Catholic High School - Bruin Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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OPPOSITE PAGE TOP RIGHT: Brother Harold presents the Best in Mathematics Award to Paul Waguespack. OPPOSITE PAGE CENTER: THE 1985 Golden Bear recipients pose together after the Honors Convocation. OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM LEFT: Co-Valedictorians, Pat Cronan and David Pope receive Golden Bears for perfect 4.0 overages. OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM RIGHT: Mr. Stew art congratulates John Meyers for receiving the Golden Bear for Best in Drama. TOP LEFT: Jimbo Pierson is presented with the American Legion Award which was voted on by his classmates. TOP RIGHT: Mrs. Jan Breen proudly presents the Golden Bear for Best in Bearly Published to Michael Achacaso. LEFT: NHS moderator, Mrs. Kitchell present the Best in National Honor Society award to NHS President Lyndon Darrensbourg. ABOVE: Billy Soileau receives the Best in Student Council Award from moderator, Brother Carl.

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Outstanding Students Receive On Friday, May 17 1985, the outstanding students of the senior class were honored for their academic and extra curricular achievements. The 1985 Catholic High School Honor Convocation took place at Catholic Life Center. Brother John acted as the Master of Ceremonies, and the club moderaters and teachers distributed the awards to the outstanding students. The awards program began with a invocation read by Steve Atkinson, Beta Club President. Following the invocation three benefactors of Catholic High School were inducted into the Hall of Fame. The presentation of the Golden Bears followed the induction of Hall of Fame Members-The Golden Bear, a classic gold trophy, is the highest award of Catholic High School. It is awarded for excellence. Extra-Curricular Awards were presented first. Followed by the distribution of academic awards. Forty- three students received an honor stoll and certificate for maintaining a 3.5 or better grade point average. Co-Valedictorians, David Pope and Pat Cronan, both with perfect 4.0 averages received Golden Bears. Jimbo Pierson was given the American Legion Award which was voted on by the Senior Class. Closing remarks were made by Brother Francis David after the presentation of the awards. The 1985 Honors Convocation was brought of a close with the benediction given by Key Club President, Keith Comeaux. Golden Bears

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Seniors Experience Spiritual Growth During Retreat Senior retreat this year took place, as it has in years past, as a regular part of the senior school year. Though administrators took planning and logistical considerations as a matter of course, the event itself became quite unique for its participants. None of the seniors really knew what to expect at the beginning. Visions of monk-like posturing and enforced silence were all that some of the seniors could conjure of the approaching weekend. What we were treated to, however, was a beautifully unifying and personally rewarding retreat experience. The change was almost imperceptible, yet the difference magnificent. The teachers and authority figures became friends and confidants. The coaches and administrators became willing counselors. No longer were the seniors critiqued, censured, or made to fit the mold. They were provided the environment and encouragement to create their own mold, to define their own perspectives. It is now easier to see the purpose of that event for many seniors. Their retreat marked a new turn- a new milestone and cornerstone from which they began at once the Christian growth that is integral to the education which is so characteristic of Catholic High. It was at Senior retreat- away from the more typical and distracting indicators- that the seniors found the depth, maturity, and strength which told them, finally, that they had become, in every sense of the word, seniors.