Campion Jesuit High School - Knight Yearbook (Prairie du Chien, WI)

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comes from the people—the human beings—who live and grow here. And people are not tangible. But they are reachable. And if the concepts which are presently guiding Campion's leaders are to be a suc- cess, then Campion must reach people. There are incidents which reflect the importance of people on this campus. Most of the time it is small events which occur to you throughout the day. The neighbor who drops in for no real reason, except to just rap for a few minutes before he studies. Or may- be the classmate who seems genuinely happy to see you. But there are larger, more concrete occurrences. Father O'Connor's deep concern for every student that crosses this campus. Or the multitude of electric miracles achieved by Tom Thompson. These are realizations what should not be forgotten even long after you can't remember whether we had a winning season in wrestling or not, or what your third quarter English grade was. At times there is a vitality on this campus that you can sense. The conflicts that arose around Hal's poem right before Christmas. And the growth that came out of those conflicts. And the understanding. Or the power that was felt when Fr. Egan spoke to the seniors in the midst of those conflicts resulting from Hal's poem. And watching his ecstasy as he broke out of himself and became himself. And the realization after the Boni's retreat that we all meant something to him. My God. We all meant something to each other. The beauty that we all felt as jam blared and head counts told us that there were over forty people in Denny Depeder and Chick Foxgrover's room and it was 1:00 a.m. And the resounding Yes! whenever Roy Scheck would ask us if we were all people. That's what Campion means to us. And now we have taken some pictures and written some copy and bound it and we are going to try and pass it off as Campion 1970. Don't believe it. When you read this remember that these are only the fossils of some of the things that happened this year. If you have never lived here than we guess that it is the only experience of Campion that you can have. But if you have lived here, then this yearbook should only be a base from which you can build what Campion is was for you.