1941 Yearbook
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1941 Yearbook
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JOSEPH SHERIDAN
President
BURT KILGORE
Vice-President
JACK MURRAY
Treasurer
FRENCH CLUB
The St. Ambrose French Club, Le Cercle Francais, was organized again this year
with Father Leo C. Sterck, French professor, as faculty advisor.
As has been the annual custom of the club, the feature of the year was the annual
French Club play, presented at the Marycrest college garden party for the quad-city
French clubs on Saturday, May 10. The play was a clever three-act comedy partly
in French and partly in English, written for the occasion by Father Sterck. He was
ably assisted by Miss Ottolie Clapp.
The French Club's newspaper, "L'Ambrosiastre", was issued to all schools of
the quad-cities at the Marycrest party. The best contribution from other schools was
published and a prize awarded to the winning author.
Shortly after Easter, a lecture was presented at Ambrose Hall auditorium, with
little Lilian Verbeke, 12 year old French refugee now living in Moline, speaking to the
local club and their Marycrest French club guests.
A quad-city French club banquet was held at LeClaire Hotel in Moline early in the
year. Father Sterck interviewed Miss Verbeke as the local French club's part on the
program and the skit proved the hit of the evening. On April 17, members attended
a French movie, La Vie de Beethoven, at the Orpheum Theatre in Moline.
Membership in the French club depended only upon the taking of French at the
present time or having taken it in the past. The popular concept that South America
is our "trading friend" for the future led to a great decline in the number taking French
this year and a consequent shift to Spanish. The annual French government award
to the French student in school, excluding Freshman and night classes, was naturally
dropped this year. REV. L. C. STERCK Faculty Advisor
Top Row—
Hession, Folliard
Lahr, Monnier
Murray, Schnell
Kilgore
Second Row—
Ferrettier, Powe
McCabe, Leon
French, Sebeta
Front Row—
Langan
J. Sheridan
Harmon
President
BURT KILGORE
Vice-President
JACK MURRAY
Treasurer
FRENCH CLUB
The St. Ambrose French Club, Le Cercle Francais, was organized again this year
with Father Leo C. Sterck, French professor, as faculty advisor.
As has been the annual custom of the club, the feature of the year was the annual
French Club play, presented at the Marycrest college garden party for the quad-city
French clubs on Saturday, May 10. The play was a clever three-act comedy partly
in French and partly in English, written for the occasion by Father Sterck. He was
ably assisted by Miss Ottolie Clapp.
The French Club's newspaper, "L'Ambrosiastre", was issued to all schools of
the quad-cities at the Marycrest party. The best contribution from other schools was
published and a prize awarded to the winning author.
Shortly after Easter, a lecture was presented at Ambrose Hall auditorium, with
little Lilian Verbeke, 12 year old French refugee now living in Moline, speaking to the
local club and their Marycrest French club guests.
A quad-city French club banquet was held at LeClaire Hotel in Moline early in the
year. Father Sterck interviewed Miss Verbeke as the local French club's part on the
program and the skit proved the hit of the evening. On April 17, members attended
a French movie, La Vie de Beethoven, at the Orpheum Theatre in Moline.
Membership in the French club depended only upon the taking of French at the
present time or having taken it in the past. The popular concept that South America
is our "trading friend" for the future led to a great decline in the number taking French
this year and a consequent shift to Spanish. The annual French government award
to the French student in school, excluding Freshman and night classes, was naturally
dropped this year. REV. L. C. STERCK Faculty Advisor
Top Row—
Hession, Folliard
Lahr, Monnier
Murray, Schnell
Kilgore
Second Row—
Ferrettier, Powe
McCabe, Leon
French, Sebeta
Front Row—
Langan
J. Sheridan
Harmon
Date
1941
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
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