Marian Catholic High School - Mariner Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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4 0 TI Spring Concert-April 28, Honors Night-May 27, Graduation Prac- tice May 29-a collage of directions carefully tacked to a bulletin board announces that nine months of struggle will culminate in the joyous uplifting of voices, the solemn presentation of awards and the final act of receiving diplomas. These signs are more than mere directives. They signify the spirit-the hopes, disappointments, and joys of a school. 1T The same message can be read in thousands of minor events and ordinary objects. A chalkboard hazy with yellow dust conveys the truth that those who seek to know and do must struggle. A twenty- step proof was there-the bell rang, illustrations of ten uses of the comma were there-the bell rang, a half-drawn map of the Western Hemisphere was there-the bell rang once more. Some students tri- umphed, others were defeated, but all tried and their efforts were acknowledged at the green slate. Dwarfed by a maze of mahogany and gold plating, the small trophy looks unimportant to the casual passer- M, Q My WWW tltljijllilfigiwfffiifff' fa, T W 'lf at Mew may if r

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by, but the football captain whose team won the award sees in the burnished' gold the triumph of having met and overcome competi- tion. Reminded of the joy of being number one, he feels pride in his own accomphshment and that of his team Voices boom out the words of the school fight song or blend 111 an old ballad Martial words words of melancholy, battle rhythms and sui gmg 1nelod1es mean ingful in themselves become even more S10'111f1CEl11l when they express the acceptance, the generosity, the Joy of fiiendship Tl Although these examples may sccm to be mere elements of a transient existence, on a deeper level they can be seen as signs of that struggle, accomphsh ment, and friendship char acter1st1c of school hfe By lookmg a httle longei at and thinking a httle hai der about such slgns, we on the Manner staff have had a new facet of existence ievealed to us We hope you will enjoy exploring it P LAM., LL Lfyuhij nluajk D2 lvwuf' Ltpmfwv W- 'Lf- xg,-Z LKXU' 2 X-,K L 1, ful-ff' -, kr L atv 'fi' of L,fTf '7 fDAVEl , N KR Jadiff- 44145 lx ,OQQNVG is wh U f . 9 ' e . ' A A. . l ' fuk 1 ':Q,DJl iv'.4..,. I ., TR 5 - ,uf Ln asp ,,mf'.fm,fJ n w1fLH- iff-' -' f .. ' ,J ,. 1, . ' A. 4354,-f! , Y Anil rl -K E x 1511, I . wa ,Q7, lx! -X, ,f4.f., kllkiaffhfb -:J ,- L' f L . P X AL x ' l , A ' Q-' ' yi? WN i ,V U rm ,L y ,-,. pX,,Q:fL,. , , K K t ts ,Q ,L ll N ' ,fr L' - ffxv-a,,.fL,,J-ffpq txllh Jefk' 'Mil I N ' f A' A V-2 If , v if-Xx. f, t 5-fl, ,qui .1 ui!! fr ' ,F kj gilt Lg ' AK CXR ij x : t 1, fl' L- 'U f , l' x ll ,- 'qfl-X 'HK-I lkfk-'lX 4 - K! ,fkf ,fxfxl ' -- sf ' ff-.C Y 1 . if U. Ca 0 5 ' Q r l ' I L 2 X