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New Foundry Triples Shop Class Facilities
By William Henry
Until late last summer the music hall was the newest addition to the family of buildings on the Johnny campus. A definite need brought about the construction of that building just as a need brought about the construction of the new foundry shop on the north side of the science hall. This building, in comparison with the others, a mere babe in size and age, is not yet one year old. Still it has served the school the first semester in the capacity of a veteran.
The concrete structure measures 56x30 feet. Improvements were made in the shop department itself, doubling the capacity of the pattern-making and machine shop course, and tripling the capacity of the foundry, besides supplying sufficient forging and welding equipment to take care of a group of fifteen students. Father Aldrich Huhne, O.S.B., head of the shop department, reports that the new addition has made it possible to accommodate just twice as many students as last year. There are at the present time, eighty students taking some phase of the course, the majority of them majoring in either engineering, chemistry or architecture.
Activity in shopwork is never lax, for at almost any moment CAUGHT HARD AT WORK in their new foundry building, left to right, are Ed Heille, Don Morrow, of the day motors are throbbing, saws are buzzing, and Stu- John Matter, Eugene Pizorskt, Michael Murray, Rev. Aldrich Huhne, O.S.B., foundry instructor, Bron-dentS are deeply involved in vexing shop problems. I son Simonet, John Deutsch, Robert Brouns, Ray Ruppert, Everett Piche, and Thomas Schaeffer.
These students will be either in the
science hall or the new shop build-*' ing, for the equipment is divided
¦ between the two buildings. Forging and foundry are taught in the new building; the other equipment is still housed in the old department.
One of the newest bits of equipment is the cupola furnace which was built by Father Aldrich this summer and makes possible a new feature, the melting of cast iron. Thirty-five students are in this class alone.
There is no single department in school which can claim to have more
1 utility to the government than the shop department. Indirectly, the shop is engaged 100 per cent in defense work. In this time of international chaos, a great need has arisen for more engineers. As the shop fulfills two years pre-requisites of engineering, it is indirectly helping the government, for the United States is itself training men to fulfill engineer-
ing positions. And so, as the rest of inS for the completion of the book
the country is providing men and money to man the guns, the shop at St. John's is training the "men behind the men behind the guns," and is truly 100 per cent American.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Saturday, Feb. 14—St. Valentine's Day. Draft Registration Begins.
Sunday, Feb. 15—Quinquagesi-ma Sunday.
Monday, Feb. 16—Last day for draft registration of all who were 20 by December 31, 1941.
Record
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY AND ORGAN OF THE ALUMNI
VOLUME 55
COLLEGEVILLE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1942
NUMBER 3
Editors Prepare Johnny Prepsters Present Sea Drama
1942 Sagatagan
The Sag comes of age. . .
The 21st edition of the Sagatagan is almost finished. At the present time just a few pictures remain to be taken. The write-ups alone are lack-
Because of the uncertainty of distribution this year the book will go to press about three weeks earlier than usual. This deadline will most likely eliminate some pictures which have been run in previous years, One of the features of this year's book will be pencil sketches in the opening section done by the staff artist, Al Fonder.
In an effort to make this edition as interesting as possible, the staff invites anyone who has any candid shots which might be material for the yearbook, to turn them in to Father Baldwin immediately.,
Twenty-one Students Achieve Places On College Honor Roll
Perfect marks for the first semester were achieved by only two students it was discovered last Monday when the Registrar's office revealed the college honor roll. The two were Kenneth Tauer, a sophomore, and George Hickner, a freshman.
In all, twenty-one students merited rating by maintaining an average of 2.50 (above B plus). The sophomore class placed eight students for the high among classes.
The honor roll, in alphabetical order, follows:
Senior class: James E. Barry, Lake City, history, 2.50; Ralph J. Robeck, Annandale, economics, 2.77; Frank Schraut, Pierz, English, 2.63.
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WEAVE THEIR WAY TO ST. JOHN'S
By The Feature Editor
Name any city in the United States, and Brother John Anderl, O.S.B., the Abbey tailor, will open his little black book and find that city behind the name of one of the Weary Willies -who trod the blacktop into St. John's.
Almost any day of the week you'll find several such characters sitting on the bench in the porter's office, waiting for someone, and that someone is none other than Brother John. For the past two years he has taken care of from 600 to 700 men who come to the Abbey requesting a meal and some sort of clothing.
Each man coming to St. John's is asked to sign his name and address, and so far no one has refused. As many as twelve have signed the book in one day.
Brother John claims they come from as far south as Florida, as far west as Long Beach, as far north as the Indian reservations in northern Minnesota, and as far east as New York. Most of them come from Texas, Montana, Minnesota and Florida, and there is no end to the number of nationalities.
Defense jobs have decreased the number
considerably, and in the past month there
have been no more than seven or eight calling at the abbey. There are many in June and July, but the biggest number arrive in August and September during the beginning of the new harvest season in the West. Most of them head south during the cotton season and move west before the harvest. It is during this moving period that they come to the Abbey. According to Brother John, they range in age from about 45 to 80. One of the regular customers is an eighty-year-old man from Texas who comes twice a year and relates the tale of his life between visits.
The largest call for clothing is for trousers, shirts and underwear, and occasionally a pair of shoes is repaired by Brother Dunstan Nordick, O.S.B., in the Abbey shoe shop. There are also some requests for medical supplies.
On one occasion,
relates Brother John, two
young men stopped on their way to Canada. They were coming from the south and were returning to Canada where they had been called into the armed forces.
Some have been electricians, business men, farmers, painters, carpenters, while others have just been "professionals."
Many of the supplies are donated by the students, although according to Brother John, the students know nothing about it. In spring before school is over, many students throw away old clothes which are picked up, cleaned, repaired, and saved by the Abbey to take care of the needs of some of the daily visitors.
Junior class: Beckwith, Owen W., Minneapolis, architecture, 2.63; Bossenmaier, William S., St. Paul, economics, 2.81; Henry, Edward L., St. Cloud, pre-law, 2.81; Seivert, Jack D., Primghar, Iowa, English, 2.50; Strouth, Bernard P., Fari-bault, pre-medic, 2.85; Zapp, Warren E., St. Cloud, economics, 2.50.
Sophomore class: Gilman, John M. St. Cloud, engineering, 2.59; Henry Joseph E., Foley, pre-medic, 2.50; Kamla, Leonard, Arcadia, Wis., pre-divinity, 2.66; O'Dougherty, Terence R., Maple Lake, chemistry, 2.79; Roloff, W. Keith, Madison, Wis., pre-divinity, 2.66; Tauer, Kenneth J., Morgan/ chemistry, 3.00; Tegels, Hilary J. Osakis, pre-divinity, 2.72; Thuringer, Carl B., Oklahoma City, Okla., pre-medic, 2.76.
Freshman class: Desmond, John C. St. Cloud, social science, 2.84; Hickner, George B., Baudette, engineering, 3.00; Lucking, Edward K., Perham, social science, 2.54;
Speiser, Allan divinity, 2.84.
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Architects Enter Light Conservation Contest
Mr. E. K. Thorgaard and Mr.
Johnson, architects from St. Paul, will open a series of lectures to be held before the T-Square club and St. John's architectural department next Monday afternoon at 2:30. Through these lectures the architectural department will enter into a nation-wide contest on the "Ways and Means of Conserving Light for Defense Purposes."
Plans are being made for fourteen entries from the architectural department. The University of Minnesota and the North Dakota agricultural college will compete with St. John's from the northwestern region.
"Lighting" is the subject of Mr. Johnson's first lecture next Monday afternoon.
Delayed Production Is Staged Sunday
James Reach's "Eleven Against the Sea" is the three act play to be presented February 15 by the Johnny Prep Players. Production was delayed somewhat by the intervention of examinations and the retreat, but under the direction of Rev. Cuthbert Soukup, O.S.B., final work will be done this week.
"Eleven Against the Sea" is the story of eleven men who escape from their wrecked ship in a small boat on the Pacific. The group is made up of captain, mate, sailors, and passengers including a banker, a writer, a businessman, and a gangster. The boat is cast on a small island, and refuge is taken in a cabin found there. An old trunk containing a diary and a revolver is found in the cabin, which belonged to an old hermit. A treasure map is discovered, and the wild search and struggle for wealth that ensues, produces the vices and virtues in each of the strange group. '
The cast is made up of Harris Hanson, as Brooklyn, a sailor; Jerome Gerum, as Lawford, the mate; Floyd Scherber, Knudson, a sailor; James Marrin, as Shippie, a sailor; John Untereiner, as Schyltz, the cook; Richard O'Neill, as Jones, the gangster; Leo Strub, as Harkins, the businessman; Clayton Schumacher, as Marshall, a sailor; Gerald Guettler, as Darrell, a novelist; John Kramen, as Wesley, a playboy; and Francis Pltzel, as Rockie, a sailor.
REGISTRATION
St. John's students who have reached their twentieth birthday by Dec. 31, 1941 will be required to register under the Selective Service Act at the registrar's office between Saturday, Feb. 14 and Monday, Feb. 16.
Rev. Damian Baker, O.S.B., has been designated registrar by the Stearns County Selective Service Board.
