St Anthony of Padua High School - Paduan Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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O Student Counc1l ru ly M Benz S 'mm gens I G y M Plm loc R Wrna r r F Lan Or S ll O Ealtorlals Conttnued The purpose of the fest1val was to oro mote an 1nterest ln the cultural tea tures of a h1gh school educatron THE SENIORS Among the mvlta trons accepted by the members of the Sentor class was one extended by the St Louls C1ty Ctrcle l F C A to a S1lver Tea at Nertnx Hall where the group were cord1ally entertalned by the Reverend Herbert OHara Walker S I ofthe Queens Work who gav a TQVIDW of Blshop Kelleys book The Bishop lots It Down an 1nterest1ng book capurbly revtewed by an 1nterest1ng speaker An equally dehghtful after noon was spent by the Senrors at Font bonne College where at the 1nv1tat1on of the dcan they heard Mr Theodore Maynard 1n a lecture on the hte cnd works of Hllarre Belloc and Grlbert K Chesterton Mr Maynards rntmaate and kmdred assoclatrons wrth these two great Cathol1c wrlters made the lecture of the glfted speaker even more rntens ly 1nterest1ng CLASS DAY The Senrors th1s year returned to the plan of the tradltronal class day w1th hlstory prophecy wrll and song Th1s method of remlnscenc mg added dehght to the1r class day f9Sl1V1l19S and was enroyed by the students of the other classes as well The orchestra and glee club memb rs supplemented the others and helped to produce a pleasant hour s entertarn ment COM'VlENCl:.MENT Wlth the sol mr chur h ceremonres ol Comrren emer' Day on Sunday lun 9 concludrng w1th Gods benedl t1on the events ot the scholastlc year of l939 and N340 were httmgly brought to a close Sfundrng f-G, Br I tio, D. lvfatting , . , l..Sff5lll'l'1 R. l-lesfer, I. cl rrttc ', VI. my , f tl l l, . A ' 'ie M, Mrllo , . ,r pe, St tied M. Felcle, T. Ulses, R. Mt: dr, E. Griel. A C':fI1':::1f?, M, Back . , l.. Iuffl Q lc. l 9 l l . . , ' e I ' - , . , 9 I V I I - L T ' 9. Y, f ' ' C ' . c A 1. ' A - , e , ' . , I I I NC I I

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O Ed1tor1als RETREAT On Ianuary 2426 the h1gh school students w1thdrev1 them selves from Worldly atfarrs to enter wholeheartedly 1nto the annual three days retreat The conferences were conducted by the Reverend Norbert E S hmalz O F M M1SS1OU Pro urator tor the Franclscan MISQIDUGFY Unxon Many lastmg thoughts were deeply engraved ln the mlnds of the students by the wellrnformed retreat master Three days ot sohtude and communlng w1th Gad are ex ellent and advlsable to anyone as a means at splrrtual ad van emcnt HEALTH Durmg the p st year the h1gh school has aga1n had the pr1v1 lege of rece1v1ng a course 1n healh sponsored by the St Louls Chapter at the Am rlcan Red Cross Mxss Dorothy Ourgley a regrstered Red Crcss nurse conduct d the class s 1n Hoaltn and HYQ1916 for the Freshmen and Sopho mares and rn Home l'Iyg1ene and Care of the S1 k for the Senrors The Iunrcrs W re grven a course rn Flrst A1d by the1r regular sclence teacher Through the courtesy ot Mrss Oulgley and the Srsters at St Mary the Senrors spent an ent1re aft rnoon v1s1t1ng the varlaus departments ot St Marys Hospltal where they observed hosprtal routme and w1tnessed the pra t1cal :lemon stratlon of many of the health prlnclplos they had studred 1n the1r course The students wlsh to express llWG1f apprec1at1on to the school and to the St Lotus Chapter of the Amencan Red Cross for the many and far reachrng advantages obtarned from these class s PARLIAMENTARY LAW Dunng the frrst Week of the s cond semester the students dev1ated from the regular schedule and assembled for about two hours each day to study and d1s cuss tne prlnclples of par tarnentary procedure The course wh1ch was conducted by Mrs Frankltn M Oulnn LLB at Cleveland Oh1o ehctted the attentlon ot the students whose keen rnterest ln the work was shown by the1r spontaneous response and the1r eagerness to part1c1pate IH the drxlls and d monstratrons Such a course should nrcely supplement the trarnmg re elved ln the other cultural branches of study and should a1d the students cortstderably 1n the1r later economlc and soc1al hte IN MILITARY CIRCLES In response to an 1nv1tat1on from the Chr1st1an Brothers College Dolores Planthold a member ot the Sentor Class was chosen representat1ve from our h1gh school to part1c1pate 1n the rmlrtary tuncuons of the college She was ap pornted Honorary Cadet by the Cadet Corps and appeared at the1r annual mLs1 al productron Purple Patches presented Ianuary 10 and I2 and at the M1l1tary Revrew held on the sclool campus on Apr1l 24 DRAMATICS Ioan of Arc a re lrgxous h1stor1cal play presented under the d1re t1on of Mrs Iulla Klauber was of the year The attent1ve audlen e together w1th the splendld actlng ab1l1ty drsplayed once more proves that peo ple do appre 1at plays of a rellgrous and elevat1ng nature The Senrors also successfully pre sented Charles D1ckens A Chr1stma Carol and the Iumors The Flrst Flag by Bnggs BOWLING Some of the h1gh school g1rls Imd bowl1ng an mterestrng drver s1on and satrsfactory physlcal exerc1se A pure and wholesome act1v1ty 1t IS looked forward to each year by bowl mg enthusrasts who hnd St Anthony s bowl1ng alleys Well equlpped tor the sport AMATEUR CONTEST On Tuesday and Wednesday May 7 and 8 Mrs Loretta T1eber a member of the Senlor class Mrss V1v1an Getttnger a Frcsh man and Iulta Fremon partrclpated tn a rnus1cal Iestlval for Cathohc h1gh school students at Fontbonne College Loretta entered the vocal class Vtvran the v1ol1n1sts and Iulra the pramsts . . A . . C' 1 A . . - c A . . , A , , A . . . . c ,... , . c . o - . . ' 1 . C h , l A V' . W- . 7 , . I - ' 4fA 1 ll ll ' ' ' 1 V 4 A 1 I Y I e ' . ' E - . . A A I 'J ' I fx Q ' ' e ., A - , -W ,, .. 1 W- 1 T 1 n 4 - I , , . A. . .A . . c . , A . , . . the outstand1ng dramat1c achrevement X' ' 4 P- . . A . c , 1 1 I T . , A. A . . . A . . . . c c . , ,, . A 1 AA. L7 . x4 ' - II 1 ll I 1 ' II I - I A . . . , c . , . ' Q V ' C , , , - s I 1 - T . A . . , c . . ,

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I The Sodaltty of Qur Lady Wrth the motto To Ie us through Mary as the thern of all Sodaltty ac t1v1t1es another successful Scdahty year has come to an end As Mary rs the perfect model of all youna Catholr qrrls the Sodaltty has endeavored to rnsttll rn tts members aenulne love and devotton to the Holy Mother of God that through her we may obtatn the blessrnqs of her Beloved Son The meetmas and exerclses are planned to further th1s arm The So dalrty IS an rmportant factor rn the sprrltual educatlon of the students and as such has tauaht us the unportan e of f1del1ty to Mary durlna hte Each meetma 1S dedrcated to a deftmte sub 1eCt approprlate to the month or sea son The Euchartstlc and Our Lady s Commrttees concentrate respecttvely o 1 frequent Communlon and attendance at Blessed Sacrament devotrons and culttvatton of personal holtness throuah rn reased devotran to Our Ble scd Mother The Apastolrc Comrnrttee has had a more rnatertal duty tn the col le tlon of reltatous arttcles and Cathollc maqaztnes to be dtstrtbuted to hospttals and other charrtable tnstrtuttons tn the crty At several rneetxnas our plrrtual drre tor Reverend Father Hugh O F M address d the Sodallsts on sub cts tn a ordan e wtth the torrc under dt ct sston At the Mar h meetrna dt,r1nq Vo atton We lx Reverend Father Ser va e O F M spoke on the st,b1e t of vocatrans and stressed IH partt ular vo atrans to the TGl1Q1OL,1S hte rotnt 1na out very defmttely the graces and blesstnas attached to the lrfe of a re ltarous and the qreat need of relratou vo atrons at the present day ln Octo ber the rntpressrve l1v1na rosary was Dclfll tpated 1n by the Htqh S hool and the Lrttle Offt e of the Blessed Vtram Mary was re tted on the feasts Ol Our Lady The b atttful ceremomes of our an acttvttt s Att r the crowntna of our tudent queen a trlbute was patd to Our Blessed Mother at the foot of Wnose statue a floral offerma was pla ed whrle the sodaltsts aqarn cor se rated tremselvcs to the heavenly Qu en of o r Sodaltty After a very tmnresstve and approprtate address on Our Bl ssed Mother a model for al Sodalrsts by the Reverend Father Ser vace O F M the cerernomes were con luced wtth B nedlctron of the Blessed Sacrament arven by Rever nd Father Bernard Dolores Plarthold ZX M'- . S' .- . cc .C J V s- . e . L, - 1 . c 1 V I' I ' I Q' . , , - c , . .. . . I. A l 4 ' , ,... , - 'IN I ' 'rs V . c T c - I I A r - . . I 5 . ' . .rs 4 4 I I I I c - A' I , . ,H ' . L . I I 4 'I 1 ' 4 . . . A - A - - - - nual May Day culmtnated the years 4 - c' A 'e . e ' , 1 - - ' ' ' ' 1 , . , ff ' ' ' v . I c , . . ' 1 - r t F tt Q I e . Ll ' . -. . . Q T -V v , l A I ' - - 4 4 I . V ' ' ' , . - .I . - - A A - c ' ' e ' ' 1 - - t ' 0 . . s V I ff I ' c , , , . . ., , e ' , l rm I ,I I r ' .- -ti-J.