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DECEMBER 1947 December, 1947 Number 1 The delay in presenting this third issue of the Regis Round-Up was un avoidable if the Round-Up was to reach the widest possible circulation. Almost 20 years had passed since the last address file of alumni and Enrollment friends had been brought up to date in 1928. Since then the ordinary number of address changes was swelled trem endously by the mass migration and .movement that accompanied the war. The old files became useless. Records Up; In a way, they became · more· than useless since they gave the illusion that the whereabouts of a great number of alumni and friends were known. The first issue of the Round-Up in May did little to dispell this as return postage was not guaranteed and the magazines not delivered were not re Now 891 turned. Thus the errors in the address -list were not apparent. Smashing all previous records and However, following the mailing of the July issue on which return postage exceeding the fondest hopes of the was guaranteed, an alarming number of magazines were returned to his rector and the dean, the enrollment office. It was soon woefully manifest that the list was entirely inadequate. at the college and in the Downtown All of the more than 5,000 men who attended the college, the high school, Division for the first semester of the the old academy and the prep school since 1887 are eligible to receive the 1947-48 collegiate year was nearly Round-Up. Of this total, the old list had included about 1,200 names and 400 greater than the semester that of these more than 500 proved to be in error when the magazines were re ended last June._ In fact, the throng turned during August and September. Thus the Round-Up was reaching only of students taxed all existing facil 700 persons. ities and made it apparent that an Many of these 700 were friends of Regis who had never attended school expansion program of some sort must here. Thus it can be seen that only about 500 out of 5,000, or 10 per cent of be readied in the near future. the former student body, were aware of the Round-Up or knew that the Regis Full time students enrolled in the Men's club had become re-activated. campus college totaled 487 as com It was decided, then, to delay the publication date of the third issue of the pared with the record 386 the year Round-Up and concentrate on correcting and enlarging the alumni address before. Indicative of continued list. The greater part of September and October was spent in this way and growth was the fact that of the more the mailing list has been rebuilt to include about 1,500 correct addresses. than 180 freshmen less than a score The work of completing the list is still going on. We are prepared to were G.I. students, showing that send to any alumnus the list of college, high school, academy, grade or prep Regis is making a strong appeal to school students who attended the school during his years here so that ad the upper classmen in high schools. dresses might be added or notation made of those who have passed away. Since government statistics indi cate that the number of veteran students will decrease each year from now on, this interest in Regis among Regis Courts Big-Time College Baseball the high school boys of this region is an extremely encouraging sign. Thanks to Unique Connie Mack Trophy The Downtown Division at 711 17th street which had a total en Regis college will attract nation as the result of the kindness of that wide attention in the basball world grand old man of baseball. rollment last year of 122, is now bursting a t the seams with 404 part next spring when it stages a tourna Connie Mack has presented Regis time students and some of the classes ment for the "Connie Mack Trophy", college with a trophy to be the object had to be split;_ in two sections and of an annual collegiate competition. staged on alternate nights to accom Assured a prominent place in the THE REGIS ROUND-UP modate the enrollees. In addition, sports world by the fame of its don classes are held during the day for Published six times a year or, the annual tournament may well nurses from the three Catholic hos by the Regis Men's Club. Ad become one of the biggest events in dress all correspondence to pitals in the city. college diamond circles by the caliber the Regis Round-Up, care of The total enrollment thus puts at of the opposing teams which will be Regis College, Denver, 11. tendance at Regis college at 891. Annual subscription one dol invited to compete for the trophy. When to this is added the 343 stu lar per year. The establishment of this annual dents enrolled in Regis High school, baseball classic is due entirely to the Regis Men's Club Officers a grand total of 1234 are now under efforts of John A. Flanagan, direc Presiden t ______Stephe n L. R. Jesuit instruction in Denver. McNichols, R eg- is , '36. tor of athletics at Regis college, who \' ice Pres. __ 'Wa lter J . Coug hlin, had established a corvesponding ac 2 4 Exec. Boarrl L oyoJ~ }{ ·r.'. S c hmit z, quaintance with Connie Mack when Heg-is, '34. Flanagan was coaching at St.. Vin YOU Fra nc is 1{. H ession, )~aue fot~ted Heg·is, ex-'34. cent's Home-during his college days. Pasquale L. Mar "Some weeks a~o Flanagan renewed ra nzino, Hegis, '40. John F. Connors, ~this correspondence which had been he Regis Men's Club? Regis, '41. interrupted during the war and asked S0c•·etary Eclwin A. T . W illiams onnie Mack for permission to use $3.00 fwt ~~ (See page 6) Page 2 Regis Men's Club Plans Mammoth Reunion Plans for a mammoth class re-union of all former Regis and Sacred Heart students are well underway following a preliminary meeting of the Regis Men's Club in October. The re-union will take the form of a dinner to be held in one of the downtown hotels with a nationally-known speaker and top-flight entertainers as features of the program. Chief attraction, however, will be the opportunity to meet the "boys" from the "old days" and to swap reminiscences with some of the gang whom you haven't seen in many years. In order to insure a maximum of this old-time chatter, Regis Placement Service to Offer the seating arrangements will be made by classes. Class numerals wil be posted on the various tables Job Opportunities to Alumni, Students and present indications are that rep resentatives of practically every class Regis College is now ready to offer a placement service to both students to attend the college, the academy, and alumni interested in securing new or better business positions. The sys the high schol and the old prep school tem will closely follow that set up at Holy Cross College three years ago. will be on hand to join in the fun. Holy Cross has had marked success with its program and has succeeded The alumni office has already heard in placing 900 students and former students in good positions during the past three years. . from former students now on the The success of this program will West coast, the Rocky Mountain area hand in making the re-union an out and the southwest and midwest, all depend in great part on the cooper standing success. ation of Regis and Sacred Heart of whom signify their intention of These committees at present are: attending the re-union which will be alumni who can keep this ·office the first full-sized get-together of Hotel: John A. Hickey, Joseph A. posted when various vacancies are Regis men in many years. Stein and Cahrles F . Cassidy; decora about t o appear in the many activities tions: Eugene S. Blish, Carl A. Aluisi of the business world. It will be the At the same time, plans are being and Walter Rountree; speaker, T. aim of this office to send out as appli completed to have many former fac Raber Taylor and Murray B. cants only those students or gradu ulty members return to Denver for Sweeney; entertainment: Martin ates who have the qualifications this occasion. Golden, Gary Costello, Mike Martelli necessary for the particular opening The entire day preceding the din and Galen Rowe. plus, of course, the intrinsic qualifica ner will be set aside at the college Invited guests: John R':-13arry,· 'I\ tions of character and personality. for "Homecoming" and several events J. McMahon and Mark Dunn; classesF This ofice has already been fortun- · are being prepared on the campus M. J . Kane, Walter Coughlin, Ect ate t hrough the cooperation of to add to the fun and interest of the Floyd, Tom Floyd and Dr. Anthony . Charles P. Cain, '39, of the Publish program. Zarlengo; tickets: Joe Nelson, Bill ers Distributing Agency to obtain Preliminary committees were Murray, Bob Nelson, Paul J. Cella, part-time employment for two stu formed at the planning meeting but Eddie Day, Vincent Dwyer , Robert dents. Cletus Charron, ex-'32, of t he the club feels free to add to these Steinbruner and Pasquale Marran Pet Milk Company, offered two full as the need arises, and to call upon zino; reservations: John A. Flanagan time openings for Regis graduates, any and all Regis men to lend a and Walter E. Thackrey. and Harold Dolan of the Prudential Company had additional openings for alumni in the insurance field. Men's Club's First Project Brings Joy Since information on alumni seek ing positions was limited, we were unable to take advantage of the kind to Boys and Girls in loca l Orphanages offers of Mr. Charron and Mr. Dolan. The end of the parochial league football season brought to a close the I n order that this program may first successful project of the Regis Men's Club and established a worthwhile work to its full advantage, the alumni precedent that the club can carry on in the years to come. As the result of office is setting up a confidential file. this project about three score children at St. Clara's and St. Vincent's Or All alumni who wish to be considered phanages were not only admitted free to see the games each Sunday but were for any possible positions that arise, given transportation to and from the Regis stadium and supplied with hot are requested to send in pertinent dogs and pop to make their enjoyment of the day more complet e. information. This information will be The project was adopted at a meet held in t he strictest confidence. ing of the Men's Club held at DeSmet and hot dogs and the Regis college This program will not bear g reat Hall on the campus in October, fol bus was obtained on most Sunday's fruit immediately. Information re lowing the suggestion of Jack Car to transport the youngsters t o and ceived from Holy Cross College shows berry, who, by the way, has long fro. that it was quite some time before been active in behalf of orphans a nd Members of the Men's Club volun- employers or job seekers gained needy kids. Unlike more fortunate teered their services on successive confidence in the new venture. How youngsters, the children in these two Sundays to ride back and forth with ever, progress was made as the plan institutions are unable to leave the the children and sit with them dur became better known. grounds unless under supervision and ing the game. They were rewarded It is no more than right that Regis life behind the walls of any instiution for this effort by the genuine pleasure men who have succeeded in various can grow pretty monotonous desp'te they obtained in watching the young lines of endeavor should extend a sincere efforts of the nuns to bring sters enjoy themselves. helping hand to younger alumni who them as much happiness as possible. As a project it was eminently suc in turn can bring their training, edu Funds from the Men's Cluo's cessful and the Men's Club can t ake cation and ideas to aid the firm t hat treasury were used to supply the pop pride in a good deed well done. offers them employment. Page 3 Regis Ranger's 1947-1948 Cage Squad Expected to Make History
Facing the longest and toughest schedule in the college's basketball history, Regis ~his season is ready ~ith ,a top-notch squad of hardwood stars and confidently expects to rank high in the national roster of outstandmg ~ollege teams. With the stars of _last_ year's five backed by an array of capable reserves, Coach Larry Varnell will be able to present a picture of calmness and sang froid hitherto unknown on the Regis bench. Harvey Moore, veteran of last season, who led the Rocky Mountain region in the percentage of points per game, was born in Adamsville, Tenn ., 23 years ago. H e stands six feet three inches tall and ketball for the Pearl Harbor Navy returned to Regis where he is major won letters in each of his four years Air Station team which, under the ing in business administration. H e at Adamsville High school, plus a direction of Lt. Harry Varnell (now is 23 years old. berth on the All-State five in his sen Regis coach) won the Pacific Fleet Jim Sheehan was awarded a bas ior year. H e was awarded five battle championship. H e is a physical ed. ketball letter at Regis High school stars with the Army in Europe and student, and plans to guide a cage and another at Regis College last then won his letter at Bethel College, team himself when he finishes at year. He is a native of Denver, six Tenn., which he attended before en R egis. feet, one inch, tall and 20 years old. tering Regis. Harvey is a liberal arts Tom Waters, also on last year's A tour of duty in China and Japan student, majoring in history. five, was born in Mobile, Ala., twen with the Navy prefeded his entrance Robert "Bob" Fisher, another of ty years ago, then came to Denver at Regis, where h ~ is studying pre last year's team, stood second in the where he attended Regis High school, engineering cou rs e~. list of points-per-game scorers in the winning two letters in basketball and Robert "Bob" WJhlace, making his Rocky Mountain region, less than a a berth on the All-State team in his first appearance this year with the point below Moore. Big Bob was senior year. He served fourteen varsity, cut a wide swath in Wyom Harvey Moore Tom Waters Bob Burns born in Washington, Ind., is 22 years months in the Navy and is now ma ing where he gamered four basket- old and stands six feet four inches. joring in accounting at Regis. His old, six feet tall and is taking the H e attended North Vernon High height, six feet, three inches. liberal arts course. school, Ind., where he stood out as SCHEDULE Vincent "Bob" Burns, also from John "Gerry" Simon is the big boy the team's high scorer, then served last year's aggregation, is a native three years in the Navy playing bas- of the Regis squad, standing six Dec. L ...... Regis, 55; Lowry Field, 33 Bob Fisher Denverite who first attracted atten feet, 8 inches, in height. A native of Dec. 6 ...... (Saturday...... Ft. Warren (Away) tion in the parochial league, win Stratton, Colo., he starred at Stratton Dec. 12 ...... (Friday) ...... Adams State (Armory) ning four basketball letters in as High school, winning three basket Dec. 13...... (Saturday) ...... New Mexico Highlands (Armory) many years at Mullen High school. ball letters and a berth on the All Dec. 16 ...... (Tuesday) ...... Ft. Warren (Regis Gym) Standing five feet, eleven inches, State t eam for Class-B schools. H e Dec. 22 ...... (Monday) ...... San Francisco U (Auditorium) "Bob" was chosen All-State for three is 18 years old and this is his first years while at Mullen. He is major year with the varsity. Jan. 5 ...... (Monday) ...... Montana U (Auditorium) ing in business. Jan. 9 ...... (Friday) ...... Mines (Away) Paul Berney, also taking the floor Jan. 12...... (Monday) ...... Creighton (Armory) J erry Coursey, another veteran of with the Rangers for the ·first time, last season, is a Denver native, 18 Jan. 23 ...... (Frid'ay) ...... Adams State (Auditorium) hails from Oklahoma City where he Jan. 3L...... (Saturday) ...... Iowa (Away) years old and an even six feet in starred with John Carroll High height. At Regis High schol he won school and was named to the Okla Feb. 2 ...... (Monday) ...... Marquette (Away) his letter two years ago in basket homa All-State team. H e is six feet, ball. He is majoring in accounting. Feb. 7 ...... (Saturday) ...... Mines (Armory) one inch, in height, 18 years old and Feb. 12 ...... (Thursday) ...... DePaul (Away) Phil Antonelli at five feet, nine has chosen the liberal arts course. Feb. 13 ...... (Friday) ...... St. Ambrose (Away) inches, proved last year that speed John C. Williams, student man Feb. 14...... (Saturday) ...... Loras (Away) and fire make up for a lot of inches. ager, is a Denver native who won Feb. 20 ...... (Friday) ...... Western State (Away) A native of Silverton, Colo., he won basketball letters at St. Edward's Feb. 2L ...... (Saturday) ...... Western State (Away) three basketball letters at Silverton Academy, Austin, Tex., and at Regis Feb. 23 ...... (Monday) ...... New Mexico U. (Auditorium) High school and then added a letter before taking over the worries and Feb. 27...... (Friday) ...... Omaha (Armory) at Regis College before the war. Af woes of team management. He is Feb. 28 ...... (Saturday) ...... Omaha (Armory) ter winning three battle stars in Coach Larry Varnell majoring in business. Europe with the field artillery, he Dick Petry Bob Wallace ball letters at St. Mary's High school and was selected in his senior year for the Wyoming All-State team. A native of Rawlins, Wyo., Bob is 18 years old and five feet, eleven inches tall. He is majoring in accounting. Bryce Heffley, also a newcomer to the varsity, is a native of Kiowa, Colo., and starred at Aurora High school where he won two basketball letters and was the leading scorer in the Denver suburban league in both his junior and seLior years. He is six feet, five inchel> tall and 18 years old. He is takinl; the liberal arts' course. J Richard Petry, another varsity newcomer, ' is a native of Champaign, Ill., where he captured three basket ball letters with Champaign High school and won honorable mention on the All-State team. He is 18 years Phil Antonelli Gerry Simon Bryce Heffley Paul Berney Jerry Coursey Jim Sheehan ---1acult~ 1acts---
The Rev. Francis X. Hoefkins, S. Beverly Hills High school, Calif., CLASS J., who has been stationed at Sacred and as co-ordinator of distributive Heart and Regis since 1897 (with the education and then instructor in bus exception of five years for his theo iness administration at Santa Maria logy and tertianship in St. Louis) Junior College, Calif. In addition he NOTES knows more about the college, former has had five years of practical bus~ students and old time happenings iness experience, the major part of than anyone in the world. Born in , Old-timers will be delighted to Turnhout, Belgium, in 1871, he en hear that the alumni office is in tered the Society of Jesus in 1890 and 92 receipt of a letter from J. Grat tan O'Bryan, who captained the champion after a year in the Belgium nov ship baseball team in his g raduating year. itiate, he volunteered for service in H e was also president of the Student"s the New Mexico mission area. After L ii.J r>. ry association. edit or-in-chief of The seven years at Florissant, Mo., and H ig hla>~d tr and gold m.eda l winner for ex cellence in philosophy. E vidently the years St. Louis, he came to Sacred Heart as have dealt kindly with J . Grattan for his a teacher in French and the commer letter shows he hasn't lost his sens.e of cial subjects. humor. Retired now after many years as professor of law at the University of As early as 1898, he was serving Washington , Seattle, · he makes his home as assistant treasurer. In 1927, he at 1216 Ravenna boulevard. that city, with became treasurer of the college, a the "same girl t o whom I 've been married post he still holds. -He has also for fifty years". served as minister of the house and '98 James S. ~Julien dropped off as treasurer for the entire mission at Regis this past s ummer for a area before it became absorbed in look at the old school while on a vacation trip with Mrs. Mullen throughout the St. Louis province. From 1930- the United States. The trip, m ind you, is 38 he was the historian of the house going to last about a year because he says and it is due in great part to his ef the travel urge has been bubbling away in forts that the old records, especially his blood for the past few decades and he'd like to get it out of his system. After those that pertain to old alumni and being graduated from R egis, he attended faculty members, are in such good that time with the Wilmark Service the Colorado School of Mines and then shape. System and Bullocks, Inc. Mr. Coyne, headed for California where he put his a native of Chicago is married and mining knowledge to practical use. He Father Hoefkins was ordained in followed success in this field with 27 years 1904 and celebrated his golden jubi- has three children, Marguerite, 6; as instructor of geology at Manual Arts John L., 4; and George V., 3 months. high school, L os Angeles, and then, retired Always active in boys' work, he has to return to his first love-mining. His recently been named chief counselor of son. James, is now with the Shell Develop ment company, Menlo Park, N. J. Mr. the Columbian Squires, the youth Mullen would like to return to Denver program· of the Knights of Columbus. next year and join in t he planned re-union His home is at 3441 West Scott Place. with the old gang. You can address Jim at 4112 W. 62nd st. , Los Angeles, 43, and his ma il will be forwarded. '01 Kemp N. Middlekauff, who Connie Mack's played on the first football team that the prep-schoolers ever had at Sacred H eart , recalls the bushy hair Baseball Trophy affected by the gridiron stalwarts of those days and which was welcome under a hel (From page 2) met as added protection. Mr. Middlekauff went railroading in 1902 with the Colorado his name on a trophy to be awarded and Southern rail road and three years lat annually as the result of inter-col er went with the Union Pacific. That was legiate baseball competition in which 42 years ago and today he is gener al agent Regis would take part. of passengers fo r U. P . for t he t e r r it or~· of Colorado, W yoming and New Mexico. Prompt r eply from Connie Mack His son, Robert, 34, is now engaged in disclosed that he would not only grant mining in Cripple Creek, and his daughter, permission to use his name, but Mary Eliabeth, 28, is doing rehabilitation work for the state of Rhode Island at would supply the trophy. Shortly Providence. Mr. Middlekauff's home is at afterward, it arrived at the college 1787 Locust st. lee in the order on Sept. 27, 1940. where it is now on display. He is Joking forward to his sixtieth '07 Raymond S. Sullivan, who jubilee in 1950. Details for the competition are still practiced law in Denver from being worked out but all indications 1911 to 1925 a nd then was ap Of his nine brothers and sisters, one pointed Naturalization Examiner in the are that 'the leading teams in the government service is s till in that post and sister is still living. She is the region· will be invited to compete for Mother Superior of St. Mary's Insti is now stationed in Seattle, W ash., where it. < his office is at 815 Airport way. H e is tute in Ghent, Belgium. married and has a 16-year-old daughter Connie Mack is easily one of the and lives at 2569 38th ave, W est, Seattle. g reatest names in baseball and the Francis T. Dunn is assista nt district at John V. Coyne, A.B. (Notre DamE', Connie Mack. trophy, even before ac torney of San Diego. His home address is '36) and M.B.A. (Stanford UniversitJ, tual competition starts, looms as one 2315 F ort Stockton drive, San Diego. '39) came to Regis College in H/46 of the biggest awards that can be '08 Harry A. Bunte is living at as instructor in Business Administra won by a college nine. Like the Grand Lake, Colorado, but is a tion. He had previously served as in famous America's cup, the passage frequent visitor t o Denver where structor in commercial sciences at of tl1e years will only add to its luster. his mother is living at the Shirley-Savoy Page 6 hotel. For news of his brother, Arnold, see James J. Finn operates the North Denver J. A. )fusser is the executive secretary 1920 below. Transfer and Storage company at 2030 of the board of U. S. Civil Se t·vice ex Blake st. With his wife and daughter, Mary aminer·s connected with the V eterans' Robert 'J'. Hall is with the War J ean. 17. he makes his home at 1776 Jas A