Roncalli High School - Lance Yearbook (Aberdeen, SD)

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 ui 7 haveptovnxALs h keep ayui miles to yo Great projects are guided by the responsibility of fulfilling definite goals and promises. Such is the case of Roncalli High School. The proper and immediate end of Christian education is to cooper- ate with divine grace in forming a true and perfect Christian, that is, to form Christ in His children. For precisely this reason, Christian education takes in the whole aggregate of human life ----- physical and spiritual, intellectual and moral, domestic and social ----- so that every aspect of life might be directed by Christian thought, judgment, and action, regulated and perfected in accordance with the example and teaching of Christ. As a Catholic institution for learninq, Roncalli was thus formu- lated to provide a balanced educational program in which both religious and secular branches of knowledge are presented simultaneously. In this manner, students learn how to live as good citizens of two worlds, in the light of one, understanding the other more fully. In spite of the inconvenience, students and faculty were grateful that the school could begin operation in 1964. Classroom area consisted of merely one wing, with Mass being offered in the corridor. Proqress proceeded rapidly, however, and activities were soon branching into other areas of the school as one by one, departments were completed. Labs were equipped with materials, the kitchen beqan to look like one, the gym was ready to go, and the whole school in qeneral beqan to have the appearance of a place of higher learning. Mass was also relocated to its present place of worship as the chapel was finished. Combina- tion locks were installed on all lockers, and the students soon heard the clear tone of the class changing bell over the technical P.A. system that was instaI led. 10