1914 Yearbook
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1914 Yearbook
Description
Senior Class History.
AFTER seven years of struggling with the different
"Ologies" and of searching for Greek roots we have
at last reached the end of our course. This end naturally brings with it great happiness and yet intermingled with this happiness is sorrow, for within
the sacred walls of St. Ambrose we spent some of the
happiest hours of our life.
All it is true have not had the distinction of being charter members of the class. But three, Wm. Hynes of Albia, Leo Kerrigan of
Davenport, and John Cash of Holbrook bear this distinction. Some
who are not with us now but who were with us in the beginning are
holding responsible positions and the class is justly proud of their
success. Others entered St. Ambrose and being assigned to our class
took the places left vacant and they have been found to be most
worthy standard-bearers.
One of these recruits was Signor Luigi Ligutti. He came all the
way from "Sunny Italy" and according to his own words he is delighted
to be here. After he had mastered the English language and had
become accustomed to our manners he began to distinguish himself
and became known as the "Modern Socrates." Leo Roling the "Pride
of Preston" realizing the great benefits which would be derived from
an alliance with the class of '14 left his thriving municipality and
joined us and has done much since to establish a standard of his class.
Of the charter members William Hynes has been prominently
associated with all the various class enterprises in recent years. Figuring conspicuously in Elocution contests where two years ago he was
awarded second prize, his success in dramatics during the past year
has been even more phenomenal. Nor must we pass over in silence an
athletic career that earned him the College "A" and perhaps more
than all his other accomplishments has endeared him to the students.
John Cash has been in the lead for everything that made for the
progress of the class. By diligent work he has helped to keep up our
standard of excellence in studies; he was the pet of the muses who told
him their rhythmic secrets and withal a sincere lover of the prosaic
dust and scramble of the base-ball field.
AFTER seven years of struggling with the different
"Ologies" and of searching for Greek roots we have
at last reached the end of our course. This end naturally brings with it great happiness and yet intermingled with this happiness is sorrow, for within
the sacred walls of St. Ambrose we spent some of the
happiest hours of our life.
All it is true have not had the distinction of being charter members of the class. But three, Wm. Hynes of Albia, Leo Kerrigan of
Davenport, and John Cash of Holbrook bear this distinction. Some
who are not with us now but who were with us in the beginning are
holding responsible positions and the class is justly proud of their
success. Others entered St. Ambrose and being assigned to our class
took the places left vacant and they have been found to be most
worthy standard-bearers.
One of these recruits was Signor Luigi Ligutti. He came all the
way from "Sunny Italy" and according to his own words he is delighted
to be here. After he had mastered the English language and had
become accustomed to our manners he began to distinguish himself
and became known as the "Modern Socrates." Leo Roling the "Pride
of Preston" realizing the great benefits which would be derived from
an alliance with the class of '14 left his thriving municipality and
joined us and has done much since to establish a standard of his class.
Of the charter members William Hynes has been prominently
associated with all the various class enterprises in recent years. Figuring conspicuously in Elocution contests where two years ago he was
awarded second prize, his success in dramatics during the past year
has been even more phenomenal. Nor must we pass over in silence an
athletic career that earned him the College "A" and perhaps more
than all his other accomplishments has endeared him to the students.
John Cash has been in the lead for everything that made for the
progress of the class. By diligent work he has helped to keep up our
standard of excellence in studies; he was the pet of the muses who told
him their rhythmic secrets and withal a sincere lover of the prosaic
dust and scramble of the base-ball field.
Date
1914
Identifier
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