Central Catholic High School - Katholikon Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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Q' ou1 duty to ou! LOUIIUV when we make oul homee what Pod lntend ed they Qhould be eentels of love hohness and OlJ6CllQIlCQ SINCE from theae go folth men who knowmg that all authorlty c mes fl om God lespect and revel ence law and order In p8lfO1mlHg our duty to Pod and to tountxx we are at the same t1me attomplwhmg that gl eat tom that sacled obl1gat1on of SaV1Ilg oul lmmortal souls The class of 1923 may never Hlrntnr have to face Queh extleme dlttillld, tum as dld the Hlst Cll11Stl3IlQ they mav nevel be called upon to fate the gun nex 61 theless IH the llves of each of 1tS membels w1ll ar1se clrcumstances when a eholce muet be made betvx een God and the world between dutv and pleasuxe If the motto hae meant any thlng for them lt w1ll IH theae trymg sltuatlone g1VC them eoulage to hat mav Paul W lVICHugh 23 Mother I have a frlend most dear to me In fact I haxe no other Who IS so klnd and true to me AQ thls deal fuend my lllOtl'191 She loved me and she eherlshed me Before I leal ned to know her But Heaw en gl ant one Wxsh to me That I my love may show her Leona McDonald 24 EO 'hr 1 - K ' X I - ' v xx K. ' . .' ' . . . , .l 7 ' v 4 ' my l K 7 .V . ' , IO , , 1 1 n ' s f ' K , ' ' ' 7 J I I l , 3 h 1 .L . 1 1 - I . L . 1 u n 4 mand of personal sanetlflcatlon, Say and to 11102111 ' D0 thy duty come . . . . W 'V . . . , v I 7 5:2-fl .I L11 . Y , . Y 7 Y ' 9 Y 9 ' Y P , .

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' 9 Eau' arm 1. s V' -lmllmll :lull.lll7M6 1 fs' Y? 'PIR For God and or Country O thy duty come what may the motto so wlse ly chosen by the class of 1923 stands for hlgh ldeals It embodles what we owe to God and what we owe to count ficlent cltlzens to country and great salnts to heawen Our first duty IS toward God We fulflll th1s obllgatlon when we endeavor to l1ve up to Hls admlr able teachlngs and to follow HIS dnlne example when we are ready to sacrlfice all even llfe ltself rather than offend Him In the early ages of the Church thousands of 1tS members were promlsed wealth honor and d1st1nct1on lf they would but wlthdraw thelr alleglance to God Rather than do so they un derwent the most 1nhuman tor tures Next to our duty toward God comes that of our duty toward our country Unless we fulflll th1s ob hgatlon ln vam do we prlde our selves on our love for God The one presupposes the other Answer mg our country s call and marching away from home and all that home C29 holds dear amld the floating of flags and to the measured beat of the flfe and drum are patrlotlc dutles to Wh1Ch every one who IS summoned must respond Slnce comparatlvely few are call ed upon to show thelr loyalty to thelr country 1n th1s way are there no obllgatxons then on those who are not IH a posltlon to follow the colors or who l1ve at a tlme when frlendly relatlons SXISU7 Most assuredly there are If lt IS pralse worthy to fight that our country may have peace IS It not equally commendable to so l1ve that she may keep that peace If we would really do our duty to th1s dear land of ours we must not be o tent wlth mere outward show such as the dlsplaylng of flags and the smgmg of patr1ot1c songs These are but means to an end and are therefore valueless unless accompa n1ed by actlons that rlng true ac tlons over whlch Old Glory would proudly wave actlons over whlch whlle we ale performlng we could honestly slng O er the land of the free and the home of the brave We do much toward performmg . di 'ir ' l 4 ' Y 1 l Y . A I ' i S-..1-. A Q? J . ' ' ry, and, if carried out, will give ef- - - a 1 4 . , n- . . ' ' I6 97 5 - ' I ' l cc 9 . , . . - 'H J

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Lthr H11-ntnr Clmstzan Educatzon T114 cut 1n youth to foxm the youthful mlnd Ic1 1 thc tv.1g1 bent thc tue s lflllllltd RUE educatxon IS the tram 1ng of both body and soul Any system of educatlon from whlch 1el1g1on IS ex eluded IS lnadequate and mcom plete and therefore an 1n1ust1ce to the chlld rece1v1ng It True edu cat1on should develope the whole man Intellect and heart body and soul should be CUltlV3t9d and fitted each to act IH 1tS own sphere The lnculcatlon of p1ety reverence and rellglous doctrlne IS more 1m portant than the tralnmg ln athlet IC sports or 1n mathematlcal stud 19S It 1S not after all the know ledge of chemlstry or the hablts of bees that Wlll carry one through hfe but the capaclty to do what one does not want to do 1f the thmg 111 quest1on must be done Rel1g1ous educatlon stands for the mak1ng of good cltlfens teach 1ng as It does that there are two great Commandments the love of God and the love of our ne1ghbor We ale wauanted 1n saxlng that these two contaln the whole law and the prophets WlthOut the knowledge and practlce of these two laws there can be no success no 1eal happmess w1thout these men w1ll not value rlght and hon esty above temporal advantages will not be spnltually strong enough to conquer thelr strong pas SIOHS There should therefore be no llglous educatlon Chlldren have a rxght to It and parents who are m earnest about the1r duty would rather see the1r chlldren dead than see them robbed of that preclous boon A Chr1st1an Educatlon John E Anderson f vw .0 ASI' , 31 1:2,x,z.,' A, . V. ' , 1'J'2S l -A 'S 1 1 -11' ' -' 1 - . , ' ' 1 ' , ! ! . . . - Y 7 ' Q ' Q ' doubt about the necessity of a re- . . w . ' 9 7 . . , . . V1 y ' . , 1-A 1 ,r liwwalghq, ,Ez il 1. 1 : fl X 2, .- ' J Q- LQ '19