St Joseph Preparatory School - Azuwur Yearbook (Bardstown, KY)

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lT MUST BE A GOOD ONE as the freshmen seem enthralled by the TV in their club on Saturday morn- ing. ,T 3 ii-a a SM ABOVE, it's hard to tell who is winning but all seem to be enjoying the game in the Senior Club. 1-A, YI' v. MANY HANDS appear busy in the Hobby Club shop, a favorite with many of the Prep's would-be arti- SENS- DISCIPLINE BESPUNSIB Discipline at St. Joseph developed those quali- ties of character which make for self-control and a sense of personal responsibility. Home permis- sions, hours on and of? campus, visiting, hours of study and rest disciplined our graduates. They learned sell reliance. Guidance-spiritual and in- tellectual-was available to them at all times. Each graduate had to discipline himself every day in three study periods. Sometimes the fifty min- utes in a period seemed terribly long, but most of the time he had enough work to keep him busy. Sometimes he witnessed the dismissal of a harm- ful associate. THE BELL does not have to be rung twice for meals at the Prep. There are few latecomers. Il.l'l'Y The graduates learned good reading habits and did their best to prevent dust from gathering on the library shelves. When ill they had the kind attention of Brother in the inhrmary and the expert care ot the physician. The graduates learned responsibility in taking care of laundry, in budgeting the allowance, and in keeping clothing neat. They shared the re- sponsibility of putting out the school newspaper and year book. They never left the dining room hungry and they slept soundly at the end of the day. W gigs 5: fzitfd-ri . ,. ' . MJ, ke Q, K ' lx. X.

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A f-,: ,? ' f',. .,H I : --fj 01gEiI.:, Que? Lf .Q QUIET PREVAILS and the school corridor of Xavier Hall hypnotizes the onlooker under a spell to be broken only at change of class periods and at dismissal by a flux of students from Xavier's twelve classrooms. NEATNESS REIGNS in Flag- let Hall and thus ends the con- stant struggle between the vigi- lant Brother prefect and typi- cal freshmen boys. ACROSS THE PAGE the in- quiring photographer discovers ,x gif ab some seniors catching up on some conversation and periodi- cal literature in their room. 'S+----N., ACTIVITY AND DEMUCIIATIC LIFE The more energetic flocked to the gym on free week end nights, Saturday and Sunday after noons for fast half-court games. Warmer weather enticed our prepsters outside for pick-up softball games, extra practice on the golf stroke or lust plain resting in the sun. A few were always seen camera in hand, clicking away at unexpected times and then dis- appearing into the dark room for developing, contacting, and printing. Others preferred to tinker in the radio shop, to try their carpentry in the hobby shop, or to pry into the mechanical operations of a car en- gine. Future wizards hounded off to the lab for science projects or peeked through the telescope lenses of the astronomy club. Occasionally they traveled to Lexington to watch athletic alumni perform at the U of K or to Louisville for special shows and entertain- ments For still others the quiet of the library beckoned All in all the keynote was variety By graduation time some of our graduates have been class ofhcers others club officers and a few specially chosen for their qualities of leadership reliance and responsibility have been Senior Counselors. Our graduates have formulated their own designs for club socials, helped Brother Director select the Sunday night movies. They learned to pray, work, and play together as bene- fits a social being. On Saturday and Sunday afternoons they made the short trek to town to take in a movie or to go shopping. Friday or Saturday night found them either iourneying to cheer the Eagles in varsity competition or travel- ing on the Purple and White caravan for movies. Free time found some at the pool table, some at the chess board, and others at their favorite western on TV.

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-L: il ED CATl0 At school you are not engaged so much in acquiring knowledge as in making mental efforts under criticism. A certain amount of knowledge you can indeed with average faculties acquire so as to retain, nor need you regret the hours you spend on much that is forgotten, for the shadow of lost knowledge at least protects you from many illusions. But you go to a great school not so much for knowledge as for arts and habits, for the habit of attention, for the art of expression, for the art of assuming at a moments notice a FAC LTY In the Xaverian Brother each graduate found the magnetic example of Christ. He liked the spiritual descendants of Theodore James Ryken inspired with the Zeal of Xavier. He admired their education, their patience in class, and their ability on the ball field in coaching. He found a sympathetic listener in defeat or worry. ln extra- curricular activities he found a companion who could smile at the practical ioke or frown upon the misdeed, Unknowingly the graduate drank deeply from the cup of good example. t illf t . '-M ,,,:,-3-psf' ,,,-v new intellectual position, for the att of entering quickly into another persons thoughts, for the habit of submitting to censure and refutation, for the art of indicating assent or dissent in grad- uated terms, for the habit of regarding minute points of accuracy, for the art of working out what is possible in a given time, for taste, for discrimination, for mental courage and mental sobernessf' QVVilliam Johnson Cory, l9th Cen- tury master at Etonj LIBR RY ln the library our graduate was initiated into the vast store of learning set down in black and white. He did research. Occasionally while en! sconced in a good book, he could enjoy richness in tone and over-all pleasure from the records in the hi-fi room. He read through interesting peri- odicals on all subjects. At times he was curi- ously addicted to various topics which struck his fancy in the encyclopedia. The library to our graduate was a retreat to learning and relaxation. TO THE LEFT the lab-a pla vestigate for himself. i ently. where the average high school boy can indulge his curiosity and in THE EXPERIMENT shown below doesn't look too hard but perhaps the seniors could tell you differ