St Clement High School - Crest Yearbook (Center Line, MI)

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Page Th1rty two THE CREST Ngvember 25 1959 JV Packs Up 59 Season Would our Vars1ty have made a better showxng th1s season lf the younger boys on the squad had more experlence under the1r belts? If so a more powerful Jumor Vars1ty IS a log1cal answer Few boys who l1ke to play football are able to make the Jump from grade school to var s1ty ball w1th any amount of success B111 Vlgneau, an exceptlon th1s year, successfully made the hurdle What happenedto the others? Some s1t on the 16,3 'S' bench, wh1le others qu1t out of d1scour agement when they should be gxven the chanceto rxpen for the harvest of Vars1ty ba St Clement has started on lt s way w1th a JV team Now all we need are the fans to support the team At the first two showmgs the support g1ven was not at all the usual Crusader sp1r1t The t1me has come when nothlng can be done about the 1959 season but let s look ahead to 1960 and a hnghter future Top Rung Pnsltmn Seen By Uhserver by Patrxck Minmck Well the Crusaders' football season has come to an end The games have ended anyway The after season cr1t1 cism IS just begmnmg Why d1dn't the Crusaders come out w1th abetter record? What made them lose? Was lt our team, or were the other schools slmplytoo hot to handle? These questlons probably sound fam1l1ar Just why d1d we lose? Solmd l1ke a simple quest1on? Maybe lt is, but lt s a questlon w1th a lot of d1ff1cult answers -me 'Mes Wits' ., 5221 is 44 Elia J J I 'Z S if JV Squadtl. to r l Bottom row James Mnostam, Gerald Bama, Kenneth Grobbel Thomas Lambert Rxchard Fedorczyk John McDonnell Mxddle row, Robert Smxth Thomas0 Brlen ThomasThomas, James Moran fstandmgl coach, Hugh Malloy Top row Edward Artman, M1chaelTra1nor David Kondz1olka Thomas Dalley Thomas M11ler Day of Recollectlon Future Teachers meetmg Future Nurses meetlng Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow test Joston Co speaks to Juniors about class rings RODYBSEHIHIIVGS from Madonna College to speak to Sen1or gxrls and members of Future Teachers Club Natlonal Honor Soclety meetmg Freshmen and Sophomore Honor Students 1nv1ted to th1s meetlng Confesslons for F1rst Fr1day F1rst Fr1day Chrlstmas Faxr dress up day Chrlstmas Falr Flrst Basketball game St Mlchael at St Clement Chrxstmas Fau' Feast of the Immaculate Conceptlon Holyday Free day H1gh School and Grade School Faculty D1nner Student Welfare Meetmg Basketball game St James at St Clement Parlsh Paper DFIVE Day of Recollect1on for men and boys of parish Future Teachers gomg to Madonna College NCMEA meets Future Nurses meeting Sodallty meetlng Christmas Assembly Basketball game St Clement at St I-'redr1ck Fxve Semors appear on Quiz Em On The A1r L1brary club meeting Kmghts of the Altar meetmg Chrxstmas vacat1on beglns at 3 00 p m Chrlstmas Peace on Earth Good Wxll to Men Feast of the Holy Innocents 30 31 New Year's Eve Some of the grandstand quarterbacks think lt's the fault of the coach They don't reallze that the blame for a whole team can t be put on the shoulders of a smgle man espec1ally Mr Baumgart, who IS one ofthe best coaches in the h1gh school league What about the team 1tself? D1d the dldn t, why would they go through all the torture of football practice to play on a losmg team? The only th1ng that rema.1ns IS that the otherteamsweretohotto handle Th1s was shown 1n quxte a few of the games, espec1ally 1n St Ben's lung size walk over the green and gold But why look at the past ? It s the future that counts, and by the looks of thmgs r1ght now, 1t s pretty br1ght Even though we're los1ng two of our f1rst strmg players Gary Houghton and Bob B Mlller, the other three classes are full of potentlal for a wlmling team next year W1tha record of 4 losses, 2 wms and one t1e on which to bu11d the only way the Crusaders w11l cllmb IS to the top rung of the ladder next season Come On Team ' We want a basket' We want a basket' WE WANT A BASKET l Ttus IS the cry that will echo throughout Detroit area gyms when, on December 4 conference basketball season opens The Crusader Varsity team has been eagerly awaltmg this date Since November 16, they have been pre paring for victory against St Michael of Pontiac by scrlmmages and hard prac tice sess1ons Some of the returmng Var sity men to be seen on the court w11l be Robert Fortln, George Mayernlk, Ronald Van Hulle, and Robert Vigneau According to Coach Al Baumgart, the team will not be entering tournament competition this year, but he says hope basketball will do better than foot hm. fl , , - I I I . . . , - ' , 11. 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November 25 1959 THE CREST Page Thirty one CREST Face ls Red The CREST staff extends a most smcere apology to the four followxng students for om1tt1ng thexr names from the f1nal1sts ln the Nat1onalMer1t and Educatlonal Development Tests i..n..A Elalne KO1OdZ1ej skl Catherlne Gursln sk1 Gary Houghton a.nd M1chae1 Bernott SCH Luke Newlealond, says Non A forelgn country? Me l1ve 1n another country? Why they say that l1fe there would be l1ke lmvmg 1n the States thlrty years ago What w1ll1t be l1ke? And more lmportant w1ll 1 Pia Questlons such asthese would bew11der any teenager and 1n th1s case sopho more Nancy Hoffman was no except1on Two years have elapsed now s1nce the Hoffman famlly left New York harbor for thelr new home 1n New Zealand For Nancy movlng was nothmg so unusual Her father s career 1n the Navy has kept the famlly on a contmuous go Origm ally ofWash1ngton, D C the Hoffman's last home before leav1ng for the Enghsh colony of New Zealand hadbeen Calxfor ma Soon after her arrlval 1n New Zealand, Nancy began classes at St Mary s Col lege the equlvalent of the h1gh school 1n the States Her sublectsmcluded three combmedsclences biology, chemlstry, and phyS1CS rel1g1on, Enghsh lltera ture, Out 8: Out Enghsh, French art chorus h1story of New Zealand and Modern I-Ixstory These were courses she took 1n one school year Andwe th1nk we have It rough' The Hoffman fauuly had been 1n New Zeala.nd no more than e1ghteen months when word came they were to return to the States I felt sorry to leave New Zeala.nd, Nancy says because I was just gettxng adlusted to l1fe there The Navy however is boss so back tothe States her fam11y came, arrxving 1n WA T C 'H by Beverly Chuckry AND WONDER W1th1nthe past two months there has been a c atrow er 1a 031C wh1ch was, and stxll IS before the Senate subcommlttee the Federal Commumcatlon Commxttee and con gresslonal hearlngs Th1s explosxvetoplc 1sthat of the rlgged telev1s1on qu1z shows Now the average h1gh school student may say to h1mself that rlgged TV shows are of no concern to hlm A recent survey at Sa1nt Clement I-hgh shows 425 students spent 5 385 hours v1ew1ng telev1s1on over a per1od of sever days These Stat1StlCS seem to 1nd1cate that we the students are mvolved 1n th1s 1ssue s1nce we do watch the quxz shows and therefore we act as the1r publ1c If then we act as the publ1c and the audxence for these programs, why should we be decelvedand fooledabout thexr contestants the1r backstage go1ngs on the1r honesty and xntegr1ty'7 N O T I L L E G A L Accordmg to the Federal Communxca t1onComm1ss1on fooling the publ1c Wlth rlgged telev1s1on shows IS a fraudulent the cxty of Warren thelr new home on July 9 Then on September 8 Nancy began classes at St Clement rlxgh It was not only the begxnmng of a new school for her, but also the beglnnmg of new fr1end she has xt was not long before there were many fr1ends Askedhow she found the boys and g1rls 1n New Zealand as compared to here Nancy had th1s to say In New Zealand they re clannxsh they stlck to the1r own farrulxes and thexr frlends from fxrst grade ' Then after a few seconds she added But they are that way here too' and deceptxve practice but notan 1l1egal one I however do not belxeve that we as students have to be too concerned w1th the legal1ty of the 1ssue as much as we should be concerned about the reason or reasons for the deceptlon of the publ1c of wh1ch we are a part Smce then, we as students are lnvolved 1n th1s 1ssue I thmk that we should be come very aware of th1s problem of rlgged telev1s1on shows and we should take some course of actxon about lt If the course of actlon means wrltten pro testatxon then we should start wr1t1ng those letters The dlfference oetween hterature and Journahsm IS that Journalism IS unread able and hterature 1S not read Wxlde 77 SUNSET STRIP Tops With Students SCH TV v1ew1ng average for one week 5 385 hours Average per student 13 hours These are the shows most appealmg for Freshmen 1 xck Clark Show 2 '77 Sunset Str1p 3 Ed Sull1van Show Sophomores 1 '77 Sunset Strxp 2 D1ck Clark Show 3 Ed Sull1van Show J umors 1 77 Sunset Strlp 2 D1ck Clark Show 3 People Are Funny S Steve Allen Show emors '77 Sunset Strlp D1ck Clark Show Ed Sull1van Show Top Ten Programs at SCH I Sunset Str1 D1ck Clark Show People Are Funny Ed Sull1van Show 5 John Dalley and the News Sets equlpped w1th Charmel 56 13 sets D1nah Shore Chevy Show Steve Allen Show Jack Paar Show T1c Tac Dough Name That Tune , 7 H V - I ' ' 3. 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Merry Chr1stmas I HaPPY New Year V 1 December 21 1959 af? t 'ii BNN Busxly anticipating a night they ll long remember, the Holiday Ball court ar C to r J Diane Brown Deanna Brueggeman Barbara Gipprich Marilyn Fuerst Norman Slonski Dennis Wllson Gary LaValley and John Zahorchak Two Dances Hlghllght Hollclays Seniors of Saint Clement and the members of the Press Club are planmng two gala affairs one for the Christmas holiday and one for the semester free day Holiday Ball, an annual event sponsored by the seniors will take place on Tuesday December 29 1959 Press Club is presenting the yearly Press Club dance with a new twist to the festivities Fantasy 1n Prmt w1ll be held on January 29 1960 For several years students at Sa1nt Clement have highlighted the Christmas week celebrations by sponsoringadance the Holiday Ball one of the most 1mportant social affairs ofthe year Relgnlng over the revelry area senior lung and queen accompanied by an all senior court This 1960 Press Club dance will be quite different from those of previous years Instead of be1ng almost a strictly date affair this will be an all high school dance Ticketswillbe one price only, and inexpensive so that everyone can attend Selectlon of Miss SCH and her court, which w1ll be accompl1shed in a rather unusual manner IS an added feature E L E C T IO NS K1ng queen, and court for the Holiday Ball are chosen inthe followlng tradltional manner 1 Any semor boy who is taking a senior girl must submit his name by a definite date if he wishes to be considered 2 Semor class membersthen vote for four names out of all those submitted These Youll Fund F9534 Christmas Pages Page 36 Clipped Ch1ps Page Edltorlal Page Intellects 8: Oddities Page Matter of Minutes Page Pulse Beat Page Sports Page Top Teen Page Watch and Wonder Page 38 four senior boys and their dates constitute the royalty for the Ball The rught of the dance all those present vote for their chmcecouple The votes are tallied and the royal pair is announced at mtermxsswn The three rtmners up and their dates compose the court The royalty for this year s Hohday Ball are Barbara Gipprich and Gary La Valley Marilyn Fuerst and John Za horchak Diane Brown and Norman Slon ski Deanna Brueggeman and Dennis W1l son fcont'd on page 351 l I I Ol. I No' 4 Q 7 f . A 0 H l a ' 9 8 . . . ' J A , . . . ,, . if . 1 ,R p U , ' - ' . ,L .refs p Q - - Q 'Mg :Ig Q , - , g,'gsg,.e5 ' ' 1 a . f . O . . . . . I . - .' 9, 1. v .l : V ' ' - ' . . ' ' ' a modern version of Dickens' A Christ- . . . . 'T l . , . .v . Q . . I U , 1 . 1 , .. . . , . . . . ' l ' . . . -- --. . . 9 . , 0 ,I . . . .. K -42 . 1 s , , xo : .2 V - . . . - M 3. ' , ' I ' . . . -37 , ' ' ' .... . . . 39 4- , , , , , C ' ' ......... 34 ,' . . . . . 39 5' ' , ' . ' .... 39 Q '- . , , . . . . . . . . . 34 I 1 .1 . 40 3 . ' 38 .3 ' . ' Speech Class Chorus Host Christmas Assembly Sounds f Jingle bells' mgle bells' Jingle all the way' Ba.h' Humbug' Sing glory to God Santa s reindeer can sing' w1ll fill St Clement s cafeteria on December 22 during the annual Christmas assembly The chorus and speech classes are planning an exciting program for the students Under the d1rect1on of Sister Seraphica the mixed chorus w1ll render several Christmasy numbers including Jingle Bells and O Holy Night The Tri ple Trio a newly formed group mclud 1ng Andrea Chonko Frances Pomante Sandra Schoenherr Patr1c1a Laske Arlene Schoenherr Geraldme Umloff Marilee Smith Carolyn Elwart and Susan Oberliesen will debut singing Twas the Nlght Before Chrlstmas The speech classes are going Holly wood They are writing and producing mas Carol and will present lt at the assembly Duringthe program our Reverend Fa thers T E Murray S Rokiclu, and C Gentner will receive sp1r1tual bou quets from the high school students SCH Bards Takes an Supenur Rating At Q, NCTC Festival George Mayermk Genesian Drama Festivaltrophy wmner, accepts plaudlts from Principal S1sterElea.nore, for his performance in St Clement's production of the Greek comedy THE BIRDS Mr James Nix cr1t1c Judge for the 1959 festival, sent this critical evaluation to Sister Honora d1rector of the show lcont d on page 391