Malden Catholic High School - Lance / Hi Way Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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the rules of the road . . What, no lessons? Pat Sweeney, Paul Concannon, Dick Spencer, Joe Hurley and Jim Kerrigan consid¬ er the annual retreat schedule. At this time lessons are put aside so that full attention may be given to the spiritual progress of the students. Master of Ceremonies. Genial but forceful Father O ' Neill of the Passion- ist Fathers was this year ' s retreatmas- ter. His talks were practicable and en¬ joyable, and the students derived much benefit from his four-day series. Take your choice. The Sodality ' s supply of pam¬ phlets provided everyone with a variety of spiritual reading for retreat. The Blessing of the Lord. Each retreat day closed with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament by retreatmaster Father O ' Neil. ( 15 )

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In Religion where we learned After having seen or heard the recent Senate Crime Hearing, one realizes the im¬ portance of religious instruction in a school ' s curriculum. This foremost R at Malden Catholic includes a daily recitation period as well as the attendance at Mass, the receiving of Communion on special occa¬ sions and also the annual four-day retreat. Religion is the core of the daily schedule. The student cannot but realize that his pri¬ mary end in life is his own personal salva¬ tion through the observance and practices of his Faith. He learns that religion is not just a Sunday affair, but that it is a daily duty In short a Malden Catholic man learns to live his religion. God ' s Blessings. The school year officially opened with the Mass of the Holy Ghost celebrated by Monsignor Fletcher. Instruction. Brother Valens ' junior class in religion partially enjoys one of his bon mots. Practice. Attendance at Mass and the reception of Communion during the an¬ nual retreat is the fruit of the class work.

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Other travel aids were: Reading . . Two weeks. Just about a week before the monthly book reviews are due Mr. O ' Neill has a busy time of it. Larry Miller chose a thin edition for his masterpiece. Carrying six subjects a year in a college course gives the scholars plenty of the traditional three R ' s as they pursue their way through the deeds of Caesar, Cicero and the poetry of Virgil. They relive the course of the world in their social studies. Very few have a good word to say for Descartes, Pythagoras, Euclid, Newton, Faraday, Priestly and Lavoisier as they work the problems of math and science. French is their required modern language. And ' ' Who Said That” can be very amusing on T. V. but not in a literature test. Very good. Brother Michael gives the okay to the diagrams of Bill Larkin and George McCarthy in Freshman English. You can ' t win. Three C ' ers in action during an exam seem to be doing just fine. Yes — until they get their papers back. ( 16 )