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

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L, r ilirntnr St Cecelia xxdx founded This ganizdtion pioxided musicians tom xarioui hospitdle The IQDOIYQ ot then xx oilx asscit that music quiets the ncixes and soothes pain To c .xx oui xxondeitul and 'xl mont mx steiious iddio xx xteme ent lJlOdllLdStlllg thc xxol ld Q best HEN81 too occupied to glxe a pol t on ot then talents ox ei ae medl cine to the dleedsed mind W e noxx haxe mueic ex cix xx heic Ewen the factoiiee are Qupplied xxlth muslc foi it le found that em plox eee do bettel and mole skill ful xxoik undei ite 19fll1lIlg' inilu ence So called populai music much in xogue but Qome fipeclmens xxhlth haxe come doxxn to ue ale not a credit to the Il3.tlOIlN tom poseis Mueu ot this tx pe hae been con mueic ot the deepext tlllCQt and moxt exalted chaiactei Should End a place in oui conceit piogiam in oui pailw factoxiee xx oikehope and homee Gertrude P Dietz 73 The Yun Dial I once savx a house in the tountix It xx as built in the time ot Queen Anne It stood on the top ot a hillotk In the midst of a xxooded land And in fi ont of this quaint little cottage Among all the old fashioned floxxeis, W as the Sun Dial on which xx as 1IlSLllb9fl Icount onlx sunnx hou s Josephine Sem le ' '1 Th 33 . - ' s ' . or- L' : ' ' ' - . . L ' ' . , . V , . , ff sv is - I, -,v . , V. I - 1 - - f ,4 v ' 1 v - 7 N ' . ' '- v 1 - music and its great performers are signed to oblivion. Nothing but l ,7 I I N ' I v 9 1 v w u . 1 , , '. v,.v . ., ' ' 'I ' '. ., v 1 , .' . ' . . 1' w' . . ' ' - ' f N ' f. if L 1 Y 7 . ' ' p v 1 . '1 5 1. A4 A 5, S t, 1,S.!!

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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 '

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Uhr illlmtnr Pemzczous Lzterature T one tlme l1te1atu1e con slsted of books and papers des1gned to amuse and ed ucate then readers It was also lntended to 1nc1te wholesome thoughts 1n the mlnds of the people both 1n regard to thelr country and to thelr God As natlons pro glessed many authols spx ang 1nto plomlnence They contlnued to p11nt al tlcles and selectlons that were hxghly beneficlal to the people But gradually they became bolder and year bv year more brazen and per cent of the books and papers could hal dlv be blought under the name of llterature Th1s lS the sltuatlon confrontmg the world to day Smce the ed1 tors and wrxters have what IS call ed the freedom of the press and are not hlndered by the law ln any wav they have taken advantage of the sltuatlon The papers con tam flarlng headllnes under WhlCh come a successlon of 3lt1Cl9S called news They conta1n V1V1d ac counts of murders dlvorce cases robberles scandals etc What they fall to 1mpress upon the mmd ln th1s manner they accomphsh by means of vulgal and xmmoral p1ctures If the edltors reallzed that the mol als of the people depend upon the l1te1atu1e Ol readmg matter of the day they would be more d1s cr1m1nat1ng IH the art1cles they select for pr1nt The greatest danger that comes flom pernlclous llterature IS the mfluence It has upon a chlld 1n the formatlon of h1s character The countly needs good Amerlcan Cl 1 zens But when chlldren are per m1tted to read such art1cles and when no steps ale taken to forbld th1S pe1n1c1ous l1terature who can concelve what wlll be the future fo1 our country 'P Albelt Cvphelt 23 'Yi Y Whzte and Gold We are the class of 24 With gold and whlte our colors They are our prlde and always soar So hlgh above the others Those chaste and loved class colors Haxe flown and they vull Hy Hlgh above the others For who wlll them defy Francls Kelly 24 34 ' - cc n X - - - i ' ' J i ' 1 ' 7 7 ' , . Y . u n ,a u . - , . audacious, until at present a great ' . . . . . ,, . .tx K6 H - 1 ' - yn , -1 7 . . - , ,n ' '. v ' 7 7 S ! Y 9 7 r' v- 7 7 . Y , , .