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

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PRESENTING... BOOKS Entertainment Is Not Enough During the past year, a motion pic- ture was distributed by the 20th Cen- tury Pox Production Agency entitled A High Wind in Jamaica. ' Hearlded as an outstanding movie, it had a MOVIES La Since the time of its very begin- ings.the opera was only seen at spe- cial cultural centers by the aristocracy of the countries of Europe. Today, through the advancement of modern techniques, the opera has undergone a new dimension. The op- era is now being captured in the mo- tion picture. For many years, the only records of opera performances were by recordings of the music alone. Now both the action, scenery and the mus- ic are brought together in one media, the motion picture. Warner Brothers of Hollywood, has long list of leading stars and impres- sive scenes. But, frankly, it fell far short of Richard Hughes novel of the same name. This is a pirate story, one of the most bizarre yet entertaining adven- ture stories written. For those who look for blood and murder in a story of the seas, it fulfills their desire. For those who look for a story of the lives of children and their experiences, it answers their request. For those who look for the massive spectacle that is associated with the 17th cen- tury pirate, their lust is satisfied. For those who look for a mere enter- tainment story, this more than ade- quately fills the bill. But entertain- ment is not enough in this story; ev- ery incident leaves you with a new thought transferable to your own life. It's one of the few books I've read that can leave a void, unfiilable space in your thoughts. It makes you doubt truth and justice but reinforces and strengthens these at the same time in your own mind. Fascinating, often shocking, it potrays the amorality inherent among children on a morbid and desperate sea voyage. It's a story that dwells on the barbaric world of childhood— a world in which the pirates are more sinned against than do they sin. It reads with it's treacherous children and flaccid pirates as if George Or- well had written Sleeping Beauty. John McCarthy taken upon itself the initiative of bringing opera to the general public, in the form of an actual performance as recorded in cinema form. The latest techniques in photo- graphy are being used. The operas are filmed in technicolor and in some of the finest high fidelity sound ever recorded. These operas are filmed directly at the actual performance with the stars of the respective opera com- pany. This enables the audience to actually attend a true performance. A varied collection of opera com- panies will be filmed with the great- TELEVISION 007 Please Stand Up If you’ve turned on the T.V. set since last September you have prob- ably seen at least one good counter feiting job. The new season’s schedule is full of the James Bond type shows. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is most likely the best known and most wide- ly viewed of these. David McCallum and Robert Vaughn are two of the best reasons for the success of the series. And of course ABC came up with thoir own James Bond-Honey Vest (Anne Francis). This is a continually active detective show with plenty of getaway gadgets of it's own. NBC introduced their Get Smart starring straight-faced comic Don Adams as Agent Maxwell Smart. He has a number of tricky gadgets, most of which backfire on him. NBC also unveiled another es- peonage thriller- Spy. It stars Rob- ert Culp as a tennis bum and Bill Cosby as his Oxford-educated Negro trainer. This series promises to keep the audiences attention by lavish locations (Hong Kong, Japan, and Mexico), a swinging score, and lots of laughs and suspense. It's easy to see that this season’s TV shows tend to follow last seasons successful ones. Oh what sins pro- ducers commit when they begin to counterfeit Nancy Wylie est opera stars of the world. Warner Brothers are planning to present at least two operas a year. Their first ilm has been Puccini's La Boheme as performed by the great La Scala Opera Company of Milan, Italy. Warner Brothers plans to follow La Boheme with Verdi’s Othello ;arly in the spring of 1966. This op- era will be performed by the London 3pera Company of England. In the fall of 1966, Anna Moffa, the world famous soprano, will star in the Metropolitan Opera Company’s pro- duction of Tosca by Puccine. Joseph Frank Boheme-the Heritage of Rich and Poor 14

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This Is the Way We Go to School New Students... Fair Exchange At Venango Christian, this year, there are three exchange students, Julie Navajas, Maria del Carmen Gonzales and Rudy Rosado from Bo- livia and Mexico respectively. All are members of the senior class. Julia is residingwith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Savage of Franklin. She is studying typing, English, religion, e- conomics, home economics and Gym. Julie is glad her schedule is light be- cause, I don’t know English good.” Julia who is seventeen hopes to be- come a kindergarten teacher upon re- turning to Bolivia. In her home town Tarya, Julie lived with her parents and her three brothers, Juan, twenty- eight, Pancho, fifteen and Antonia, nine. Her father, who is an accoun- tant, was exiled for twelve and had been home for only nine months at the time of Julie’s departure. Miss Navajas was sent here by the National Catholic Welfare League. Maria del Carmen has been in the United States for one month. She is staying with her uncle, Doctor Es- pareguerra, and his family. Carmen was a freshman at the University of Mexico upon coming here. She is now preparing to enter Julia Navajas, Bolivia, and Maria del Carmen Gonzales, Mexico. New Faculty... Venango Campus at mid-term by studying English, French, biology, chemistry, religion, economics and typing. She will major in marine bio- logy at college. Rudy Rosado, from Mexico.will al- so attend college in the states, but after graduation, majoring in econo- mics. He studies English, typing, biology, economics and religion. He lives with Mr. Joseph Jerko of Oil City.Rudy is seventeen and he, also, is a representative of the National Catholic Welfare League. They all seem to agree that Amer- ica is very different from their na- tive surroundings and it is not like they imagined. Julie says Every- thing’s instant, instant breakfast, instant potatoes and instant shoes.” Everything Changes Total enrollment at Venango Chris- tian High School for the school year 1965-66 is down from last two years record high of five hundred thirty- three. This year there are one hundred thirty-eight seniors,one hundred twen- ty-nine juniors, one hundred thirty- six sophomores and one hundred twen- ty-six freshmen. Last year’s enroll- ment included one hundred eight sen- iors, one hundred thirty-eight juniors, one hundred forty sophomores, one hundred forty-seven freshmen. Although the student enrollment went down, because of the new sched- uling system at Venango, there is an increased demand for faculty Thus, eight new members have joined the teaching staff. They are: James Ruby, history and sciencedepartments; Miss Elizabeth Wagner, language; Rev. John Santor, English, religion, and history departments; Sister Mary Es- ther, language and English depart- ments; Sister Imelda, science depart- ment, Sister Gregory, English and music; Mrs. Catherine Anderton, li- brarian; Rev. Robert Rarick, religion New Supplies... and history departments. Returning faculty are: Sister Mary Lourdes, commercial; Sister Mary Michael, language; Sister Janet, math- Rev. Gerard Krebs, religion, language and history departments; Rev. Salva- tore Luzzi, language and guidance; Sister Mary Bernard, art; Sister Mary Peter, English, history and graphic arts; Sister Adrian, commercial; Rev. Joseph Bobal, science and religion departments; Sister Catherine, English; Mary JoGaren, librarian; Rev. Rodney Hartle,math and religion; Sister Mary Philip, home economics and drivers education; Siste» Mary Regina, math; Miss Joan Rush, physical education and drivers education; Mr. Robert Stephens, physical education and science; Mr.StanleyZagorski, physi- cal education and science; Sister Maureen, commercial. Educational Extras In order tc meet the added re- quirements of the new educational system at Venango Christian High School, mi-ny improvements in the educational equipment had to be made. In the library, many new volumes have Seen added to the large collec- tion; and because of the increased amount of students using the library, a fulltime librarian, Mrs. Catherine Anderton, was hired; along with the many part-time volunteer librarians. New learning aids, noth audio and visual, such as tape recorders, and record players, copying ma- chines, and overhead and opaque- projectors have been purchased. The classrooms themselves have also had additions made. Homeroom 2, because of increased use as a classroom had a set of new, more efficient lights installed. Many rooms have also had overhead projector screens installed. 13

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CFRNI'IG DARKNESS, , , We re Americans, you and I, equal beings living freely in the Americon society, Society has placed a barrier between you and me, and possibly, I simply lack the courage to know you. Maybe I’m afraid of you, because of the color of your skin. what is this color brown- the combination of yellow, the warmth of the sun, of red, the glow of fire, of black, the absence of the elements of light. Is this what marks my fears? But why should the color brown make a difference to me? Trees are brown and I lean my face against the cool bark. The earth is brown, and I plant my crops in it. Furs of animals ore brown and I nestle them close to me. Then this inane concept of brown stirs neither a feeling of fear now hostility within me. Why then should i loathe it in the color of a human being’s skin? When I was little you were my other friends, but the shadow of prejudice marred this animosity. Through the years it has bedome apart of me, and the image is hard to destroy. Seeing you here shakes the very foundation of my prejudice. You cry and laugh and love more than I, for prejudice occupies my heart. I want to know you. I desire to learn more about you because through this knowledge I can see you in the light of a full and active human being. I desire to like you and to treat you os I would want you to tr me, so that soon, this color of your skin will mean nothing more than the color of your eyr'r