Catholic Central High School - Catholicon Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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horseshow, sponsored by the La Salle Mounted Troup, the Girls Riding Club brought greater honor to C. C. H. S. by winning for the second consecutive time the Donnelly Trophy. November 2-Today the United States Coast Guard was placed under Navy orders. This action is a continuation of the shoot on sight policy which was issued to help protect particularly the Atlantic coast and Iceland from Nazi submarines. November 5-It is just beginning to dawn on some of us that We of the United States have a dangerous enemy on the other side of the Pacific. This was registered in our minds When newspapers and radios an- nounced that Japanese special envoy, Su- buro Kurus, starts for the United States with the last proposals. November 8-To the surprise of every- Champions twice ! Keenan and Gil Page twenty-.seven

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Japan when they warned her to keep hands off Thailand. Many questions were an- swered When President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill issued the eight-point statement of peace aims drawn up at their secret meeting on the Atlantic. September 11-Because of the attack by submarines on the United States de- stroyer Grecfr the President ordered the Navy to pursue the policy of shoot on sight in the Atlantic. October 6-C. C. H. S. made the headf lines today when we defeated the highly favored C. B. A. football team 19 to 0. V. I.-C. C. H. S. C. B. A.-C. C. H. S. He makes champions. If these headlines predict the future, our football team will soon be of the same high fame as our basketball team. October 9-Some more information for the History C student was gathered. Much was done to increase the friendly relations of the Latin-American coun- tries When the Panama coup put a pro- United States President in office. October 10-This small headline helped to make world history: Hideki Tojo, Axis friend, forms Cabinet in Ja- panf' October 31-In the annual fall 3'

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C. C. H. S.-C. B. A. one we were the first senior class of Cath- olic High to E11 our quota in the Sharebook campaign. We hope that this forecasts a record-making year in other good direc- tions. November 10-Because of the tighten- ing tension between the United States and the Far East Prime Minister Churchill promised that Britain will join the United States in an hour if it becomes involved in war with Japan. November 25-Something new has been added-ten new cheerleaders, in fact! Now our cheering ought to be strong enough to cheer a championship. November 27-Japanese Premier Tojo asked for the removal of United States and British influence in the Orient. This led to the inquiry of the President as to the aims of the Japanese in Indo-China. December S-Basketball season opened with a bang-honest it did, with a score of 37 to 29 in our favor against Vincentian. C. C. H. S.-St. Columba's P11111 Tlvenfy-eiglff December 7- Oh! Day of Infamyln You dawned forth bright and clear and did not give us any warning of the tragedy that was to occur and to drag us, a peace- loving nation, into the turmoil that is now world-wide. Our neighbors across the Pa- cific have shown diplomacy without diplo- matic courtesy and proved this by not giv- ing any warning to our Pacific possessions when they broke all bonds of decency and brutally bombed unsuspecting citizens. December 8-History was made today! For the first time in our lives Qand may it be the lastly we heard the Congress of our nation declare war against Japan, since their actions of the day before left us no alternative. Soon Remember Pearl Har- born, 'tWe Did It Before-We Can Do It Again , Angels of Mercyw, Any Bonds Today?,' became the songs of the people. December 15-The Toy Drive, a tradi- tion which was started in our freshman year at Catholic Central, has become a city project. This proves that a group of well organized C. Y. O. members can reach al- most any goal they set out to reach. December 17-As was expected by all, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. Thus we see that all our peace efforts have been in vain. December 19-Along with the usual joy