Central Catholic High School - Echo Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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18 CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ECHO l MY SOUTHERN TRIP. fBy George Hamilton, '19l It is a very cold morning in February. The snow is falling, and the ice is getting thicker on the ponds. I am on the G. R. 85 I. train. In spite of the cold our car is very comfortable. At Cincin- nati we change cars, boarding the Southern EX- press? on the Queen and Crescent. When we rake up we are in Chattanooga, Tenn. The snow is all gone, but the morning is pretty chilly. We are going to rest to-day and do some sight-seeing. NVe'board an auto-bus called a Rubber-Neck Wagon bound for Lookout Mountain. We keep making circles as we go higher and higher. We cross the Incline Railway. The street cars are pulled up a 72-degree grade. At last we reach the taken around by a guard. At a he gets the people on a rock to When they are about ready to get top and are certain place look around. off he says, We'll get off this rock for there's nothing under it to hold it up. Everybody scram- bles to get off the rock, fearing that it might break oiii., When we return to the city it is nearly time to take the train for Jacksonville, Florida. We enter a restaurant on which is a sign Short Orders. We eat in a hurry and then get on the train. We arrive in Jacksonville. but we do not stay there lcng. as we are anxious to get to Miami. On our way down we stop at Palm Beach for a couple of our destination. The days and then proceed to weather is delightful, and we almost forget that it is winter. We feel sorry when we are told that we must return, but when we arrive at Fort Wayne and see all the faces we know, we cannot help saying, There's no place like home, after all. FUN OR PHYSIC Twice Told Tales. Philoe Did you say window or widow? Sopher- I said widowg but theyire both very much alike. Philo- How so? Sopher- Because when I get near either of them I always look out. Editor- What did you mean when you said that the statement was semi-official? Reporter- lVIrs. Blinks wouldn't talk, so I got the story from her husbandff An Irish priest was rushing to catch the Dublin Express. Turning a corner, he collided with his bishop. The latter was also going to the train and asked the priest to slow down and walk with him, saying that by his watch they had plenty of time. The priest agreed, and 'they arrived at the station in time to see the train move out. Draw- ing out his watch again, the bishop said solemnly: I had great faith in that watch. O Yes, said the priest, but what is faith withouf good works ? , ' Why is a Ford like a balloon? Because you can't tell when it'fs going up. Visitor- Bobby, did your doctor say you had any pronounced illness? Bobby-- Yessum, but I can't pronounce it. C TALES MADE-TO-ORDER 1 Harkenrider to Joe Brennan-Joe, do you know of any joke? Brennan.- No, tell me one. English Teacher to the Juniors- Boys, did you get much home work to do in English last year? Juniors, in Chorus-- No, Brother, we just had duties once a week. A English Teacher- Well, I'm sorry to hear this. If you did so little last year you must make up for it this year. Physics Instructor-Mr. Foohey, do you know what a vacuum is? I Foohey-A vacuum is--is-a-Ah shucks! I've got it in my head, but I can't get it out. - WHEN THE NIGHTS GROW LONG. There's less cheer in the air As the nights grow long, For the cold has vanquished The birds and their song. The flowers are withered, And all's now spent Which kind old Nature To the world had lent. Leo N. Weber.

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'f-nw' ' ,fs CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ECHO 17 vacancy. ' Dampening his forhead with the cool water to keep down the rapid swelling, he again started the revloving. It was 11:55. The third time 'he pushed it, and another vacant chamber appeared. Using the wall as a support, he turned .and pushed the fourth time. The remaining door fled open, and there stood the sack that contained twenty-four first water diamonds. Bruised, dazed, half crawling, half limping, he left the room. In a coarse voice he called the old couple and ordered them out, himself hurriedly following. I-Ie had barely passed the threshold when the house blew up. After the explosion he looked at the sack and read as follows: ' lf these are ever found, please give the gold enclosed to the old couple. I acquired it honestly as a bookkeeper. ' Yours, 5 K JACQUES D,ESPARRE. Warren looked at the terrified old couple and smiled. He was happy, for he no longer felt that his work was but half done. , THE DYING CHILD There a peasant child lay dying On a little snow-white cot, And the angels round her flying, Kept her soul from stain or spot. And the mother sat there weeping, Praying God to spare her child, But the hand of death was creeping On a victim undehled., I Faint and low her heart was beating,, As her lips had ceased to speak, Then she Went to hear the greeting Of the one she loved to seek. -P. F. ' , YOUTH ,The young ne'er look upon the past, To them the future is the mast That bears the flag of sweet desire Which they must reach or 'er aspire. - Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing the attempt. - -Measure for Measure. THINGS wE'D LIKE TO KNOW Who stained the glass in the west window of the Senior Room. VVho nicknamed Speedy , How can Bob lieuret swim if marble has a den sity of 2.65, How some ever got to be Seniors fwe don't mean old meni, When our next free day comes, ' Why the school can't get a school football team, Why a certain individual who yawns, stretches, hums, scratches, sucks his finger nails, etc., is highly insulted when asked if he were born in a barn, ' Who are the little playful fellows who simply must amuse themselves by breaking pens, spilling ink Knot their own of coursei, throwing erasers, or upsetting the waste-paper basket, ' Why 'Wiener leaves German Class with a smile, after having spent forty-hve minutes with his teacher, If the Faculty knows about the Seniors' peri- scope, How long it 'would take a mosquito with a wood- en leg to kick a hole through the side of Library Hall, Why white socks cannot be used more than once by K. and I-I. and C, How the old folks are at home, Who tunes the violins for the ,school orchestra, What Brother Ephrem thinks of Kelker's stories, If the Juniors will have to learn a little Eng- lish this year, Where Tomkins is, Why the President of the Senior Class is study- ins: A Why Beck brought a Big Ben to school, ' LIFE X A sunny day, a dreary night, is life, Alternate joy and sorrow, peace and strife. No lasting mood -e'er stays the hand of Time, No freedom from his laws in age or clime. In steady joy would man forget his end, And dark Despair no hope would comprehend. But grief and joyin one great cause unite, That men may know the Rules infinite. ---- -P. F. The mind is its own place and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. ' '-Paradise Lost.

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17 y The Central Catholic High School Echo Echo verborum nostrorum amicis delectet. VOL. I. NOVEMBER l9I5 NO. 2 TO THE ECHO Yes, all things fade away, but leave behind Some echo, howe'er faint it be, that 'tells Us naught is lost. The tiny flow'ret bells Vibrating to the music of the wind May in the farthest world their echoes find. The fall of each brown leaf in autumn dells An echo sends, that onward swells. Who knows but God has work for it designed? So send we forth this anchor of the life A That breathes and dies within the ancient walls Of our old school. Perhaps in some young heart, ' Where Right and VVrong contend in ceaseless strife, i lts voice, as gentle as the sound when falls The dying leaf, may courage fresh impart. OUR SCHOOL D By Leo N. Webe1'. The curriculum of studies outlined for the school by Father Lafontaine was by no means light. We shall treat of this later. At- pres- ent it will suffice to say that the course embraced twenty-two high school units, and none of these was optional. or elective. Art, science, and religion formed the basic triangle of instruction: art, to vivify the intellectg science, to broaden the understandingg and religion, to guide the heart aright. No branch of study which could train the mind or strengthen the moral force of the boys, who were one day to enter the great world of busi- iness and endeavor to wage the battle of life successfully, honorably and well, was ignored. That the course of instruction was well se- lected subsequent events have proved. The teachers who were placed there as the in- structive and governing spirit of the enterprise need no Words of praise from me. Theirs was a labor of love in the service of God, and their own personalities -were ever subservient to the end in.view. In school and out of school their influence has manifested itself in divers ways, and, not content with being merely the teachers, they have endeared them- selves to the students as comrades and friends, taking an active interest in their sports, ad- vising them in their dificulties and aiding them wherever and whenever possible. During the first year of the Central Catholic High School's extistence the regular classes were taught by Brothers Marcellinusf tSu- periorl, Exupere, Daniel, Bernard. Christian Doctrine was taught by Rev. George Moorman, and philosophy by Rev. W. C. Miller. Brother Nicholas was added to the teaching staff the following year, and Brother Ephrem came one year later. Father McCarthy replaced Father Moorman as Christian Doctrine Instructor, the latter becoming pastor of the Immaculate Con- ception Church, Kendallville. In the summer of 1912 Brother Bernard was made Superior of Sacred Heart College, Vlfisconsin, and his place in Fort Wayne was filled by Brother Gabriel, who was transferred from Cincinnati. Closing exercises were held 'each year about June 20, and very entertaining programs were given. Brother Marcellinus took charge of the recitation work, and, like everything else he undertook, it was done well and naturally. Brother Nicholas had direction of the musical numbers. Among the vocal stars who have added lustre to the school were Joseph Finan and James Hayes. Leon Baker wrung sweet music from the old school pianog and Bill Brennan made the old Corona talk. We would wish to enumerate all those who have honored the school by their work in entertainments but our limited space will not permit. At the end of the first scholastic year a gold medal donated by the Hon. XV. P. Breen was awarded to J. Stephen Vveber for the highest average. Charles Girardot Won the Carl J. Weber gold medal for Christian Doc- fConl'1Inued on page 271