Central Catholic High School - Echo Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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' ' 7 THE ECHO Merry Christmas! In spite of the widespread eyforts being made to de-Christianize Christmas by vainly pretending to trace its origin to pagan times and customs, by flooding the world with picture cards devoid of all religious sentiment and featuring glowing yule-logs, snow-covered hills and dales and sparkling holly sprigs, and by giving over the day and the season entirely to social amusements and unsocial carousals, it must and will rank first, last and always as as Christian feast to the core. Is it not, indeed, the birthday of the Christ, aye, even the feast of Christ's Mass? The very name stamps its unmistakably Christian character. I ' Merry Christmas! The joy which the greeting bespeaks should have source in the soul. The good tidings tell us that this day is born to us a Saviour. So our joy is that of the inner man, but not that only. Out of its very fullness it bubbles over to the outer, physical man, and thereby the whole man is made happy. That is why innocent fun and feasting and even fireworks are strictly in order at the Christmas season. Everybody is privileged to be a child about the crib of Bethlehem. Merry Christmas! We have heard it said, and with truth, that there is no happiness like that which comes from making others happy. Let us, then, make our Infant Lord happy by devoutly hearing Mass-even more than once--on Christ's Mass Day, and loyally receiving into our hearts Him for whom there was no room in the inn, and keeping Him ever enshrined therein by shunning sin and doing good works. Let us also make Him happy in His other Self, the poor, by succoring them in their needs for the sake of the poor Infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a man- ger. A Christmas barren of deeds of charity is unworthy of a follower of that same Infant who later in His life spoke the words, As long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me. Help His least brethren and make Him your bounden debtor. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This is The Echo's sincere wish to all its contributors, subscribers, advertisers, friends and readers. On this blessedl Christmas morn, When our Saviour meek was born, May He From His loving Heart Choicest gifts to you imparty And throughout the bright New Year Grant you boundless grace and cheer!

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MAY Merry Christmas ECI-I0 in Your Home Merry Christmas fSome Stray Thoughts and a Wish.D The first Christmas gift was the Babe of Bethlehem sent from heaven by the Eternal Father who, we are told, so loved the world as to give His only begotten Son. The first Merry Christmas ever wished likewise came from heaven. I t was spoken on the very first Christmas morn to the lowly shepherds keeping their lonely watches on the Jndean hillsides. And the angel said to them: Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy that shall be to all the peopleg for this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. That was the angel's way of saying Merry Christmas! , to the shepherds, and he tells the reason why they should be merry. This reason, for this day is born to you a Saviofu,r, is inseparably linked with the feast and its friendly greeting.

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8 . THE ECHO - St. Andrew's Day . I Every year St. Andrew's date Brings our boys a happy fete. Powers that be, without delay To their Bishop tribute pay. II Music next begins to flow To the strains that people know. It's a pleasant thing to hear Young folks' hearty yell and cheer. III Pat then comes and makes a bow Tells the Bishop 'tis our vow- Faith and hope and love to keep And a lasting harvest reap. IV Ed. O'Neill, you make us feel No manls honor We should steal. Nor to fritter nor to fret At the honors we can't get. Now Stirs V the Glee Club with its songs our spirit that it longs For the days we went to school And a swimming in the pool. VI Eugene Cull with main and might Tells How Then Tom In a How us of a father's rightf- his children should be taught for fads the master fought. VII McKiernan's strength and stay mighty sermon lay- we oft our neighbors cheat And the Lord's design defeat. VIII Next some music, noise and sound Raised our feet just from the ground, For the band with rash desire Tried to get the pe0p10'S i1'0- IX Brcsnahan with football dope, Starts to raise the studcnt's 110139 So hc tells us just for fun How old Dooley played and won. X Pat and James made such a hit That the audience had a fit, For the girls' new country Rub, Played the perfect poor old Boob. XI Victory songs-which students sing Always make the echoes ring, Sure a victory they did score As they ended with a roar. XII Then the Bishop glad and gay Closed the doings of the day, He advised us strong and clear To serve our Lord so good and dear. -M. S. St. Andrew's Day Commemorating the twenty-second anniversary of the episcopal conse- cration of the Right Reverend Her- man Joseph Alerding, our beloved bishop, the students gave a most en- joyable musical and literary enter- tainment in the new study hall, Wed- nesday afternoon, December 29th. The Bishop's Feast Day is an occa- sion eagerly anticipated by all the students at the Central Catholic High School, but to the Senior class it is the day of days before graduation, for to them goes the destinction of doing the honors on the occasion. Besides the Right Reverend Bishop and his devoted companion, the Rev- erend A. E. LaFontaine, diocesan su- perintendent of schools, those present included Reverend Thomas M. Con- roy, pastor of the Cathedral, Rev. John E. Dillon, chancellor of the Dio- cese of Fort Wayne, Rev. John A. Dapp and Rev. Theodore V. Fettig, of the Cathedralg Rev. Edward T. Fallon of St. Patrick'sg the faculty