St Marys High School - Lance Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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BUCKS CDN Tl-IE MARCH 'Forward With Books, the theme ol National Book Week, challenged all to think ol the im- portant place ol books in living cbooks for a world in turmoil or a world at peace. Qur world in turmoil laces the problem ol training American youth to join the ranks oi the army marching Hon to victory, Since the correct use of books is the open se- same to all types of knowledge necessary lor success in a problematic and war-torn world, the committee resolved to acquaint the student body with the value ol good books to their future and arranged the program, accordingly, to awaken the students' interest. Naturally the hub of all activity was our li- brary where colorful posters demanded recog- . nition, and volume after volume beckoned to prospective readers, l-lighlights of the week's activities were reviews ofthe current bestsellers: The Keys ol the Kingdom given by our pastor Father l-loran, 'KMy Friend Flickan by Mrs. Leon Starr and Hlhe Man Who Got Even with God by Paul Domineske, a senior. As a grand Finale to the celebration the high school students por- trayed either by pantomime or costume their fav- orite novels or characters in Fiction in a Book Parade. Through the clever caricature ol the Fictional heroes and heroines the participants achieved something entirely new and different from the usual type of library program. ln January we answered the plea Our boys need books and contributed our share to the Victory Book Campaign. ' fight R. Long, M. Clark, M. Kane, B. Neville, R. Reif O8

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l.et dovvn by tvvo losses vve journeyed to meet l'loly Family. From tlne size of time players tlmere was a production bottleneclc in grads. Our ovvn HBig Jolmnn Aclcerman made a long beautiful run only to lmave it called baclc. Witl'm tl'me First blood given baclc, vvlwo wouldn't be discour- aged? So vve lost again. Well, anotlmer season lmad passed and if time results didn't Set time World on Fire, 'il Guess Weill l-lave to Dream time Rest. 'llmouglm time scores vverenit to our glory, we lmad a good time playing clean teams in a sport vvitlsmout guns and swords on mimic battlefields. We didn't lmave a Hseig Heil play but a Statue oi Liberty play, and at no ruleris orders, so vvlmy grieve at losing, time game isn't life or deatlw, and vve'll beat tlmem next year. Ask our superior race of CMacD lnnes, our guard, our center, Corcoran, l-lasl4ell, Hogan, Dumas, Domineslce, Ray or any ol time otlmers. As ever before, time prospects loolc briglmt For next season. We l'mave a couple ol freshmen, tall and lanlcy, sl'mort and stout, tlmat ougl'mt to prove equal to time game, not to mention our sopl'ms, juniors, and maybe. . .seniors of tl'mis year. Out vvitim the old, in vvitlm the nevvl We are loolcing into time luture for V for victory, both lor time U. S. and also S. M. l'l. S. ST. MARYS vs. ST. ALOYSIUS

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TI-IE VOICE GF FRANCE IS I-IEAIQD AGAIN Eirstrow: A. Michaud, E. Domineslce, E. Lana, R. Martin, S. Young Second row: G. lleilley, F. Irving, J. McKendricI:, IZ. Foote Third row: E. Riley, M. O'Connor, C. Casey, J. Stoyell Fourth row: I-I. Stoyell, J. Casey, I-I. Dumas, D. Glover Fifth raw: J. Ray, A. Matera, M. Mullen, J. I-lill I'Maintenant,'l dit mademoiselle Ia presi- dente, nous devons commencer notre seance. J'ai grand plaisir a voir un cercle si nombreux. Nous passerons de suite a llordre du jour. Apres avoir fait Ilappel, nous jouerons un petit jeu. Ihus we began our first Cercle Francais of the year. As parliamentary proceedings were finished for the present, our chairman aslced us questions and the selected 'Board of Expertsn answered them. Indeed, the original experts of Information pleasei' would probably have been astonished had they heard the brilliant answers given in a somewhat hesitant French accent. We were next entertained by a rather unique interpretation of a Erench slcit by some of the younger members of the group. l-low- ever, all this was buta prelude to the big eventf the game, Hde Bonne Chance. A hush fell over the students they were prepared for any- thing. Qne by one the seniors advanced and solemnly seated themselves before the crystal gazer and listened with awe while she foretold the events of the future. The audience laughed and groaned over the fate ofthe seniors, but all cares were soon forgotten when we laid aside Erench customs and enjoyed the delicious Hgouterl' in the hearty American manner. We finally brought our very enjoyable meet- ing to a happy close with the singing of Ia Marseillaisef' Benis I'Amerique and other favorite selections a successful pattern for many more equally successful reunions. lhus through the frequent use of the French language the voice of France will never be silenced.