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Archbishop Rummel High School History |
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1964 - 1965 |
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Principal - Brother Ephrem Hebert, F.S.C. Assistant Principal - Brother
John Fairfax Enrollment - 838 freshman, sophomore, and junior students |
During the 1964-65 school year Metairie's VErnon telephone extension was discontinued. Ruth's Chris Steak House
and Rocky and Carlo's Restaurant opened. The highly controversial and eventually failed plan for a Riverfront Expressway
along the edge of the French Quarter was proposed. A new 33-story International Trade Mart building
at the foot of Canal Street was under construction as was the nearby
Rivergate where Harrah's Casino now stands. The Archdiosese appropriated land at a cost of $329,704 for extension/expansion
of the Rummel campus The Beatles performed at City Park Stadium Wednesday, September 16 8:00 $5.00 In 1964 the Christian
Brothers opened Archbishop Rummel High School in Omaha, Nebraska. Like our alma mater, the school used a confederate
flag and John Chase's Raider logo (which were discontinued in 1968 as reported in the New York Times). At one time
they were known as the Rummel Rebels. In 1974 the all-boy school merged with the all-girl Notre Dame Academy of Omaha
to form Roncalli High School, later renamed Roncalli Catholic High School (named for Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli -- Pope John XXIII). Now Roncalli's mascot is a winged lion (the symbol of St.
Mark which was included in Pope John's coat of arms). Its school motto is "Crimson Pride".
New faculty members included: Brother Andrew
Harris -- Sophomore Religion and English
Student Council officers were Ronald Long,vice-president; John Pardue, President; Bobby Gallwey,
treasurer; Paul Brue, secretary. On Bloody
Sunday, March 7, 1965, approximately 600 civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama -- many of whom represented
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
-- began a peaceful march to the state capital in Montgomery. They were met six blocks away by state and local
lawmen as well as deputized citizens who attacked with billy clubs, bull-whips, rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire, and
tear -- gas forcing them back to Selma. Within two days, Martin Luther King, Jr. led a "symbolic' march to the same spot
where they had been stopped, the Edmund Pettus Bridge. On Sunday, March 21, after a court decision that "The
law is clear that the right to petition one's government for the redress of grievances may be exercised
in large groups...and these rights may be exercised by marching, even along public highways" (this overturned
Governor George Wallace's ban on protest marches) some 3200 marchers began walking 12 miles per day until they reached
Montgomery on Thursday, March 25. During the trek they had grown to number 25,000. President Johnson then sent
a bill to Congress which resulted in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was passed by the Senate on May 26, the House on July
10, and signed into law on August 6. Donna Roniger and Tommy O'Brien starred in The Balcony Scene from the
vocation play, Jim Dicus, Mary Ann Drury, Donna Roniger, Anna Maria Franzella, Mike Fuller, and Maureen Mock performed in
Song of Bernadette. and Judy Arceneaux, Suzanne Gueterrez, and Coleman Hardin
earned 100% Superior rating at the University of Southwestern Louisiana at Lafayette competition in Sandbox -- this was Rummel's first statewide drama award. At the
First Annual Geni Awards given to "outstanding Genesians who have in any way participated in year's dramatic productions"
Johnny Lincoln was recognized as the best technician, Mike Liaudais earned the most versatile actor award, and Ken Jensen
was deemed the "Most interested freshman in dramatics and speech". In the entertainment world at large, the
film version of the hit Broadway stage musical My Fair Lady premiered in New York City. The movie starred Audrey
Hepburn and won 8 Academy Awards. The James Bond film Goldfinger began its run in U.S.
theaters as did Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.
On television the ABC sitcom Bewitched, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, first hit the tube.
Roald Dahl wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the real world In Cold Blood killers Richard Hickock
and Perry Smith, convicted of murdering 4 members of the Herbert Clutter family of Holcomb,
Kansas, are executed by hanging at the Kansas State Penitentiary for Men in Lansing, Kansas. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became
the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Warren Commission Report, the first official investigation of the
assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, is published Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society"
Winston Churchill dies Malcolm X was assassinated in Manhattan. The Speech Team moderated by Mr. Contonio and Mr. Guajardo included Mark Seamster, Jerome Stevens, Robert Wakefield,
Coleman Hardin, John Pardue, James Dicus, Steve Calamia, Eldon Louviere, and Harold Meyer took home first and second place
awards from the USL Speech and Drama Festival.
While the third period
of the Second Vatican Council was in session Rummel's Benildus Club and the Acolytes where placed under the umbrella of the
CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine). Brother Dean and Brother Fidilis where appointed to lead
the organization. Brother John supervised the YCS while Brother Scanlan worked with the teachers. Brother Scanlan
also, along with Brother Bourgeois mediated between the Archdiocese CCD office and the school. The student officers
were Kenneth Ducote, Paul Cressend, and James Danner.
Contributors to the New Orleans Sound in popular music of the day were Curley Moore's (Hot Line Records) Soul Train,
Eddie Powers' - (Sims Records) Gypsy Woman Told Me, Irma Thomas' (Imperial Records) Time Is on My Sid, Louis Armstrong's
(Kapp Records) Hello Doll, Professor Longhair's (Watch Records) Big Chief, Part 1 and Part 2, and the Dixie Cups' (Red Bird
Records) People Say. Donkey Basketball was again a successful fund raiser. The Raider's Digest added new staff members Chris Johanson and Pete Oddo.
Gerry Miller became editor-in-chief. Espana
Pequena (the Spanish Club) officers were Ledger Fisse, Buddy Dunklin, George Kerner, Philip Knight, and Terry Naquin.
The Homecoming Queen was Dorothy D'Antonio who was escorted to the football
game by Dave Eshleman. The homecoming court included First Maid Jackie Robert, was Micky Riles, Adrienne Leche, Kitty
Varusco, Darlene Zito, Cindy Russell, Diane Civello, Sharon Enright, Kay Clark, and Carolyn Ann Ingraham. The Debate Team led by officers Steve Armbruster and Harold Clavier added new
members Gary Glaviano, Gregory Grimsal, Patrick Chaffin, Guy Denoux, Kenneth Jensen, Llyod Goebel, Spenser Bienvenu, and Harold
Clavier who was awarded the Most Loyal Debater trophy. Meanwhile, a large scale "debate" took place on the
west coast where three thousand student activists at the Berkeley campus surrounded and blocked a police car from taking a
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) volunteer to prison after he was arrested for not showing his ID and for violating a ban
on outdoor activist tables. This protest eventually exploded into the Berkeley Free Speech Movement -- a movement which would
spread to campuses throughout the U.S. Another "first" in Rummel's history was the addition of girls to the Cheerleader
squad. They included Diane Civello, Sharon Moskau, Cindy Russell, and Jackie Robert. Former Raider cheerleaders Jerome
Stephens, John Coon, Mike Livaudais, Wayne Messina, and Mickey Riles were joined by James Pratt, Eddie Frois, James Beckham
during the '64-'65 school year. Cheerleaders were moderated by Mr. Guajardo. For the first time in its short history the Rummel Raiders presented Varsity athletic teams because this was the first
year school year a junior class existed. Looking ahead, the yearbook stated "The 1964-65 football season gave optimistic
hopes for the next year, Rummel's first year with seniors". It added, "The Junior Varsity, under Coach Schwaner
and Coach Fenner, met with plenty of competition. However the experience gained by these boys will serve them well next
year when some of them will move up to varsity play". The Varsity Football Team -- Returning players Joseph Guarisco, Anthony Bertucci, Rufus Cressend,
Wayne Jusselin, Robert Eschleman, Gary Guarisco, Donald Decedue, Ralph Pacaccio, Leonard Labiche, Doug Borne, Ronnie Cahanin,
Earl Lambert, Kirk Leonardi, Ronnie Long, Merlin Dyer, Charles Domino, Stanley Mayeaux, Robert Schaff, Tommy Boudreaux.
New players included Robert Martin, Glenn Hedrick, Dickie Cambre, Dennis Hubbell, Walter Fahr,, Gary Hardin, George
Rucker, Vernon Smith,, Bill Kehoe, Craig Martine. Team Managers were Ernest Hebert, Donnie Dessauer, and Paul
Cressend. The team was coached by Joe Galliano and Ronnie Doyle.
The Junior Varsity Basketball team ended the season with a 21-0 record. Returning as a sophomore, Bobby Italiano
led new players D. Guillot, B. Klotz, N. Dessauer,R. Rappold, J. Haldane, B. Stumpf, P. Deas, R. Olps, E. Rosen, and V. Terranova.
Team Managers were L. Savoie, J. Defourneaux, and E. Abate. The team was coached by Bill Delaney.
Rummel's first ever Varsity Baseball team was coached by Tom Schwaner.
The team included Lee Martiny, Murphy Hebert, Steve Hoffman, Tat Deas, Bobby Gallwey, Dennis Hubbell, C. J. Bruno, Robert
Eshleman, Marty Donovan, Dana Hanning, Wayne Jusselin, Kenneth Bankston,Bryan Klotz, Billy Stumpf, Jeff Ehlinger, Jim Steckel,
Anthony Geraci, and Freddy Barocco with managers Bill Donovan and Harold Meyer. They ended the season with a 7-9 record.
Pete Fenner coached the team.
Digital photography obviously had yet to be invented as photography moderator
Mr. Capron looked over negatives with Pat Keller and Herb Powell (right) During the same year NASA's Gemini 3 became the United
States' first 2-person crew ship -- it blasted Gus Grissom and John Young into the Earth's orbit.
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 Firsts for the 1964 - 1965 school year: Land apprioated at $329,704 for extension/expansion of the
campus Expanded living quarters for the Christian Brothers Junior Class of 221 students for a total school
enrollment of 838 students First Annual Geni [Genisian] Awards Bowling Team and Bridge Club Girl Cheerleaders Varsity
athletic teams The Alma Mater was written by music teacher and band director Howard Voohries. |
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The 900 block of Poydras Street is pictured in December of 1964, before it was widened. The Hotel De Soto would become
Le Pavillon hotel and instead of sitting a block from the street it now faces Poydras. Photograph from the 
Raiders on Review. 
John Chase's Raider on horseback appeared for the first time in a yearbook. 