Villa Maria Academy - Frontenac Yearbook (Frontenac, MN)

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IDEALS Naturally my mam ldeal IS to strlve for eter nal happlness w1th God God created us to share wlth us Hls everlastlng happlness ln Heaven and thls IS one of the ldeals I am str1v1ng for I have three mlnor ldeals that stand out most 1n my l1fe The f1rst one IS purlty In thls day and age lt seems that some teenagers have a gay old tlme telling storles that are unflt to be told Hollywood does ltS best to teach people to be lmmodest ln the clothes they wear Books and magazmes and other sorts of f1ct1on that are sold on street corners cause lmpure thoughts and sometlmes evll deslres I dont want to be a part of thls With the Blessed Mother as my model I wlll always strlve to be pure IU every thmg I do The second of my Ideals IS courage Almost all my hfe I have followed along wlth people ln thelr OPIHIOHS and Ideas I stood up for my rlghts but not as well as I should have The reason for thls 1S because I feared what other laugh at me lf I made a rnlstake Now that I ve gotten older Ive had to face up to the fact that Ive got to make myself do thlngs Wrth St Ursula as my model I Wxll always strlve to have courage ln everythlng I do The thlrd of my ldeals IS charxtv There are many people who just love to gosslp about thelr nelghbors maybe knowlng that thev are ln Jurlng the reputatlon of someone or that they are saylng th1n s that should not be spread around I too have been ullty of thls fault Wlth Christ as my model I vslll always strive to love my fellow men as Christ Himself dld Connle Culhane 58 MEMORIES OF SUMMER O Whatever happened to those carefree days To the sparkllng water the skys starry maze To the power of the boat the Sklmmlng' skls The moonfllled night the whlsperlng breeze To the fresh clear water the baklng sun To the talkmg the laughter and all that func? Is It gone wlth the fllp of the calendar page Never to return to that golden age9 To fade wlth the hllls to age with the fall To d1e wlth the wmter the end of lt alla? Ah no another summer wlll come Wlth the green of the trees the warmth of the alr Glven by God for all to share Barbara Smlth, '58 SIGNS The welghtless snow swlrllng down A flammg sunset oer the skles A gnarled old oak all bent wlth age Are marvels caught by human eyes A happy b1rd smgmg of Joy The roll of thunder that seems so near A summer breeze that dreams and SlghS Are sounds plCk6d up by human ear A cold wet wlnd agalnst your face Satm wood smooth shlny steel A mothers gentle arms of love Are glfts that man can touch and feel These are slgns from Hls Great Hand That we mlght better understand Bonnxe Bagger, WHAT MY SENSES MEAN TO ME The values of my senses can be enumerated ln one ordlnary day ln my l1fe take that glgan tlc number tlmes 365 and the product of that tlmes the average hfe span whlch lS about seventy years and you have a small ldea of the value of the senses In the mornlng I awaken to an alarm clock the sense of hearmg I Jump out of bed and put on my robe because I feel cold touch I then go to the bath room and wash so that I wlll see a clean shmlng face ln mv mlrror slght I get dressed and go to Mass There before my eyes the Holy Sacrlflce IS offered What more beautlful sight could be placed before my eyes' Wlthout the sense of slght I would mrss out on all thls beauty After Mass I enjoy a dehclous breakfast and my sense of taste IS equally satlsfled throughout the day I go to school and all day long I em ploy the senses of slght and hearmg Every bit of beauty I take ln everv b1t of knowledge I comprehend comes through my senses I cannot lmaglne what my llfe would be hke rf I could not smell sweet aromas touch soft and hard objects see the beautlful and taste good home cooklng and hear the VOIFCS of those I love most My hfe would be void without my senses I thank God that I have not been chosen to sacrlflce any of these wonderful pou ers Mary M Giefer, '58 . . . . , . I . . . , ' ' . . . , L 1 . n .. , , ' - ' '58 . , l n V . people would think. I thought people would S2?2?2?3?2i2E3E5S35332323235533533EsE3i323iE?2E3ESi5i5S3E3?2?53Ei2E525533 . . , , . , . . V n V I' 4 3 , ' . . . . - g i D . . . . ' . D, , ' g . . 1 . v ' Q ' 7 . . 7 - . . , . . . u , . . 7 Q . I , . 1 o u l , , . . . , , , i - 0, . 1 . . . . 7 D . 7 . . . , . D . . , . 1 , 1, 1 1 I 7 V . . . . , . 7 27

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WHOSE AMERICA IHCIICJ IS called a melt ing pot People of all ll21tlOl2llltlCS colors and creeds hve freely under her fla Some can bo mst of ancestors com rn oyer on the May flou er others stlll hare '1 bro ue yet all are Amer IC ms All choose th clty county state ln which they want to lxye But do they haye a right to do th1s9 Surely before 1620 Amerlca must have belonged to someone Who helped the Pilgrims through thelr flrst w1nter9 Where are these people novx7 Could lt be that these people who once had dommlon over all North Amerlca now llye ln a clrcumscrlbed '1rea'7 Cant they too be melted 9 Mary Margaret Guettler '59 Publzshed zn Anthology of Western States Hzgh School Essays IMAGINATION Into each one of us God mu-.ed a dash of lIIlag1n3t1OH and thxs one mgredlent adds all the spice and warmth to our hves In the mlddle of a humdrum chore our eyes can suddenly sparkle as we plcture ourselves ln some faravs ay land of mystery and romance In the middle of hfes dally frustratlons and problems our lma gmatlon can look toward the future wlth hope and plans When we drlft mto slumber our mmds become stages for dreams and thousands of scenes are enacted wrth ourselves as domlna tlng stars Imaglnatlon can be serlous the plans of a new world or a creatlye Work of art can be formed Imagmatlon can be sad the unfulfllled dreams or the lmage of a loy ed one s face can be plctured Imaglnatlon can be al most rldxculous Ill 1tS trlcks of assoclatlon or It can be a drlvmg force Wlthln us A world vuth out lmagmatlon would be almost as cold and yold as a world VSltl1Ollt loye Imagmatlon IS the key to our storehouse of lmages wluch yy hen mlxed and added correctly vsxll form the 1dCdS of tomorrow and gne us the drlye to carry them out 7 Judy Frenzel 58 Publzshcd zn Anthology of W'esre1n States Hzgh School Fssays THE Woes OF fp cecu. CENTIPEDE Oh Cecll Cecll Centlpede May he eer rest ln peace Of this cruel earth he IS no more May all hls troubles cease He trayeled up to Peters gates one day we shall too Then Peter looked his records oer And sald Tls Heavn for you O greatest place of happmess' Hls trxals he thought were done But he vsas u rong for he found out That they had just begun Hls thousand palr of sklnny legs Caused trouble by and by VVhere could they flnd a thousand wings To help dear Cecil fly9 IZA B las ii nhl! A halo brlght and shlny now Is standard angel vxear But Ceclls long antennae would Become a tangled snare Poor Cecll mlssed hls basement floor He hked the damp and cold But up ln heayen lt was warm' It made hls bones feel old Hls troubles seemed to multlply Of Joys there was a dearth He went to Peter and sald Thanks But Ill go back to earth' Mary Svsanson 58 if F 'n 45 .' . ' U- - ' . an ' - - , , . '. . L 7 a Al . , , , . o . ' 7 - . t l , . - - 1 , . 4 . . ,. v -. - ' - ' 7 - , . . ig -j ' As ' , . ' 2 . . ' ' 9 C fa 1 or ' 44 ' 9 , w . . . v Y , y ' - lv P a - A ' a 0 . . . . . Y . 7 9 7: . v 1 7 . V ' . . V . . A . 9 L4 77 , . S - I 4 a ' 7 ' 1 r 1 , - ,L . . ' . ' 7 iz?12:Ifi:2:Z:l:i:i1131111112::Z:g:f:l:2:2:2:2:2:f:2:2:2:2:2:E1F17:3:21 5 .A I .Q 5 in. -k i' 9 c Q! 4 n 9 . ww 1 . . . . . . I .N any 7 , . . . 7 ' 7 7 7 ' an . . , . . . - . u a , a . , Q u n - Y J I V . . V , 1 . 2 . 7 . . . . ' . - . . .' , ' cc ' . 1 . . . . 7 . 3 77 v . 1 - I . . . 7 y 7 . 7. Y . . . 7 7 , .. L . . 1 1 . . .. 1 9 r ' r u u l u . . , K, , , . s 1 ' C , .Ut A I 26

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OUR DAILY BREAD Glve us thls day Jesus Sald our dally bread VV hat IS our dally bread9 What does lt mean to us and to the people all over the world? For us lt may mean the answer to a problem, or a joyfllled day or a good confession, or Hlm ln Holy Communlon For the r1ch people of the world lt may mean the same but Sald 1n a dlfferent language But for the poor people of the world lt means clothes to put on thelr backs food to keep them allve a place to sleep, protectlon agamst the raln and a frlend ln Amerxca who cares enough to help them Why are We so luckyf' God only knows Maybe He thlnks that we w1ll have enough heart to help the poor lnstead of helpmg our selves to food, clothes money, and other worldly goods of WhlCh we have enough In the materlahstlc world of today we are lncllned to thlnk of ourselves more than of others and to say, Let somebody else take care of them I m too busy wlth my own troubles But that IS where we flnd our troubles thmkmg of ourselves lnstead of others GIVC us thls day our dally bread so that we mlght share lt with others who need lt more than we do Judy Merrzll 6 1 ITALIAN FOOD y mother belng Italian I have been very famll lar wlth Itallan people all my hfe and have more than sampled the1r dehclous foods There are many dlfferent va rletles of the fax Oflte dlsh spaghettl the most well known of Itahan foods No two people prepare lt exactly allke, and nelther does It always taste the same But It IS always de l1c1ous The Itallans f1X a Frlday dlsh whlch IS called polenta It conslsts of corn meal wlth a sauce of tomato and codflsh Thls meal or any Itallan meal IS not prepared IH a short time On holldays the Itallans are extravagants and artists at cooking a feast worthy of the most exact of connolsseurs Not only do they have several large courses but there lS also plenty of Chlantl wlne soup salad and many breads and desserts One very well hked dessert IS called torte, a ple of chocolate and rlce very diifflcult to prepare correctly but well worth the e ort 'R 'WD that can be bestowed on an Itallan cook or any cook for that matter IS to eat heartlly of the wonderful foods that she has taken so much tlme to prepare In thls way both cook and consumer are satlsfled Janet Gray 60 WI The Unlted States has rlsen to fame For the past years she has been far ahead of the other leadmg powers but now lt seems RUSSIR IS supplylng some rather Stlff competltlon Wlll the Unlted States be overcomec? Wlll she l1ke Greece, Rome, and other great emplres fall to rum just as soon as she really has the power, the prestlge she has worked so hard to get9 I thlnk the answers to these questlons depend on you and me and every READY? other hlgh school and college student throughout the natlon Few of us reallze that ln just a few years the fate of our country Wlll be placed ln our hands Once It IS there, then It IS too late to declde the sltuatlon IS too blg too com pllcated for us to handle Although not all of us w1ll take part IH the actual polltlcal control of the United States as members of a democracy we have the obllgatlon to make use of the rlght to vote It IS everyones responslblhty to see that the best quallfled are holdlng offlce and leadlng our country on the rlght path We must be able to take over where those before us left off and keep the Unlted States ln her posxtxon It w1ll not be an easy Job for anyone and It w1ll not even be posslble lf we the students of today are not on the alert to the manner ln whlch world affalrs are now belng handled If all we ever read ln the newspapers IS funmes or the sports sectlon and 1f we turn off the radlo vs hen the news comes on we certamly won t be able to combat Commumsm and the other dangers to our natlon s freedom We as the Amerlcan leaders of tomorrow have the responslblllty to prepare now for the Job we w1ll have to do ln the future It 1S onlv wlth thlS preparat1on and the help of God that we wlll be able to take a flrm stand agalnst those problems whlch we shall meet ln keeplng the Unlted States on top the greatest natlon ln the world Mary E Blaylock '59 as ' ' 79 ' cc ' ' ' 1 1 . 5 71 ' ' , . . . ,. . . u - . . . v . . 7 . ' . f gt S . . 7 7 . , 0 I u , 0 I - , . . ' - . . I u I Q , u . . . 1 ' - , . . . - I 1 i 9 , . ' ' ' 1 1 1 D . Cl 4 ' 1 ' 19 ' , ' ' - in tt - - - ,, We should know that the finest compliment . - . 7 , I . , 7 ' 7 - . . , I 7 7 1 Q 9 . u , 5 ' . a U WE ' . . . ' 1 7 . . . . . . . 5 . . . . U. , - . 7 ' 1 . 1 0 . . J , 0 , . I , . , . ' 1 ' 1 28