Catholic Boys High School - Rocket Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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ded VANTAGE o fully appreciate the experience of Catholic the best vantage point 1S from within Inside the school a separate community exists made up of students and teachers from points throughout central Arkansas For the eight hundred current mem sands who have passed through the hallways this school maintains a place of reverence in their hearts Unlike Yuck' I'll never eat school lunches again. Matt McClendon discovers cafe- teria by-products search- ing for his lost retainer. faculty or many high schools an en vironment centered around pride and loyalty exists which becomes a home for all members of the Catho lic High School family However most observ ers of the school have nev er experienced the way of life that is taught They have a fixed opinion about this institution before they truly know anything of substance about it Many times a second closer look is needed for a deeper un derstandmg of the subject This Rocket gives a closer look at the school which is far removed from any typi- cal American high school. Almost every school can claim that they have a good a strong athletic program, but not many can say its staff has taught two Rhodes scholars or that it has the state's largest percentage of National Merit semi-finalists. Even fewer can say they have athletic pro- grams which win state titles every year. But even these are not the things which make our Alma Mater different. It is true that school spirit is strong, but the truly special thing that those associated with the school realize is that we all are part of a family. Our family has mourned together at the deaths of its members, held Mass together, cheered together, and most important of all, we have learned to- gether. It is this feeling of unity which flows through the student body and faculty alike that makes this school such a special one. It is this that a person becomes aware of after the first glance. Catching Cotholic's Meaning of o Closer Glonce bers of this family and for the thou- Introduction 3

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opturing keepsakes Treosuring times et m is 2 .a i A . ii M E K. ill' 1, g i ,ggi in i will l v 5 iii . . 4- Q ii lil 'W ,M ., Elko .mil al X: aim. iii sg f i it , gi E., Int t could be something as insignifi- cant as a cheerleader strike or as im- portant as the senior ring Mass, ei- ther way these moments carry with them special memories that we always treasure and often think about. All the special events and hap- penings of this 86-87 year are kept as keepsakes in this Rocket edition. The four years we spend in high school are four filled with high-points, low-points and everything in between. The fun of pep rallies, the unusual pun- ishments by Father Tribou, and the antics of students made this book, as did the teachers, lectures and masses. We tried to cap- ture, in print and picture, the serious ones as well as the lighter moments. For it is the serious ones that taught us, and the lighter ones that made the year more bearable. Each class in this school is unique. They have their No! Hay! Stay back, I'll jump! Ben Bischof with some more of his antics. special members who excell in aca- demics, athletics, leadership, or per- sonality. These special characteristics make every class distinctly different in the way it reacts and adapts to the school's goal of making young men out of them in just four years. Howev- er varied a class may be, though, they still have to go through four years at the school, and all its members exper- ience what makes this school special. The nostalgic attachment of one's high school days is important. And for alumni, teachers, or students, who want to look back at this year, this book is important. It serves its pur- pose well when it allows people to look in it and relive their Catholic High experience. roduction