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

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how il happenetl. We can but hazily look bat-li re- ealling.: a string of staggerizig, sniashing uiiexpeeteml innoxations. I fill tl1e gf-111-1'i1' simle these warliiiie noxelties were il junibleml lllbligltwtklllgt' of 1-o11li11si11g liornhshells. Speeifieally they were Illl1t'll more am-ute explosions. llow the wounfls of their happenirig will exer xanish iil'HIIl DUI' IIll'IllUI'V lN'YUllll Vtilllllltlll FPIINH llaily we seannecl the Xiiasliiiigtoii Llllllllilllllllr. Une rnorning we feared the mlrafting of high sehool upper- elassmen for farm anrl tlairy tluties. Hegartlless of whether the faculty applauclecl this motion we an- ticipated the next afternoonis paper for the latest bulletin about the point values of porterhouse steak. The evening of tl1e following clay we seouretl the bureau bottom tlrawer ill seareh of that missing 'TY' gas coupon. Weeks later with spacle, hoe, rake, antl mushroorn seemls we broke earth for a Yietory llartlen. .X revolutionary squatter uncler ll1e title of Scrap Metal beeame sovereign over lllt' l'0L1I'lyi1l'll. War lioncl ancl Stamp drives meshecl hyclrornatieally in thirtl gear. Civiliaii lleliense ac-tirities gave air raitl warden antl Rf-tl Cross resuseilator tluties to many of Carmel scholars ancl faculty. .Xml painful to her thousand stuclents hardy was llarmelis sensation of a nationwide paper shortage. To Frosh, Soph, Junior, ' I Top: Lieut. Johnny Jordan and Fr. Ambrose. ancl Senior fIlO0Cl1lIlg a sheet of paper was treaso11. Bottom, Jack Mccartl-,y '29, Br, John, 3, Mike, Mt. Carmel's neatly simonized station wagon was contrasted here with the equally well-groomed coach belonging to the Marine recruiting office. Three Marines visited the school and showed movies to seniors for the purpose of stimulating enlistments in their corps. The other services a'so sent representatives in 1943.