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

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Uh: illlmtnr Self Con rol HE power of self control 1S one of the greatest quah t1es that dlfferentlates man from the lower an1 mals He IS the only anlmal cap able of a moral struggle and con quest Evely step ln the progless of the world has been a new con trol It has been escaplng from the tyranny of the fact to the un derstandlng and mastery of that fact for ages man looked 1n terror at the hghtnmg flash today he has begun to understand It as elec trlcxty A force he has mastered and made h1s slave The m1ll1on phases of electrical mwentlons are but manlfestatlons of our own control over a great force But the greatest of all con tl ol IS SELF CONTROL At each moment of a man s l1fe he IS elther a Klng or a slave As he surrend ers to a wrong appetlte to any hu man weakness as he falls pros tl ate ln hopeless sub1ect1on to any cond1t1on to any envlronment to any fallure he IS a slave As he day by day crushes out human weakness masters opposlng ele ments w1th1n h1m and day by day re creates a new self form the s1n and folly of the past then he IS a Klng He IS a Klng rullng wxth wlsdom over h1mself Alexander conquered the whole world except Alexander We envy the success of others when we should rather emulate the p1 ocess by Wh1Ch success came We shut our ex es to the thousands of lnstances of the world s success mental moral physlcal fmanclal Ol sp1r1tual whereln the great final success came fl om a beg1nn1ng far weaker and poorer than our own Any man may atta1n self control 1f he only w1ll he must not expect to gam xt save by long cont1nued pay ment of the prlce 1n small pro gresslve expendltures of energy Natule IS a tho1 ough bellever 1n the lnstallment plan 1n her rela tlons wlth the 1nd1v1dual The pa llttle t11als of h1s dally l1fe nature stores for hlm as a wondlous re serve 1n a c1uc1al test No man can make a hablt IH a moment or break xt ln a moment It IS a matter of de velopement and growth But at any moment man may begln to make or begln to break any hablt Thls VIEW of growth of charactel should be a mlghty stlmulus to the man who smcerely deslres and de termlnes to l1ve nearer to the llmlf of hls poss1b1l1t1es Wlll I be a Klng or w1ll I be a slave? The answer rests Wlth me' Mary Shaw 24 38 cc I as , - ' as 1 - ' 7 - , U , . ! 9 I Y . Y 7 , , . n 1 n 7 . . 1 ' . Y . 0 . . Q . 1 - .- tience man expends in bearing the 1 ' - nc yn , i ' , n n n - , - . . 9 . . - Z ' U y . . ' . v . v 1 ' ' . y - ' ' 1 Q , - 1 u , . . . . y . Y 1 s . g it . a Y ! 7 '

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Uhr Hirntnr S Green be the tuxf above thce Pucnd of ou1 better days None knew thee but to love thee N01 named thee but to plalse LMOST a year has elapsed smce there passed flom our mldst one whom none knew but to love none named but to pralse I 1efe1 to Geolge Shupenlus who was gradu ated Wlth hOH01Q flom St Cather 1ne s IH 1919 To glV9 an account of hlS death IS not my purpose but only to pay a personal trlbute to one of the noblest box s that ever graced St Cathel 1ne s lanks George SHUDGIIIUS was great 1n everv respect H e s t o 0 d fol evelvthmg that meant for nobxhty a n d Tlght H 1 s s t r e n g t h of wlll h1s lndust rs and persev erance were al most s u p e r human Nex er was he known to uttel an un l kllld wold of the absent He was ex 61 leady Halleck to defend even an opponent H had a very great respect for su pellors and for all that represented authorlty and law The yea1 followlng hls gradua tlon he spent at Georgetown The fOll0XVlIlg two years he spent at St Bonavantules havmg entered the semlnary thele at the opening of the second year Words fall to descrlbe the 1oy wlth VVh1Ch the dear lad entered upon h1s new career He possessed an undelstandlng healt hence he appleclated to the utmost the call to a rehglous voca tlon but God s ways are not ours Scarcely had thlS voung dlSC1pl8 found the Vlney ald when the Masters XOICG called hlm to par take of the Heavenly Banquet All we can explaln IS Wonderful are the ways of God' Blessed be HIS Ho 3 Wlll A Fr1end s,.n.:n s,,'n,' n 1 n. ':. nnliflgx 1 ls , 1 x 1.4, Q v Y A V , v . A . . 'va Y e . '. Y ' i Q W I ' ' - .L . . - . . , . . . ' ' Y ' , , Y r ' , v If Q . .' 1 . , ' . y. . . V . u v v 1 ' , . . , s L - . I , 7 v . ' Y- K - I . . . ' V ' - cc ' , , - , v . . as , , n v . . A ' - as v ' . 1 . , yr . y 1 . HY u .f v . .

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'-f'.'-a-zf 13 E-511113 5'- High 5111'- lf6l 6'l' y ' Q52 'gy Lliln Undecided Champzonshl IN the southeastern part of Pennsylvanla l1e two V11 lages namely Pumpkln Cente1 and Squashv111e These tvso ylllages were gleat r1 vals 1n all events and to day the Center has wltnessed smce the burnmg of Jake Cypherts hen house was to hold 1ts great name 1n baseball for th1s was the test of her career the meetmg of Squashvllle Pumpk1n Center was under the captalncy of Spltball PFICG who ga1ned thlS famous name the last defeat of h1s 11vals by the ald of hls fax O1 1te H1211 Pouch Spltball w as also the great fax Ol lte of the v1llage for the old folks hked to gathel around the Post office and hear h1m 1elate the great future that IS before h1m In the past tvso 56318 each team had won a game and as each had played on 1tS respectue ground the champlonshlp xx as to be play ed off on the outsk11ts of both wlllages whlch was Spud Ancle1son s po tato Held 139 Squashv1lle was under the cap ta1ncy and management of the vlllage Natlonal league prospect Sp1ke McHugh who had told the world of h1s 1ntent1on of defeat1ng Pumpk1n Center Both vlllages supported thelr teams wonderfully but one of the most enthuslastlc supporter f Pumpkm Center IS Z1gZag P13273 who IS the vlllages lead1ng sales man at all the games w1th hlS Zlg Zag DOPCOIH chew1ng gum And to day espec1ally he Was prepared for the occasslon havlng on hand one dozen boxes of z1gLag twenty foul packages of Jumbo chew1ng gum e c Both teams deslred to enter the battle glound eally so that thev may galn the popularlty of all spec tators Captaln Splke NIcHugh w1th h1S terrlble nme and wllage band voted to walk to the glounds so that they may secule the pule a1r of the fine day Whlle captam Sp1tball P1108 dec1ded to make the tl 1p Ill wagons the fhst was to ca11v the team and the second the band and 100t6lS I 1. 4 . V 1 1 I J S Q Q ' -4 0 Q F f ,A I , 4-..- 1--,,.--.. -5 .1 - ,215-s.a?f-Siafifiig, 31 if, , . --..,.....--.- - A .6. . f' cc ' - -pn , . , ' an - n . , - ' . i greatest occurence that Pumpkln , D v Y y ' , ' - ' ' 0 , 7 , ' ' as H ' a . . . , . A 7 . . . r Q' 9 . - ' . 6, . ,, . . . 1 I , Q , 1 In , , , - . as ' n , , ,- Y Y h . ' , ' Cl ' 77 - . , . . . - - , Y as - n ,- '- 'v v' , ' V -K v - , ss U , y - , ,, A