Bishop Miege High School - Hart / Miegian Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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SC Evaluates Past -Plans for Future A meeting of the Student Council was held on November 6 for the purpose of look- ing back over its policies for the first quar- ter and deciding how these could be improv- ed during the remainder of the year. Com- ments and criticisms of the retreat and the homecoming were made along with sugges- tions as to how these could be improved next year. It was decided that the home- room period should be put to better use, and a committee was set up to decide the procedures to be followed during that time. A step for better representation of all the students was taken when it was suggested that each homeroom representative meet with those he is representing before each Student Council meeting. By doing this, he could get the views on the topics to be discussed at the next meeting. These meet- ings coupled with the reports given by the representatives after each meeting should help to keep each student well informed and well represented. Alumna of '60 Places in Contest Mary Ann Lambour '60 won first place in Kansas in a fashion contest sponsored by the American Wool Growers Associa- tion. The contest was held in Abilene. The regional contest for which Mary Ann is now eligible, will be held in Goodland, Kansas, November 17 - 18. As a winner in the state contest Mary Ann was presented with a Westinghouse steam and dry iron, a Dritz skirt marker, a Vogue pattern of Phyllis DiMaio, Margo Habiger, and Craig Woodward prepare to give interesting book reviews on interesting books during Book Week. If there are any girls interested in senior scouting, please call Mrs. Swartz, RA 2-1238 or Mrs. Curtis, EM 2-2432. her choice, and expenses paid for the trip to Goodland. If she wins in the regional she will be given a portable sewing machine, a trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, and fabric for a dress or coat of 100921 wool. Following the regional contest, if Mary Ann is lucky, she will enter the national where the winning prize will consist of a trip to a fashion center in California and a jet trip to Hawaii. Mary Ann is in nurse's training at Pro- vidence Hospital. if In the foreground Father Condon, Nancy Tremble, and Father Krische face the brisk weather to support the Stags at the game with Southwest. tFather Krische's scarf keeps his ears warm.J -123- Book Week Library Features Varied Activities Hurray for Books is the theme that was displayed throughout the week of No- vember 12 to 18 in observance of National Book Week. The Student Library assistants arranged a book display and decorated the bulletin board which drew the attention of many students and teachers. Book reviews were given in all the Eng- lish classes by thirty members of the speech class and by members of Sister Juliana's freshmen English class. This was done on November 15 and 16. Also, in observance of Book Week, the Miege library published a list of all the new books added since June. 310 titles have been added and included among these are 16 re- ference titles. Notable additions are in the fields of math, literature, and historical fic- tion. Bulletins of news about the library were sent to each family represented at Miege. Thanksgiving Means: A time of appreciation rich with the flavor of prayer and tradition, The anxiously awaited school vacation which has been anticipated since All Souls dayg The annual football games full to the hilt with tense excitementg Visiting Aunt Mary and Uncle Don whom you haven't seen since last week: The big meal with its golden turkey hot from the oven, and the rich cranberry sauceg Carrying out the real purpose of the holiday - giving thanks. Stop and thinkg it may stimulate new ideas. Barbara Henderson

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l c.-'f.l?,ffP? 5 Ziff!-F7 igifgif-3 f I .. u 3, f f c.J --f f- , I ' IU' I fr-A A -I S M if V X S gl Z f H 2- 5 ' Jay Walsh Why the Newspaper? The question arises about the limits and boundaries of a newspaper. Should there be both humor and intellectual stimulation in a news- paper? Should a newspaper be fundamentally based on the latter or the former. To the mental tyro these dichotomous questions would in- deed be difficult to answer, but to the intelligent individual there can be but one clear-cut answer. Any newspaper, regardless of size or num- ber of publications, cannot survive on humor and especially simple humor. Intellectual stimulation is the soul, the blood stream of a news- paper. It would be nothing less than an insult to the reader if every article and feature story had to have a twist of humor in order to arouse reading interest. It would dictate literary ignorance. However, on the other hand it would be a mistake to assume that humor is completely taboo for newspapers. On the contrary, humor and especially satire, can play a big part in the creating of a good newspaper. But humor must be scrupulously written. It must be com- prehensible for a majority of readers and it must never be an inter- pretation of private jokes between the author and his group of hum- orists. A recent argument that has arisen about the Miegian is that big events such as the homecoming are not given enough attention. One must take into consideration though that events such as the home- coming will be allotted a good deal of space in the yearbookg there- fore to play it up twice would be entirely unnecessary. A final argument is that most newspapers including school publi- cations are published for the benefit of the intellegensia. However, this argument hardly hold water for newspapers are printed at the reading level of an eleven year old and for one to consider them too intellectual .... well .... how do you square up? Rodney Vickery batters to the Edilar Dear Editor: In the previous issue of the Miegian, an editorial labeled the John Birch Society, as a frightening menace to our country. In my opin- ion this statement is somewhat exaggerated because I believe that this ultraconservative society will soon die out. It appears to be a fanatical society, one wanting to be heard. Its leader, Robert Welch, is getting the publicity that he seeks when he labels former President Eisen- hower, President Kennedy, and the Supreme Court Justices as Com- munist stooges. The Society presently does not advocate the violent overthrow of the government as does communism, and it does have some merit by awakening in us the dangers of Communism. Michael Conry Dear Editor: I believe that the editorial in the November 3 issue of the Miegian on the John Birch Society gave a good description of this menace to our country. Here is one point on which I disagree. To say that this society has a noble purpose, because it is supposedly against Commu- nism and that many of its members are sincere and patriotic is a mis- conception. In my opinion this group is a collection of childish people, who slander and ridicule those who go against them. They are self- centered people who clearly resemble Hitler and his idea of a super- race and the survival of the fittest. Any people who favor keeping the negro in his 'tplace as a second class citizen, abolishing the United Nations and letting the poor and underprivileged peoples and coun- tries wallow in their misery are not patriotic and sincere in their ef- forts to make this a country of democracy and equality. If in truth, they are attempting to root out the Communist element in this country, they would go about it in a much different way. The slandering and ridiculing of our. nation's leaders in politics, business and religion is the best way to weaken this country and make it sus- ceptible to the most dread disease, Communism. Informing and instructing the people in the evils of Communism is a much better method of stopping and retarding the spread and growth of Communism in this country. The John Birch Society is as great a force working for the destruc- tion of the democratic foundation of this country as Communism. David Kierst Dear Editor: After reading the last issue of our school paper, one question comes to mind: Question: Why is the Miegian like one of my sister's cakes? Answer: They both have lots of ingredients, very little seasoning, and they come out flat. Take, for instance, the November 3 issue of the Miegian. The big news was the Homecoming and the Queen twowj. There was one pic- ture of the Queen and a short column about Homecoming. A picture of the float would look a lot better than the picture of the backs of four guys on the KU campus fpage 4--if they were numberedl. Thoughts from Sandburg could be cut down to the two bold type lines that were Sandburg's thoughts, and the rest of the space used to tell the statistics about the float for the Queenll. Another thing, too: Why not put pictures and stories together? It makes it easier that way. If you are short of space, you could reduce the type size on pages 2 and 3 to the same size as the rest of the paper and have room for T. Dickey's column--complete. The block at the bottom of page 1 announcing that it is 43 days to Beethoven's birthday is a real gem of humor. A gem is something that's rare--and so is the humor in the Miegian. The little gem about Beethoven is the only chunk of humor in the paper. These observations are not meant to suggest that I want to be an editor--only to present a reader's views. After all, if you had to be a horse to judge a horse show, who would holler, The Winnah! John Gaines Editor's Comment: I should like to refer reader Gaines to this issue's editorial page, on which he will find the goals and purposes of a newspaper. For those who are in search of humor, we have a special literature and humor issue coming up in January. Mr. Dickey has not been expunged from the staff, but due to his crowded schedule could not grace our last is- sue with his abundant wit. . . rirmraif ' lj, 1 i A' THE MIEGIAN ling Published every three weeks by the students 'J' nic . of Bishop Miege High schoolg Mission, Kansas. :itil-T-,eff Staff o-editors ........ ....... ........ .I ed Kee, Dan Furst Exchange Editor .... ........ M ary Kay Amoneno News Editors .... .... La rry Alley, Dave Fortin Feature Editor .... ,............... D on Bollard Sports Editor ..... ................ J ohn Wheeler Photographers .... ...... ...... B i ll Humphrey, Dave Proffitt Editorial staff ....,............ . . .Susan Roche, Rodney Vickery Typists .... Deanna Brown, Pam Blanchard. Dorothy Snyder, Theresa Ferlienlloff, Connie Armenta. Reporters .... Kathy Connor, Peggy Halloran, Kathy Walker. Kathy Johnson. Shirley Johnson, Dave Crawley. Mary Knob, Patrice Krampff, Vicki l-Erickson, Mary Lu Doll. Paul Keenan. Kay Mork, Jackie Roehrig, Julie llold, Vicki Koch, Julie Ladeaic, Carol MeAvoy, Larry Rouse, Elaine Hunter. Bill Ag- new. 122 -

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taglines Edited by Elaine Hunter A familiar scene in the homes of all Sr. Marie Therese's French students is a be- fuddled father as he picks up the paper to see a neatly cut hole right in the middle of an interesting news article. This is the re- sult of an assignment in which all students are required to keep a scrapbook on France and her people. No, dad, it wasn't the work of the Purple Paper Puncher, but only your industrious son or daughter. As a culminating activity for the reading of Kidnapped, the students of Sister Juli- ana's freshmen English classes are study- ing the life and works of Robert Louis Stev- enson. There have been reports on Treasure Island, A Child's Garden of Verses, and the famous Letter to Doctor Hyde. Students have also made a comparison between edi- tions of Kidnapped, especially the illustra- tions. In one of Sr. Roberta's English classes, the seniors have completed narration, while another class has finished description and exposition. Term papers for Sister Immaculata's sen- ior English classes are due December 1. There are many and varied topics: Bomb Tests in the U.S.: The Rise and Fall of Transcendentalism: Imagism: New Thoughts on Evolution, Journalism and its Influence in America since 1900 are among them. Sister's sophomore English class is working on their autobiographies. Originality is being stressed in their writ- ing. They are to be creative, imaginative, interesting and true. For instance, have you ever thought of comparing your life to a five-act play, a tennis match, life of an his- torical personage, or the life of an astro- naut? Sister Gabriel's chemistry classes are now delving into the curious world of water. Typing twenty to twenty-five words a minute in five minute timings seems easy. Several members of Sr. Dolores's Typing I class have accomplished this. Wonder how many of them receive negative answers when they subtract ten for each error. The General Business classes are examin- ing advertisements, preparing budgets, dis- covering many agencies that serve and pro- tect the consumer, and examining the ad- vantages and disadvantages of buying on- credit. Because of enthusiastic response to the study of Communism last year, Mr. Moritz has decided to elaborate on it this year. He intends to spend the second quarter on a different textbook called Democracy Vs. Communism which describes the rights and wrongs of the two. Clothing II students in Sr. Marianne's classes are completing their corduroy jump- ers, and the Clothing I girls are starting to work with patterns. The latter have finished their pleated skirts and their tea towels. Working to meet the first deadline for the pictorial section of the yearbook are Peggy Halloran, Dave Kierst, Peggy Gaines, and Don Bollard. Their aim is to make it differ- ent, interesting, lively. Debaters Capture Trophy Don Bollard and Jed Kee brought home Miege's first trophy of the debate year by taking third place in the Rockhurst Invita- tional Debate Tournament, October 27 and 28. This was a noteworthy accomplishment considering that there were twenty-four schools from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma participating in the two-day tournament. Out of these 24 schools Miege was the highest rated school. Bollard and Kee remained undefeated for the first six rounds and were the highest rated team out of 44 on speaker points. As a result, they then entered the semi-finals to win the handsome third place trophy, which occu- pies a prominent place in the display case. Southwest and Raytown took first and sec- ond places, respectively. Ed Hammond and Kathy Johnson also established a fine record by winning five out of six preliminary rounds. On the same weekend, novice debaters Mary Kay Hippman, Mike Holland, Janet Rubin, Mike West, Craig Woodward, and Eileen Wycherly participated in the Wash- ington High Tournament. The schedule for the remainder of the debate season is as follows: December 1-2, Miege: December 8-9, Hutchinson, William Chrisman: December 9, Parsons: December 15-16, Topeka Highland Park: January 5-6 Rosedale, Emporia: January 12-13, Shaw- nee Mission North. Staglines lCont.l Coach Hill's Physical Ed classes are cur- rently engaged in a multiplicity of sports- basketball, touch football, track, etc. His health classes have completed the section on the parts of the body and soon will leam various first-aid techniques. His General Science classes are learning about the my- steries of the scientific world. -124- Seniors Prepare For College Day On December 7, Bishop Miege will spon- sor a College Day for all seniors. Repre- sentatives from approximately 18 colleges throughout the midwest have been asked to send representatives for the purpose of in- teresting the seniors in their respective schools. The following colleges received the greatest number of senior requests for re- presentation: Mount St. Scholastica - Atchison, Kan- sas: Rockhurst - Kansas City, Missouri: St. Mary's - Xavier, Kansas: St. Teresa's - Kan- sas City, Missouri: Marquette - Milwaukee, Wisconsin: St. Louis - St. Louis, Missouri: St. Benedict's - Atchison, Kansas: Don- nelly - Kansas City, Kansas: St. Mary of the Plains - Dodge City, Kansas: Creighton - Omaha, Nebraska: Loretto Heights - Lor- etto, Colorado: Webster Grove - St. Louis, Missouri: Marymount - Salina, Kansas: St. Mary of the Woods - Indiana: Notre Dame - Notre Dame, Indiana: Regis - Denver, Colorado: Our Lady of the Lake - San An- tonio, Texas: St. Mary's School of Nursing - Kansas City, Kansas. Senior committees to plan invitations, housing, transporation, welcoming at air terminals, and at school, booths for dis- plays about colleges, cafeteria planning, set- ting up the schedule, etc., have been set up. The tentative schedule for the day is as follows: a general session at 10 o'clock at which Father Sullivan will give a welcome speech and Dave Fortin will preside. This assembly will feature a panel with a discus- sion of the contribution of college educa- tion to America's future. Following this will be talks by representatives from the guest colleges. The closing assembly will at 2:45 and Rich McGill will preside. Mary Koob