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

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May, 1964 Page 2 Open Letter To Senior Class Dear Seniors, Excitement seems to be building up now that your grad- uation is drawing near. Many of you seniors have expressed your mixed emotions and thoughts on leaving Beloit Catho- lic High School. You have told of your feelings of regret, happiness, fear, and eagerness. Your regret is for those memories of the high school days you are leaving behind. Your first prom, the home- comings and floats, the plays, and many other things are just a part of your past now. You have the feeling of happiness, for finally you are going out on your own. Most of you seniors will have that feeling of fear, too, fear that you won’t get off to the right start, fear that you will be lost in this big world. Yet you are eager. Those of you who are going to col- lege are eager to get a fresh start. Those who have jobs are eager to work ahead. I am sure I can say for all BCHS students that you did a fine job in the work you have done and the examples you have set. May we wish all of you the best of good fortune. Elizabeth Charnon Hcl v e u- v • 3 m c - Su-4- rfememl)e Don't Say It! It isn’t that the word “hi” is long: it’s just that it takes so much effort to say. Since it is so hard to say, this word should be used as little as possible. Therefore, one should say hi” only to very special and close friends instead of being friendly to everyone. Besides, the friend- liness would be too much of an effort. When one is walking down the street, one should never use the word hi”. This is especially true if one sees a person who is in his class. Saying hi” would lower this individual to being friendly and take away from his sophis- tication. The look of indifference is so pleasant to see. The word hi” is terribly overused, so please use it only in grave emergencies. For instance, if one wants to borrow some money or needs a ride someplace, hi” is a good way to get it. If these simple suggestions are followed, one will eventually become completely isolated. Complete isolation takes away the drudgery of being friendly. Being unfriendly is the quickest way to lose true friends, and who needs friends. Jeon Behrman PI i Summertime Invites Leisure Reading If you’re anything but out of your mind, you will be anxiously awaiting summer vacation. For some, the coming of summer brings a job to pay for college tuition; for others, summer brings a time to relax. But for most of us summer brings vacation from school, books, and learning. When that last day of school is completed, many of us have the temptation to burn all of our books. The ideal student would perhaps study every chance he had during the summer. However, very few of us are in that category. Three months is a long time to stay away from learning. It would be very easy to forget everything we should know for the next year. We could at least try to pick up a book and read fifteen minutes a day. Both our Summer Reading Program and the public library can supply good books for our enjoyment. Let's employ the leisure of summer, then, not only for pleasure and sports, but for reading and learning, too. Elizabeth Charnon ARISTA BELOIT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Beloit, Wisconsin EDITOR...........................................Elizabeth Charnon ASSISTANT EDITOR......................................Jean Behrman NEWS EDITOR.................................Terry Petit FEATURE EDITOR ............. .......... Mary Lx u Finley SPORTS EDITOR............................ .Peter Piazza ART EDITOR................................ Nancy Buchko PHOTOGRAPHY.....................................Ed Goessel ADVERTISING............................................Kay Eddy LAYOUT EDITOR .......................... .Diane Haffey CIRCULATION.......................Pat Hankins, Judy Engler BUSINESS MANAGER...........................Diane Schaul

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National Awards To Be Made at BCHS BELOIT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Vol. 12 No. 7 Beloit, Wisconsin May, 1964 Bishop O’Connor To Present Diplomas This year's Press club awards dinner Wednesday, May 20, will be the occasion also for presentation of Free- doms Foundation awards to Mr. Laurence A. Raymer, managing editor of the Beloit Daily News, and to BCHS senior Kathy Basmagy. Mr. Tom Sawyer, senior vice president of Freedoms Foun- dation, Valley Forge, Pa., will make the presentations and will speak at the dinner. Juniors To Host Seniors May 16 “Don’t Let The Rain Come Down will be the theme for the junior-senior dinner dance Saturday evening. May 16. Seniors will be the guests of the juniors for the 6 p.m. dinner in the cafeteria and the 8 p.m. dance in the gym. Mothers of the juniors are in charge of preparing the dinner while Linda Osborn heads the decorating com- mittee for the cafeteria. After the dinner senior prophecies and the senior will are to be presented. The prophecy committee is headed by juniors Barb Carter and Peter Piazza. The will com- mittee is under the direction of senior Maureen Griffin. Master of ceremonies will be the junior class president Peter Van Kampen. Music for the dance will be provided by the Squires. Liz Chamon and Jeanne Brown will head the gym decorating committee. Peter Van Kampen, Peter Obligato and Kevin Darrah ore co-chairmen of the building committee. Royalty for the junior- senior dinner dance will be chosen that evening from those attending the dance. Working hard to assist all committees is Sister M. Febronia, junior class mode- rator. Father Pierick will present Quill and Scroll awards and Catholic Press association awards to senior Press club members at the 6:30 p.m. dinner, also. Recipients of these awards will be an- nounced that evening. Both Freedoms Foundation awards are for editorials which would further the prin- ciples expressed in the foundation's credo for freedom in America. Mr. Raymer, whose editorial, “No Freedom on the Cuff, appeared in the Beloit Daily News August 14, 1963, will receive the George Washington medal. This is the fourth successive year he has received such an award. Kathy’s editorial, “I Am an American, was published in the November, 1962 issue of ARISTA. It has earned a George Washington medal and $100 for Beloit Catholic high school. In the past only Press club members and a few adult guests have attended the annual awards dinner. This year, because of the national awards presentation, parents of Press club members, some community and school of- ficials, as well as other adult guests have been invited to attend. MR. LAURENCE A. RAYMER Ninety-four graduating se- niors will receive their di- plomas from the most Rev. William P. O’Connor, Bishop of Madison at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 7, in the school au- ditorium. Speaker for the occasion will be Mr. Kevin J. Keenan, Beloit attorney at Law. Mr. Keenan attended Brother Dutton grammar school and Beloit high school. He grad- uated from Marquette School of Law and has served as an active member of our City Council for over 10 years. Band and choruses will provide music for the ceremony. Mr. Farina will direct the BCH band in processional and recessional marches. The combined choruses directed by Mrs. William Watson will sat KATHY JO BASMAGY sing “God So Loved the World by Stainer and the “Battle Hymn of the Repub- lic by Julia Ward Howe. Seniors will attend a bac- calaureate Mass at 9 o'clock Sunday morning in St. Jude's church. Father Raymond J. Foren will celebrate the Mass. MR. KEVIN KEENAN For Your Datebook May 14 - Induction - Library Assistants Guild 16 - Junior-Senior Dinner Dance 20 - Press Club Awards Supper 24 - Music Festival Con- cert 25 - Senior Class Picnic 26 - Home-School Family Night June 1 - Final Exams Begin 5 - Honors Assembly 7 - Baccalaureate Mass Commencement

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May, 1964 Spring Festival Concert To Feature Show Tunes The BCHS music depart- ment will present its Spring Festival concert at 2 and 8 p.m. in the school auditorium Sunday, May 24. The concert will feature show tunes and popular music. Seniors Awarded Education Aids Many Seniors seeking higher education have received grants and scholarships from their respective colleges. Other students are being sponsored by corporations to further their education. Mauraen Griffin - received an honor scholarship of dis- tinction from St. Xavier col- lege, Chicago. Michael Hohn - received a full scholarship to North- western university, Evanston, 111. Patricia Von Kampen • from College of St. Francis, Joliet, 111. Pauline Van Kampen - from Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wis. Mary Lou Charnon and Patricio Coit - from Mount Mary college, Milwaukee, Wis. Bill Brown • from the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, Madison. Jock Anastasi - from Rock- hurst college, Kansas City, Mo. Brian Cousin - from St. Ambrose college, Iowa. Rick Bach and David Thi- beau - to the University of Wisconsin in a cooperative program sponsored by Beloit Corporation. Jomes Duggan -apprentice- ship program in Waynerboro, Pa., sponsored by Landis Tool Co. and Gardner Tool as a result of a competitive exam. Ron Goessel • training pro- gram at Dunwoody Industrial Institute, Minneapolis, Minn., sponsored by Beloit Corp. The concert band will play “I Left My Heart in San Fran- cisco' and their district tournament number, “Ariane. Numbers by the sophomore chorus will include such Rodgers and Hammerstein favorites as “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning , “I Whistle a Happy Tune , “Some En- chanted Evening , and It's a Grand Night for Singing. The dance band will ac- company the junior-senior chorus for Moonlight Sere- nade and “Moon River. The combined choruses and concert band will present With a Little Bit of Luck” and I Could Have Danced All Night. Mrs. William B. Watson directs the choruses. The bands are under the direction of Mr. Jack Farina. Club Leaders Named Press club members elected new officers Tuesday evening. May 5. They are Theresa Petit, president; Patricia Choudoir, vice president; Diane Schaul, secretary; and Peter Piazza, treasurer. Sodality officers for 1964 are Elizabeth Charnon, prefect; Carol Gannon, vice prefect; Judy Oliver, recording secre- tary; Mary Koehler, correspond- ing secretary; and Cathy hichman, treasurer. election of Library As- sistants Guild officers for 1964-65 were held the week of April 26. Results were the following: Pam Van Landeghem, president; Margaret FitzGerald, vice president; Diane Schaul, secretary; and Shirley Kulawin- ski, treasurer. Margaret FitzGerald was also chosen to be a candidate for vice president in the state election. John Meyers - from White- water State College. Pagp 3 MRS. ARTHUR WALSH and Father Pierick look on as Miss Patricia Kenucane presents the Cath- olic Women 8 Club Madonna award to Pauline Van Kampen. Award winner is chosen by the senior class on the basis of scholarship, practical Catholicism, school spirit and personal appearance. Beloit Daily News Photo Casts, Director Receive Standing Ovation It will come no more —— never, never, never, never, never. Seven months of concen- trated effort were climaxed at the final presentation of BCHS's Shakespearean Fes- tival. Audience appreciation for the adaptations of AS YOU LIKE IT, KING LEAR, and ROMEO AND JULIET was shown by a standing ovation as Father Lenahan, director, was presented with a gift Alumnotes Bill Anderson (’63) has been named outstanding freshman at St. Thomas college, St. Paul, Minn. Joseph Von Der Vellen(’58), stationed at Fort Meyer, Va., is a personnel administrative specialist in headquarters company of his battalion. Fred Mehaffey (’63) has been in photography school at Lowry Air Force Base, Colo. At the end of May he will be going to Shaw Air Force Base, S. C., to do reconnaissance and U2 work. certificate for records on behalf of the players for his encouragement and help. It was also especially gratifying to all participants in the productions when James Boho as the proud, aging monarch, and the entire cast of KING LEAR received a standing ovation. Casts for the plays included James Boho as Lear, Pat Choudoir as Cordelia, Kathy 43asmagy as Goneril and Marjorie Meyers as Regan in the well acclaimed KING LEAR; Mary Lou Charnon as Celia, Linda Osborn as Rosa- lind and Jan Protteau as Orlando in the delightful and convincing AS YOU LIKE IT; and Jim West as Romeo, Elizabeth Charnon as Juliet and Margaret Fitzgerald as the witty and helpful nurse. Supporting roles were carried very well by Kevin Van Kampen, Kevin Lauer, Jeff Fuhrman, Art Kapitanoff, Mike Hanish, John Aeschli- mann, A1 Muetz, Bill Hackett, and Joe Bergeson.