Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
St. Francis Club, Tug-of-War, March 16, 1968. A parade around campus was part of the Tug-of-War event....
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7/11 Are you feeling lucky? Las Vegas Night as U of D
St. Francis Club at the University of Detroit sponsored a Las Vegas Night back in February, 1975. For a $5 admission fee, you would get $500,000 worth of play money gambling chips, all the beer and wine you could drink (!), dancing, gambling and a chance at 50 door prizes given away throughout the evening. The door prizes included dinners, merchandise, clothing, books and many other items donated by local businesses. The profits from the evening would be used to...
St. Patrick’s Day Tug-of-War, Irish vs. German with University of Detroit St. Francis Club
HOW IT ALL BEGAN (From the St. Francis Club Archives) Legend has it that the whole thing began with a tussle between one Adolph Schultz and one Patrick Mahoney in 1949. During the noon-day repast at the St. Francis Club they both reached for a napkin at the same time. It was St. Patrick’s Day and the feeling had been running pretty high anyway about the German invasion of the U. of D. eating club. Once a predominantly Irish organization,...
