St Patricks High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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Conventlon Highlights Thomas bxrolamo db fTm dtltuazes from St Patrzck s attended the youmalzsm conference sponsored Im the Culholzc Press Assocratzon thzs gear A partzal report of om oi the delcqales I9 gzten herej On Arm1st1ee dax thlg year the scholastxc Jomnahsm conx ent1on was held at Aqulnas H1ffh School La Crosse It was one of the most 1nstruct1xe conxentlons I haxe ever ittended The cool temperature a ch1lled engme a late stalt these un-1xo1dable COlldltlOllS ac eompanx anx conventlon ln Nlovember I be hexe But 111 sp1te of llttle delaxs Fathel Dowd Father Deenx Matthexx Clacmex Iohn Tenem nd I ar11xed atAq1u11as lll txme for the first roup of round tables but tht others Q1ste1 PILIS S1ster Mx ron Pltllcld Foss Rax S ott and Ann Coutuu xxere a l1ttle mole ca u t 1 ou s of th cmxes and xppeared onlx Ill t1me ior the elextn o clock meetmgs All of us m1ssed the qenel Ll morn mg sess1on at xvh1ch Most Rex erend Bxshm p NICCBXI I Dean O Sulhvan tht natxon 11 fl ectlon of the P1699 ASq0C13.tlOll Fathu To cover the entlre CODYBHUOII xxould be an 1mposs1b1l1tx IH thls artlcle I propost to s1mmar1ze a few of the hxghhght of tvxo 01 the spe kers Fathe1 Lord 'md D01 otl1x Dlx Rex erend Danlel A Lord S J xx ell known ed1tor of the Queens Work gaxe us many thmgs to remember Father Lold has manx mterests and IQ able to do a good 1n mx thmgs He can wrlte books play s pamphlets co tr1b1 te to DllblIC'3.Il'Wllq teach ed1t l9C'tllli and e 1te1ta1n John Moodv sax s that Fathu Lord s art1cle My Fazth and I IQ one of the best pleces of wr1t1ng he has ever 1t'Ifl Accordmg to Fathel Lord Journallsts todax deserve cr1t1c1sm He malntalns that 11 IS a Dltlflll shame that Lathollcs dont xvrm as Cathohcs that most of ou1 school publn cat1ons ale weak 1m1tat1o1s of the xxrong, thmg that Cathohcs go on llllllldtlllg' tht llterary mateual that his gone out of date xears af o that tht most lmportant YVl'lt6lS ot C '1thol1c books todav are not Cathol1cs th xt hterarv thouffhts reach Amerlca twentx venrs after England has been workmg on them that Cathollcs should take a deflmte Fathohc att1tude xvhen xxr1t1ng He sald that poetlv lanks first 1n qualltx IU the school puhl1et1ons then essays stones nevxs accounts und lzstlv ed1tor1als Nothmg can b necomphshed he behex es unless the staff buxld 1 pohcx befole thex attempt to publxsh rlllXthlIl1,, ln the ex enmg' Ifather I old gaxe 111 1n teustmg lecture on the Sodahtx and 1ts UI'U8lllLdtlOl1 Irom Dorothx Dav xxe learned of the struggle of that llttle bxnd of xournahsts IH Nc xx Yolk who are assoc1ated wlth The lafholn W'0rku D01 othy Dax IS a convert to the falth and '1 D0lltlC3l conx ert fl om commumsm She lb a leaclu lll Zllltl commun1st1c act1x1t1es the 0llllOl of The Catholec Worker a C'ltllOllC labol paper with her Dolothv Weston and Petel M1111111 and others h xxe been xx orkmg to stnke -igamst mfluences of commumsm The httle band of workels conducted some xxhut of a settlement house Ill New York 1n conne Ct10ll xx 1th the1r nexx spaper of'f1ce Some people come Ill hom the street to 1o1n them DI mupally u11emplox ed men The upper floors of then ofT1ee blllldlllg' ls used as a house of hospzuhty Ihe plonp tlv to ICNIVC the htual tL'lLhlll9'S of Fhllst at then round txblf dxscussmns held xx1th anyone who IS nxtt rested Thex sn doxxn xx 1th strange com p IHIOYIN at almost ex e1x meal Peter Maurm tl ums that there should bt a newspaper for the xvorkmgm tn round table dlscusslons f0I thc DLIIDOQL of 1llStlLlLtl0ll Ill the Falth a house 01 l'lONpltd.lltX and 1 iirmmg colonx Flll0llg'l'l tht effmts or the QIIOUD of mter ested comp nuons espeelallx Dorothx Dax fCofntmued on Paae A01 , to ro ' - ' , - I P I .J J - -- ' rf. -- 4 ' 1' 1 W , ' 'W' if 5 1 3 1 ' x - N ' ' ' I N . . . . . .' 7 1 1 y ' 1 tr 1 , 1 1 ,g W , s I . 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Fifty five Years of Service If vou are a stranger at St Patrrcks probablv the first teacher you have heard about IS our own grade school prlncrpal Srster Theodora A few years ago she cele brated her fiftreth annrversary as a Srster of St Benedlct and she has spent fifty five vears rn the classroom Her home was rn Prfurre du Chren WISCONSIN She IS a srster of the late Reverend A B C Dunne No one can easrly estrmate the amount ot good Srster Theodora has accomplrshed dur rn f those long years rn the school room A Lon Prarrre Mrnnesota she beg rn career as a teacher From there Srster transferred to Brsmarck North D rkotn an rn 1899 to Fau Clarre where she has been teachlng srnce that trme her xv as Srster told me about the convent md school rn the early davs 'lhe nrst convent was a small frame burldrng located on the sam srte as the present structurr 'lherr were five small rooms on the irrst iloor 'rnd three on the second Needless to sax rt lacked mfrnv of the conv enrences Sonretrmc after the Srsters arrlv ed to take over the vvork at the school nevv addrtrons were made to the old burldrng In 1909 a nevv convent was erected whrch added consrderablv to the corntorts of the Srsters Durrng the trme the new burldrng was constructed the Srsters lrved rn the grade school usrng the audr torrum s a dormltory the gv mnasrum as a drnrng room and the present lrbrarv as a krtchen We used the lrttle OITICG as a musrc room and the present erghth grade room as a chapel md the chapel was beautrful Srster sard The good people gave us the thrngs we needed We were very happv she added There vvere two hundred puprls rn the fir st five room school Srster contrnued 'I alwavs lrke the chrldren here Usually they responded very well to any suggestrons we made Teachrng rs a wonderful professlon Helen Page 36 rt keeps one young to assocrate wrth young people Thousands of chrldren have come under Today many of them are ln mg rn other parts of the country and are represented rn many of the professrons Whenever possrble return to recall the pleasant memorles of the by gone days wlth her Here rs an 1nc1d nt WlllCh lllustrates her excellent memory for detarls the lnfluence of Slster Theodora students ln Mrnneapolrs one day last fall a well dn rd gentleman rpproached Srster Ana tr lrr 'md Sr ter Theodora who were return rnf lrom Brsmarck I used to go to the Srsters of St Benedrct rn brsnrrrr ck he stated By any chance vv ould crther oi vou know where old Srster 'l hrodorfr rs novv 7 Srster extended her hand Shes rrght hen she replred And I b6l1CXO vou are llrom-rs Gleason I had you rn class back rn X Frftv four v ears had elapsed srnce she had sr en hrnr A good many grrls who have been rn her classes have been rnsprred to follow her rn the same vocatlon The lrfe of a Srster rs not rn easy one I have concluded Srster s day starts rt five o clock After Lrttle Hours and Medrtatron there rs Mass Holy Communron then breakf rst There rs often an oppor tunrty to attend a second or a thrrd Mass too School dutres are begun at elffht forty Atter school hours 1n the afternoon the Srsters attend Sprrrtual Readrng and recrte therr offrce After supper there rs a short perrod of recrefrtlon after whrch preparatlon rs made for the next dav at school Srster Theodora s capacrty for work seems verv great God has grv en her excellent health rn fact she has never been rn a hos pltal as a patrent Four of the sev en Srsters wrth vvhom Srster Theodora bee an teachrng here have ltontznued on Page 403 - xl W X ff X Q 1 1 ., , . ,f 1 1 . , ' , 4 l 2 ,'. 1 , -,J 1 'f,, 2 1 7 V 1. , . 1 . ' V . L, 1 L. x Y 71 C 5 , ' 1 1 n - ,L . ' - . . 1 - 1 Y I 0 A C 1 5. L x Y ' 1 y v . 1 1. A t I' ,N Q ' . . -, , , 1. 1 1 , . .V r . r . . 1 . . 1 . U K- r ' c , K 1 L L ' c . . I . l o u J I - A D V e e ' -1 1 U , x be n - I V ,. , 1. I n U H, , - cr 2 ' es 9 9 'xqHx vi A' I . - 1 1 1 1. 1 'A 1' 4 . 1 1 x 1 - . . . d 3 2 1. S ' , ' 1 1 1 . - c . , c 41 . , . ,..-1 1 1 1 . 1 u 1 Q 1, . 1 ,,., J , . , . , I . . i . .c 1 ' L s C L u ' 'V1 . 1 H 1 H f . . , 1 . , 1, 1 K 1 .I . . 1 1 ' . 1 1 Vx . . '-r. 1 .' w A , -, ,-an - . 1 L n J 1 'I I 5 9 '1-,X cc r - 0 1' 1 1 1, I 11, L r . 0 1 1, 1 - 1- 1 'r - 1 'r ' 1 r 1 - 1 . , . . IL' c ' L L' v K V qf 4 rv ' . ' ' ,I 1 1 11 -.4 1 .. 1, . . . 1 , . ,. . . , I 1 V9 ' v Y ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 W ' 1 . ' e L L 1 nu . .' ' . u 1 X 1 11 1 1 1 11, . C A ' 1 YI . I l I 1 . , - ' ' , , I .Ss 1 v ' ' ' ' 9 11 ' Y 1' 1 v l , 1 A . 1 . 1 1 - s L1 1 u 1 V A 1 K , ' l - ' . v, , -1 1 1 ' ' A ' , A ,' 1 . c . A 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' . I - 1 L n , . a J s ' 31 . ' 1 f ' gk , - L a 1 1 1 1 .Y - ' , il' ' 1 , - v . - a ' H v . . . 5 A 1 LJ 5- , 1 1 ' 1 , , 1 . W . ' - sv 1 . 4 , . . 1 ' u c Q c ', ' u 4 L' x n 4 V, sw , , 1 ,, L v K 1 ' ' ' .9 ' . , . 4 - L 1 ' K' . 1 U 1 1 ', ' ' V V D c . . 5 , , rs ' ' , 1 -1' ' - 1 ' e. 1 , 1' ' 1 1 ' - .V , L , c. . , - . . fp I k x Y ' 1 . 1 .V , ' 1 ' ' V ' cr 1 .

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EGO In lneye columwb stuc rrffs ffl' hzzefly of some real eyfperrence thou rradzlu recall Oh yyhat fy thrrll my flrst solo As I stood puffing ayy 'yy on the notes my eyes sayv nothrng my hands shook yy rth neryousness my lynees seemed to be plfryrnff tiff yy rth erch other my mouth yy ent dry 'md l nefrlected to produce even a sound' Ray mond C1 aemer The beauty of rt all the solemnrty of the occ sron and the feelrnff of profounl Joy rn rr herrt made my first Holy Communron d rv ur outstandrng occrsron rn mv lrfe Elarne Chr rstr ynson Loo rnof doyyn to 'y depth of n yrly thousrnd feet Ind seernv' tlrrouo p ulylrnv spr yys of yy 'yttr the colorful mrjrsty of the fraud Cany or of the 'relloyy tant Rr er fclt 1 thrrll yyhrch can ney er be erc rl med Thrs experrence yvas rather embrrr rs ll It yll happened rn fy movrng prcturr thc yur I yy ys yyfylkrng doyyn thc uslr rerdy to get rnto mv oeyy I reverentlv genuflected Was my face red you 1sly'7 fDrd rt ever hrppen to you'7J J rmes 0 Brrerr One of my earlrest memor res centers around a hushed scene rn fr duly roorn of '1 poor nerfrhbor s home My mother yy s hold rng a dyrng chrld She had Ju t baptrzed rt Outsrde the restless yy 1nd yy hrstled around th gables Somcyyhcre out there the doctor and prrest yyere fghtrng the storm to come be fore rt yy as too late Helene Hudak In Cryrcs class last year M1 Rrchffels ralled me rn a yes 01 no questron I ynsyyered Yes Father yyrthout a second thought He stud Dontcall me Ffyther Im not that old yet M ure I elfynd It yvas one mornrng rn June I yvas play rnof yy rtlr the baby Gerry He rr-rbbed my hfrnd and plfryed yvrth rt a few s conds then h put my finger rn hrs mouth I felt some thrnq sh up I thoufrht that the chrld had a plrnter rn hrs mouth Imypfrne my concern yy hen I drscovered hrs first tooth' Mary Kellenbenz Herby vyfrs srttrnfr rn tl e krtclren efltrnv 1 s yndyyrch There on th 'able yyf rs 1 bottle ol I renclr s n ustard As yy rs hrs custom the yy fs 111 the flr st gradel he yy ys tryrnff to pro 1 ounce every yy or d he s ryy IIa SL rrtcd on th rnustflr d bottle I notrced he yv rs h rvrnff qurtc y trme yvrth the flrst yy ord so I volunteered to help hrm Whyt nfrtronalrty ue you Ilcrby ultd y ly A he ansyytred lJllglltlV Je yn Couture I yyrll alyy rys remember the dry I found 1 thcclr for thrrtccn hundred fifty doll yrs rn the street doyvn toyvn I had always had a 1 rent hkrng for checks so I plcked thrs one up lrttle rcrlrzrnv' 1tS value Of' course the oyyncr was soon found I recerved fy dollar as a reward Rhoda Harder Do I knoyv how yv'rrm 912 F rs? Ill my I do Why I remember yyhcn the temper 1 ture rose that hrgh A certarn lad yyas gettu f yy rmed after he had frnrshed br ealy rn trn neyy yymdoyvs' Lorne B1 yndl Before dral phones yvere rntroduccd here I took doyyn the recerver to call a number and rn 'ynsyver to the Number ple yse I beoan In the Name of the Father Pardon me' Clrck' Thomas Flemyn , of ,Q 1 , , . , .', . , ' . K r , 4 . . . . . 1 ., ' , ' c ' - ' . ' ' 1 '- v r' . . C 1 o I, . c , 1 I I I 1 4 1 c ' I 5' Q I I C .I a C o I i 9 . ' 3 . v V y ' I 4 1 - . . . ' 1 1 f o e C T 0 c c - c- ' s ' ' , ' 3 , . 0 . 1 , ' I . l l 1 ' , . . , - - 7 - 1 4 . 1 . . . ' . 1 , . v . 21 , c C, y . . . . . ' 7 Y Y X V t ' v - c I 5, 1 , , 4 D ' -I ' Y C ' . . v' ,X - , , L . - - -V L -L . , y. yr c c i l c t - - 1 , . - , - Q 1 - -. , A 1 C -4 i 1 ' 'I V. ' - . . . . ' ,, C ' ' xl. 1. , 'L D - ' x I ' X ' ' ' C? '. 2 SLP. ' I Q li C ' 1. 3 Q2 ' I ll , w D - l Y 1 - - x I , c . 1 4 g. C, , , . .rx Q . . , . c. 1. y. C, br. .1 4 Q., . ' X - Y .1 ' . . f 1 .2 vc A . 1 A V l x ' fr f f y 7 'rg Q 1 '1' 1 ' I . V f - ' U Y . ' - ' Y . . 1 . H 1 . .' 1 ' - . ' c c 1. ' A 1 1 . 1 at . ' ' . y V r I x I . -Althea Arnold. , I , 4-V .1 H . ., ., . . . I . .4 . , A . . ' 2 ' 'Z Sl . y , . . . 5 - 2 c c '- ' 'l 12 .' '. YZ vc - v 1 2 1 2 - z -1 ' ,' .2 N, . . - 1 2 ' H JY . . . . . 1 - . - 1 - 1 ' ' ' ' li 1 ' U . 7' v . - ' ' c , V 4 . K - 1 1 ' . . . . . I 1 . A .c , c . i A2 D c . , l 1 ' - I c . c c , - . , - D I r C . , . . 1 u v I 1. c c . ' .v , . D . V8 - . . . . Y . . 0 . , v . S ' , c .4 . I . fc ' ,i Y' , ' I , Q s ry - v 1 -2- . ' U ' sr . . y ' 1 ' ' ' 1 ' L , ' ' ' . ' . 1 V11 'I X I I ' . Q P Y rr' - ' 1 .Q ry .' 1 - ' . 5 ' ' I S . . r .. T , ' c . . 7. Y s . ,i ' ' v .J . V c , . o Q i ' as , 77 , as as - v . , c Y u ra ,' ' U . . Y' 2 Y , A, , 4 c R ,, - as 1 , Q . cc I I . c , c . a v . . . . . , n - 1 ,' . . L 2 ' ' 1, 1 . -- 3 fr' ' s