Venango Christian High School - Saga Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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Autopsy of Funeral services in memory of It-Could-Be-Yours High School of Any Town, U.S.A., were conducted Tuesday at 11 a. m. in City Hall. The high school died Sunday after- noon in the hearts and minds of its five hundred students. It-Could-Be-Yours was born Sep- tember 8, 1949, a son of the com- munity of Any Town. He was a life- long resident of the city, and the main center of secondary education. The school was the pillar of Any Town's progress. I.C.B.Y. was a first-class edu- cational institution. During his lifetime, he encouraged potential doctors, lawyers, clergy, journal- ists, linguists, secretaries, mothers, and many more. Pallbearers were: John Jones, the freshman who couldn't obey the rules; Pete Moss, the quarterback who wouldn't try to win; Ed John- son, the senior who wouldn't buy the magazine; Joe Michaels, the Do More Faci Q. Father Antoun, obviously VCHS offers more facilities than most other parochial schools. Do you feel this helps the scholastic standard? A. Yes. You must treat each student as an individual because each individual has different talents. The curriculum must be adapt- able and the wide range of fa- cilities at VCHS helps meet this demand. Q. Do you feel the facilities and curriculum are adequate? A. No. We will never be satisfied and will continuously be striv- ing for improvements. Q. How long do you think our school can facilitate the fast-growing enrollment? A. The school was designed to accommodate 675 students and I feel this figure will be reached in 3 years. Q. After that will you expand the building or restrict enrollment? A. This will be a decision for the board of directors. I don't feel, an Institution student who didn't have time to study; Tom James, the sophomore who persecuted teachers and dis- tracted classmates; and Bill Smith, the junior who didn't sell his cards. An honor guard was formed to pay final tribute to It-Could-Be-Yours. It was composed of the senior girls who thought that it was all right to leave a football game before the final buzzer, and the juniors who refused to buy their lunches in the school cafeteria. Sophomores who thought that extra-curricular activ- ities were things to be avoided, and freshmen who consistently missed the bus also participated. A coroner's inquest was held to determine the cause of the death. Authorities placed the blame on suffocation due to lack of school spirit; and the student body was held on the charge of involuntary manslaughter. It-Could-Be-Yours High School was only a fictional institution — but it could be yours! THE BARQUE Quarterly publication of Venango Christian High School, Oil City, Pennsylvania. 1505 W. First St. Tel. 9-1285 Editor............. Associate Editor Copy Editor......... Sports Editor....... Production Editor.... Layout Editor....... Photographer........ Staff Artist....... Daniel Callahan Lois Hill Constance Rinaldo Michael Yeager Elizabeth Fink Dolores Weaver Steven Szalcwicz Karen Blumensaadt Circulation Manager Dia Jasiota Exchange Manager.. M. Beth Marchibroda Reporters........... K. Rice, P. Bauer, L. Best, D. Weaver, J. Stover, D. Goodman, P. Breene, J. Meals, G. Campagna, P. Henry, V. Hynes, J. Kamer, R. Wollaston, J. Sullivan, C. Staub, A. Logue, W. Hill. The Barque is an accredited member of Columbia School Press Association. lities Mean Better Education ? —An Interview With Rev. L. J. Antoun, Headmaster since we are in debt $350,000, that we will be able to meet the building funds in 3 years. Q. Father, what is your attitude toward sports? A. Sports are a necessity for well- balanced education, but the school should run the sports; the sports should not run the school. give me a summary of your past education? A. I was bom in Meadville where I attended St. Agatha Grade and High School. Then I attended St. Bonaventure College and went on to Christ the King Sem- inary and completed my major education at Duquesne Univer- sity. Q. Father, in conclusion could you 9

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even say a word. All she did was look around the room and when I grabbed her arm to take her around the room, she jumped. ‘Well, come on I said. “Then I sat on the bed and said in a big voice, ‘This is my Mom- ma’s bed. See how soft it is.’ She just stood there and didn’t say any- thing. ‘Scaredy cat,’ I said. ‘Am not she said, like she does. “I told her to sit down on the bed and see how soft it is. She sat down by me. “I closed my eyes, but the funny thing is it wasn’t like always. I guess it was because Mary Jane was there. I told her to stop feeling the cover. ‘You said to she said. ‘Well stop it I said. “‘See I said, and I pulled her up. ‘That’s the dressing table.’ I took her by the hand and brought her up to the table. She looked at me and said, ‘Let’s go. I started to feel bad because Mary Jane was in my Momma’s room and Momma wouldn’t like Mary Jane there. “I had to show her everything. I showed her the mirror. We looked at each other in it. She looked like a Hallowe’en ghost. ‘Mary Jane is a scaredy cat I said again. “ ‘Am not, am not she said over and over, ‘anyway nobody’s home is this spooky and dark inside. ‘Anyways she said, ‘it smells.’ “I got mad at her. ‘No, it doesn’t smell,’ I said. “ ‘Does so she said, ‘you said it does yourself a lot of times. It smells like sick people in your momma’s room. “‘Don’t say my momma’s room is like sick people, I said to her. “ ‘Well you didn’t show me the dress and you’re lying about that she said, ‘there isn’t a dress and you better get out of here. I felt all warm inside so I pulled her hair. 1 11 show you I said, 'you’re going to see my momma’s dress and you better not call me a liar.’ “I made her stand still and I got the key off the hook. Then I opened the box. “Mary Jane said, 'Pew, that smells like garbage. “I put my nail in her hand; she pulled away and got mad. 'Don’t you pinch me,’ she said, and she was all red. 'I’m telling my mother on you she said. ‘Anyway, it’s Continued on page 13 Herb Heher stands out, but not apart, from the other 200 boys who hail Venango Christian High School as alma mater. He began his education at St. Stephen’s Grade School, graduated to St. Joseph’s High, and with the rest of us progressed to Venango. Herb’s scholastic interests tend toward the historical realm. He is an Academic student, and plans to attend college. He hopes someday to be a history teacher. A member of St. Stephen’s Parish Church, he has served as an altar boy, and was at one time the pres- ident of the Altar Society. Herb is one of the most ardent supporters of the Oil City Catholic Youth Club. Herb has received a number of awards during his high school career. He was awarded a trophy for outstanding performance in the Optimist Contest last year. Because of his undying support, his intra- mural team took first place in the school competition, and he took home another trophy. He’s the one who volunteers eagerly and who helps until the job is done. He’s the one who smiles at you just when you’re about to believe there are no more smiles left in the world. He’s Herb Heher, Junior Homeroom Personality, 1962. Whether she is behind a mega- phone or in front of a typewriter, Miss Karen Alsbaugh, junior per- sonality of the month, is the type of person who makes school and home more wonderful places to be. School life for honor student Karen consists of academic courses leaning toward college education. She has hopes of entering the field of languages after graduation. Al- though she is most interested in French and Latin, biology and alge- bra are also among her favorites. “Work hard, or not at all ’ could well be this junior’s motto. Vaca- tion-time invariably sees Karen back in the classroom. Summer biology was one of her projects. She completed a Singer Sewing Course, and sent her prize-winning shirtwaist to the District Contest in Pittsburgh. Cheerleading, public speaking, reporting, and Junior Red Cross work keep Karen occupied, but still she finds time to babysit during the weekends. She is the personification of calm- ness, the motivation of poetry, and the symbol of friendship. She is the fashion-conscious, education- minded linquist of tomorrow. But for today she is Miss Karen Als- baugh, Miss Junior Personality of 1962. 8

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Webster Said It CLOUDY CONTRADICTIONS When a person asks, What time is it,” or What day is it, the answer is pretty obvious. But when somebody says What is a sopho- more, that is a problem Einstein never solved. To most people, a sophomore is a person in his second year of high school or college, but Webster clearly defines the term: sophos means wise and moros means fool. In short, a sophomore is the con- tradictory who never untangles. He can go through a whole school year using pens in anything but an aca- demic manner, while constantly re- minding the freshmen of their 12- month impediment. Each of these confused individ- uals is a walking cloud nine, who lives in a dream world, and shakes the world at his something more than sudden approach. KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND RAIL Milner, K. Schreckengost, N. Petulla, D. Weaver, S. Kay, J. Pil- ewski, M. Goresney, K. Gayetty, S. Hood, B. W'eidle, M. Camp, M. B. Marchibroda, S. McMahon, T. Strus, J. Martin, J. Zuilkowski, A. Stempin. IN LIEU OF BURMA SHAVE SIGNS S. Barrett, W. Hill, L. Huff, M. A. Moffatt, C. Mayersky, T. Faller. 10