1968 - 69
Class Leaders
Student Body Officers - President: Bob Barber; Vice President: John Yanni; Secretary: Rob Mole; Treasurer: William Kunzweiler.
Senior Class Officers - Cordell Brown, president; John Wilson, vice president; Tom Wolff, secretary; Mike Donovan, treasurer; student council representatives Jack Mark, Jim Moreton.
Junior Class Officers – Kevin Gully, president; Jeff Hansen, vice president; Joe Hutchings, secretary; Tom Boner, treasurer; student council delegates Gordon Louie, Jerry Eagan, John Hruska.
Sophomore Class Officers – Sam Mele, president; Dave Dudley, vice president; Richard Powell, secretary; John Norman, treasurer; student council representatives Santo Nicotera, Warren Blakemore, Joe Kelly, Dave Sadler.
Freshman Class Officers – Jim McBroom, president; Jim Holik, vice president; Leo Lovato, secretary; Gary Barber, treasurer.
During the Summer
Sophomore golfer Tony Giblin played well enough at the Utah PGA State Junior Championship tournament to win a $600 scholarship to the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy.
Representing Judge at Boys State were Cordell Brown, William Kunzweiler, Robert Mole, John Wilson, Thomas Wolff and John Yanni.
The Freedom Academy was attended by Robert Barber.
Carlos Bussell and Stephen Rockwell went to the Red Cross Leadership Conference.
The Year
National Merit Finalist: Bill Cassun
National Merit Semifinalists: Mark Swanson, Stephen Rockwell, Greg Seitz.
New faculty: Dave Disorbio, physical education, assistant baseball and football coach; Fr. Gerald Bartko, French and Latin; John McGean, English; Fr. Robert Gross, guidance counselor; Fr. Richard Blenner, religion and physical science; Fr. James Rapp, geometry, chemistry and physics.
The “Bulldog Room” opened in a corner of the old cafeteria. It had pool tables, a juke box, study tables, lounge chairs, several sets of chess and a soda fountain, part of the “modular scheduling” that Vice Principal Ivan Cendese said was designed to “get away from the strict regimentation that is maintained at parochial schools” and let the school see how students conduct themselves when given free school time. Open mid-day only for seniors, the Bulldog Room was available to all students after school. A Deseret News feature on the Bulldog Room pictured Joe Thompson and student manager Tim Hoagland playing chess. For the 1970-71 school year, it was changed to a medium and small-group religious discussion room. To help defray the costs of the transition, the religion department sponsored a dance to the music of Meaux, a Judge group led by Bernie Sims. During its intermission, two Oblates in training – Jerry Kustich and John Snyder – “entertained with songs sung in harmony, to the accompaniment of their folk guitars.” In the spring of 1991, the Judge Board of Financial Trustees approved a request by teacher Jim Markosian to set up a daycare at the school. The Bulldog Room was renovated during the summer and the daycare opened with four preschoolers under the tutelage of Tina Bergquist – Jamie Markosian, Hannah Kemmerer, Anthony Bell and Meagan Bills. They were joined in coming days by Max Lamb, Mason Keller and Abby Mello.
In a Sept. 12, 1969 Tribune article, photographed by journalist-turned-Catholic Deacon Lynn Johnson, assistant principal Rev. Ivan Cendese said “modular scheduling provides for a freedom and chance for innovation in teaching. Students can get more involved in their own research,” he added, through independent study during their free periods. … “We’ve gotten over the idea that homework is necessary for learning,” figuring students can deal with assignments during their free periods. The article said 92% of the previous year’s graduates went to college. “The increased free time allotted to students through the new scheduling will also be a boon to students faced with more free time in college.” The article said Judge had 425 students “fiercely loyal to their school.”
The Varsity Cheerleaders were Mary Beth Davidson, Pat Thomas, Patti Bruce and Betsy Mates from St. Mary’s and Judge boys Bill Brown, Mike Donovan, Joe Thompson and John Bailey. Junior Varsity cheerleaders were Kerri Yanni, Dianna Sabol, Kris Fassio, Michele Everill, Robb Carter, Jeff McKenna, Jeff Wright and Jimmy Freeman.
Ralph McBroom was president of the Letterman’s Club.
A Peace and Freedom Club was organized to settle problems in the school, city and state. “Though this meeting was rather unorganized, the people that came showed considerable interest,” the Judgeonian reported.
“Crimson Glory” was the theme of Homecoming. Betsy Mates was queen and Bob Barber was Mr. Football. Their attendants were seniors Pat Gareau and Bob LaBrel and juniors Ann Crandall, Ralph McBroom, Mike Vaculin and Mary Kelsey.
Carrying on a project started the previous year by Carlos Bussell and Joanne Fuoco, the Red Cross Clubs of Judge and St. Mary’s collected articles for soldiers in Vietnam, donated time at hospitals and Central City community functions and collected money for the organization. Judge’s club was supervised by teacher John McGean. Officers were president Steve Rockwell, vice president Scott Brown and treasurer John Schaefer. A Tribune story about the Vietnam donation included a picture showing Red Cross leaders Rockwell and Bussell from Judge and JoAnn Galloway and Kathy Bray from St. Mary’s.
Judge represented Ukraine and Ghana at the Model United Nations. Bill Cassun was president of the Model UN Club and led the Ukraine delegation at the model assembly. Jack Mark led the Ghana delegation. The club’s moderator was Larry Eagan.
The Basilean yearbook for 1968 received a first-place certificate from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Its 34th annual yearbook critique and contest was conducted at Columbia University. The 1969 yearbook was assembled by editor-in-chief Jack Mark with assistance from photographers Joseph Hutchings, Robert Mole and John W. Bailey, copy editors Kevin McKone, Dennis Mills, Hutchings, John Johnson and Bill Kunzweiler, layout staff members Scott Hesse, Mills, Johnson and Dave Carrillo, and finance manager Joseph Thompson. The moderator was Fr. James Rapp.
Mike Sharp was editor of the Judgeonian. He was aided by assistant editor Jack Jenson, copy editor Don Owen, sports editor Al Trople, business manager Mike Sedgwick and reporters Bill Price, Peter White, Anton Adams, Jim Tobinski, Danny Oliver, Henry Iucker, Tim Hoagland, Joe Hutchings and Steve Rockwell. Robert Trosper was recognized by The Tribune as the Judgeonian’s top staff member.
“The Haunting of Hill House” was the theme of the Masquerade Dance at St. Mary’s, sponsored by the junior classes of both schools.
An unbylined story in the Oct. 18 edition praised the front-office presence of Helen Eugster. “To almost every boy here at Judge there are faces which are lastingly familiar. There are faces that guide, faces which are stern, faces with answers and faces that are just plain friendly. And to every Judge student, be he a freshman or a senior, the face with all these qualities is that of Mrs. [Helen] Eugster,” the Judgeonian said. Born in Castle Gate, her family moved to Salt Lake City shortly after her birth. She went to South High and Henager’s Business College before coming to work at Judge in 1951. Mrs. Eugster was the mother of three Judge graduates: Rose Mary, 1956, later a member of the final graduation class from St. Mary’s College; David, 1959, and John, 1961. She’s seen students return as faculty members, an older generation of Gilbert Cordova, Larry Eagan and Jim Yerkovich being joined by newcomers John McGean and John (Sonny) Tangaro.” She was featured again in the Nov. 22, 1978 Judgeonian, with writer Lorrie Herrera’s story ending “during her free time she enjoys working in her yard, embroidering and crocheting, but she doesn’t really understand what ‘free time’ is. So far, thoughts of retirement are a long way in the future. And with that, she heaves a healthy sigh and continues to count funds.”
The paper’s next issue focused on Jay Caputo. For more than 35 years already, “he has sparked an interest in young men for baseball and basketball, which has kept them from roaming the streets and possibly becoming juvenile delinquents. Caputo was quoted as saying, “Most of all I enjoy coaching the children of the fathers I had coached years before.” For decades after this news story appeared, Caputo and Willie Price could be seen operating the scoreboard and clock at CYO games.
An advertisement in the Oct. 18 edition of the paper: “Judge Needs a Literary Magazine . . . Help Bring Our School out of the Valley.” The Hilltop charged a quarter for two hamburgers. Bimbo’s pizza parlor advertised a lot.
One of the more controversial school issues involved the school song. A majority of the student body, it turned out, wanted to get rid of “Hail Judge Memorial,” which they thought “is either sung like a march or a funeral dirge.” The alternative prevailed – “You’re a Grand Old School,” sung to the tune of George M. Cohan’s “You’re a Grand Old Flag.”
Fr. Richard Blenner started a geology club, led by student president John Blakely. The group attended the National Gem and Mineral Show at the Salt Palace and made a field trip to Topaz Mountain.
A Judgeonian survey published Nov. 1 found that Judge students preferred Hubert Humphrey over Richard Nixon in the 1968 presidential election. While juniors and freshmen were evenly divided between the two candidates, 60% of seniors favored Humphrey to 21% for Nixon. Sophomores were even more Democratic, with 70% backing Humphrey to 20% for Nixon; 9% of seniors supported George Wallace. “A great percentage explained . . . that their choice was the lesser of two evils.”
A Deseret News story about high school dress standards compared Judge to public schools, where rules were harder to enact and enforce. “Private schools claim to have the problem solved. Judge Memorial and Saint Mary’s have a uniform dress code. Being private, both schools are able to regulate student dress,” the paper said. “A definite dress standard unifies a school and lends school respect,” said Jack Jensen, a Judge senior. “Speaking strictly from an economic standpoint,” explained Marjorie Pearce, assistant principal at Saint Mary’s, “uniform dress is cheaper, neater and more modest. One day out of thirty is ‘free dress day’ at Saint Mary’s. Many girls claim that uniform dress is ‘boring,’ so as you can imagine, ‘free dress day’ is looked forward to with anticipation.”
The Deseret News “Young Ideas Column” asked: “Some music personalities – Beatles, Bob Dylan, Cream, etc. – have influenced music trends, personal philosophies and fashion. Ten years from now, will these people still be significant?” Answer from Pat Gareau of St. Mary’s: “The fact that these all-time conflicts they sing of are universal gives us reason to believe that such artists will be significant.” And Pat Hays from Judge: “Trends that have been established by these artists are not just fads. They have left an indelible mark on society, through both work and philosophies that will be ingrained in us for many years to come.” From the same column on April 9: “President Nixon recently predicted that a woman will be elected President within 50 years. What would you think of a woman president?” Answer from Mark Brown of Judge: “To achieve this, we first have to remove the stigma of inferiority that has been wrongly placed on females. To me, this is not a realization of America’s dream for freedom and equality for all.” By contrast, South’s Bob Fratto said: “If a woman ever, by some fluke, gained the office of President, it would mean doomsday for the United States.”
Augusta Hall at St. Mary’s was the scene of the Sophomore Strut, whose theme was “Casino Royale.”
The Sacristans who helped Fr. Richard Blenner organize Masses included Bruce Rengers, Anton Adams, John Norman, Greg Freshour, Pete Koeferl, Mark Welsh and Doug Parry.
Judge and St. Mary’s students Carlos Bussell, Eileen Brown and Rose Mirabelli were pictured in The Tribune in mid-November getting ready for a national CYO meeting being held in Salt Lake City.
“Through Rose Colored Glasses” was the theme of the Senior Prom in the Lafayette Ballroom at the Hotel Utah. Bob Barber and Mary Beth Davidson were crowned king and queen. Their attendants were Betsy Mates, Robbie Mole and Pat Aloia. Organizers were Robbie Mole, Kevin McKone, Dominic Lapore, Tom Wolff, Mike Sedgwick, David Gilliam, Paul McGill, Mike Razzeca, Bill Brown and Ralph McBroom.
An abrupt change in the faculty brought a female teacher into all-boy Judge. In mid-January,” a quick phone call” led to the departure of Fr. Jerry Bartko, who taught French to all four classes and Latin to freshman and sophomore boys. Mindy McGean, wife of English teacher John McGean, was brought in to teach his French classes while Fr. Thomas Smith and his Latin 4 students took over the Latin classes, with assistance from Fr. James Rapp.
National Honor Society members included Bob Barber, William Schoeck, Jeff Hansen, Cordell Brown, Paul Dicks, David Gilliam, Robert LaBrel, Larry Conti, Gregory Seitz, Ralph Colosimo, John Klekas, John DeJong, Mike Fake, Tom Smith, Tom Kelly, David Hruska, Paul Weiss, James Allen, Lane Wille, George Del Hoyo, Rick Cecala, John Kane, Rick Weiss, Leo Lovato, Mike Gorrell, Sam Mele, Rick Smith, Jim Gamble, John Blakely and Thomas George.
Freshman Day in February introduced 125 eighth graders to Judge. “The juniors and seniors then treated the future freshmen to a lunch prepared by Roy Okamoto. After lunch, there was a basketball game between the Maggots, led by Brother James Dorazio, and the Raunches, led by Mr. and Mrs. [John and Mindy] McGean. “Mr. McGean showed his coaching ability by promptly bribing the refs: Sonny Tangaro and Dave Disorbio. Needless to say the Raunches won.”
A Judge team composed of captain Jack Jensen and Kevin McKone, Mark Swanson and Bill Cassun crushed Pleasant Grove High School 95-55 in the Young American Quiz Bowl sponsored by the Deseret News. Questions focused on the Civil War, driver education, science and music.
For Junior Achievement’s 50th anniversary, a Salt Lake Tribune photograph documenting its celebration by local high school organizations included Judge’s Mike Cheshire.
Members of the Debate Team included Howard Brown, Sam Mele, Skip Francone, Jimmy Valentine, Robert Hanson, Mark Blockovich, Gavino Aguayo, James Eixenberger and John Blakely.
A Tribune photo showed Dr. David Jones, director of the University of Utah’s Shakespeare Players, explaining Hamlet to Judge students Jack Jensen, William Kunzweiler and Tim Hoagland.
The St. Mary’s team of Mary Lou Williams, Joanne Galloway and Monica Colosimo defeated a Judge squad of Mark Swanson, Bill Cassun and Jack Jensen 100-98 in The Salt Lake Tribune’s Inquiring Editor program. A question the boys couldn’t answer about a quote from Sen. Everett Dirksen decided it.
Judge students Robert Trosper and Greg Freshour tied for first place in the 11th grade essay competition of the Salt Lake Diocese’s Serra Club.
Royalty at the Spring Prom, held at the Hotel Utah with the theme “Scarborough Fair,” were king John Wilson and queen Peggy Arentz; senior attendants Paul McGill and Monica Colosimo; junior attendants Roger Dean and Debbie Nourse.
Plays
“The Prisoner,” directed by Chester Dowse, assisted by Dave Carrillo and Henry Tucker, starring Jack Jensen, Steve Rockwell, Mike Sharp, Joe Hutchings, Jimmy Freeman, Mike Cheshire, Jerry Burchett, Dave Carrillo and Pam Razzeca. Backstage aides were Henry Iucker, Tim Hoagland, Gary Logan, Denis Dowse, John Best, Gary Logan, Max Jarman, John Norman, Sue Hession, Patricia Economou, Krista Pickens, Sam Mele, Pat Hays and Douglas Perry.
“The York Nativity Play,” starring Joan Stockholm, Tim Hoagland, Pam Grubaugh, Kenneth Stedtfeld, Robert Gaitin, Joseph Nesi, Clark Blair, George Del Hoyo, Mark Welsh, Henry Iucker, David Carrillo, Mark Brown, Dominic Lepore, Kevin Gully, Jimmy Freeman, Tom Fonio, Roger Dean, Lenzie Taylor, John Best, Bill Brown, Richard Weiss, Anthony Salazar, Robert Rendon, Charles Dover, Joseph Thompson, Jerry Burchett, Krista Pickens, Mary Kay Ravarino, Peggy Timper, Michael Sharp and Cathy Fritz. Backscene work was done by Denis Dowse, Max Jarman, James Gamble, Pat Kincaid, John Norman, Jim Grisley and Pam Razzeca.
“Bonche Sweig,” a one-act play directed by Chester Dowse, was presented at the region drama competition and repeated in May for the Judge Memorial Home and School Association.
Sports
Coach Gil Cordova’s football team went 7-2 in region play, finishing second behind Hillcrest. The Bulldogs featured a solid backfield, with Bob Barber, Pat Aloia and Billy Price lining up behind quarterback Jim Moreton and a tough defense led by Aloia. Key players were John Wilson, Dave Gilliam, Lenzie Taylor, Mike Vaculin, Cordell Brown, Kevin Gully, Ross Caputo, Jim Gonzales, Mark Earlewine, John Yanni, Art Miyasaki, Chuck Dover, Tom Burns, Curt Miller, Carl Amodt, Warren Blakemore, Larry Buecher, Tom Burns, Tom Fonio, Jim Grisley, Jeff Hansen, Steve Hillis, Richard Holtshouser, Gordon Louie, Paul McGill, Curt Miller, Mike Holland, David Dudley, Joseph Nesi, Kevin Nourse, Rick O’Reilly, Jim Pietramali, Mike Razzeca, Steve Regan, Dave Sadler, Pete Schaeffer, Greg Seitz, Richard Smith, Tim Tracy, Lane Wille and Tom Wolff. Season highlights included a punt return against Bingham in which John Wilson fielded the kick, went one way and then handed it off on a criss-cross to Paul McGill who, according to The Tribune, “behind perfect blocking went down the sidelines 70 yards to score.” Another involved Tom Burns blocking two punts in a 19-12 win over Murray. Bob Barber made the Tribune’s Class A All-State team as a defensive back. Gilliam and Wilson were honorable mention All-Region. Cordova’s assistant coaches were Jack Seul, Larry Eagan and Sonny Tangaro.
Bill Brown was captain of the golf team, led by sophomore Tony Giblin. Other golfers were Pat Westover, Jack Mark, Bob LaBrel, David Crotty, Larry Leppek, Greg Hose, Kurt Zeiger and Mike Fritz.
With only one senior, Bob Barber, Coach Jim Yerkovich’s basketball team missed the state tournament for the first time in five years, finishing 1-7 in region play. The team was led by juniors Jeff Hansen, Steve Kitterer, Herman Franks, Pat Aloia, Billy Price, Mike Vaculin, John Rice and Richard Holtshouser and sophomores Tom Phillips, Ross Caputo and Barry Eagan. Developing a graceful jump shot, Hansen was the region’s tenth leading scorer at 14.3 points per game. Larry Eagan was Yerkovich’s assistant coach.
At the Class A swimming meet, Judge finished in 14th place out of 16 schools, all five of its points scored by senior Robert Mole, who finished third in the 100-yard butterfly. Joe Thompson was the only other senior for Coach Peter Churchill. Other swimmers were Jack Gagnon, Steve Regan, Gary Hose, Rick Powell, Jim Quinlan and Bob Morrison.
Dave Gilliam, Joseph Nesi and Peter Cannell were the only seniors on the wrestling team.
Fred Hefferon finished second to Granite’s Golden Richards, a future Dallas Cowboy, in the 100-yard dash at the Class A state meet. The 880-relay team finished third to lead Judge to a 10th place tie with Hillcrest. Skyline easily won the meet, with Highland second. Elsewhere, Bill Price won the 440 at the BYU Invitational. Also on the track team were seniors Laurence Bogdanich, Carlos Bussell, Mark Earlewine, Mike Holland, Michael Razzeca and Paul Schreiner.
STATE CHAMPION – The tennis team finished second at state, tying Highland with eight points but losing out because its players lost 11 sets to just five for the Rams. Bob Schovaers took the No. 1 singles crown, while freshman John Schovaers and Ralph McBroom finished second at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. All five Judge contestants won region championships, with sophomore Rick Smith and freshman Jim McBroom winning No. 1 doubles and David Carrillo and Paul Schwab taking the No. 2 doubles crown. The squad also included seniors Lloyd Gronning and Mike James.
Baseball coaches Jack Seul and Dave Disorbio fielded a solid team, led by the pitching staff of Richard “Dub” Ruberts (who threw a two-hitter at Kearns), Jeff Hansen and Larry Buecher. Sophomore Ross Caputo was the top hitter. Other key players were Dave Gilliam, Jim Moreton, Jim Gonzales, John Rice, Tim Tracy, Steve Kitterer and freshman Gary Barber. Rounding out the squad were John Renteria, Peter Cannell, Robert Rendon, Thomas Fonio, Martin Wondershek, Jim Quinlan, Dan Chambers, George Gold, John Harris, Craig Romano, Leo Lovato, Ron Mele, Steve James, Mike Gorrell, Tony Healy, Mark Marine, Eldon Riggs, Gary Rader, Terry White and Mark Blockovich.
In April, the UHSAA divided schools into three classes, putting Judge in the Class A level (200 students to 749) after the Bulldogs spent five years with the big schools. AA is 750 and up. B is 199 and fewer.
In an intramural basketball game, Lenzie Taylor scored 55 points as his homeroom team, Rapp’s Raunches, tallied 100 points.
University of Utah senior and Judge graduate Mike Kimball was the leading all-around gymnast in the Western Athletic Conference. He was also first on the parallel bars, second on the high bar, third on the steel rings, fifth on the side horse and seventh on the long horse. His hopes of making the 1968 U.S. Olympic Team were dashed, however, by a broken leg.
In response to a Deseret News question about whether high school girls should play sports, senior Tim Carey said “Yes. I think it is good for the girls to have a sport which they can get wholesome exercise as well as enjoy the competitive spirit from the games.”
Graduation
82 Judge graduates on June 1 at the Cathedral of the Madeleine.
Judge Valedictorian: David Crotty
Judge Salutatorian: William Cassun
Highest GPA during senior year: William Cassun and Mark Swanson
Highest GPA over four years: David Crotty
Oblates Provincial Award: Robert Barber
Fr. Keefe Award: John Wilson
Moran Award: James Moreton
Mick Riley Award: Bob Barber
Oblates Leadership Award: Jack Jensen and Jack Mark
Science and Mathematics Award: William Cassun
Grail Seal Bearers: Robert Barber, William Cassun, David Crotty, Robert LaBrel, Jack Mark, Stephen Rockwell, Gregory Seitz, Mark Swanson and John Wilson.
Academic Awards – Physics: William Cassun; Advanced Biology: Langdon Owen; Chemistry: John Hruska; Biology: John Blakely; Mathematics: Robert Barber, Stephen Rockwell and Gregory Seitz; Science and Social Studies: Jack Jensen; English: Mark Swanson; Religion: William Cassun and David Crotty.
Latin: Gregory Seitz; Spanish: John Wilson; French: David Crotty; Band: John Hruska; Art: Cordell Brown and Thomas Fonio; Typing: Michael Razzeca; Glee Club: Thomas Wolff, David Gilliam and Arthur Miyazaki; Mechanical Drawing: Laurence Bogdanich and Paul McGill; Drama: Denis Dowse and Jack Jensen; Journalism (Judgeonian): Michael Sharp; (Yearbook): Jack Mark and Robert Trosper.
Among freshmen, Mike Fake was the top English student. John Klekas had the highest GPA and was tops in math. Ron Mele led the way in religion, social studies and Latin while George Del Hoyo was tops in Spanish, Martin Woodard in French.
Alumni
Ed Fritz, Class of 1968, won an unprecedented three awards from Theta Alpha Phi, the University of Utah drama fraternity.
