St Ferdinand High School - Crusader Yearbook (Ferdinand, IN)

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In his study nook which doubles as a library, Father Bernard Verkamp, superintendent of St. Ferdinand High, sits contem- plating during one of the more relaxing moments of his day. Kids Cause Administration Consternation Where do you go to find out about college entrance tests, to get information on job opportunities, or to change your class schedule? Where do you go when you’re having trouble in a class, or when you get knocked out cold in gym? Where do you go when you want to stage a basketball skit, when you need a speaker for an assembly, or when you need a tar- dy slip? Where do you go when your locker just won’t open, no matter what, or when you dropped your lunch money and you don’t know where? Where do you go when you want a candy bar and the machine’s empty, or where do you go when you’ve lost your books? You go to the office, that’s where. It’s the clearing house for all your problems. There, in the inner sanctum, Sister Mary Carmen is always ready to listen and help, if possible. And if your difficulties need long term action, you will be referred to the counseling room where someone’s always ready and willing to help. No, SFHS isn’t just a happy accident. It’s the direct re- sult of years of planning and hard work, and it’s expanding more and more each year. It’s a combination of circum- stances. It’s our school! Father Firmus Dick sneaks some rare time out from parish and high school finances to page through one of his books. 6

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to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for his dream, a vision in which all men could walk hand in hand, soul in soul for his years of civil rights work and his policy of nonviolent protest for his life, sacrificed to further that dream of a united brotherhood for his words which will live forever in the minds and hearts of men everywhere

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Sister Mary Carmen, principal, searches through her neatly kept file often during the school day.