Aquin High School - Veritas Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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35 Mike Ciganek presents the bookcase which The need, long felt, for truck for chairs in the auditorium was most competently filled by Mr. Harry Kruse and the class in Machine Shop. No more as- semblies with backless chairs! he and Kenny Dougherty made in shop for 1 the Business Department, During an impressive ceremony the senior class presented the juniors with their rings. These rings, blessed by Father Schneide stand as a constant reminder of the rich heritage they signify.

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS HSay from whence You owe this strange inte11igence...H 34 Orchids to Patricia Sieber as she re- ceives the Eta Sigma Phi award, presented by the National Honorary Classical Fraternity CRosary College Chapt erl for her achievements in Latin. 3 'sv- f Our hats off to Sam Cardinal and the terrific job he did in the annual Science Talent Search, sponsored by Westinghouse and the Science Clubs of America. Sam received an honorable mention in the national finals with his experiments and thesis on the effects of an Oxidation Reduction System on the Germination of Bacterial Spores.

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Aquin students, under the guidance of Rev. Francis 0'Hara, were privileged to have a two-day retreat, on November 17-18. Father's unique ability to use 'pop' song lyrics and punch a point across in 'jive' really gave us our do's and don't's in our native tongue. Through this tech- nique he coupled our Faith with every day living in a way we could thoroughly understand. Our undying thanks to this servant of God who brought us so much closer to his Master. U..,besides, this man Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet tongued.H Aquin became a member of the Angelic Warfare Confraternity on March 4, when Father E.C.Baumhoffer, a member of the Diocesan Education Board, explained the purpose and organization of the confra- ternity to the students in an assembly. He and Monsignor C.F. Conley KDirectorJ invested each student with the St. Thomas cord and medal of the Confraternity. The name, Angelic Warfare, is de- rived from the title given to St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelic Doctor. Many popes, particularly Popes Leo X111 and Pius X1 recommended the Angelic Warfare Kits prayers and indulgencesl as a safeguard for the preservation of holy purity. Because Thomas Aquinas is the patron of their school, this enrollment held a special significance for the students of Aquin.