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

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SOCIAI. ST DIE You can change the world The Catholic graduate must change the world. To this end our graduates in order to be not only good Cath- olics but to be also good citizens have conse- quently progressed through the exceptionally wide election of courses in Citizenship, Sociology, and Economics after interesting themselves in the usual World and American History courses. Thus with a knowledge of past wisdom and folly they are ready to go forth and establish their own part in the history of the world. NATURAL SCIE CE With the advent of the missile age and the in- corporation of the word sputnik into the dic- tionary, a hrm foundation in science is a must. General science introduced our graduate to some of nature's wonders. Biology followed and our graduate, as he studied the unique workings of human body, wondered at the Providence of God. The laws of physics amazed him and the workings of chemistry awed him Our graduate stepped forth ready to investigate the still deeper aspects of science in colleoe MATHEMATICS X is an unknown. And hence our gradu- ates began, as freshmen, their mysterious intro- duction to high school mathematics with algebra and proceeded to delve for two years into the sometimes hard-to-comprehend equations. And yet, advanced algebra was reserving more un- knowns. Plane geometry preceded solid geom- etry and then our graduates had to place lines and angles in very nebulous space. Trigonom- etry tripped a few. But the foundation was laid. LATE SLIPS, absentee notes, special permissions -all add up to a busy day at the office. pf THE LIBRARY scene at the left shows research in action when a boy can figuratively travel to unknown lands and exotic places. '.N,.-S' X' lv--J ll! v-I ,gk5z46'3 av' ABOVE. school dismisses for the day. Some head for cars. others for the dormitory or lockerroom and the beginning of extracurricular activities. AS SHOWN at the left. night time means study time and Brother ready for the impossible problem and the difficult translation.

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0ur Ubjective . . . are high BELlGl0N After an exposition of God the Father and a living Faith, the freshmen, now sophomores, studied the model of modern living, Christ. As iuniors the topic revolved around the Holy Ghost. Apologetics and the topic ot marriage provided stimulating and interesting subject matter for the seniors. Weekly lectures to each year by the chaplain uncovered new territories in the Faith. Yearly retreats provided a spiritual lift and a three-day retreat at Gethesame, the Trappist Mon- astery, was a conquest of a spiritual Mount Ev- erest. ENGLISH English was in turn coaxing, befuddling, curi- ous, boring, and interesting. Dreaded tive min- ute talks alternated with equally forbidding grammar drills. But through the years the grad- uate struggled through compositions, listened to more fluid-speaking classmates discuss and de- bate, sometimes even had his poetry or essay published in a national contest, avidly read gruea some tales by Poe, and secretly admired the beauty in Keats' poems. At the apex of high school English, from a study of MacBeth, the senior might have been tempted to conclude: Shakespeare was pretty clever after all. if l . tts., IN THE CLASSROOM scene at the right some at- tentive freshmen are following carefully Brothers distinction between principal and principle. LATIN The first two years of Latin pursued by our graduates gave them a background in syntax and grammar for English and other modern languages. Having passed through the amo, amas, amat stage, the sophomore discovered that Caesar could be interesting in his conquering travels. A few accelerated students elected to follow Cicero in his golden-tongue diatribes against Cataline and Hnally in the fourth year found the poetry of Virgil an interesting challenge. MUDEBN LANGUAGES f'Garcon, passez-moi du sel, s'il vous plait. Every year about the same time there is a renais- sance of French in the dining room as a new-born confidence pushes new found admirers of the graceful French tongue to advertise freshly ac- quired wares. French readers are passed out to students desiring to test their store of grammar and syntax. Au revoirs are sprinkled among graduates' farewells. NO TYPING SPEED champs here. to be sure. but future college men who will look back thankfully for this opportunity. .si 1

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WEEKENDS HULIDAYS Magic is the effect to mention Month-End Leave. Bags are packed early and the average prepster needs no urging to make the bus at noon Friday to spend time at home till Sunday evening. The St. Joe prepster does not appreciate going to school on individual single holidays, Holy Days of the Church excepted, but he is much com- pensated by a short and long holiday in each semester. Thus Thanksgiving and Christmas af- ford pleasant relief in the hrst semester and the mid-winter and Easter recess break the monotony of school life in the second semester. The St. .loe student returns to the Prep perhaps somewhat tired from traveling but ready, stripped of his ennui, to face afresh, resident school life. SUCIAL ACTIVITIES The Senior Promesocial climax of four years A culminates the Junior Prom and the Sophomore and Freshman Hops. But who can forget such social events' as the Homecoming Dance, espe- cially after winning the football conference title, or the zany costumes worn by imaginative Prep students and their belles at the Valentine Cos- tume Hop? One is inclined to suspect the chap- eroning parents equally enjoyed themselves. Informal dances and social get-togethers admir- ably filled in the intervening gaps between big social events. tions pass! it Ti 'S BETHLEHEM, St. Catherine, A sumption, Nazareth girls get high social ratings from St. Joe men BELIGIDUS ACTIVITIES St. Joseph, by the very nature of its schedule, fosters a sincere Christian piety. At least twice a week, besides Sunday, every St. Joe man en- riches his spiritual life at daily Mass. He may enjoy this privilege every morning. Daily oppor- tunity for the Sacrament of Penance presents it- self. A talk and Benediction of the Blessed Sac- rament truly help to make Sunday a Holy Day Each student, a member of the school's Apostle- ship of Prayer, the students' Mission Crusade, and the Holy Name Society, becomes conscious of his future apostolate, lay or religious, in the world. Q A MONTH-END LEAVE. Thanksgiv yy, ing. Christmas, Mid-Winter. Easter I tl '-., vacations-Magic words at he Prep! All too swiftly do the vaca