Loretto Academy - Laurel Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

Text from Pages 1 - 134 of the 1963 volume:

'K The Lorei to Credo I believe in the future: 1 believe, therefore, in the today, And I try to make my life A joy to myself and A pleasure to those about me. I realize the destiny within me. I try to find the beautiful in life. And where it is not, I create beauty. I feel my responsibility as a citizen of a great nation; I feel my glory as one of the mothers of the new generation Which with new eyes and steadier steps Will reach the high places that now Are but a purple haze on the horizon. I believe in the new womanhood Which combines the beauty of the old womanhood With citizenship and social consciousness. I know I am and hold within me the promise of the future. I realize my responsibility. 1 do not flinch nor falter. I am a true Loretto WOman. the lourelette 1963-4 Kathy Harvey, a Yankee” senior at Loretto, Kansas City, and Saron Tmeson, confederate senior at Loretto’s Bishop Toolen High in Mobile. Alabama (also the editor of its newspaper, The Bitoolian), think on prejudice and give us their Candid Comment Since I am a Southerner, I suppose I should write a fiery expletive on why segregation of the races is the only possi- ble way for Southerners, and all white people, to live; but, because I don't feel fiery and because 1 don't believe in segregation, I really couldn't write such an article. This is not a defense of the South. The South does not need a defense. It perhaps needs fewer speakers who try to defend the bigoted sections of it and more speakers who try to make the situation, as a whole, understood. An intelligent person will recognize that the situation which exists in the South today exists in some form throughout the country! This is not to say that the same two groups are always involved; any minority group and someone who feels a prejudice toward the group can together cause a dissension. Integration in the South is a problem—a big one. Integra- tion in other parts of the country where different minority groups are involved is a problem—an equally big one, though perhaps not so noisy. Who in your community comprises the minority group —Indians, Catholics, Jews, Negroes? Who? Cover Story • . and browning, leaves are scuffed in the sun-warmed dust.” Since this year the laurelette will be published seasonally (that is: autumn, winter, spring, and summer), we have chosen for our first cover some of autumn’s browning leaves, aptly designed by Mar- garette Grant. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself where your preju- dice came from? You probably haven't; but, even if you have, you probably haven't found an answer, legitimate or otherwise. There is little scientific answer to the why of prejudice. Psychologists, particularly Gordon Allport, have studied the question and have given us the most probable reasons for discrimination towards a group. One of the two most obvious origins of prejudice is un- pleasant or irritable contacts with a member from a certain group. This alone can often give us a biased opinion of the whole group. The second is really more influential. From the time were small children, our parents, teachers, and age-mates all influence our thinking. Generally, if the people we learn from are prejudiced we tend to be also. The deeper more basic reason for prejudice is one that has been in existence for as long as man—scapegoating. This type of escape reasoning takes its name from the practice in ancient times where people would transfer all their sins to a goat through an elaborate ritual and then drive it into the wilderness, thus psychologically relieving them- selves of guilt and anxiety. The four primary reasons for scapegoating as' we know it today are frustration, guilt, fear, and the need for self- glorification. The first, frustration, stems from our tendency to become aggressive when frustrated with ourselves so we relieve this feeling by aggressive attitudes or actions towards someone or something. Our own guilt feelings are a second important cause of scapegoating. In America today the accelerated rate of sexual activity and cutthroat competition often produces conscious or unconscious feelings of guilt. The most com- mon reaction to this is to blame someone else. Reports that Jewish businessmen are dishonest and unscrupulous, for example, may arise partially from the guilt feelings of Gentiles about certain of their own business dealings. Fear of subversion or the lowering of American stand- ards by minority groups is another cause of scapegoating on our own student level, however, fear is shown in a more immediate manner. The fear of not being accepted if our opinions differ from the crowd's is a widespread anxiety among students. The need for self-glorification is still an- other basic motive for prejudice. Insecure people feel that they enhance and glorify themselves by treating others as inferior. So you see prejudice just doesn't happen. Yesterday, here- in America, Land of the Free, we gave birth to it and nursed it. Today, we sit back and look at our offspring, saying, My God! What a mess. Why doesn’t somebody do something?” 2 the laurelette lolh Vol. 31, No. 1 Fall, 1963 Table of Contents Candid Comments. . . . Kathy Harvey, Sharon Tuveson So As to Love .................. . . . Kirstine Schaeffer Harvest ......................... . . . Delores DeSoto Backboard Battles . .. Lee Hudson Elephants Arise . . . Bobbie Junior Snack Shop Superb . . . Ann Lillis Today's Better World . . Mary Kelly Newwords . Bobbie Junior, editor Perspective Peeks Kathy Lockwtxxl, Paula Harris To Be Informed ... Pat Graham Reader Rampant . . . Liz Dewey, Sherry Ralston Everything and Then Some Too Good to Keep ... Pam Copulos News .......... . . . Sally Kieffaber 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 .21 32 PRESS CLUB MEMBERS Editor: Kirstine Schaeffer Art Editor: Poni Miller- artists: Rosemary Hole, Monlyn Schaeffer, Diane Tockett Business Manager: Carol Stipetich; staff: Sharon Copulos, Judy Junior, Roberta Raynor Circulation: Chorlotte Pinter Exchange: Rhonda Ray Focus: Ellen Welch Literary Editor: Bobbie Junior Make-up Editor: Maraarette Grant; page plan- ners Jane Allen. Gwen Geroths, Mory Otto. Morilyn Schaeffer, Diane Tackett, Ellen Welch, Cathy Weiss Morgue: Judy Junior News Editor: Sally Kieffaber Photography Editor: Stephanie Peake; photog- raphers: Sara Copowycz, Linda Genova, Lindo Sophy, Peggy Wolski Writers: Pam Copulos, Delores DeSoto Liz Dewev Groce Donaldson, Pot Grahom, Paula Horris, Lee Hudson, Mary Kelly, Ann Lillis, Kathy Lockwood. Laura Nixon, Eleanor Schaeffer, Pot Todd. Moderator: Sister Judith Mary, S.L- The lourelette is published four times a year by the Loretto Press Club. Address all corre- spondence to the lourelette, Loretto Acodemy, 1101 West 39th Street. Konsos City 11, Mis- souri. Subscriptions ore $1.50 per year. So ad L oue 7 ie first Loretto-ite was sunbonnetted and taught young Kentucky children under open skies and in floorless cabins. She had discovered a need for teachers in the far-from-Maryland-and-convent-schools farmland and went to Fr. Ner- inckx offering to do what she could. 1963 Loretto is still striving to extend herself to those around her—to the people who need her talents. Our vocation (like hers) is acting in terms of otherness — whether these others are the near-by-us-timid-in-a-noon-hour-gab- session girls or the farther-from-us freedom marchers. TO e need to know people—to get acquainted with them—so our conversations are not limited to the weather or the World Series. We’re trying to help you in this issue by introducing you to some people—through our theme for the year, People to People.” There is a herd” of 95 juniors to contend with. (We challenge you to say that you know all their names.) You can find them either struggling (but alas, in vain) against the seniors in the laurelette drive or planning the November Dance even before school has begun. We introduced you to three of them in particular. We’ve told you about the Loretto that went out to rough it at Leadership Camp (not too unlike Mary Rhodes, who found her first accommodations rather rustic also)—but returned, surprisingly enough, not with pneumonia, but with new ideas and attitudes—and how to lead from love. There were those 200 high school students who came to a Loretto Youth Day seeking to find out how they themselves could make a better world. Sister Gabriel told them that our self concept—what we think of ourselves—should be good. We are children of God. We are loved.” This self concept gives us freedom and strength to go out to make a better world—freedom from selfness and strength to be receptive and objective. Who is better able to love and understand than the Christian who knows he is loved?” Whether in homeroom or history or at a Student Faculty Institute we've heard more about the Better World Movement from Sister David Maureen. She's telling us what Fr. Kusman told the sisters on retreat this summer: The Church has the formula—its doctrines were firmly declared at the Council of Trent— but we have lost the Catholic culture. The early Christians had it in their com- munity living and the pagans could recognize it—'See how those Christians love one another.’ ” he laurelette’s purpose is to mirror the school. But Loretto does not extend only from west-campus freshmen orientation parties to the mad battles in its gym. The first Loretto went out of herself and we went to do the same. Pat Graham, interviewed Mr. Hoyt, chairman of the Catholic Interracial Council, who told us that we have a responsibility to be informed. We exchanged ideas with a Mobilean editor who told us Northerners that we, too, have to watch ourselves, because we are just as guilty of prejudice as Southerners—the only difference is whom we're prejudiced against. Another Confederate (from Drama Club) gave us a better understanding of prejudice by telling what it is and how we get it. So why have I spent seven inches of two-column type telling you what you will read in the following twenty-some pages? This issue says people—it fea- tures them, photographs them, laughs with them, listens to what they have to say. And that's what I am saying—people. Talk to them, watch them, learn about them, love them. Because if we are acquainted with people then no one has to point out what we can do for them. We know. « oretto's first stream at Hardin's Creek is now overflowing into South America. Kansas City's Loretto is learning that the trickles of ideas and talents it has gained in classes and clubs and discussion can be used to flood the world around it with love. Fall 1963 3 For seventy-six students reaping the rewards of the Loretto Leadership Camp, it was a time for love and maturity. It was a summer Our Lody of the Rockies Comp situated in a tree-filled volley surrounded by blue sky and mountains. .Ibove the droning chatter of a busload packed with lively teen-agers, a few breathless phrases catch your ear. Hi! What's your name? Gruzilda?—You're kidding! Where are you from? Kansas City, uh. Hey! Isn't that in Illinois? From New Mexico, Kentucky, Alabama, and Illinois, Loret- tine students gathered to take part in the loretto Leader- ship Workshop. Kathy Mitchell, Kris e fer' 1 Stipctich, Peggy Wolski, Jessica Ward, and Dede De Soto represented Kansas City's Loretto at the camp. Along with seventy other student leaders, these girls hoped to form new friendships and exchange school ideas in this training session. Rolling toward Our Lady of the Rockies the bus vibrated with the laughing, roaring strains of If 1 Had a For oneweek, the camp's white frame church resounded with early morning Prime and Eucharistic hymns. For the Loretto Sisters attending the workshop, it was a reunion. Sister Mary Venard re-met many of her former music stu- dents from St. Louis, while Sister Joan Clare greeted South- ern belles from Mobile. , „ It took a few days to adjust to the workshops rustic atmosphere ; the dribbling water faucets, snoring bunk mates the 40° August evenings. Terry Miller, a Denverite, weathered through the freezing nights with a pair of pajamas, robe, two pairs of socks, night cap and a shaggy bear coat. After the bundled up delegates slid into bed, the i;Uo r.Kint «-hoed with midnight cab sessions. Clanging bells summoned us to our morning class. Colorado, here we ore! With suitcases bulging, student leaders like Peggy and Kris congregated in rustic otmosphere of the Colorado highlands. ''Jjfoiir ideal is Christ and you must have union with your ideal insisted Father Greenslade, the chaplain at Loretto Heights College. Father spoke frankly about our bond with Mary, our exemplar, Mary was not a mother goddess, she was human and lived as a person of her time. With his •The workshop site, encircled by mountains, nestles in a valley 30 miles from Denver. 4 the laurelette distinct British accent. Father Greensiade expounded on the modern Catholic problems and student spirituality. Through these meetings, the representatives, like har- vesters, reaped much fresh thought. Another faculty member from the Heights, Sister Mary Gabriel, a psychology professor, edified her class with such terms as self concept and freedom from self. (Visiting Kansas City for a week-end, Sister Gabriel spoke at the Sodality Day, September 29.) 7he need of the world today is universal love,” empha- sized Mr. and Mrs. Loui, as they proclaimed the urgency for Catholics to practice Christian love. During the school months, Mr. Loui is a member of the Drama Department at Webster College in St. Louis while Mrs. Loui, along with taking care of their four vivacious children, is Press moder- Short Interlude. Pausing before entering his chapel classroom, Father Greensiade recounts with the L.A. delegates his three years in Europe. ator at Webster. Spying bearded Mr. Loui, you re first im- pression is, as Mr. Loui rightly guessed, Hey! what beatnik colony did he escape from? The Louis conducted an in- formal class with the couple sharing equal time discussing married life and the dignity and worth of the individual. Go out and think, Mr. Loui tells his kids, and, amazingly, they do. The Loui children, all under age ten, are treated like adults. There's no baby talk for them. The conflict today is the struggle between conviction and convention. Most people say to hell with conviction; conform. As Kathy Mitchell expressed it, They really talk from their convictions; what they advise, they've been through. Bearded Dromotist. The rickety table, the two stools and the beige coffee mugs achieved the informal and inspiring atmosphere of Mr. Loui and his wife s Tuck conference. 7rying to get as much out of camp advantages as possible, many girls divided into buzz groups and discussed their school goals and situations. During one of the buzz talks, Jessica marveled, The friendly and unified workshop spirit here is really inspiring. Chimed in Peggy, You just ask for a sweater, and about seven girls offer you one—you have a choice. Special conferences for student government officers, spiritual club representatives, and publication editors gave each group time to talk over their particular problems. Sister Marian Joseph, chief workshop planner, conducted a general round-up at the close of the day so everyone could comment on any of the day’s classes. Refresh up with o Coke. Sister Marian Joseph, the camp's general planner, seems to soy as she reloxes with some of the representatives after a class. Fall 1963 5 Is there o question in the bock? Sister Morion Joseph osks during the generol round-up session, conducted ofter the doily conference. tier the afternoon conferences, physical fitness enthu- siasts invaded the surrounding valley, and climbing expedi- tions scaled the rugged mountains. Highlighting the week was the traditional talent show with master of ceremonies, President Kennedy, mimicked by Denverite Franci Len- nartz. Between introducing the singing, dancing, and pup- pet acts, Franci sent us all into hysterics with such histori- cal tidbits as Caroline, 1 want my bathtub toys. Swathed with white bed sheets and small evergreen tree decorations, the K. C. Kids acted out for the first time in the Denver mountains, the immortal classic, The Death of Caesar. The performance went off smoothly except for a missed cue when Peggy (portraying Brutus) stabbed Caesar (Carol Stipetich) and the unfeeling Caesar lived for a whole two minutes before he realized he should have expired. Smile, You've Mode It. High above the Alpine region, these weary mountaineers relox ofter on exerting 13,000 foot climb. Anybody heard of Lawrence of Arabia? Sheik Sister Venard, on behalf of the Loretto reps invited all the illus- trious camp sheiks to an Arabian feast with Lawrence. Dressed in the long, flowing Arabic gowns (sheets again) harem beauties, camels, walking pyramids, sand dunes (hole-y sheets) and the filming cast of Cleopatra journeyed into the banquet tent. Turbancd guest of honor Law- rence (impersonated by Mr. Loui) delighted his admirers by commanding his wobbly camel (two Sisters supporting a hat rack) to enter. He then ordered his black-dressed slavy girls to dance to that Arabic favorite, West Sands, East Sands. As the week slipped by, the workshop theme You Are Not Your Own began to live. The various leaders were not at camp to benefit themselves but to better their stu- dent followers. Realizing this, the girls willingly mulled over new ideas and offered suggestions and opinions. Comero stealer Kothy Mitchell wonts to be pictured even though she may be sitting on the map of future school plans. Washing to keep in touch with their week-long room- mates, the girls before mounting the bus frantically invited everyone to visit them, and promised to correspond faith- fully. The week's yield was now gathered, and the mature and ripened impressions branched toward Santa Fe, St. Louis, and Mobile. As the tearful, familiar faces peeked through the bus windows, a powerful yell of Bye! yah-H rang through the valley. 6 the laurelette Backboard Battles n the upcoming weeks all attention will be centered on L As basketeers as the 63-64 basketball season dribbles into the gym. Responding to class competition the teams will be battling to carry triumphantly the Victory Trophy back to their homerooms. After scouting the aspiring teams, it looks like it will be the Seniors again this year as their seasoned players hit the court w ith a hopeful trophy glint” in their eyes. Always a threat, though, are the prom- ising Juniors—starting out strong and leaning on their experience. The spirited Sophs have much to overcome, as they must struggle with the handicap of inexperience, both individual inexperience and the inexperience of the team itself. Likewise the greenness of the Frosh applies to their crew who were fighting all odds as the season bounced onto the court Oct. 7. In the opening game the Senior Jugs were pitted against the Junior Rattfinks, and it was the Seniors who came out on top using strong teamwork to trounce the Juniors 32-9. In the second game the Sophomore Grubs saw nothing but goose eggs as the Frosh Nuts displayed early talent and swamped them 48-0. The latest contest, however, saw the Sophs come back with a strong defense and sweep to a 10-5 victory. The girls who make up these teams are as follows: SENIORS: A TEAM , . . _ •Maureen Hannan, Carolyn Foster, Lee Hudson, Janice Jen- icke, Kathy Schocnberger, Maureen Schoenberger. BTEAM „ . w _ „ •Jo Ann Made!, Mary Kelly, Maggie Lally, Kathy Mitchell, Barbara Page, Peggy Wolski. JUNIORS. A TEAM •Terry Zinser, Carol Green, Karen Kipper. Sherry Ralston, Vera Schneider, Juanita Talkington. BTEAM t. „ , „ •Ann Lillis, Susan Edelbrock. Marilyn Frechin, Carolyn Kam- merer, Peggy Noeth, Alice Terrones. SOPHOMORES: A TEAM •Therese Horvat, Mary Andregg. Jan Ballantyne. Pat Walker, Linda Williams, Christie Williamson. BTEAM w , •Pat Thomas, Martha Green, Loretta Kmpper, Mary Medellin, Theresa Raca, Collene Williamson. FRESHMEN: A TEAM . •Mary Strick, Mary Fehrcnbach. Betty Rohrer, Carol Schne iders, Christine Wuich. BTEAM o . •Theresa Rosberg. Ann Comford, Alice Legenza, Barbara Madison, Mary Kay Parks, Jo Ann Parrino. SUBS Seniors: Diane Dettenwanger, Janet Golub, Sally Kicffaber, Roberta Raynor, Kris Schaeffer. Juniors: Kathy Hannan, Judy Kirk, Judy McCoy, Mary Sikora, Clare Tallman, Janet Ward, Janet Williams. Sophomores: Pat Coleman, Mary Lucido, Sandra Martinez. Freshmen: Susie Justus, Cindy Kamphaus, Linda Mulich, Karen Nelson, Marilyn Richardson. long with the net, goal, and backboard scramblings, our versatile and co-ordinated LA athletes have undertaken tennis aided by Miss Marietta Angerer, the new assistant gym teacher from St. Mary’s, who valiantly tries to control the hectic bounding of tennis balls which sprays the gym at frequent intervals during the day. Not to be forgotten in this sports brigade is volleyball, reported on in the following article. The ropid poce of the junior-senior gome is broken os both teoms line up for the free shot Spirit Soars in Volleyball Tournament he theme was unearthly as Mars Loretto girls invaded St. Pius gym Saturday morning, Oct. 12, for a volleyball tour- nament between several schools. Favorably enough it was Loretto, coached by Miss Reardon, who showed strong playing in pounding out victories over St. Pius, Glennon, and Notre Dame de Sion w’ho placed in the above order. The day was delightful and the entrants received their fill of volleyball, pop, pantomimes, and school songs from the hands of the Pius X hostesses. Fall 1963 7 2, What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming through the jungle? S4 . Here come the juniors. Sophomore Greek Play ... Well, actually, this last line wasn't spoken by Tarzan at all—it can more probably be attributed to Sr. Mary Venard; for our high school this year is not composed of four classes, but three classes and one herd. Everywhere you look there are bulletin boards reminding you of how you can tell if there's been an elephant in your refrigerator recently (you can see his footprints in the Jello), or why elephants wear purple tennis shoes (figure that one out!)? But what can we do? They're OUR juniors, we haf goMo luff them! ©ut elephants or no elephants, our Be Alive theme this quarter seems ready-made for the junior class. From behind closed homeroom doors every morning, they spring for- ward, overflowing with spirit and life, eager to show' the world that they'll never be replaced by a button.' Quite often their enthusiasm bursts forth in song, and they sere- nade the seniors across the hall. And even in naming their basketball team the Rattfinks, they show some of the fun-loving nature which they so abundantly possess. And it's a genuine spirit, full of warmth and vitality, that urges them on and on toward each goal. Their Hallow- een party as sophs was matchless in hilarity as the Old Woman in the Shoe and her ninety-some-odd children romped through Mother Goose Land with a real live goose. But they are not limited to expressing themselves with humor alone. Freshman year, pale blue puffs of angel hair and frosted stars, the product of so many torn fingers, re- flected the spirit with which they had been planned and made, and that Christmas Breakfast was an experience in love itself. yn many ways the juniors exemplify the over-all spirit of Loretto. Warmth, generosity, dedication, and humor are probably the most accurate qualities to use in describing them as a class, and also in describing particular people (as designated on the following pages), for a class is only as good as its members, and the members of the junior class are pretty terrific. It’s hard to realize that their pres- ence here is only a short experience in each of their lives; but they will take with them a great part of that spirit which is Loretto, and they will leave a great part of them- selves here. Because right now, they are Loretto, they are Loretto in everything they do and say, in everything they have and give. And we will remember them. We will remember their lusty serenading, their fun and their humor, their loving spirit. And when we remember them, we will best remember Loretto. Frosh-Junior Get T oget her . Spring Recital... Fall 1963 Ann Lillis . . . W henever you think about her you have to smile.” has been said of Ann Lillis that whenever you think about her you have to smile. Not that Ann is the type that provokes laughter, but because she's always smiling herself. Perhaps Ann's most evident quality is her generosity. No matter what the project, from planning a car wash to working at the Little Sisters of the Poor, Ann is always willing to help and to give herself entirely. But she is the kind of quiet worker that does the small things, the things that go unnoticed. Few people know that this summer, when the Sisters were in retreat, Ann was among those who came up to school everyday and ran the switchboard. She spent the rest of the summer helping to get the bul- letin boards ready for the beginning of school and assisting in the organization of various school projects. She takes a personal interest in the shy, unknown girls in her class, and is always thinking of new ways to draw them out. This is the way Ann works, swiftly and quietly,and all too often unappreciated. perhaps the greatest compliment that can be paid Ann Lillis is to say that she is selfless. Of course, Ann wouldn't agree. Tnn is such an exuberant person that when she speaks, she often gestures with her hands, as if to employ every available means of expressing herself. Her enthusiasm is unlimited. In fact, by just being with her, some of this exuberance is bound to rub off. Because she loves to write, this year Ann became a member of the Press Club, and her first article, a feature on Sr. Andre and the Snack Shop, appears on page 12 of this issue. Ann also enjoys swimming and horse-back riding, but there's hardly anything she doesn't like to do. Her one complaint is that there's just not enough time to do every- thing. Nevertheless, she does a good job of making things fit. Right now. Sodality is one of the most important things in Ann's life. She joined just out of curiosity, but Sodality has gradually become another field for her inobtrusive dis- play of great generosity. or Ann Lillis, generosity is being and whatever she de- cides to do will be done as only Ann can do it. Sherry Ralston . . . Indescribably great and good luck to anyone who tries to put her greatness into words. U anirf, 4 tall, soft-eyed junior who cavorts through the halls of LA, creating general bedlam while masterminding such stunts as removing all the screws of a senior's locker door so that it will fall off as soon as the owner attempts to open it: this is Sherry Ralston. She's the type who'd call the zoo and ask to borrow an elephant because she thought we needed one for some pictures for the laurelette. (What would she have done if they'd said yes ) Or just ask her What really happened to Baby Jane?” and she'll tell you to put Odd” in your washing machine and find out. But wit, humor, and an undauntable spirit are just a few of the characteristics that have catapulted Sherry to the fore- ground of LA's student body. the laurelette Cherry is the kind of girl that even if you meet her only once, you'll remember her. It's not just her friendliness and concern for the freshmen (even if she does occasionally lock one in her locker), but everything she does—from emceeing'' the Frosh Orientation Assembly to planning the November Dance—is done with a sort of boundless enthusiasm and a deep sense of personal responsibility. If she doesn't find time for something, she'll make time—for her work in Drama and Sodality is done just as zealously as any class or school project. For her Sodality apostolate. Sherry is a candy-striper at St. Mary's. Ironically enough, she works alone in a fifth floor lab—but this arrangement probably saves the hospital a good number of skipped heart-beats, for letting Sherry loose with one of those little carts that most candy-stripers use would be more than in- viting mayhem. ffut there is still another side to Sherry. For a girl who 'never sees a stranger, adjectives like undauntable and in- comparable cannot begin to scratch the surface. No, there is one more quality without which nothing is meaningful, one more word to describe Sherry Ralston—loving. It's not just a love for Loretto or a love of family and friends, but a much greater love—a love of humanity, a love of giving. That is why Sherry wants to join the Peace Corps. And the Peace Corps will surely benefit from a person like Sherry, who has so very much to give. In her remaining years at Loretto, she will have many opportunities to prove herself a capable and selfless leader; but no matter what the future holds for her, you can be sure that whatever she is doing and wherever she is. Sherry Ralston will be loving—and loved. Janet Williams . . . Whatever she does, you know she'll do it well.” L 11 HI here are people who live their lives with a certain sense of responsibility, a deep-rooted conviction that they must trade until he comes. Janet Williams is one of these people. Most of us know1 her as someone to rely on, some- one who's always there when you need her, because she has been, ever since freshman year. Then, Janet headed com- mittees for the Christmas Breakfast and for the annual mission drive, and evolved as a strong and able leader which she has remained ever since. As soph class president last year, she received the Student Council award for the most up and coming lower classman. Janet is the type of person who takes over when every- one else has given up, for she's really an optimist at heart. When faced with the humiliating prospect that the sopho- mores had placed fourth in last year's laurelelte drive, in- stead of making excuses Janet announced Just wait until the Mission Drive. We waited; and they won. here are many things which can be said about Janet Williams, but perhaps the most down-to-earth statement is that she always does what she sets out to do, and she always does it well. She's what can be called a subtle leader, never forcing her views on other people, but still guiding with a firm hand. Her dependability is a quality seldom found in one so young; and because of this she is much admired and imitated. And by just being someone to-be- imitated Janet has helped many people to take responsi- bility more seriously and thereby become responsible leaders. As secretary-treasurer of the Student Council this year, Janet is integrally involved with the Loretto that she loves. For to her, Loretto is not just a school but a living person, vibrant and full of spirit. I feel that it's an honor for me to go here, she says, and so much of her life is wrapped up in Loretto that she just can't imagine going anywhere else. Nor can we imagine Loretto without Janet. Besides being an avid member of the junior basketball team, Janet is a drama enthusiast. She likes drama because she can express herself. That’s something I normally find hard to do, but it’s so much easier when you use somebody else's words.” But Janet doesn't really need somebody else s words, for she has enough of her own to make people really stop and listen. TOUen she leaves Loretto, Janet hopes to study medicine. She feels that by being a doctor she will be able to help someone else. Whether she knows it or not—by just being herself—she's doing that now. Fall 1963 11 When the year 1944 rolled around, so did Sr Mary Andre with the nacLdioi S ujjerl rli en the year 1944 rolled around here at Loretto so did Sister Mary Andre from Pennsylvania. (It was her first mission as a Sister.) One of her first big assignments was to take care of the little-girl boarders, which she fulfilled quite successfully. She was then transferred to managing the cafeteria until Sister Ann William, who was in charge of the kitchen, became ill. Sister Andre offered to take her place. All the Sisters considered this a joke, because Sister Andre was no bigger than the pans. But, in accord with Sister’s usual manner, ail came out quite well. It was an- other happening like that that led Sister Andre to take over the Snackshop around 1948. Once a music room, the Snackshop is now a Calorie Counter for Loretto girls. Its rapid success is a little hard to believe. Back in the good ole’ days the Snackshop was furnished with only a limited amount of school supplies. Today, the shop is equipped more to the immediate needs of the students. This of course means more fattening foods, including the thick, thirst-quenching malts and shakes, mouth-watering ice cream cones of various flavors, crisp, crunchy potato chips, a large variety of assorted candy, and the ever-so-lasting suckers. Besides fattening goods, the shop carries school supplies and gifts. Vo further enhance the appetizing food and tempting pur- chases, the Snackshop is cleverly decorated. (Actually the girls are a little spoiled by such luxury.) As the seasons change, so do the red-and-white and blue-and-white striped chair covers made by Sister Andre. Though good as new, the ice cream parlor chairs and tables are antiques. (They are fifty years old.) In fact several people have asked to buy them. lister is known throughout the school as smiley. Her personality was made to get along with everyone-shc does. No matter how long or strenuous a thing will be, she is always willing to help. A few of her many favorites are singing and working with children of any age. One of her pet peeves is the girls getting too loud and screaming in the Snackshop. All in all the Loretto girls have been fortunate in having twenty years of Sister Mary Andre's joyfulness and ability to take care of the Snackshop. 12 the loorelette A panel of four men heoded by Mr. Vezeou, S.J., of Rockhurst, presented the problems of prejudice in the Kansas City oreo Their focts and pleadings resulted in a cry for more prayer, more tolerance, more zeol in the field of social justice. Teenagers converge on l jretto to learn their part in Zottay’s Better World Wc look out and sec a world which has the power to destroy itself. We see a world in which daily . . . many people face physical insecurity, emotional insecurity, spirit- ual insecurity, financial insecurity. But a Christian can be secure in the midst of his inse- curities, Sister Gabriel, S.L., counselor and psychologist at Loretto Heights College, Loretto, Colorado, drew' to a close her keynote speech on You and a Better World.’ Two hundred Catholic high school students and teachers listened to her as she delivered the first speech for a youth day held at Loretto Academy on Sunday, September 29, that had for its theme A Better World. The day brought together youth from ten Kansas City parochial schools to listen and discuss and pray. It was designed to give those attending an awakening realization of what it means to be a Christian in these times, and the program dealt with current problems and insights into their solutions to make a better world. At the miserable hour of 8:30 in the morning. Sister Gabriel astounded and probably woke up some in the audi- ence with her statement that to make a better world is to increase my love of myself. When I ask you to increase the love of yourself I am asking you to work on this thing called self-concept. The self-concept—how we look at our- selves— is the greatest motivation force on the natural level. The only solid foundation for a proper self-concept is the spiritual truth that I am a child of God. I am loved by God, hence I am good. Having this proper self-concept, this proper self-love gives a person a feeling of strength, of well being, and finally, a feeling of freedom. ... I am receptive, I am objective—my energies are at another s disposal. This frees us to fulfill our basic duty as Chris- tians: to love one another. Sister summed this up Who is better able to know and understand his neighbor's behavior than the Christian who understands and is able to tolerate his own? and urged us to love our neighbor, to give him courage and creativeness that he can never achieve in any other way . . . fulfillment he can never attain alone.” This proper self-love, this love of our neighbor enables him to bring himself and his neighbor to a better world through the insecurities and tensions he faces. After Sister Gabriel's enlightening speech, those attending broke up into groups of 12-15 students and teachers to explore further the horizons of a better world. Under the guidance of a student leader, the group read, pondered, and discussed a meditation on the topic of Love and under- standing. It means we can win anyone with love . . we've got to reach these people who need to be reached, the leader read. Help me to remember, was the final reso- lution of the discussion, we cannot afford to be bench- warmers in this game of Christian Love. The students and teachers present got a good chance to get some specific application for the game of Christian Love in the next session they attended. In the auditorium, Mr Vezeau, S.J. of Rockhurst, headed a panel on interracial justice. Representatives of Negro, Jewish and Latin Ameri- can races presented their problems resulting from prejudice. M, Frank Smith, student at Central Missouri State Teach- ers' College, said that Negroes in Kansas City area face many problems in the area of social discrimination. He told of his ascent from a poverty-stricken childhood in a two- room flat on Sixteenth Street to his present position. All felt with him the hurt and confusion in a ten-year-old's heart when he first learned what it is to be a Negro, to be different. But this is part of my social inheritance, and Fall 1963 13 Who is better able to know ond under- stand his neighbor's behavior than the Christian, who understands himself? Sister Gabriel, S.L., psychology teacher at Loretto Heights, opened the doy's speeches and discussions to help the teen- agers present discover the meaning of a better world. because it is, I can really appreciate the things 1 have now, he explained. Continuing, Mr. Smith pointed out that political leaders speak of the community's 'Negro prob- lem, ’ while the problem is not a Negro problem or a prob- lem of the Negro community, but rather an American Problem’ which concerns all of us. Many look upon the Negro as an ailing dog, dying of starvation. They will toss him a bone because they do not like to see an animal suffering.” . . . we are our brother's keeper, and we must search our hearts and souls to answer this question Do I love my brother as 1 love myself?’ Now is the time. The problem is ours. Let's not make it our children's.” From Mr. Lionel Aguilar, a member of Sacred Heart parish, we learned of the vicious cycle plaguing Latin American education in Kansas City: parents cannot put their children through school without money; but without education, the children cannot hope to make money. High school dropouts were over 509£ in one section of the city, yet intelligence tests prove that many could make it in col- lege if they had the incentive to go and the money to go.' For a people brought in as cheap labor and made to face restrictive measures almost as harsh as those facing the Negro now, economic stability is about a generation later than for the average American. As a solution, Mr. Aguilar suggested help in educating the Mcxican-American youth now in school, that in the future they might obtain eco- nomic and social security for their families.” Mr. Sidney Lawrence, Director of Jewish Community Re- lations Bureau, recounted the horrors his people faced throughout the past two thousand years. He pointed up social bans against Jews that are still prevalent in the K. C. area: gentlemen’s agreements” to keep Jews out of certain residential areas; restrictions from country clubs, such as the Kansas City Club, which are important to both busi- ness and social interests. With a brisk enthusiasm, he delved into the why of prejudice and what effects it can have on members of a minority group. Prejudice springs from a varied number of causes, Mr. Lawrence said, fre- quently from a lack of acceptance of self on the part of the one who is prejudiced. And this prejudice can do more 14 damage to the personality growth of the people being persecuted than one can imagine. If the Negroes arc crude, if Jews are stingy, if we say Mexicans are stupid—this is what we have done to them. We have made them anti- social by our condemnation of them. After this unconscious re-echoing of Sister Gabriel's talk on self-concept and the reaction of others, Mr. Vezeau opened discussion to the floor. Questions, wonderings, per- sonal experiences and opinions flew thick and fast. Mr. Vezeau, from lack of time, had to close discussion: Go back to school and work out these ideas. We must first change ourselves and our attitudes toward minority groups.” Still enthused by the ideas and arguments presented at the panel, the students went to meditation groups again, or lingered and listened to Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Aguilar and Mr. Smith. The second meditation tied in beautifully with the plea for justice made by the panel speakers. Christ came to disturb us,” the leader read, He wants to take away our rocking chair and slippers and give us a restless concern for the less privileged.” The day ended with Mass in Loretto’s chapel. With the altar facing the congregation and an Offertory procession symbolic of the participation of the entire Church in the mystical Sacrifice of the Mass, the day ended on a progres- sive note as it had begun. The ideas presented at the day at Loretto are typical of the times around us. It’s a time of rethinkings and revolu- tions. New horizons are opened to us in the fipld of ecu- menism: social justice is heard of everywhere—in summit conferences, city halls, church basements. We look out and see a world which has the power to destroy itself,” Sister Gabriel had said. She, and the panel speakers, and the im- passioned writers of today all try to bring the public to a new awarenes, to a challenge that wre work a bit harder, give a little more, to lead to a better world. Under the guidance of a student leader, students and teachers like those obove read, pondered, and discussed topics of Love ond understanding ond Duties to the universal Mystical Body. In the Better World meditation program, the thoughts of the individual are expressed ond used for the benefit of the whole group. newwords Life is like a borrowed book: when the time comes to return it, we aren't usually ready. Jackie Craney, '65 I was watching everybody go to school and to work. All the kids looked anxious, but the adults looked dull. The kids didn't want to go to school any more than the adults wanted to go to work, but there was a difference. That must be youth. Kathy Mitchell, '64 The scent of fallen leaves drifts cross golden meadows (Under slanting skies these best of fragrances turn to russet red and moon gold.) The neighbor boy comes to rake, and his cocker bounces through piles of maples, oaks, cottonwods and the air is full of dogs and leaves. and fawn-colored meadow grass bends and sways under mellow winds For summer has gone, and autumn has drifted over the hilltop� , bringing with it charcoal skies and rain that comes down in blowing sheets of water. Country-lanes, once emerald green, are now smudging water colors splashed on the horizon and browning leaves are scuffed in the sun-warmed dust by a little boy's still-bare feet. And the barren trees cast long shadows on their lost leaves as days grow shorter and nights longer. Carol Stipetich, '64 When days are bronze and you are autumn 1 love the most if but your hand is warm in mine and rusty ribbons rustle with my feet as late I dance, the sun yet gold, and time is now, for you are near, and 1 I but clutch your hand to warm my breast. , . .. V then oranging skies (but half the glow) turn dark and chill winds blow unheeded and 1 but reach to grasp your hand . . . (alone) 1 fear Barbara Junior, '64 A little girl’s laugh crinkles. Andy Kuzila. '65 Now it cometh to pass in the year of our Lord that a decree goeth forth that calleth for all the daughters of Loretto to journey forth into the desert ways and findeth themselves sons of Rockhurst and De La Salle to taketh to the annual November celebration. And the daughters of Loretto spreadeth over the city and landeth like a horde of locusts, leaving in freedom not one son of Rockhurst or De La Salle to be found in the whole country. And it cameth to pass that the night of the celebration approacheth; and the daughters of Loretto madeth them- selves exceedingly fair to the eyes. And the sons of the far-off schools were well pleased. Patty Hiller. '64 Fall 1963 15 New Student Council members mode their pledge ond received their council pins ot the first ossembly of the Student Govern- ment Association. The Student Government Association is on innovation involving faculty ond students. It is governed by the Student Council under the rules of the new constitution. PE RSPECTi v Freshmen ond seniors got to know each other at the big sister- little sister get-together September 4. The juniors and sopho- mores followed through with freshman orientotion parties of their own Here big sisters Janice Schmeltz and Parrfela Moten employ teamwork in the activities with their little sisters Rose- mary Schmeltz and Paula Moten. The Blue-monti added a professional touch to the Hootenony September 21. Musicol contributions were also mode by six other groups ond soloists. The Hootenony more than fulfilled its purpose of raising money for the new Student Handbook 16 At the cross her stotion keeping echoed through the holls of Loretto September 1 7 when the students mode o pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of the Seven Dolors, the patroness of the Sisters of Loretto. Moving to shrines throughout the school, the pilgrims relived Mary's seven sorrows. Laurelette editor, Kris Schaeffer awards the big Spirit Cup to senior president, Peggy Wolski. In the laurelette drive the sen- iors turned in a whopping $1,638—227% of their quoto. Alto- gether the four classes brought in $4,384.50—130% of the school quota. This will go toward putting out four complete issues of the laurelette plus a senior supplement. Striving for a better Loretto world. Student Council members met with the faculty ot the Student-FocuIty Institute, September 8 Leadership campers tried to recreate the outdoorsy otmosphere of comp, but at Dede's form they hod to substitute cows for chipmunks and rolling Kansas farmland for Colorado Rockies. Sister David Maureen told student and faculty about the retreat Fr. Kusman gave the sisters during the summer on the Better World Movement. Fall 1963 Mr. Robert Hoyt, choirmon of the Kansas City Catholic Inter- racial Council, explains how the Catholic Interraciol Council is trying to improve race problems in the community. What is prejudice? Are some really more intelligent than others? What is morally right concerning the race problem? If you can't answer these questions you can class yourself with most Catholics in the country. The race problem is a subject on which we are all very much uninformed; yet, it's every Catholic's obligation to contribute to the solving of this problem, says Mr. Hoyt, chairman of the Catholic Interracial Council. To solve this problem we must under- stand it, and this is what the Catholic Interracial Council is trying to do by informing the public. In Kansas City the Council has 120 salaried members and 1000 names on its mailing list. Members need nor be Catholics, although, all the Council’s work is presently aimed at Catholics. Dues of the organization are used for literature and other expenses which may occur. The first step in solving the race problem is to learn the situation in depth and detail, says Mr. Hoyt. Many people still have a ridiculous image of all members of another race; this is especially true of the whites in regard to the Negroes. People just don't know any different, because they have been raised on these ideas. The racial problem is a moral problem. The Council is trying to reach people's consciences, making them realize that they can't say, I believe in God and democracy and keep refusing people their basic rights. The Council has set up a home visitor program, which is designed so that people of different races meet in their own homes and discuss the prejudice question. The Council is striving for unity; not wiping out cultural differences, but wiping out prejudice.” What is the Catholic Interracial Council? How does it work? What is the race situation on Kansas City? These questions and others were asked at an inter- view with Mr. Robert Hoyt, editor of the Catholic Reporter and chairman of the Kansas City Catholic Interracial Council. His answers showed that the main solution to the race question is for us To Be Informed You can't draw a line or have reservations. You can't destroy one part of discrimination, without destroying all of it, replied Mr. Hoyt when he was asked about the seri- ousness of the Kansas City problem. Like almost every Northern community, Kansas City has discrimination in employment, education, housing, hospitalization, and public and private accommodations. The Catholic Interracial Coun- cil studies these problems and tries to negotiate with those involved. In the case of education and public accom- modations, members of the Council have testified before the school board and the Chamber of Commerce. The Council, in the future, hopes to break up the white ghettos in the suburbs, thus, helping the Negro housing problem. T he most popular way to arouse interest today, is the non- violent demonstration. Although no one can be in sym- pathy with all the incidents, the non-violence movement is remarkable because it shows great self-control, courage and training, said Mr. Hoyt when asked about the national demonstrations. As of yet, the Council has taken no active part in any demonstration, but members were sent to take part in the Washington march. T his is an era of revolution where prejudice, discrimina- tion, and segregation are a part of the every-day life. Every- one must be aware of the crucial developments of the race situation. The Church is just beginning her efforts in this field; but prejudice is a powerful force and the only force comparable to it is religion. By being informed Catholics we can better meet the demands which the racial problem will involve in the future. 18 the laurelette The reader rampant This is the journal of a white man’s experiences as a Negro in the deep South. The subject matter is in itself fascinat- ing, but Mr. Griffin, an accomplished novelist, does more than document his travels in an informative manner. He observes human nature and environment and creates a moving manuscript with a powerful impact. Sitting in his Mansfield, Texas office one autumn night in 1959, Mr. Griffin pondered what a man might discover by darkening his skin in a land where blackness is despised. He best describes his decision as the only way I could sec- to bridge the gap between us (the races) was to become a Negro. 1 decided to do this. In Fort Worth he discussed his idea with Negro friends. One of these, George Levitan, owner of the Negro maga- zine Sepia, agreed to publish what then was to be a report rather than an experience. The mustard seed was planted. Griffin wondered if both races lived side by side in har- mony as so many Southern politicians claimed. The time had come. He consulted a prominent dermatologist in New Orleans and began accelerated skin treatments (usual time is three weeks to six months—but only a w-eek could be spared) using medication and ultra-violet rays. Now the transition from white to black society began, and cheap hotels became his abode. From New Orleans he traveled by bus and on foot through Mississippi and Alabama. He changed neither his name nor his identity. As an educated Negro writer he could find only menial labor. Travels with Charlie. Writing about his native country, it is necessary for an American author to get acquainted with his subject. This is true for everyone, no matter who he is. Steinbeck had to get out and smell the grass and the woods, see the hills and the water, hear our nation's sounds, and learn the quality of its light. And so, with this in mind, John Steinbeck and his sophisticated poodle, Charley, set out to re-explore” their native land. Only Mr. Steinbeck and Charley could amble around the countryside—completely ignoring the crowded cities—and come back with penetrating insights into the real America. In the beginning of the book, Steinbeck expresses his belief that New- York, Boston, San Francisco, and all big cities, are no more American than Paris, France. Steinbeck claims that they are simply badger holes, ringed with trash—surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting auto- mobiles, and almost smothered with rubbish. But there is good to contradict the bad. For every badger hole there exists the expanding land. The American, noble land of Throughout his txx)k the bitter struggle for dignity and survival is conveyed through the people Griffin meets. On a New Orleans street corner he ate coon and rice with a crippled bootblack. In a bus rolling into the Mississippi night he comforts a fellow traveler who despaired of his blackness. He shared two rooms of a backwoods shanty with a struggling couple and their six children. These are people who wait for the day we can have butter with our bread. From this pattern of personal experiences the total picture of the Southern Negro emerges. It is one of wanton pov- erty, courageous striving, and crushing frustration. Mr. Griffin gives us no detailed analysis of the Prob- lem. What he offers is part of himself. Reading this book is witnessing a profound soul-searching. It was this full realization that brought Mr. Griffin to repeat his message in this book and in countless lectures and pleadings across the country. The gist of this message is contained in a statement he made recently: The dangers are equal in areas where some rights are denied as where none arc- granted. Our silence is as dangerous as the racists shouts. Black Like Me. John Howard Griffin, New York: New American Library (A Signet Paperback), 1963. rich fields, magnificent trees, and white picket fences— America's inheritance from God. The pair travel through worlds of people and a galaxy of states — each possessing its own characteristics. Mr. Steinbeck became aware that every state has its own literary form—made evident by highway signs. However. Steinbeck comes to the conclusion that the states agree on one mat- ter: Each one admits that it is the finest of all and an- nounces that fact in huge letters as you cross the state line. As Steinbeck rambles in and out of localities, attending witches' ceremonies, renewing acquaintances, and fighting the elements, he learns, along with his readers, that Amer- ica is a land of both good and bad. This, Steinbeck says, is fine. For: What good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness? Travels with Charlie. John Steinbeck. New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1962. (Also available in Bantam Paperback.) Fall 1963 19 With the elephants busy tying their tennis shoes or parachuting out of airplanes, the juniors are sharpen- ing their pencils and getting out their paper to an- swer questions about then dome... In a time when money seems to be the goal and end result of almost everyone’s existence, it would be well for us to remember this saying from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard Says. A little house well-filled, a little field well-tilled, and a little wife well-willed, are great riches A little house well-filled” with material necessities, love and children is no longer a house but a home. No matter what you do whether it be housework, school work or manual labor, if you do it well you will have a little field well-tilled.” A wife well-willed is more than just obedient. She is a helpful partner, a good mother and skilled housewife. All these things are beyond monetary value, but not beyond human endeavor. Pinki Bedlinglon, '65 “WU -4„ jr 1 am the pillar of the world. Without me, man would fall into a subhuman existence. I am like manna from heaven, to be gathered in small quantities, and enjoyed every day. Possess me and you possess the supreme object of life. But do not seek me in the distance, for I am right under your feet always. I am a sunbeam that never lost its original rays, but I am not perfected until I am shared with others. I am not for one man, or two or three, but I am for everyone. What do they call me? It is a simple word for such an indefinable quality. I am happiness. I come in many ways, shapes, and forms. To every person I exist in something different. Some men think they find me in money or pleasure. Some never find me at all. But always remember: all who would win me must share me. Happiness was born a twin. Grace Donaldson, ’65 Wool. J Z.vi.un Ole DUfofJt Jill What is the main purpose of movies? They are factual, entertaining and provide the viewers with opportunity to see different parts of the world that they would not see otherwise. Many writers can put an interesting plot in an attractive setting and transport their audience into another world and make them forget their every day problems for a while. The authors of The Thrill of It AH” seem to have captured this realistic world with many talented actors and actresses headed by Doris Day and James Garner. The dialogue, plot and casting appeals to everyone in some way. The story concerns a successful doctor and his family. If one enjoys light, witty comedies with realism, you will have lingering memories and will chuckle even after the movie is over. Hilarious antics range anywhere from bubbles floating from a swimming pool, to an obstetrician gallop- ing on horseback down the middle of a New York speed- way to deliver a baby in a taxi cab. The story brings in many surprising and totally un- expected incidents which are well planned and presented with plenty of action. Interest never lags. Susan Edelbrock, '65 20 the laurelette Too Good To Keep s tnThc Family You can always tell a first year French student. One of them naively described the Louvre as a colony for French beatniks and artists—like Greenwich Village. Life is full of exciting new experiences for seniors—like running with all your might to catch the bus and then remembering you drove to school—as one of our own sen- iors can assure you. Open answer to inquisitive freshman: The girl you've been asking about who stands at the bottom of the east stairs is not a professional bell-ringer; she too attends classes. For the uninformed: Finks! are OUT. A cultured Loretto girl when angry will call you a phinque. Year in and year out we have complaints. According to one Soph, the only place her uniform fits is around her neck!?! 0 J3 Sophomore intelligentsia are learning lots of interesting things. For instance, when their English teacher announced Washington Irving is frequently considered the father of American literature, a hand shot up, followed by the question, But what about Shakespeare? 1 thought he was the father of something . . . ? He was, came the reply, he was the father of three husky children. 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Before their last performance in the Vnsinkable Molly Broun rhis summer, Barry Kane and Barry McGuire gave these reporters their impressions of Kansas City and the Chrisrys. What did they think of Kansas City? They volunteered the information grate- fully. Tm having too much fun!” an- nounced Barry McGuire. Tve been here seven days and I've gotten four hours sleep. He added with surprise, I can't even buy a drink in this town: It's always on the house. Barry came to Kansas City with $50.00, expecting to spend at least $100.00 more. By Sunday night, their last night in Kansas City, he had spent only $48.00. Barry Kane fared even better, spending only $30.00. Barry Kane recalled the standing ovation the group received last February at Rock- hurst College. The Midwest has been mar- velous to us, giving us six ovations on our last tour. To the Christys, folksinging is fun. A music is furnished by the members hov ever, most of the arranging is done b Nick Woods and Art Padell. Who exactly are the Christys? We're an unbelievable combination of the Nor- man Luboff Choir, the Kingston Trio and the Weavers all in one. Mostly, as the name implies, we're an amplified recapitu- lation of the Christy Minstrels; and no matter what our furure, we have made folk music more fun than ever, at least for ourselves. Randy Sparks, leader of the Randy Sparks Three with Jackie Miller and Nick Woods, conceived the unusual idea of hav- ing various folksingers get together pre- senting a oneness, yet individuality, of sound entirely new to folksinging The result was the addition of seven other available folksingers in Los Angeles at the time. They cut a record, which turned out to be an immediate hit. Television wanted the group for appearances on variety shows, but there was no group! Folksingers had never before been in so large a group, and had no idea of staying. The singers had gone back on their own tours. Only Art and Dolan Ellis remained with Randy's trio. A second group was soon rounded up. Larry Ramos, Clarence Treat, and the Barrys joined at this time. Gayle Cladwell was also added to replace Peggy Connelly. The result was a family of ten folksingers. However, don't be surprised if there are sudden changes in the line-up. Barry Kane is planning to leave the group soon. Barry McGuire will also quit to try acting. So the Christys are constantly on the lookout for new talent. When they left Kansas City after their Starlight appearance, they took back to California a trio of folksingers from here called the Surf riders, and have already worked Gene Clark, leader of this trio, into Dolan Ellis’s position. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. They all trouped off the stage, but they still remain with Kansas Citians in memory and their rec- ords. We were very impressed by the serious sincerity of the performers. They truly en- joyed coming back to their Kansas City friends and entertaining them. Thursday, October tenth, they did just that, perform- ing again at Rockhurst College. Again their sincerity was apparent in their music, and the audience again honored them with a standing ovation. As far as we’re con- cerned, the Christys are welcome in Kan- sas City any time. •P.S. If you don't have their albums, buy them. They’re at all record stores if they're not sold out. Sophs Sally Forth This year's battle royal took place in one of the sophomore homerooms. Ninety-five sophomores in league with their modera- tors engaged in mild civil war, deciding the whys and wherefores of their upcoming Halloween Party. Advances in the form of ideas were met with counter attacks as ob- jection, and tactics were changed a dozen times before negotiations were finally set- tled upon. The sophs divided into com- mittees and when the smoke cleared, the sophomores had come up with a new and chilling rheme for October 30. 32 Entered at Some old, six new Loretto saw many changes as its students started keeping heavy schedules. At least six of the faculty names on schedule cards were new. For example, many chemistry and geom- etry students found Sister Ann Michela, graduate of Webster College, at the teach- er's desk. Science club members are also looking forward to working with Sister and physics this year. English students might have one of three new faculty members. Miss Palazzo, a graduate of Avila College, teaches Eng- lish three-fourths of the day and history one-fourth. Mrs Bosch comes to us from the Cleveland, Ohio area to teach English and speech. Sister Mary John taught Eng- lish to the students of St. Patrick's Cenrral High in Kankakee, Illinois, before taking over a junior and a senior composition class. She also is familiar to world history students. Foreign language students are learning to pronounce Alexandrine in Spanish (correct pronunciation: a la hahn dre' na). Sister Alexandrine, formerly a member of the Montgomery Central High faculty, is trying to infuse a bit of Spanish language and culture into first and second year Span- ish scholars. Miss Angerer, frequently pummelled by flying balls and rackets, decided to take up something safer for her gym classes : bas- ketball. Miss Angerer is a graduate of St. Mary's College in Xavier, Kansas. Now, as the dust of hurrying feet has settled a bit, Loretto wishes to extend a warm greeting and a permanent member- ship in the Loretto family to our new friends. Mrs. Bosch is pulling the Boy u? ith a Cart and the Genesians this year. The Lo retro drama club has chosen this play for their first endeavor this year. The date of the performance is November 7 2. Main characters in the cast are: Sue Williams—Cuthman Marilyn Frcchin—Cuthman‘s mother Terry Zinser- Demiwoulf Sherry Ralston—Taw m Kanuf City, Missouri U S. Postage PAID Parmit No. 4148 o Loretto Academy Winter 1963-4 The three-day retreat after President Kennedy’s death gave Loretto students a chance to re-think their responsibilities toward all mankind. A non-press club-member. Judy Schneider, reflects on the example of a man who used his strength Going the Length We've decided to go the length, decided to go the length and lead from our strength. (Robert Frost at the I960 inauguration) By the death of John F. Kennedy the United States has been robbed of five years length under a great leader, but has gained immeasurably more than can be counted in terms of years in strength. Through his life and now his death, John Kennedy has left a lesson filled with strength and courage for Americans and all men to follow. This is our responsibility to the late President and his ideals. Ironically, John Kennedy in his prepared Dallas speech would have given to the American people a clear statement of their responsibility to his memory: . . . that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, good will toward men.' That must always be our goal — and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. In the words of another martyred president, it is for us the living to dedicate ourselves to the ideals for which he died. The continuation of retreat laid a perfect opportunity for Loretto students to review and renew their responsibili- ties to mankind individually. The burning candles of Berlin and the eternal flame of Arlington must be matched by an eternal flame of freedom in the heart of every American and world citizen. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor (defending freedom) will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. (John Kennedy) John Kennedy said Let us begin and begin we did. Now, let us continue and let it never be said that we had to begin again to achieve the ideals for which he died. Let us cast a final ballot for John Kennedy. Let it be said that we have decided to go the length in fulfilling his burning dream of freedom and justice for all. the laurelette Vol. 31, No. 2 Winter 1963-4 Table of Contents Going the Length 34 . . . Judy Schneider To Live by Dying 35 . . Kirstine Schaeffer Horizons 36 . . . Delores DeSoto Challenge 39 . . Par Graham Live a Life 12 . . Pat Todd Reader Rampant 43 . . . Carol Stipetich, Mary Kelly Newwords ....................... 44 . . . Bobbie (unior, editor Is Everybody Happy 45 . . . Lee Hudson Dropshots 47 . . . Lee Hudson Perspective Peeks 48 . . Liz Dewey. Eleanor Schaeffer Silly Sophomores 50 . . . Grace Donaldson, Laura Nixon Comps from the Sophs 54 A Job Well Done 55 . . . Paula Harris Too Good 56 . . . Pam Copolos News 61 . . . Sally Keif faber, editor PRESS CLUB MEMBERS Editor: Kirstine Schoeffer Art Editor: Pom Miller, artists: Rosemary Hole. Marilyn Schoefter, Oiane Tackett Business Manager: Carol Stipetich; staff Sharon Copulos, Judy Junior. Susie Kappler Circulation: Charlotte Pinter Focus: Ellen Welch Literary Editor: Bobbie Junior Moke-up Editor: Maraorette Gront; page plan- ners: Jone Allen, Gwen Geraths. Mary Otto. Morilyn Schoeffer, Diane Tockett, Susan Tockett. Ellen Welch, Cathy Weiss Morgue: Judy Junior News Editor: Sally Kieffaber Photographers: Sarah Copowycz. Lindo Genovo, Linda Sophy, keggy Wolski Writers: Pam Copulos, Delores DeSoto Liz Dewey. Grace Donaldson, Pot Grohom. Poula Horns, Lee Hudson, Mary Kelly, Ann Lillis, Kathy Lockwood, Laura Nixon, Eleanor Schaeffer, Pot Todd Moderotor: Sister Judith Mary, S. L. The lourelette is published four times a yeor by the Lorctto Press Club Address all corre- spondence to the lourelette, Loretto Acodemy, 1101 West 39th Street. Kansas City, Missouri. 64111. Subscriptions are $1.50 per year. The early Christians called one who died for Christ a martyr. In Greek the word means witness—one who has seen and gives testimony with his life. We are called on to be martyrs—a witness of Christ in our lives. Who is a martyr? President Kennedy was one. He worked with all his strength and courage to give freedom and justice to mankind—the peace and good will Christ brought into the world long ago. Mother Praxedes was one. Someone once said that she would not be satisfied until she carried a cross down the streets of St. Louis. This she did in her struggles which established the Sisters of Loretto as one of the great teaching orders in America and now brings Christ’s message to students from Virginia to California to Bolivia. We are called on to be witnesses in giving testimony to Christ. This calls us to be a witness to Him who said all men are brothers —a recognition that civil rights is a human cause not merely a Negro one. It calls for sacrifice—like the girls who give themselves to the making of a play, or a cantata, or a Christ- mas party for the school. It calls for work in the classroom—whether you are challenged into action or puzzled to tears. It calls for the spirit and ambition as a class that puts you in second place in the Mission drive. It calls for giving yourself in everything you do—from yelling your head off at basketball games to enjoying yourself at November dances or Halloween parties or even circuses. Being a martyr means dying for Christ—not in one big splash of red and center-of-attraction—but laying down our lives for Him. Accepting and doing and sacrificing for love of Him all our life is offering our life. God asks nothing extraordinary, nothing big, nothing beyond which He knows we can do. He asks for little things. But we find that its the little things that are the hard things. Not talking back, or being patient, or any of the many small things that say that we are dying to self for His sake. For His sake means that we are responding to His love—the love which He showed by dying for us. Do a little living for Him—by dying. Our cover: ”U inter comes like a sigh from the North ... and brings with it icicles and snowflakes. Pont Miller’s artwork gives us a touch of the cold blast for our winter issue. Winter 1963-4 35 It’s going to be the young people who will decide. Because there is prejudice on both sides, a new outlook must come from us. Becoming aware through a guidance question- naire and understanding through racial discussions, Loretto students are accepting this appeal for brotherhood. Since integration begins with us—the future citizens— LA students took a poll to estimate the climate of the school concerning racial justice. The findings of the survey were disturbing if we remember that the race problem conducts the acid test of Christianity. The results indi- cated a few girls have the prejudiced attitude, They’re all right to go to school with, but I’d never eat with them. While not discriminatory in school, some girls practice discrimination outside of school: Many Loretto girls I've seen are nice to Negroes at school but aren’t nice to any other Negroes. After recording such Christianized opin- ions, the question emerges Are we witnesses to Him who said 'all men are brothers’? The majority of students think we have a sisterhood in school and there is no evidence of minority discrimi- nation. Comments like Everyone mixes well at school and I think our school is very well balanced were typical answers. Although 70% of those polled agreed that a friendly atmosphere prevails at school, some girls decried the limited contact between the white and Negro stu- dents. To the question of integration we found in Loretto, as in the United States, evidence of a number of indiffer- ent individuals. LA girls most definitely do support inte- gration openly but some girls just don’t think about it. Would your friends look down on you if you associated with Negroes? 72% of the voters said ’’no while some replied ”my school friends won't look down on me, not at school, but maybe in other places. Introducing their friends or parents to their Negro classmates held no qualms for 85% of the girls. The questionnaire pinpointed an uncertain and hesitant attitude toward social mixing with the Negro students. As one girl succinctly put it, Christian opinion and Christian practice is one heck of a different thing. Asked if on meeting one of the Negro students in public would you speak, 83% checked ’’yes. Would you invite a Negro class- mate to a class party? 55% consented in attending a Negro girl’s integrated party. A few interesting opinions were listed on this topic: maybe, depends on moral attitude of group, maybe if more white people were there, no, be- cause of the people of my neighborhood. As projected personal contact became more intimate the white girls openly supporting integration diminished. In a later dis- cussion with a Negro student on being left out of social events revealed how, you really feel deep down hurt! Everybody else is invited but not you—why???” The spirit of the students and the general tone of the school promotes an element of personal contact between the ethnic groups. During the wintry months no Negro student need fear freezing at the bus stop since 87% of the girls would offer her a ride home if going her way. 83% acknowledged that the Negro girls have equal chances for school honors, we have three Negroes on Student Council. But have you heard of a Negro ’’given a social honor at school such as Prom Queen?” The future citizens are eager to know more civil rights not because it is a Negro cause but because it is a human cause. If com- mitted students ever started an interracial council at school they'd probably be assured of 80% of the student body joining. However, if the club planned any active demon- stration although it might be perfectly planned and per- fectly legal only 28% confessed they would take part. Adults say teen-agers need a cause—here is one. And yet, this rash generation” is careful and wary of becoming too involved. Loretto girls know that discrimination is wrong and know the principle of human equality. Is the Negro below you and your standards? 86% answered no. Negroes are as intelligent as whites conceded 87%. The best qualified person should have a chance at that better job felt 88%. If given the chance Negroes can contribute as much as other ethnic groups admitted 90%. There seemed to be confusion and an uncertainty concerning the question whether Negroes liked to stay segregated. 44% marked no, 41% were unsure. I can't know how they feel and 15% checked yes.” Here in school we have proof. Ne- groes eat with their own friends at lunch . . . this segrega- tion ) is their fault. One Negro girl answered that accusa- tion with, In many instances we are forced to keep to ourselves. 36 the laurelette CAMPUS SURVEY Do you think minority discrimination is practiced at school? 26% yes 70% no 4% maybe Do Loretto girls support integration openly and prove it by example? 70% yes 6% no 24% maybe Do you think your parents' attitudes affect your actions and thoughts on racial prejudice? 38% yes 45% no 17% maybe Would you go out socially, e.g., restaurant, show, basket- ball game, with a Negro classmate? 57% yes 16% no 27% maybe Do you think there is personal contact between the white and Negro students at school? 8% yes 83% no 9% maybe Do you think Negro students are kept back from certain honors in school because of their color? 55% yes 21% no 24% maybe Would you invite a Negro classmate to your home for a class party, e.g., Christmas party or slumber party? 55% yes 21% no 24% maybe Would it make any difference to you if a Negro family moved in next door to you? 29% yes 38% no 37% maybe Would you be willing to join an interracial discussion group in order to educate yourself and come in contact with minority groups? 80% yes 9% no 11 % maybe Would you participate in a civil rights demonstration if you had a chance? 28% yes 38% no 33% maybe Do you believe in mixed marriages? 12% yes 69% no 19% maybe Integrated housing and mixed marriages were the con- troversial issues in the survey. Talking about housing one girl wrote, The whites are not interested in moving into a Negro neighborhood but the Negroes want to get into white ones. I feel they should live in community and the whites in theirs. To 29% it would make a difference if a Negro family moved next door, 38% said it wouldn't mat- ter and 33% were dubious of their reactions. Understand- ing that integration is a change from an unjust pattern one student wrote, There would be a difference in the sense of a new situation that's challenging. There would be no difference in the sense of friendliness without neigh- bors. Cautious and opposing are the reactions of LA girls concerning interracial marriages. The main objection seems to be that society makes it too hard and it's too bad for the children. Integrated housing, integrated social events, and mixed marriages are problems that face modern adults and, seen through this survey, American Catholic youth. This poll uncovered the extreme attitudes of a few: If the Negro in Kansas City would stop bellowing how mis- treated they are here and start helping their Southern neighbors, prejudice might not be such a problem, and one girl upheld that If I had a chance to vote on the Civil Rights Bill I’d vote against-it until Negroes could all prove the)’ deserved it. On the other side we had some rational replies: I've never seen any direct examples of a curt word or direct discrimination here, but prejudice does exist at LA in the attitude of some ; Christian replies, Some souls think they are better than everybody else. They are hypo- crites to their religion”; and encouraging opinions, I think a lot of prejudice is obtained from listening to par- ents at home. I think we have to develop our own ideas, and strongly, if we are to uphold the Negroes as our com- mon and equal citizens. Do Negroes deserve this freedom? That is the question that pricks the minds of some LA students. To find out the correct answer we must have personal contact between the white and Negro girls, we must be willing to understand and love, we must become involved. We must not moon over past injustices but start building, in the words of Ralph Bunche, a world in which all men will walk to- gether as equals and with dignity. Winter 1963-4 37 EXCHANGE life' To discover the feeling of the Negro student at Lorctto an integrated discussion group gathered to talk about racial prejudice. The answers form a potpourri of opinions | voiced during the two meetings. at school toward the Negro Of Jb Do you think the white girls think about integration and the fight of the Negroes for equal rights? Is there discrimination ifatyi student? p fflpm - up rawr-TE- ■� n scr'm‘nat on doesn't take place at school—just out- jflL side of school, like downtown. You see one of the girls and they just look through you and pass you by. Nobody would go out of their way to associate with us. ” lere are no cl°se bonds between the white and Negro ‘Ci'A.Sd student but if there is some association it is real and not ,jPl strained. ' There is a sign of segregation in the lunchroom but the Negro kids sit with each other by preference. This is true because you can talk of the same things since your closer and therefore so are your I think the girls are aware of the situation but are not personally aware. They have an It's not me! attitude. Some girls will not go to the trouble to break the barrier. The situation is changing now because of everything that has happened in the last few years. At school dances the white girls will talk to you and this makes you feel good. How do you Negro girls want to be treated? social habits associates. In the snack shop in the morning you hardly ever see a Negro girl go in! Some girls were afraid to join Drama Club because they didn't think they'd get good parts. But that has changed. Sometimes because the white girls outnumber the Negro girls responsible Negroes are overlooked as com- mittee chairmen. 4: .i Treat us like anybody else out? Look at us like individuals.” why should color stand Don't think of the girls at school as exceptions. We arc proud of our race so don't disassociate us from our race. What are the effects of prejudice on people? fi You grow up to learn to bate. I On the Negro's part he has a fear of rejection. It's hard .5 to get out of your shell if you've been told the white is .g always on the top and the Negro is at the bottom. J5 You sometimes feel that you have to be twice as good Jjj as a white person to get a job, go to college, etc. When you're only given half a chance you're more likely to '’ give up. What is the opinion on the telling of ethnic jokes? irA TOw 2 C5® a. Jg, ■ 'Some of them are funny and 1 laugh but it depends on the person who says them—is he prejudiced or does he understand? These jokes stereotype us. Right now that's what we're trying to overcome. ■a? What do you think is the attitude of the girls outside of the confines of the school? 'They have a different attitude socially. Around us they recall their Christian attitude but out in a crowd they will cut up Negroes but this on both sides. Sometimes we're excluded from parties but parents have a lot to do with who is invited to a party. I shouldn't be invited if parents object, but it hurts. I?;. continued, p 54 38 the laurelette The art students try to do their best on every assignment. They face each new project as a creative Sister stands before a charcoal-smudged piece of paper. She gives a glance toward her subject (a pot of flowers with a drape behind it). She takes her eraser and clears away the charcoal little by little; all of a sudden, you can see a pot, and someone from the class remarks, Pretty sneaky! As everyone watches for the technique, the flowers take shape. Then the art class is told to try it on their own and everyone starts, rather reluctantly, to fill her paper with charcoal draperies. Enthusiastically, Sister Eugenie Marie begins her art class, just as she begins each of her many projects. She has a little workshop behind the school. There;' in her free time. Sister has designed Christmas cards, made the altar used for the high school's Masses, worked on stone sculp- turing, painted a triptych of the nine choirs of angels, and finished several wood carvings. How does she find time between her busy school schedule and her other duties? Sister makes time, because she enjoys working on each activity. This enthusiasm for her work is passed on to the art students as she teaches. This is why many of the stu- dents have said that Sister Eugenie Marie is what makes the art class. At the same time, they know that each girl in the class is expected to do her best, and all try. Winter 1963-4 39 Sisters demonstrations explain certain techniques or media used in different forms of art (sculpture, design, drawing, painting, mosaics, lettering). One must start with an idea, then pick the best medium to convey this idea to others. The demonstrations are not presented every day; and when they are given, they take up only part of the class time. The rest of the period is used by the student to try the given technique on her own. Subjects range widely: a girl posing, a still life of a drapery and a plant, a work- shop scene, an idea from a poem. You work and work, aware of nothing that is happen- ing around you, explains one student. No one thinks about telling her best friend the latest gossip; all are too interested in the work. Sometimes everyone doesn't feel like drawing a pot of flowers or anything else, but every- one draws anyway. Not everything each student produces is perfect, but part of learning art is learning how to have patience and how to keep on trying. Practically every student has had a silk screen design that didn’t get finished, a statue that took so long and then didn't look like much when it was finished, or something else that didn't satisfy her. But for each of these there are also many other things which a student felt that she had done her best on. It is just one big challenge: a challenge to be original. 40 the laurelette Winter 1963-4 The first year students learn the basic principles of the many different forms of art. They use these principles to sketch a drapery in charcoal or to model a statue with clay. Second year students use the same principles to experiment with their own projects. These range from an original silk screen to a copy of an old master. Sister wants perfection; the perfection that each student as an individual can attain. Sister pushes them until all are filling their potential. Sister has brought her enthusiasm to her students. Each student has brought her willingness to work. Together they make up the art class, a class of challenge. A series of charcoal draperies hung on the art room's board shows each individual's efforts to meet the challenge . . . creatively. Taking thirteen yean to write Only One Heart (see review on opposite page), Sister Patricia Jean found that to learn a life you must first Live 1 finished the book for an entirely different reason than I began it.” This was one of many surprising statements made by Sister Patricia Jean, S.L., when she was here at Loretto last October for an autograph party promoting her book, Only One Heart. In 1948 Sister Patricia Jean and another novice were asked separately by their mistress of novices why they didn't write a book. Joining forces, these two sisters stormed the archives of Loretto at their novitiate in Ken- tucky, shopping for a topic. They found it in young Irish Susan Carty, who later as Mother Mary Praxedes was called the second foundress” of the Loretto congregation. This seems quite a simple beginning for a book that took thirteen years to complete. Those years were filled with intermittent periods of research, writing and interviewing for Sister Patricia Jean, since, after the first few months, she found herself alone in the venture. The other sister had become involved in other projects. In doing her research Sister Patricia Jean was blessed in that Mother Praxedes lived to be seventy-nine and included exact accounts of her life in her memoirs. Sister Patricia Jean dug into scrapbooks, newspaper accounts, and hun- dreds of letters, often meeting vague allusions to happen- ings which had to be clarified and completely understood before they could be written. 'I had to learn a life before I could write a life,” said Sister commenting on the length of time it took her to complete the book. The thirteen years, she felt, had been necessary for her to learn a life. Providentially she was missioned to the Southwest—Santa Fe, El Paso, Las Cruces —and there fell in love with it and had to leave it just as 42 Susan Carty had done so many years before. Yet Sister said, The more I read and discovered, the more I felt the story must be told, and consequently the book was fin- ished for that reason. When finally she submitted an outline to the various publishers, six were interested. Sister ultimately decided to send the book to Doubleday. Sister said, Later, from the president of the National Writers Club, I learned 1 had written the b x k backwards, that is, she wrote the book before she submitted an outline; the usual procedure is the opposite. The title Only One Heart was taken from the Morning Manna, a prayer said daily by Loretto nuns: O dear sisters and scholars Love your Jesus, dying with love for you on the cross. Love Mary, your loving Mother, Sorrowing at the foot of the cross. Love one another: Have only one heart, one soul, one mind. Love the institute, love the rules, love Jesus' darling humility. —Father Nerinckx Sister concluded that the most gratifying yet unexpected result of the book was the fact thar Only One Heart is appreciated as a contribution to the written history of the Sisters of Loretto. To date, the book has sold over 20,000 copies. Besides writing this book, Sister Patricia Jean edits two quarterlies, has published articles in Ave Maria and other Catholic magazines, and is also Director of Public Infor- mation at Loretto Heights in Colorado. the laurelette The reader rampant _ n 9n frothu lion !o J4anS J(untj Onfu ()ne J-fearl Only One Heart portrays a person as it portrays a nun that one can see and believe in. It is the story of the girl, Susan Carty, who was once fascinated by the hearts on the habits of the Sisters of Loretto. It's also the story of a girl who went to the convent and encountered many difficulties trying to serve God, but who stayed and served through God’s point of view.” Susan Carty was raised in a religious family atmosphere, and at the age of twenty, having become impressed with the Lorettine mode of life, entered the Loretto novitiate with grave seriousness and great determination. As Sister Praxedes she devoted her life to the cause of Christian education in the West and Southwest, always serving God. She was responsible in a large part for the importance of the Sisters of Loretto as a teaching order today. During her tenure of office, Mother Praxedes estab- lished fifty-one schools, including two colleges, and planned the order's first foreign mission. This frontier woman who led a life of dedication, un- limited zeal and untiring labors, realized that she had been called to give herself and nothing less. Sister Praxedes could do anything that she set out to do and had that won- derful pioneering spirit that could move a mountain. It was this strong woman who came to the aid of the Church and chipped away at towers of poverty, ignorance and apprehension. This was the woman that went beyond the duty of an educator and assisted at the deathbeds of those people struck by the influenza epidemic of 1918. Sister Praxedes reformed ranks on the battlefronts of religion and education where a man would just as soon have retreated. She was endowed with a down-to-earth sense of values and in a way was like her little Indian stu- dent in Las Cruces, New Mexico, who, unable to combine the abstract concepts of four and tu n, comes to the correct conclusion by counting on the ten fingers I have in my head. Throughout her religious life Mother Praxedes en- deavored to have in her mind that mind which was also in Christ Jesus; to be heavenly-minded and not earth- minded. Through her whole life she saw not through the mind but through the heart. This seeing helped Mother Praxedes grasp the meaning of a day-to-day life, loving through God's point of view. Mother Praxedes Carty was entirely a woman — full, tender, good, and true. She possessed the woman's ability of bringing light to darkness—knowledge of God to the dark-faced children of the West and Southwest so they too could radiate happiness. Thus, in her life, whatever she did. Mother Praxedes did for her Lord, so that with Him she had only one heart. This book is readable, interesting and productive of many insights into Lorettine history and mode of living. You’ve probably heard his name or seen his picture before. Perhaps not recently because the Council is not in session. He is Fr. Kiing, peritus (theologian) to the Council. (American wrestle with his German name and usually end with King or Koong. ) A story is told that Father Kiing was met at the train station by a priest who was to drive him to his speaking engagement in Collegeville, Minnesota. Father Kiing asked to drive. It was a flat stretch of highway, speed limit 70. Father Kiing, hit seventy with no sweat, then eighty, ninety, 100—110. The other priest, cowering in the corner with his eyes glued on the speedometer, his hand clutching a breviary, ventured, Father, aren't you going a little fast? Ah, Father rolled his German r's, my driving is like my theology. It's fast, but it's safe. Only thirty-five years old, Hans Kung has written five books concerned with his fast-but-safe theology and is a professor of theology at the University of Tubingen in Germany. Father stirs up commotion wherever he goes. Several universities have refused him the right to speak be- cause of his controversial views. Others hail him as a pro- found thinker and a man indispensable to the ecumenical age. In America, Father is important as a symbol. His name is well known. He is taken to epitomize the youth and energy and progressive spirit of the men who have opened the windows of our ancient Church through the Council. Father Kiing recently lectured in Chicago on theologi- cal concepts and legal patterns of ecclesiastical authority. He was heard by a crowd of more than five thousand people; a good number of these were teen-agers. One ob- server's comment was: Good Heavens! Now we have a bobby soxer's theologian! Father Kiing is not quite so simple-minded as that com- ment may make him seem. But he has a wonderful ability to break apart the most complex problem that it might be made clear; and an ability to treat the most delicate ques- tion—bad popes, the index, Maryism, —with charity and a realization of the humanness of the Church. It is this charity and this clarity that makes him so well-known for his ability to communicate with and convince ordinary people. HIS BOOKS: Father Kiing comes closest to the people in his book That the World May Believe. In a series of ten letters, he answers the religious problems posed by a university stu- dent in her late teens. (Sheed Ward, New York, $3.00) Written on a keynote of hope The Council: Reform and Reunion covers the plans for and possibilities of the Coun- cil and its effect in the Church and the Christian world. (Sheed Ward, New York, $3.95) The Council in Action is a collection of Father Kiing's speeches and a historical recording of what happened at the Council's first session. (Sheed Ward, New York, $4.50) Winter 1963-4 43 newwords The highway stuck its big fist into the city and carefully stretched its fingers. To what purpose is color? We can tell an elephant from a grape because of it, and without it we could mistake a skunk for a pussycat—which could be dangerous. Pat Graham. '64 Life is like a carousel. Even when you get kind of tired of it, you're not quite ready to get off. Pam Copulas, 6} To understand is to have thoughts hold hands. Winter comes with a sigh from the North and falls, like a weary dancer, on the land. 3lie 3cicle That day was the coldest I had ever experienced. It seemed that the snow would never stop falling. It was the kind of snowfall that blinds you, it sticks all over you and makes you feel that home and warmth arc a million miles away. All I could think about was rush, rush, rush, rush, hurry up and get home. Then 1 looked up, 1 don't know why, I just did. There it was; 1 felt the grip of a sudden chill. It was an icicle—powerfully large, looming alone. It was sus- pended from two steel beams in a weightless manner, and snow was swirling around it in a tornadic fashion. There was nothing connected with it—it was just another sus- pended body of ice. I turned and saw' that the street was deserted. 1 ran home as quickly as 1 could. I passed by the icicle every day. Often 1 got the urge to run, but I couldn't. Soon I began seeing things in it. Some- times, it was angelic, at other times eerie—indescribable. Once it seemed an (Kean of ripples and once an impene- trable fairyland of wonders. The end of winter was coming and with it came many changes. All the blackness of the passing winter was to be seen in everything. The soft, muddy slush was nauseating, and it seemed to penetrate even my thick boots. My clear, crystal icicle was a welcomed sight. With the rays of the warm sun seeping through it, it became a multicolored diamond. It's colors were blinding with the light of the sun radiating them, and 1 often had to turn away from it. The sun had succeeded in melting all the other icicles, but this one still stood. It seemed unending. It was as if the icicle were fighting fate's familiar pattern. I found as 1 passed it Monday, however, that it had begun to drip—an unend- ing scries of drops seemed to come from it. The rhythm was unbroken and had a forget-me-not aura to it. It shrunk in size, but I was still drawn to it as strongly as 1 had been that first day. After I had finished looking at it on Friday and turned to leave, I heard a quick clean-cut crack and then an unmistakably familiar crash. I didn't turn around. 1 couldn't. All I could think was hurry, get home—it s not a million miles away and it's oh, so warm. —Elvira Arroyo, '65 the laorelette Clowns, peanuts, cotton candy, lions, and elephants all make up the circus: and the spirit can be found when 15,000 people answer the ringmaster when he asks Is Everybody (tyP y ? The walls of the Municipal Auditorium echoed their occu- pants' resounding cries as the red-coated ringmaster bel- lowed out this query to raise the curtain of the Ararat- Shrine Circus. The question was answered with childish fervor by three laurelette staff members as they grabbed helium balloons, chomped peanuts, and sat in the sawdust of the circus performance. Their description, however, was not exceptional, as all K. C. circus-goers were transported to the enchanted world where horses act human, girls ride in elephants mouths, and clowns keep the atmosphere as pink and cheery as the vendor's cotton candy. The clowns do indeed set the mood as they cavort in, around, and over the three-ring circus floor. One green- nosed, cigar-puffing clown was the proud possessor of a four-wheeled vehicle which would have challenged the wits of both Ford and Edison. Disregarding the fire-spouting grill, bubbles and snakes from the radiator, fresh fish in the back trunk, suspended clothes line, and balloon-blowing tires—the unsolved mystery seems to be how the car actually moved. Looking at its dilapidated frame might lead you to underestimate its remarkable talent of driving Winter 1963-4 and honking by itself and leaving its water-sprayed ow ner picking up the pieces, only to be run down and left im- modestly attired in his polka dot underwear. Another popular and characteristic part of the circus was the wild animal act with the famous trainer, Clyde Beatty. Mr. Beatty, as much a name in the circus as the lions he trains, has a way with animals of the larger variety They growl and paw madly at his springy figure, which is completely equipped with chair, whip. pole, and gun to handle his entire selection of crispy critters. Those observers who were only slightly mindful of the overhanging wires became more mindful of them and the venturesome trio shooting across them, perched on and suspended from a glittering motorcycle. While one dare- devil drove, did headstands, and wobbled convincingly, the other two maintained the balance from a triangular con- traption dangling beneath the cycle. The act, which came from Switzerland, was a favorite with everyone except the featful acrophobia-suffering souls who, coward-like, hid their faces in boxes of popcorn. Next, the lofty swooping was tried, tested, and proved 45 by the aerialists who, rather prudently, chose to amaze their audience above the security of a net. Midway in the show, an intermission was called, and only after the children got their stomachs full of hotdogs and their faces full of ice cream did the circus roll back into action with the Arabic tumblers hitting the floor in the wildest display of human agility shown. In their crown- ing act, they all stood on one firm-legged tumbler who miraculously, was able to uphold the teetering weight o his seven compatriots. Even the captivated watchers had to groan for him as one after another the tumblers hopped on and off. After the Arabs had flipped back to their dressing rooms, the audience was entertained and entranced by a mmble- toed foot juggler. Bells, chairs, and barrels ail twirled skill- fully and seemingly effortlessly. Dice about the size of cardboard boxes were placed on her feet and when the Friend-shift Mercury 7' j bolted oround the oreno both with and without its astro-nut owner. Childish wonder is displayed on the faces of these children os they wotch the oerialists perform. lights were doused, the pink and purple spotlights caught the luminescent spots bouncing on the ceiling. Trampoline experts, elephants, varnished-looking seals, clowns these followed, making the answer to the barker s question. Are you enjoying the circus? an easy one. In the final act, a large airplane took off with two acro- bats spinning from the wings. Colored streams of light were concentrated on the revolving plane, which, along with a cut-glass ball suspended above it, reflected shimmer- ing streaks of light over the walls and faces in the filled arena. As the plane slowly landed, a final burst of gold sparks shot from it, and green smoke enveloped the bril- liance of the lustrous ending in a dreamy haze. The acrobats scampered to the floor and joined the other performers circled around the arena just as the ringmaster emitted the phrase which summarized the three hours of happiness: We think they're wonder . . . luUH! 46 ♦he laurelette Indians Scalped in AH Star Game War-painted, jingle-belled and headband-sporting Indians whooped onto the court November 22 to meet the silver- buckled but rather conservatively dressed Pilgrims in the '6} Thanksgiving All Star Game. Miss Reardon and Miss Angerer were on hand to officiate with giant-size red and white whistles. As the cheers rocked the gym, it soon became evident that the Indians' warpaint was more threat- ening than their game as one after another the Pilgrims hit the cords and netted goals in their 19-9 stomp over their struggling opponents. The game was for fun—shared by the bleacher-packed crowd; and while the Pilgrims carried off the turkeys, they left the Indians, only slightly pacified, sadly wiping off their streaked war paint. Also chosen for the game were All Star Cheerleaders” who dressed appropriately and devised cheers to encourage the school's spirit. The Pilgrims displayed timing and togetherness through the antics of cheerleaders: ‘Grace Donaldson, Linda Cloud, Liz Engel, Kathy Kleinman, and Connie Moran. Ten Little Indians” and many more came from the Indians tribe cheerleaders consisting of: ‘Barbara Raab, Elvira Arroyo, Dorothy Dickens, Jan Edgenton, Ana Galvez, and Patty Pickens. The game had been a good one but perhaps it was just history repeating itself as the Pilgrims shared everything but their points in ripping in goals over their challenging foes. Pilgrims. ’Therese Horvat, Maureen Hannan, Maggie Lally, Jo Ann Madel, Vera Schneider, Kathy Schoenberger. Mary Strick, Peggy Wolski, and Terry Zinser. Indians: ’Janet Ward, Carolyn Foster, Lee Hudson, Janice Jenicke, Loretta Kmpper, Sherry Ralston, and Janet Williams. ’Captains Drop Shots The whistles were finally silent and the gym was deserted but the cries of We are the seniors, mighty, mighty, sen- iors” filled the halls as the victorious Jugs clinched an undefeated year on LA's court by breezing past the Frosh Nuts 29-9 in the final contest December 11. Rebounding into second place were the Junior Rattfinks who smashed off 20-5 and 22-8 victories over the Frosh. After recovering from an earlier loss to the Soph Grubs, they squeaked by them with desperate shooting in a later game 12-10. The Soph Grubs sizzled into third with a flurry of baskets to drop the Frosh twice 10-5, 21-6, and slide by the Juniors 16-12 with a few clutch points. Despite their final position, the Sophs proved themselves a threat while build- ing up team strength and guarding. The Frosh Nuts got fourth as they found their opponents quite challenging and their prospective game a little new. However, in their first game against the Sophs, they poured in the points at a 48-0 clip as the deflated Sophs were un- able to tally in a staggering display of accurate shots which drew the attention of all the classes. The season now had closed but was given a final push off the court by an all-school pep rally, December 16, in the gym. There the cheerleaders for each class assembled and gave out the final leaps on behalf of their classes which joined in the chorus. Finally in the spirit of unity, all the classes gave boisterous cheers for everyone's winner, Loretto. Then followed the individual recognition to the high point scorers of each team. First place went to Janice Jenicke, the tall sharp-shooting forward of the senior team, who wound up with an astonishing 70 points. Second belonged to Cindy Kamphaus, red-hot frosh center, who pumped in 5L Terry Zinser, sparky forward of the juniors, was high-point producer with 44. Therese Horvat, soph rebounding star, ended with a close 40. Attendance awards went to Mary Agnes Batton, Sarah Copowycz, Kathy Son- nenberg, and Beth Rush, who showed their terrific school spirit by being present at all the games. The Victory Trophy fell to the undefeated seniors as their overpowering play had left comers hopefully whisper- ing among themselves, well—next year. . . . Winter 1963-4 47 ■V V H v i Goblins Golore, how gory! Gory yes, but also gooey. October 30 all varieties of strange creatures powdered their noses (rather heavily), teased their hair, smeared red tempra on their hands, and trekked off to the sophomore Halloween Party They emerged ot its end still wearing those ghostly grins—those, that is, whose teeth weren't stuck in a candy apple Loretto held its first demonstration Moss on November 6 in the auditorium. Each girl brought a special offering, carried by representatives to the altar ond blessed by Father Graham and Father Ryon Dede DeSoto and Sister Jane Therese have brought gifts from the students and sisters to be incensed. Unity Through Responsibility, the school theme for the quarter, was presented ot an assembly on November 10th. Charlotte Pinter, senior; Kathy Clifford, junior; Mary Lucido, sophomore; and Linda Mulich, freshman, ore grouped oround the dome of Loretto, united in striving towards the quarter goal. the laurelette In recognition of scholarship, leadership, and service three sen- iors: Delores DeSoto, Mory Kelly, and Kris Schaeffer ond two juniors: Corol Green ond Juanita Talkington were received into the newly formed Loretto chopter of the National Honor Soci- ety. Three sophomores: Thfcrese Horvot, Cathy Jones, ond Beth Rush ore probationers. Miss Palazzo and Sister Mory Venord officiated at the ceremony after which was a reception for the girls ond their porents. After stapling, taping, stuffing, and painting, the juniors looked weorily through a blue-green hoze ond sow an Underwater Fantasy emerge Under Suzanne Finch's direction, willing workers made the November 29th dance a visual and financial success Pictured are juniors in various stages of exhaustion before the dance The Advent Breakfast (December 20), Cantata (December 27), and Christmas party (December 29) prepared Loretto students and livened them with the Christmas spirit. Winter 1963-4 PERSPECTIVE PEEKS Sophomores Where O where are the silly, silly sophomores?’ This is an excerpt from a song rapidly becoming popular here at Loretto. This song designates the sophomores as being giddy and frivolous, and it must be admitted that as you near the sophomore locker section on the first floor, you can hear shrill giggles bouncing off the walls and catch snatches of conversations such as, Guess what' I'm only an INCH taller than Jim! Of course, you may not leave the soph section in the same shape you entered— you’ll probably have a new hairdo or the like after being squirted several hundred times with a water gun. But don’t go away mad, because the sophomores are a necessary part of Loretto; a part that we couldn t—and for the most part wouldn’t—do without. They add a much needed color to our school life. A Loretto without these sophomores is like a carnival without a ferris wheel—half the fun is missing. As a class, the sophomores are not yet solidly united nor overly dedicated, but they are individualists. They do not try to be carbon copies of the juniors and seniors, and they don't try to follow exactly in the footsteps of preced- ing sophomores. They are a class separate from the fresh- men, juniors, and seniors, possessing characteristics all their own. Be they good or bad, these characteristics are theirs. This is a good, because in a world of close-knit conformists, the quality of individualism can be very refreshing. An up-and-coming attribute of the sophomores is ambi- tion. Up-and-coming” because this quality is gradually being put into harness by the able leaders in the class, and being steered in the right direction. With the aid of these leaders, this ambition will, in all probability, be used to the advantage of Loretto and to help establish the sophs as an even greater class. We have seen what the sophomores can do: we have seen their ability in their Advent breakfast last year, their Hallowe’en party this year; we have seen their generosity and spark in coming in second in the Christmas mission drive, and showing themselves as super- salesmen in last year’s chocolate selling project. As a united class, the sophomores will do much for Loretto, for the class itself, and for the individuals in the class. Silly? Maybe. But they have great potential, and they will use it wisely. Therese Horvat. . . Sincerity glows from u itbin everything she does. When you think of Therese Horvat, you can think of all the qualities of a persevering and dedicated person; that is Therese all over. Hard work seems to be a part of her for she gives of herself willingly, taking great pains in everything she does. Anything she sets out to do is done, and done well. Her dedication to her class and to Loretto stems from her love for and devotion to both. As Freshman Student Council Representative she showed this by bring- ing unity to a newly formed class. This year she shows it even more by setting a high example for others to follow. Her willingness to give of herself as a member of Sodality cannot be surpassed. Perseverance and dedication are not Therese's only out- standing qualities, but thoughtfulness and integrity are also prevalent in her character. Thinking a great deal of Loretto, she does not sit waiting to see what Loretto can do for her; she DOES what she can for Loretto. She puts her- self last in ALL her undertakings. One of Therese's interests is sports. She likes basketball, volleyball, and is a member of the Athletics Qub. This year she was a star player on the Sophomore basketball team. Therese was honored recently by being made a proba- tionary member of the new Loretto chapter of the National Honor Society; a wonderful honor that befits her. Therese hopes to study medicine or be a teacher. In either case she will continue to give of herself. As one of Therese's classmates said of her, She's the GREATEST! How right she is, for Therese is giving what no one can take away. Cathy Jones ... If she leads, anyone would want to follow. Words cannot express what a wonderful girl Cathy Jones really is. You have to know her to get a glimpse of the worth of her qualities. Friendliness, responsibility, gener- osity, dedication—all of which are characteristics of Cathy s outgoing personality. She is the type of girl who goes out of her way to be nice to others. As part of her nature, she is friendly to everyone she knows. Cathy is responsible in everything she undertakes. When the time for the Sopho- more party came around, she took it upon herself to get the different committees working and helped in anyway she could. Her generosity cannot be limited. Being a self- less person, she continually is of indispnsable aid to others Where lies the problem of a fellow classmate, lies the answer in the thoughtful and diligent assistance of . . Cathy. But most of all she's dedicated to her class. As Sophomore Class President she puts the class first. A great deal of her time is given to her class and its work. The Sophomore class is a part of Cathy, but even more Cathy is a vital part of her class. Whenever there is work to be done, she is right there to get things going. Her self- less efforts arc to make a more united class. Not only does she want to grow mentally in her years at Loretto, but she also wants to grow spiritually. She always takes out time in her busy schedule to talk with God. Cathy is a devoted participant in spiritual activities sponsored by the school. Cathy too is a probationary member of the National Honor society. All the qualifications essential to become a member of the society are embedded in Cathy s personal- ity. Leadership and responsibility are two that are most evident in her character. After high school Cathy plans to go to college and major in languages. But no matter what she does, you can expect that she will be successful. Wherever she goes she will leave a part of herself that will help others when they come along. 52 the laurelette Eleanor and Maryilyn Schaeffer . .. Individually as well as together, they symbolize the making of a good class. Most people think of twins as being like in every way, but that isn't true of the Schaeffer twins. Eleanor and Marilyn are individualists with differing interests and abilities. Eleanor likes to write, particularly poetry. She is the type of girl that can be depended on whenever she’s asked to do something. Last year as freshman class president, Eleanor helped lead the class forward. Her perseverance to get things done was especially evident in the work on the Advent Breakfast last year. Liking the out-of-doors and sports, she loves to go horseback riding and play basketball. The majority of her leisure time is devoted to the organ- izations to which she belongs, i.e.. Press Club, Sodality, Glee Club, Athletics Club and the newly formed Safety Club. Marilyn, more on the quiet side, has a distinctive talent in art. She likes to draw and whenever there is something in the class that needs an artistic touch, Marilyn is there to do it. Generous with her time, she is always around to help in any way she can. A friendly person, she is well liked by everyone. Last year Marilyn was the chairman of the freshmen Sodalists. She is a member of Press Club and Sodality and much of her time is devoted to each. If some- one needs help to get a job done, Marilyn gives it. Even though they like to be considered individual, there are some things that are attributed to both of them. Both Eleanor and Marilyn are girls that help constitute a good class. They are always ready to help whenever the)’ can. At the Hallowe'en party this year they did more than their share of the work. When a fellow classmate was sick in the hospital, they both took out time to visit her and cheer her up. Not only do they do what is asked of them, but they willingly volunteer to give their service. What is so won- derful about them is that they do it out of love for Loretto and what it stands for. Hard workers like Eleanor and Marilyn keep a school as well as a class spirited. Winter 1963-4 53 What is color? Is it the colors of the rainbow, or of the trees, or of a blushing face? Yes, it is this, but it could be more. It is the beautiful colors of God’s creations. It is the different shades of a rainbow and the green of a forest of trees. It is the red of a fire-engine and the blue of a violet. It is the colors of the sunset, the reds, yellows, oranges. But, could it be more? Gould it be the color of a person's life? A life has color. Not the pinkness of a new-born baby or the whiteness of a great-grandmother. A life is the color you make it. A life can be very dark, very mean, very evil. Or a life can be very happy, very good and very loving. Is this not color, also? C omp.S I see the colors of the city—smoke grey, jet black and tar- nished bronze—molded, mingled with the labors of the day. Blazen red of smelting is shadowed by the greyish tinge of once first crystal windows. Gilded rays arc glowing through the furnace door ablaze with agitated coals. Upon their faces is the grime and sweat from honest work. Dirt smudged hands toil to the time of mechanical rhythm. The steel-blue sky is streaked with black rivers, pouring forth from steepled domes, atop great places. The sulphur sun peers down upon a panorama of mightiness and vexation and melts upon it to torment a tough gawdy gladness. Now ceased is the continual turmoil, and the forging power be- comes a midnight sleep. C CP Cn Horizons Exchange Are sit-in demonstrations for civil rights too violent? It's the best way, we’re quiet about it but you shouldn't fight to be normal. At least we don’t get up and revolt; that would start another Civil War. How do you feel when the race problem is brought up in a classroom? I don't think there’s any reason to be afraid when this happens because there’s nothing to be ashamed of be- cause you are a Negro.” I don't think the girls should be shy about asking race questions cause they should say it and get it straight rather than get the wrong idea.” What can we do to overcome discrimination at school? Express yourselves openly—dare to be different. Education through personal contact is the stepping stone in discovering the brotherhood of man. Togetherness is new to both races and it’s going to take understanding on both sides. the laurelette Work and lots of it... that's what it takes for the making of a club or the presentation of a play. But after it's all over drama members find they have the satisfaction of i Welt “Delete The job finished, Mrs Bosch is presented with flowers after the November 22 performance. A frenzied junior with an intent expression pushes her way through the hall mumbling to herself. A wild senior attacks you with the query, Do you happen to have an old wheel-barrow we can use as a cart? These are the signs of the Drama Club at work. 'f Work, and lots of it, is exactly what the members of drama have set for their goal this year. Realizing that the club is only as strong as its members, they are striving to widen their knowledge of the various aspects of the stage and develop their talent as performers upon it. Christmas holidays found the active drama enthusiasts attending plays to be discussed upon return to school, and studying the history of drama from the Greek theatre to modern day. Mrs. Bosch, moderator of the group, already has plans for the future. A make-up demonstration will acquaint the girls with the art of using creams and powder to create an illusion under the lights of the stage. Atten- dance at the Drama Convention will put the club in con- tact with other drama groups and the work that they have been doing. The girls themselves are looking forward to a second play next semester. The first effort of the Drama Club this year was Boy with a Cart.” Preceding the presentation was a month of hard work and long rehearsals, but every girl will tell you that there's nothing more exciting than working on a play. Finding a good cast is only part of the job; the job also calls for making costumes, digging up props, painting scenery, and coordinating lighting and music to comple- Winter 1963-4 Acceptinq the rewards of a job well done. Sue Williams admits that first step onto the stage was pretty difficult. ment the action of the play. Rehearsals mean coming early and staying late, keeping up with homework, and trying to maintain school activities. As to the end result. Sue Williams (the lead in Boy with a Cart) feels There were many little difficulties—problems —that come in the weeks before the play. But when you hear that final applause you forget them all. There's more to work than the end result. Learning how to act is only part of the wide scope of knowledge ob- tained. Those endless hours of polishing a performance mean an increase of poise before an audience. The sense of co-opration and purpose that comes from working for a common goal will last long after the curtain closes and the lights dim. This is what Drama gives to its members— the satisfaction of a job well done. Too Good To Keep One geometry student quite naively confused hypothe- sis” with hypnosis. Maybe she was trying to tell us she was hypnotized by the hypothesis. At any rate, she’s going to have plenty of trouble proving the hypnosis of. A considerate English teacher inquired whether her dear students had any problems doing their bibliography cards at the library. Only one pronounced yes came in reply. It seems as though her car had been towed away (for park- ing in front of the library). Junior controversy: What is the Oxford Movement? Is it the move to wear saddle oxfords more often or just the change of classes (moving oxfords, that is)? If our handbook is not to become outdated, there is going to have to be an addition or correction on the sec- tion about our cafeteria. What with that swingin” piped in music (Beethoven's last, last symphony), can we hon- estly call it a relaxed atmosphere? Besides, after seeing everything from the monkey to the minuet performed to the strains of cultural music, one wonders just how cultural it is. Cuthman is welcomed to Styning by Taum one of the townspeople. Students: don't complain about too much homework, no spare time for television, etc. . . . One poor Sister (liv- ing in the dark ages) keeps talking about the Park Ave- nue Hillbillies. We have news for you—Park Avenue may have hillbillies, but they aren't on TV. No matter what you do these days, you can count on it being apropos —as long as you do it in a certain religion class. Whether it be apropos or not, that word does have a nice little ring to it. The latest craze sweeping the school is the writing of dedicated poems (e.g., Ode to a Toad ). Thus I dedicate the following to my fans: With a noddy, noddy, noddy And a ho, hi, hee: If you don’t do something funny, This column will not be! 56 the laurelette COMPLIMENTS OF GUARDIAN ANGELS PARISH DRIVERS TRAINING SCHOOL 39TH a BROADWAY AAA APPROVED DUAL CONTROL CARS B. A. HIFIDELITY 1014 MCGEE ALL MERCHANDISE COMPLIMENTS OF CHRIST THE KING C.Y.O. COMPLIMENTS OF THE MAIERS OF KANSAS CITY COMPLIMENTS OF AL COHEN J. T. MCCLAIN ELECTRIC CO. 3631 N 87TH TERR BETHEL. 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Wilson Wtrherspon Tire Co. Charles Young Mr. Mae Youngblood Compliments ce a Friend Miss Alice Riney Mr Philippe Sante Tad s Cafe Mr. and Mrs. J. W'. Tener Helen Thomas Mr Mike Thomas Uncle Charlie's Food Fest Bernard L Witlings Winter 1963-4 63 Alumnae Spaghetti Dinner January 26 Iowa Tests January 31, February 3 SRA High School Placement Test February 1 Snowball Dance February 1 Ash Wednesday February 12 Brotherhood Week February 16-22 NCCJ Concert ........ February 17 WJcom., Siittr Wary jU,, Loretto Academy Alumnae SPAGHETTI DINNER - Sunday - January 26, 1964 12 Noon till 6P.M. At Loretto Plate - $1.25 Children- .75 SPECIAL FEATURE Family Special $5.00 Mother, Father 4 Children (Under 12) - $5.00 Ue extend our deepest sympathy to the Lewis family (Linda and Lesley, '63) on the death of their son and brother Tom Cents and Sense A.Q.G. . G tcvU Have you ever wanted to get some- thing done, something terribly impor- tant, and yet never had enough people around you? I've felt this way often. Then, one day in October, I was rold about a new organization which was being formed under the guidance of Father Curry, S.J., and Sister Vita Marie, C.S.J. It was just a committee at that point, but the idea fascinated me. A union of all the Catholic high school students in the Kansas City area could accomplish wonders if all the students were headed in the same direction. At the first meeting, Father Curry told us our goal: make all Catholic students vital Christian apostles. There are four areas of concentration in this goal: home, parish, school, and city. Right away I began thinking of ail the things I'd heard about teenagers (irresponsible, reckless, lazy, belliger- ent, destructive) and I knew that that view could be changed by over 500,000 teenagers. By working to- gether towards a common goal, a goal which will benefit all the people in- volved, we would be responsible, en- thusiastic, thoughtful, and constructive members of society. I concentrated on some of the proposed projects: put thanks back into Thanksgiving, put Christ'' back into Christmas, sponsor orphan out-to-Iunch days. I was eager to start and I knew that there would be no stopping us once we did. We can make the Catholic students heard and their influence felt. I was thrilled when a constitution was ratified at the December 8 meet- ing, and a name chosen. That name is Catholic Teens for Service—C.T.S. This name tells clearly the nature, membership, and purpose of this union. You might have noticed that C.T.S. is the abbreviation for cents” —in our case, sense. We are a chain and each student a link; we surround Kansas City rattling loudly hoping someone will hear our clanks and help our efforts. We have a name, a constitution, and one com- pleted project; we want more proj- ects. We are an active organization and need active support. Interested in helping? Address all correspondence to: Catholic Teens for Service, c o Loretto Academy High School, 1101 W. 39th St., Kansas City, Missouri. Entarad In a program of fine music for all those supporting brotherhood, the Na tional Conference of Christians and Jews is sponsoring a Brotherhood Concert at the Municipal Auditorium, February 17, during Brotherhood Week. The Kansas City Philharmonic, directed by Hans Schwieger, and a chorus of voices selected from church and school choirs in the Kansas City area will present a program of univer- sal music. XXX V ay a con dim, her m ana! BULLETIN: As we go to press, we are proud to announce that Sister Marian Louise, a member of our high school faculty, has been chosen to wit- ness the Church in La Paz, Bolivia. Sister will be the music teacher at Loretto College, the grade school which the Sisters of Loretto operate in Bolivia's capitol. Sister will attend classes at Webster College in Saint Louis until late May, when she will go to the Loretto Moth- erhouse in Kentucky for her departure ceremony. Sister Mary Jeremy will re- place Sister here at Loretto Academy. We consider Sister Marian Louise's assignment a great grace for all of us here at Loretto. We hope to feature the South American missions in our next issue of the laurelette. As we extend our congratulations to Sister, we realize we must also say goodbye; yet we know that she will be close to us in our prayers and works for the missions. May we all grow closer to Christ through this work. at Kansas Cjfy, Missouri 64 In this essay she entered in the Catholic Community Library’s Young Writers' Contest. Beth Rush tells us What I Like About a Library It has been said that there are only seven wonders in the world, but I believe that whoever selected these seven with- out including a library has overlooked a true magnificence. A library is certainly a wonder, and it unveils a world of its own. It holds for us tales of past and future ages and truths about the present. A library contains in its books the story of men and their customs. It is not discriminatory in the distribution of its accumulated knowledge. Its many wonders are open to all who seek them—rich or poor, young or old, black or white. Probably the most practical things I like about a library are the facilities available for finding materials and for learning. A library contains seemingly unending volumes of books written on every conceivable subject, and the card catalogue places titles, authors, and subject matter of these books at our fingertips. Reference books are plentiful and one can always find one to suit his purpose. Also available are records and plays which excite in us an interest in literature and the fine arts. The best advantage of all these facilities is that they belong to you and to me. The library and all that lies therein is for the good use of all citizens. For me a library is a peaceful place. There are always people moving about, and perfect silence is not always kept, but when comparing the few minor disturbances of a library with the roar and chaos of ordinary city life a library is peaceful. I am able to concentrate with at least moderate facility there, and when my work is done I am carried into far off dreamlands in books. Exploring the many hundreds of books in a library makes one aware of the wide world about us. If we take a little time to browse through books of unusual topics, gaining a broader view of the world is inevitable. Leafing through books is fun and exciting because through them we can travel to the ends of the earth and beyond. In one day at the library we may get a glance at the ruins of antique worlds and the glories of modern ones. Next to acquiring good friends the best acquisition is that of good books. Speaking of friends, I think the most fascinating aspect of this delightful place is being able to observe the various types of people who frequent it. Even a better place than the Union Station for meeting interesting people is the library. The numerous occupations and states in life of those who resort to this intellectual hideaway are manifold and diversified. They range from the most scholarly pro- fessor acquiring data for his latest text-book to the wide- eyed five-year-old thrilled at the prospect of obtaining his very own library card. The group of students who consider themselves completely glutted with research work are nearly as natural to the library as the librarian, and might soon be included in the architect's plans of construction. Once in a while a housewife may rush into the library in a fit of frenzy searching for the latest book on flower rais- ing, her African violet being in a rather dilapidated state, or more often, she may enter calmly and leave in the same manner with an intriguing mystery story which she plans to enjoy in her spare time—that is, after the six children are in bed for the night. Business men may often be seen reading the latest magazine article on the state of the country's economy. Waifs and strays seek refuge from in- clement weather in the protective have, and they glance over the stacks of magazines, or maybe they just watch the other occupants at their work until the storm subsides. Elderly, gray-haired gentlemen come in to read the daily paper. Middle-aged women seek information for the term papers they are writing for night school. Each of these is there searching for a small part of the knowledge and enjoyment that a library holds and freely gives, or perhaps some are searching for nothing more than warmth and rest for their weary bones, but whatever is their purpose, by all of them I am enthralled. It may be a simple, one room shanty, it may be a ten- story edifice; be it what it may structurally, a library has the grace of a magnificant fount of intellectual abundance. A library is an eternal flame, a steady glow in the dark- ness of ignorance, and a guiding beacon for all those who seek knowledge, and joy, and friendship. 66 the laurelette Vol. 32, No. 3 Spring, 1964 Table of Contents What I Like About a Library......66 . . . Beth Rush A Sense of Easter................67 . . . Kirstinc Schaeffer Freshman Feature....... .........68 . . . Paula Harris, Cecilia Acosta The Older Woman..................72 . . . Pam Copulos The Family Spirit 73 ... Liz Dewey Newwords ........................74 . . . Bobbie Junior, editor Perspective Peeks................76 . . . Ann Lillis, Laura Nixon Sport Highlights 78 . . . Eleanor Schaeffer About Town.......................79 Reader Rampant....... 80 . . . Lee Hudson One in Christ....................81 . . . Grace Donaldson Scope ...........................88 . . . Sally Kieffaber. editor PRESS CLUB MEMBERS Editor: Kirstine Schoeffer Art Editor: Pom Miller; artists Rosemary Hale, Marilyn Schoeffer, Dione Tockett Business Manager: Carol Stipetich staff Sharon Copulos, Pat Flonogon, Judy Junior, Susie Kappler Circulation: Charlotte Pinter Focus: Ellen Welch Literory Editor: Bobbie Junior Make-up Editor: Margorette Grant, page plan- ners: Jane Allen, Gwen Geraths, Mory Otto, Monlyn Schaeffer, Dione Tackett. Suson Tackett, Ellen Welch, Cothy Weiss Morgue: Judy Junior Photographers: Sarah Copowycz, Lindo Genova Linda Sophy, Peggy Wolski Writers: Cecilia Acosto. Pom Copulos, Delores DeSoto, Liz Dewey, Groce Donoldson, Pat Graham, Paula Harris, Lee Hudson, Mary Kelly, Ann Lillis, Kathy Lockwood. Laura Nixon, Eleanor Schaeffer. Pot Todd Moderator: Sister Judith Mory, S.L. The laurelette is published four times • year by the Loretto Press Club. Address all correspondence to the laurelette. Loretto Academy, 1101 West 39th Street. Kansas City 11, Missouri, Subscrip- tions are SI.50 per year. A Sense of Easter Spring is budding trees and robins and first crocuses. It’s all those things growing after a cold winter and snow. There are signs of life all around. Spring is life and it is everywhere. Easter is new life. For the catechumens in the early Church Easter was specially a time of new life. They had worked three years preparing for their Baptism; it finally took place Holy Saturday night in a ceremony called the Service of Life. For the catechumens Easter came in white robes and new life. The early Church joined them because this reminded them of their own Baptism. After the catechumens were baptised, the Christians renewed their Baptismal vows. Like the first Christians, we renew our life with the renewal of our Baptismal vows at the Holy Saturday vigil. This reminds us of the promises we made when we were first baptised—to renounce Satan’s works and declare the truths we believe in. This renouncing and believing is an every day affair. Easter is the rush in the mornings to get to school. It’s freshmen working on FLAP. It's the entire school working on the goal word or fighting to win the Mission Drive. It’s missionaries witnessing Christ in South America. This Easter life is with us in everything we do. Maybe that’s part of the miracle of Easter. Cover story: Spring is a fantasia world of new life. Poni Miller grows some of its flowers on our cover. Spring 1964 67 - rw ss Study, study, study is the watchword for these industrious girls. Knowing that the library is one of the best places to study throughout the school, the frosh take good advantage of its facilities. A penny for the thoughts of this freshman as she stops a moment to reflect on the work being done for the Advent Breakfast. Perhaps she's wondering how many more hours will be spent in future years working on class-sponsored projects. 68 the laurelette You can't help but notice that there are new, shining faces in the halls of Loretto. You can't help but hear the glee- ful shouts of young, excited voices from every nook and cranny. These are signs of life and liveliness—these are signs of the freshmen. When the freshmen arrived at Loretto, they found them- selves in a new and challenging world. For a time they might have been lost in the maze of classrooms and stu- dents, but they have been quick at catching on to the daily routine. Among the important things they have learned are that evenings after school are not for talking on the phone, or television, but for homework assignments given by teachers. Weekends are spent at school working on various projects and class-sponsored activities. But every class they have, each hour of homework, and the activities they sponsor are opportunities to show what they are as a class and as individuals. So far, the Freshmen have accepted every challenge thrown their way and have proven that they are a class on the go. The freshmen didn’t have to look far to find the leaders they needed to spur them on. Realizing that the qualities of leadership stand out in some girls more than others, the class is not hampered by so many leaders that there aren't any followers. Not only docs this make the class strong, but gives strength to the entire school; for as the frosh stand solidly behind their class and leaders, they will be capable of being the leaders of tomorrow. A superb example of co-operation in the class was the Advent Breakfast, sponsored by the freshmen for the entire student body. Through their planning, organization and work, the frosh succeeded in bringing the true spirit of Advent to Loretto, as shown in the theme The Star of David. Proving that they are a far-reaching class, they have instigated FLAP (Freshmen for La Paz)—a project aimed at raising money for the missions of South America. Once started, they continued to keep it going through bake sales, selling various members of the class as slaves, and donating the time of their class sponsors, Sister Judith Mary and Sister Ann Michela. The freshmen have shown through these big things and all the little things they do for teachers, the school, and their classmates, that they are not willing to sit back and let everyone else do all the work. This drive to help and be an active part of school life gives them an individual spirit all their own. The only hurdle the freshmen have had to face is the very fact that they are the youngest class in the school. Often they get that feeling, Whether you know anything or not, you don't know anything at all. This is just a case of acute freshmen-itis and has probably been felt by every freshman class since the beginning of time. There will be other freshman classes at Loretto—possibly a new Loretto. But just as nothing can replace this fun- loving, inquisitive class today, there will never be a class even remotely similar in spirit or in members. Positive is spirit—comparative to none—superlative in members— this is what the freshman class is. Spring 1964 69 Jo Ann Parrino Theresa Rosberg Always up on something! Theresa Rosberg, frosh class president, is an individualist, friendly, spirited, bubbling with enthusiasm. This enthusi- asm, this enjoyment of life, touches everything she does, whether working for her school or her class. She puts this bursting energy into good use for her alma mater. In the production of the Advent Breakfast, the first large-scale project the frosh have presented, Theresa concerned herself with every aspect of it, working along with her classmates to make it an event that would be remembered in the minds and hearts of all here at Loretto. An exuberant person, Theresa goes full speed, ignoring passive occupations, which suit her as much as peaceful arbitration suits Charles Finley. Among these non-passive occupations is sports, as was certainly evident in the part she played on the freshman basketball team. Athough Theresa goes in for zany antics she has her serious side. The frosh class and the responsibility of being a leader weigh heavily on her shoulders, but inevitably Theresa comes through. She believes that there is an answer to every problem, you just have to sit down and find it. Theresa is frequently found defending the freshmen class at Student Council. But she will never force her opinions or ideas upon others. Always Theresa tries to do her best. And always there will be a place at Loretto for her to fill and a job to accompishment and a class to lead. Jo Ann Parrino is a normal freshman at Loretto and yet an unusual one. With strong convictions, and a high stand- ard, Jo Ann is a perfectionist. She is never satisfied with anything good; it must always be her best, whether in class, sports, or whatever. It may or may not be unusual that Jo Ann realizes that now as a freshman she must make the most of her four years at Loretto and that is why studying is her first responsibility. Jo Ann is a friendly person who goes out of her way to make friends or put others at ease. Jo Ann catches jokes remarkably fast and she uses puns frequently in her speech. She makes others feel good by keeping their spirits up. Her willingness to help was evident in the Christmas Mission Drive. When asked to help for one night after school to clean and straighten the alcoves, she not only showed up that night, but every night the rest of the week. Wherever there is help needed, she gives it, sacrificing for others. She is a good athlete but shys from crowds. Though she has excellent grades she never brags but rather backs away from recognition. She likes to do things and then sit back without receiving notice for them. Jo Ann's pet peeve is being called shorty or shrimp and you can tell when she is mad or embarrassed by her red ears. Among her many accomplishments, she taught herself how to swim; since there is a swimming pool in her yard she gets a lot of practice. 70 When you visit her home, her family makes you feel as one of them, as if you belong there, and it is easy to see where she gets her warmth and vibrancy. Her warm per- sonality reflects on everyone she knows. As one Student Council member put it, You always know when Jo Ann is around, you notice her; she always has something to say. As Jo Ann goes through high school, new doors of opportunity are opened to her to improve herself as a person and as a member of Loretto. But Jo Ann isn't the type of person who will pass these chances by, she is intelligent, friendly and she is a Loretto girl! Cindy Kamphaus At home she enjoys listening to records from Broadway hits and movie scores. The biggest thing for Cindy now is being freshmen Sodality Probation chairman. She has shown her great class spirit in working on the Advent Breakfast and playing in the basketball games. She is willing to work on anything that she believes in. When she has an idea and is trying to convey it to another, Cindy gets excited and babbles along leaving the listener in complete confusion. But she doesn't always talk fast, and although she loves having fun, Cindy realizes that there is a time and a place for everything and that includes being serious. She does what she thinks is right; in grade school she was called Old Stone-face because she believed that the classroom was not the place to play and have fun. Cindy Kamphaus is a tall, blond, blue-eyed freshman, who plays basketball and coaches in her parish. She is also an expert swimmer, in fact, she taught at the Junior College in Kansas City, Kansas last summer. Cindy has many diverse talents which are being revealed gradually. She designed the book marks for the Advent Breakfast; in the Spanish program in honor of our Lady of Guadelupe, December twelfth, she suggested the fresh- men's contribution to the program: a dancing skit por- traying dancing dolls. Cindy gets things done, and she is so well organized about everything she has plenty of time for leisure. Her remarkable organization and good study habits produce all those A's she gets. Cindy has made first honors both first and second quarter. Cindy believes in respect and practices it and she can't understand some of the others who don't show much respect. The little ordinary acts of courtesy and thoughtful- ness that are a part of her often go unnoticed. After Loretto Cindy plans to attend the University of Kansas Medical School and study to be a medical technician. But whatever her chosen career, Cindy Kamphaus will succeed. Spring 1964 71 Love at sixteen isn't passionate or lasting. It's only a friend that understands you because no one else does. It's someone to u rite poems for, paint pictures of, and tell dreams to. But most of all. it's someone to build sand castles with on summer days even though you know they're going to be washed away when you least expect it.. . m omcin This time it was going to be different. Sure, that's what 1 kept telling myself. It was always” going to be different. You see, every year our family looks forward to this corny trip i)wn to the lake in the height of summer, when everything is green and growing and the water is spunky and cooling yet tinged with the laziness of summer heat. Despite my stereophonic protests that I was old enough to stay home and that none of the older kids went to the lake, I still found myself half-way there in this way every year and 1 had this awful forboding that it might be this way for the rest of my life. Just as I had pictured it through those days of pleading at home and hours of agony in the car, everything was the same. Things were exactly the way we left them and exactly the way 1 hated them most. Half a million noisy children kept running along the beach and dozens of screaming babes must have felt the same way I did, but no one heard or answered their protests either. A short distance from all this confusion was our cabin, a sort of primitive dwelling from all outside appearances, but filled with as many modern conveniences as could be had on the inside plus as many cobwebs as could be accumulated over those months of our absence. I didn't even have time to start anticipating the impending clean-up process—Mother was already calling me to pitch in. Sometimes she's a fanatic on this thing. Even if everyone else hated this job, I for one was glad to participate and delay as long as possible that awful time when I'd have to join in saying how glad I was to be down here again and isn't it wonderful how everything always seems the same and how anxious I was to splash into that cool fresh water. Basically, I'm not a liar, but neither am I fool enough to tell the truth. As soon as the peace of dusting and sweeping was broken and we had finished telling ourselves how nice it was and how lucky we were, I was literally forced into my bathing suit so that I could take the kids down for a sneak preview of the lake today. It was no real chore; I just didn’t want to do it. But it was no use even uttering a word, even though I had promised myself at home that I would spend hours of rime in some secluded place writing poetry and painting pictures of sun sets and sand dunes. And here I was already doing things I hadn't planned on. Every- thing not only looked the same, it was going to be the same, maybe even worse 'cause I was a year older. After I left the kids and wandered on my own what seems to have been a considerable distance because it was already dark and I could just barely hear the muffled gibberish of Denny and Ricky, my summer began. Yes, there he was, sitting all alone by a lonesome fire. His skin was the color of cork and hair was like golden rays of sun all overlapping and his eyes—his eyes were such a sweet innocent baby blue, so unaffected and naive, as though he didn't see the same over-crowded lake side that I saw. That wasn't all he didn't see. For a while he didn't even see me. but Fate preordained it for me just then to trip over a decaying tree and land most suddenly in an awkward heap behind him. He jumped up as if startled and saw me in all my gauche glories of straining to untangle my feet. Are you hurt he questioned with all the sincerity those huge blue eyes could render. Remembering that I was a girl and he was a boy, possibly the only one at the lake, I gave him my sweetest smile, I think it's my ankle,” I replied. Utterly poised and so accomplished in the tender bedside man- ner of a doctor, he leant over me, truly interested and helpful. Without a moment's hesitation, muscles developed beyond his years exerted little effort to pick me up most gently. 1 must have looked either surprised or frightened, or maybe a little of both, because he hurriedly said, You don't mind? 1 merely grinned and continued gazing into those creamy blue pools of heaven. (I must explain that blue eyes are the one facial characteristic that drive me out of my mind.) I kept thinking that he must be at least nineteen, maybe twenty, but maybe married. As he carried me to our cabin, he said little, but I made up for the silence by my fast revolving thoughts. I made up all kinds of stories. First I pictured him as a budding young scientist, studying the fauna and flora of the lake. Next I supposed him to be some famous personality that I, in my ignorance, didn't recog- nize. In my dreams he was everything from a descendent of the Bounty mutineers to a teen-age idol. Just while I was in the middle of the tense moments of a car race with him in the lead- ing car, he said something. I didn't hear a word. Again, in that deep voice of a grown man. he said. Is this your cabin? Quite obviously so, I thought, with all the family gathered around the door with worried looks and Denny and Ricky chor- using over and over again, Here she comes. Here she comes. Cindy's home Why, oh why must they keep calling me that? 1 am not a child and my name is Cynrhia. Howf many million times a day must I tell them this? Just in rime before the formal family welcome, I managed a weak yes to his question. Carefully he set me down and said almost timidly, as much to himself as to anyone else, I hope she isn’t hurt badly. She had a little fall over there and 1 brought her back. Mother thanked him several times and offered him dinner, but he must have declined, although I don't remember what he said. With Mama, Daddy. Denny and Ricky all surrounding me and asking me hundreds of foolish, but concerned questions, I never saw him go. By the time 1 raised my head enough, how- ever, he had vanished. Simply gone. For two days my life was miserable. I couldn't help thinking over and over again that it was just a dream and it had never really happened at all. I'm certain 1 would have broken down and lost my mental faculties if that horrid swelling didn't keep re- minding me that the pain was real and he must be too. By the third day, I was beginning to walk and by now I couldn’t help being even more miserable. Endlessly 1 told myself that it was useless, 1 was a mere child and might just as well have not existed for all he cared. On top of all this, 1 didn't so much as know his name, he didn't know mine and probably didn't even want to. My misery was heightened by the fact that everyone was so sympathizing and understanding. What is worse, when you are in pain, that to sec all those concerned, interested faces closing in on you and asking if you feel better. It was too much to bear, especially since the real pain wasn't striking my ankle at all. On the next day I felt I had to get out, and I did too. At my leisure, 1 would be free to amble slowly through the few for- gotten places on the lake and to read and relax to my heart s content. continued, p. 75 72 the laurelette They bring to Loretto The Family Spirit The arrival of the five Lally girls each morning at Loretto is the last in a series of mad morning rushes. The noisy clamor that is Loretto at a quarter of eight is nothing new for these girls. Alarm clocks (they have three that go off simultaneously), blaring horns, and the inevitable girl- chatter are their early morning companions. But the Lallys bring to Loretto more than noise and numbers. Their lively and diverse personalities emit a kind of unstarched at-homeness that gently disarms the re- motest classmate. In the short space of two years (Maggie has attended five) their love and loyality for Loretto have grown to include all aspects of school life—even teachers. We'll all be ready to go home except Kathy and I'll look and usually find her helping Sister, comments Maggie. She just doesn't want to go home. The Lallys like going to school with each other. Weve always had fun together, says Mary Ann. They are, happily, without family scholastic competition, perhaps because they have yet to encounter any but-your-sister-did-so-much- better remarks. They try to maintain their close family relationship while developing individual personalities. Still, when one leaves the group, as Maggie will when she graduates this spring, there is a certain sadness. Says eight year old Kathy of her look-alike sister, I'll miss Maggie the most because she's my twin. At the end of the day the six (Sharon Lucas rides with them) climb into the Simca. Occasionally Mary Ann takes the wheel while Theresa and Patty coach. Co-operation in a family is wonderful but four backseat drivers, especially women, can be too much for me, she sighs. Despite pres- sures, however, the small four-passenger car soon zips away from Loretto, full of the sounds of laughter and teasing and jokes and Beatle talk. Good luck, Mary Ann! Drive safely! The fomily resemblance among the Lally girls is apparent. They are: Kathy, 8, second grade; Theresa, 11, sixth; Patty, 14, eighth; Mary Ann, 16, sophomore; and Maggie 18, senior. Spring 1964 73 Bright banner of death Rippling gently in the wind What a sad poem you are You stand alone while the world weeps Your fluttering beauty bears witness to his love Your dignity drapes his coffin But you will rise again To touch the silver spear atop the staff In silence against the cool breeze A symbol of suffering newness Liz Dewey, '63 First place winner— laurelette” poetry contest—1964 Oblation Accept, O God, this chalice of my tears, Which I have filled these three and thirty years. Its purity is tinged perhaps with red— Some drops have fallen from my bleeding head. Their King with crown of thorns and purple gown They mock and scorn and drag Him through the town, And bind and fetter Him. No king they see In Me, Who came to set all sinners free. Golgatha's top is reached at last, and now No one to wipe the sweat from off My brow. My eyes are dim. My tongue is parched. I thirst! And gall they offer me, My God, I thirst! O, why hast Thou forsaken me. My God, From all along the weary way I trod Until this height of agony I reach? O, patience, Sure, My grieving heart, please teach. Now all is finished. Slowly sinks the sun. My Spirit homeward flies. Thy work is done. Receive My soul and open Heaven wide To all who come within My wounds to hide. —Mary Bernice Sage, '33 First place winner—Sodality poetry contest—1933 He Taught Me He taught me to understand the multitude of blank faces and empty expressions on busy corners. He taught me to run barefoot across Main Street and let my hair fall wispsy on bare shoulders. He taught me to turn rain drops into diamonds and to put them on my fingers. He taught me to catch moon beams and falling stars and turn them into smiles. He taught me to tickle baby toes and turn them into giggles. He taught me to turn words into kisses and dreams into reality and reality into heaven. He taught me to laugh, to sing, to run, to feel, to live. He taught me to love. Then he went away . . . and he taught me to cry. Pam Copulos, '63 Second place winner— laurelette poetry contest—1964 We wandered, just the two of us that day; Hand in hand journeying awhile to be alone. The setting sun shown round us, golden rays Accentuating rainbows through the misty eve. If swallows or the billowed clouds hung low Our eyes would not have told our hearts the sight then seen. And stopping for a brief repose, he stooped to pluck A scarlet blossom fair, then placing it so gently in my hands He turned, his eyes illumining his love, and bid farewell. Eleanor Schaeffer, '66 Third place winner— laurelette poetry contest—1964 74 the laurelette Die Oiler oman continued After walking aimlessly for some cime, I found myself in a place I had come to by instinct. This was our” meeting place. Again I sat down to read but this time 1 couldn’t concentrate at all. Soon 1 realized that someone was watching. I could feel the warmth of a human being, but refused to look behind me for fear of disappointment. The form spoke. “What are you reading? I stammered something that must have been the title but now I wouldn’t even vouch for that. Again he spoke, Tell me about it. Is it good? From here the conversation grew and grew. The communication barrier had been broken and it was suddenly as though I had known him all my life, as well as I knew the very lake itself. The funny, mincing, impersonal phrases were no longer the meat of the conversation. It wasn’t as though we had to talk or say only the unimportant little things that don't matter at all. Each word had its own meaning—new and unused before, as if he was saying these words for the first time and I was hearing them for the first time. Despite all his charm and poise, we were truly friends, meeting on the same level, discussing on the same level, unashamed and open. This secret meeting of ours went on for days and weeks, some- times we just walked on endless twisted paths and other times we talked without stopping for breath. Some days it was as if there were a million things to say and time was running out to say them in, and other days we were silent but communicated a million thoughts without saying a single word. One day we went to the beach and built sand castles as though we were little chil- dren again, and in some ways we were. On those days, the world was perfect and unaffected, a child’s world of wonder. Before our final parting, there was to be one last date, the Club Dance— the dance of the summer where everyone who was anyone at all went. It was very grown-up and dressy, the perfect party for us to end the summer with. It would be the first time I was going because it was an unwritten rule that only the young adults went. With Chad this wouldn’t matter. In looks and manners, he was old enough and suave enough to fit in with any crowd. I only hoped he wouldn't be ashamed of me. But I knew he wouldn't—that would be so unlike him. In my eyes, he was the perfect image of manhood and maturity. After two weeks of planning, every detail was perfect. We were doubling with Chad’s cousin, Jim and his date and everything was going to be divine. Nothing was forgotten. I spent the better part of that special day preparing. My pink parfair dress emphasized my tan perfectly and my hair was swept high so that tiny earrings might accent my outfit. One last look in the mirror satisfied my desire to look old enough and self- confident so that my debut in summer society would please Chad. The dance itself was everything I expected it to be, not at all like a high school dance, Bur elite, clubby, and highly sophisti- cated. The large mirrored hall was lighted by large chandeliers and soft strains of purple music filled the room. Every dance, every word, every heartbeat spelled success, and I knew life couldn’t be better. Around eleven thirty I suggested that Chad and I leave so that we could be alone together for a short time before we all went to the summer inn for dinner. At first he was agreeable enough, and then suddenly stubborn and sullen. I couldn’t imagine what was wrong. A little later I suggested it again, but this time he simply ignored the question and asked me to dance. Something was wrong. When Jim and Mary and Chad and 1 had punch together. I tried again, this time appealing directly to Jim. Jim, let Chad have the car keys now. We won't be long. Jim just laughed as though I had said something utterly funny Oh, please, I said. Jim looked seriously at me this time and I noticed that Chad was not smiling either. Jim’s abrupt reply hit me sharply, Quit pushing it. What do you mean?” I said rather hurt. Jim quickly asked me to dance and pulled me off before I could even protest. His first words came at me faster than the music. What are you trying to do? Why don’t you just lay off of him. Does it make you feel so big to tease him in every other sentence? ’Tease! Who, what, why! I stammered, I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Don't know what I'm talking about! You are so nonchalant. You think absolutely nothing of asking a fifteen-year-old to risk his life and yours in a car that doesn’t even belong to him. Or do they do that back where you come from?” Fifteen! Is Chad only f-f-fifteen? Yes, didn’t you know? No, really, I had no idea.” I was near to tears and I could see that Jim really felt sorry for me. He suddenly realized that I wasn't teasing unmercifully, I just hadn’t known. We ended the rest of the dance in silence, but before we parted he said softly, Don’t be too hard on him. He must have liked you an awful lot. He's always been self-conscious about his height and you must have been the first person to build ud his pride. I guess he just tried friendship from a little different angle this time. Understand?” I whispered, I think so.” Chad and I left the party anyway. I was no longer having a good time and no longer felt as though I fit in. Probably he felt the same. We walked down to the beach in utter silence, his massive fingers enclosing my tiny ones. His hands were so cold. My thoughts kept racing ahead and the words I wanted to pour out couldn't catch up. He spoke first. All he said was, I m sorry, Cindy.” He called me Cindy for the first time as if to say, Yes, we re both still children. I kept looking into those empty blue eyes but this time no thoughts reached out to meet mine. All his naivete and poise sort of crumbled before my eyes, until I no longer saw him as the epitome of manhood, but a different person entirely. This one was a fifteen-year-old boy named Chad, ashamed of his early physical maturity and longing for the security of friendship. It wasn't the same anymore at all. He was an overgrown boy and I was an older woman, too old to fulfill his needs and no longer interested in trying. Everything had died an unexpected death. No, I hadn't ex- pected the relationship to last forever, because I was only sixteen, but neither did I want to accept this. (Love at sixteen isn't pas- sionate or lasting. It’s only a friend that understands you because no one else does. It’s someone to write poems for, paint pictures of. and tell dreams to. But most of all, it’s someone to build sandcastles with on summer days even though you know they’re going to be washed away when you least expea it.) In vain we told each other that it didn’t matter at all, that nothing could affect our relationship. We promised each other that we’d meet on weekends during the winter months, and that we’d find ways to keep things exactly the way they’d been all the summer. We even promised each other that next year would be the same too. But every sentence was strained and tightly drawn. It was terrible. I don't know what hit me but then when a sud- den gust of wind blew a lock of his hair over those sad blue eyes. I wanted so much to cry. Lightly he kissed me on the fore- head while I brushed the salty tears out of my eyes. In those last blurry moments of regret, everything that had happened during those two heavenly weeks passed before my eyes between jerky sobs. In this way we parted, and he never, never, ever came back. And so the summer ahead ended, not quite like any summer before it had ever ended. For once something was different and wonderful in its own sort of way, if only for fourteen precious days and nights. Spring 1964 75 Tottering precariously, anxious seniors work at turning the drab gym into a beautiful “Crystal Palace for the annual Snowball Donee Beverly Dosta, Maureen Hannan, Kathy Mitchell, Kothy Moidl ond Jonet Allen ore few of the many seniors who worked hours at mokmg the dance a huge success. The “mascot in front is Kathy Moidl's little sister. The three winning pictures in the lourelette photography contest were Roberta Raynor's picture, “Dog? What Dog? I don't see no dog. Patty Hiller's “Chicago Skyline and Lee Hudson's “Bold ond Brassy. 76 the laurelette Who' The Pacesetter? For us it was Wendy Word, who enlightened Loretto students with pointers on how to be beautiful, inside as well os out. She gove helpful hints for a more ottroctive appearance and personality. Miss Word is the Fashion and Charm Coordinator for Montgomery Ward Who's the lucky person? Jeff Spiller congratulates Queen of the Snowball, Vicki Tralle, Vicki and Jeff were joined in o royal donee by her two attendants; second attendant. Kola Tollman (Senior) and first attendant, LaMoine Oyer (Junior) Their dates were Dan Lillis and Pete Coronia. The winners of the lourelette poetry contest were first place, Liz Dewey, second place, Pom Copulos, and third place, Eleanor Schaeffer. Eleanor, Pam, and Liz discuss what they are going to do with their prize money. Spring 1964 77 Senior Morio Lekeok accepts the second-place trophy aworded ofter the Ping Pong Tournament playoff, Februory 21. As old basketballs were stored away and the backboards trimmed for various Loretto festivities, a new semester began. It opened not only scholastically but athletically with a new tournament—ping pong. Even some of the faculty joined in on the frenzied games that took place before school and during the lunch hours. February 21 was the playoff for the winners of the two divisions: Maria Lekeok, winner of the fifth hour lunch period and Miss Palazzo, the winner from sixth hour. The school assembled along the side lines to watch the best two-out-of-three games and saw the top trophy awarded to Miss Palazzo. Volleyball Volleyball began on February 28, with the sophomores downing the frosh in the opening game of the ’64 season. But it was the sophs who came back in a later game to grab the game point and set up the win over the frosh. The seniors remained undefeated, serving out victories over all the other contending classes. The juniors slammed wins over the net into the competitive hands of both under- class teams, but had a little more trouble when they met up against the more-experienced seniors. But ball ricocheted back and forth as the game limit was stretched to three, but finally rested in the hands of their victorious opponents. The frosh displayed a driving team as the seniors were forced all the way before out-volleying their persistent foes. The A teams have been whistled off the court, but wait- ing in the wings to represent their classes are the B teams. A teams SENIORS: •Maureen Hannan, Maria Lekeok, Carolyn Foster, Lee Hudson, Janice Jcnicke, Jo Ann Madcl, Pat Mroz, Patty Pickens. Kirstine Schaeffer, Kathy Schocnberger, Maureen Schoenberger, Hermana Temengil, Peggy Wolski. JUNIORS: •Carol Green, Vera Schneider, Grace Donaldson, Pat Flanna- gan, Carolyn Kammercr, Karen Kipper, Sherry Ralston, Cathy Sullivan, Juanita Talkington, Alice Terrones, Janet Williams, Terry Zinser. SOPHOMORES: •Therese Horvat, “Kathy Kleinman, Jan Ballantyne, Jean Masiovecchio, Sharon Parse, Pat Pate, Beth Rush. Pat Thomas, Linda Williams, Coleen Williamson, Eileen Williamson, Rose Marie Woods. FRESHMEN: •Marilyn Richardson. 'Patty Shea. Nancy Bedlington, Ann Comford, Diane Donaldson, Mary Fehrenbach, Susie Justus, Karen Nelson, Mary Kay Parks, Pam Pretzl, Betty Rohrer, Theresa Rosberg, Christine Wuich. B teams SENIORS: Janet Allen, Linda Cloud, Mary Kelly, Kathy Mitchell, Judy Nally, Stephanie Peake, Jessica Ward, Cheri Woulfe. JUNIORS: Ivy Curtis, Susie Edelbrock, Peggy Noeth, Mary Sikora, Pam Toler, Janet Ward. SOPHOMORES: Pat Downs, Helen Hecke, Cathy Jones, Mary Pickett, Mary Swann, Pat Walker. FRESHMEN: Rosemary Diaz, Dorothy Dickens, Mary D. Fehrenbach, Cathy Marx, Karen Nelson, Mary Kay Parks, Pam Pretzel, Christine Wuich. Besides the school athletics, some of the Athletics Club members have joined an outside-of-school basketball league. Their games are held Tuesday evenings at the Roanoke Community Center. This year’s Athletics Club program is proving better than before. It has opened new horizons for many and offers a chance for all to become closer through class spirit and unity. 78 the laurelette The freshmen pens flow with news, movie reviews, and compositions Jll out Oc own Life in the big city is that of a pris- oner, of one trapped on all sides by lifeless walls. Living in the suburbs opens a new world for its inhabitants. 1 am one of these. Life in the suburbs has convenient opportunities which allow me to associate with nature. Some lazy summer day, when I’ve nothing particular to do, I stroll down the road comfortably for the lane is shaded by overhanging boughs. Reach- ing the bottom of the hill, I stand looking over the railing upon a gig- gling stream. It's very rocky. A little trickle of water glides over the moss- covered stones as it winds its way through the nearby field. Strange ber- ries grow wild on the banks and form an impassable thicket except for a scampering cotton-tail. Quite often I've followed the brook upstream. Once I was bitten by a crayfish. But the pain was smothered by the joy in my heart, which thrived on the beauty of the things about me. Diane Ward,'67 Freshmen Move Aside As Senior Sails Down Stairway Finally Show Respect for Upper Classmen VP }rom Slavery Lj I ooLer o. uu incjton In his autobiography, Mr. Washington describes the long, hard journey of a slave in the South (1800's) who wants to better himself and his people. In doing so, he displays no racial prejudice towards anyone, but prefers to tell of the good influence his early masters and mistresses had on him. He mentions a Mrs. Ruffner, unpopular among the slaves, who, through her severity, taught him the lessons of cleanliness and order. From another woman of high social standing he was taught the dignity of labor through her own actions. These lessons have been passed on to those who have attended his institute in Tuskegee and to me. The very fact that he rose from practically nothing to the great educator and spokesman that he was should be enough to inspire any thinking youth. His per- severance seemed beyond the qualities of human nature and should be a model for many of the business and social- workers of today as they will be for me. Mary K. Parks, '67 A Loretto Academy senior fell down four flights of stairs today as she hurried from class. The freshmen, who used the same staircase, stepped aside when they saw it was a senior. The cause of the accident is not yet certain. One onlooker remarked, 1 think she tripped on her shoe string; she had ony one book.” The freshmen, recently lectured on respect, claim they didn't know the girl tripped. One said, I just thought she was an energetic senior. You see a lot of them whizzing by. The girl, Lee Hudson, is suffering from a broken arm and several minor scratches and bruises. Jo Ann Parrino, ’67 Freshmen Skunk Seniors Set Record Today in the jam-packed Loretto gymnasium the Frosh- nuts rocked the Senior Jugs 93-0 in a thrilling game. The Froshnuts proved true to their name when captain Mary Alice Glano started off in a jumpball with senior Janice Jenicke. To the crowd's shrieks Glano bounced up, grabbed the ball, and literally flying down to the Frosh basket, dropped the ball in. The flabbergasted Jugs were too shocked to play after 72 similar plays by various freshmen. Ask by star-reporter Dennis Fehrenback how it was possible. Coach Flatly replied. ' Flubber! Cat by Regan. ‘67 Spring 1964 79 The Reader Rampant Lee Hudson won first place in the Catholic Community Library's Book Review Contest with her review of The Sands of Tamanrasset But I do not believe in God, Marie. Twenty years later these words were hardly believable as those spoken by Charles de Foucauld to his cousin, Marie de Bondy. The idea that there was ever a moment in his magnificent life where God was not one with him is barely credible. In her book. The Sands of Tamanrasset, Marion Mill Preminger presents the fantastic biography of Charles de Foucauld. Miss Preminger is at her best as she portrays the devel- opment of Charles from an insolent and intolerable brat, through his lazy and carefree years at school, his demoraliz- ing life as cadet and soldier, his defiance of army rules for his mistress, and finally to his utter devotion for Christ among the God-starved people of Northern Africa. She opens her book by tracing the ancestry of the name Foucauld. Crusaders and martyrs had marked the centuries, but from all first outward appearances Charles certainly was far from his saintly heritage. As a matter of fact by the time he was twenty, Charles had completely lost his faith. After barely graduating from the military school, St. Cyr, he decided to make the army his life. The then Lieutenant Charles de Foucauld was first assigned to Africa. But after a while his wild parties and stowed-away girl friend caused his dischargement and return to France. Africa had im- pressed Charles, though, so he relinquished his love life for the spell of the Dark Continent. After a few months of devoted service, Charles was denied the permission of making a military mapping expedition. He resigned from the army and went on his own expedition. For reasons of safety he was disguised as a rabbi and he continued on his journey impersonating a religion which meant absolutely nothing to him. Through this prolonged exposure to the beliefs and trusts of the people of Africa, Charles had developed sincere respect and admiration for the Morocan Jew's, and as for the Moslems—he envied them their faith. It was this reawakening to God which led Charles in his quest for truth, a search which brought him to the con- sideration of becoming one of these admired Moslems . But their idea of paradise with its gushing wine and ter- ribly materialistic way of life held a sad remembrance to his own youthful days. So he decided against it. It was only later that he again considered the Catholic faith. But he wanted a sign from God, and in moods of despair he talked with his bejoved cousin, Marie de Bondy, whose advice was always the same—pray. But there was no answer. Charles' prayer was persistant and it never changed: If thou art my God make thyself known to me. It was not much later that this same quest led him to the Abbe Huvelin, who com- manded him to kneel and confess. His conversion was instantaneous, and now, at last, Charles de Foucauld did believe in God. Miss Preminger tells us of his joining the Trappist order of monks because it held the strictest rule, but soon it was not strict enough and he wrote to his cousin, This is not at all the poverty that I would want nor the abjection of which I have dreamed—My needs in this respect have not been satisfied. Subsequently he set out the rules of an order he wished to found, the Little Brothers of Jesus. His Trappist superiors were shocked at its harshness and tried to talk him out of it. Eventually, though the permission was his. He immediately prepared to set out for his chosen mission—Africa. But before he really began his work he became a priest. Now the real career of the ‘Father de Foucauld was about to begin. The next chapter, when he again returns to his beloved Africa, is one in which the author must admit that her book is not objective, but personal and even a little bit emotional, for in writing of Charles she mirrored her own missionary continued, p. 82 80 the laurelette I.or et to missi oners to South America know that belonging to Christ means belonging to all that are His. One in Christ In South America the Church wears many faces because, like the Church the world over, she is multi-peopled. She is the worker in the tin mines of Bolivia. She is the stu- dent, eager to help but unsure as to how. She is the child in the Venezualan city. She is the poor, the doctor, the farmer. But she is in trouble. She needs help, help in fight- ing the poverty, the ignorance, and the ever-encroaching threat of Communism. To help combat these enemies, the Church of North America goes to join its sister Church in her almost last ditch stand of God’s people against the godless. With equal fervor the Loretto society, in the person of three nuns, crossed a continent to extend its aid. Ever since the first Loretto foreign mission, a school in Shanghai, was forced to close because of Communist pres- sure, Lorettines everywhere have expressed their w'ish for another foreign mission. Their desire is now being ful- filled—in another Communist threatened area, Latin America. Reverend Mother Mary Luke first announced the plans of the General Council to open a mission in South America. Through her efforts the plans gradually materialized. Three nuns w'ere chosen to be the first South American mission- aries from the Loretto Society. They were: Sister Mary Peter from Mexico City, Sister Peter Michael from East- lake, Colorado, and Sister Eva Marie from LaUnion, New Mexico. The situation that faces the new' missionaries in La Paz is a difficult one; nevertheless, happy and proud to be building a new Loretto in a neighboring continent, more Loretto nuns have joined the original three, and many are still preparing for the day when they too will be called. But while these courageous missionaries are working hard in South America, they have made a great impression on the people back in the U.S., and more specifically, on the girls here at Loretto. Spring 1964 81 The Sands of Tanutnrasset —----------- —--------------------- work among the sick in Africa and the pilgrimages and journeys which she made in tracing his travels. It is also in this chapter that Miss Preminger tells of Charles' trouble in obtaining men for his fraternity. The reason was obvious —his rule. It had not changed since its writing; it still called for the willingness to starve to death, to shed blood gladly on African soil, and to obey Father dc Foucauld blindly, despite his unworthiness. Finally he did get a recruit, a man named Brother Michael, who adapted him- self to the rigorous schedule of Father de Foucauld. Un- fortunately Brother Michael's health suffered terribly and he never did reach Tamanrasset with Foucauld who then began to think that his fraternity was destined never to have a disciple. Very well brought out by Miss Preminger is Charles de Foucauld's intense desire to die a martyr. He himself wrote in the front of his breviary: Live as if today you were to die a martyr. This continual desire was also brought out by Brother Michael in his notes, He would have liked to give to Jesus Christ the greatest proof of love and devotion that a friend could give a friend, to die for Him as He died for us. The Moslem Turks and Senusis were attacking the French in Africa. As a result Father de Foucauld and a friend, Paul Embarek, were eating. Then he heard a knock at the doors and a familiar voice called to him. He opened the door to the invading Senusis, having been betrayed by a friend who had ironically enough demanded payment for his deed in silver duros. Father de Foucauld was bound As a school, Loretto has always prayed for the missions and contributed to the missions. But it was not until after Sister Mary Peter spoke at an assembly here on December 13, that the girls realized how important the Catholic mis- sions are. In January, one of our own nuns was called to become a missionary. Sister Marian Louise, religion and music teacher, is now completing her studies at Webster. In May she will go to South America to bring religion and song into the lives of all who need it. Consequently, a new spirit has invaded the minds and hearts of Loretto girls, and various reminders of it are constantly popping up. For instance, the Freshmen, with that energy of the in- experienced, have plunged into the mission spirit. They emerged with a project they call FLAP, Freshmen for La Paz. Working under this name, the frosh sponsored bake sales and auctions, the proceeds of which will go, with all our love and prayers, to our South American brothers. Also, the Mission Drive, March 2-17, was carried on with a greater fervor this year. To accentuate this, a new aspect was introduced. This aspect is called Personal Spirit, or P. S. It simply means that Loretto girls will work this whole year, not only as a school, or as a class, but as indi- viduals, to help all people learn to live together in Christ. Yes, the Church is multi-people. But all of her members are united by common beliefs and love. It is the aim of the missionaries, with our prayers, to spread these beliefs and share this love. and Paul was asked if he knew this man—Paul denied that he did. A few minutes later Father de Foucauld was shot— He had lived and died in the imitation of Christ. He was a martyr for the Church. Or was he a martyr? In the epilogue of her book Miss Preminger poses the question— Did he die for his faith or because he was a political symbol of France. An official answer has not been given by the Church, but I share the view of the author in that one day Charles de Foucauld will be called saint. Also in the epilogue of her book the author reveals that today Father de Foucauld's struggling fraternity has indeed materialized and workers are found from Peru to England and on to Japan and morst certainly in Africa. Also the Little Sisters of Jesus were started and now have spread themselves throughout the world from South Ameri- ca to Alaska to Australia and from Africa to India. The seed which Father de Foucauld had planted had now begun to prosper. Thus Miss Marion Mill Preminger concludes Ijer book, I he Sands of Iarnanrassel, beautifully achieving her pur- pose—the portrayal of her admiration and reverence for Charles de Foucauld. 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B McCunniff Jim McMeashm Miss Grace McQueeny Mr and Mrs Robert Mendoza Miss Rosanne Merkt Mr and Mrs Frank G. Merkt Mrs. Lena Milks Mr and Mrs L A Mitchell Kathie Moidl Mrs Clarence E Mooney Mrs Evalyn Morrow Patti Mroz Patti Mroz Pam Mroz Miss Nelle Murphy Thomas Murphy Mr and Mrs Edward Nally Howard Nelson Noles TV A: Radio Service Mr. and Mrs E. P O'Connor Mr. Raymond J. Fritton Claire Glaeser Mary Louise and Helen Keirman Joseph B Marx Henry Mattucks Jim McMeachin Ralph Meiners Mr and Mrs W O Nixon Our Lady of Good Counsel Grade School Mrs Frank O'Connell Dr P J O Connell Olson s Hardware Mrs Bernard O'Neill Judy Ormsby Mary Ann Owen Miss Palazzo Mrs E L Pate Mrs Mary Sue Perry Mr and Mrs H M Pickens Anola Pickett Mr and Mrs W L Pickett. Sr Mr and Mis Stephen Pinter Mrs Mlfwrrt R P.r� « Mr and Mrs Ralph G Pretzl Delores Pruitt Queen of the World Hospital Mr and Mrs R F. Rax and Family Mr. and Mrs Joseph Kavosi... Mrs. Mary E Raynor Dorothy r Ready Linda Reams Pauline Reardon Redemptorist High School Reismg Funeral Home Mr and Mrs G. M Reno Mrs John Riscoe Roanoke Bicycle Supply Roanokc Cleaners Mr and Mrs Walter Rohrer Mr John Ronan Mr and Mrs D H Ross Mrs Wayne H Ross Mr and Mrs. E H Rush Mr. and Mrs James M. Rush F E Russel Mr and Mrs John C Russell Mrs Bernard Ruysser Valeric Ryan Sacred Heart Grade School St James Church St John the Baptist Church Mr W P Sage Carolyn Schneider Mr and Mrs. W F Schlagd Mr and Mrs Otto Schmid Mr and Mrs Arthur P Schmidr Noma Schoncman Mr and Mrs P. C. Schram The Schuepbach Family Mr and Mrs Martin Schwarz Leonora M Sech Martha Seykora Joru Sharbei Mr and Mrs B J Shea Marianne Shea Mrs W. C Shull Mary Ann Shupe Mr P H Slattery Mr and Mrs. B L Smith Mrs Mae E. Smith Terry Snider Mrs Catherine Soden The Solomons Mary Jo Soltis Kathy Sonnenberg Sophomore Class Starr Realty Julie Stem Mr and Mrs F J. Stochr Mr and Mrs James Stoetzer Mrs t’llcry J B Storms Janice Storm Mary M Sullivan Mr Jim Sullivan Thomas M Sullivan Lewis Ed Talkington Gate Tallman Troost Fireplace Center Forrest Tucker Mr and Mrs Richard M Vorce Mr and Mrs Jeff Wade Mr and Mrs T. Craig Walsh (lari A Walters Miss Barber Wcdow Wellmgs Prescription Pharmacy Mr L L Wicker Mr and Mrs W. Wilburn L A Wilson Wirherspon Tire Co. Charles Young Mr Mae Youngblood Compliments of a Friend Miss Alice Riney Mr. Philippe Same Tad s Cafe Mr and Mrs J. W Tener Helen Thomas Mr. Mike Thomas Uncle Charlie s Food Fest Bernard L Witlings Spring 1964 87 All mankind fire Brothers dee Club Concert............ April 3- 4 Condy sole ........................April 3-13 Father-Daughter Banquet ...... April 11 Sodality Day of Recollection April 26 Fine Arts Week.............. April 27 Monday—Vocol Concert: Mr. Thomas Tuesday—Shakespearian Progrom Wednesday—Style Show Thursdoy—Piono Concert: Sister Mary Jeremy Friday, Saturdoy—Three One-Act Plays Art Exhibit Ring Ceremony ........... May 6 Ascension Thursdoy May 7 Mary's Doy Moy 11 Loretto Club Meeting...... Moy 12 Prom ...................... Moy 15 Trophy Assembly Moy 20 Senior Exams May 21, 22 Senior Banquet ........... May 25 Exams ..................May 27-29 Catholic Education Day..... May 31 Graduation ............ June 1 Homecoming ............. June 2 Father- Daughter Banquet The annual father-daughter banquet will be an extra-special event this year. The dinner, starting at seven thirty, will be held at the Hotel President. Monsignor Fiedler will be the guest speaker, and a program of entertain- ’ ment will be furnished by some of the daughters. Gus Busoteri's Band will provide music for dancing from nine to twelve. Don’t forget the date: April 11! 88 All Mankind Are Brothers A special concert was held by the Kansas City Philharmonic February 17. Director Hans Schweiger conducted an interfaith chorus of a thousand voices which sang the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The chorus gave a special meaning to the words of the composer: By thy magic is united What stern custom parted wide All mankind are brothers, plighted Where thy gentle wings abide. This program was sponsored by the N.CC.J. As stated in the by-laws, the aim of the N.C.C.J. (National Confer- ence of Christians and Jews) is to promote justice, amity and understand- ing and cooperation among Protes- tants, Catholics, and Jews.” The N.GCJ. is basically a civic or- ganization composed of religiously mo- tivated people. In its thirty-five years of service, the adult leaders have con- stantly worked at giving ■ youngsters good, sound convictions with regard to social justice and the brotherhood of all men. It seems perfectly natural, then, that the N.CC.J. should sponsor Brother- hood Week. This week has been set aside as a reminder to the American people to live up to the ideals of the Brotherhood of Man. The N.CCJ. does not wish to imply, however, that this is the only week to practice bro- therhood, to be just and friendly to one's fellow man. Brotherhood Week is a time of renewal and resolution to sustain Brotherhood throughout the year.” We thought how appropriate it is that Brotherhood Week falls during Lent—a time of renewal of convic- tions. Brotherhood is not new: it has been in the minds of men since creation. However, the grave need for its prac- tice has been heightened by the strife between whites and Negroes in this country. Brotherhood is a cry to end this social strife. The enthusiasm of the members in- creases the worth of the organization. They give of themselves to help ac- complish its purpose of mutual under- standing and good will. They add to the ideas presented at the meetings and panels by expressing their own opinions and ideas. that Brotherhood Week was a sue- 1 bulletin boards to make all the stu- dents aware of. Brotherhood Week and through the NCCJ Mr. John Howard I ■ drives, and the goal words a success. sixteenth century poet: 'No man is an island, entire of it- nent, a parr of the main. . . . Any m insoUed m mankind And there- fore never send to know for .whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. m Where are all my friends going to be on April third and fourth? At the Glee Gub's presentation of Broadway Melo- dies, where else? This spectacular is aimed at raising funds for the Club's future projects. Although tinmen, flowergirls, and kings of Siam arc ad- mitted free, ordinary, this-side-of-the- lights people have to contribute a standard amount of one dollar. This includes the price of a seat in the Loretto Auditorium and a show that will transport you to 42nd Street and all the excitement of Broadway on opening night. Be sure to come and bring your friends. See you there. Non-Profit Org. U. S. Postage PAID Permit No. 4148 Zhe Carousel ... won first place in the short story division of the Catholic Community Library Contest. Mollie clutched the small patent-leather purse in her left hand, and kept her right arm twisted tightly around the pole as she industriously poked wads of cotton-candy into her mouth. It stuck to her nose and chin and she tried to lick it off with her tongue, but it just got stickier and made a wide pink ring around her mouth. She laughed and tore another handful from her paper stick. The carousel was moving at a whirling pace and the colored lights blurred past her in a never-ending streak. Her painted mount reared menacingly at each change in the music, but her sticky fingers clutched at his mane and he soon calmed down. Mollie had always loved the sights and sounds of the carnival: the pitches of the barkers, Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and see the most amazing, the most colossal, the most unforgettable sight of your entire life!”; the acrobats and snake-charmers; the peanuts and cotton-candy; but most of all, she loved the carousel. The carousel was almost another world to Mollie. She could always get off, but somehow nothing else could get on—at least nothing that she didn't want. It had been a long time since Mollie had been to the carnival. Her father would take her every Sunday night, and she'd ride and ride; and every time she looked out, her father would be there in the crowd, smiling and waving, and it seemed as though the ride would never end. But it always did. And Mollie would untangle herself from the horse and pole, and jump down to the well-worn gravel where the carousel ended and the earth began. Sometimes she and her father would wait and watch the men put the big carousel to bed, carefully securing each horse and then covering the whole thing with a big, paint-spattered tar- paulin. Then one by one all the other lights would blink and flicker off, leaving the carnival bare and ugly under the glaring over-head floodlights. Then they'd walk down the midway, kicking at the empty pop-corn boxes and broken kewpie dolls that littered the paths, just the two of them, looking forward to the next Sunday. Mollie loved that part of it too; with her small hand tight in her father's big one she felt so warm and happy. It seemed as though nothing could ever change them—not even the dreadful week between Sundays when Mollie would lie awake nights and shiver at the sound of someone stumbling up the steps, and the screaming and yelling and slammed doors, and quite often—breaking glass. Mollie never forgot the carnival, even when there were no more Sunday nights, and no more walks with her father. More and more she remembered it, and the lights were always as bright to her as when she had watched them from the carousel. The music stopped and the carousel slowed down. Mollie dismounted as best she could without getting her steed too full of cotton-candy, and made her way to the edge of the carousel. Look at that lady. Mommy,” screeched a loud five-year-old; she’s been riding one of the horses, too. Mollie smiled at him, straightened her hat, and, teetering, got in line once more at the ticket office. Vol.32, No. 4 Graduation 1964 Table of Contents The Carousel......................90 . . . Bobbie Junior A Willing Yes.................... 91 . . . Kirstine Schaeffer Senior Feature ................... 92 Few Better Will Come After........98 . . . Mar)r Kelly Perspective Peeks ...............102 . . . Delores DeSoto and Peggy Wolski Newwords 106 . . . Bobbie Junior, editor Were Ready .... 107 . . . Pat Graham Scope....... 120 . . . Sally Kief faber PRESS CLUB MEMBERS Editor: Kirstirw Schoeffor Art Editor: Pom Miller; artists: Rosemory Hoi. Dione Tockett Business Monoger: Carol Stipetich; staff: Sharon Copulo Pat Flonogan. Jody Junior, Susie Koppler, Phyllis Shram Circulation: Charlotte Pinter Focus: Ellen Welch Literary Editor: Bobbie Junior Make-up Editor: Maraorette Grant; pope plan- ners: Jane Allen. Gwen Gcraths, Mary Otto, Diane Tockett. Suson Tockett. Ellen Welch. Cathy Weiss Morgue: Judy Junior News Editor: Solly Kieffaber Photographers. Sarah Copowycz. Linda Genova. Linda Sophy. Peggy Wolski, Lee Hudson Writers: Cecilia Acosta. Pam Copulos, Delores DeSoto. L� z Dewey, Groce Donaldson, Pat Grahom, Paulo Harris, Lee Hudson, Mary Kelly. Ann Lillis. Kothy Lockwood. Laura Nixon, Eleanor Schoefer, Pat Todd Moderator: Sister Judith Mary, S.L. The lourclette is published four times a year by the Loretto Press Club. Address oil corre- spondence to the lourelette, Loretto Acodemy, 1101 West 39th Street. Konsos City. Missouri 64111. Subscriptions ore $1-50 per year. It’s that time of the year again—the end of it all. (It had to happen eventually.) It’s that time when we start to evaluate the w'ork that we’ve done. You get a little help in seeing your successes (we hope not failures) when report cards come. But there’s even more thought directed to the work ahead. We do think about life, but more so now that graduation is almost here. Seniors especially wonder and worry: What is this thing called life? What is my role in the world? What can I do to help mankind? We ask big questions because we want to do big things. Other people are evaluating us, too. Some say teenagers can and should help—others say that teenagers just add to the problems around us. I think it gets rather confusing trying to know' what is expected of us and just what we can do—we graduates, certainly, but also everyone in high school. We didn’t hear too much about teenagers in the Bible doing apostolic work. They weren’t going to the Little Sisters of the Poor or acting as members of the Junior Interracial Council or the National Conference of Christians and Jews. It seems that, on the other hand, we didn't hear too much about their juvenile delinquency problem either. So just w’here do teenagers fit in? Remem- ber the story of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes? Christ fed those thousands who had come to listen to Him by using a few loaves of bread and a couple of fish that a young boy had with him. A young boy—a teenager, perhaps; and in what a magnificent way Christ used this boy’s gifts! He knows how to use our talents to such wonderful extents—to take our contri- butions and multiply them a hundredfold. We never do really know the reaches of our actions—helping our little brothers and sisters with homework, a kind word or smile, picking up a book. But in this day when the layman is better recognizing his role, I think the teenager is learning’that he’s important, too, and that he has a definite job to perform. You are important, very important to Christ. He’s got in mind a job for you, which only you personnally will be able to do for Him. We can’t be sure what it is so that’s why we’re always a willing yes to His will. We can’t afford to refuse; we don’t want to. Were evaluating—turning inwrard for a second before going outward. Loretto seniors look back at their four year affair with green-towered, navy- and-white Loretto and find that they have been given much to go out with. Good luck! Our Cover: Seniors anxiously anticipate the turn ing of the tassel. But for right now, Margarette Granis tassel just flows onto our cover. Graduation 1964 91 STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT Delores De Soto Sodality 1,2 Class Treasurer 1 Class Secretary 2,3 National Honor Society 4 Press Club 1,2, 3.4 Science Club 3,4 Spanish Club 3,4 LAURELETTE EDITOR Kirstine Schaeffer Sodality 1.2,3,4 Athletics Club 2. 3,4 French Club 4 Glee Club 1,2, 3,4 Library Club 1 National Honor Society 4 Press Club 1,2,3,4 DRAMA CLUB PRESIDENT Beverly Dasta Sodality 1, 2, 3,4 Drama Club 2,3,4 Secretary 3 Glee Club 1,2, 3,4 MISS LORETTO SODALITY PREFECT Kathy Mitchell Sodality 1,2, 3, 4 Vice-Prefect 3 Unit Leader 2, 3 Athletics Club 3, 4 Glee Club 1,2, 3,4 Pep Club 1, 2 Spanish Club 3,4 ATHLETICS CLUB PRESIDENT Lee Hudson Sodality 1, 2, 3,4 Athletics Club 2, 3,4 Class President 2, 3 Class Secretary 1 Press Club 2, 3,4 Science Club 3,4 Student Council Vice-President 4 CLASS PRESIDENT Peggy Wolski Sodality 1,2, 3,4 Athletics Club 1,2, 3,4 Class President 4 Class Representative 1,2, 3 Glee Club 1, 2 Press Club 3,4 MISSION CLUB PRESIDENT Carol Stipetich Sodality 1, 2, 3,4 Glee Club 2, 3 Missions 2, 3, 4 Vice-President 3 President 4 Press Club 1, 2. 3, 4 GLEE CLUB PRESIDENT Ann Kirchner Sodality 1,2, 3 Glee Club 1,2, 3,4 President 4 Mary Kelly Sodality 1,2, 3,4 Unit Leader 1,2 Class Vice-President 2,4 Class Representative 1 French Club 4 Glee Club 2, 3, 4 National Honor Society 4 President 4 Press Club 2, 3,4 Assistant Editor 3 Sodality 1, 2, 3 Drama Club 3,4 Treasurer 4 Glee Club 1, 2, 3,4 Mary Clark Sodality 1, 2, 3,4 Drama Club 3 Glee Club 3 Pep Club 1,2 Spanish Club 3,4 Graduation 1964 Maureen Hannan Athletics Club 1,2, 3,4 Secretary 3 Class Secretary 4 Press Club 1,2,3 Sports Editor 3 Spanish Club 3,4 Vice-President 4 Mary Agnes Ballon Drama Club 2, 3,4 Pep Club 1 JanEdgenton Sodality 1, 2 Class Vice-President 3 Class Treasurer 4 French Club 4 Glee Club 1,2, 3,4 Librarian 3 Durinda Breedlove Library Club I, 2 Pep Club 1,2 Press Club 2 Zurine de Anzola Linda Cloud Sodality 1,2, 3,4 Secretary 4 Drama Gub 2, 3, 4 Secretary 4 French Club 4 Glee Club 1,2 Pep Club 1,2 Rita Acosta Drama Club 2, 3,4 Mission Club 4 Safety Club 4 Spanish 3,4 Diane Bishop Sodality 1,2, 3,4 Unit Leader 4 Class President 1 Drama Club 2,3,4 Glee Club 2, 3 L. 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Representative Midtown Youth Court 3,4 Treasurer 4 Library Club 1,2 Pep Club 1 Spanish Club 3,4 Karen Carneal 93 Sharon Copulos Press Club 4 Safety Club 4 Elaine Couture Drama Club 1 Glee Club 2, 3 Spanish Club 3,4 Elizabeth Engel Sodality 1,2 Drama Club 2. 3 Glee Club 2, 3 Pep Club 1,2 Patricia Graham Sodality 1,2, 3 French Club 4 Press Club 1,2,3,4 Science Club 3, 4 Carolyn Foster Sodalitv 1,2, 3 Athletics Club 2,3,4 Secretary 4 Drama Club 2, 3 Spanish Club 3,4 Margarette Grant Class Representative 1 French Club 4 Glee Club 1,2 Library Club 1,2 Press Club 2,3,4 Lay Out Editor 4 Science Club 4 94 Diane Dettenwanger Pep Club 1,2 Press Club 2 Spanish Club 3,4 Ana Galvez Alice Gunter Sodality 4 Athletics Club 2, 3,4 Drama Club 4 Mission Club 4 Press Club 2 Diane Edelbrock Drama Club 4 French Club 3 Mission Club 1, 2 Pep Club 1 Safety Club 4 Treasurer 4 Janet Golub Sodality 1,2,3 Drama Club 4 French Club 4 Vice-President 4 Mission Club 2, 3 Science Club 3 Kathleen Harvey Drama 2, 3,4 French Club 4 President 4 the laurelette Patty Herman Glee Club 2, 3 Mission Club 1,2, 3,4 Secretary 4 Pep Club 1, 2 Safety Club 4 Sally Kief faber Sodality 1,2, 3 Press Club 2, 3,4 Scope Editor 4 Spanish Club 3,4 Susan Large Sodality 1 Athletics Club 3 EVama Club 3 Graduation 1964 Patty Hiller Sodality 1,2, 3,4 Glee Club 3,4 Library Club 1,2, 3,4 President 4 Mission Club 2, 3,4 Spanish Club 3,4 Janice Jenicke Sodality 1,2, 3,4 Athletics Club 2. 3. Vice-President Drama Club 2, 3,4 Glee Club 1 Karin Kramer Library Club 1,2, 3, 4 Mission Club 3 Marjorie Kilbride Sodality 1,2, 3 Class Representative 2 Jo Ann Model Sodality 1 Athletics Club 2,3, 4 Treasurer 4 Drama Club 4 Press Club 1 Pont Miller French Club 4 Press Club 2, 3,4 Barbara Junior Sodality 2, 3,4 Drama Club 2, 3 French Club 4 Glee Club 1,2, 3,4 Press Club 3,4 Literary Editor 4 Science Club 4 Margaret Lally Athletics Club 4 Drama Club 2, 3,4 Mission Club 4 Safety Club 4 President 4 Aftfrj Elaine Merkt Sodality 1 Glee Club 4 Library Club 1,2, 3.4 Mission Club 1,2, 3,4 Press Gub 1 95 Pamela Moten Sodality 1,2, 3 Glee Club 2, 3,4 Mission Club 2, 3 Pep Club 1,2 Spanish Club 3,4 Barbara Page Sodality 1,2 Athletics Club 4 Drama Club 4 Glee Club 2, 3,4 Spanish Club 3 Rhonda Ray Sodality 1,2, 3 Press Club 2, 3,4 Science Club 3,4 Charlotte Pinter Glee Club 1,2, 3,4 Press Club 3,4 Science Club 4 Frances Raca Sodality 1, 2, 3, 4 Unit Leader 3,4 Glee Club 2 Mission Club 3,4 Science 3,4 Judy Nolly French Club 4 Library Club 2, 3,4 Vice-President 4 Spanish Club 3 Patricia Pickens Drama Club 2,4 Roberta Raynor Sodality 2, 3,4 Glee Club 1.2, 3.4 Mission 4 Pep Club 1 Press 2,3 the laurelette Jackie Rush Sodality 1, 2 Library Club 2, 3, 4 Secretary 4 Science Club 3, 4 Margaret Sprung Pep Club 1 Kala Tallman Drama Club 2,4 Pep Club 1, 2 Spanish 3, 4 Graduation 1964 Janice Schmeltz Athletics Club 4 Drama Club 2, 3, 4 Safety Club 4 Vice-President 4 Judy Schneider Sodality 1, 2, 3 Glee Club 2 Science Club 3,4 Secretary-Treasurer 3 President 4 Spanish Club 3, 4 Vice-President 3 Hermana Temengil Athletics Club 3 Library Club 2, 3,4 Mission Club 2, 3, 4 Kathleen Schoenherger Athletics Club 2, 3,4 Glee Club 1,2,3 Library Club 1,2 Mission Club 2 Science 4 Vice-President 4 Schoenherger Athletics Club 2, 3,4 French Club 4 Library Club 1,2,3,4 Mission Club 2 • J Science Club 3.4 Kathy Soltis Sodality 1, 2, 3,4 Unit Leader 2 Treasurer 3 Glee Club 1,2,3, Secretary 4 Susan Tackett Sodality 1,2, 3,4 French Club 4 Glee Club 1,2,3 Press Club 2, 3,4 Jessica Ward Sodality 1,2 Glee Club 1,2, 3,4 Mission 2 Class Representative 3,4 Betty Wyrsch Athletics 4 Drama 2, 3,4 Safety Club 4 Secretary 4 CAer; Woulfe Sodality 1,2, 3 Unit Leader 2, 3 Class Vice-President 1 Class Treasurer 3 Gass Representative 4 Drama Club 3, 4 Glee Club 1,2, 3,4 Vice-President 3 seniors' blouses hos been carried on at Loretto for many years. The signing itself isn't savage, it's when the girls go home weoring a brand-new blouse covered with ink that it gets savage. 'TI1 miss the everydayness of Loretto, said a senior who has lived through four years of homework and hurt and happiness. Loretto intoxicated us when we came as freshmen. We were fascinated by her bigness and the new, more-adult life we met. We fell right into the happiness we found here, and began a beautiful story of a high school career. I’ve never seen so many great girls in one place,” says one current freshman. We felt the same way, especially about our big sisters—how we worshiped them! The awe wore down after a while, but even today, ask a graduate ’64 which was the best class (next to ours) and most will say '61. From that class we saw our first Miss Loretto. Glenda Ellis. We remember our Silver Bells Christmas Breakfast that was our first class project. That year Linda Gunn placed third in the laurelette drive and Lee entered the A s bat-boy contest. Looking back now, we see girls who were frightened at times and other times, full of the grade school fun that had not worn off yet. Sophomore year we wrestled with Sister David Maureen in World History. For many of us, it was the first time we met with real study. We attended our first dance, got our incomparable mascot, Harmless Harry,” and pushed and pushed till our Mission candidate (Linda Cloud) came in first. And in the shuffle of the Marathon March of Time Graduation 1964 99 Miss Burlington, leading the Denver Hunt and disguised as Cheri Woulfe, brought fear and anguish into the eyes of the native inhabitants during the Senior trip. You wouldn't smile either if you went through what these sole survivors went through. Existing entirely upon coke, hot dogs, and tobacco, the hardy seniors at right attempted to climb the 1 100-foot mountain in back of the chalet used by the girls at Loretto Heights. They are lucky they are olive now. 100 This wos Kathy Harvey before she tried the new Krona Edge in sophomore year. As Father Time, she sagely mumbles directions to the marchers in the sophomore Hallowe'en party, the Marathon March of Time. Lee Hudson, displaying defiont wit and a lock of bfains, entered a bot-BOY contest, and putting nature aside, won a baseball cap and a season box seat. A Ole! See the ball go over the net, says Ana Galvez. See the ball go over the net. See the girl try to get the ball. Oh Susan, that was a nasty foil. Jump, Stephanie, jump! Cuban-imported. Ana now uses big words like realized eschatology and Dostoevsky. Senior Council for '63-'64 — Seven women strong, Ann Kirchner, Kris Schoeffer, Lee Hudson, Dede DeSoto, Kathy Mitchell, Beverly Dasto, and Carol Stipetich—plots its moves long before school begins. As the year progressed, the foces sometimes wore worried expressions, and the tobies became cluttered with oil the work and worries for the 350-girl Loretto they headed. our Halloween party for the whole school—we were happy. You see, we were victims of sophomoritis, a com- mon malady characterized by inflam- mation of the sophomore ego. We nil HV MAX HEART Artist Poni Miller tries her hand at science in this sophomore project. Her illustrations were different from the usual menagerie of Ponistic creations, some of which are reproduced below. After four years at Loretto, Poni says of graduation: I think they time it just right: I couldn't take another year of it. The seniors love Loretto, but thy are ready now to leave and try their wings. People like Poni ploy a big part in earning the motto: Few better will come after ' knew Loretto, from our ‘vast’' expe- rience (so we felt) in freshman year, and we were just beginning to taste the riches of her extracurricular. More than this, we were realizing our po- tential, feeling the pull we had in classes, clubs, in the whole school. We were making our impression, and we were proud of our new blooming and enthusiasm, even to the point of feel- ing superior to the juniors. (The sen- iors were a bit far-removed from us.) It was a beautiful time. Junior year came and with it added responsibility and the chance to shape the school’s future. We were upper- classmen and there was a new faculty, and the responsibility laid heavily on us. We fought our way through the happy land of Moses via Father Graham and the Bible. When we put a A Di La”—our November Dance— we learned what it felt like to have thumbs sore from stapling; we felt the frustration of a fish net ceiling that refused to work. Car washes gave us dishpan hands, but try as we might all year long, we could not top the spirit the seniors showed in drives. Finally— amidst an end-of-the-year rush of exams and term papers that made our heads ache in agony and rebellion at the cruel injustice of the homework system—we put on the prom on the top floor of the Hotel Continental. Now we are just-ending seniors, and soon people will refer to us as the late class of ’64 as though we are quite dead. We are in our last days; we look a little closer at the faces we’ve lived with the last four years, and tears fall easily. Each last thing seems to dislodge us more from the pattern we have lived: juniors get Graduation 1964 101 Art. Music. Fashion. Students flavored the cultural during Fine Arts Week, April 26-May 2. Students staged the fashionable Style Show. Mr. Warren Thomos presented a rousing songfest His rich baritone voice resounded in a medley of old favorites. Election results. The newly elected Student Council—these girls will guide Loretto next year. Lis Dewey, Lourelette editor, Carol Green, SC vice-president. Sherry Ralston, Student Council president, Jo Ann Porrino, sophomore closs president, Mortho Liston, junior closs representative, Terry Zinser, Athletics Club president. Eleanor Schaeffer, SC secretory-treosurer, Peggy Aziere, Sodality prefect Molly Campbell', Drama president, Marion Tesson, Missions Club president Pinki Bedlington, senior class representative, Judy Kirk, Glee Club president, Nancy Bedlinaton, sophomore class representative, Mary Denise Fehrenbach, sophomore class,'representative. Ann Machovec, senior class president, Margie Wyrsch, junior closs president. 102 Congratulations to Patty Herman, our regal prom queen and her royal attendants Julie Burns and I Dewey. They reigned over their royal Muehlebach palace May 15. We Speak for Judaism. Desiring to promote on ecumenical spirit the Sodality invited a panel of four high school students to discuss the history, the beliefs, and the ceremonies of the Jewish foith. After the lively question-answer period it was opporent that the session was an enlightening and challenging one. Quit© a Doy! With the end of three years at LA coming to a close the juniors receive their senior rings at the ring ceremony attended by all the students. After the present ation the almost seniors celebrated with o luncheon at the Westport Room and a pose for a class picture hat a Doy This Has Been for the members of the Glee Club, hat a month it has been All shining and singing the Spring :travaganza danced on to its glimmering completion. SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS Judy Schneider Rhonda Ray Mary Kelly Patty Hiller Marjorie Kilbride Susan Tackett Margarette Grant and Carol Stipetich 103 The seniors do it again! Answering the valiant challenge offered by the freshman closs, the seniors lived up to their mighty title and collected $9.46 per girl to send Alice Gunter up the aisle as queen of this year's Mission Day. 104 Whoo there, Betsy! Connie Moron toys with the idea of dropping her wheelbarrow Dede DeSoto right over an anthill. Getting started on a down-to-earth relationship, Connie ond Dede were one of the seventy-one sister sets getting acquainted at the Big-Sister and Little-Sister party in September. rings; we work on the will and proph- ecy as though we really were dying; our Mary Day is the last one, the last time our voices will echo bright and free together; and, finally, we get out of classes our privileged week earlier.” The days flow as fast as they ever did -—even faster. They won’t stop for a moment so that we might hold a little closer the laughter on a friend’s face, the Snack Shop chit-chat, the sun-filled west campus with its huge blowing pines. In an English class, Sister Helen Marie suggested that we take for our class motto a line from Sigrid Undset’s short story Loss and Healing”: Few better will come after.” Every class claims greatness; we have a character all our own and in that must lie our greatness, if there is any. Now we will leave Loretto, with her sleepy afternoon study halls, her times of learning not just thinking, but im- portant things like smoking and danc- ing and other worldly virtues. And we’ll leave a part of our youth behind in her everyday world. Judy Nolly tokcs Advantage of one of spring's first warm days. Out on the west campus the ground was still mud-luscious but this did not daunt nature lovers and ovid sports fans. And His love wot consummoted. Kathy Mitchell and Linda Cloud contemplate the Pieto in the chopel. Perhaps the chapel will be most remembered by seniors; os one puts it, It is the place where quiet is, ond where Moss ond other special things hove hoppend. It is the heart of Loretto. Oblivious to chiggers, twigs, and indigestion from hastily-eaten box lunches, Mary Alice Glono, Mary Clark, Etta Madrid, and Diane Bishop chat with Sister Alexandrine at the Big-Sister Little-Sister party. newwords The moon sighed, then sought her quarter, The sun rose from her bed; The stars trudged homeward wearily— A new day lay ahead. A brown owl bade the moon adieu, A rooster welcomed morn; Aurora nodded her assent— A new day had been born. Therese Horvat, '66 The Competitor You move imperceptibly across the sky, Bobbling in and out, here and there among your nubilous companions. The luminous billows which lighten the black fields are of your making, You, who sing silently, continuously, throughout your watch, Nocturnal thou art, Competitor of the sun god. Marilyn Richardson, '67 The Bonds Are Gone Ha! What fools we are To think we can remove the pain and heartbreak When the symbol is demolished! Oh, yes, you’re right— The bonds are gone; ' The black links of slavery are no longer forged. And yet can even unleashed dogs survive If their masters kick their plates of food before them? Oh, yes, you're right— The heavy weight of steel cannot be felt. It’s gone. But now a bigger burden takes its place; The hate in others’ eyes, the whispered slurs, The pain brought on one’s loved ones— The weight of these lies heavy on man’s heart. Oh, yes, you’re right— The clanking of the chain resounds no more. But now a louder sound is heard: Doors slam; screaming, maddening riots bard; And hammers sing as signs of No Admittance are Posted through the land. Oh, yes, you're right— The steei no longer cuts. But scars are there, the wounds are deep and endless. To heal this pain, it must be given room to breathe— A will to live, a chance to love. Oh, yes, you're right— The bonds are gone; Men are enslaved no longer. You are right— What more can people do? Patricia Barba, '64 (Glennon High School) Pal’s poem won first place unanimously in the Catholic Community Library Contest. 106 the laurelette Eight grad m oHiopin h nex ea wiT om and you will be in high school, but during this year of hoping many things happen. A lot has happened to this year's eighth grade at Loretto. Now if someone asks them if they have prepared for high school, they can say l Ue'ne. Heady Next pleose. It's that step forward right into high school that each eighth grader looks hopefully toword. Waiting their turns ore Claudette Englehaupt, Cynthia McHale, Cathy Cyr, Patty Lally, ond Mary Lou Hickman. Studying together may not get more work done, but it surely is a lot more fun. Virginia Whatley, Suzonne Solomon, Julie Gross, Gail McDonold, and Kelley Metz combine their efforts in the hope of higher learning. The library—where else can you find eighth graders helplessly giggling and others seriously reading? 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With the coming of warm weather it seems that hibernating hams flock to tryouts for the various summer stock plays. Young or old; they come to give all they’ve got. New scenery must be made and the lighting really could be better. There is a grave need for curtainpullers, ticket-takers, scen- ery-movers, and ushers. The directors, prompters, and make-up artists are a must. There is no union labor, just labor in union. Costumes are dragged out of moth- balls and revamped by busy mothers and housewives. A few new ensembles need to be made. Props must be gath- ered and old ones gotten down out of attics and garrets. There’s a lot of scrubbing, dusting, and polishing to do before opening night. Young kids and the older pros try desperately to get that sixth scene right this time. Harried directors call for more coffee and less noise. Finally out of what once appeared to be bedlam comes a darn good amateur production of Fanny or South Pacific or a score of other marvelous plays. However, it is sad to note that these small theatrical groups are largely for- gotten except by family and friends. They are so often eclipsed by the lure of Starlight or the baseball game. I was very pleased at the great success of the Mark Theatre which opened this year for just this reason. It has had a fine selection of plays with very good amateur casts. For many summer will weigh heavy upon your hands and you may become bored. Me, I’m gonna be right in there pitching for the small barnplayers of the Kansas City area. I guarantee I won’t be bored. Why should you? I Compliments of C omp fi m en ts Die oLoretto J DMumnae °r i Dlddocia t i on L„ WcCaL COMPLIMENTS C ompfim ents of OF ST. PATRICKS ((ay J WL J . WcflJ CHURCH KANSAS CITY. NORTH Non-Profit Org U. S. Postage PAID Permit No. 4148 575 g«gg - j||ji 3BB E r-vv . •?5rb . •-;• •.•• • v - -:; y. : ••• • • ■■•... - ■ ' •■- .: •- '-v . . .-vs-:; - . ' ?? .