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

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tl )tcm Congratulations to seniors Barbara Gall and Adrian Reim- ers, finalists in the National Merit Scholarship tests. The Central Catholic SHAM- ROCK has recently been award- ed Excellent standing by both the Quill and Scroll newspaper critical service and The Catho- lic Press Association. The SHAMROCK received a total of 815 points out of a pos- sible 1000 from the Catholic Press Association, which rated her all-Catholic. Juniors and seniors will take the PSAT Oct. 16. This Pre- liminary Scholastic Aptitude Test is administered to the jun- iors for experience in taking col- lege qualifying tests. Many sen- iors take the test because they realize it will aid them when they apply for admission into college. The PSAT is a college board exam in capsule form. Mary Lauer and Joan Steele, both ' 62 graduates, have won Archbishop Noll Memorial Scholarships for nursing. Mary also won a scholarship from the 40 8 Society, a branch of the American Legion. Both girls have entered Saint Joseph Hos- pital School of Nursing. Maury Bubb and John Dul- laghan, ' 62, former Irish netmen, have both received full college scholarships. Marion College will be Maury ' s alma mater, while John will attend Defiance College. CC ' s total enrollment for the year is 1,648. Sophomores lead with 493 students, followed by freshmen with 459. Juniors trail with 378 and seniors number 318. On behalf of the students and faculty, we express our sincere sympathy to Sister Bernarda, PHJC, on the death of her father; and to Sister Mary Mag- dalen, SP, on the death of her mother. SHAMROCK of Central Catholic High School. Fort Wayne, Indiana Vol. XXV September 28, 1962 No. 2 CC Merges Publications ' •What is it? What does the merging of the SHAMROCK and the ECHO mean? These are the questions many are asking. We will try to answer them for you. The new publication, which will be called the SHAM- ROCK, has necessitated a change of format. The page size will be smaller than the newspaper, yet larger than the ECHO page. Each month, from September through April, the SHAMROCK will print an eight-page issue, Co-editors Maryann Schlie and Susan Roembke look over plans for the new SHAMROCK. Mothers Vote On ' 63 Dinner Mrs. Wayne Miller, president, will open the first meeting of the 1962-63 CCHS Mothers ' Club Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. The plans for the evening in- clude a panel discussion by Father Hammond, Sister Mau- reen Therese, SP, and Father Isenbarger. CC ' s curriculum, guidance, and counseling offered to the student body will be the subjects. The entire club will vote on the ' 63 baccalaureate dinner. This vote will decide if senior parents, or merely the graduates are to attend. Father Hammond will accept a check from the treasurer, Mrs. John Miller. The amount repre- sents the club ' s work for last year. Coffee will be served fol- lowing the meeting. sec To Pray Living Rosary The Student Spiritual Council v. ' ill hold a living rosary on Sun- day, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. in the gym. Ofl cers and representatives of school religious organizations will fomi the rosai-j-, and Father Donald Isenbarger, guidance di- rector, will give a short medita- tion after each decade is said. Benediction of the Blessed Sac- rament will close the program. During the month of October the SSC will conduct a drive in the homerooms for subscriptions to The Queen ' s Work, a national teen magazine. The SSC in co-operation with the national CYO will sponsor National Youth Communion Sunday on the feast of Christ the King. The rosar - will be said at noon in the Cathedral during October, Rosary Month. which will contain news, fea- tures, literary works, and sports. There will be no ads in the monthly issue. For each person who pur- chases a $2 SHAMROCK sub- scription, a duplicate set of the monthly issues will be filed if he invests $3 more. At the end of the year, these issues will be bound together, along with a pictorial supplement, in a hard cover. The supplement will con- tain activity pictures, senior sec- tion, underclass homeroom pic- tures, sports, autograph pages, and business ads. Students will not see these features until they receive their bound copy, which -ill resemble a yearbook. This publication will give a complete, detailed record of the school year. Governor Welsh Appoints Miller To Youth Board Dick Miller, Jr.. president of the Ci ' ics Club at CC, will at- tend the Youth Advisory Com- mittee to the Governor ' s Youth Council, at the in -itation of the Honorable Matthew E. Welsh, Governor of Indiana. The com- mittee, which will be composed of 300 Hoosier youths, will as- semble at the Hotel Severin in Indianapolis, Oct 12 and 13. The Indiana Youth Assembly of 1962 will meet to study and discuss current youth problems and needs and will propose suitable plans of action. Each delegate will meet in a sub- committee to examine the issues and will then vote in a general assembly. Issues which will be discussed include: education, physical fit- ness, militan,- affairs, commun- ity welfare, employment, and juvenile delinquency.

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ZJlie rl loAt r ei erend csLeo . I ursteu, our Bishop, is a recognized leader in the field of education. Through his efforts to expand educational facilities 20 new schools have been built and plans for many more are under way. However, this increased building does not diminish his interest in the existing schools. CC welcomes the opportunity to acknowledge its debt of gratitude to Bishop Pursley. Weru ll everend I II U t Wiiii turn onSianor cJLedte ler for eight years devoted his time and effort to CC as principal. This time was spent improving the spiritual, education and social program here. His present position as Diocesan Superintendent of Catholic schools gives wider scope to his zeal. Once again the student body wishes to thank Monsignor Lester for all of his contributions to CC.

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SHAMROCK September 28, 1962 Target — An Active Year Don ' t you get tired of hearing parents, teachers, older brothers and sisters, and relatives tell you that your years in high school are the best years of your life and that you should make the most of them ? Honestly, do these adults think we ' re wasting our high school education? Why are they always preaching to us? Could the following examples be the reason? Cousin Mary had such a hard time finding a job be- cause her typing and shorthand weren ' t up to par. Re- member how she said, I ' d certainly do things differently if I were back in high school. I ' d really study hard. I never realized how important studying really was until now. Aunt Ethel was so embarrassed when a non-Catholic asked Iier something about the Church, and she had to answer I don ' t know. Didn ' t she murmur something about paying more attention to her religion ? Mom and Dad always urge us to study hard, too .... Maybe adults urge us to study because they know how important studying is. They know how important studjnng is ' because they are earning livings, raising fam- ilies, and they realize that knowledge often makes the dif- fei-ence between success and failure .... Maybe adults know a little more than we do after all. Let ' s listen to them and start learning! After all, they ' ve had experience! Maryann Schlie Our School A Fire Trap? Say (here students — haven ' t you heard? Dropping- papers and trash in the halls is absurd. It ' s down right dsgusting; as a matter of fact. Its bound to make CC a dangerous fire trap! So pick up those papers and clean up that hall. Fire Prevention Week ' s coming! Let ' s get on the ball! By Phyllis Bail Member — Indiana Hi)jh School Press Association Quill and Scroll, Catholic High School Press Association, Columbia Scholastic Press Association SHAMROCK To the WORD, through the word. Published by the journalism students. Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana Subscription, $2.00 per year; $2.50 by mail Editor in Chief - Maryann Schlie News Editors Jane Westerman, Gloria Minich, Mary Angela Eggers Feature Editors ...-Diane Fullam, Mickey McClaren, Anne Kinder Literory Editon Phyllis Bail, Barbara Decker Sports Editors Corole Rodgers, Ed Hultgren Photography Editors Jo Ellen Schenkel, Nancy Ley Photographers Bob Goble, Ron Pausig Business Manager Judy Richards Circulation Manager „ Rose Anne McCarthy Circulation Staff Marjorie Schreiber, Kathy Maroney, Colleen Rooney Staff Writers Patrick Kite, Ben Merrlweather, Adrion Rermers, Jackie Henry, Mary Nolan, Julie Roberts, Rober ), Janet Skinner, Lynda Brandt, Tom Polmer, Sally Stang, Tom Hueber Art Rosemary Andrla, Connie Comte Adviser , Sister Janet, SP 6 GTx We would like ' to say a few words about our fighting Irish football team and its performance against South Bend Central. We wonder who was waiting at the goalpost for Willy and the team, to make him run and them block like that? We knew they had planned some new strategy for the year, but we didn ' t know they had that much on the ball. Keep it up Irish! Transition from vacation to school was hard on Jack McCabe, 400, as he asked, Sister, do we have an ashtray in here? It seems he couldn ' t find the basket when he had some wastepaper. Our motto this year is Read More. In fact, Lynda Brandt recently found fifty dollars in an old book she was reading. Just goes to prove that the gaying Reg more and improve your finances can be true. £:ZJl : Our high school is different from most Catholic High Schools in that it is comprehensive - — we have room, we have courses of study for everybody. We have the brilliant and the not so brilliant: we have boys and girls whose parents have plenty of this world ' s goods and those whose parents have little. We have those who come from strong homes where there is love, affection and discip- line; we have students whose home background is sadly tangled or broken. Up on these latter, even at age 14 or 15, God has al- lowed a heavy cross to fall. But this varied pattern is a joy to my heart and a joy to the hearts of your teachers. Christ ' s heart is big. He takes us as we are. He loves us precisely because we are different from everyone else. l l e ( an J elk ? . i i v - f Do you realize that we are standing on the brink of the most important ecclesiastical event of the twentieth century? The whole world will be interested in the outcome of the Ecu- menical Council. Its success or failure depends upon our prayers. Every CC ' er has an obligation to pray, to learn about, and to offer sacrifices for the Council. Many of us arrive early enough to attend the 7:30 Mass at the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. We could offer a daily Mass for the Council. How many times do we pass a holy water font in our class- rooms without making the Sign of the Cross? Think of the in- dulgences CC could gain for the Council if 1648 CC ' ers offered this ejaculation 12 times a day. The Morning Offering offers all our thoughts, words, and actions, if it is said sincerely. Look now to the Council and your part in it! Could these litterbugs be YOU ?