St Joseph High School - Josephus Yearbook (Natrona Heights, PA)

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RICH SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE Freshmen depict the trial ecene from Shakespeare' e e Merchant of Venice In this picture are Edward Trinciante, Vincenza Martino, Robert Eyler, Paul Kozluk, and Francie Smith Below, Marie Bradenberg, Bernard Nowicki, Virginia Runco, and Henry R011 diecuee our Catholic authors as part of their work in American Literature Claes -5 .n t

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OUR OWN LANGUAGE Nobody doubts the importance of English. It is the basis for much that we do each day of our lives Since we must converse w1th others in English, we should be caoable of speak1ng it properly and enunc1ating d1st1nctly Everyday gram ar classes and speech classes aid in this respect Literature is another essential chase of English Everyone should have a knowledge and appreciation of the wor1c'e greatest authors, and the reasons they are considered as such Reading books from the school library offers us not only this opportunity, but also the means to obtain a better and larger vocabulary Too, because books help to mold our character and personality, our reading can form a pathway to a significant future Francis Glogoweki and Leona Rzomp supplement their knowledge through the use of reference books Looking through the card catalogue in the library are John Valenti, Ulf? Catherine Gramer, and Retta Marie Dixon .50- I . A A 0 l A e 1 U e 0 o 1 1 I Q Z, 2 2 at at, 2 .A 1 if 2: o

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74e'zec 7702406 7a 746 ,402 To all who love music, this era of scc1al, econo mic, and political change through which civilization is passing is a challenge and an lake of human values It aims to develop the stand and appreciate religious and secular our musical sensitivity that we may become seeking a goal of high artistic standards, apostles of beauty,' vital instruments in ability to under and to cultivate educated Too, it helps to cultivate any community music, broadly The highlight of our musical activities this year was a song festival in which each class participated The junior division pic tured above and the solo artists on the opposite page were among the participants in this successful usioal endeavor Also on this year's program was a radio presentation, ' In Praise of St Patrick,' broadcast to neighboring COmQUH1t18B, and a television program in conjunction with the Federation of Catholic High Schools To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the sacred decree cf Pope Plus X, 'Motu Propr1o,' we at St Joseoh's concentrated our efforts on Gregorian music The culminating activity in this field was the rendition of the 'Cum Jubllo Mass' in honor of our patron From our musical experience we have come to realize that music is more than a useful subject It is an inspiring one, one that can be used to give glory to God, pleasure and happiness to one's neighbor, and culture and satisfaction to oneself -sz- ' 0 e :af opportunity. Our curriculum of music education ls organized for the e in n O