Saint Bede Academy - Via Baeda Yearbook (Peru, IL)

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Players Incorporated Oedipus Rex was presented for the enjoyment of the St. Bede student body and faculty by Players Incorporated in the Abbot Vincent Gymnasium on January 22. Players Incorporated, under the direction of Father Gilbert V. Hartke, consist of former students of the Speech and Drama Department at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. At the right are members of the chorus who represented the citizens of the ancient city of Thebes. Below, Jocasta restrains Oedipus in charges against Creon. Queen Jocasta was played by Dolores Violag King Oedipus, by Robert Millig and Creon, by Nicholas his Bedessem. Return To Si. Bede And

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Vocahons Concern All Catholucs VOCATIONS QONQERN L min -1- , 9510 7 HK! -1 .--1' 'ki Joseph Karkless pauses for a moment before the vocatlon llterature whlch was avall able to the students on St Bede s s70C8l.l0Il Day The motto of Vocation Day at St Bede was Vocatlons Concem All Cathollcs On thls day the FlFSt Frlday of February there was a conscxous effort on the part of the faculty to brlng to the mlnd of all the students that everyone has a vocation and a duty to fmd lt Throughout the dav readmg matter on vocatlons was avallable and posters were placed at varlous points rn the school to remmd the students of the lmportance of the day In ad dltlon to Nlass 1n the momlng, a talk on Vocatlons ln General was given by Father Peter ln the afternoon To help the students offer Mass better and to enable them to see exactly what the prxest does at Mass Father Marlon celebrated this partlcular 'Vlass faclng the student body Il o a ll V , I, 5 ll 4 Sl. Sl .,, ' n 3 ' I ..,, - -'Qu, V I 'A , y y 1- 1 -smiling H 7 f. 1 W... fr l b as , or .J 1... ft We ... --....- 'Wa W' . as Q , . SC ' . ,, . ' 1 5 . . 'I ll I' ' ,Q ' . h Y I .

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Famous Troupe And Well-Known Speaker Appear Internationally famous Silvertones, Gladyse Kinchen, pianistg Garfield Henry, tenorg Marie Young, sopranog and Herman Hermmitt, baritoneg appeared here for the sixth time. St. Bede students and faculty were ex- tremely fortunate on Febmary 16th to hear the internationally famous musical group, Silver- tones, give their rendition of many favorite songs. This troupe, under the direction of Mr. Garfield Henry, has appeared here many times previously. This year's program consisted of much variety for it ranged from heavy classical music by Mozart, Schubert and Strauss to spirituals and modern excerpts from Broadway musicals such as Porgy and Bess. Many of these songs are Mr. Henry's own arrangements while the rest were from the original composers. On February 2, the student body of St. Bede were highly honored by a talk given by the Rev. Placid Jordan, O.S.B., a Benedictine monk from Beuron Abbey in Germany. Father Placid, before being converted and ordained, was a famous news commentator and analyst for NBC under the name of Max jordan. Even now Father Placid has knowledge of world affairs that would match many men associated with this field. Father Placid's speech dwelt on the basic problems of the world today, over population and Communism. He explained to the students their responsibility to set an example of what the United States and freedom really was. 23