Central Catholic High School - Lance Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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LEFT: Practice starts early as future CCer ' s get a helping hand from Mr. Wolf. BELOW: Maureen Bonner finds crawling through a tunnel of spirals a- mazing .

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Can ' t, I Have Practice BANG! The gun goes off and the cross country meet is off and run- ning . THUD! Jon Sullivan is tackled after a brilliant gain of yardage. BAM! Koreen Harless gets another kill, and the volleyball team wins again. SMASH! Tim Hatke ' s aggres- siveness pays off when he wins the set. Athletics is an important part of the lives of CC students. Since each sport draws its participants from a small student body, it ' s not unusual for people to start in the fall and continue playing sports throughout the whole school year. An advan- tage to this is the fact that all the students really support the athletic program — mainly because they have so many friends competing on all the teams. From the banging and thudding and bamming and smashing, to the thunderous applause of the fans themselves, the CC sports program is like an earthquake. I looked for the Spirit in the earthquaice, but the Spirit was not in the earthqualce . . . Fol- low me . . . ABOVE: At a summer prac- tice, B-team cheerleaders work on perfecting tlieir clieer, Do it again! TOP: Jon Sullivan, Robbie Brooks and Bob Fitz- gerald can ' t seem to get to where they want to go while rowing at Brown County. RIGHT: Readying herself for a hole in one. Miss Karberg gets involved in the advanced P.E. class. ABOVE RIGHT: Mary MacDonald, Tricia Burns, and Jeanne Lux enjoy a sunny day on the slopes. RIGHT: In recognition of his years of dedicated service to CC, Paul LaRocca was honored by having the football field named after him. 6 intro

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Religious Events . . . National Affairs . . . Competitive Sports The first week of October was one that many will remember for the rest of their lives. Pope John Paul II vis- ited the United States, making a tour of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Des Moines and Washing- ton, D.C. On October 5, many people from Lafayette journeyed to Chicago to attend the Pope ' s mass in Grant Park. There, Rev. Benno Heidlage, pastor of St. Boniface parish, distrib- uted communion. Bishop Gallagher arrived in Chicago on October 4, and attended a special dinner with the Pope. While in America, John Paul II dis- cussed various controversial issues. He spoke out against artificial birth control, abortion, women in the priesthood, and pre-martial sex. In a private meeting with President Carter, the Pope pleaded for an end to the nuclear arms race. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a Yu- goslav-born Catholic nun, also made the headlines. She received the No- bel Peace Prize for her work among the poor of India. Mother Teresa made plans to use the $190,000 prize money to build more centers for the destitute. At the time of her recogntion, hundreds of beggars gathered outside her Cal- cutta mission for a plate of food, or even just a clean place to die. This year is the International Year of the Child, a year when the entire world has focused its attention on the plight of children. Pope John Paul II thinks we should do our best to educate children and make them aware of Christianity. Mother Teresa has worked selflessly in order to as- sist children who are poor and suffer- ing. These two leaders have given everything to set an example for the rest of the world. U.S. involvement in world affairs, the energy crisis, and domestic prob- lems, filled the headlines in ' 79. President Carter worked with Anwar Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to help bring about a Mid-East Peace For Catholics everywhere, the arrival of Pope John Paul the II marked a great moment in history. The buying power of the dollar not only shrunk in value, but also in size. agreement. A U.S. treaty with the Soviet Union concerning nuclear arms limitations is being debated in the Senate. 979 was the year Amer- ica once again opened relations with China. Americans watched in dismay as the price of gasoline soared to $1.00 per gallon. Then, Iran drastically re- duced its oil exports and caused a severe shortage in world supplies. The House of Representatives voted to lift all price controls on gasoline, allowing retailers to set whatever prices they wished. Authorities said the cost could reach up to $2.00 a gallon. 1979 was the year we lost John Wayne, the hero of the American film industry for close to 50 years. Hubert Humphrey and Marvella Bayh, influ- ential political leaders, both died of cancer. Purdue chemistry professor, Her- bert C. Brown, won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in boron researcti. He became the first faculty member even to achieve that distinction. People are making history before our very eyes. The events of ' 79 will influence our future lives as citizens in American society. What were your favorites in Sep- tember of ' 79? At CC, it seemed like blue was the favorite color — be It navy blue, midnight blue, baby blue,