| Soon we will leave
behind our senior year. No more books to
carry. No school uniforms. The teachers
will transfer. Our friends will scatter.
The building we will see no more.
Everything will change. But one thing we
can keep with us for the remainder of our
lives and nothing can take away. The one
thing is the memory of our high school
days, especially our senior year. September, 1960,
saw the reopening of school, the renewing
of old friendships lapsed during summer
vacation. Class schedules received and
altered, books purchased, a new member of
the class all helped to get us into the
swing of things. Our class rings,
received in our junior year, meant even
more to us when we were seniors. They
will perpetuate our class especially
because we have set a standard ring
insignia for all other classes to follow.
Our
three-day retreat last fall was made as
painless as possible by the humor of Fr.
Robert Hunt.
Football
games were played in a revised league -
some won, some lost. Homecoming weekend
started out with a street dance, the game
and crowning of the court the next night,
and a dance in the gym Sunday evening.
The
senior-parent dance was fun for all who
attended, as was the annual Thanksgiving
dance.
A foreign
exchange student from Holland came during
the first semester, bringing her native
culture. And who will forget the trips
down to Powell Studios for our graduation
pictures?
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The enthusiasm of
the cheerleaders and the pep rallies
enlivened the basketball season just as
much as they had during the football
games. The appearance of five of
our seniors on "Quiz 'em on the
Air," and their victory over St.
Mary of Redford brought to the school a
feeling of pride and a portable
television set.
The senior
class play, this year replacing the
Christmas program usually put on by the
chorus classes, introduced new talent to
the student body. And the senior-junior
party held the Sunday before Christmas
was made notable by the special
appearance of "Santa Claus" on
the scene.
Although
the date itself, January 28, may be
forgotten, the good times had at the
annual, semi-formal "A" Dance
in the gym will not.
Valentine's
Day was the night of the Mardi Gras
dance. The theme, Fantasia, was carried
throughout; and new this year was the
replacement of stamps, coupons, etc., for
money as votes for reigning king and
queen. Also, the talent program and
parade was held the night before for the
parents and friends of the student body.
The season
of Lent was a time of readjusting our
values and determining to be better
Catholics.
First
place in the multiple readings at
Genesian Interpretation Festival was won
by three seniors.
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The spring
operetta, "The King and I," was
presented by the junior-senior chorus. Our senior prom was
just a little bit better than last year's
because we were the guests of the junior
class. May 12 was the date and the League
of Catholic Women's Hall was the place.
Cramming
for exams, student council elections and
inaugural ball, senior recollection day,
and installation of C.S.M.C. officers
were all part of the end of-the-year
frenzy.
Then
graduation week when seniors were
supreme!! Finally came graduation itself
with its smiles and tears.
In leaving
St. Anthony, we dedicate this
presentation of our senior year to all
future graduating classes. We will lose
many of the things we now have, but they
will be replaced by better and greater
ones. And the memory of this year, 1961,
no one can destroy.
Fr. Henry
Langhals, C.P.P.S., pastor, consults with
Sister M. Gilbertine, principal, about
school improvements.
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