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

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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,

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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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Economy And InfJotion . . . CC Favorites or just plain ol ' regular blue, it STILL was the winner by a landslide. If you wanted to read an in book, The Amityville Horror was the book to read. The classics 1984 and Gone With the Wind were pop- ular also. Pizza was a favorite among CC ' ers. While you munched on all that cheese and goo, you were prob- ably watching Mork and Mindy or Saturday Night Live. If you weren ' t watching TV, maybe you were at the movies. Chances are, Halloween was your favorite. Maybe you liked gazing at Clint Eastwood (what a hunk!) or Cheryl Ladd. Jane Fonda and Robert Red- ford were popular, too. Every generation loves music. At CC, Supertramp ' s Breakfast in America was the most popular al- bum, Styx was the most popular group, and Sad Eyes was the most popular song. The majority of the student body, when asked who their favorite person was, responded, Me! Pope John Paul II came in a close second. What was your favorite past time? Parties and sleeping tied for first place. (It looks like either you lived it up or you didn ' t!!) So there they are, the results of Dave Fitzgerald finds the cheapest way to get around is by his trusty moped. y ; CC ' s Favorites . Whether they matched yours or not, they ' ll still be fun to compare to the favorites of 1989! 1979 was a year to remember in the sports world. The Pittsburgh Pi- 1979 — the year was full of broken records and once-ln-a-life- time occurrences. With competition becoming as stiff as It is, it looks like we ' ll have a lot to look fonward to in the years ahead. Students came to school In August with the realization that Inflation was appearing everywhere. From the cost of books and fees, to the in- A favorite to Gary Garrity includes resting while listening to STYX on his stereo. rates came from behind to beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. Tracy Austin became the youngest person ever to win the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. At the age of 16, she upset Chris Evert-Lloyd in the women ' s singles, 6-4, 6-3. John McEnroe won the men ' s singles; at the age of 20, he was the youngest man since 1948 to gain that recogni- tion. Ann Meyers became the first wom- an to try out for a men ' s professional basketball team. After a week of working out with the Indiana Pacers, Ann was cut by Coach Bobby Leon- ard. Carl Yastrzemski became the 15th player in baseball history to achieve 3,000 hits. He was also the first American League player to get 3,000 hits and 400 home runs. Locally, Sue Lannert broke the school record in the 100 fly. Mary MacDonald broke the school record for the most points scored on six dives. crease in the price of the LANCE, they found that the high cost of living affected them in every way — espe- cially when they went to the cafeteria to buy a coke, and discovered that they ' d need 35(1; instead of the quar- ter that they used last year. Those Saturday night trips to the movies turned out to be quite an in- vestment. The ticket was $3.50, not to mention any refreshments that were purchased. With the price of gasoline being $1.00 a gallon, the whole evening totaled at least five or six dollars. Statistics showed that America was living with a 13% annual infla- tion rate — the highest since World War II. Unemployment was down at 5.8%, but was expected to go back up to 7 % by the beginning of 1980. The only relief was the price of sandwiches at McDonald ' s. The cost of hamburgers and cheeseburgers dropped a whole nickel in 1979. Too bad nothing else followed suit.