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We're a-Feudin' |
SCHOOL SPIRIT IS A WONDERFUL
THING. It can help one school do things
that others can only dream of. And class
distinctions play an important part in it.
The Mardi Gras basketball tournament, and
ticket drives would be colossal flop
without the desire to put one division on
top.
But sometimes this
partisanship can have disastrous effects.
As Coach Tom Paonessa says, St. Anthony
football players should be neither
seniors nor juniors but rather students
of SAH fighting on her team. Any other
attitude would result in a totally
incompetent football squad.
The same is true of any
other school organization. A school torn
by sectionalism is a pitiful spectacle. |
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'Catholic' Vote |
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MILLIONS OF WORDS have been
written by thousands of people about the
religious issue in the current
presidential campaign. In general,
Catholics feel they are getting a pretty
raw deal, and as a result some are more
determined than before to vote for
Kennedy only because he is a Catholic, in
order to compensate for those who will
vote against him simply for this reason.
Let's give that kind of
Catholic an A in algebra but an F in
civics. Catholics who display this
attitude are worse bigots than the
others, the anti-Catholic ones, whom they
most severely denounce. They are doing
more harm than the other bigots by voting
in a Catholic bloc and thereby increasing
the gap of misunderstanding which needs
to be bridged before the people of the U.
S. can have an effective and mature
political system.
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 Only a
Symbol |
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THOSE OF US who have class rings
or are looking forward to getting them
know that a band of gold set with a red
stone doesn't have too much material
value. Why then do graduating classes set
such stock in them?
Their class ring is a
symbol of the completion of four years of
high school. But it also reflects the
honor of their particular school and its
standards.
The ruby isn't a red
stoplight for us, but a reflector of four
years of work and all the ties of
friendship that may be binding for years
to come.
For all of us it is a
symbol of the fun that makes a high
school career so wonderful. |
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| Are We Too 'Open-Minded'? |
In our country
today there exists a paradox. It's
election year and Republicans and
Democrats are preaching to the nation the
merits of their candidates. Undoubtedly
Richard Nixon and John Kennedy are both
fine men The difference between them is
one of policies, and policies are
politics!
But too many of today's
Americans associate politics with words
such as corruption, pork-barrelling,
ineffeciency, log-rolling, graft, etc.
And as for politicians, "They're a
bunch of dirty crooks."
Yet Richard Nixon and
John Kennedy are the nation's two most
successful politicians. Both have
succeeded in getting their platforms
adopted despite the opposition by the
conservative GOPs and the reactionary
Southerners in their respective parties.
This is one sign of a successful
politician and an effective president.
But, "politicians
are a bunch of dirty crooks ! "
Too many people say
they are too "open-minded" to
support a political party. "Vote for
the man, not the party," is their
slogan. They fail to realize that the
best way to know a man is by his party.
His party and his policies show what he
will do while in office.
Political
parties are the result of controversy
over important policies of government.
The Republican and Democratic partiesare
the two remaining sounding-houses of
SAH'ers
Talk About Retreat
Retreat
in the eyes of the average teen
represents two or three days of complete
boredom relieved only by the consolation
of no homework. But the "worm has
turned" at SAH in favor of a certain
retreat master, name1y Father Robert
Hunt, C.PP.S.
The general impression,
voiced by Sister M. Electa 115, is that
Fr. Hunt is a dynamic speaker with a deep
understanding of the teenage group.
"He proved to us
that religion needn't be handled with
such somber tones in order to be put
across," agree Helen McInnis 112 and
Pete Fuciarelli 116. "His casual
attitude and sincerity were encouraging
and certainly cleared up a lot of things,"
comment Matt Vocino 115 and Lorraine
Minne 218.
To hold the interest of
so many people for three consecutive days
is a feat, but Fr. Hunt came through
admirably. "I was amazed at the
attitude of the students," states
Sister M. Gilbertine. "They kept
silence to church even after the last
conference! "
Father had so gained
the favor of the students that at the pep
rally that day he received a standing
ovation. "We hope he can come back
again next year," comments Joe
Jaster 214, speaking for the junior class.
"He seemed to make spirituality a
part of everyone." |
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popular dissent. Some
American people claim that their
joining a political party isn't
going to make that much
difference. But by joining a
party and supporting its
candidates one has a voice in a
republican forum, in deciding for
or against a candidate or his
platform. If a convention
deviates from the party's
policies in its choice of
platform or candidates, that
convention can be repudated at
the polls by its party members.
Straight-ticket
voting is another practice
deplored by many Americans.
However, we here in Michigan have
a grim reminder of the dangers of
splitting ticket. A Republican
Senate committed to a four-cent
sales tax and a Democratic |
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House and executive
branch determined on a four per
cent income tax have made the
Michigan financial dilemma a
national spectacle.
The
fault is not with the legislators
for not compromising, for to
compromise on this issue would be
betraying the voters who voted
for them partly because of their
stand on this issue. The fault,
if any there be, is with the
voters for not electing a clear-cut
majority with a governor from the
majority party, either Republican
or Democratic.
It is
the civic - if not moral - duty
of everyone of us to join a
political party and support its
candidates. |
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TEAM SMALLER
THAN EVER
By
Mike Hayden |
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A few
weeks ago, at the Student Council
meeting held in auditorium, Leon
Noel said, "Our team has
only 25 guys. This by far the
smallest team St. Tony has had in
some time." Judging from our
past football glories and the
present athletic situation, I
inclined to consider Leon's words. |
We,
the non-football playing factor,
stand chastened.
cord means that the school coach
will be hung in effigy. At SAH,
we non-football players are the
ones who shall be hung. and the
coach may personally hold my rope.
Don't laugh. The players will
probably hold yours.
During the
summer certain people slaved,
literally slaved, over the desks
in our classrooms. Therefore I
move we keep our seats on the
seats and our feet on the floor.
I make this motion mostly because
I was faced with t h e
possibility of refinishing them
myself next summer. Such a
repelling thought completely
cured me of this certain
misdemeanor.
When we came
back to school this fall we found
a new piece of automation had
been added. The pen and paper
machines on the second floor
interest me greatly, and it's a
big help to be able to buy more
supplies in this way. But, like
all good things, they have their
drawbacks.
You have to
have an engineering degree to
work them. I lost twenty cents
myself. Just for us Sr.
Gilbertine explained their
operation; so we won't be losing
any more money. But still, twenty
cents is twenty cents.
It seems
this school has a
Would
the Story Have Changed if...
"Doctor
Hudson's Secret Journal" had
been kept a secret?
Nero had
written "Quo Vadis" ?
Mrs. 'Arris
hadn't gone to Paris?
Jimmy Hoffa had
written "The Enemy Within"?
"Grimm's
Fairy Tales" had been
produced by Alfred Hitchcock? |
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bad case of hero-worship.
Father Hunt, our coveted retreat
master, will be welcome here for
as many years as he deems it
worthwhile to come. Therefore,
and forthwith, I move that our A-club
make him an honorary letterman. I
think a big white A on a maroon
cassock would be very becoming.
Don't
forget your brownie points. Bring
in the trading stamps, and bring
me the gossip. You know what I
mean - the morbid little tidbits
you'd like to see in print. Just
drop them by the press room and
run. I'll be grateful,
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