Bishop Dwenger High School - Aureate Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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' ' Nothing Now Is Left but Majestic Memory ' ' (Longfellow) —and Our Gratitude High school years are traditionally a time of beginnings. For Dwenger students, especially for the members of the class of ' 67, these ' beginnings ' have been doubled . Not only was high school life new for Dwenger students, it was new for Dwenger itself. Bishop Dwenger High School came to life in September of 1963, when the class of ' 67 took up its studies in a partially completed build- ing. There from the beginning, to guide stu- dents and mold a school, were Principal Father Edward J . Krason and Vice Principal, Dean of Girls, Sister M. Hedwigis P.H.J.C. With them at the helm, policy was established and gradually tradition was born . Uniforms were chosen and the code of conduct was written , With every new year, a new class, new depart- ments, and new organizations were added to the framework of Dwenger . All growth involves pain and so, while Dwenger grew, it suffered growing pains . There was doubt, dissatisfaction, and disappointment . Nursing Ehvenger as it matured were Father Krason and Sister Redwigis . Because they have been with Dwenger since its conception, because they have dedicated them- selves to it- -to us --and because they have served us well, we dedicate this, the first volume of the Aureate, to Fr . Edward Kra- son and Sr . Hedwigis, Dwenger ' s first and finest administrators .

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Pope Paul VI In the background of every Catholic High School are silent supporters . At the root of BD ' s exis- tence and of everything it represents is Pope Paul VI . His ecumenical spirit calls all BDers to become the personification of modern Chris - tianity . The diocese is especially blessed with Bishop Leo Purs ley who gives his untiring efforts to provide Catholic education for every student. Today BD stands as tangible proof of this testi- mony. Very Rev . Msgr . William Lester, diocesan superintendent of schools, developed Dwenger from the start. Due to his guidance and fore- sight, Dwenger possesses the best educational facilities possible . To them and to all our benefactors, we owe a great debt of gratitude. The support, ideals, and attitudes that they ' ve bestowed have become for us a way of life . Leaders in Catholic Education Bishop Leo Pursley Msgr. J. Wm. Lester

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The Student Council Executive Board meets with President Mike Shields. It is the Board ' s duty to coordinate functions, evaluate ideas, and organize activities. The Student Council— Dwenger ' s Valiant Effort at Democracy All organizations of the school exist to serve it. The Student Council offers the prime example of this service: student government. Its purposes are communi- cation, management, expression, or- ganization, and promotion of the general welfare of the entire student body. The Council consists of elected homeroonri representatives, class officers, and selected club representatives . This year the Student Council was led by President Mike Shields, Boys ' Vice President Greg Fosnaugh, Girls ' Vice President Vicki Besancon, and Treasurer Wade Adams . Coordinating activities was Parliamentarian James Kissing. Committee chairmen also offered valuable service. Getting people involved is the hardest task of any democratic organization. The Stu- dent Council has come to realize this fact and has attacked apathy in Dwenger. Stu- dent Council Week (April 10-14) was a valiant effort at involvement . All efforts don ' t meet with success . The Student Council has encountered many set- backs in its four year history yet it con- tinues to strive to represent the ideas and ideals of the entire student body before the administration.