Beloit Catholic High School - Arista Yearbook (Beloit, WI)

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Page 2 October, 1963 Editor Welcomes Freshmen Dear Class of '67 I think the most appropriate thing I could say to the freshmen is “Welcome! ' Welcome to the beginning of the best part of your life! Every year BCH welcomes a new group of students into her midst. And every year the students are plagued by the same pro- blems: Is it chorus or gym today? Twice to the right and once to the left, or is it — ? Good morning Sister ahhhh - Aletta? Excuse me, could you please tell roe where Rm. 19 is? Yes, these same problems happened to the sophomores, juniors, and even the seniors. But as soon as these awkward little nuisances are straightened out, larger and more important problems come. Facing you then is your entire future - and what you're going to do with it Freshmen year is a good year for “starting over' or making improvements. Prepare for your future by establishing good habits - in studies and in your spiritual life. The habits you form now - good or bad - are important since they are probably those you will have your entire life. For instance, if you now attend Mass in the school chapel once a week or more, it's safe to say that when you’re out of school you'll be at Mass regularly. Many organizations and clubs are offered at BCH. Look into these — there might be one that you would find interesting. Club membership is one of the best ways to broaden your interests and make new friends at the same time. School Spirit, Sports And You Fight, team, fight; Go, go, Beloit! Vie hove probably heard these words a hundred times. But Last, but hardly least, is your pride in the school. This pride is manifested by way of school spirit. So, go to the games, contribute to Student Council, and generally make your class one to be praised. Maureen Griffin A Day In The Life OfASkirt by Kathleen Stauber Well, here she comes. Monday morning and she's after me again. Does she have to yank me off the hanger so hard? Honestly, that girl! There, at least she’s got me fairly - hey, just what does she think she's doing - rolling me up like that at her waist! I'm a whole two inches shorter, and I look all out of proportion. She'll never get away with it. I'll see to that! I’ll just unroll when she sits down. She’ll never know the difference. I was wrong. Heh, Heh, - she did. And she hikes me up every time she stands. You, know, the worst thing of all is that she — and all the rest of those girls — have downright ugly knees! I’m getting all stretched out and • listen to those boys whistle. 0 honestly, this is — Hey, who’s that? A nun! That’s right Sister, make her let me down. See, I don’t look so bad when I’m worn the way I was made to be worn, and she looks better, too. And anyway — they DO have ugly knees! have we, as students of BCH ever yelled these words whole- heartedly at a football game, basketball game, or even at a pep rally? If not, why? Could it be laziness? Our indifference to sports? Bad weather? Or a hundred and one other reasons? Here’s a point to remember: the team will play as hard as the fans want them to; consequently, the harder and louder we yell, the more the word victory means to the team. A good idea to recall when our spirit is low is Coach Barnabo’s version of school spirit: Remember students, school spirit is school pride. Cheryl Carter ARISTA Beloit Catholic High School Beloit, Wis. Editor Assistant Editor News Editor Feature Editor Sports Editor Art Editor Photography - Mary Lou Cham on Layout Editor ..... Circulation Business Managers ...

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Vol. 12 No. 1 BELOIT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Beloit, Wisconsin October, 1963 FATHER LENAHAN and Jim Boho pose with Mr. Martin Akor of the Cameroun, who visited BCH classes, including Father Lenahan’s American Problems classes. ARISTA Rated ‘All-Catholic’ ARISTA has received an “All-Catholic” award from the Catholic Press association fdr excellence and Catholicity. In the critical rating Arista earned 880 points out of a possible 1000. The paper's “excellent” rating for diffusion of Catholic thought and promotion of Catholic activity includes such things as awareness of the proper end of social and athletic events, recognition of student leaders in the field of Catholic action, stimulation of student thought and promotion of school welfare. Editorial content was com- mended in its concreteness, its specific proposals and its reader attraction. Among other areas rated excellent are general appearance of the paper and the use of functional art rather than merely decora- tive art. For Your Dote Book OCTOBER 1 - Home and School meeting 8:00 p.m. 4 - Football game - away - Clinton 7:30 p.m. 9 - College Night for juniors and seniors 11 - All school dance sponsored by Seniors 12 - Football game - away - St. Johns 2:00 p.m. 14 - Sophomore Parent night 8:00 p.m. 18 - Football game - here - 7:45 p.m. 24 - Junior-Senior Parent night 8:00 p.m. 26 - Football game - away - Marian 2:00 p.m. African Student Visits Classes Martin Akor from West Cameroun, Africa visited BCH Wednesday, Sept. 11, on his way to Lawrence college, Appleton, where he will major in economics. He is one of eleven students attending school in the United States under the African Scholarship Program of Amer- ican Universities. In speaking to Father Lenahan’s American Problems class, he gave a brief history of his country and explained its colorful flag. The rest of his talk was broken down into government, language and education of the Cameroun s. Since Cameroun was taken over by the French and English after World War I, its govern- ment as an independent country is a combination of the two systems. It has as an assembly, a president, a vice president and two prime ministers. There are two otticial languages, French and Eng- lish. Though it is not neces- sary at present to know both Mr. Akor said that perhaps in the future both will be “native” tongues. The educational system like the government is pat- terned after those of France and England. Primary school lasts for eight years, secondary for five years with two years of advanced level training after which a student may receive a general certificate of education. Success in exams sent from Europe de- termines whether he will continue at the university or not. The Peace Corps has been so warmly received in Cam- erounj Mr. Akor said, that his government has requested more of this aid. He also indicated that the government is very anti-communistic. It has banned party membership and stopped most of the ac- tivities. Giving his impression of America, he stated that most American films shown in his country are westerns and as a result many people think this is the situation in America today. He was amazed by the New York skyscrapers and commented that it is difficult to imagine such buildings. He also spoke of the differences in speed. It seems to him that people in America are in too great a hurry. When Mr. Akor completes his education he will return to Cameroun to apply what he has learned in an effort to aid his country.

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Page 3 October, 1963 School Areos Refurbished Thanks are in store for quite a few unselfish efforts shown to our “Aina Mater”. Maybe many students haven't stopped to realize all the new features in the school. If not, here is a brief run-down. 1. Do you realize you have one less step in entering the west end of the building? 2. The art room has been changed into a St. Thomas classroom in case you hadn’t noticed. Instead of an art class there will now be an Art club. 3. Coach Bamabo gave the walls in the west building a new coat of paint. He seems to be gifted with more than one talent. 4. Another coat of finish was given to the stage floor. 5. The gym floor was varnished, waxed and sparkling for the first day of school. 6. Fans and lights were cleaned until they shined without being turned on, and the fans were also conditioned. 7. An expensive new hot water system has been installed for the showers. 8 9. Now we can go to the guidance director’s and vice-principal’s offices with a cool feeling. Why? Because an air conditioner has been installed in each office. 10. Has anyone wondered where our little yellow bus went? Well, it has been gladly replaced by a larger one for our athletic depart- ment 11. The Fathers at the BCH rectory announce the departure of former boarders. Since their house has been repaired, the squirrels can’t get in. Some painting was done there also. New Subjects Offered At BCHS Two new courses - French III and speech - and a new approach to a religion course have given a somewhat “new look” to the cur- riculum this year. The juniors are experiencing a different type of religion class Another new subject is a speech class taught by Father Lenahan. These classes meet on Tuesday and Thursday for freshmen and sophomores. Father will be stressing public speaking along with improve- ment in self-expression. Though French has been offered before, this is the first year for French HI. Mr. Godin will be stressing the importance of grammar and comprehension but will continue also to teach conversational French, a most important facet of the course. STUDENTS AND FACULTY EXTEND SYMPATHY TO BARRIE ENTRINQER, whose father passed away during the euaaer NANCY BUCHKO, whose mother passed away in September. SC President Asks Cooperation Fellow Students: The beginning of the school year means the beginning of another Student Council. I tape that this year we can do an even better job than last year. This requires full cooperation from the student body. With a good attitude and a good school spirit we can accomplish many things for the betterment of the school. You, the students, have chosen the leaders you thought would best represent you. Since you have chosen them, please work with them and make them work for you. Then I’m sure we will have a good and profitable year. this year. The Kerygma ap- proach, as it is called, is new to the students, but essentially it is an old way of teaching. Kerygma means proclaiming the good news of the Gospel to ail people. Bibles therefore are used rather than the usual religion text. These classes are taught by Father Massion and Father Fagan. Through these classes the students are expected to learn more of the origin and development of the Church. Jack Anastasi, SC President