Maur Hill High School - Maurite Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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DEDICATION Twenty years ago Charles McNe1ll a brrllrant and popular sophomore was chosen as the frrst edrtor of The Tatler an humble begmnrng of a very successful career rn rournalrsm Lrke St Maur gorng to rescue Placrd lVfcNerll carrred out thrs assignment and those whlch followed wrth enthusrasm He regularly won honors rn hrgh school and college classes at St Benedrct s where he drrected publrcrty l93l 33 and edrted The Haven l932 Ver satrle Mac represented St Bernard s College rn rntercollegrate debate governed hrs equals as presrdent of the Student Councrl and was valedrctorran of hrs graduatrna class rn 1933 A few years later thrs alumnus earned a doctorate rn rournalrsrrr Doctor McNerll as assocrate edrtor of he Hegrs er Sy stern of Catholrc newspapers of Denver contrrbuted substantrally to the formatrorr of publrc oprnron rn the Unrted States ln nrne years 1934 43 he progressed from reporter to edrtorral wrrter and make up edrtor of the Nat1onalFdrtron of The Hegrster ana r s thrrty one drocesan edrtron artrcles rn Catholrc rragazrnes ard wroe The Sacramentals Prayers The Apostles Creed The Commandments and The Sacraments all relrarous drscussron club texts He rs also the author of The Catholrc Church rn Colorado offrcral text for state hrstory classes rn Colorado Catholrc schools Mr McNe1ll changed edrtorshrps rn lO43 becomrng ed1tor of another weercly The Bayonet at Infantry Replacement T arnrng Center Camp Blandrng Fla Musterrng out rn 1946 the former rnfantry sergeant became a staff rrrember of Young Catholrc Messenger whrch wrth Iunror Catholrc Messenger Our Lrttle Messenger and Treasure Chest rs p rblrshed rn Dayton Chro by George A Pflaurrr Mr and Mrs Charles McNe1r area therr baby daughter resrde rn Dayton Although only thrrty four lvfr Charles I McNerll nas attarned by hrs rndustry a posrtron of natronal promrnence rn the affarrs of Church and State Maur Hrll rs very proud of thrs outstandrng alumnus To hrm therefore we the class of 1947 take great pleasure rn dedrcatrng thrs our annual , . J . ' J O 7 , A A A A 1 I f s , , , , p A , ' V I, - . . S ln the pre-war years edrtor McNeill frequently publrshed l . 5 l I ' .F It f ,, , 3 I r . . , , 1 t L . ' , f 4 , , J r , ,

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MR CHARLES I McNEILL