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1914 Yearbook

1914 Yearbook

Title

1914 Yearbook

Description

Freshmen Collegiate History.
IN THE FALL of '09 the history of the Freshman Col-
legiates began. Five years ago! What changes
have occurred during that time in our class! Though
our class is not the largest, we feel entitled to a generous share of the space given by the Ambrosian to
those who have done things at St. Ambrose.

We began our Academic course thirty-three
strong, and for "Freshies" were exceedingly remarkable. In our
Sophomore year, numbering twenty-five, we began to attract the
respect of our rival classes by furnishing six men for the Academic
Football Team and one member of the College Basket-ball Five. In
1911-12 the class continued to add to their victories. Five of the Varsity football team and the "center" of the basket-ball quintet were
wearers of the "Purple and Gray." In this year we began to excel
in baseball and only the Senior Academics, with the college battery,
were able to defeat us. We also entered three men in the Elocution
Contest. And now we come to the greatest year in our history, the
Senior year. It was a grand climax of an illustrious class. In the
Fall of 1912, St. Ambrose put out the greatest football team that ever
represented the Blue and White. Much of its success was due to the
Academic "13's," who had four men on the first team. Three members of the basket-ball team and three of the members of the baseball
team were from our class. But not only in athletics did we outshine
the other classes. We were foremost also in Music, Art and Oratory;
members of our class belonged to the Band, Orchestra and Choir; the
cartoonist of the 1913 Ambrosian was a graduate of '13; the gold
medal in Elocution; the K. of C. prize for the best Historical essay
came to our class.
In June, 1913, seventeen finished the Academic course and received their diplomas of graduation. We who returned to pursue the
Classical course at St. Ambrose were joined in September by Mell G.
Morrin, a promising recruit from Williamsburg. Of those who did
not return some are going to universities, others are already making
their fortunes in various occupations.
The class officers are: David D. Klise, Pres.; Clement B. Wagner,
Vice Pres.; Mell G. Morrin, Treas.; William B. Schmidt, Sec., and
AMBROSE J. BURKE, Historian.

Date

1914

Identifier

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