1971 Yearbook
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1971 Yearbook
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Right: John Lacey, photographer and John
Schmits, Faculty Advisor review the tenure of
the covers for the last four years . . . "was is
hell".
THE '71 OAKS YEARBOOK—THE PARTING SHOT
This marks the end of the 1971 edition of the OAKS.
We of the staff would like to extend our best wishes to
our successors, but we can't do that because due to the
pending merger of Marycrest and St. Ambrose, this may
well be the last yearbook. This is not a tragedy, but before
we sign the death certificate for the Ambrose yearbook,
it will be a very rewarding experience for us to trace the
history of this book.
The book apparently began in 1914 and was called,
fittingly enough, The Ambrosian. This format was used up
until 1924 when the book became the Ambrosian Quarterly and was distributed four times a year. This trend
continued until 1939. Beginning in 1940 the book
became the OAKS and for some unknown reason it was
listed as Volume 12, even though it was the twenty-
seventh book in the series. As is wont to happen at St.
Ambrose, old institutions tend to die slowly and so in
1942 another issue of the Ambrosian Quarterly appeared. The OAKS, however, reappeared in 1948 following World War II and has continued to the present except
for a years absence in 1952 during the Korean War. So
this present edition is the thirty-seventh volume and the
fifty-first St. Ambrose Yearbook.
Some selected quotes from past yearbooks tell a fascinating story about this school and the people who have
attended it.
1914: "We feel assured that each and every member
of the class will accomplish things in the future as in the
past, and if this is done we may rest assured that both our
Alma Mater and ourselves will be greatly benefitted as a
result of our sojourn at the Ambrosian font of knowledge."
1918: "To the Ambrosians who are in the Army and
Navy of Democracy, fighting to preserve the Ideals and
Institutions of free peoples, we respectfully dedicate this
book."
1919: "The hymns of hate must be silenced forever.
The autocratic leaders of militarism must retract their
steps across the Rhine and remake their government, so
that the illusion that 'Might is Right' may be replaced by
the democratic ideals of justice, liberty and equality to
all."
184
Schmits, Faculty Advisor review the tenure of
the covers for the last four years . . . "was is
hell".
THE '71 OAKS YEARBOOK—THE PARTING SHOT
This marks the end of the 1971 edition of the OAKS.
We of the staff would like to extend our best wishes to
our successors, but we can't do that because due to the
pending merger of Marycrest and St. Ambrose, this may
well be the last yearbook. This is not a tragedy, but before
we sign the death certificate for the Ambrose yearbook,
it will be a very rewarding experience for us to trace the
history of this book.
The book apparently began in 1914 and was called,
fittingly enough, The Ambrosian. This format was used up
until 1924 when the book became the Ambrosian Quarterly and was distributed four times a year. This trend
continued until 1939. Beginning in 1940 the book
became the OAKS and for some unknown reason it was
listed as Volume 12, even though it was the twenty-
seventh book in the series. As is wont to happen at St.
Ambrose, old institutions tend to die slowly and so in
1942 another issue of the Ambrosian Quarterly appeared. The OAKS, however, reappeared in 1948 following World War II and has continued to the present except
for a years absence in 1952 during the Korean War. So
this present edition is the thirty-seventh volume and the
fifty-first St. Ambrose Yearbook.
Some selected quotes from past yearbooks tell a fascinating story about this school and the people who have
attended it.
1914: "We feel assured that each and every member
of the class will accomplish things in the future as in the
past, and if this is done we may rest assured that both our
Alma Mater and ourselves will be greatly benefitted as a
result of our sojourn at the Ambrosian font of knowledge."
1918: "To the Ambrosians who are in the Army and
Navy of Democracy, fighting to preserve the Ideals and
Institutions of free peoples, we respectfully dedicate this
book."
1919: "The hymns of hate must be silenced forever.
The autocratic leaders of militarism must retract their
steps across the Rhine and remake their government, so
that the illusion that 'Might is Right' may be replaced by
the democratic ideals of justice, liberty and equality to
all."
184
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