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

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Page 2 April, 1964 Voting Requires Thought, Courage With the election of closs officers coming up, the pro- blem of who to vote for arises. The following are some of the candidates who might be running for an office: Sharp Sherman -- he's all looks and no drive. Look-at-me-Letty -- she’s just running for the glory and fame. Aimless Arnold -- he couldn't care less about the duties of his office. Partial Penelope -- she has only her friends' interest in mind. Superior Stacy -- a willing worker with plenty of ideas and with the best interests of the class in mind. It isn’t always this easy to decide which person would be the best person for an office, so stop, look, listen, THINK, and then vote. Jean Behrman Nation Realizes Poverty Problem There have been world wars, civil wars, and cold wars. Recently we, as citizens of the United States, have been challenged by o new kind of war -- the war on poverty. America is the most affluent society in history yet 35 million people (one-fifth of the nation) live at or near the level of bare subsistence. They live off whatever they can get and if there is nothing — they don t live. For some of these people sanitation is a muddy stream running through the ‘community’. Meals consist of flat, cornmeal and water cakes. Education is a one room cabin with no facilities and a teacher who can only 'try' to make education exist. We speak of war-torn countries left desolate, while our own is desolate because of its wretched poverty pockets, such as Applachia. President Johnson declared a 'war on poverty’. He did not ask for guns, uniforms and killing but rather for sin- cerity and responsibility. He gave Americans a challenge, but how many of us will answer that challenge? Many laughed at this new war - but what is funny about a five-year-old child merely existing in a mountain hovel? Kathy Jo Basmagy Students and faculty extend sympathy to NANCY JVHLO)! on the death of her foster father. Teenage Crushers Strike Again My life is a brief one, and I must admit I have a few complaints to make. When I hear the bell ring for the first lunch period I can sense that my life is almost ended. Is it a herd of elephants? No, just all of the students rushing in to get a place in line. I can’t understand why they rush ... to me, their quickness means the beginning of my downfall. With their trays in hand, they sit down and immediately proceed to . . OUCH ... rip me open. PHEW! The least they could do is treat me gently. After all, the meal would be pretty dry if I were not there. For 15 minutes, I sit on the troy as an innocent by- stander, being filled in on the latest gossip. Oh, if I could only talk . . . Then comes the fotal blow. Some choose to put me on the floor and let loose with a foot that invariably knocks me senseless; while others try to play Superman and crush me in their fists. Next in line is the Death March” up to the container, where I am nonchalantly tossed in among my associates. We’re all battered and torn and sadly anticipate the truck that will soon remove us from such inhuman surroundings. Mary Jo Kutter ARISTA Beloit Catholic High School Beloit, Wis. Editor........... Assistant Editor . News Editor . . . . Feature Editor . . Sp.orts Editor . . . . Art Editor...... Photography . . . . Advertising .... Layout Editor . . . Circulation...... Business Manager .......Elizabeth Cham on ............Jean Behrman ..........Theresa Pettit .......Mary Lou Finley ...........Peter Piazza ........Nancy Buchko ..............Ed Gossel ..............Kay Eddy ...........Diane Haffey Pat Haokina, Judy Engler ............Diane Schaul

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BELOIT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Beloit. Wisconsin Vol. 17 April, 1964 No. 6 Jim, Maureen Lead Class JIM BOHO The election of student council officeis and class officers for the '64-'65 school year will be held in the month of April. Student council elections, which will be held first, will start on April 3. Classes will hold their elec- tions in succesive weeks. Four is the maximum num- ber of nominees for each office and each candidate must have a campaign manager. Managers will register for candidates on Friday and take out the nomination petition on the following Monday morning. In order to be certified, the candidate must have 15 stu- dent signatures and 3 faculty signatures by Tuesday after- noon. For the student council election, however, each can- didate must have 30 student signatures and 5 faculty signatures. Students may sign only one petition for each office. Candidates may use ral- lies, speeches, posters and buttons in their campaigns. Voting will be held on iL'tJREQJ GRIFFIN Friday during the lunch hours and before and after school in the cafeteria. Voting is not compulsory, but those who vote must register. Student Council election began April 3. Opening dates for class elections are: senior officers, April 10; junior, April 17; sophomore, April 24. James Boho has earned valedictorian horrors as top student of the senior class, and Maureen Griffin has earned salutatori an honors as second highest student. Father Pierick announced last week. Jim and Maureen have maintained these ranks through out their high school years. Besides being top students, Jim and Maureen are also active in extracurricular af- fairs. Both were elected to the National Honor society last year and are ARISTA staff members. Jim is NHS pres- ident and has been ARISTA business manager; Maureen has been ARISTA editor. Student Council, Letterman Club, drama and sports round out Jim's list of activities. He plays the title role in King Lear and also works with the stage crew. Last fall he was manager of the football team. He has played baseball for three years. Jim plans to attend Notre Dame university, Notre Dame, Ind. Maureen is senior class treasurer and a member of Sodality and of YCS. Recently her high scholastic achieve- ment earned her an honor scholarship of distinction from St. Xavier college, Chicago, where she plans to major in secondary education. SENIOR COLLEEN TYLER, Student Council election official, supervises as campaign manager Robert Pospischil and vice- president candidate Jan Toubl sign up in the publications room. Candidates Campaign For SC, Class Offices

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Page 3 REHEARSING for “King Lear” are (1-r) Pat Choudoir as Cordelia Kathy Basmagy as Goneril, Jim Boho as King Lear, David Lowrey as the fool, and Kevin Van Kampen as the King of France. Spring Drama Shaping Up; 5 Performances Planned Spring drama productions, adaptions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, As You I.ike It and King Lear, are beginning to take shape, says Father Lenahan, drama direc- tor. A performance will be given for the BCHS students Thursday afternoon April 30. The plays will be presented for the public Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2 at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. As You Like It and King Lear each require a half hour playing time, while Romeo and Juliet will take approximately an hour. Father Lenahan had a specific reason for choosing Shakespearean plays rather than a musical. His main objective was recognition and observance of the fourth centenary year of Shake- speare's birth. Father also believes that a Shakespearean play provides good and real- istic dramatic material, creates a good story, deals with universal qualities and has very human characters. The plays will be performed arena style on an octagon stage in the center of the gymnasium. A minimum of scenery will be used, but reality will be created by the lighting effects and emotions portrayed by the actors. Student actors are putting a lot of time and effort into the production. Each play requires approximately 10 performers. The only big problem encount- ered in casting characters was the scarcity of boys. The actors have begun the procedure which they call blocking: performing the actions, taking positions, learning the correct entrances and exits and working with the singers and dancers. Under- studies are learning main roles as well as minor ones. Stage practice began in the basement on the platform con- structed by the stage crew. The only real difficulty encountered was the competition with the furnace, although this did aid in reminding actors to project their voices. Practice will begin in the auditorium the second last week in April. Actors are still doing much rereading to discover, explore, and become the characters of the play. Look Into Library As Career, State Librarian Urges in Letter The following letter was received from Miss Helen Wahoski, president of the Wisconsin Library association. We are printing it to call readers sttention to National Library Week, April 12-18 and to focus some thought on the contributions, the opportunities and the need of good librarians. To: High School Students in Search of a Career GREETINGS! Across the nation libraries are observing National Library Week, April 12-18, 1964, with the national theme “Reading is the key....to new opportunity, to new worlds, to new understanding.'1 Libraries everywhere are sharing in our country's growth. The library profession offers to youth the opportunity to plan a career whose horizons are unlimited. As I write this, President Johnson has just signed into law the Library Services and Construction Act. This bill provides twenty-five million dollars, plus twenty million for construction of public libraries. Libraries are given the opportunity to pro- vide library services as never before in our history. These libraries will need librarians to staff them. What does the librarian do? The librarian works with children and opens the door to read- ing with them; the students in school libraries are given their first introduction in the use of books in reference and research, in college and university libraries the librarian prepares biblio- graphies, assisting students and faculty in research and study; the public libraries present opportunities to work with people of the community with endless variety of needs from the little child to the retired business man; and in special libraries, librarians serve the needs of specialized industry, scientific laboratories, and manufacturing; hospitals need the services of the hospital records librarian. For every interest a career in library service awaits you. A career in library service can be your call to greatness. Will you join the ranks of librarians and open the doors of opportunity and understanding to others? Cordially, Helen Waho6ki President, WLA Although the stage crew, headed by Bill Brown, has had no special tasks during the rehearsals, it is ready for any emergency and will be much busier during the last week of play practice, says Father Lenahan. Father Lenahan also em- phasized that Mr. and Mrs. Camel Basmagy and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Chamon, who comprise the publicity com- mittee, are doing an excellent job, but that they need and ask the support of all BCHS students. ARISTA Mailbox TO THE EDITOR: The members of the Athletic Association express sincere thanks to the lettermen, cheer- leaders, Nellie, Mrs. Thibeau, Mike, Crystal Foods, Wright and Wagner Dairy and all the others for their help in a very successful pancake breakfast. It's heartwarming to see people enjoying hard work for a worthy cause. BCH Athletic Association