Capitol Catholic High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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May 27 1943 Dear Marsre How trme does fly' It seerrs luke only yesterday that we came to Caprtol Hr as green Freshres and here we are sophrstrcated Senrors ready to leave our dear Alma Mater Perhaps rn remrnrscrng we can recall a few of the many thmgs that made thus last year so much fun Of course we could never forget that school opened the 8th of September Golly' but rt was swell to get back mto the swmg of thxngs agam We Senrors dashed around knowrngly stumblmg over the dazed Freshres and responding to therr querres of Where to now' and What floor rt rs on? The fxrst week passed qurckly because we had two half days free for the Farr Whee Wasnt that Rocket thrrllmg M3lSlCy On the 17th of thus month Peggy Kelley Jean Gannon Mary Agnes Staab and Glorra Weaver were elected to lead the Pep Club for the year After numerous work outs the grrls were all set for our flrst game We yelled trll we were hoarse and the results were great for Srlver Lake They won 19 O Autumn was well under way when the second month of school arrrved at Caprtol Square Our frrst game of the month was our Homecorrrng game wrth Maur Hrll Orchrds to Vera Lee Turgeon who rergned wxth drgmty as Queen and also to her attendants Lucr Verschelden Margaret Annee Burke and Joyce Olsen The boys played a wonderful game comrng out on top wrth a score of 13 O Everyone shouted yoyfully as we paraded around town Our afternoon was com pleted wrth a varsrty at Holy Name gym Our theme song was Why Don t We Do Thrs More Often? The next three games came rn qurck successron wrth two vrctorres and one defeat Scores Caprtol I3 Leccmpton 0 Caprtol 25 Burlmgame 6 Caprtol 7-Osage I5 Our first Sodalnty Conventron was held at Leavenworth on October 17th A wonderful time was had by all and a great sprrrt was shown Everyone wants to do more For God and For Country Somethrng new and different occurred rn Topeka on October 27th Remember Navy Day and how proud we were of Lucr Verschelden as Queen and the Olsen twrns as her attendants? All worked hard to sell War Bonds and Stancpe and as a result the Semors mented a free day for sellrng the most Remember how we spent our free day? Of course we had a prcnrc at Horseshoe Clrff We all had a gay old trme even though Father Burak went wadrng rn the creek wrth hrs shoes on And remember dear how sad we were when Hrghland beat us I8 7 Spooks goblrns and all sorts of characters were present at the Halloween dance Freshres turned our 100172 It was evrdent that November had arrrved when the frrst cold days appeared and heavy coats were welcome And oh dear how hard we worked on the frrst paper It frnally came out a glorrous success on the 3rd of November We travelled to Wamego on the 4th for a very thrlllrng game They won I2 7 Remember how the Pep Club cheered on blankets and under umbrellas7W Horrors' The frrst report cards came out the 10th Quote Why drdnt I study so I could have gotten an A Instead of a measly C9 Unquote We were glad to see Armnstrce come the llth That meant a half day free to watch the Parade HA' HA' How we wrsh we could forget about that game wrth Seaman But to show that we re good sports we were trampled' 59 0 Darlrng remember how excrtecl we were the mght of the Soldlers Dance? And could anyone possrbly forget Joe777 Oh Marsre we were thrrlled when W P A week approached but thats not how we felt after wards It began rn full swrng wrth the Hxghland game and ended mth a super dance at Holy Name The grrls spent the week askmg for the car and for monen A common phrase heard around was Ive spent all my allowance for weeks ahead December arrrved wrth cold wmds rcy snow and thoughts of Chrrstmas vacatron Oh joy' The month opened yoyously mth a free day on the 8th A game wrrh Lecompton opened our basketball season We non 7016 Oops' We lost our next game to Wamego 36 24 We alt felt patrlotrc yet sad when Coach Hess left for the Army We hated to grve up such a vnell coach and grand guy but we were proud to see htm porn Uncle Sam s armed forces Hrs very able successor rs Father George Burak Page I orly st , , . a , . . . . . . ,, ,,, K, ' - n . - . , , . ' v m y , . U 1 I , - 1- - v .. n v . , . n s ' - x x - y v ' . .. - , . I . . U 3 . y . . . . , , . Y .. , , , , . . Y . . Y 1 1 , . f . Y - S ' . ' -