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

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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

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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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Elpv illilrnmr Muszc DAY the student of musl cal hlstory IS overwhelmed wlth ama7ement as he looks back and conslders the almost xncredlble developement of muslc ln the Unlted States dur mg the past century Nothlng l1ke lt has ever been known 1n the hlstory of the world Less than a half century ago muslc was belleved to be more or less of an accomphshment than a prxme necessltv as It now IS Muslcal plogress gradually a wakened about the year 1890 and growth of muslc 1n our country has culmmated wlth such glorxous results that It IS no longer necess ary for us Amerlcans to go to forelgn countrles to study the art In Europe at thls tlme Germany was pre emlnent IH music but the salarles pald to soloxsts and teach ers IH the Unlted States caused a vast numbex of a1t1sts come to thls country Consequentlv orchestras and choruses were establlshed m the larger c1t1es and the study of muslc grew IH leaps and bounds Prevlous to thls tlme the Unlted States had been 1n a pioneer stage of matel 1al developement and llttle attentlon had been gn en to the study of classlcal musxc At one time the Congl ess would hax e been shocked and dumb found ed lf any membel had suggested the appropr1at1on of several m11l lon dollars to be spent ln ma1nta1n 1ng a department of muslc as a branch of a govelnment as IS the case now In Congress wh1ch assembled ln 1910 Warren G Huffman a broad mlnded and enllghtened member of the House of Representatlves and a talented amateur p1an1st as well lntloduced 1n the House a blll approprlatlng S10 000 000 for the bulldlng of the Natlonal School of Muslc 1n Washlngton It was that our natlon learned that musl cal tra1n1ng IS the most potent method of awakenlng the apprecla tlon of the good and beautlful MUSIC has become the most un1 versal study of the world and to day people of good soclal standlng would no more confess a complete lgnorance of muslc wlthout blush 1ng than be gullty of grammatical errors The moralltw as well as happ1 ness of the Amerlcan people has been Improved and stat1st1cs of the penetentxarles and hospltals show that the number of mmates has fallen off 90p IH ten years Sclentliic developement has long proven what muslc w1ll do for the af'H1cted Both of mlnd and body Th1rtS years ago the Guxld of 32 'cc - 'yy .H - .- . 7 '. L A' I , D , s - 9 ' 7 Q .- 7 ! K . y . 1 . . Y v7 ' Y 9 , A o u 0 . .- to-dav this remarkable period of through th1s and s1m1lar strldes Y . . ' ' v , , ' Y '