Mount Carmel High School - Oriflamme Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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mmf CAM JQAIU11! As Freshmen NE well remembers the strangeness of our Bennre year Uncer tarnty ln everythtng a stranger ln strange surroundlngs but yet gradually day by day the atmosphere of fellowshlp and fr1endl1 ness had 1ts effect upon us and 1t was 1ndeed a pecul1ar student who d1d not feel the Carmel sp1r1t of keen competrtlon as 1t was everywhere through out the school The champlon hghtwelght basketball team grasped flve from our num ber and the heavres clalmed two of us On the ltghtwerght football team erghteen started thelr career on the grrdrron Other sports whlch rnterestea us were Track Boxmg and Wrestl1ng To the Band we gave ten potentlal greats And so as Freshmen we started four years of happmess trlals and hardshlps As Sophomores ITH one year experlence behmd us we came to our Sophomore term wrth an entlrely drfferent v1ew of thmgs The feelmg of uncertamty had long smce vanlshed We were conf1dent students now and blgger and better thmgs were ln store for us A year order ln srze and age and w1th a better tralned m1nd for studres we were ready for competltron 1n all branches of study and athletlcs Our real chance now was 1mmed1ately ln front of us And berng eager for the chance we went our dlfferent ways mto the varrous act1v1t1es Elght of us played w1th the l-leavyw rght Football team f1ve w1nn1ng the1r monograms The Senlor Basketball team found slx of us on 1t and the Iunrors had four from our class helpmg tnem w1n a champlonshrp And lt was that as Sophomores we flrst reahzed how lucky we were to attend Carmel what wrth rts fme reharous tratmng 1ts keen mterest 1n ath let1cs and the thoughtfulness of the Profs As Jumors UNTORS' We were upperclassmen now and nothmg could stop our progress as we reahzed that now we were a real part of thls great com pet1t1ve school For two years we had been learnmg and cultlvatmg Now was the trme for us to drg m and hold the ground we had gamed rn the past two years and also to lmorove ourselves further m order to cope wrth the lncreasmg s verlty of scholastrcs and athletlcs 122 O C 11 A V' , ' , f X- 1 II 1 II I I I I r ' . . . . . I .. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . -, . . . I I ' I I ' I . . 1 . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . Q V . , ' I 11 . 11 . 1 . . . - I ' n II II , . . I 1 .. . , r . ' II I n II ' Q V . r. lr ffl it?

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amor Cfdifil NMA for? Many of us had not won monograms as yet and we made franttc attempts to ment them As proof the l-leavywe1ght Football Champtons cla1med flfteen from our class and flve of us bolstered the Heavywelght Basketball team The Champlonshlp L1ghtwe1ght Basketball squad took four of us also The Band and Art Club were well supported by us and ln Dramattcs flfteen of us tr1ed our hand at actlng ln Soclal events we never hesltated to g1ve our full backlng For we were Iunlors now and anythlng 1n the soclal way of l1fe was great fun As thls very successful year came to a close a strange sensatlon seemed to come over us as we reahzed that we had only one year left w1th those men who wore the Brown Scapular of Our Lady and wlth each other As Senlors FTEB recelvmg our varlous class schedules for our senlor year 1t was easy to real1ze that th1s would be the toughest year of all We had cllmbed a h1ll a steep one and were near 1ts top There was no tlme to pause and look back now our work was strlctly 1n front of us Scholas llCS demanded plenty of hard work and study but through tt all we found much hope and confldence 1n the fulflllrnent of our rel1g1ous dutles and prayers to our Lady of Mount Carmel that would not fall to help us to success The year was 1nterest1ng to us all as we strove to show great lnterest 1n all the soclal affa1rs of the school The h1ghl1ght of the year was needless to say our Senlor Prom whlch was held at Olympla Flelds Country Club The Football Co Champlons had slxteen of us on the squad one of us belng 1ts captatn The heavywelght basketball tearn took four of our num ber and the l1ghts who aga1n won the champlonshlp had four senlors on 1t The m1nor sports of Track Wrestllng and Boxmg recelved a large amount of members from our class The Monogram Club had twenty two of us as flrst class members And so now 1t seems that all IS done and we leave th1s grand school w1th regret Some of us wtll go on to further educatlon and some to the hardshlps of the busmess world And as we leave the halls of Carmel for the last t1me we w1ll be leavmg Just at the tlme when Amerlca IS celebratlng the Seventy F1fth Annrversary of the Carmel1tes 1n thls Country And upon leavmg we w1ll always try to reflect credlt on the Carmeltte Fathers and w1ll strlve for success w1th thelr warnlng IH mlnd that what proflth a man 1f he galns the whole world and suffers the loss of hts soul 4231 I ' 1 . . . . 1 . , . . . . . . . 1 1 ' . . 1 - ' L . - , , . . . ' 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 I ll I 1 1 . . - 11 -1: 'js