Canisius High School - Arena Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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STUDENT COUNCIL Because of newly made provisions, the Student Council was able to start its activities immediately upon the reopening of school. Acting in an advisory capacity through representatives of all the students, the Council expressed the views ofthe students on certain matters to the faculty. It also served as an intermediary be- tween faculty and students, and through the Council many ideas and programs of the school were brought to the student body. Supporting and increasing interest in all school activities is another prime pur- pose of the Student Council. The play, football dance and prom were all sponsored by the Council, and rallies before football and basketball games stirred up spirit in the student body. The Council itself organized and brought about the Acceler- ated Seniors' party and dance, a football-basketball banquet, the father and son night and the Booster day at the end of the school year. The Student Council is a fundamental organism of the school, founded to foster in the students ideals of true Canisius men and to inspire the highest type of school spirit. And with an eye to the future, it implants ideals of future leadership in those qualified and chosen to lead. Seated Back: Sweeney, Reen, Pres. Murphy, Dalton, Crumlish. Standing: Priore, R. Schaus, State, Goetz, J. May, R. Braun. Seated Front: W. Crawford, Fletcher, Grace, Sams, Baetzhold, C. Zimmer- man, R. Campana, Duffy, W. Breen, Ruminski. Q1

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Bacfliow: Fortunato, Deinzer, Slawatycki, Roetzer, Denzel, Musdakis, Keyes, Bebenek, Glauber, Martineck. Seated: Tobin, Mattimore fPrefectJ, Fr. Sturtzer, S. J., Szymanski, Potenza. Absent' Poorten QPrefectD . FRESHMAN SODALITY Lost in the mazes of the Canisius-On-Delaware, this year's freshmen were some- what bewildered by things for the first few weeks: Then one morning the bulletin board bore a sign reading simply, Freshman Sodality, T odayf, Word passed around and that afternoon they stepped into Canisius High's honor society. As the days passed they learned the meaning of membership in 'the Sodality: that it meant a devotion to the Mother of God and dedication to the service of othersg It meant the acquiring of new ideals, higher ambitions than they had ever known before. The year is waning now but the freshmen have learned and kept their tradition well. Wrapping Christmas parcels for the poor, visiting the sick, contributing to the mission drives, collecting religious articles for the boys in service,praying day by day at mass and visit for the peace the whole world wants: All these things have been their training and accomplishment. Mary's sodality is safe in their hands. They have learned the lesson that prayer and service to others is essential to our American way of life. f 20

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Standing: Fr. Scott, Mahoney QBusiness Edj, Reed QMan'aging Ed.j. Sea!ed:Murphy QEd.- in-Chiefj. ARENA YEARBOOK Changes were in the air this year. When the year started We had very definite ideas about the type of book we wanted. More pictures and less print was the idea in a nutshell. It en- tailed a new type of printing, lithography and a dummy copy that made up in smart page design for what it lacked in printed columns. The theme, carefully chosen to fit the mood of the times was worked out in a series of 'six Tip-In pages, stressing by the use of two contrasting pictures, the need for a life of peace. This germ idea, suggested in the pictures and their captions, is elaborated in the theme copy and touched upon in all the copy of the book. The pictures were taken with an eye to driving home this theme. It has meant work, long hours of it for all members of the staff but we feel that the book has unity and, above all, it is a complete break with yearbook traditions. The final judgment of its success or failure is yours. For the delay in production that war time necessity has entailed, we apologize, but we hope that your sentiment 'when you receive the book will be, This was worth waiting for. bchaus McCarthy, Braun, Mahoney, Shanahan, gathering ads. Reed in the throes of composition 22