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

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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

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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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OUT OF LINE M. Yaeger, G. Hawk, B. Kaweski, M. J. Siebert. Having fashioned a place among mankind for the sophomore, only one puzzle is left unsolved: Why is the sophomore what he is? Sugar and spice and everything nice. Is that what sophomores are made of? Parents, teachers, and mankind in general would rather say, Snakes, snails, and puppy dog tails, THAT'S what sophomores are made of. The sophomore may have his own ideas about the chemistry of his makeup, but neither he nor his critics will deny that he is activity, disturbing perseverance, and justice on a stick. He is the knee-bumping, nose-chafing, peanut-pushing gal- lant who will submit to trial by ordeal for the sake of a senior's approval. Add a dash of mercurial good humor and that is a VCHS sophomore a la carte. Unfortunately, the sophomore of today is hardly content to settle down to the humdrum, workaday con- cepts of activity, perseverance, and justice of established storybook characters or adults. And he'd be good at his own kind if it weren't for the female shriek, or muffled giggles of less dexterous cohorts that give his plots away and force him into isolation to devise new, more devastating schemes. ILLEGAL PICKFT Mazzetti, B. Karg, P. Keating, J. Stover, S. Swacha, T. Rogers, T. Heath, R. Carter, Eaton, B. English, T. Proper, J. Strus, Riddle. SHERWOOD SORORITY A. Hibbard, L. Best, M. Coyne, P. Wydro, K. Fitzgerald, P. Guyton, S. Owens, M. Ward, P. Blackhurst, S. Morgan, P. Karnes, T. Brown, K. Gressley, C. Gur- esny, C. Moran, M. Fischer, D. Henderson, R. Faunce, S. Leta, J. Logue, B. Mizwa, G. Nalepa, S. Masson, M. Schneider. 11