November 1968
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Rockhurst High School :.... ~-, . ON THE INSIDE PAGES CAMPUS - Midnight Mass; also, Rockhurst work in the inner city. SPORTS- The Rock Walks on Ward; and a preview of Ruskin. FEATURES - Interviews with traveling teachers. TOP OF THE ROCK- The stories behind number 87 and the golden-tongued• Italian. LEADING EDITORIAL- Mother Grouse: the acceptable candidate. COVER STORY "We walked on Ward.'' The cry shook the stands at Ward field October 4. The cheer was totally justified. For the whole school liad indeed ")Valked on Ward." One of the senior football play en said, "You guys were just tremendous. We couldn't have won without you." Ward has started the "something" we need for a truly peat year. In the weeks to come, especially this week and De La Salle week, let's be giving that "something" some pushing. _ PREP NEWS NOVEMBER, 1968 ROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL VOL. 26, No. 2 KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI TYPING: Craig Broskow, Dave Tansey. EDITOR-1N~HIEF Bob Fowler WRITERS: John McManus, Dennis Egan, Jim Darby, John Connors, Dan Doran, CAMPUS Dave Stringei Dave Cram, Brad Shurmantine, John Welsh. FEATURES John Conley SPORTS Jim Walterbach BUSINESS STAFF: John Mayer, Frank Louis Jakowatz Sikora, Paul DeBacco. Bill Strobach PRODUCTION CREW: John Philips, Mike PERSONALITIES Ken Hager Nobn=ga, Mike Noack, John Channley, Paul Tom O'Brien Pierron, Joe Bruno, Ted Wiedeman, Tom PICTURES Dlabel, Ron Shaffer. AR.T CharUe Schleper MODERATOR Peter Doyle, S.J. PHOTOGRAPHERS Doug Peck Charlie Fischer Publishea e1ght times during the school year Tom O'Brien as an extra-curricular activity by the students ADVERTISING Greg Hayward of Rockhurst High school, 9301-State Line John Charmley Road, Kansas City, Missouri, 64114. Second CIRCULATION Jim JakowaiZ class posrage paid at Kansas City, Mo. Brad Thedinger Subscription $3.00 per year. o;eniors will vote to determine the queen. Senior football players will receive two votes, Campus and the rest of the seniors will receive one vote. The candidates for queen will be in~roduced at the pep rally on Friday and will also take part in the half-time activities. '68 Homecoming Planned The elected queen will be announced at the "1_. ~omecoming ~ance. Pete McGee is organiz mg the election and introduction of the The parade this Friday afternoon will queen candidates. start off the 1968 homecoming activities. J'he Homecoming _dance will feature the Later that night the football game against "Mac Truque," said to be one of the best Ruskin will be played, and on Saturday the soul bands around. The dance will be on Homecoming Dance will be held. Saturday from 8-11. Pre-sale tickets are $3 The Homecoming parade will have the a couple, $3.50 at the door. The theme of same organization as last year's. The junior the dance is the "Rite of Rocku" based on ·class is allowed 20 convertibles in the parade; a South Pacific paradise. The maj~r decora the senior class is allowed 30. Any sopho tions will be a live volcano in the gym with more or freshman wanting to ride in the the queen's platform set in front, an aban parade must get a ride with some junior or ':loned cave as an entrance, a fountain a senior. The parade committee recommends South. Pacific villa_~te m.ade up of bamboo that no more than six ride in one car and huts, and the fierce cardboard god Rocku everyone, including the faculty, watch their inside the gym. The students directing the driving. The parade will follow approximately oonstruction of the decorations are as fol the same route as last year's; fust driving to lows: the volcano and fountain by Jon St. Theresa's, then to Loretto, then to Sion. t,.lcManus; the bamboo huts by Dennis Maygers, who is also the chairman of the ,The supe~ors for th_e parade are Mr. Thomas Tobm, S.J., and Mr;·Marion Nickel. dance committee; the cave by Mike Muelbach ·· Ken Hager, Mark Ownes, Pat Terry, and and. the god Ro~ku by Jim Mellody. Mr: Dick Ward are working with Mr. Nickel and Tobm, the supemsor of all the decorations Mr. Tobin; said a great amount of help will be needed : Each class will make at least one float to all day Saturday before the dance. There will 'be used in the parade and also to be used also be help needed for the clean-up on during the half-time of the game. Ten Sunday morning. trophy points will be given for every float constructed. The class constructing the best The Hom·ecomtng Dance Planning Committee float will receive SO trophy points; 25 meets with Mr. Tobin, S.J. at lunchtime. From L.. trophy points will be awarded for the second. to R. they are D. Maygers, J. Mellody, M. Noack, best float; the third best will receive 10 .J. .Ciuzrmley, Mr. Tobin, S.J.. and M. Muelhb{Jch. points. The seniors are planning to build three floats, one by Vito Barbieri, another by Mark Chown, and the third by Mike Clayton. Steve Kelly has volunteered to have the 'Junior float built at his house. The sopho mores will build their float at Andrew Darton's house; and the freshmen will build H'~-<··~ their float at Ted Wiedeman) s. Brother Gait- or is the supervisor of all the floats." Sometlui1g new introduced ttus Home- coming was the privilege of any senior to . ~~nominate a girl for queen if the girl is from ,_Loretto. St. ThPrP.<~.'!'s, or Sion. Also, these :three schools chose one girl each aa ~ candidate for queen. On October 22 a pri mary was held to narrow down the cboica ·for queen to five ~Is. Then this Fri... - Pate3 Parkvicw Wius in SpE.'!t-t·b On October I 1-12. Rockhurst High School hosted .~8 schools from Kansas, Mi~soun, Ncbra~ka. and Oklahoma in the J 6th Annual Rockhurst Speech Tournament. Participating in five events, Humorou~ and Dianu:tic Interpretation, Extemporan euu:. Speaking, Original Oratory, and Debate. entric:; from the four states competed for top prizes, while theu schools battled for The Sweepstakes Award. Springfield Park view finally won this award, given to the school which has accumulated the most points in the tournament. In debate, the debate teams argued the Getting Acquainted. Students [rom many schools topic, "Resolved: That the United States get together in the Rockhurst gym before the should establish a system of compulsory speech tourney. service for all citizens." Awards were given to all who fmished in the quarter-finals and higher. Springfield Parkview eventually children of the area. A swimming program walked off with the frrst place trophy. has been started in which accredited swim In the four individual events, participants mers take the kids to the YMCA to learn competed for awards given those who placed sWimming or just have fun. Five of the life 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Patti Loosen of St. guards are volunteers from Rockhurst: Bill Theresa's took first place in Dramatic Inter Holland, Mike Muehlbach, Mike Roche, Rod pretation as did Barry Brummet of Columbia Stewart, and George Winger .. Often the child Hickman in Humorous Interpretation. David ren needs clothes for school for which their Alley of Springfield Parkview won first place families don't have the money. This prob in both Extemporaneous Speaking and Origi lem can also be solved by Shirley who has a nal Oratory. whole room full of clothing for both child A host of Rockhurst students gave their ren and adults. time in making this tournament a success. The 34th and Oakley area has many older All Junior and Senior debaters were given people who are not forgotten by St. Martin's control of a particular phase of the tourna Center. Since they are often too ill to keep ment, and Sophomore and Freshmen stu up their yards, Shirley sends some boys to dents served as timekeepers for the five cut the grass and pull the weeds. Firewood is events. also needed by the homes in the neighbor hood and again the workers at St. Martin's come to the rescue, splitting logs and deliver ing the wood. Seven Rockhurst men have been doing this last kind of work. They are: Workers to Inner City Jim Benoit, Danny Dreyer, Kevin Fallon, Bill Harmless, Mark Kuzila, Lenny .t'eters, At thirty-fourth and Oakley there is a and Dave Stringer. small frame house with a sign above the This physical labor is only half of the door stating that this is St. Martin's Com work done by these volunteers. The other munity Center. The house is not a center half is often not work at all but a valuable but really a headquarters. For it is from and enjoyable experience. That other half. here that Shirley, who is St. Martin's Center, is just simply visiting the people and talkins I f'· dispatches volunteers. Shirley is in charge at with them. St. Martin's. She is a tirele!ls worker. com All the people in the neighborhood are passionate friend, and strict overseer. Her friendly and they make a visitor feel at object is to improve the neighborhood in home quickly. Lulu is an older woman who Leeds and help the people better their lives. lives down the street from the center. Her Shirley goes to great lengths to help the Paae 4 house is very small and crowded but clean. people there feel ·part of the mass instead of She lives alone but since she has been in the just observers. hospital her niece comes to do housework In the future, as Fr.