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

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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 , , .

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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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wh: mentor Development of Wzll Power NOWLEDGE IS power po- tentlal will IS power ap plled To know IS lmpor tant but to act ln accord ance Wlth what we know IS more lmportant The fact IS that a man IS what h1S pol1t1cal hablts are hence the necesslty of g1y1ng the tralnlng of the w1ll a p1 omlnent place m our educatlon Nobody can secure strength of w1ll slmply by slttmg down and No one can develop w1ll power over nlght It comes to us l1ke strength to the body slowly and gradually as the result To have a strong wlll one must start at an early age to strengthen th1s power for As the tWlg IS bent the tree 1I1CllTl6S From th1s we see that 1f a person endeavors to curb h1s unruly de slres all dur1ng h1s school llfe he wlshlng It of exerclse w1ll be able to reslst almost every temptatlon on the other hand the person who gratlfles h1s every wlsh ln youth w1ll not ln manhood act consclentlously He w1ll be led by the crowd The strengthenmg of w1ll be comes more practlcable dur1ng the Lenten season A person who IS thlrsty and delays 1n taklng a drmk of water or who denles hlmself publlc amusements dur1ng thls season has strengthened h1S w1ll power to a great extent He wlll then do these llttle acts not only dur1ng the Lenten season but w1ll make a practlce of them eyely day of h1s l1fe The ten commandments envolve splendld CXQFCISQ of the w1ll as they make speclal demand on that power every day Those who keep these are mdeed strong of w1ll I dare do all that may become a man who dares do more IS none will mean beth hlmself Joseph Plazza 23 Presence of Mmd HAT constltutes Presence of M1nd The envlable quallty whlch we call p1 es ence of m1nd IS alertness ln respondmg effectlvely to dlfficult sltuatlons What would many people not glve to galn thls pre sence of m1nd'7 The man who has presence of m1nd IS admlred and honored because of h1s ab1l1ty to master all dlflicult proposltlons It means a Fapldlty 1n dec1s1on alert ness ln Judgment and a short per lod for the response Presence of m1nd 1mpl1es a knowledge of many subjects To really galn plesence of m1nd IS to haye self possesslon Many people wlth a good range of knowledge have not acquned self possess1on and therefore cannot present thelr vlews Debatmg publlc speakxng foot ball basket ball and tennis all re qulre the physical quallty of pre sence of m1nd The world has changed from what lt used to be and men should be better tralned to take the1r parts Thus llttle tots beg1nn1ng school up to the pupll of the hlghest grades are be mg taught to speak freely and clearlv before an audlence Th1S 3ldS 1n obtalnlng self DOSSGSSIOU Hxgh School educatlon glves the knowledge of sltuatlons and con dltxons the combxnatlon IS a rare and preclous one Angellne Paolettl 23 35 3 . . - . . l . 5 ' ' - . . - 3 . I - . . . ' . ' . , . . ' 64 . . . . . ,, , . l . . . ,, ' , S 4 a 1 . . ,, l ! Y - - ' more for those than it did for Mac- ' 9 , ' . . . . , ! '33 fi? 1 . . q l . 3 . .n , - . . , - n Q e 3 . . . , . . . , - , ' 1 1 , - . 2 . . ' . u ' ' v . 7 u ' . I Q . . V - . . 5 I ' ' , 1 . , t I