1948 Yearbook
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Title
1948 Yearbook
Description
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Activities
January
5 Classes resume.
9 Freshman Class presents Sweater Dance at Marycrest.
16 Student Council sponsors Sweater Dance at Danceland.
16-17 January grads take Graduate Record Examinations.
18-19 Drama Club stages "Tovarich" in Marycrest auditorium.
21-27 Fall semester exams are held.
28-30 Registration for Spring semester is held when about 1100
sign up.
February
2 Second Semester starts.
5 Dr. G. N. Shuster of Hunter College, speaks before Te Deum
gathering.
6 Sophomore Class presents "Cotillion" at Coliseum.
8 The "Bee Hive", new college snack-bar, opens in basement of
Ad building.
9 Jocists initiate campaign against blue conversation on the
campus.
11 Lent begins with especially scheduled Masses and religious
exercises.
21 Baseball prospects receive first call.
25 Foreign Students Relief Drive begins on campus.
29 Debate Club meets St. Thomas debaters in St. Paul, Minn.
March
1 Social Science profs participate in first meeting of U. A. W.
Labor School in East Moline.
3 Music Department presents band recital in Ambrose Hall
auditorium.
4 Archbishop Attipetty of Cerapolay, India, speaks before student
gathering in IeClaire Gym; Chemistry Department presents
"Miracle of Oil Plating" movie in Lewis Hall auditorium.
5 St. Ambrose establishes two four-year scholarships for deserving Chinese students.
14 Music Department presents "Seven Last Words" at Rockford, 111.
21-22 "Seven Last Words" is presented at St. Cecelia auditorium,
Davenport, and Sacred Heart Church, Moline.
18-24 Mid-Semester exams are given.
22 Attorney McCarthy, president of Davenport Te Deum and
Ambrose alumnus, speaks before Pre-Legal Club.
24-30 Classes suspended for Easter vacation.
31 Classes resume.
April
2 Student Relief committee sponsors Sweater Dance.
7 Music Department presents student recital in Ambrose Hall
auditorium.
11 Student Council sponsors Matinee Mixer.
16 St. Ambrose-Mary crest student councils stage informal dance.
22-23 Music Department sponsors Diocesan High School Music
Festival at college.
24 Examinations given for music scholarship applicants.
29-30 Forty Hours Devotion held in St. Ambrose and Sacred Heart
chapels and at the Shrine of Our Lady.
31-May 2 Choral Club entertains surrounding cities on music trip.
May
3 Choral Club participates in Iowa State Catholic College Music
Festival at Ottumwa.
7 Senior Class dance is held.
9 Music Department presents Spring Concert at Masonic Auditorium.
19 Music Department presents student recital in Ambrose Hall
auditorium.
21 St. Ambrose-Mary crest student councils stage informal dance.
31-June 5 Spring Semester exams are given.
June
6 Baccalaureate is held at Sacred Heart Cathedral and Commencement on the campus.
Activities
January
5 Classes resume.
9 Freshman Class presents Sweater Dance at Marycrest.
16 Student Council sponsors Sweater Dance at Danceland.
16-17 January grads take Graduate Record Examinations.
18-19 Drama Club stages "Tovarich" in Marycrest auditorium.
21-27 Fall semester exams are held.
28-30 Registration for Spring semester is held when about 1100
sign up.
February
2 Second Semester starts.
5 Dr. G. N. Shuster of Hunter College, speaks before Te Deum
gathering.
6 Sophomore Class presents "Cotillion" at Coliseum.
8 The "Bee Hive", new college snack-bar, opens in basement of
Ad building.
9 Jocists initiate campaign against blue conversation on the
campus.
11 Lent begins with especially scheduled Masses and religious
exercises.
21 Baseball prospects receive first call.
25 Foreign Students Relief Drive begins on campus.
29 Debate Club meets St. Thomas debaters in St. Paul, Minn.
March
1 Social Science profs participate in first meeting of U. A. W.
Labor School in East Moline.
3 Music Department presents band recital in Ambrose Hall
auditorium.
4 Archbishop Attipetty of Cerapolay, India, speaks before student
gathering in IeClaire Gym; Chemistry Department presents
"Miracle of Oil Plating" movie in Lewis Hall auditorium.
5 St. Ambrose establishes two four-year scholarships for deserving Chinese students.
14 Music Department presents "Seven Last Words" at Rockford, 111.
21-22 "Seven Last Words" is presented at St. Cecelia auditorium,
Davenport, and Sacred Heart Church, Moline.
18-24 Mid-Semester exams are given.
22 Attorney McCarthy, president of Davenport Te Deum and
Ambrose alumnus, speaks before Pre-Legal Club.
24-30 Classes suspended for Easter vacation.
31 Classes resume.
April
2 Student Relief committee sponsors Sweater Dance.
7 Music Department presents student recital in Ambrose Hall
auditorium.
11 Student Council sponsors Matinee Mixer.
16 St. Ambrose-Mary crest student councils stage informal dance.
22-23 Music Department sponsors Diocesan High School Music
Festival at college.
24 Examinations given for music scholarship applicants.
29-30 Forty Hours Devotion held in St. Ambrose and Sacred Heart
chapels and at the Shrine of Our Lady.
31-May 2 Choral Club entertains surrounding cities on music trip.
May
3 Choral Club participates in Iowa State Catholic College Music
Festival at Ottumwa.
7 Senior Class dance is held.
9 Music Department presents Spring Concert at Masonic Auditorium.
19 Music Department presents student recital in Ambrose Hall
auditorium.
21 St. Ambrose-Mary crest student councils stage informal dance.
31-June 5 Spring Semester exams are given.
June
6 Baccalaureate is held at Sacred Heart Cathedral and Commencement on the campus.
Date
1948
Rights
St. Ambrose University 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
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