Mount Carmel High School - El Conquistador Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Sports continued to be the most important and rewarding aspect of student life out- side the classroom this year as Mount Carmel continued to produce champion- ship teams built on individuals whose dedication and ability makes them all win- ners. Basketball was the high point of the year as the Varsity won its second consecutive Santa Fe League championship and ac- cumulated a regular season record of 20- 5, becoming the first Mount Carmel team to win twenty games in a season since 1957. In winning their first playoff game by a 67-61 margin over Pioneer the Cru- saders became the first Mount Carmel team to win a C. I. F. Playoff game since 1958. Four Mount Carmel players were named to the all-league team. The Junior Varsity team tied for the league champi- onship. In football the Varsity team finished tied for second in the Santa Fe League, but could easily have lost only one game all season if the breaks had gone their way. Ten players were named to the a 11-league teams. The track team, though weak in areas, had a relatively fine season overall. A young cross-country team hopes to show much improvement next year. Mount Car- mel also participated in tennis.

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The daily life at Mount Carmel does not end each day without its usual happenings. Whether these happenings are good or bad, noticed or unnoticed, serious or ri- diculous, it does not matter, they still happen. Most of these events are just a release of energy built up from the previous school day, like encounters with Mr. Kolodziej's applied pyschology or the lectures given by Mrs. Ristow. These re- leases of energy are what make up the daily life of Mount Carmel. Everyone contributes to these events simply by coming to school and staying awake during one of Brother Al's discussions. Some of the events that come about are, for instance, using a sweet-tart as a hockey puck, or forgetting the lasagna was in the oven in Bachelor Science class while you're out ordering a burrito at lunch. Both togetherness and individuality come through here at Carmel. When it takes three or four students to come together and finish their Physics take home exami- nation, there is that sense of satisfaction, as there is that same feeling when you do it all on your own. Each person is different, each person is himself, this is what make up this school. Different ideas, different answers come together to find the ultimate answer, the answer to the question of life, to understand what life is, and to apply it to yourself. There would not be a Mount Carmel High School without this balance of togetherness and individuality, but because there is a Mount Carmel, all of us are better prepared for the road ahead.