St Marys High School - Bluebook Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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80 Administration. . . 6 Student Activities . . . Social ...... Religion Bluebook Staff of 1957 Staff Advisor ....... Editor. . ..... . . Business Manager . . Layout ........ Administration. . . Student Activities . Social ......... Classroom Activities Religion ........ Underclassmen . . . Sports .,...... Seniors ....... Division Pages . . . Art Work .... Fr. Lloyd Boymer Gene Kramer Margie Craig Tom Maximovich Mary Jane Novitsky Susan Korosa Kay Mervis Pat Foley Catherine Nash Betty Alloe Walt Logsdon Don Eightmaster Mary Therese Damicone I im Hollenack Table of Contents 56 72 4 Underclassmen . . . 18 . . . . . . . 36 Classroom Activities . . Sports .... Seniors. . . Graduation Patrons. . . 92 1 18 148 150

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In Egypt, Col. Nasser seized the Suez Canal. Israel invaded Egypt under the pretense of protecting the canal. In this case, the United Nations set up an international police force to end the fighting. Because of these two inci- dents many people in this country felt that a military man such as President Eisenhower should be retained in the White House. The worst disaster in commercial airline history, the mid-air collision of two airliners over the Grand Canyon, caused the government to consider new safety measures in air travel. This was also a year of continuing trouble in racial desegregation. In many Southern cities Negro children went to and from school escorted by National Guard troops. The Ku Klux Klan also became more active, even to the extent of sponsoring a baseball team. Many varied events made headlines during the year: The Southwest finally got relief from the drought which had threatened to create a new dust bowl but the cure proved to be worse than the sickness. Heavy snows and rains caused floods in many areas . . . The irish Republican Army made raids on North Ireland in an attempt to forcibly unite the country . . . A remark by the secretary of the Treasury that continued high government spending would cause a depression that will curl your hair caused the biggest economy wave in Congress in memory . . . The Federal Government initiated its huge interstate highway program and Ohio announced plans for a S900 mil- lion road building program . . . Nikita Kruschev made his famous statement that If God existed, He would be on our side . . . Thirty thousand Hungarian refugees were admitted to this country . . . Bob Feller announced his re- tirement from baseball . . . lt was quite a cold winter, too, with the mercury registering 18 below . . . Anthony Eden resigned because of the fiasco in Egypt and ill health and his place was taken by Harold MacMillan . . . In New York City, a 15 year search finally ended with the capture of the Mad Bomber . . . A little boy trapped in a well in New York for twenty four hours had the country holding its breath until he was removed alive and safe . . . One of the most controversial men of our time, Senator Joseph McCarthy, died of hepatitis . . . Several de- cisions of the Supreme Court limited the investigative powers of Congressional committees to an extent as yet undetermined. Many people became concerned over these decisions because of the Communist conspiracy. This year saw the beginning of the great debate on whether or not we should continue tests of large nuclear weapons. It began as an issue of the presidential campaign when Adlai Stevenson questioned the advisability of contaminating the atmosphere by continuing these tests. Scientists were soon divided into two camps, one insist- ing that these explosions were endangering the present and future generations and the other just as insistent that little harm could come from the tests. The debate goes on with the public caught in the middle. The Communist boss, Nikita Kruschev, again made the news with the statement that Russia had developed a hydrogen bomb so powerful that if it were tested, it would melt the polar ice cap and flood the seaports of the world. The population of the seaports has not yet begun to leave. The automobile manufacturers seemed to be out to outdo themselves this year. The 1957 models are longer, lower, more powerful, and better riding. This was the big year for tail fins with cars taking on the shape of huge darts or jet planes. ln entertainment, movies seemed to be regaining some of the audience they had lost to television. Along with several really good productions there was a rash of rock 'n roll and calypso movies reflecting the current trends in popular music. The television airwaves seemed full of nothing but quiz shows and westerns while radio concen- trated almost solely on playing popular music. Many parents and educators were still concerned about the effect of the type of music which teen-agers were listening to,upon our generation. Let us hope that we can survive this craze and become responsible adults in spite of it. Labor made news in a big way due to the Senate labor rackets investigation. Many corrupt influences in the union movement were exposed to the rank and file of labor and to the public in general. This was a big year for tranquilizing pills. Many people decided that if they couldn't solve their problems they might as well take a pill that would make them forget the problem. The disarmament conference in london seems to offer some hope that the countries of the world can reach some agreement on limiting the means of blowing each other to kingdom come. In several ways this was a historic year at St. Mary's. The pope relaxed the communion fast to three hours from solid food and one hour from liquids. During the month of May the students were given an opportunityito take advantage of the new regulation by the daily 11:30 Mass. This enabled all the students who wished to do so to receive communion daily. Monsignor Price's amazing regaining of his eyesight was the answer to the prayers of his many parishoners and friends. The doctor was astonished at the speed with which Monsignor's eyes gained strength after a serious opera- tion. The band this year decided not to hold a Military Ball and put on the Harvest Dance instead. From now on, St. Mary's will be able to admit boys from St. Mary's parish only but will be able to take girls from throughout the area. Yes, this has been an interesting and exciting year. We hope that our generation has profited from the mis- takes that were made in this and in previous years so that we will be able to assume the role assigned to us in history in this era of atomic power, the beginnings of the conquest of space, and what we hope to be a rebirth of religion among our people and to bring peace on earth to men of good will. 3

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J 5 g, QE! r f--s all What are Little Boys Made of? What are Little Girls Made of? When we were little children, we heard the nursery rhyme which answered these questions by telling us that little boys are made of snips and snails and puppy-dog tails' and that little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice . Now we would like to pose the question, What is a senior made of . We will then attempt, through the medium of our yearbook in pictures, drawings, and writing, to show what goes into the making of a graduate of St. Mary's. As you turn to each new section in the book, a drawing in Checkerboard fashion symbolizes the department in that section. The graduation hat of a senior on the opposite page symbolizes that each of these things helps to form the ideas and ideals of the graduating senior. As you know, people generally act out their ideas whether they are good or bad. It is for this reason that our Catholic school system seeks to educate its students in all phases of life, spiritual, social, mental, and physical. Only then can it rest assured that its students are well trained for all of life's responsibilities and many of life's jobs. In an effort to see how the seniors will fare, take a look at the ideas that they get from their high school education. The first place where ideas are born is, of course, in the classroom. No matter what subjects a person takes, he leams truth - truth which is the basis of ideas. Every class is important but some even more so than others. Nevertheless, all of them must be mastered. A solid youth does master them because he realizes that education is but a prologue to the real play of life. He might complain more than his share, but he doesn't mean it. Deep down inside he loves his books because he realizes that they enoble him. Secondly, he gets ideas from his social life, from pep meetings to dances, from class exchanges to football games. These are good ideas because they are the ideas of youth who have not yet tasted the bitterness of deep responsibility but still know that life often expects difficult things. From associating with his classmates, a student obtains food to nourish his ambitions, his dreams, his hopes, for youth has a way of encouraging that is all its own. Thirdly, a student gets his ideas from God. Youth is not always the carefree, con- science-free time that adults sometimes profess to remember. A really strong youth spends many minutes of his teen-age life with his God because he knows that all too soon he will be sent into the adult world with a diploma stuck in his hand and be ex- pected to take his place in the ranks. He goes to God for strength, for hope, for courage. Such is the optomisitc youth of today, of yesterday, of tomorrow. They have cer- tainly been given a well-rounded education, it is up to them to use it. However, where they use their learning is 11012 so important as how and why they use it. God grant us, the youth of America, the strength, the courage, and the perseverance to do always what is best for God, for world, and for self. ia l 1 limi' fx lid' , a 9 A ' 1,77 w ' w -'F f ll l ll at 'FND n 8 '- 6 cs.,-x Y a