Bethlehem Catholic High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Bs- x 4 r wi, , I Y ,im 4 r- Q ,vs Ffa x Q . ,X Our sfudenls confribufe generously lo supply lhe public libraries in ihe vicinily wilh subscripfions fo fhe mos? popular Cafholic magazines. Above, Rosalie Pursell leafs lhrough ihe curren'f issue of lhe CATHOLIC WORLD, while Edward Ansbach chooses TIME for a comparafive sludy of the labor quesfion in preparafion for his naiional problems class. Maryanne Bilsalz developes and explains a lrigonomelric formula for her classmales of seclion 4A. Eleanor Yanlro, Belhlehem Calholic senior, and librarian af lhe Public Library, gladly sfarnps books for her classmafes, Anlhony Baba, John Harvey, and Anna Mafus. Locafed direcfly opposife our school, +l1e library has become a sor+ of annex lo BCHS. Our sfudenls spend many hours lhere preparing English and hisfory assignmenfs. Miss Presfon, fhe head librarian, by her gracious manner and willingness 'ro help lhe sludents, males a visil lo fhe library a pleasanf evenf. l .xx

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,lil In his class in Apologefics, Fafher Sangmeisfer guides fhe seniors lo a higher inielleclual and spirifual life. With qrace and simpliciiy he expounds lhe rnvsferies of our Holy Faifh, and wiih 'the lrenchanf weapons of logic and frufh he enables fhe sludenfs fo refufe any of fhe insidious aflacks upon fheir Faifh which fhey may encounler in fhe modern world. Fa+her's calm and gracious manner, exemplified in fhe grace of his priesfhood, incifes his sfudenfs +o lead a holy and a happy life. Above, Fafher quesfions Jane Ryan of 4A on Ohe primacy of Sf. Peier. Every Thursday, Faiher Devlin insfrucls fhe seniors in The sacred lifurgy. The iexl' used is The Meaning of fhe Mass. Fafher 'frains lhe sfudenfs io appreciaie ihe Holy Sacrifice, and io live fhe Mass in 'rheir daily lives. Arts and Sciences

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Vifrzlizeel with Ghrisfiezrr Krrlfrrre . . . Prepare the Serriers in 6 N io xy!! X. ce' ,r 'a. f ' x 'f if Faiher Powell visiis one of lhe English classes as fhe sfudenls sfudy The Ballad of lhe While Horse. Fafher fells lhe class ihai when he was a sfudeni af fhe Norfh American College in Rome he had Yhe good fortune of meeting Ches+er+on, the grea? converf aulhor and confroversialisf, whose love for Our Lady inspired him fo wrile his famous ballad. lne :uiricu urn in rne ,ear ls re ev-ed by a varfed program oi culiural and recrealonal acliviffez, Journa i: ca'ly, our newspaper, TIDINGS presenls a composire o'c'ure ol 'he progress and acfevemanis of our school, while Tl-llf SCEPTRE, our yearrzcslf picloria'l,g leepz vivo 'he memories oi ihe yesierdays of school life. By way of cole-riai'rnen', we have 'he senior pay and ihe opereila which genuinely devegp the sludenrs hislricnc and vocal abilities, and wha? is perhaps oi more permanenl value, lhe sludenl devcfops eel?-assurance and poise as he becomes accudomed lo facing an audience. Baslcelbali, wresiling, and baseball add lusler lo Belhlehern Calholic in lhe held oi sporls. ln ihe Caiholic Baslceiball League BCHS has won lhe Suburban Cafholic championship for four conseculive years, ihe Archdiocesan, lor iive years, and The Easiern Caiholic for The seasons oi l95O, l95l, and I953. Thus an inienscly orgiinized and highly developed sporls program, corn- plelely inlegraled with a meliculously planned curriculum, Though ai ihe same lime, subordlnaled lo if, makes BCHS a school conducied upon sound Calholic principles.