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

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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

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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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contents COVER STORY FEATURES 4 Why Santa Claus Won’t Come, Theresa Everman 6 The Real Side of College Life, Christine Cartwright Sally Takes a Trip, Marta Savage 7 Green, Linda Novicki Where Have All The Classes Gone, Christine Cartwright 12 It’s More Than Boiling Water, Linda Novicki. Student Government Publishes Handbook, Linda Novicki Seasons of Love, Christine Cartwright Educational requirements of col- leges and industry demand intense and thorough preparation. The ques- tion is whether or not the work is be- ing adequately evaluated. Steve O’Neil, VCHS junior, apparently can’t wait for the answer. (See Student For- um, page 3.) DEPARTMENTS 3 Student Forum: Should The Grading System Be Revised, Terrance Schneider, Timothy Walsh 8 Focus: The Curriculum Designed With You in Mind, Diane Wilson 10 Sports: Bench Strength To Be Key To Success, Edward Oliver Tag Day, Girls Intramural 13 This Is The Way We Go To School, 14 Presenting: Entertainment Is Not Enough, John McCarthy 007 Please Stand Up, Nancy Wylie La Boheme-The Heritage of Rich And Poor, Joseph Frank 15 Editorial: Concernina Darkness Vol. IV, No. I — FALL 1965 Quarterly Pub- lication Voyager Press Venango Chris- cian High School 1505 W. First St. Oil City Pennlysvania 2.00 Yearly. the barque “Let the word go forth that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.’ Editor, Diane Wilson Photogrophy, Ted Szalewicz Art, Rosemary Coyne, Theresa Everman Editoriol Stoff, Christine Cartwright, Nancy Wylie, Mary Megnin, Mary Staab, Fran Cihon, Karen Callahan, Betty Warcholic, Lois Symons, Patricia Wollaston, Karen Diamond Printing Stoff, Master printer: Larry Kissinger, Apj rentice: Jim Lauer, Bill Gannon, Tom Mor- kin, Charles Bechtel. Heod Voritypists, Susan Hynes, Mary Jane Gurcczny, Apprentice, Mary Jane Fink, Karen Schneider. Camera.men, Frank Rizzone, Tom Kissinger Advisors. Sr. Marv Peter. Sr. Imelda.