The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 3, 1982 Page: 5 of 6
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Wednesday, November 3,1982, The Rattler, Page 5
St. Mary’s University 1927: life in the mesquite field
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the St. Mary's initial graduating class of six This university graduate remains "very enthusi- Fr. Dreisoerner attended is "the girls." The old
students, Daily has not been a stranger to the astic" about St. Mary's. "It has the best education priest believes that girls make a considerable
Walking down the hall of the first floor of the University. After serving in the Navy for four years, available." Daily can compare the education he difference.
Administration Building, a student can run right into and then working in business for thirty years, Daily received at St. Mary's to the two other universities Even twelve years after the priest graduated in
some interesting memories. On the walls hang took charge three years ago of two University he attended: Kansas State and the University of 1927, few girls could be found on the campus. One
photographs of automobiles straight from the dormatories. He worked in Marion Hall for one year Illinois. Daily shined shoes to earn the eight graduate of the class of 1939, Claude A. Stanush
"Walton's farm," and football players resembling and in Charles Francis Hall for another two. Now he hundred dollars for his first year of college. Out of wonders if "maybe we worked a little harder then,
those on television's "Remember When?*' football lives in the Brother's residence on campus. the seven children in his family, he alone attended Women, after all, can be a distraction."
flashbacks. The first community of St. Mary's As a student. Daily resided with the St. Marv's college. So the former graduate worked hard to earn Stanush graduated from St. Mary's in 1939 with a
University in the midst of countryside and mesquite football team in the upstairs of Reinbolt. Then the degree that has helped him through his life. He degree in English which led him to a career in
fields, to live on not only in photographs, but in Reinbolt stood as one of only three buildings on still believes that St. Mary's attracts very good journalism. He rose to the height of associate editor
the minds of the older graduates. campus: the other two being the Administration students. "This university gets bigger and better, for Life magazine and, now retired, writes a column
Paul Daily can remember the Rattler football Building and Chaminade Hall. Those students who The students help make it a success." in the San Antonio Express-News, while having just
uniforms, without a photograph, since he played on lived off campus could take the streetcar, according While a student here, Daily did his share to make completed a term as president of the Artists'
the team in the 1920's. This sport disappeared from to Daily, "as far as Woodlawn Lake, but then they the university a success. He typed the whole card Alliance of San Antonio. The journalist credits a
the campus in 1948 due to the expense of the team, had to walk." catalolg for the first St. Mary's library and ran the sparked interest in the arts to one of his professors,
The former football player recalls that styles So St. Mary's students had the privacy of country flag up the flagpole each morning. Recently, he Bro. Peter Schlitt.
changed on the campus, as well as on the football living, unlike today when the campus has been helped furnish funds to build the quadrangle, "My life would have been different if I hadn't had
field, as time went by: "We didn't wear jeans and surrounded by Stop-n-Go's, Papa Taco's, and recalling that in his student days the gathering place teachers to give depth to my education. The most
T-shirts. We wore corduroy a lot, with shirts and HEB's. When Daily was a student, few automobiles was the breezeway between Chaminade and important is those who teach you. Plato said, 'The
ties, of course." could be found on campus for taking off on a Adminstration. It is wonderful to observe the good presence of good men is the most important factor of
The day I met Daily in the library he was not Saturday night. "There was also no television. So feelings Daily still holds toward St. Mary's--even education.' That's what I got out of St. Mary's."
wearing corduroy. Instead he was dressed conser- you talked more and developed more lasting fifty years after he has graduated. Stanush does worry about the trend in the nation's
vatively in dark slacks; a long-sleeved white shirt; friendships. But kids today haven't changed that Another campus resident who remembers well the universities toward an emphasis on the business and
and a nicely coordinated tie. His eyes felt as warm much. We played basketball, football, and baseball St. Mary's of fifty years ago is a retired professor technical fields, which means less attention to the
as his handshake, while his silver hair shone in the too." named Rev. Charles Dreisoerner. While completing atrs. This former student believes that Latin, Greek,
fluorescent light. The 1927 graduate's smile also If the students did not change much, other hissenior year of college in 1927, Father Dreisoerner and philosophy can still play a role in education,
shone, when I asked him to remember his college university characteristics did. When Daily attended worked at the university as a part-time teacher. Some of Stanush's best memories stem from the
days. the university, there were only male students, Even with shoulders a little bent from life, the classes taken during his educational experience. But
though high school and grade school students also seventy-seven-year-old priest remains an impressive then there was that one football game... :
"The place that's Treadaway now was once a dairy attended. Of course, the younger ones sat on the figure in his black robe. With metal-framed glasses A group of students had worked at Joske's to earn
barn with chickens and cows used by the kitchen, other side of the dining hall in the basement of perched on his nose, Dreisoerner spoke softly of the the money to charter a train to New Orleans to watch
There were no homes around, but behind Reinbolt Reinbolt. Daily recalls that "the food was good university he attended. the Rattler footballers play Loyola University. The
there was a field with mesquite/' because we had this great cook named Bradshaw. "The college classes were held on the first floor of team might have been "sort of strange, playing
Since he left as the first graduate of Economics in All priests, brothers, and students ate together." Chaminade Hall, with chemistry labs in a separtae more to have a good time than to be number one."
(photo by David Willis) Ann Wilson
hundred countries in all parts of the world.
Before Crane traveled internationally, he thought
it worthwhile to see all fifty states of the union. And
so he did. Even New Jersey. Next, he went south to
Mexico, and then north to Canada, making his
conquest of North America complete. Just last
summer Crane traveled through the far east, hitting
the Phillipines, Hong Kong, Thailand, and China.
Where did Crane get this urge to fly? He merely
shrugs. "I must have some gypsy blood; I've always ,
had an itchy foot."
This gypsy penchant for adventure has gotten
Crane into some tight spots. He was in Belfast,
North Ireland during the height of civil strife. He
also caught Kampuchea in the middle of turmoil,
with planes dropping bombs in view of his hotel
balcony.
Why does Crane flirt with disaster like this? As a
professor of political science, he is interested in
political systems, be they stable or chaotic.
"I don't deliberately seek out danger," he
notes, "But by the same token, these are world
events. I wish to see them."
Naturally, some trips have been more memorable
than others, such as London, Paris, carnival time in
Rio de Janeiro, and a strange occurence in Egypt.
Crane's visit to Egypt came before the Camp
David talks which would later bring peace between
Sadat and Begin. At this time, however, it was still
illegal for someone to stay in Egypt who had just
been or was planning to go to Israel. However,
Crane had confirmed airline tickets to Israel with his
departure. He was promptly awakened by the
authorities at five in the morning and asked to leave
the country. Ironically, about a year after Crane was
kicked out of Cairo, Sadat would ride proudly into
Jerusalem.
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As an experienced traveler, Crane has developed a
certain routine when exploring a new culture. Some
tourists get hurried through a country by tour guides
on the packaged tours: See Europe in three days or,
if this is Friday, this must be Denmark. Crane does
not reside in the popular hotels; rather, to obtain
more exposure to the culture, he looks for the more
obscure local hotels.
Sure. Dr. Crane takes in all the tourist spots. But
also, he is on the lookout for out-of-the-way
attractions not on the tour maps. Crane immerses
himself in the culture by speaking their language, if
Possible, by eating their food, and by visiting the
schools and factories.
When Crane visited Moscow, he was escorted to a
Russian factory where he ate in the cafeteria with the
workers. He is interested in the average citizen and
his way of life.
Crane is proficient in French, Spanish, and
German. But this is not always enough.
Sometimes though, language becomes an impassible
barrier.
In Istanbul, Turkey, Crane had to relate somehow
to a taxi-driver that he wanted to go to the train
station. After exhausting his arsenal of languages
and his patience as well, he resorted to making
"choo-choo" sounds, moving his arms like a piston.
The cabbie quickly understood.
Over the years, Crane has established his favorite
and not-so-favorite countries. He doesn't like the
Middle-East, Africa, or the Carribean because of
their "monolithic cultures." Every island in the
Carribean is just like every other island, he claims,
while Lybia is not too terribly different from
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wooden building. Sometimes, back then, there were The students headed to New Orleans with girls from
one or two girls attending classes, by special Our Lady of the Lake. Stanush still wonders at the
F F ■ I | PI ■ — — -—a — „e permission." Because they were so rare, women fact: "I had such a good time I can't remember who
I1 rC III ( _ J O M Uh 6 2 ||| | | | fj [I ] 4 || were quite noticeable additions to classes, until the won." Well, perhaps students haven't changed that .
■ ■ ■ *” "“5"“ university admitted them on a full-time basis in much.
1961. Stanush believes his education contributed to his
hy-aynuos. Saudi-Arabia. Crane appreciates variety, not The college-level students still shared their happiness. He advises students today to "use your
-onthuune writer sameness. campus with the high- and grade-school students talents far beyond yourself."
Today leisure time has become increasingly Europe and Latin-America, on the other hand, are whenDreisoerner studied at St. Mary's. Hetaught Stanush, Daily, and Dreisoerner used their talents
important in supplementing the American work more heterogeneous. In Europe, for example, each English to the high school students, but his fondest beyond themselves in fulfilling their lives. The
ethic. The ways in which people spend their free country is a historical, cultural, and geographical memory remains the evening walks he took with a importance of their memories lies in the fact that
time has become as varied as the kinds of work they entity. ' ' professor named Fr. Channing. Channing taught they remember St. Mary's fondly, as a place that
do. Having a sabbatical in the spring, Dr. Crane is the student French during these evening walks. The made a difference in their lives.
One person who has a unique pastime is Dr. Bill already laying plans for his next jaunt. First, he will close relationships between teachers and students Some day the students of today might be found in
Crane of the St. Mary's Political Science departmnt. goto his most beloved place - Guadalajara, Mexico, even extended to the university President, Reverend photographs on the Adminstration Building walls.
Dr. Crane works nine months as a professor, and From there, he will revisit some of the states, Mayle. According to Dreisoerner, Mayle became his These students will probably have known a happier
when the summer rolls around, he packs his bags, starting in the deep south, winding up through friend and shared his ideas as president of "what a life because of their education, just as have some of
snatches his passport, and cruises. Crane has been Kentucky for the Derby, and ending up in Canada. university was. " the former students who once lived in the midst of
traveling extensively since 1962 after earning his Good luck, Dr. Crane - Our St. Mary's rambling One of the biggest changes in the university since mesquite.
doctorate. To date, he has visited well over a man.
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