St Thomas More High School - Utopian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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EUESSARY EVIL V . Illl Pll IRL Gllllll The successful sfudenf is called a scholar. l-le becomes such because he fulfills conscienfiously fhe scholasfic assign- menfs and class counsels of his feachers. ln a sense, he com- pares wifh fhe successful afhlefe, whom we call a champion. Like fhe sfudenf, he becomes oufsfanding in his field because he follows carefully fhe direcfions and caufions of his frainers. The class room is fhe Training ground for The sfudenf who looks ahead fo a successful fufure. English, languages, hisfory, mafhemafics, fhe sciences, commercial sfudies - These subiecfs provide for The sfudenf a variefy of scholasfic selecfion in order fhaf he mighf prepare himself for a fufure of securify in The very compefifive world of foday. eww' Problems become much more so when fhe inevifable problem of ihe +es+ comes fo fhe fore, Fafher Edward Murphy wafches pafernally while his algebraic brood ponders, sweafs, and - we hope - rewards his efforfs in class wifh all problems presenfed safisfacforily solved.

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TRAINING FIIII AUTIV UITIZE HIP The RecTor knows ThaT noT all sTudenTs are phy- sically equipped To meeT The high sTandards oT our Archdiocesan CaThoIic league sporTs. Thus, he has encouraged many and varied school acTiviTies as ouTleTs Tor sTuder1Ts whose inTeresTs are more aca- demic: e.g., The Chancellor, The UTopian, The Chel- sea Review, The Legion oT Mary, The Band, STudenT Government The Camera Club, and The Radio Club. FaTher Thomas Dempsey is The Moderalror oT AcTiviTies in The school. As The RecTor's represenTa- Tive in ThaT Tield, iT is his duTy To oversee The various school acTiviTies, wiTh special emphasis on Those oT a Tinancial naTure. Some sTudenTs TighT Tor The school on The Tield oT compeTiTive aThleTicsg oThers work iusT as sincerely, Tor The school in supporTing such acTiviTies as -The Chance Drive, The School Play, The Card ParTy. These are imporTanT sources oT revenue. When They are successTul underTakings, The RecTor Teels ThaT his boys are really backing him up and are graTeTul Tor his unTiring eTTorTs in Their behalT. IT was a grand evening ThaT The almosT imprompTu casT of The VarieTy Show gave To The parenTs and sTudenTs on The occasion of The presenTaTion of The awards for The Chance Drive IT was The now annual HarvesT FesTival Nighfg and quiTe a successful nighT iT was, Too The highly TalenTed casT included SeaTed - P. ScoTa I'52l, J. Bliss, M. Ford, N. AllsTon, G. MasTronardi R ArmsTrong sTandmg J Di Fonzo, R. Piehopola, R. Burns, F. GilberT, J. Bonner, J. Friel J Turner J Di Giacomo T Sassa and F. Messner. Qiwsasib