Price College - Cardinal Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

Page 32 text:

-let7l42emem5az'4at70ewze mz4e7falqP 4,4444 1. Father Fidelis, Retreat master. 2. Christmas Baskets for the Poor. 3. Father Schindler, Chaplain. I will go unto the Altar of God .. . Father Matt. 4,,5. -I ' . . ', -'V NNW - 2 A --' N 1 3 - I Lf Religious Activities here at Price are constantly in evidence. Every boy is encouraged to attend dai ly Mass and to receive the sacraments frequently at St. Lucien's Chapel, center of all spiritual life at Price. Students also make prayerful visits to the chapel throughout the day, A bell ringing each half hour while a reader leads the class in prayer, recalls to mind the purpose of our existence, In addition to daily religion classes, vocational guid- ance conferences are held and students have the opportunity to practice self-sacrifice and generosity through their contributions to the Missions. Highlighting religious activities at Price was the Annual retreat, held November 22, 23, and 24, Father Albrecht Fidelis O, F, M, , retreat master, gave several thought provoking lectures and the students sought through prayer and spiritual reading, to gain lasting benefit from this time of grace, Price students are indeed fortunate in the excellent facilities presented them to foster a strong faith, to develop moral character and to become true Chris- tian gentlemen, 3

Page 31 text:

The Sophomores often referred to as 'Wise Fools remained through out the year firmly convinced that the knew all the answers With the able moderation of Brother Rupert the Sophomores set an example for their schoolmates by generous contributions to the Missions John Barlow Junior Becquet William Benham Paschal Bottoms Jay Butcher John Dalton James Diehl Kenneth Diller Fred Gallagher Robert Helms James Kalka Thomas Kerrigan James Knittel Joseph Koegler James Koehler James Nicholson Kenneth Nussbaum Henry Preciado Michael Ramirez Henry Tenorio James Totter Jr. Marvin Urbanczyk Isidro Velasquez William Wais John Walsh

Page 33 text:

of aside me It rs the unanrmous oprnron of the facult at Price that a more willrng or earnest group of boys an those now 1n attendance at Prrce would be difficult to f1nd Durrng the past few years breaches of drscrplrne have been rare The Brothers have exercrsed care rn the calibre of boys admrtted to Prrce and equal care too to cull and drsmrss those whose rnfluence mrgh be pernrcrous Boys who have done unsatisfactory work rn other hrgh schools are not encouraged to enroll at Prrce and are seldom admrtted unless recommended by therr respectrve pastors There rs now at Prrce unquestronable evrdence of a good sprrrt and high morale among the student body The boys of merr own accord have taken an rnterest rn keeprng the school regulatrons Courtesy and gentle manly conduct rs everywhere rn evidence Thrs rs a part of the character trarnrng that parents have a rrght to expect of Prrce and Wh1Ch we have every rea son for believrng that your boy will recerve A noted educator says that rt rs the function of the school to trarn for social efficiency A commrttee for Rules of Conduct rn Secondary Schools sa s the functron of education rs to develop the know ed e rnterests rdeals habrts and powers of an rndrvr ual whereby he w1ll frnd hrs place and use that place to shape both hrmself and society toward even nobler ends You w1ll notrce rn both of these statements there rs no mentron of educatrng an rndrvrdual for the acqurr rng of such knowledge as rs necessary to save h1S soul The Church marntarns that this rs the foremost function of educatron It rs because we believe thrs to be true that we have established Catholic schools and because your chrld to a Catholic school Knowledge rs the most tangrble of educational out comes The student grves many evrdences of this sort of growth lt can be measured And so thoroughly 1m bued are arents with the necessrty of knowledge for suc cess rn 11 e that they sometrmes lose srght of the fact that there are other and more rmportant products of edu catron rn spite of the rrnportance attached to the ac qursrtron of mere knowledge by present day so called educators Habits of study of orderlrness and neatness the habrt of thrnkrng screntrfrcally of observrng and gather rn all possible data before comm to a conclusion above al habrts of clean lrvrng and o Judgrng of thrngs temporal by the lrght of Catholic faith are far more valuable and desuable outcomes of education It rs unfortunate that but few rf an of these latter outcomes can be observed Growth rn ese cannot be measured In some cases their very antrthesrs may be developrng to such an extent that rt may result rn rurn at1on without even a chrld s parent becomrng aware of rt untrl II IS too late Hence the great necessity of placrng your chrld rn an envrronment where everything possrble rs done to develop to the fullest extent the relrgrous moral and socral habits that are desirable Publ1c schools dare not have as a b3S18 for good conduct a hrgher motive than social approval How can we expect children to do what rs rrght rn the pres ence of temptation when therr sole motrve rs socral approval and they thrnk this evrl deed to which they are tempted w1ll never be known to anyone? l-low can we expect such chrldren when they grow up to act from any other than such motrves'P God must be the primary motrve for right conduct All other motrves are secondary and must not be a continous part of any school system Parents should rve to the education of their ch1l dren a lrttle more tgought than they sometimes do They often make many brg sacrrfrces that they deem necessary and neglect a few lrttle things that would make a vast difference rn the results secured For wh1le youth will never be without rts problems for chref problem IS youth rtself rts lack of experience eager grasprngs for life of which rt understands but little yet there are undoubtedly certarn courses of actron that w1ll rn time brrng results that w1ll be well worth the labor expended Probably the t1me when a boy rs most d1ff1cult to understand rs at the adolescent age the perrod from 13 to 17 years of age About thrs IIIIIC begins a con flrct between rndrvidualrsm and obedrence He wishes to assert hrs rndrvrdualrt He does not want his par ents or other members o the family to know what rs omg on at school or Just how he spends hrs trme with e boys wrth whom he assocrates even though every thing rs above board and all rrght He thinks these are his own problems hrs own affarrs The mrsfortune rs when everythrng rs not as rt should be Hrs parents are rn the dark rf they have not been rn close touch with the boy hrs companrons and his haunts There rs where the school should become the ally of the parents It should furnrsh those thrngs rn a boy s lrfe that to hrm w1ll make rt worth while Adults frnd happrness and worth whrleness rn their busmess or profession or rn their famrly lrfe Youth frnds rt rn life rtself rn school rn play Those parents are wise who take an active interest rn all of the boy s actrvrtres rn hrs school work rn hrs school actrvrtres rn h1s games and sports Some parents interest themselves only rn the boy s school work and then only when he brin s home a poor report In this case what they shou d mme to what extent they are responsrble for theu son s farlure Others cont1nually supervrse therr son s school work but think that they are too busy to occupy themselves wrth such nonsense as the boy s ames They farl to realrze that a boy s games often p ay as rmportant a part rn the development of a boy s character as any other factor To the boy rt rs real lrfe There rs bound to grow up between the boy and hrs parents where they take an interest rn his games a strong bond of sympathy whrch wrll make him more confrdrng rn them Trme spent rn play IS sure to be so much less time spent rn what might be harmful The school gives parents Just thrs opportunrty They should take some of therr recreation wrth theu boy Occasronally have your boy brrng you to a game whether he IS playin or not Meet hrs companions now and then Be rntereste rn what he IIRCS He rs your greatest trea sure after all' You will know where he rs and what he rs dorng There w1ll be little chance for a slrp because you are rn touch wrth htm Keep rn touch wrth the school Jorn the Parent Teacher Association Meet the Brothers of the school especrally those who teach your son Meet your boy s companrons To a certarn extent you can re lrve your own school days rf you do these things and your lrfe wrll be much more happy and pleasant Some parents may object that this rs all rrght for the well to do but that they could never spare the trme for such nonsense As an answer to their objectron I would say you have probably gone mnety per cent of the drstance to help educate your son but you may never reach the goal although but lrttle more effort rs requrred Besrdes we all need relaxatron and what could be more whole some and entertaining than to go out with your own bo and learn what hrs interests are and be sure to take an rnterest rn them yourself If you do this you will rve the school Prrce College the help II needs to ma a better boy of your son Th1S page sponsored by the PRICE P T A a 0 0 F 4 5 . . . . . . . . . . U the . I . . . . . U . ' . :Z ' , ' .its ' I 1 . . 2 n . I' U '. . . . ' . 1 . D ' A . ' ' - s 51. . ' ' 1 . , - , you believe it, you are making large sacrifices to send really do is to examine their own consience, and deter- Q' I n ls 3 - 4 -y I s so 1 . ' I 1- a t