1941 Yearbook
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1941 Yearbook
Description
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St. Ambrose freshmen, one hundred and ninety-eight strong, registered "for better
or for worse" in September, 1940. The worse was not withheld for long. Insults,
bull sessions, green caps, and errands were among the requisites the "dumb freshies"
had to undergo.
During the homecoming celebration early in the school year, a Freshman Mixer
was staged for the first time in the Le Claire Gymnasium.
A program, with each yearling called upon to perform individually or in group,
in Ambrose Hall auditorium one evening was the conclusion of the initiation.
The gathering of this year's homecoming bonfire wood saw an innovation in that
all classes participated in the work and not merely the freshmen.
At the Freshman Night program, the class election was held and John Vercelli,
Joliet, Illinois, was elected to the presidency, with John Sweeney, Bloomington, Illinois, chosen as vice-president and Jack Flanagan, Needham, Mass., secretary-treasurer.
The class contributed splendidly to dramatics, debate, journalism, music, and to
athletics where such performers as Rotunno on the gridiron and Conroy and Giroux
in basketball were unusually adept. All three are Chicagoans.
Top Row—Duggan, McNamee, Beranek, Breitenbucher, Giroux, Witte, Heimes, Leech, Rotunno,
Schaefer, Swearingen, Kilgore.
Middle Row—Higgins, Long, J. Rohner, Cremeens, O'Niel, Seery, Harriss, Sizenbach, Burns,
L. Murphy, Langford.
Bottom Row: Capraro, Cargel, Polito, Condon, Hern, Ryan, Murphy, Hill, Lumbrazo, Shields.
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St. Ambrose freshmen, one hundred and ninety-eight strong, registered "for better
or for worse" in September, 1940. The worse was not withheld for long. Insults,
bull sessions, green caps, and errands were among the requisites the "dumb freshies"
had to undergo.
During the homecoming celebration early in the school year, a Freshman Mixer
was staged for the first time in the Le Claire Gymnasium.
A program, with each yearling called upon to perform individually or in group,
in Ambrose Hall auditorium one evening was the conclusion of the initiation.
The gathering of this year's homecoming bonfire wood saw an innovation in that
all classes participated in the work and not merely the freshmen.
At the Freshman Night program, the class election was held and John Vercelli,
Joliet, Illinois, was elected to the presidency, with John Sweeney, Bloomington, Illinois, chosen as vice-president and Jack Flanagan, Needham, Mass., secretary-treasurer.
The class contributed splendidly to dramatics, debate, journalism, music, and to
athletics where such performers as Rotunno on the gridiron and Conroy and Giroux
in basketball were unusually adept. All three are Chicagoans.
Top Row—Duggan, McNamee, Beranek, Breitenbucher, Giroux, Witte, Heimes, Leech, Rotunno,
Schaefer, Swearingen, Kilgore.
Middle Row—Higgins, Long, J. Rohner, Cremeens, O'Niel, Seery, Harriss, Sizenbach, Burns,
L. Murphy, Langford.
Bottom Row: Capraro, Cargel, Polito, Condon, Hern, Ryan, Murphy, Hill, Lumbrazo, Shields.
Date
1941
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
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