St Cyril Academy - Violets Yearbook (Danville, PA)

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Pm a Graduate Student What! I must be jesting? How can I be doing graduate work when 'I'm only a sophomore in high school Ill tell you how And when I m finished you may w1sh to Jom me and thousands of others mf you are not already one of us You see I have developed the hablt of readmg Xes readmg I have heard 1t sald that readmg IS the equlvalent of a un1vers1ty edu catlon And SIHCC my educatmn lasts a l1fet1me I must go on readmg I need guldance? Of course I do And Im not wlthout lt My gu1de IS the Cathohc Press The Cathohc Pre s of whxch our Holy Father sald You are my VOICE It contams above all truth Truth the es entlal lngredxent 1n the pursult of knowledge Truth 1n all IIS aspects Truth 1n Ohrlstlan doctrme and moral Truth m h1story and the lnterpretatlon of hlstory Truth IH soc1al problems Truth ln sc1 ence and alts Truth IH great llterature The Cathohc Press lncludes books and pamphlets s well as newspapers and per1od1ca1s Of these It may be saxd that the har vest IS great All I have to do IS make u of the opportumty to further my educ t10n And that s what Im dolng' Do vou want to Jom me? Sandra Rlckards 58 Bloom burg Pennsylvarna if Mlss T lil: amlnryfrx In N rlfn I? In llurf ls odd as fun IL Thru TI safe ln hm' mlm! Iluf Hllllfflfi' llzss I 10 I Though shurfd by llzw 111111107 lrfumm parf of llrss I And shud Ur H1114 Shah: pmre and 11011011 lhrlrmznq and rzllfurml lfzbh Ihompson and lzrhfll 11 imma as mn 0 Ilmflf Ihullmf Ilrnnzs- lllmtmfr llml reads ll 011 if nu lffronus part of 'Ulu Vlrgmla De Wan 57 Endlcott New York 106 , , . . . . . 4 N M y . . , . 1 - v ' . X . I , L, . 1 . , . . T . . I A 5 , ' , ll ' YY ' . . , , . , Us . . . . . X E .4 . Y N . . . . 3 I . . . . ,, - ' , H . se . C. . , , . . . - s ' 1 S' r . M, O KW' 1 I f W 1' P , , gl IIN ll 1'1'r,lf odd thing Ye If nzaffvrsg the moment . .' ' ' I Y- ' ' P .' f ' , 7 . 1 ' 'f , . ' urs ' ' .' 1 L . ' , 1 1 u A lu n I' o . . f Q 1 . V - .. . 4 . . . ' - -. v 1 V I - ' A - 1 ' , 1 . .' , , 1 Id ' n ' b -- n 1 ' A- ' 1 W '.. . Nuf II HI ll' '-krl 1 ' , T. . . . , ' 9 7

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The Bookworms fThe freshmen staged the followrng slkrt durrng Book Week J NIARGE fHllXHIHlHg IIIQI then srngrnz as she dusts bookshelves rn llvrng roomj Id hke to be a bookworm K3 bookworms JOCK JANIE and JACK are squrrmrng unnotrced a her teeth XOICE OF MOTHER from krtchen Oh Wlarge please go to the store for our grocemes before the rush starts You can frnrsh the cleanrng after you come bark Hes Vlother tThrows down duster rnd leaves hllmmlllgl tWhen all rs quret agarn the bookworms rrse slowly look around and begrn talklngj NIARGE JOCK 'ACK JANE IOCK JANE IOCK JANE PACK IOCK IACK YOCK JANE IOCK JANE IOCK ANE IOCK IANE tvlocklngly srngsh Id lrke to be a bookw orm tAlso srngrngb And rrsk berng dusted out of your home Do you know when I was flyrng throubh space a moment ago I felt relreved at the thought that Im dyrng wrth a clean retor d How drd you clean rt up? Id have you row s1r that I have always taken up resrdence rn re spectable books only And thats more than you can say Judgrng from some words I heard you use If you ve spent your whole lrfe rn thus house you dont know what you ve m ssed I used to lrve 1n the publrc Irbrrry and I know what Im talkrng about That was the lrfe Cowboys Vlurders Mysterres Jungles Explosrons Itprdemrcs I kept clear ot tho-le and GHOSTS I w hrstle everytlme I passed them Ive met plenty of mysterres rn my travels too rrght on these Respectable mysterres of course Drd YOI ever hear of the ot the Blessed Trrnrty or the Mystery of the Incfrrnatronq And afrrrd ot sprrrt Those Ive met are krnd rnd lovrng they watth over people and keep them trom hfum Battles used to shelves mystery I m not turns and notrces Jack scoutrng aroundh Out srght seelng eh Jacko vIy grandfather told me he has traveled all over the world lou re pretty young Jack rt you havent heard the old sayrng B 1 bookworm and see the world Why thats the cheapest way to travel Every bookworm knows that Is that how you got out ot the pub rt lrbrary Smart arent you Well as a matter of tact I was lodgrng ln a travel book at the t1me rt was France I belreve when Mlss Feather Duster brought me here Ah I remember She wanted a descrxptron of the magnrfrcent Palate ot Nersarlles burlt by Lours WIN she needed rt tor an assrgnment ot eourse Poor old Loule Hrs palrte rs strll standrng a berutrful plate rndeed But I wonder whats become of hum? Hes not aror nd to enJoy rt any more I notrce Vvell Su transrt glorra mundr Where drd you prck that up Oh Ive been through Bartletts Book of Famlllar Quotations Xeh' Well Ive svval owed a drctronftry Irsten to thls Had there been no rndustrral revolutron the ultrmrte drsrntegratron ot mental processes and sprrrtual vrtalrty mrght have been manrfested rtself rn a throwback to the rntellectual vacuum of the Stone Age lou remrnd me of Roger Bacon who sard Some books are to be tasted others to be swallow ed tbows to JOCKJ and some few are to be chew ed and drgested He must have been talkrug to bookworms 107 . 1 . .. I , . . . . , , L - Y ' ' v ' . - . A . , I , ' w . r , . . Y , . , ' Y Y . Y Y V . 1 ' -l rr v - , , n -' : , ' ' ' ff I , ' I ' v' 1 1 1 , 4 , , in . V . . i ' - --- s v , , . ' . . , Y 7, 1 , 3. 1 ' ' '- ' 1 f r I ' ' -' 1 - - , - ,, , 1 v W ., I I - . . -- . , I : ' ' , ' ' ' , , ' s. , . , - 1. ' ' '.' 17 7 1 1 ' 1 I' vu 1 ' u. I B. p , K -1 ' 1 v '- L 1 ' JOCK: Did you ever hear' of any of them watching over' bookworms? tSuddenly . . ' , , fu , . . z ' ' ' , f . ' ' . s ' 1 e i 4 I I Q Y . ' .' ' Y. ' ' . ' ' -y . I I . . ' . 4 D . 1 v 1 l I f I I ' n f . . n C - - 1 'K ' , 7 ' Y I ' ' , - v- , . , Y ' . v . H - Y . . b . ' ,. tr , . . . . , . . . . I , . , . w . . V . 2 . . , . k - , . V :L 5. 1 - u V ' ' - '-