Holy Cross High School - The Cross Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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HOLY CROSS MISSION UNIT NEWLY FORMED Row I.' J. Daly, T., Colton, J. Barthel, J. Bussman, A. Cocheo, R. Schmidt. Row Il: G. Paront, C. Bocksel, J. McCann, J. Walsh, S. Ardizzone, W. Dolan. Row III: L. Nardiello, J. Buckheit, R. Zalusky, R, Dolan, T. Ganley, D. Santucci, D. Laughlin. Row IV: T. Oddo, T. Pangia, A. Acevedo, S. O'Neil. On January 13 at 2:45 p.m., Brother josephat Chmielewski, C.S.C., supervised the organizational meeting of the Holy Cross Mission Unit. The aim of this new club is to aid the home and foreign missions through the media of collecting, sorting and selling stampsg collecting old medals and rosaries, bandage material for leporsoriums, used razor blades, Christmas cards, and last but not least, the offering of prayers by each of its members for mission intentions. It is hoped that through the opportunity provided by this Mission Unit that the students will have an excellent and very practicable way of exercising their Christian Charity and realizing their spiritual ideals. Now, a student will have a first-hand chance to truly enter into the spirit of sacrifice. He will be able to nurture immediately the supernatural virtues which, up to now, perhaps have been a dead letter-merely a page in the religion book. Eager after :spool .tramp rolleriorr rusb into Brother lompbnir bargain bafement in hope: of dxrrouermg one of thoxe proverbial rare findr.

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SOME PREFERRED RETREATS IN THE CATSKILL COUNTRYSIDE AT VALATIE A.-........, St. joJef1h'.r Retreat Houfe, rozzdlrrted by the Brother-.r of Holy Croix, .filuated in the rolling Catxhill countryride eighteen mile: south of Albany, New Yorh. Brother john jofeph pointx out the upproarhing bu: to a group of luggage-laden junior and Senior retreatatltr. Pete Gunther Jeemr anxiour to be on hii way ai the retreatant: board the bu: at the beginning of their four-hour bu: ride on a .rrenir route to upper New York. l me Previous to this year, the privilege of attending one of the closed retreats at St. joseph's Retreat House at Valatie, N.Y., was limited to juniors and Seniors. This spring, however, saw the facilities of the weekend retreat opened to under- classmen also. Those who availed themselves of this fine opportunity enjoyed not only the special facilities of the retreat house, but the beautiful Catskill countryside and the lively bus ride as well.

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Ill' A II Ill . . , n V. . FROM MIND OF MAN . . . THE . . . THE WORD . . iiiiiliiiIIIIIIII BROTHER GEOFFREY SHIBER, CSC. B.A., University of Notre Dame Head of English Department English 4 Religion 3 Dramatics Forensics Stage Crew Alumni Student Government Perhaps the largest scholastic department at Holy Cross, the English Department, under the Chairmanship of Brother Geoffrey Shiber, C.S.C., strives to develop a well-rounded stu- dent, capable in the handling of the tools of language and appreciative of the best in Amer- ican English and world literature. Freshman and Sophomore years are spent concentrating on the complexities of grammar and vocabulary study and the groundwork in composition. In his Junior year the student becomes aware of the rich harvest of fine American literature that is his for the taking. And in the Senior year, he is introduced to the finest writers in English literature. Writing is now termed creative, and finer points of expression are the ideal sought after. Possibilities for broadening and developing language expression is opened outside the reg- ular classroom procedure through numerous extracurricular activities sponsored either directly or indirectly by the English Department. For those with the talent, time and tendency, opportunities for the perfecting of the art of forceful and persuasive speech are available in the Forensics Society, which trains students in debate, oratory and radio announcing. For those with a dramatic flair-the fall play provides the opportunity for excellent direction in acting and stage techniques. Unlimited sources for development of writing skills are offered to the staff members of the school newspaper and yearbook. A compulsory reading program, directed by Mr. Lipp, is aimed' at bettering reading speed and comprehension, and if the results of this program indicate the need of further improvement on the part of the student, he is encouraged to participate in a more extensive reading clinic conducted during after school hours. In summary, it may be said that the English Department at Holy Cross strives to condition the student to maintain his intellectual balance in a world flooded with cheap and degrading literature, and dominated by a tendency toward emphasis on scientific orientated thought. MR. KENNETH HILL B.A., Hofstra College English 2 World History 1- .tl E1 ery student in the school has been adfninirlered the SRA Reading Program and, at a rerull, those aund defirienz in reading .rhillr or lhoxe wirhing to inrreafe their reading rate were adwred lo en- roll in the exlmcurriculezr reading program. These Jludenlx are working with 4 reading puter.