Saint Alphonsus High School - Arrow Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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It was at once a strong, healthy beat. It readily united in times of sorrow. It worshipped . . . It clothed itself in velvet and silk and journeyed to Camelot. It clothed itself in gloves and caps and traveled to Hemlock Park. It faithfully walked the halls each day, hugged the right side and went around hall guards. It intensified when the Arrows met de- Porres and captured that coveted football victory. It beat a little faster during 4A on Oc- tober 21, as Seniors got their caps and gowns. It nearly burst on November 10 — a 27 to 19 victory! On November 15, it skipped a beat as report cards came home with parents. It gained state repute from our Varsity cheerleaders at Northwood Institute. It knew reverence on November 22, as the city and nation joined Saint Alphonsus in a tribute to John Kennedy. Wet, but very much alive, the ‘Arrow beat’ cheered at the Thanksgiving Day parade. “Those Were the Days” when the ‘Ar- row beat' pulsated to the heavy sound of the Lower Deck. Two days later, it helped smash Aquinas as cagers piled up their two- points. It rang out as carollers braved Decem- ber rains. The end of January found it weary — buried under final exams. Weary. Yes. But. never broken or de- feated. 5

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The ‘Arrow beat’ which had be- gun so weakly in September, con- tinued to gain strength as students together dealt with the good times and the bad times of the year. And together” is the cause be- hind the ‘beat.’ It is the very rea- son behind the ‘beat.’ Because of a team, a class, a club, a faculty and a student body, the ‘beat’ became powerful, mov- ing, dynamic. Games were played. Cheers were led. Victory parties, debates, book reports, conferences, shared- time, Homecoming, feast days, mardi gras, dances, scholarship tests, Grapevine — all attested to the life and pulse of the ‘Arrow beat.’ Some felt the ‘beat’ strongest in class, as minds were challenged and thought stimulated. And, the classroom is a good place from which to follow the ‘beat.’ The teacher, the textbook, the student. A basic working unit. Contributing to the ‘beat.’ The tiny but all-important team in the all important world of . . . 7