Hales Franciscan High School - Spartan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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I TERRACIAL DAYS The Student Council sponsored special in- terracial days throughout the school year to give us a chance to talk with teenagers of other races and to help understand todayls racial problems. We met with students from all over the city, especially those from St. Ignatius High School, to try to break down pre-conceived notions we had about each other. Once again we were afforded an op- portunity to meet a future problem head-on during our high school years. Fr. DePaul was one of the key men in the planning and promotion of these days of prayer and talks. If we can pray together in peace, why can't we live together in harmony? 30

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. . . at Hales During the summer of 1965, we couldnlt find Fr. Mertin or Fr. Evan very easily. If we wanted either of them, we'd have to knock on the walls. They were busy snaking thousands of feet of coaxial cable through the building for Hales' new master antena system. Every classroom became capable of television reception from both local commercial and educational stations and from the far distant Airborne Television CMPATD of Purdue University. The new television system began to open the world to us in the form of new teachers and new techniques. We intend to use our window on the world more and more to broaden our outlook on our city, our country, and the world. Part of the electronic gear that drove Hales' master antenna system. Even the shop building a block away was connected to the main building by underground cable. After a sprint up the tower, Fr. Mertin checked airborne television for signal strength on one of our new mobile classroom receivers. rt! J l l l. t l Fr. Mertin was often seen making critical adjustments on our gia that picked up the weak signals from a DC-6 Hying 140 miles away. nt M PATI antenna il v T l ' A:-V V '- r '. 1 l X lil!! ?

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as - , K F112 -1 w' s-AL ,ga l At .Archbishop Murray High School in St. Paul, Marcus Ahmed and Booker Galloway chatted about their role in The Pieces. and Socials The Spartan Players brought fun and laughter to the North when they toured around the Twin Cities and Ashland at Easter Vacation. Many teenagers never had the opportunity to talk with Negroes. Throughout the tour they got plenty of chances since the Players stayed at individual homes. We, in turn, loved to tell them of our likes and dislikes, ambitions and fears. We all found a youthful commonness that cut across racial differences. Susan Gunn and Diane Strickland were greeted by their hostess at Northfield, Minn. ,gin , . wi . W 1-71-hgggiwv , .A 'ragbzg At Ashland, Ron Alston and Debbie Conyers made plans to spend 'lim Person and the cast relax at a social for them at the night with families from St. Agnes parish. St. Agnes.