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

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FATHER MURRAY and FATHER MASSION discuss their new assignments. Fathers Murray, Massion Transferred From BCHS Word from Bishop O'Connor has brought about several changes in the BCHS faculty. Father Donald Murray has been transferred to St. Raphael Cathedral, Madison, and Father Thomas Massion has been appointed pastor of Our Lady of Hope parish, Seymour Comers, with St. Peter’s mission, Elk Grove, Father Murray came to Beloit as assistant at St. Jude parish after his ordination in 1961. At that time he joined the BCHS faculty, teaching religion and American Pro- blems. Since 1962, when he was assigned to full-time duty at the school, Father has been Spiritual Director, head of the religion department and mod- erator of the Student Council. Father Massion has been assistant at St. Thomas parish since 1959. Each year since then Father has taught religion at BCHS. From January to June, 1960, he was acting principal during Father Pierick’s illness. Father Massion is also well-known in Beloit for his work in the dialogue movement and for his classes in the Sacred Scripture section of the St. Pius X Institute of Theology (CCD). Father John B. Walsh, a former army chaplain, comes from St. Raphael Cathedral, Madison, to replace Father Massion at St. Thomas parish. He will take over Father Murray’s duties at BCHS. Father Joseph DeStefano, pastor of St. Paul’s parish, will teach Father Massion’s religion classes. BELOIT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Vol. 12 No. 4 Wisconsin February, 1964 Mardi Gras Festival Set For Sunday, February 9 Sunday, Feb. 9, has been set as the date for Mardi Gras 1964. The reason for holding the annual event on Sunday rather than Tuesday is the need for more time in organizing and setting up the various projects in school rooms. Annual Retreat January 29-31 The annual BCH lenten retreat will feature Father Omer Kelley, O.F.M. Capucian, as the retreat master. It will commence January 29 with Mass in the school gym and will terminate on January 31 at noon. As usual, all main con- ferences will be held in the gym. At this time, the gym is converted into a chapel with the Holy Eucharist. Between conferences, the students are on their honor and have per- mission to go to chapel. Spiritual reading books and pamphlets are placed in each homeroom for the use of the students. The purpose of the retreat is to provide a chance for everyone to evaluate his life and self. There is a possibility of a closed retreat later for the seniors. The plans are in- definite. The Mardi Gras this year will be much different from the Fiesta as it was first observed. The Spanish Club, under Sr. M. Amadea, under- took the one afternoon festival for students as a project to raise money for the publishing costs of the newspaper. This year it will be an all-day festival. Another new touch this year is the direction of Mardi Gras by the Home and School Association, headed by Mr. Harrington. In former years the project was headed by Mr. Richard Godin of the BCHS faculty. Profits made by the Mardi Gras are used to help meet expenses for the school year. This makes it possible to keep tuition at its present level. The money gained since the project has been opened to the public has always been a substantial amount. Last year, the total reached the peak of $3,500. Fr. Pierick, principal, wishes to express his “grati- tude to the Home-School Association for their work and to the people who have or will sponsor dinners in their homes. This project is a very unique one, and I am especially thankful since it creates very little disturbance in the school.”

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Page 8 BCHS Students Earn 4-H Awards Three Beloit Catholic high school students who are also Newark-Beloit 4-H club mem- bers received special honors this year. The Schoonover Implement Award, a plaque for top county tractor member, was given to senior Brian Cousin in October. Brian also received a recogni- tion pin from the Standard Oil Co. Also in October, Korl Per- kins, BCHS sophomore, won second place in a class of fifty Black Angus steers in Madison. Two years ago Karl had the Grand Champion steer at the Rock County Fair grounds. His brother Jack, now at Holy Name Seminary, took this honor for 1963. Jonene Whitmon, 66, re- ceived special recognition for excellent work on her record book. Other BCHS students who exhibited work at the fair this summer are Jeanne Brown and Linda Dean of the Beloit club and Helen Carroll, Joe Cousin, Maribeth Cousin, Lois Merlet, Jean Perkins, Jim Perkins, and Cynthia Wieland of the Newark- Beloit club. 4-H MEMBERS, Janene Whitman (center) and Karl Perkins (right) admire the 4-H Club award Brian Cousin won this summer. A Christmas Coloring Book— Paid Advertisement 9 This is Lou This is Liz — Color her stunning in her holiday hair-do created by HAZEL'S HAIR STYLING. Color her intelligent, thanks td her thesaurus and foreign language dictionaries from BREDESEN’S. This is Diane — This is Paul — V P tfl-L Color her delighted with her golden charm bracelet and special occasion ’ charms from MICHAEL BRILL JEWELERS. Color him pleased as punch in his new pigskin Hush Puppies from CHAR NON SHOES. From BARBER'S Store for Men Alan Kobus 65 models the Falcon, an all weather coat with zip in liner (29.95) shown here in black olive. The suede patched sport hat is by Champ (11.95).

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Page 2 February, 1964 A Pause To Refresh Us Once again the days for our annual retreat are fast ap- proaching. Realizing that there are undoubtedly some under- classmen and perhaps others who are not sure what a re- treat is all about, it deserves a long explanation. The school administrators consider the retreat so im- portant that it reserves three school days during which the regular class schedule is set aside so that the whole time may be devoted to brushing up our spiritual lives. Every year an inspiring speaker is brought as the retreat master. This year it is Father Omer Kelley, a Capuchin priest from Milwaukee, Wis. Then the day is spent primarily in listen- ing to lectures, in spiritual reading, and in private medita- tion. This gives us a chance to find out how we stand with God, what we want to do with our lives and how we can succeed in doing it. Though to some this may seem to be a boring schedule, the time actually passes very quickly. It is up to the in- dividual whether or not he wants to make good use of these retreat days. A good retreat can be of immeasurable benefit. We are hoping that everyone will try to get in the spirit so that the retreat will be a success for everyone. Tim Harrington Time For Spring Cleaning It’s the beginning of a New Year and as usual we want to make it a very good and prosperous year. This is a very good time to do some early Spring Cleaning with ourselves to get off to a good start. As in cleaning a house we must go into every corner and clean out the dust. How well did we do in school in the last semester? Whether we have done well or not we now have a chance for a fresh start. We can start off right by resolving to do our homework and to study harder. God has given us our intelligence and he expects us to use it to the best of our ability. Let’s not put our spring cleaning off. Let’s begin now so that in June our efforts will b£ rewarded. Mary Harrington DEAR STUDENTS: Things happen quite suddenly in our life and we must readily accept them. This has been very hard for me because you have made it so pleasant. I want to thank you for all your kindness and cooperation. I have been very proud of you and the school every minute of my stay here — proud of you spiritually, morally, scholastically. Only YOU can make this kind of pride possible —it is my prayer that this will be the case always. Father Murray Thank You, Fathers Father Murray and Father Massion are leaving us They came into our lives and gave us part of themselves They gave so much and asked for so little They prayed with us They worked with us They played with us They learned with us They are a part of us They will always have our gratitude They can’t be dismissed with merely “Good-Bye” They will always remain a part of us ARISTA Beloit Catholic High School Beloit, Wisconsin .......................................... . . .Maureen Griffin Assistant Editor.................................Elizabeth Chamon News Editor........................................... Sue Choudoir Feature Editor........................................Kathy Basmagy Sports Editor..........................................Michael Hahn Art Editor.......................................Mary Lou Chamon Photography.......................................... Steve Ullrich Advertising............................................Diane Haffey Layout Editor....................................Pauline Van Kampen Circulation ...............................Lynn Bernstein, Pat Ryan Business Managers................... John Aeschlimann, James Bo ho