St Marys High School - Sceptre Yearbook (South Amboy, NJ)

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SCEPTRE STAFF Editon Layout Editor Copy Editor Sports Editor Photography Editor Business Manager Circulation Manager Staff Photographers Henry Sutter Maureen Kirk Thomas Wronski Karen Mangin Patricia DeStefano Barbara Hahn William Sorrentino Kevin Stover Esther Klemens Connie Banilis Maryanne Bergin Anne Marie Bilotta Adrienne Bruno Carol Connors Beth Dempsey Karen Detlefsen Marguerite Doyle Lynn Freeman Joan Laurie Joanne Lewandoski Joanne McConville Karen Moroz Mary Lou Soden Maryann Stanton Regis Bulman Richard Ebinger John Wilusz Linda Hanko

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Bob Dylan, folk-singer-philospher of our times, writes, the times, they are a-changin. To speak of twentieth century life as changing is an understatment. Uncle Tom is no longer a hero in the siege of civil rights: draft cards are expendable: a worn-out heart can be re- placed. Today Catholics proclaim praise of Martin Luther. English in church, and Friday with steak. Time has also witnessed changes closer to home. Brick-and-mortar-wise, we have not had a school since the fire in May of 1966. A new multi-million dollar complex of a sky-lit library, biology in the round, and a drama workshop will fully materialize next September. Simpler, shorter, less regimented dresses have replaced the medieval habits of our Sisters of Mercy. A freshman is no longer afraid to approach a senior: they meet on almost equal planes. We, at Saint Mary's really care how our school is being run. Aware of the present uni- versal mood of protest, we question and pro- pose. Within the framework of high school, we are given a taste of the adult life; it is our time to break down, and our time to build up. However, we must carry out change with order and patience. There is a time to keep silence, and a time to speak. As freshmen, we entered with our akward- ness and ignorance, and as seniors, we leave with a better knowledge of others and of our- selves. It is truly a time to plant and a time to reap. As in Ecclesiastes 3:3 we. too, recognize that . . . To everything there is a season, And a time to every purpose under the heavens. A time to be born, a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to reap; A time to kill, a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build “Pi A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to keep silent, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; A time for war, and a time for peace.