
24 Thursday Basketball- Quincy- There
25 Friday Ambrose Inter-club Movies
26 Saturday Inter-club Movies
27 Sunday Basketball- Loras- There
Marriage Panel
MARCH
1 Tuesday N.F.CCS. Mass Explanation Series
4 Friday Marycrest ,A" £lub. SMV°I Party
State NAIA Basketball Tournament
Saturday State NA.I.A. Basketball Tournament
Last day to drop a class without receiving an F
6 Sunday Marycrest SociJI Science Club Meeting
Marriage Panel
7 Monday Sophomore Tests
8 Tuesday N.F.C.C.S. Mass Explanation Series
11 Friday Marycrest Drama Club Project
National NAIA. Basketball Tournament
12 Saturday National N.A.IA Basketball Tournament
Marycrest Social Science Club Project
13 Sunday Coffeehouse Hour, Marycrest
Marriage Panel
15 Tuesday N.F.C.C.S. Mass Expiration Series
18 Friday Monogram — Faculty Basketball Game
19 Saturday Tri-City Symphony
Parade Inter-club Movies
20 Sunday Tri-City Symphony
Marriage Panel
22 Tuesday N.F.C.C.S. Mass Explanation Series
25 Friday Inter-club Movies
26 Saturday Mid-Semester
27 Sunday Annual Retreat Begins
30 Wednesday Retreat Ends
APRIL
1 Friday Senior Sampler
2 Saturday N.F.C.CS. Boxing Show
3 Sunday Social Sdence Club Meeting, Marycrest
Marriage Panel
6 Wednesday Easter Vacation begins at noon
10 Sunday Easter Sund
13 Wednesday Classes Resume at 8:00 A. M.
15 Friday Ambrose Freshman Project
Iowa Academy of Science Meeting at Ambrose
l6 Saturday Iowa Academy of Science Meeting at Ambrose
22 Friday Marycrest Tri Tau Project
23 Saturday Marycrest C.I.C. Picnic
28 Thursday Graduate Record Exams
29 Friday Graduate Record Exams
Mercy Mixer. Marycrest Fine Arts Festival
Davenport Diocesan Music Festival
30 Saturday Ambrose Inter-club Project
Marycrest Fine Arts Festival
MAY
1 Sunday Monogram Madness
2 Monday Monogram Madness
6 Friday Ambrose Inter-dub Project
7 Saturday Marycrest W.RA Dance
12 Thursday Field Day
13 Friday senior Prom
l4 Saturday Senior Weekend
15 Sunday Senior Weekend; Marycrest Players Marycrest Players
16 Monday Marycrest Players
17 Tuesday Day Oaks Yearbook comes out
18 Wednesday Ambrose Inter-club Project
19 Thursday Ascension Thursday, no classes
20 Friday Marycrest Junior-Senior Prom
23.27 Semester Exams
27 Friday Mercy Junior-Senior Prom
28 Saturday Senior Graduation Rehearsal at 9:30
29 Sunday Baccalaureate Services and Commencement
REGISTRATION STATISTICS 1954-55
Total Enrollment of aU Divisions 1091
Day Division (Men Only) 716
Nursing Divmon 112
Off-Campus Nurses 140
Evening Division 39
Off-Campus Nuns 84
TOTAL BREAKDOWN:
Men 716
B.S.N.'s 5
Student Nurses 107
Boarders 396
Day Students 320
Veterans 192
Freshmen 292
Sophomores 186
Juniors 118
Seniors 104
College Graduates 10
Special Students 6
BREAKDOWN OF AREAS
Iowa 316
Illinois 329
Misc. States 65
Foreign 6
Chicago 64
Quad-Cities 304
SEPTEMBER
17 Friday Freshmen Registration
Freshmen Mixer (Marycrest)
18 Saturday Communters Club Dance (Marycrest
19 Sunday All Schools Picnic
Variety Show (Marycrest)
20 Monday Classes begin at 8:00 a.m.
24 Friday Football-Western Illinois-Here
25 Saturday St. Ambrose Interclub Mixer
26 Sunday Marycrest Art club project
OCTOBER
1 Friday Mercy mixer
3 Sunday Football-Lewis-There
Marycrest Social Science Club Project
5-7 Forty Hours Devotion
8 Friday Marycrest Publications Society Dance
9 Saturday Football-Loras-Here
15 Friday Homecoming Dance
16 Saturday Parade
Football-St. Norberts- Here
17 Sunday Homecoming Activities
22 Friday St. Ambrose Inter-club Party
23 Saturday Football-Omaha University-There
29 Friday Tri Tau Dance (MaryCrest)
30 Saturday Football- Lacross State- There
Halloween Part (Mercy)
NOVEMBER
1 Monday All Saints Day- No Classes
5 Friday Football- William Jewel- Here
6 Saturday St. Ambrose Inter-club Project
7 Sunday Social Science Club Project (Marycrest)
12 Friday Marycrest Junior Prom
13 Saturday Football- Iowa Weslyan- There
14 Sunday Music Program (Marycrest)
19 Friday Mercy Thanksgiving Program
20 Saturday N.F.C.C.S Workshop and County Fair
24 Wednesday Thanksgiving Vaction Begins
27 Saturday Basktball- St. Thomas- There
28 Sunday Basketball- St. Marys- There
DECEMBER
1 Wednesday Basketball- Parsons- Here
4 Saturday Marycrest Camera Club Skating Party
5-6 Marycrest Players
7 Tuesday Feast of St. Ambrose
Alpha Deta Theta Project (Marycrest)
8 Wednesday Feast of Immaculate Conception-no classes
10 Saturday All Schools Christmas Party
Basketball -Morningside - There
12 Sunday Marycrest Publications Society Project
Christmas Musical (St. Ambrose
13 Monday Basketball -Macomb -There
Christmas Musical (St. Ambrose)
17 Friday Basketball - Great Lakes- There
18 Saturday Christmas Vacation Begins
JANUARY
3 Monday Classes Begin After Christmas Vacation
7 Friday Marycrest C.I.C
8 Saturday St. Ambrose Inter-clun Project
9 Sunday Basketball - Lewis- There
13 Thursday Basketball- St. Norberts- There
14 Friday Graduate Record Exams
Basketball- DePaul- There
15 Saturday Graduate Record Exams
16 Sunday Basketball- Lewis- Here
21 FridayBasketball- Macomb- Here
23 SundayBasketball- Regis- Here
24 Monday Semester Exams Begin
28 Friday Basketball- Parsons- There
30 SundayBasketball- Great Lakes- Here
31 Monday Classes Resume 8:00 A.M.
FEBRUARY
4 Friday Marycrest Junior Class Dance
5 Saturday N.F.C.C.S. Sweater Dance at K. of C. Hall
6 Sunday Baskteball- Creighton at M. Fieldhouse
9 Wednesday Basketball- Iowa Weslyan- There
11 Friday Sophmore-Junior Cotillion
12 Saturday Marycrest Sophmore Dance
13 Sunday Basketball- Loras- at M. Fieldhouse
Mercy Valentine Dance
Marycrest Coffeehouse Hour
14 Monday Marycrest Freshmen Play
14-25 St. Ambrose Agricultural Institute Meeting
18 Friday Marti-Gras Festival and Variety Show
19 Saturday Marti-Gras Festival and Variety Show
23 Wednesday Ash Wednsday, Lent Begins
24 Thursday Basketball- Quincy- There
25 Friday Ambrose Inter-club Movies
26 Saturday Inter-club Movies
27 Sunday Basketball- Loras- There
Marriage Panel
MARCH
1 Tuesday N.F.CCS. Mass Explanation Series
4 Friday Marycrest ,A" £lub. SMV°I Party
State NAIA Basketball Tournament
Saturday State NA.I.A. Basketball Tournament
Last day to drop a class without receiving an F
6 Sunday Marycrest SociJI Science Club Meeting
Marriage Panel
7 Monday Sophomore Tests
8 Tuesday N.F.C.C.S. Mass Explanation Series
11 Friday Marycrest Drama Club Project
National NAIA. Basketball Tournament
12 Saturday National N.A.IA Basketball Tournament
Marycrest Social Science Club Project
13 Sunday Coffeehouse Hour, Marycrest
Marriage Panel
15 Tuesday N.F.C.C.S. Mass Expiration Series
18 Friday Monogram — Faculty Basketball Game
19 Saturday Tri-City Symphony
Parade Inter-club Movies
20 Sunday Tri-City Symphony
Marriage Panel
22 Tuesday N.F.C.C.S. Mass Explanation Series
25 Friday Inter-club Movies
26 Saturday Mid-Semester
27 Sunday Annual Retreat Begins
30 Wednesday Retreat Ends
APRIL
1 Friday Senior Sampler
2 Saturday N.F.C.CS. Boxing Show
3 Sunday Social Sdence Club Meeting, Marycrest
Marriage Panel
6 Wednesday Easter Vacation begins at noon
10 Sunday Easter Sund
13 Wednesday Classes Resume at 8:00 A. M.
15 Friday Ambrose Freshman Project
Iowa Academy of Science Meeting at Ambrose
l6 Saturday Iowa Academy of Science Meeting at Ambrose
22 Friday Marycrest Tri Tau Project
23 Saturday Marycrest C.I.C. Picnic
28 Thursday Graduate Record Exams
29 Friday Graduate Record Exams
Mercy Mixer. Marycrest Fine Arts Festival
Davenport Diocesan Music Festival
30 Saturday Ambrose Inter-club Project
Marycrest Fine Arts Festival
MAY
1 Sunday Monogram Madness
2 Monday Monogram Madness
6 Friday Ambrose Inter-dub Project
7 Saturday Marycrest W.RA Dance
12 Thursday Field Day
13 Friday senior Prom
l4 Saturday Senior Weekend
15 Sunday Senior Weekend; Marycrest Players Marycrest Players
16 Monday Marycrest Players
17 Tuesday Day Oaks Yearbook comes out
18 Wednesday Ambrose Inter-club Project
19 Thursday Ascension Thursday, no classes
20 Friday Marycrest Junior-Senior Prom
23.27 Semester Exams
27 Friday Mercy Junior-Senior Prom
28 Saturday Senior Graduation Rehearsal at 9:30
29 Sunday Baccalaureate Services and Commencement
REGISTRATION STATISTICS 1954-55
Total Enrollment of aU Divisions 1091
Day Division (Men Only) 716
Nursing Divmon 112
Off-Campus Nurses 140
Evening Division 39
Off-Campus Nuns 84
TOTAL BREAKDOWN:
Men 716
B.S.N.'s 5
Student Nurses 107
Boarders 396
Day Students 320
Veterans 192
Freshmen 292
Sophomores 186
Juniors 118
Seniors 104
College Graduates 10
Special Students 6
BREAKDOWN OF AREAS
Iowa 316
Illinois 329
Misc. States 65
Foreign 6
Chicago 64
Quad-Cities 304
Date
1955
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
http://cdm16810.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16810coll2/id/8686