Christian Brothers College High School - Guidon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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The enior tory its apex the following year. Yes, we were learning and, for our own sake, we hoped that we were learning right. SENIOR YEAR Class of 1958-yes, that was our title as seniors for those nine wonderful months. The year started as do all senior years with Officer Candidate School. Then as classes began and we figured that this was IT, many strange things happened. Along with the usual happenings around the campus, we were astounded by the fact that we, as seniors, held much responsibility in both military and academic matters. We were the one who would be the co-captains of the various athletic teams: we were the ones who would be the officers of all the activities around the school: we were the ones who would be the Cadet Officers in military: and, as we found out, we were the ones who would take the reputation of Christian Brothers College and try to raise it to even greater heights. We represented CBC on a television show, explaining to the listening audience the three phases of education at the school: the scholastic, the military and the religious. Extracurriculars became more and more active, with each group working on its diversified proiects and ideas in the hope of accomplishing more good for the CBC Cadets. This they did very well. Perhaps the most active of the clubs in this regard was the Student Council. Through its hard work, two scholarships to CBC were awarded, the Student Bank was founded, and the revised Buzz Book was published. The Turret changed its format and recap- tured its pre-eminence among the high school papers of the city. The Blessed Brother Benildus Vocation Club re- instituted the idea of a Mass at 7:40 a.m. once a month for the seniors. Our sports program was highlighted by a fine football team, State basketball team, trophy-winning soccer team and a very fine track squad. Many other events such as the Father-Son Banquet, the Officers' Luncheon, the Military Prom, Final Promotions, Brother Ambrose's English tests, Map Reading tests, chem- istry homework, all these and many more can be recalled to our advantage, in our process of becoming men. But now it is over. Our job has been given us and we have tried to the best of our ability to finish the task satis- factorily. All who started did not finish their career at CBC. We have lost in death three of our classmates: Tony Meyer, Tom Sexton and Dan Pfister. Maybe they won't be on the stage with us on Graduation Day, but in spirit they will, because our class is one and always will be one until the last of us has died. We will not forget those three members of our class, nor will we forget the two dedicated Brothers, who gave their lives to God during our Senior Year. Brother Joel and Brother Francis were a large inspiration to us in life and we shall not forget them in death. We thank the Brothers for their unsurpassed helps to us in our difficulties, and we thank God for giving us the chance to attend CBC! To all those who read these words, l can say this: Maybe there will be other Senior Classes with better ath- letes than we had, or better scholars, or better leaders, but add these three groups together and you will never arrive at any answer other than the Class of '58. -Jim Mittino Remember? Cac 39 ouaouns 7 'SJ- .lt...-9 , ass as mare' s W? so cec 'I nooscvnrr 7 I ' ,- csc 48 cuzvcumo 0 .. A csc 33 smmonrm o p..::.'ql csc 33 onmonns o V - WM., ::::x' CBC 28 COUNTRYEI , csc 34 wma.: 0 -. X f :Q a-o-I 'TX-NJ N w , ' FIRS KX uuosrnrsp FOOTBALL 1251! T Z U 14 REA thx af T ' il: . Q 13 . 5 . a 2 f . 1 P ' 'B N ' li T 1: 'C. p -2 o, .. we pgs, r is sw nina ul I Vllr ki. STATE QURNEY lil T FIRST PROM -5 r T is TX V X -sl bi 2,21-'f T f T gQ,i4-SS-ff.g -.. lNTRODUCTlON lx -60 PHYSICS CH FINAL PROMOTIONS is tradition Spirit is tradition Spirit is tradition Spirit is tradition Spirit is tradition Spirit rs trad

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The enior tory Yes, we were bewildered when we entered CBC for the first time. The school seemed to be bursting at the seams with confused, lost freshmen. The Brothers were probably just as nervous as we were when we stumbled into our first homeroom. They tried to organize our schedule, inform us of the schooI's policies and give us confidence to go on to the next class, all in one hour. We can look back at the many trials and troubles we had: our first inspection when the inspecting officer couldn't believe we left our belt at home, our first but not, alas, our last, Latin testi and, of course, our first demerit. Going back to the innocent freshman year, we can also recall the joys that only a freshman could enjoy: Such oddi- ties as an A in Religion, a study period at military, or getting one's name in the Daily Bulletin. Now that it is all over, we can look back on those heroic seniors who taught us the fundamentals of military, who struggled to march 40 freshmen in three inches of snow, and who sheltered us from other seniors trying to give us their M-1 at parades. Our first impression upon entering CBC was that of alarm. Being separated from the Sisters for the first time and being put in the clutches of men twice our size, was quite a shock. Some of us panicked and lost all confidence. Others sat down and went to work on their studies and did their best. Still others took hold of the situation and achieved greater heights than they themselves expected. We, as freshmen, were innocent, ignorant and ignored, but we made up for it as sophomores. SOPHOMORE YEAR We knew it all, or thought we did, when we reached our second year. We had passed that crucial freshman ordeal and decided that the school and everything con- cerned with it was ours. The military program was our personal novelty, the five classes we attended each day were used mainly to plan the future assassination of our Company CO, and our after school hours were spent cutting up the neighborhood cats for biology. This cryptic hallucination was shattered after six weeks, or when the first marking period grades came out. All seemed lost! The Brothers just didn't seem to realize that we had other things to do besides study. But when all seemed a failure, the wonderful guidance of our homeroom Brothers instilled in us the idea that all was not lost, and, if we changed our ways a little, our grades might improve. It was during this time that so many of us were stricken with Sophomoritis. This is a disease which does not hurt or pain, but does give certain people a sense of superiority and greatness. Of course, only Sophomores can enjoy the sensation. We often wondered during that Sophomore Year why everyone else in school seemed so inferior. In the course of the second year, our natural athletes sprang into existence. Many of us, outgrowing our shyness, joined various teams around the school and found a new and worthwhile pastime. Athletics proved very interesting and taught us the fundamentals of certain sports, plus the important virtue of sportsmanship. Others joined the Science Club, Speech Club, Library Club, The Turret, and many of the other outstanding extra- curriculars about the campus. Our spiritual life was strengthened in the Knights of the Divine Child, and frequent reception of Holy Com- munion in the Chapel became part of our regular schedule. All in all, our Sophomore Year became the symbol of our real awareness of growing up. Now we were children no longer. It would be our duty during this year, and for the rest of our high school years, to make men of ourselves. The Brothers, using their valuable experience, aided us in this endeavor. Then after nine months of study and an active school life, we were given the green light to move ahead to our next step in our high school career -OUR JUNIOR YEAR. As juniors we became more and more interested in the events concerning CBC. School spirit seemed to blossom out everywhere, as the rest of the school followed the ex- ample of the seniors. Studies became more involved. Such trivial subjects as Algebra II, Religion III, English III and, of course, physics, became so intriguing that we spent hours and hours of study on them at home. fl must admit that of all the sub- jects taken during our junior year, PHYSICS takes my award. While studying it, I learned bits of German, a little philosophy, Church History, and the Brother Charles' Thesis on World Affairs. We spent more time at home trying to figure out what Brother Charles said in one hour, than we did on anything eIse.J Sports became a big item that year. It seemed that victory was the most common word in the newspapers in regard to CBC. Our undefeated football team, State bas- ketball team, District Champ soccer team, and undefeated track team, shared honors equally when the sports season was over. Military became more important to us as we realized that our job as future leaders at CBC was about to reach is tradition Spirit is tradition Spirit is tradition Spirit is tradition Spirit is tradition Spirit is tr

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William Otten Vice-President emor Officers Victor Graffignu Student Council Representative James Mittino President qsi-:i5:f,5.,yg:.- i L Frank Pellegrini Secretary 30 Robert Altemeyer Treasurer