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

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Page 2 We Musf Search For Truth In Race Problem It seems that the age old problem of civil rights crops up wherever you find people who core, no matter what their convictions are on the subject. As Catholics we are put in a special spotlight since the Church has been a forerunner in the struggle for human rights for all people. But as individuals we are not quite living up to the stan- dards set for us by Mother Church. Many white people still hold the conviction that the colored person has not evolved from the cave man stage os far as the white man has. With a minimum of reading one will discover that the white man is physically closer to the cave man than the colored since his arms and legs are still covered with hair, a characteristic of our primitive ancestors. The Negroid race, however has no hair on the arms and little on the legs. There are other examples which anyone with intelligence can discover for himself if he stops talking long enough to listen and observe. And that is my point; I have talked about the race pro- blem to many people in and out of school. Most of them seem to be torn between their parents,who tend to be mildly prejudiced or extremely so, and their teochers, who strive to show the moral aspect of the problem without producing really convincing facts. Thus we come to believe that the Negro is our brother, though his skin is darker than ours, but it is left up to each one of us to discover the WHY’S of this principle. We are willing to admit that something is wrong somewhere, but the time has come to DO something about it. Our public library and our own school library have worth- while books on the subject of races. If you are concerned about the physical aspect of the question you could read COMMON SENSE ABOUT RACE, an excellent book by Philip Mason. You will be shocked as I was. The state- ments in .this book are not guesses or conclusions; they are scientific facts. Jacob J. Javitt's DISCRIMINATION U.S.A. might help you to understand better the problem in America. BLACK LIKE ME, by John Howard Griffin will show you the more human side. And there are many more. It is difficult to argue on a subject with only our con- victions to back us up. If we are sincere, we will listen to our hearts, but we will not hear if our hearts are full of fear bred of ignorance. We have been taught by former generations to fear something which is imaginary; now we must seek the truth for ourselves. We must be the ones to tear away from the bonds of fear and conquer our prejudices so that this fear will end now, in this century. November, 1963 Only One Heart To Judge “Is our goodness only on the exterior?” asked Father Augustine Rock, O.P., at a special assembly. Of course Father didn't want any public confessions in assembly but he did want to start us thinking about the the present condition of our souls. Do we have good, clean, decent hearts?” Or are they dirty, lousy, and nasty? Are we more concerned with our neighbor's business than our own? Are we making it more difficult for our friends to stay in grace? Do we practice the virtue of love? We can take our life in school and apply these questions to it: Are we prone to gossip in between classes? Do we find that cheating gets a little easier each time? Do we snub some people? Since we will hove to answer these questions to Christ at the last judgment, we ought to start now and be able to answer them in the negative. Remember • each of us has only one heart to judge. Maureen Griffin ARISTA Beloit Catholic High School Beloit, Vis. Editor .... Assistant Editor News Editor Kathy Baaaaagy Sports Editor Art Editor Circulation Business Manners .... Jot» Aetcblinmn. J™. Boho Mary Lou Charnon

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Homecoming Pia nned For Nov. 1-2 Bonfire Activities Set For Friday PM As is custom at BCHS, the Homecoming pep rally will feature a bonfire and snake dance. The pregame rally will be held Friday night, Nov. 1, on the BCHS athletic field. The bonfire will be built by the senior boys with Mike Hahn and Dave Thibeau, as co-chairmen. The lettermen are in charge of starting the fire and keeping the snake dance in order. With the help of the Beloit Police department, the snake dance will start in the BCHS parking lot, proceed down the streets in the area and return to the field where the bonfire will be set ablaze. The Beloit Fire department will be present as a safety- precaution. At the bonfire, the cheer- leaders and Pep Club presi- dent will lead the pep rally. Coach Bamabo, Father Nilles, and the football captains will give pep talks. Clean-up will be done by senior boy volunteers. Public To Visit School Nov. 5-6 Beloit Catholic high school will hold a two-day Open House in «observance of National Education Week, Nov. 3-9. Parents and other members of the community may visit classes, follow a day’s sched- ule or simply wander through the building from 8:15 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 5 and 6. “We are doing this to pro- mote better relations with the community and to provide an opportunity for the public, as well as your own parents to know the Catholic school better,” Sister M. Aletta, vice principal, has explained. “We believe that the community will Parade, Dance, Halftime Show on Saturday BELOIT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Vol. 12 No. 2 Beloit, Wisconsin November, 1963 Queen Jane Harrington (center) reignc over Homecoming activities with atten- dants (1-r) sophomore Kathy Eichman, freshman Kathy Schuler, senior Maureen Griffin, and junior Linda Osborn. understand us better when they have seen our schools in operation.” Alumni Plan Social BCHS alumni are planning a social hour to follow the Homecoming game Saturday, Nov. 2. The social hour, replacing the traditional alumni dinner will be held in the school cafeteria. The purpose of the gathering is to provide an opportunity for alumni to meet on a social basis at least once a year, according to Dale Bach ’55, Alumni As- sociation president. For Your Dote Book November 1 All Saints Day • No school - Homecoming bonfire and pep rally 8 p.m. November 2 Homecoming Football - St. Mary’s 2 p.m. Dance 8-11 p.m. November 5-6 Open House November 26 Home and School Meeting November 27 All-School dance sponsored by junior class November 28-29 Thanksgiving vacation December 4 Press Club Par- ents night December 8 Immaculate Con- ception Chosen to reign as queen over Homecoming activities Nov. 2 is senior Jane Harring- ton. Her attendants are senior Maureen Griffin, junior Linda Osborn, sophomore Kathy Eichman, and freshman Kathy Schuler. Highlighting Saturday’s e- vents are a pregame parade, a halftime show and a dance in the gym. The parade, which will leave from the Court House at 1 P.M. will include the band, four class floats and con- vertibles in which the Home- coming Queen, her court and the cheerleaders, will ride. The parade will travel east on Grand ave. to State and Grand, then down State st. to Black- hawk blvd. and on to South Beloit stadium where the Crusaders will meet St. Mary’s of Burlington at 2 p.m. Halftime activities will include coronation of the queen and judging of the class floats. The band, directed by Mr. Farina, will present a field show. A dance at 8 p.m. in the gym will climax Homecoming weekend. The Squires, led by Mike Wolf, will provide a variety of music for the dancers. In charge of preparations for the evening are Mary Lou Charon, and Maureen Griffin. Chairman of the parade committee is Stovo Kopitanoff. Float captains are: seniors, Pot Coif and Janet Pulaski; juniors, Tom Carney, Tim Lowrie, Peter Obligato and Joe Bergeson; sophomores, Terry Piazza, John Good, Richard Goldsworthy and David Kuehl; freshmen, Daryl Van Landeghem, Richard Asplund and Jerry Kennedy.

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November, 1963 MR. FARINA gets assistance from sophomores Mary Carney and Mary Egdorf in checking the last of the World’s Finest Chocolate after a sales campaign to boost the finances of the Music de- partment. Chocolate Sale Has Surprises, Problems When the chocoLate drive ended Monday, October 14, many students reported problems and surprises that few thought they would encounter. Those who didn’t get out right away and sell found their areas already taken, but Bev Hog or found that some people were willing to buy from both her and her sister Mary, and that they kept asking for more. Jan Protteau, Diane Schaul, Mary Louis Finloy and St v Kjorn s took their bars home to Janesville where they dis- covered junior-senior high school students, and the Boy Scouts also selling the World’s Finest Chocolate. On journey- ing to Rockford, Pot Coit and Pom Erlondson met competition from Boylan high school’s 800 chocolate salesmen. Meanwhile in Beloit, Kothy Staub r came across the traditional man caught in the shower. Champion salesman was sophomore Ch ryl Stev ns. Cooperatively, Homeroom 20 returned the greatest amount of cash, while the freshmen were the leading class in sales. Proceeds from the drive will be used to buy choral robes and band instruments. ARISTA Changes look. Pages Readers are welcomed back to a “new” ARISTA this year. Post Publishers, Inc., Loves Park, 111., have undertaken the task of printing ARISTA on 60 lb. offset paper, the same type used in this year’s athletic program books, instead of on the glossy enam- eled stock formerly used. The ARISTA nameplate has also been revamped, appearing now in a slightly modernistic shadow lettering designed by Mary Lou Cham on. Another innovation is the use of advertising. From ideas gleaned while attending a journalism workshop this summer, Liz Charnon and Diane Haffey have developed a column style of advertising directed to the buying habits and interests of BCHS students. Readers will also notice ARISTA’S smaller size. Al- though pages are only 8Vi in. by 11 in., the two extra pages account for 56 column inches more of news per issue, thus allowing more adequate cover- age than before. Page 3 'Dragon Lady’ Viewed By BCHS Students by Kathy Basmagy Americans have been hearing much about Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu, often referred to as the Dragon Lady. Mme. Nhu has been touring the United States and giving speeches. The question “What is your opinion of this First Lady of Viet Nam?” was recently asked of BCHS students. “She is a very good woman, who has great love for her hus- band and country. She has the zeal to expose herself to the public just to get aid for her country’s good.” Ed Dowdy »57 “To me she seems to think she can get her own way and is doing her best to get it. She has been described in just a few words, such as, beautiful, barbarian, deceitful. To me she’s a little of each. I’d call her a scheming, determined young lady set in her ways.” Angie Brown ’66 “For a ’tourist’ she sure makes a lot of noise!” Joanne Lukas '64 “I think she is a little neurotic. She certainly wants to get all she can out of her position. I think when all her excitement blows over and she has to get down to business she will be bored with it all.” Barrie Entringer ’65 “If Madame Nhu were Mrs. Kennedy, she would forget the politics, and concentrate on being a real diplomat for her country. She could do more for her country if she would portray the role of a gracious woman and not a stubborn, hard-core politician. (Which she is not!) Beverly Hager ’64 Remember When- In 1958 we won our Home- coming game 32-0, over North- western Military academy. We ended our football season with a 5-3 record. Can we top their efforts in 63? Students and faculty extend sympathy to DAVID KUEHL on the death of his father October 18 The Band Boosters brought a new kind of entertainment to BCH on November 9 of ’58 when the Mazur Polish Dancers performed before the student body. Excavations were begun on December 1, 1958, for a new convent for the Sisters of St. Agnes. ARISTA Mailbox DEAR EDITOR, I would like to compliment Mr. Farina and all the members of the band for their fine ef- forts at the football games. Between the band and the large number of students at the games, it sure boosts the general morale. Keep up the good work. DICK GOLDSWORTHY