The Challenge 1961

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St. Joseph High School
Vol. 3, 1960-61

l(enosha, Wisconsin

Administration

Rev. Leslie Darnieder
Principal

SJHS To Graduates
Take one last and lingering look at me,
Just one second moreRemember joy-winged hours of calm and
cares
As l slowly close my doors on
ister Mary, 0 . . F.
Vice-Principal

oon day crowds, cafeteria lines,
Friends, teachers, books,
Rooms, the stairs, the office chairs,
Diversity of looks.
Dear God, this my charter class,
Make wise and good,
Make strong to strive for peace,
For lasting brotherhood.
Aldonna Molinaro '61

Offke

Sister Mary Francis, O.S.F.
Librarian

Sister M. Thomas, O.S.F.
General Office

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Sister Edna Marie, O. .F.
General Office

Religion and

Rev. Edmund Olley
Guidance Director
Athletic Director
Religion IV

Rev. James Clark
Religion II, Ill
Sodality Director

Rev. Donald Daleke
St. Mary
Religion Ill

Rev. Sebastian Papelbon
St. Casimir
Religion Ill

Rev. Jerome Stoll
St. Mark
Religion Ill

Rev. William Farrell
St. Thomas
Religion II

Rev. Roger Heck
St. George
Religion II

Rev. James Tursi
Holy Rosary
Religion Ill

Rev. Jerrold Novotny
St. James
Religion III

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Rev. John Halmo
St. Anthony
Religion II

Rev. Paul Witteman
Mt. Carmel
Religion JI

Languages

English

Sister M. Columcille, O.S.F.
Homeroom 103
English IV; Creative Writing;
Religion II; CHALLENGE Moderator
Sister M. Anne, O.S.F.
Homeroom 101
English IV; Religion II
Sodality Moderator

ister M. Aloysiana, O.S.F.
Homeroom 301
English I; Ancient History;
Religion I

ister

tephen Mary, O.S.F.
Homeroom 223
English III; Speech I; Dramatics
Forensics

Sister M . Emelin, O.S.F.
Homeroom 302
English I; Religion I
Sodality Moderator

Sister Marie Catherine, O.S.F.
Homeroom 222
English I, II; Forensics;
Sophomore Class Moderator
Speech I , II; Dramatics

German

Sister M. Regina Pacis, O.S.F.
Homeroom 309
English I; Religion I
Sister Theodore Marie, O.S.F.
Homeroom 227
German I, II; English II

Sister Maria Cordis, O.S.F.
Homeroom 228
Spanish I; English II
Sodality Moderator

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Spanish

French

Latin

Sister M. Leonelle, O.S.F.
Homeroom 107
Spanish I , II, III, IV
Junior Class Moderator
Spanish Club

Sister Marie Francis, O.S.F.
Homeroom 308
Latin I, II, III, IV
Sodality Moderator
Freshman Class Moderator

Sister M. Orata, O.S.F.
Homeroom 105
French I , II; English III
Sodality Coordinator

Sister M. Gereon, O.S.F.
Biology; Physiology

Sister M. Phyllis, O.S.F.
Homeroom 111
Chemistry; Algebra I; Religion I
Science Club Moderator

Sister M. Myriam, O.S.F.
Homeroom 304
Latin I; Geometry
Sodality Moderator

Sister M. Francis Xavier, O.S.F.
Homeroom 325
Biology; World Geography
Photography Club Moderator

ister M. tanisia, O. .F.
Homeroom 112
Physics; Physical Science;
Religion III

Science

Mr. Robert Loop
Homeroom 213
General Science; Math I

Mr. Richard Johnson
General Science; Mechanical
Drawing; Physical Education
Basketball Coach

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Business

Mr. Robert Carbone
Salesmanship; Business Law;
Modern History; Physical
Education; Football Coach

Sister M. Laurette, O.S.F.
Homeroom 104
Typing II; Transcription;
English II
Senior Class Moderator
ister M. Carol, O.S.F.
Homeroom 108
English IV; Typing I, II

Sister M. Irene, O. .F.
Homeroom 211
Typing I; Shorthand;
Bookkeeping

Sister M. Felicia, O.S.F.
Bookkeeping; Typing I; Algebra

Al athematics

Miss Catherine Lawton
Homeroom 317
Physical Education I, II

Sister M. Quintillus, O.S.F.
Homeroom 110
Advanced Algebra; Applied Math;
Religion II
Sodality Moderator

Sister M. Luke, G.S.F.
Homeroom 305
Algebra; Geometry;
Religion I

Sister M. Robertylle, 0.S.F.
Homeroom 307
Algebra I; Math I; Religion I
Sodality Moderator

Sister M. Adolphus, O.S.F.
Homeroom 214
Senior Math; Geometry
Mr. James Francois
Homeroom 109
Algebra I; American History

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Mr. Thomas Gauchel
Algebt"a I

Social Science

Mr. Frank Matrise
Homeroom 303
Ancient History; Physical
Education; Freshmen Football;
Wrestling Coach

Mr. Robert Radigan
ociology; American History
Physical Education
Varsity Basketball Coach

Sister M. Consolata, O.S.F.
Homeroom 206
Sociology

Sister M. Clarence, 0 . . F.
Book tore; Study Hall
upervisor

ister M. Jarlath, 0. .F.
Homeroom 113
American History
Debate Moderator; Forensics

Sister M. Roma, O.S.F.
Homeroom 102
American History; English III
F.T.A. Moderator

ister Clement 'lary, 0 . .F.
Homeroom 311
Homemaking I, II; Religion I
Sodality Moderator

Art

Home Arts

Sister M. Adelma, O.S.F.
Homeroom 212
Art I, JI, Ill, IV

Sister M. Ritarose, O.S.F.
Homeroom 316
Art I; Art Crafts
Sodality Moderator

Mrs. Robert Zimmermann
Homeroom 310
Homemaking I, II

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Music

Sister M. Rosemarie, O.S.F.
General Music; Girls' Chorus;
Mixed Chorus; Lancettes

Sister M. Benedicta, O.S.F.
General Music; Private Lessons
Piano Club

Sister M. Moyse, O.S.F.
Cafeteria

Mr. Elmer Aiello
Band

Sister M. Annelda, O.S.F.
Cafeteria

Mr. John Hemkes
Band

Sister M. Speranda, O.S.F.
Cafeteria

Cafeteria

Sister M. Irita, O.S.F.
Cafeteria

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Sister M. Juelle, O.S.F.
Cafeteria

Freshmen Lead Classes
St. Joseph 's enrollment soared to
1,258 as the present year opened.

Composing the bulk of the swelling is the freshmen class which
now numbers 42+. Two exchange
students and three Dominican sisters have joined the student body.
Girls at St. Joe's outnumber the
boys by 46.

Maybe grandma had to walk to the little red school house, but now students ride in style. This bus brings thirty-six students from Antioch,
Illinois and Paris, Wisconsin. Pictured are Tim Zeien, Kevin Lyons,
Joyce Frederick, Susan Doetsch and Steve Delany.

T. B. Tests Held
This year, as in the past, sophomores of St. Joseph's High School
participated in tuberculin tests.
Sponsored by the Kenosha Public
1-lcalth Department, the tests were
conducted Tuesday, October -f.
Results were checked October 6.
Dr. Margaret Hatfield, director
of the Public Health Department,
administered the tests in the clinic.
She \\'::ts assisted bv the school
nurse, 1\ 1iss Elizabeth Dogot.
Finding out whether or not the
injected person has the tu bcrculosis ger111 in his body is the purpose
of "operation bubble" as the tests
are sometimes called. lf a reaction
(usually a S\\'elling of the skin) occurs, it means that at some time
TB germs entered the reactor's
bod)'· [,·en though a reactor 111ay
not be in irn111ediate danger, he 1s
ad,·iscd to consult a ph)·sician.
W hi/st tu·o learned Cardi11a/s
ucre speaking the question arose,
" !Vhy can't an American be
!'ope?" To this query the stouter
of t/Je tu;o said, "An American
can't be Pope, because 110 doubt
/Je'd be dominated by t/Je Preside11t.

Statistically the cnroll111ent situation is sized up as follows: Freshmen: girls, 217; boys, 207; total
424. Sophomores: girls, 168; boys
151; total 319. Juniors: girls, 150;
boys, 122; total 2 72. Seniors: girls,
117; boys, 126; total 243.
Faculty guesses are that in the
near future we shall reach the
school's capacity.

~CHALLENGE
VoL. 3, No. l

ST. JosEPll H 1G11 Sc1100L, KE!'. OSHA, \V1sco!\s1:-.-

Boys Hear Talk
Fred 1\1. Pettyjohn held a bo)·s'
assembl)· October 7 as part of the
1960 Fisher Body Craftman 's Guild
Assembly Program. Fisher Bodv
Compan:\' has this program "to
stimulate the )'outh of toda )' for
the world of to111orrow ... stressing science, engineering and crcati\'C abilitv".

OCTOBER, 1960

New Faculty Members
Presented to Students

St. Joseph's has twelve new facult)' 111embers this year. B)· \\'a)· of
introduction these arc they:
Sister Aloysiana, teaching English I, ancient history and religion.
Previous to coming here, Sister
taught at St. Francis in Yazoo
Cit)', Mississippi. Says she: "I
i\1 r. Pett)' john presented a model
think this ;•ear will prove to be
car contest in which prizes worth
both interesting and pleasant."
$1 17,000 are offered. Awards inImpressed with the discipline
c lud e 18 univcrsit)' scho lars hips and noting that boys' dress has a
valued at 38,000 as well as 1,078 lot to do with their favorable conother awards.
duct is Sister Carol. Sister has
taught in South Dakota,
cbrasMr. Pctt)'john is regional direc- ka, lo\\'a , lllinois, Indiana, N cw
tor of the foundation. As part of Jcrse)' and \Visconsin. She was
his work, he makes these tours, trained in English at J\Iarquettc
sho\\'ing fi lms and colored slid es to and De Paul and had business
training at \' ' hitewatcr.
students.
Teaching English and American
History is Sister Roma's schedu le.
Sister comments: "One of Ill\' aims
in life is directing the students to
dc,·elop spiritual] y, emotionally,
ph)·sicall)· and socially. I like to
work with the girls and bO)'S and
for them . Strange as it may seem ,
ior boys. Identity of the queen my interests run in many channels
\\'il l remain a sec ret until she is ___:three of which arc ·languages,
presented to all on Frida)' October music, and any machinery from
H at the Homecoming Dance. Pat tape recorders to cars."
1\ le Alccr, as captain of the footSister Consolata conducts fi,·c
ball team, \\'ill escort the queen. sociolog)' classes. She is also inSunday will be the big day, with terested in German, history and
~tudcnt built Roats co111peting for
English. "Students arc ,·ery eager
indi,·idual honors in the early af- to learn and if I had a choice I'd
ternoon and the game with 1css- be very glad to stay at St. Joe's
mcr at 2 p.m.
for many years."

Homecoming Day Nears
Students Plan Festivities
llomc coming is here again'
Al umni return to participate in
the ,·a1 ious ceremonies and celebrations of St. Joe's annu al event.
First on the program \\'ill be the
11;1ming of a se ni or girl as homccuming q11ccn. The girl chosen
<r1ecn \\'ill reign O\'Cr all fcsti\·itics
::nd will S)'mbo lizc the Christian
ideal of womanhood. Electing the
queen is the p1frilcgc of the sen-

Swelling enrollment can be noticed in the crowded hallways, the
packed cafeteria, and the increased
nu111bcr of ho111croo111s this \'Car.
'cw faces appear in the faculty
as well as the student body. Strict-

er faculty ngul ~.tions regarding
hall passes, new seating arrangements, and split dances also reflect
the student population rise.

Sister J\ 1)Tiam is impressed with
the friendly spirit and the amount
of school spirit generated in such
a short time. She is presently
teaching geometry, math and Latin. Previously she was teaching
at Alverno High in Chicago.
"I ·was as pleased as the freshmen
to attend the opening 1ass and
pep rail)-," ackno\\'ledges Sister
Regina Pacis, "because in both of
them \\'C found a feeling of \\'elco111c and warmth to the nc,,·comcrs." English and religion make up
Sister's program. She has taught
in St. Lawrence and Queen of
Peace in 1'1 ilwaukee.
Site of ne\\' headquarters for Sister Thomas is the office. Formerly
she was in the office of Pius XI
High in ,\ lilwaukee. Sister tells us,
"! am \'CT)' happ)· to be here and
to be of scn·icc to St. Joscph 's."
Sister Stephen i\lary rccei,·ed
her education at Alvcrno and the
Catholic Uni,·crsit)' of America.
Sister teaches speech and English.
She has taught n lcnomonec Falls
and at Pius XI. " I find the juniors
pleasant to deal \\ ith and very
li\'Cl)· and interesting in discussion," she sa)·s.
T \\'O la)·mcn, 1\lr. Robert Loop
(math and science) and ,\Ir. James
Francois (algebra and history),
and three priest religion teachers
complete the newcomer list. These
will be featured later.

Catastrophy Threatens SJHS Students
The American people are the greatest
joiners of organizations on the earth.
With a wink of an eye one can join
together a group and start a club . But a
further fact also appears . As fast as
many of these organizations arise, just

WILL FOOTBALL
BE DROPPED?
"It's of no use to the school, that's
why. Players and coaches driving and
pounding each other and for what?"
"Because football IS high school, that's
for what. It's kids laughing, cheering,
jumping . It's confetti and bubblely
faces; parades and homecoming. It's as
much a part of being young as school
•

IS .

II

"Prove it."
"Well, just look at all the kids that
com"Yes,
"Well, by the kids that"By all the kids that come to the
games? Do you really believe the team
and fun mean anything to them when
you have to get on your knees and beg
people to come to a game, and then out
of 1300 students we get three buses?
when they can gripe about the players
and coaches, but wouldn't dare open
their mouths at a pep rally? or when
kids who wouldn't think of doing their
part in backing school and team, have
the guts to criticize guys who work like
animals for the school's name and end
up with broken arms, a cloth letter, and
1300 ungrateful students? No, you can't
tell me football is worth much around
here."
"No one could be that unalive or that
rotten that all this doesn't mean at least
something to them; maybe if I would"lt's not a question of if YOU would,
it's a question of if THEY would."

as rapidly do they fade and pass away .
The underlying cause of the transiency
of human associations is the lethargy and
lack of devotion to the ideals and goals
of the organization on the part of the
members.
What has been said about organizations can also be said about schools .
With enthusiasm the majority of students
return to their school to continue their
education. With expectancy new students begin their education. But the enthusiasm and excitement with which a
new school year begins can dissipate like
smoke in the wind, and what should be
an exhilarating experience becomes a
tedious and boresome task.
To avoid the catastrophy of education students should look at the total picture of education and the part which
they are to assume. A successful school
experience cannot be reached through
the work of teachers alone. An integral
part of the school is the students, and
the students must give themselves in return to the school. This is nothing more
than constant cooperation with the
school and persistent dedication to the
ideals of the school. Only the student
can accomplish this task.

Father Darn ieder

You're grown-up now, Freshmen, you're part
of our world, and part of our responsibility is
yours too.

Students Are Undernourished
European education ranks first. Prove
it. Is it true their students are far more
advanced than ours? Is it true their stu dents have become the famous German
scientists and mathematicians, Italian
painters, English statesmen and poets,
and the French artists that we read
about? Is it true there are no American
scientists, no painters, statesmen, poets,
no American artists?

is the instrument, the excellence of the
student. Study is the tool which carves
the mind. Study molds the educated
individual.

What is the excellence of this American education? The teachers, the schools;
they are its excellence. This excellence of
teacher and school is nourished. Forces
of accrediting agencies and state laws
are its feeders.

The Challenge

This educated individual is one who
has developed a correct sense of values
holding a realistic, staunch outlook on
life .
Mary Conrad

Sue Petersen

Published by the students
of St. Joseph High School
Vol. 3, No. I
EDITOR

There is but one unnourished excellence. This is the essence of student. It
is the student who holds the true excellence of education.

Well, don' t just stand t h ere: let's get goin g,
man. It's all YOURS now.

The student is not nourished. He
must feed himself. Knowledge is his
possession, not given as food, but gained
through disciplined diligent study. Study
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October, 1960
. . . Marilyn

Cipolla

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
News
Editorial .....

. . . Robert Dobson
. . Sue Peterson
Mary Conrad
Mary Lynn Kulesh
Jo-pinions
Prisms
Jinine Ramacci
Pictures . .
. ... Judyann Hackbarth
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonya Zalubowski
Sports .............. .. . . . . Jim O 'Neill

EXCHANGE EDITOR

Helen Volpentesta

PHOTOGRAPHERS . . . . . Jerrie Phannenstill
Robert Fanning

Sodalists Attend Conference
Thirty St. Joseph Sodalists recently
attended the Summer School of Catholic
Action in Chicago. This conference was
held at the Conrad Hilton, August 29 to
September 3.
Many well-known speakers such as
Father Freeman, Father Eugene Juraschek, and Father Eagan conducted class
during the week-long convention. They
spoke on various topics including Catholic Action and the sodality way of life.
Sessions were held from 9 a.m . until 4: 15 p.m. At noon, community Mass
was attended by the delegates . Several
dances and a talent show in which junior Sharon Pascucci participated took up
the evening hours.
Senior sodalists present at S.S.C.A.
were: Mary Conrad, Carol Gonnering,
Patti Matranga, Susan Peterson, Nancy
Schmidt, Carol Schmitt, Mary Sieger,
Theresa Tillman, and Phyllis Wojtak.
Richard Conrad, Dottie Dorece, Pam
Holy, Barbara Kluka, Brigitta Krueger,
Sue Lamont, Sue Manson, Mary Massie,
Cathy Miller, Mary Jo Parisea, Sharon
Pascucci, Tom Paulson, Carolyn Reeder,
Karen Schuck, Judy Thomas, and Gloria
Thomas represented the juniors. Sophomo res attending were: John Fischbach,
James Limbach, John Mikulsky, Jay
Schu ltz, and John Schmitt.

Juniors! Sign Up
For Scholarships
A ll 1962 g raduates of St. Joseph
High School who wish to enter the
1961-62 National Merit Scholarsh ip competition should reg ister now at the ma in
office. There will be a registration fee
of one dollar. The National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test will be given at
9 a.m., Tuesday, March 7 , 1961.
The tests are given each year by the
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
as part of the nation's largest independent scholarship program. Awards are
granted on the basis of intellectual merit, but student financial need s determine
the size of ind iv idual stipends, wh ich
are renewable each year w ithout further testing .
The NMS exam , administered by
Science Research Associates of Chicago,
also is valuable to students selecting
their careers or plann ing their courses
in high school and college.
After the test, each participant w ill
receive an interpretive folder that reports individual test results for comparison with scores of high school students
across the country . In addition to the
NMSC grants established in 1955 by the
Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, about 115 industrial corporations, foundations, and individuals give scholarships through NMSC.

W hat keeps the other sixty-six and two-th irds per cent
of th e students from a ttend ing footbal l games?
Perhaps ten per cent of the student
body have transportation d ifficu Ities or
other legitimate excuses that keep them
from attending the games. As for the
rest of the sixty-six and two-thirds per
cent, is it because they find it too hard
to give a little of themselves for their
school?

Some may have good reasons for not
attending the games while others simply
don't think it's important enough to
bother with. I think no matter what
(unless it's very important) we should
attend the games because it keeps the
players spirits up and it reflects on the
school.

Kathy Etter 107

Judy Kappus 310

From my view wh ich is usually from
the football field , I think that the stu dents that don't come are helping the
other team win . Some students say,
" Well, the team is losing. Why should
I come?" The team would have a better
chance of winning if they were there .
W ith the cheers from the crowd , I am
sure we would w in.
Charles Fries 111

I rea lly don't know and I don't think
anyone does.
Joseph Schultz 213

I think the main reason that keeps
the other sixty-six and two-thirds per
cent of the students from attending the
football games is lack of school spirit.
Even though ou r guys aren't the best in
the conference we should give them our
support . It's true that it's hard to back
a losing team, but I'm sure it's just as
hard for our team to see an empty
grandstand!
Maryanne Madsen 110

I don't know. But I wish I did. I wish
they could live a football players life at
one practice session. Then maybe they
would know what a cheer from the
crowd means. What's doing on a Sunday afternoon that's more important or
more fun than your school's football
game?
Sylvia Stec 102

It is, I think, very hard to figure out
why two-thirds don't come to the games;
perhaps because I can't follow two-thirds
of our school. Could it be that the submarines have early races on Sundays or
by pure coincidence that your upper
plate keeps coming loose and you are
too embarrassed to cheer? Think students, how many bird-brained excuses
can you think up?
George Schroeder

There is one reason why one-third of
the students do attend football games.
Ever notice that ninety per cent of the
attendance is girls! The reason ; they' re
interested in the team and they have
school spirit plus, and they know how
much fun the games are. I asked one
boy why he didn't go and he said " Aw,
I didn't feel like it.' That's the whole
thing , no spirit! They don't care, that is,
about anything except themselves . How
can they expect the team to have the
spirit and drive necessary to win when
the majority of the students don't have
enough spirit to go and back them up?
Well, anyway keep it up, girls, the team
appreciates your support!

I find this question very difficult to
answer. I for one, cannot understa nd
why some of the students of SJHS d o
not attend their own eve nts. Not only
(to quote a Chicago Cubs comm e rcial)
do we get in free, but there is Iive entertainment before our eyes, we get a
chance to meet and get b e t ter a cquainted with our friends, a nd for those
who are hungry there's a ch a nce to ea t
something. So I ask you, peo ple of the
sixty-six per cent, why d o n't you attend
the football games?

Bob Hughes 211

Cathy Martino 109

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These ex-juniors represented SJHS this summer at week long sessions of Badger State.
Sandra Kelsey went to Madison for Badger
Girls' State, while Paul Zohlen, Larry Gaydos, Neil Pietrangeli, and Brian Guilliom
attended the Boys' State held at Ripon.
There they met delegates from schools all
over Wisconsin. The purpose was to acquaint and interest them in state and local
government .

Robert Fanning

• • . from Summer

These are just three of a group of thirty
tired Sodalists who survived a busy week
at the Summer School of Catholic Action
held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago
from August 22-27. Those happy to arrive
at the Kenosha station were, John Mikulsky, Jim Limbach and Jay chultz.

August Gnorski, Winner of the National Optimist
Contest, is shown receiving a trophy desk set from
Mr. Nicholas C. Mueller, past president of Optimist
International. August, competing with boys from all
over the U.S.A., also received a $1000 College Scholarship which was presented to him last June 24, at
the National Optimists' Convention held in Grand
Rapids, Michigan.

A group of Explorers from Kenosha Post No. 7 took
a fifty mile canoe trip near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, from July 31 to August 8. Those pictured
here are (top) Advisor Tom Lauer, Larry Roscioli,
Jim Limbach, Chip Mitchell, Jim Santarelli, (bottom) Dennis Witt, Bill Zielsdorf, and Bob Bode.
Others who attended were Bob Hughes, Jeff Williams, and Jeff Hahn.

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Buying books always starts the school year
rolling. Getting right in the swing of things
are Katie Heller, Bernadette McEvoy, Donna Biernat, Lucy Uribe, Dianne Borski, and
Terry Moriarity. Looks like Terry is stocking up on more than just books.

Orlando Infusino

to School. • •
"Pass, please," are words gradually becoming familiar as the system of corridor monitors is used for the
first time at SJHS. Carol Robbilard looks like she is
thinking up a good excuse for not having one, while
Richard Davis is showing his to the monitor, Richard
Chiapetta.

Terrie Phannenstill

This is how the parking lot looked
on the SECOND day of school.

Robert Fanning

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How Dare You!
There were two men.
There were around them
Two million people.
It was a fine land
With many a farm
and high church steeple.
One man on a soapbox
Booming forth
in a fiery high voice"l'm in the right!
Come follow me, friends,
make me your choice."

Autumn's Auction

Last Echos

Autumn is an auction,
A sale of different things.
For sale: the brightly colored leaves,
For sale : a bird that sings.

A gentle breeze stirs the warm sti 11ness of evening, sweeping over moist
field's rich gold, still echoeing the thousand choruses of crickets . Winter will on
padded feet, steal the mantle of summer
from the forests-clawing at every remnant, leaving the countryside bleak and
barren to face the stinging winds of
winter.
Tom Green 113

It tries to sell them quickly.
Birds, flowers, and bees;
Time is short and soon will come
The cold December breeze.
Winter bids for her release,
Pressing on and on,
Autumn is singing its auction song
Going-going-gone!
Aldonna Molinaro 101

To a Tennis Shoe
Funny little man
so pale and wan,
One might almost say
You're as white as a ghost.
Don't frown. I can see now
that you're really quite gray
Oh, those wrinkles
Why do you scowl that way?
Are you mad?
You shouldn't be,
For you have four pair of eyes
with which to view
the wonders of your world
Oh, don 't wriggle that
rounded head of yours at me!
It's so oblong,
It makes me feel queer!
I know what's wrong
with you-you're spoiled!
No wonder they tied
a string around your tongue!
Judie Smith 206

Gossip
Come back to me, word.
I tossed you carelessly
Into the pool.
You lie there now
Making the ripples spread out
I want you back now.
In the pocket of my mind
Forgotten .
Barbara Connelly 105

The Carnival
"Step right up, Folks; see the amazing . . . . " "M ommy, mommy, can I ....?"
A screaming mob of teen-agers fairly
gallops past now . The air crackles with
excitement, merriment, confusion.
Zoom! Zoom! the rides whirr and groan,
and scream overhead. The din, clatter
and banging is nearly deafening . "Right
here, get your fresh, hot . . . " Munch,
munch, munch. A common ordinary day
at the carnival.
But now the fun-loving crowds have
dispersed. The silent cover of night unfolds. The carnival grounds are strangely shushed. A faint breeze stirs in the
summer heat and flaps the tent canvas
a bit. A few discarded papers float
along the grounds brushing lightly
against the cement . The crickets chirp
out their rhythmic tune . It is peaceful
and serene.
Carolyn Reeder 111

Summer Past
Summer came
but once this year.
No more will dad
sit out and drink beer.
No more shall smoke
climb to the sky
From barbecued meat
burned dry.
No more to cut grass
out in the sun.
No more my back
like a lobster done.
No more to work
and toil and sweat.
No more to hear
"Aren't you done yet?"
Autumn comes but
once a year.
Boy, oh boy, I'm glad it's here.
Don Evans 101
6

One man on an orange crate
Yelling erratically
from sea to sea"That man is wrong .
Be smart! Choose right!
Come follow me!"
The people took sides :
One million people
flocked to the crate,
While the soapbox
lured the others with enticing bait .
"You called me wrong?"
shrieked one with fuming indignation.
"How dare you!
We'll fight to see
Who rules the nation!"
"Ha! A fight you wish!"
Screamed the other
with bitter biting mirth.
"How dare you!
We shall wipe you
from the face of the earth!"
Two million people fought .
Many, many lay dead
when the battle was done.
"How dare you!"
The two voices still sounding
for neither had won.
Women approached them:
Those mothers whose sons
in the battle had died.
"How dare you?
How dare you destroy our work!"
the mothers cried.
Larry Roscioli 109

Flirt
A golden ray of dying sunlight
Slipped
Through the green-delicate treetops,
Piercing the purple shadows of
big boulders.
Kissing the uplifted faces of
daisies,
And finally danced away;
leaving a quiet stream
Whispering jealously
To an unconcerned woodpecker.
Ann Bscherer 112

Before You Go To Europe
Consult These SJHS Roamers

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Sulllmcrtimc was a busy time in
Europe because Kathy Bydalck,
Da\'C De Simone, Sherry Becker,
and Bcttv Koos made their first
appearances.

Styles always attract girls and exchange students Pat Romero and Mauricette Lesaffre are no exception. Kathy Bydalik and Dianna Du Charme
also find Pat's Bolivian purse interesting.

Latin Exchange Students
Find U. S. Big, Free, Friendly
"Big, free, and really friendly" is
America in the words of SJ HS
foreign exchange students '\'lauriccttc Lcsaffrc from Lille, France,
and Patricia Romero from Bolivia,
South America. During her year's
sea y, i\1auricettc is being hosted by
Kathy B)·dalck \\ hilc Pat is staying for the year with Deanna Du
Charmc.
'·Though Lille, France, has a population of 190,000 people and is
one of the largest cities in northern France, no one seems to ha\·c
heard of it,'' is the only complaint
Mauriccttc has to make. Her stay
here this year should change that.
One of Pat's greatest adjustments is the clilllatc. Boli\·ia, at an
altitude of J 200 feet, has just completed the winter season. The Boli\·ian winters arc milder than
American winters. Pat \\ill be raking sociology, English, American
history, shorthand, typing and religion. l\1auriccrtc \\ill be raking

SJHS Clubs
Offer Variety
"The purpose of extra-curricular
activities at SJHS," according to
Father Darnicdcr, "is to enrich not
clutter school life."
Sodalit)', the school's spiritua l
organization, is open to all students. For bo)'S wishing to show
brawn, the nrious athletic acti\·itics arc availab le.
Dramatics club is planning its
seasonal programs for people who
like actin g. Arguing is satisfying
to members of Debate club and
Forensic club. F.T.A. \\ill aid in
planning a reaching career. SJHS
has an exciting Radio club for
amateurs. E nj oyment and profit
for future scientists co111c from the
Science club. The Photo club can
give ex perience as a photographer.
Those who hand le a paint brush
best can join the Art club. Volunteer members of the ] unior Red
Cross will help the needy.

English, religion, sociology, American history, typing, and Spanish.
High school for Pat means a
co-educational school for six years
of 16 subjects carried through the
six vears and all classes in one
room. J\1auricettc attends a con\'Cnt high school \\here she takes
I 0 subjects, and where next year
will be her last vear.
Both students arc sponsored bv
the ~ ational Ca tho I ic \V cl fa re
Conference on the same program
as last year's exchange student,
Andy J\lantinco from Sicily, Italy.
Mauriccttc's plans include going
on to college and perhaps entering
the field of French literarure while
Pat is interested in languages.

Straying Student
Will Write Column
Brr! Cold weather's corning so
how docs a trip to Hawaii sound?
Sue StaC\'. former SJHS student,
will be cotresponding from there
for the Chnllenge.
ln 1959 Sue attended SJHS as a
sophomore and is now a senior in
Hawaii. Sue's father is in the Tavy
Air Force and since her birth in El
Paso, Texas, 16 years ago his \\ ork
has taken the Stac\'s all O\'Cf the
world.
She's lived in ltaly, Austria,
Germany, and J\lorocco overseas
and in seven states. She's \'isited
Athens, Casablanca, Rome, Munich, lsranbul, Venice, Pisa, Florence, 1\lonaco, Nice and Genoa.
\ \'irh all this variety, Sue says,
"i\ 1)' fa\·oritc place in the w hole
world is Rome."
Sue's travels ha\·c brought her
through 11 grade schools and fi\'c
high schools. E\'en so, Sue wants
to learn Russian proficiently and
fulfill her greatest hope-become
an interpreter or espionage agent
for the U.S.
A breath of warm tropic air
should come our way with each
article. \Vh y not try to catch it?

Kathy Bydalck saw Europe by
means of a tour, which she said
"\\'as packed full of fabulous and
beneficial experiences." After being in Europe for only ten minutes, Kathy pulled a real boner'
The guide pointed out a Twelfth
Century church and Kathy turned
to the priest sitting next to her,
saying in a rather loud tone of
voice, "Isn't that ridiculous,
America wasn't founded until
1492 !" Kathy ·was astonished at
the high fashion in Madrid, Spain.
She expected the women to be
dressed in old-fashioned long
dresses. The most warming experience in the mind of Kathy,
was spending a few days at the
home of the parents of 1auricette
Lcsaffre, the girl who is going to
spend the next year in the Bydalck
home. Of course, Kathy will alwa:\'s treasure the time she spent
at Lourdes, Fatima, and Romecspcciall)' her audience \\ ith the
Pope.
One of the conditions on which
Dave De Simone went to Europe
was that he li\'C for a few days as

his father did in his native land of
Calabria, in southern ltaly. Dave
says, "It was rough, and not like
home, but just the same-exciting!"
rather unusual feature of
his visit was the use of a Fiat during his entire stay. In Dave's
words, "A Fiat makes a V olkswagon look big!" The ancient
Greek and Rolllan ruins 2500
.';cars old intrigued Dave. Dave,
\\ ith Andy ~1antineo as his guide,
liked the big cities best. According to Dave, "Ah, Paris c'cst magnifique!"
Betty Koos had a hard time understanding the language of the
Africans, but she loved the exciting bull fights in Barcelona, Spain.
One of Betty's favorite stops was
l\lontmarrrc-thc beatnik section
in Paris. Her jct airplane ride
completed her many thrilling experiences. According to Betty, "In
Europe something is always going
on. It's ne\·er dull, drab."
Contrary to the opinions of the
others, Sherry Becker did not like
Europe. She went directly to Germany where she stayed for fi\·e
\\eeks with her grandmother.
Sherry says, "There is too much
\\alking, no cars, and the people
are too acti\·e. Other than that,"
she Sa)'S, "it is a beautiful country."

Dick Engstrom '60 Relates Travels
To Europe On Motorship 'Traviata'
How would you like to spend
seven and a half weeks on board a
ship to such exciting countries as
France, German)', and Sweden?
Such a trip was recently experienced by Dick Engstrom, June
graduate of SJHS.

"E\'en though it was an exciting
experience, it is not the type of
job I would care to do for a Jiving." Could that be because he
got seasick?

On mororship "Tra\·iata" Dick
began and ended his experience as
deck hand, sailor and world tra\·clcr.
Being a regular member of the
crew, Dick shared in the man)'
jobs on-board ship. Disposing of
the garbage, and washing and
painting the ship were some of
the jobs that kept him busy eight
hours a day. The toughest dut)'
of all was keeping the watch for
four hours.
Of all the places he sa\\, Paris
and Stockholm left the biggest and
best impressions. Paris, with its
sidewalk cafcs, Eiffe l Tower and
the Notre Dame Cathedral, \\as
the better of the two. "Paris,"
Dick says, "is c\·eryrhing people
sa~· and more!" ln
rockholm
Dick didn't find the nglish language a problem at all since it 1s
caught in all Swedish schools.

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Dick Engstrom must know this
ship well. It's the motorship 'Traviata' on which he spent most of
his summer traveling and working.

Column ...

The Low Down
by Bob Dobson
"Lancers Show Potential Despite
Initial Losses. " Thus read the
headline of the first Challenge last
year. Unfortunately, our potential
seemed never to materialize. St.
Joe's first game this season agaimt
St. John of Little Chute seemed to
disappoint almost c\·cr\'l>mh-. Yct,
that faint glimmer of hoi)c appeared through St. Joe 's riddled
defense and st~· micd offense. One
long run and one extra hard tackle
brought the darkness to a dim
light.

What is it t h at pu zz les t he La n cers? Could it be t h e tack led p l aye r ?
Lancers fro m left to right-Regne r , P erozzi, Q u ick , G u lliom a nd Rufflo.

Jo-Pokes

Lancers Win 19-0

BOB \VATR l IC, two hours
late for football practice, calllc
charging out of the locker room
one day ready for the killing. But,
alas! 'o helmet! ... Hang on to
;.·our head, Bobby, you might use
it some day.
\Vhen asked if anything funny
had happened on the fooball team
recently, JOH ' RECNER and
BRIAN GCILLJ0,\1 chirped in
unison, "The way we play!"
Rumors sa!' JERRY CARDIN ALI has been warming up for
the hammer thro'' ... while others sav T IM PROPSOM is a cinch
for the cross-country next spring
.. . it looks like we're in for a
killing, hey, team?

I(wicinski Scores Twice
St. Joseph 's Lancers, with three quick third quarter T.D.'s, rumbled O\'er St. Francis of \ Vheaton I 9-0 in their first \·ictorv since the
1958 season.
·

It was a big day for the Lancers as Ed K wicinski, junior halfback,
made his debut and led the team in yards gained, \\ hilc scoring two of
the Lancer's three T.D.'s.
.\liss Lawton's drill team also llladc their debut during halftilllc
and did a fine job of parading and dancing.
St. J oc 's got 12 first downs to
In the Lancers first game of the
season against St. John's (Little
\lclllorial 's 5 and made 138 vards
Chute ) they looked considerablv to their 55. Se\· era I times the· Lanimpro\'ed O\'er previous vear, d~- ccr crew staged long drives, onlv
spite a 21-6 loss. The teams played to bog down deep in Waukesli'a
on even terms till late in the first territory.
half when the Blueshirts recovered
a fumble on the Lancer JO vd.
line and scored a few min~tes
later. The;.· scored again in that
half on a long pass play to make
it H-0. Then, with onlv seconds
Fift~· -six ~· oung hopefuls releft in the first half, Pat· McAleer, ported for the freshman team this
Lancer end, ran the kick off back : ·car. ;\;cedlcss to sa~ · this new ad64 yards. for a T.D. to end the dition to the St. Joseph Athletic
half 14-6 in fa\'or of St. J ohn's. squad is "'clcomc.
Both teams were stymied in the
St. J oscph 's freshman team has
scccmd half until St. John's scored increased in number again this
from the Lancer 's 2 \"d. line in the year as it did last year. The numfou1 th quarter and .that's how it of candidates last vcar was 46 comended: St. John 's 21, St. Joe's 6. pared to this year's 56. The main
St. Joe's pl a~· cd like the winning reason for this increase is the size
team, Sunday, September 18, at of the freshman class.
\ Vaukcsha when they tangled with
Mr. Bob Radiga n is t he head
\ 1cmo1 ial except for a few mis- coach of the frcsh111an team t his
takes in the first ten minutes of .year as he was last .\'ear. He is
pla :·, which cost them the score assisted by i\ 1r. James Francois a
13-0.
new American H ist ·ir:· and A lge-

56 Hopefuls Turn 011t
For Freshtnan Squad
bra teacher; he is also manager of
homeroom I 09.
St. Joseph High School Freshman Team wi ll open its season
October l.
Bill K a ufma n

The long run, of course, was bv
Pat 1\1cAleer, who brought a larg~.
first-game cro\\'d t o their feet. The
small alllounts of confetti held al most all through the first half
flurried about as the first few tacklers bounced from ,\1ac 's legs.
One pla~', a litt'. e less cheered,
but still an indication of hard football, was a hard tackle late in the
last quarter made by Jim 0 ' eill.
The tackled player was knocked
out of wind temporarily. Unfortunately, these two plays combined with a few other good football plays, were not enough to win
a game.
The team should have done a
little better. St. Joe's passing team
has the ability to thnm the ball
and to rccei\·e. Lancer ends arc a
little better than average height
and our quarterback has enough
power to reel off a good pass. But,
Lancer luck being what it is, the
pass and the rccei vcr nc\·er sec Ill
to be in the same place at the sa111e
time.
St. J oe's has a fe\\ players with
real ball handling talent. It also
has many pla~· crs with the guts
and size that it takes to play rea l
footbal l. Some ta lent and a lot of
guts. Al l t hat lacks is the power
t > dri \ "C them together into the
opponents. Possibly t he three no nconference games that open the
season ,,,.·ill iron out the wrinkles
and turn the team into a smooth
running machine.
It must ha\·e smooth-running
abilitv to crack the skulls of the
mighty conference giants that
compose our half of the spl it conference. Time w ill tell.

Wliat Makes the Dijference?
O\'crhcard coming out of the
Know, after watchour cheerleaders today I suddenly
rcJlizcd how lucky our school is
t ,> ha\'c them."
So \\'hat, ch? S·i like there arc
hundreds upon hundreds of cheerleaders in our country. All of
whom no doubt have both natural
ability and superb teamwork. So
why get excit:!d? They're just
like any other ...
l !old it right there! T hey arc
st~ di t: m -"You

special! \\'hy? Because in the last
quarter of the first game our team
fel l hopelessly behind, but our
cheerleaders came out and led
cheer after rousing cheer as though
we were hopelessly ahead! \ Ve
didn't know exactly wh;.• they d id
it, but t he important t hing seemed
to be that t hey did d•J it, and for
just that reason everyone was terrib ly proud o f them!
Jerry Cardina li, a senior who played gua rd , di scusses reason for being
sidelined with n e w Coach Fra ncois.

L a rr y Roscioli

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~CHALLENGE
Vo1,. 3,

o. 2

Nm EMBER, 1960

Sr. JOSEPH H 1G11 Sc11001., KE1'os11A, W 1sco1'SI1'

SJHS Plays Host to Its Second
N.F.L. District Student Congress
SJHS will again be host for the
N .F.L. District Student Congress,
December 9-10. T wcnty southern
\Visconsin schools will participate
in this Mock Congress.
Sessions 'viii be patterned after
actual meetings of Congress. Participants must adhere to strict parliamentary procedure. Each school
may present two bills concerning
current problems for considcra-

tion. Bills will then be channeled
to proper committees. Committees
will be on such pertinent topics as
foreign affairs, state government
and economics. Bills will finally
be calendared for consideration of
both Houses.
Advantages and aims of this type
of contest arc mainly wrapped up
in teaching students the way our
Congress is run. Also, the program

is aimed at showing the mechanics
of Democracy. Among the other
goals of the congress arc teaching
the intricacies of parliamentary
procedure and giving confidence
in one's public speaking ability.
The Congress is taking its second look at St. Joe's. Last !'ear
SJHS introduced itself to the Congress, having the Congress in its
spacious classrooms.

First Speech Contest
Set For November 14
November J4 is the date set for
the first Midwest Catholic Speech
League Contest to be held at St.
George School in Chicago. Prccecding this an intra-mural, Sophomore-] uni or Speech Tournament
will be held at St. Joseph's. 1n
addition to competing in the Catholic Speech League Contests, St.
Joe's will be represented in se,·eral
state forensic meets.
Mr. Elmer Aie llo directs h is industriou s Swing B a n d, w h ich
made St. Joe·s "Swing-a-rama" stage show so s u ccessfu l that
it will present another showing Saturday, November 12.

Swing Band Stage Show
Mixes Comedy and Music
St. Joseph 's swing band, under
the direction of t\lr. Elmer Aiello,
put on the first Lancers' stage
show, Nm·cmbcr 4-6. The swing
band presented SC\'Cral numbers in
the old swing tradition. Bob
t\ loerhke and Ray Scpanski beat
out a duct on the drums in "DynaAow."
Adapting from My Fair Lady,
Lvnn Fredericksen and Bob Fulmer did a little vocalizing '' ith the
b8cking of the Lancettcs. Tim
Tu lly did one of popular comedian, Bob 'cwhart's rol:t;ncs. Rct:Jrting from the old school of
comedy came, "The Thurber Carnival." Bob Dobson, Pat Petretti,
Pat Cipo11:1, Rich DiCcllo, :·nd
Dave DcSimone pant:i mined three
beloved Thurber fables: "The Little Girl and the \Volf", "The Bear
who could Let lt Alone", and
"The Man \\ho saw a Unicorn".
Larrv Roscioli narrated the fables
whi l ~ members of the band pro-

\'idcd jazz background. Sharon
Pase ucci sang several numbers.
Barry Zoromsky played the piano.
Back again, those knobby-kneed,
can-can and Charleston dancers
ha,·c gone Hawaiian. Those Jo,·ely
Lancer girls (Bill Perozzi, Jerry·
Cardinali, Fred Ernst, Ken Skcndzicl and Al Corradini) return once
more to "wo,,·" the men.

FT A Outlines
Plans For Year
Goals of the Future Teachers of
America zoom high this year. Prospective members will be searched
out and recruited during Education \Vcck, I\'o,·cmbcr 6-12.
Attending professional meetings
for teachers is one of the activities
on the agenda for the F.T.A. this
!'Car. They will also observe elementary, high school and college
classes in session and they will
contribute toward order and organization at St. Joe's by working
right along with the teachers.
Sister Roma, moderator of F.T.
A. says, "\Vith a love to learn and
a love to share, the F.T.A. students
admit an unquenchable thirst for
knowledge as a foundation upon
'' hich they expect to leave their
mark on society in the future."
Last vcar the F.T.A. had 26
members. Of these all of the 12
alumni members are now in college following their future teacher
plans.
F.T.A. underwent a reorganization of officers N <n·cmber 2. The
new officers, elected by' members
were: President, Trudy Deom;
\'ice-President, Jane Henderleiter;
Secretary, t\1ary· Schulte; Treasurer, ,\ 1ary Jo Parisea.

l(ennedy Wins Straw Vote
Senator John F. Kennedy and
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson swept
the St. Joseph straw Yotc. 1189
,·otcd. 78.83 % went to the Democratic ticket and 20.9.+ ~~ to the
Republican. 938 ,·ores were cast
for the Kennedy-Johnson ticket;

2-+9 backed the ~ixon-Lodge team.
Two void ballots were cast.
N inct\'-four students failed to
\'Ote. Few were absent; but the
majority· of non-\·oters \\·ere just
too lazy to register.

April Challenge
Awards Issue
Students' crcati,·c achievements
,, ill be highlighted in CHALLE~GE'S April issue-the "awards
issue". Best student work of !'Car
''ill be featured.
Fields of achic,·cment include
literary· (in all languages), artistic,
scientific, and dramatic. Teachers
arc asked to encourage and disCO\'Cr these products and students
are asked to start them.

'-

What a h a ppy-looking gro u p! You 'd never believe they've
j u st fi nish ed d ebatin g th e re lative mer its of t h e two political
candida t es fo r t h e p resid en cy. M r . B ob Car bon e, mo d e r ator,
looks on. Left to rig h t: T e rry Moria ri ty, Marcia A da m son,
Willia m M urph y, A u g u st Gn or ski. Bottom row: J ohn M ikulski, P a ul Walli g, J oa n H amm ond , an d Cla ire Fred rick sen.

To Retreat
or Not To Retreat
"Boy, I'm sure glad those two days
are over. I feel as though I could talk
for a week and never get tired."
"Oh , I don't know. I think it's been
interesting . It's sure made me do a lot
of thinking . I've never felt so clo ~ e to
God before ."
We're hearing the word from both
sides these days, but the pros and the
cons a 11 seem to add up: the success of a
retreat depends on the individual; the
condition in which you come out of a
retreat is determined by the attitude
with which you go in .
These two days of retreat have been
one of two things to you: they have
been two days in which you might have
done better studying French or history
or whatever it might be, or they have
proven just the opposite . It could just be
that you cooperated with the retreat
master and with the grace of God and
really got something out of it. Maybe for
just two days out of 365 you let your
mind come away from the everyday
mental occupations and rise to a mysterious, seldom-explored level, when you
got a good look at yourself, or maybe
just at life in general. You listened to
Father's stories and advice and let them
set you thinking. You felt a peace and a
closeness to God you've never felt before, and although this feeling is too
qu !ckly gone, the impression long remains.
Consider!
Think!
Is THIS you?
Let's hope so.

Sue Harrison 108

Abolish Thanksgiving !
The short fat man stood on his sagging soapbox screeching at the crowd :
" . . . And therefore I say that Thanksgiving should be abolished from the
earth ."
"Hhmm . Sounds good."
" .. . it is no good - a big farce in this
modern world ."
"This guy must be a communist- what
a line."
The man blared on" . . . just one of you people tell me what
Thanksgiving is . What does it mean to
us? Nothing! absolutely nothing.
All we do is run around in a whirling maze- celebrating nothing . Ah, you
say- but we have spirit- and that's
what's really important. Sure we have
spirit. So what's spirit? Is it complete
fulfillment of our hunger after a gracious
meal? Is it complete satisfaction? Is it a
patterned celebration that man is molded
into, from which there is no escape, but
only the guarded little room where he
must remain? I say that Thanksgiving is
nothing-a silly game that can be played
even by children. So why should we
continue to partcipate in this pointless
farce? Why don't we just forget it- it
does no good!"
Boy, I'm getting out of here. I don't
want myself to start believing this propaganda. I like Thanksgiving and turkey
and dressing . .. .
Mary Sieger 102

Look-Out Man I Here Come the Freshmen
A constrained profile, a pair of wondering eyes, attentive yet possesed with
a wondering gleam, following an awkward but steadfast step-yes, our freshmen have arrived. Constrained with fear,
anxiety and hopefulness they probe
about, discovering the difficulty of meeting unfamiliar faces, creating sneak
approaches which will not result in a
demerit, or getting the attention of that
dreamy boy or girl across the room in
English class.
Attributed to only the Freshmen,
however, is perseverence . They will
organize, setting the school spirit in a
frenzy. Conceiving new ways of disposing of the cafeteria nourishment (possibly in the abdomen) may prove to be
another plan of the Frosh class.

They may even become attentive in
all classes learning the fundamentals of
the + and - signs in algebra class. But
even the Frosh eyes wander to witness
the lazy sway of the trees against the
breeze er the scalloped hot rod in the
parking lot.
Awkwardness will grow graceful for
them as they learn how to locate their
rocms, talk themselves out of a demerit,
and win brownie points. Yes, they have
entered the "Big" school, St. Joseph
High .
High School will not always be such
an awesome spector. With each succeeding effort toward the school's progress,
it will grow with the freshmen and become a part of them .
Phyllis Wojta k 101
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'Round
with

Ron
Let's never forget that luminous evening and glorious afternoon on which
our homecoming was a complete success . The lovely queen had her night,
the victorious team had their afternoon,
and the happy students had their weekend. All, and it was a dream come true .
On the let's forget-it side were the
strenuous, seemingly endless days of
Iowa Tests, the weekdays of school
when homework seems insurmountable,
and the Saturday afternoons when we
had the foolish conception that we were
going to do ALL our homework.
Ridiculous is the word for those who
think that activities are all that make up
a student's life. Remember, you who
keep minimizing study time, that education seeks no one : we seek education .
So, Sam Seldcm-Study, you have your
warning.
Ron Fillipelli 10 4

The Challenge
V o l. :;, No. 2

November, 1960
Marilyn

Cipolla
EDITOR
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
News
. .. Robert Dobson
Editorial .. . ..... . ... ... . . Sue Peterson
Mary Conrad
Jo.pinions ..... .. . . . Mary Lynn Kulesh
Prisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jinine Ramacci
Pictures
Judyann Hackbarth
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonya Zalubowski
Sports .. . . . .... . .......... Jim O'Neill
EXCHANGE EDITOR . . .. Helen Volpentesta
PHOTOGRAPHERS ..... Jerrie Phannenstill
Robert Fanning

Holiday Dance Nears

Mr. Matrise Gives
His Basic Views

SJ HS Thanksgiving Ball will be
held \\'cdncsday, '\lovcmbcr 23,
from 9 to I I p.m. in the school
gym follo\\ ing the basketball game
against Dominican 11 igh.
Theme of this informal dance is
" Thanksgiving Ball. " Student
Council \\ill sponsor the dance.
Student activity pass plus 20 cents
will be admission charge. Refreshments will feature pop with additional treats of bakery goods and
ice-cream.

Keen dedication to his work rnd
sincere appreciation of the value
of education were the keynote impressions made upon thi~ reporter
by /\1r. Frank 1atrisc, coach and
teacher, in a stimulating intcrvic"
in Creative Writing Class.
Mr. Matrisc, who teaches ancient and medieval histon· said
that he enjoys coaching and . teaching equally although he conceded
that coaching is a bigger headache
because " ... the coaches take the
ups and downs right along with
the players. The major factors as
far as enjoying my job goes is
that I like kids. That's \'cry important. I want to help them further their education and develop
their characters."
Why Coach ing?

"The person who influenced me
most in deciding upon my career
was my high school coach who did
this by setting a very fine example," reflected /\1r. Matrisc, "and
another thing is that mv familv is
very sports-minded." ·
·
Being an assistant football coach,
he ex pressed a desire that the
Catholic grade schools in Kenosha
would soon adopt a regular tackle
footba l I program. Then there
would be experienced players
coming into St. Joe's cvcrv vcar.
He also is wrestling and golf c·oach
and said that he " . . . likes each
one just as much in its own season."
Likes St. Joe's
It was quite evident that he likes
it at our school. He termed the
set-up "ideal". He stated a definite

Kathy Bydalek Wins
Junior Miss Title
Kathy B)·dalek was chosen, October 25, to reign ()\"Cr Kenosha as
Junior Miss. This contest, held at
the Elks Club, was sponsored by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
and as part of the competition,
Kathy had an informal talk with
the judges (Bill Rose, Charolette
Ginder, and Elane Edwards),
modeled an C\'Cning gcrn n, and
sang for the talent section of the
program.
Kathy was competing \\ ith a
total of five girls from high schools
in the \'icinit)'· These girls arc
Pat Matranga, Carol Nelson, Sandra Long, J udy Rasch, and Gail
Along with the title, Kathy received a trophy and crown. On
November 24-26 she will go to
Hales Corners to compete for the
title of Junior Miss of \ Visconsin.

Mr. Frank Matrise, coach and teacher, instructs his fourth period American History class. Are they always this attentive, Coach?

preference for Catholic schools
because in the public school system one al\\'ays has to contend
with the school board "hcrcas
here one is directly responsible to
the principal only. lt sa\'es a lot
of trouble and Mr. i\latrisc enjoys
working with the priests and sisters. However, he did fa\·or one
change in our educational system.
Yea r-round Session

That would be to inaugurate a
quarterly system of schooling.
Students would attend classes for
two and a half months and then
ha\·c two weeks vacation. This
cycle would continue all year long.
He fa\·ors this plan because he
feels that we arc having to cram
to get everything done in nmc
months straight.
"All this would take a long time
to come into being if it was C\'cr
serious!\- considered. In the meantime, St. Joe's has the best program
available and I cannot stress too
greatly that too many people learn
too late the \'aluc of education. 1
corrected my bad study habits just
in time and I am mighty glad that
I did."
Larry Rosc ioli 109

SJHS Art Department.
Dabbles at Shopping Plaza
Terrie Sturvcz and Linette Picknell supervised the recent painting
of TO\\ n and Countr)' shopping
center windows. This project,
which started October 29, is one
of many performed by the Art
Department of St. Joe's.
Those assigned to Ace Hard\\'arc and Connolh· store \\ indows
were John Helf, Tom Green, Peter Green, Jim Fonk, Allan Kohlmcir, Judy \Yclsch, Nanc\· Grant,
Jeanie Or.giah, NanC)" Ric~chc, Judy· Lindemann, Claudia Dibble,
/\laric Hebert, Connie Babich,
Georgene Ludwig, Judi Kathleen
Rich, 1\larv /\1ortisscv, and Diane
Sansmire. .
.
Lorenc Lawson and J osclinc
\Villiams decorated the windO\\ s
of /\laur's flower shop.
Hollcb's windows were arravcd
by· Sharon Ernst and nn Finticy',
and \\'ilson's Varietv's windows
by Patricia ,\ladcr, Patricia Kretschmer, Marianne Lad:c)\·ich, Diane Fox, Barrie Higgins, Tim
Casey, Ralph Arneson, ,\larybcth
Safransky', and Rosanne Rygiel.

College Night is
Guide to Students
College night, a nC\\ concept in
guidance, is planned for Tuesday·,
No,·cmbcr 22, at St. Joe's. Keynote speaker will be Dr. ;\;icholas
Topcti'.OS Ph.D. He \\ill talk on
"The Value of a Higher Education". Representatives of man)'
universities, colleges and technical
schools will present their programs
and requirements to SJHS seniors
and juniors. Three separate sessions arc given. This way· the student gets to sec a variety of places
of interest.

Because of increasing congestion
on St. Joe's stairways, the faculty
has made the following suggestions : up-stain' ay-23rd Ave.,
do"n1-stairwa ys-69th Street, 7 lst
Street, up and down stairwavclc,·ator stairway.

College night is replacing career
night. Career night offered students a chance to talk with men
from nrious fields of business and
rcprcsentati\·cs from each of the
armed forces. Since more than
half of the student bod\· will
artcnd college, Father Edmund
Olley-, guidance director, feels it
\\·ould be more beneficial to ha\·c
the students prepared for college.
Ho\\'e\'Cr, the students \\ho
arcn 't going to college will ha\·c a
career day on some future date.
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Painting Cerro 's furniture store
\\ indO\\ s were Barbara nderson,
Laureen Aiello, Gregory Bcnich,
and Tom Reeder. The store windows of \V crncr's Laundr)· were
painted b)· Diane /\lctten and Barbara Sturycz.
Most of the art students, under
Sister A dclma and Sister Ritarosc,
ha\·c also attended the art exhibition of Kady B. Faulkner paintings
at Kemper Hall.
;\; O\'cmbcr 12 the Art Department is planning a trip to Milwaukee to attend an art workshop
sponsored by the i\1ih\'aukcc Archdiocesan Art Teacher's Association.

Home 'n School News
Big plans and C\"Cnts arc cooking
in the minds of the Home and
School officers. The first was the
Home and School card party- set
on a han·cst motif. The card party
offered prizes of floor polisher,
appliances and a home-made,
homc-grcrn n, wool blanket. Cider
and beer \\ere scn·cd. Checkers
and chess were on hand for those
who didn't want to play cards.
Turkeys \\ere given as prizes.
Second on the Home and School
agenda is the parents' reporting to
pick up first quarter cards. , ' o
longer can SJ HS students practice
the age old art of forgery. Parents \\ill report to the main office
to pick up the card, then will be
gi,·en rhc opportunity to meet the
faculty· and discuss student problems.
Guiding the parents \\ill be
charts and numbers \\ hich will aid
in finding the students' teachers in
their homerooms. This sntcm allows more time than usualh· held
before Home and School meetings.
The purpose is to gi\·c the parents
a closer mutual understanding of
the parent and teacher.

301
TOP ROW Kenneth Ade, Willard Hubert, Thomas Raucin<i, Joseph Toniolo, Jeffrey Moe, Ralph Arneson, Joseph
Bydalek, Terrence o ·Donnell, Joseph Kohler, Dennis Saulys
SECOND ROW Paul Vanderfin, Garry Dougvillo, Robert Zimmermann, Jeffrey Chiappetta, Dennis George, Lee
Strande, John Reistad, Timothy Kehrer
THIRD ROW Loretta eiannas, Joanne Werwie, Barbara Blasi, Joanne Polanski, Dorothy Bougneit, Marianne Lackovich, Christi Currie, Joan Rosenbaum, Iris Peck
BOTTOM ROW Kathleen Tully, Sharon Ernst, Juliette mith, Carolyn Wojtak, Rosemary Metcalf, Patricia Delany,
Angela Grzegorczyk, Marie Johnston, Shirley Fox, Sylvia Leonardi

302
TOP ROW Christopher Alsen, Anthony Pontillo, Dean Malinaro, Gerald Lair, Thomas Reeder, Donald Zininski, William Saintell, Robert Crisb, Joseph Lunik, Barbara Frederick
SECOND ROW Mary Getschman, Kathleen Kelleher, Thomas Henderleiter, Oliver Whetstone, Dennis Boyle, Russell
Wade, Charles Marae, Joyce Rosenbaum, Mary Huffman
THIRD ROW Susan Augustine, Sandra Blazeiwiez, Roseline Williams, Margaret Calchera, Donna Agazzi, Mary
Johnwn, Jill Walslager, Susan Hahn, Susan Krempely
BOTTOM ROW Bonnie Evans, Marion Smith, Diane Metten, Regina Toucivia, Barbara Sturycz, Susan Seiberlich,
I,aura Delfield. Susan Kahlhagen

303
TOP ROW James Lichter, Robert Bloner, Ed Tovo, Bob Regner, Dennis Widmar, Dennis Brauner, Albert Aiello,
Gary Petersen, Raymond Herrmann, Daniel Hughes, Norbert Wolter
ECOND ROW Jim Monteen, Ron Gilles, Daniel Mares, Richard Smith, Tim VanDerWall, Gregory Olsen, Richard
Csavoy, Robert Herrmann, Jeffery Jornt
THIRD ROW Lillian Sepanski, Irene Chromik, Judith Borietto, Carolynne Rosinski, Janice Londermann, Carol Kelley, Diane DesJardines, Rita Drissel
BOTTOM ROW Ann Zohlen, Nancy Hammond, Rita Sturvcz, Judy Ponzio, Mary Ellen Evans, Marietta Frederick,
Shirley Konsela, Carol Schaefer, Pamela Meyer

304
TOP ROW Patrick Frederick, John Mich, William Zahn, Theodore Rosinski, Anthony Ventura, James Falcon, Richard Prester!, William Renick, Robert Mars, Stephen Kostelnik
SECOND ROW John Soceka, Robert Willems, Michael Zuffa, Theodore Talbott, Carl Breuhl, Raleigh Hewitt, John
Drndak, David Travanty, John Linderman, James Morin
THIRD ROW Lee Nor Hannan, Susan Lang, Mary Destefano, Rosemary Sepanski, Sue Czarnowski, Patricia Kennedy,
Carolyn Pezdir, Nancy Bobusch, Jolene Schaefer
BOTTOM ROW ReJina Bailey, Kathleen O'Neill, Lauren Aiello, Sandra Cipolla, Kathleen Hunt, Starlit Sutherland,
Rita Cantwell, Phyllis Judeika

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305
TOP ROW Raymond Darbutas, John Dietmeyer, Thomas S1>lar, Jeffery Masi, Dennis Kertz, Richard Gregorin, David
Lattos, John Lindi
SECOND ROW Dennis Troha, Paul Hunter, Norman Pfaff, Anthony Caputo, John Junas, John Schend, Frank Ruffalo,
Dennis Clark, Patricia Mich
THIRD ROW Phyllis Hanrahan, Karen Glerum, Lyn Wade, Ana Bocwinski, Susan Proesel, Rita Aiello, Elizabeth
Kurth, Nancy Szarfinski, Darlene Orth
BOTTOM ROW Janet Balsamello, Joanne Dziedzic, Carol Morris, .Judith Serpe, Cathrine Filippi, Mary Jo Renzoni,
Shirley Williams, Gail Brichta
MISSING Barbara Higgins

307
TOP ROW William Phalen, Dan;el Alfredson, James Sherfinski, Andrew Szumowski, James Sorenson, Lawrence
Gleru'11, William Reynolds, Paul Dobs1>n, William Host, Jerome Willkomm
SECOND ROW Joel Matusek, Charles Giovanelli, Lawrence Zapf, John Kleist, Edward Lobacz, Ralph Wade, James
Carelli, Donald Michaud
THIRD ROW Joseph Brnak, Diana Hansmire, Joan Collins, Judith Rich, Mary Hildebrandt, Judith Schmitt, Mary
Morrissey, Thomas Tutein
BOTTOM ROW Patricia Kretschmer, Dorothy Ott, Muriel Dase, Cheryl Jurca, Carlene Fischbach, Joanne Infusino,
Ann Bode, Jane Fulmer

308
TOP ROW Stanley Gorecki, Felix Mayer, Joseph Carlino, Lee Palmer, Ronald Ruhle, George Fischbach, Jonathan
Furdek, David Baumgartner, Joseph Miks
SECOND ROW Fred Borak, Philip Shierk, Brian Pias, Ge1>rge Ebner, Terrence Zapf, Kenneth Kless, Dennis Connolly, Timothy Morris£ey
THIRD ROW Flori Ventura, Sandra Schmitz, Ardys Wagner. Helen Przybylski, Frances Loizzo, Carole Brandt, Nancy
Rezny, Barbara Bode
BOTTOM ROW Delore Allen, Margaret Tyson, Patricia Brown, Terrie Wil on, Lorene Lauzon, Charleen Krough,
Judith D1um, Susan Doetsch

309
'fOP ROW Edward Jankowski, Richard Carney, Ronald Tyunaitis, Timothy Zeien, Lyle Eggers, Patrick Leese, William Miller, Charles Wiltshire, James Davey, James Brownlee
SECOND ROW James Althoff, Robert Lulewicz, Richard Jurkovac, Frank Moser, Ralph Patitucci, Gerald Pye, William McGrath, David Hogan
THIRD ROW Francine Doksus, Lynn Fischer, Karen Conrad, Marilyn Rhey, Veronica Degrand, Kathleen Kruse, Carolyn Bode
BOTTOM ROW Christine iecinski, Diane Grasser, Margaret Becker, Judith Walker, Mary Kless, Linda Stahl, Donna
Russo, Francee Schneeberger, Rose Furloni

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310
TOP ROW John Nelson, Ronald Constantineau, Lewis Stella, Raymond Ziegler, Walter Hogan, George Urban,
Timothy Casey
SECOND ROW Thomas Amann, James Quinn, Gregory Benich, Daniel Luzar, Boyd Klofenstine, Louis Dorgg, Frank
DeFurio, Michael Wineland
THIRD ROW Bonnie Gallatin, Constance Kubica, Jeanne Brownlee, Barbara Schnuck, Rita Sicilia, Lynn Pinsoneault, Margaret Riley, Jane Hasslinger, Frances Sieger
BOTTOM ROW Jacqueline Ellison, Ann Flately, Mary Leiting, Sylvia Grasser, Jacquelyn Minch, Rosanne Rygiel,
Barbara Thompson , Judith Kappus, Margaret Bode

311
TOP ROW David Graves, John Mischler, Kennerh Schneider, John Zielinski, William Jewel, John Winters, Kenerh
Kuick, Glen Thompson
SECOND ROW Alfred Aiello, James Paulik, Richard Sacco, John Rampo, Michael Sieger, Bruce Bodven, Loren
Ritacca, Richard Flately
THIRD ROW Rita Pitsch, Lois Buchan, Elizabeth Hauptman, Kristine Urbanski, Joanne Michalski, Nancy Elsen,
Diane Wawiorka, Susan Gascoigne, Teresa Cosentino
BOTTOM ROW Janice Neulmann, Mary Ann McKenna, Diane DeBartelo, Linda Holland, Barbara Anderson, Kathleen Karabetsos, Karen Dorn, Margaret Kluka
MISSING James Bennett, Kevin Lyons

316
afransky, Mary Thomsen, Tom Sch Nenn, Richard Nicki, Eugene Kusche, Joseph Stalfi, Bonnie
Cherny, Susan Pavlik
SECOND ROW Louis Ritacca, David Dosemagen, James K'.lusalik, Joseph Andreucci, Larry Green, Robert Singer,
James Bernacchi, Joan Misurelli
THIRD ROW Patricia Mader, Virginia Wells, Barbara Jennett, Beverly Heather, Sandra Gaudio, Rinetta Wisniewski
BOTTOM ROW andra Debski, Linda Russell, Virginia Elsen, Mary Buchmann, Jolene Covelli, Diane Johnson, Patricia Kluka, Mary Hornacek, Marie Vaccarella
MIS ING Patricia Zimmerman, Patricia Mecozzi

317
TOP ROW George Werve, Dennis Plowman, Richard Payet ~ e. Richard Hebert, Stephen Lemere, Jerome Streit, Wayne
Tillman, Michael Bostetter
SECOND ROW Barbara Epping, Joseph Kyano, Frank Schoettler, Norman Madison, James Mitchell, James Scoglik,
John Horne, Terrence Mercier, Marguerite Wosnicz
THIRD ROW Barbara Knudsen, Rita Bitautis, Patricia Arentz, Dolly Valaitis, Geraldine Bushonville, Jeanne Johnson, Jacqueline Gallman, Anita Deitenbach
BOTTOM ROW Kathleen Zimmerman, Julie Randall, Christine Chiappetta, Mary Niederlorn, Diane Fox, Candace
Robinson, Linda Gehring, Carole Stowe

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Homecoming

32-0

Robert Fanning

These pretty senior candidates for homecoming queen
are: top row-Ann Bscherer, Mary Conrad, and Diane
Ruffalo; bottom row-Ann St. Louis, Linda Reno,
Diane Plutas, and Kathleen Anderson.

The

Diane.

Robert Fanning

It's evident that more than 33 Y:. % of SJHS students went to the Homecoming game. Parents and grade-school children also helped to cheer
the team on to an overwhelming victory against Messmer.

..... Robert Fanning
"It's in the bag" was an appropriate saying on the first place float entered by seniors. We didn't envy the task of the judge : Mr. Dobson,
Dr. Heller, and Dr. Regner.

Robert Fanning

'Anyone for a polyetherol cone?' Mr. Pettyjohn demonstrated the possible use of this
substance as insulation at the boys' assembly
October 7.

Homeroom pictures taken by

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Iar hall ' tudio.

Anticipation
The stagnant air hangs
over the sidewalk .
A piercing heat
pounds
and pushes
into the very
depths
of the pavement
And cries for
escape
with every footstep .
But a shadow is slowly
creeping
over the city
deadening the
brassy blare of heat.
There is lull
the heat is fading
a leaf brushes over the
grayed pavement
rushing towards a
corner of safety .
It is coming.
There is
relief
rejoice!
rain .
Mary Sieger 102

Black
Do not talk to me of black,
- - -for black is death!
It is pain and sorrow;
it is unending, unloved .
Black is cruel, unjust.
It is late at night and alone.
It is poor.
It is hunger.
Do not talk to me of black!
For you see I know; I am black.
Judy Przybylski 107

Storm
Darkness gathers, shading out the day.
Restless, calling clouds cross the shadowy
sky.
Lightning streaks, sharp flashes against
the clouds;
Thunder rumbles, echoes through the
dim heavens;
Rain in rushing, pounding torrents blinds
the day.
Margaret Mico 104

A Bit of Philosophy
We let life slip through our fingers
when we should grasp and enjoy it.
Memories are treasures, but think how
much greater the action must then be.
We don't realize what we have until it's
lost. Closed as oysters we only see the
tight little things when we should expand and open our shell. The pearl can't
grow unless the oyster does. Our pearl
is our memory.
Sonya Zalubowski 104

Parting With Summer

America

Summer has gone. Silently , but
swiftly she stepped out of my life. No
longer will she whisper softly in my ear
while the whole world is deep in slumber; the hush broken only by the murmuring crickets outside my window or
the far off crack of the frog croaking. I
sha II not be awakened with a bl issfu I
greeting, kissed with dew and the freshness of May. Often I gazed at her golden locks or started at her heavenly blue
eyes. Her beauty was seldom marred by
droplets, but when they fell the blowing
breeze dutifully brushed them away .
Although I miss her, her memory gives
me warmth until a new friend comes to
tuck me under her blanket of white .

Welcome!
Here, Frenchman, is a place for you,
design for us;
And for you, Norwegian, is a ship,
catch us fish.
There, Scot, is a loom; weave your
wool .
You there, Pole, here's your farm,
make things grow .
For you, German, is a laboratory.
Swede, we have forests for you,
And, Swiss, we need clocks .
We are thirsty, Italian; you
make wine.
And you there, Czech, can make
glasses.
We love beauty, so come, Dutchman,
grow your tulips.
Welcome!
Cathy Miller 206

Nora Wieland 102

The Spark of Love
Once there lived two lovers, Electra
and Bulba. It worried their loving hearts
to see around them human beings eventually dying and their love ending. They
wanted their love to live on forever and
they wanted to be of some help to their
fellow men.
The young couple implored Elvis, the
god of young hearts, to give them a lasting and useful love. The god, Elvis, heard
their prayers and granted their wish.
He changed Bulba into a light bulb
and Electra into electricity. And even today when one places them closely together they shine down on man with a
beautiful glow of love.

Blue
Blue sparkles clean and fresh; it's the
early morning after the storm.
Blue is as sophisticated as the
haughty girl who wears it.
Blue becomes frosty in winter when
it's shielded by crystal-like ice on the
lake.
Blue is serene and peaceful; it's the
sky after church on a Sunday morning.
It's fun to be blue if you're a swimming pool, being smacked into by blue
kids because they're cold.
Blue is soothing, like vaseline in your
throat.
Blue is our uniform:
I used to like blue.

Roseline Williams 302
Carolyn Reeder 111

The Universal Language

Convention

I met a man from a far distant land
While out for a walk one day,
He was happy and bland and he
Walked on his hands
And I wasn't quite sure what to say.
"How do you do?" I said meekly.
"Do you do how?" He replied .
"Do you like it here?" I asked weakly.
"Friends my miss I, no!" he sighed.
Now this good ol' poem has no moral
And some think it doesn't make sense,
But this backward young man, with
His smile so bland,
Borrowed "me from" fifty cents!

The spotted dog and the yellow cat
Collided by chance and there they sat.
They glared at each other for a while
Then they both began to smile.
Soon their laughter filled the air
'Till the spotted dog said, "I declare,
it really seems quite strange that
A dog should be laughing with a cat."
The yellow cat at once agreed.
"Oh, yes, it's very strange indeed."
So they both agreed never to mention
This thing so contrary to Convention.
Then each went on his separate way
But neither will ever forget that day.

Judie Smith 206
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Jayne Arentz 211

New Teacher Acquaints Himself
With Students, School, Faculty
i\ lost students do not ha\'C a
chance to meet all the facultv
members at SJHS. In order t~>
acquaint students '\\ ith a fc"' of
the newer members, this reporter
will present the news and views of
each person, resulting from conversations with them.

This month, meet Mr. Robert
Loop, 213.
J\:cnosha is nC\\ to \lr. Loop,
for he taught near Green Bay last
year and is familiar with that region. " Kenosha is a nice, booming
town- one of the nicest I have
C\'Cr seen," says .\ 1r. Loop. Kcnoshans agree with him on that
point!
To the question, " Do :-·ou enjoy
teaching? " 1\ 1r. Loop ans\\ crcd:
"Y cs, I like to sec the development
of ideas in people." /\1r. Loop
thinks that SJHS students' attitude
is good . He thinks the newness of

the school, dress regulations, and
spirit of accomplishment all lead
to the school 's high morale.
/\1r. Loop's homeroom is 213. He
t ~ achcs Math I and general science. The reporter quotes him as
saying: " Although this is my first
year of teaching science, 1 like it
\'cry much; and in science, I feel
the important questions arc how
and why, not where and when."
Says /\1r. Loop, " I am not unfriendly, but in a new place it
t:i kcs time to meet and acquaint
yourself with new friends." Mr.
Loop enjoys SJHS football games,
especially the freshman-team's
games.
/\1 r. Loop studied at larquctte
Uni,·crsity and majored in mathcma tics.
The students all \.Vant to make
him feel at home, so welcome, Mr.
Loop.
Tom Raucina 301

News 'n Views
"There is a t\\ o- way street of
communication between the school
authorities and the parents," were
the words of Mr. Robert Dobson,
president of St. J oscph 's Home and
School Association, at the October
meeting. A panel highlighted the
n1ccting.
\lembers of the panel ''ere:
Father Darneidcr speaking on the
administration of the school, Father OI!ey speaking on discipline,
Sister i\ 1ar)' who spoke about uniforms, Sister Stanisia who spoke
on the school lunch program, and
Sister Leonelle \\'hose topic \\as
report cards. i\ 1r. Dobson moderated the panel which answered
questions asked b:-· the parents.

The annual check-up, Iowa tests,
will be given NO\·embcr 8 and 9
for freshmen and sophomores,
\\'hilc juniors and seniors arc being
tested N m ·cmbcr I 0 and 11. Published b\' the Science Research Associates, the Iowa tests aid teachers
in recognizing students' abilities,
achievements, and potentialities.
Fields of testing include science,
math, English, and socia l studies.

Recent I\', Pat Petretti \\on the
first-place. gold medal and troph)'
in A h ·crnia High School's St.
Francis Symposium. ln winn ing
this, Pat called St. Francis a nonconformist, which is her modern
interpretation of him. Competition consisted of one student from
each Catho lic high schoo l in Chicago. The six best orations ''ere

gi,·en after the preliminaries in the
auditorium.
M ixcd Chorus elected officers
for the 1960-61 season on October
12, 1960. They are: Jerry Cardinalli, president; Jane Downy, viceprcsidcnt; Judy Curtiss, secretary;
and Tim Propsom, treasurer.

Robert Fanning

Mr. Loop fits in well with the scenery around SJHS. His love of books
is evident here.

Jots From Joe's
DANi'\'Y WHITESIDE is having only moderate success in his
attempt to convert Sister Roma's
seventh period history class into a
course on acrobatics.
PAUL DEFAZIO, after hearing
Sister Anne tell of a music class
she once knew drag through three
choruses of "Tea for Two", came
to the conclusion that it wasn't instant tea they had had in mind.
MR. MATRISE, American history teacher, started off on the
right foot this year by locking his

class out of their class room during the first fire drill.
Sister AlO\ ·siana 's ancient historv class was treated to a bit of
his.torical hcrcsv bv ROBERT
Zl\1\IER.\IAN who is condnccd
that the Phoenicians gained fame
through the invention of the
' Phoenician' blinds.

PAUL BROTCl\:F, through the
magic of sleep, was transformed
from his fifth period study hall to
a sixth period senior girls' religion
class.
Tom Green 113

3 SJHS Students Qualify in Merit Test;
Will Try for Scholarships in Semi-finals
"I just hope I can go on to win a
scholarship," declared Larry Gaydos \\'ho \\ ith Tim Lawler and
Dennis Chiappetta has qualified
for the i\ lcrit Scholarship Semifinalist Test. Larry's future plans
include entrance to the i\lassachu-

centers established all o\·cr the
\\'orld. The number of semifinalists is determined b\ the number
of high school graduates from each
state. There arc 25 3 students from
\ \'isconsin to \\ hich Kenosha con tributed 7.

sctts Institute of Technology where
he intends to take up some field of
engineering.
scholarship would
be a tremendous assistance, Larry
agrees, in accomplishing his ambition. [xprcssing simi lar vic\\'S arc
about I 0,000 other senior semifinalists, which constitutes less than
I c ~ of the country's scmors.

Tim La\\'lcr, realizing the stiff
competition remarked, 'Tm happ)'
about m:-· qualification." Tim the
oldest of ten children is looking
toward /\larqucttc Cni,·crsity for
his future education in some type
of engineering. Tim, \\ ith the

/\lerit Scholars hip Tests, given
objcctiYely or subjccti\·cly to all
students a ttcnding scconda ry
schoo ls, arc similar to t he Iowa
tests. They arc given by the College Entrance Board Examination
and sponsored by 150 organizations and businesses. These tests
arc distributed through \·arious test

other semifinalists, ''ill be taking
a second test to endorse the first
and then on to the finals. At the
finals, test judging is done by
secondary school personnel and
college administration officers.
They judge on test scores, extracurricular activities, demonstratiYc
leadership qualities, e,·idence of
crcati ,·it:>, school and community
leadership, and high school grades.

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Relati,·c financial needs and furure
plans arc ignored. The \\'inners,
hcl\\ c\·cr, require a statement of
need.
Dennis Chiappetta, Sr. Joseph 's
third competitor, is undecided
about his future plans but "hopes
to ''in a scholarship." This scholarship is for four :-·cars of an:-·
selected college '' ith a stipend of
a minimum $ I 00.00 to a maximum
of - 1,500.00.
Representing the 2'c of all the
senior students in the countn are
six from SJHS. The:- ~ arc: Robert
Dobson, Jean Kamicniccki, John
Dohert)', Sande Kclsc:-·. Judy
Schaaf, and ~cil Pictrangcli. Congratulations to these nine students
and SJHS hopes to sec the names
of Dennis hiappetta, Larr) Ga~·­
dos, and Tim La\\'lcr on the ;\lerit
Scholarship winners' list this pril.
Phyllis Wojtak 101

What the seniors thought of their
previous years at St. Joe's, and how they
could have improved them. I would like
this to be discussed so that we will be
able to improve ourselves on the whole .

Lorretta Haebig 110

I would like to know what the student body thinks of the hot lunch program here at school.
Ray Ziegler 310
What are the merits and non-merits
of the demerit system? Are you for it or
against it? I would like to see this discussed because whereas it's supposed to
be a correction system, some kids are
proud to get demerits and like to get
together in detention room . I think another more adult punishment could be
devised.
Kathy Kolowski 113

Do you think it is fair for teachers to
go on with class during the student's
study period?
Joe Toniolo 301

I would like to see different things
that happen in school discussed because
some of the new students don't know
too much about the school, and maybe
they would like to know more about
their new school. They could discuss
the different activities that are going on.

Cecilia Allen 211

I would like to know what the student body thinks of the freshmen of
1960, just the good points; skip the bad
ones.
John Junas 305

How important is the fifteen minute
study period given at the end of each
class and is it the right of a teacher not
to give it but to go on with class? To me
it is very important at times, and certain
teachers do not give it. If they are not
going to give it, why don't we have
forty minute classes like we had in our
freshman year?
John Holden 110

What do you think of the plan St.
Joe's has to make students exempt from
homework in certain subjects on certain
days?
Bill Miller 309

What question would you
like to see discussed in "JoPinions" and why?
How many windows are there in St.
Joseph's High School? There are so
many that I would like to know just out
of curiosity.
Dennis Kertz 305

What students think about homework given at St. Joseph's. I would like
to know this because some of my friends
say there is a lot of homework, some say
there isn't enough. I would like to know
what the majority of the students think
about this.
Kristine Urbanski 311

The student's reaction to the Iowa
tests and the retreat because we all are
subjected to them, and they can help us
greatly.
Ron Filippelli 104

Do the girls really dislike school uniforms? I would like to see this in at
least one issue because I really think
that if the girls would think about it,
they really don't hate them that much.
There is too much complaining for nothing on this subject.
Judith Keach 113

I would like to know what a student
council is really supposed to do. I want
to know this because I don't think that
our student council is that well organized. I was on it last year, and we didn't
do too much. I would like to know why
we can't be more organized.

Sandy Willkomm 206

I would like to see the topic "Closed
Dances" discussed. Are the points against
them enough to warrant their existence
(closed)? This topic needs an airing out!
Linda Reno 105

Do you think Daytona Beach is a
good proving ground for new cars?
Why?
James Mitchell 317

Should the United Nations be significantly strengthened? Why? I'm trying to build an affirmative case for debate!
Jane Hasslinger 310

If there were one thing you could do
to change the world, what would you
do?
Pat Petretti 102

Why doesn't the school support the
band? It seems to be something looked
down upon instead of encouraged.
Mike Krempely 108

Do you think our student teacher relationship is democratic? Why or why
not? I think it would reflect upon both
the students and the faculty. Also, I
think it would be a good idea to have
the opinions of a few faculty members
in this section.
Mary Schulte 103
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Do you think a student could possibly go through a year or four years at St.
Joe's without getting a demerit? I want
to know this because I'm going to try.

Jacqueline Gallman 317

School Tests New Policy:
Parents Piel~ up Reports
"Parents ''ill pick up the first
report cards; this is not a rule or
permanent poliC_\', but an cxpcri111cnt '' hich the school can disc<mtinuc or continue," explains Principal Darneider in regard to report
cards in
ovembcr.
Contrary to the opinion of some
students and parents that there is
sufficient time at Home and School
meetings for parents to discuss
with the teachers specific problems, I l omc and School meetings
arc so cro\\ dcd that there is a
"airing line for c\·cn· teacher.
Parents \\ill be ai>lc to understand and discuss the requirements
of the school, deeper interest will
be taken in the education of the
child and the scholastic program
he is pursuing, if parents ,·isit the
school.
Father lhrneidcr stated that the
teachers arc unanimous!\' for it
and think it's a wondcrf~I opportunity.
Sister J\1arie Francis, Latin teacher and freshmen moderator stated,
"The first report card is probably
the best one to be picked up by
parents; b;· the end of that time a
teacher knows just what the students capabilities arc. Sister Jarlath, history and senior homeroom
teacher, comments, "A good be-

ginning is half of a successful
achievement." \ 1iss Lawton, freshmen homeroom reacher and
gym instructor, replies, "This is
especially good for the freshmen
''ho need to dc\'clop good study
habits."
Sophomore boys Cletus \\'illiams and Chuc]; Zarlctti "don't
like it," '' hilc it's "(). K." with
Tom Duban. Sophomore girls
Dorothy Russo, Josepha J\1ilass,
Pam La ;\ 1acchia, and Corine Accrbi agree, " If we ha\'c any special
plans, our parents \I ill base their
opinion on our report card and
the c01wcrsation held between our
parents and the teachers. "
Good news or bad nc\1 s parents
of SJHS students \.viii pick up report cards bct\1 ccn ~01· cmbcr 716.

Another student of SJ HS has
been bitten by that dramatic 'bug'.
Sue Harrison will play the part of
'Peep-Bo' in M/l(A[)O, a Kenosha
Little Theatre production.
The MIKADO by Gilbert is a
comic opera based on a satire of
the British government. It is acted
out in ,·ery elaborate Japanese settings and detailed costuming.
"As this is my first opportunity
to associate with people who have
had a lot of experience in this type
of music, 1 am certainly excited
about the role," related Sue \\ho
is also a member of the SJHS Lanccttcs. This she agrees has given
her a great amount of confidence
in performing in front of an audience.
J\lr. \\'illiam Balcom, director of
the MIKADO, heard of Sue
through her former singing teach-

Democracy is in action at SJ HS.
A mock presidential election parallel to a genuine one was held October 25.
\\'hi le the nation has been busy
'' ith its political campaigns and
debates, SJHS, too, has been experiencing a similar situation. The
entire project was sponsored by

crs from St. Thomas parish.
"Energy, a quick mind, and an
abi lity to imitate sound arc among
the necessities for a lead role in a
play."
The problem "ith high school
students is that thcv don't realize
the importance of drama, poetr)',
and music. i\ tr. i\ lc:·crs points out
that all of these things become
more important as _\ ' OU get older.
'·The\'
. enrich .vour life and make
other things \I ortln1 hile."

the history department. The school
was di,·ided into four districtsfreshmcn, sophomores, juniors, and
seniors. Voters were required to
register during the week of October J0-14 inclusi,·c. Highlights of
the campaign took place on October 11, 13, 18, and 20, when students heard their favorite candidate's platform and promises
broadcast. Panel-forum discussions
were also conducted in each district, moderated bv Mr. Matrise,
J\1 r. Carbone, Mr.· Francois, and
.\Ir. Radigan, respectively. Campaign buttons were worn by the
candidates' more ardent followers;

Nancy Kieliszewski 110

and propaganda, concerning candidates, \\'as available in the cafeteria and in the homerooms.
Climax of the campaign was
reached on October 25 just one
week before the adult nation went
to the polls. Only registered rntcrs were permitted to cast their
ballots in booths set up in the basement locker area. (sec results on
page 1.)
By the 1968 presidential election, every ,·orcr who participated
in this mock election \\'ill be privileged to exercise his right to \'Ote;
but then, this vote will count!

Alum-lines
Since her subjects arc biology,
English, American histor_\", college
algebra, gcomctr:', trig, music appreciation, and modern dance, plus
girls' chorus, :·ou can sec \\'h:
_\ll CHAELE-:\'E SE IA ' AS writes,
"Just 'dying' to come back to dear
old SJ HS. I miss the teachers and
friends. Hope to come dO\\ n
soon." \ 1ichaclcnc is stud_\·ing to
be a teacher at \\'hitc,1·atcr State
Teachers College.

Pat Murray 105

18.

"There is too little interest in the
Little Theater in Kenosha. The
talent that there is in to\1 n just
isn't tr)·ing out."
The goal of the I .ittlc Thc;1tcr
is to produce easy, enjoyable plays
c1·cr\' \'Car. The best rccci 1·cd
plays in Kenosha arc comedies, but
rhcy arc also the hardest to produce.
Mr. Meyer's on ly preparation
for this type of work was a speech
course in high school and a role
in the senior class play. I le also
''as a member of the C. Y.0. Pi a y-

er, Mrs. Raghild Congdon. After
a private audition with Mr. Balcom, Sue tried out in September
for a part in the opera and received the role of 'Peep-Bo', who
is a ward of Ko-Ko who is the
lord high executioner of Japan.
Sue also has her own understud v.
Because the music is so difficu'lt
to learn, Sister Rosemarie, the singing teacher, is helping Sue to work
it out. The cast, therefore, is beginning practice sessions six months
earlier.
The MIKADO will be presented
J\1arch 22-25 at the Lincoln Junior
High School Auditorium.
Sue would like to minor in music in college and feels this experience would be helpful as operatic
music is different from arw other
type.

SJHS Carries on Own Campaign

Mr. Meyers, Little Theatre President
Gives Views on Student Acting
lla\C you been a\\arc of the
presence of the Little Theater in
Kenosha? 1f vou ha,·c not this intcrvic\1 will 1;ro1·c informati\'c. If
:·ou ha1·c been aware it will pro\'c
more interesting.
The subject of this intcrviC\\ is
\ 1r. James ,\ 1cycrs, president of
the Kenosha Little Theater, rcccnth· i111·itcd to creative "ricing
class.
Besides being president of this
group, \1r. J\lcycrs is an acti,·c
participant in most of its productions. Of the productions in '' hich
he pla:·cd, he cnjo:·cd THE
GU/<~AT SEHASTIANS most.
The next production is i\f /RANf)A, to be gi\'cn "\:m·cmbcr 16, 17,

Sue Harrison Will Have Supporting Role
In Little Theatre Production, rMikado'

,\ IAJORIE .\1ACSER is in California now and \\'rites that her
health is lOOC'{ better. In fact, it
has so improved that she states, " l
will be going to college starting
J anuary', but 1 don't knm1 \\ hich
schoo l yet."
RO ' RIZZO, student at t.
Norbert's College, says, "You don't
haYe to tackle to get a broken
nose." Ron fractured his nose in

David DeSimone

Mr. Meyers seems pleased to talk
with all the future writers in Creative Writing Class during a recent
interview.

11

two places while playing touch
football.
JOYCE GE 1 GE~1BRF, though
preparing for a future in nursing,
l'l'
still finds time to sec JO
DEBERGE, .\!ARY GLE.\IBOCKI, CAROL SHERFL ' SKl, DICK
FNGSTROJ\I, JERRY \\ 'lLLIA~l , BOB HOEY, TO,\l
G \\'LOSKE, and RO~ SABB\',
all of \\ hom arc her companions
at the Uni\'crsin· of \\'isconsin
Extension in Kenosha.
jl.JDY FlJ ,\10, postulanr at Regina .\ l undi 0.' o\'itiatc Sisters of
St. Joan Antida, is just fine and
''rites, " I\·c nc\'cr been happier
in Ill)' life."
''The work is nothing like
school," sa:·s Jl.\1 HILL \\'ho 1s
earning a li,·ing at the docks.
Angela Romano 105

The Low Down
by Bob Dobson
The football season is gone.
Pieces of cquip111cnt that clamored
and cracked on a field of combat,
arc being hung away. \Vhat conclusions can be dra\\ n from the
111ark left bv the Lancer's on the
\ lih, aukcc Catholic Conference
escutcheon ?
Perusing the record, one notices
a somewhat marked improvement
in the won-lost column. Fired up
by an immense Homecoming
Cnrn d, S\\ cllcd b\· admission of
Grade school studc.nts, the Lancers
rook complete charge of the Messmer team. Fo ll owing two quarters
of "111cssin around " with an obYiously weaker, St. Francis team, the
tea111 decided to turn on a little
force for 3 touchdowns.
U nlike '59's squad, who brought
attendant students to their feet in
wild jubilation upon achicvmcnt of
a first down, this year's teams
scored rather profusely at times.
Scoring credits go to Ro n F ilippe ll i
whose deft manipulation of the option pla\' accounted for man\' St.
J oc's tailics. Honorable mc;1tion
also goes to Ed Kwicinski, Bill
Pcrozzi and Chuck Zarlctti.
\'ct, in almost all of the games
the Lancers were outclassed. \Vhcn
we broke through a rough Marquette defense for three T.D.'s, the
even rougher M arq uettc offense
rebelled, turning loose fleet-footed
Tom Fox against helpless Lancer
defenders. Sidestepping, twisting
and breaking into spurts of sheer

What's this Ron Fillipelli going around end for a T.D .? Yeah, he di d it
twice in the Homecoming game!

Lancers Run Loose;
Down Messmer 32-0
St. Joseph's Lancers made their
second impressive win of the season October 16, 1960 O\'Cr ,\Iii\\ aukce ,\lcssmcr.
The 32-0 ,· ictor~ literally put
the frosting on the cake in \\ inding
up the second annual Homecoming festi\·itics.
The win, the first conference
win in two seasons for the Lancers,
\\·as due main!~ to the fine running
and passing of senior quarterback
Ren Fillipclli, \\ho scored two of
the Lancers fi\'C tallies. Senior
halfback Bill Pcrozzi and sophomore fullback Chuck Zarletti were
among the others to cross the goal
line and score. It was the second
win of the season for the Lancers
and also the second time the Lancers held their opponents scoreless.
After their first win of the season o\·cr St. Francis of \ \ 'hcaron,
the Lancers opened their conference season against ,\1arqucttc, last

Freshmen Win;
Lack Experience
After three defeats, all hardfought, the junior Lancers bounced
back to topple Francis Jordan of
\ 1ih\aukcc 6-0, \londa) Oct. H.
Playing against freshman teams
from i\ lil\\ aukcc and Racine, the
rookie stars of St . Joseph's lost
three tough games. Their first loss
was to i\larqucttc 13-6. i\'cxt, they
lost to St. Cat\ 19-6 and last!\' to
Don Bosco freshmen 19-0.
The Team\ nC\t and last game
will be played in \1ilwaukcc agaimt
Pius, always a tough team.
lf the Lancer griddcrs can beat
Pius, they will be the most successful freshman team since Freshman
Football was innaugcratcd at St.
Joseph's in 1958.
Bob Hu gh es

year's conference champs. l\1arqucttc had an impressive win oYcr
the Lancers of 60-19, due most]\·
to their senior halfback, Tom F o~,
\\ho ran \\'ith the ball fi \ ' C times
for four touchdowns.
The following Sunda) ', they met
trouble again in the form of St.
Catherine of Racine who downed
the Kcnoshans 49-13 \\ith both
Lancer touchdowns coming from
sophomore fullback Chuck Zarlctti. Lancers met Don Bosco on
October 22 to break a three wa\'
tic for third place in the confe;_
cncc and were beaten b\' the Don's
30-7. The only touchd~wn in this
game was a pass from Ron Fillipclli to Pat i\1cAlccr in the end
zone. Despite the score Fillipclli
again shcrn cd his ability to pass
and run by leading the team in
yards gained and thrc-.\ many
good passes only to be dropped by
their rccci,·crs.

speed, the elusive Fox, racked up
250 Yards in five plays and scored
six touchdowns.
Every Monday morning, second
guessers and "Grandstand Quarterbacks" \'Cnturc excellent remedies
for St. Joe's ills. Discounting these
for tootball teams, this reporter, as
has been announced, will alwavs
try to obtain "the low down" ~n
such matters. \Vhcrc else would
one go to receive true information,
but to that little obscure corner of
Lanccrland, filled with pipe smoke
and loose demerits?
The major official explanation
lies in the feeder svstcms that other
conference tea~11s have. This
teaches the fundamentals of football to aspirant All-Americans on
the junior high school level.
Another major problc111 is one
that any first grader could detect.
Immediately before the kickoff,
two circles form on either side of
the field to invoke hcavcn lv aid on
their forthcoming quest. · Inevitably, the side where the "Blue and
Gold" congregate, the circle has
the smaller diameter.
Let us hope that our team, that
came from one mud-soaked tie up
to three victories, can repeat this
progress and not head into a regression. From our dwe ll ing-place
at the bottom of the athl etic ladder
it is a long hard fight. Let us hope
that our coaches and teams, in the
future can meet this challenge.

Girl's Drill Team Spices Up
Half Time Entertainment
" H up 2-3-4. Hup 2-3-4. You at
the end, get in step! Halt! You 're
all outa step. Start all ... "
If )'Ou step in at the gym one
of these days after school, this is
probably what you 'II hear. Practice is now in session for the newest extracurricu lar activitv at St.
J oscph 's l ligh School-tl~c Girl's
Dri ll Team. About fiftv of the
school's smartest-stepping sophomores, juniors, and seniors comprise this group.
After t\\ o weeks of foot-wrecking practice, J ean Golen, their
captain, led them onto the fie ld at

Season's Sensation
Breaking all predictions, St. Joe's
Lancers squelched Pius's powerhouse 26-21 in the year's closing
game, October 30.
This closing note makes us look
forward to C\'Cn better music next
\'car!
Jim O 'Neill

half time of t he St. Fra ncis game.
Both facu lty and students agree
it has helped promote sc hool spirit.
l n t he words of Sister Jarlath,
"Any activity that promotes schoo l
spirit or a feeling of oneness, is
good in the sc hool."
Sister Consolata agrees and adds,
" It gives t he gir ls a c hance to participate in the sport."
Pat McA lecr, captai n of SJH S
football and basketba ll team, believes, "If t he girls rea lly work, it
cou ld become one of the nicest
features in the Catholic Confercncc."
Carolyn R eeder

B ob Fanning

St. Joseph's Pride a nd Joy is th e girls drill t eam. Ar e n ·t they beauties? They are lead by J ean Gole n .

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Sister Francis Xavier
Heads Science Group
Sister Francis Xavier, O.S.F., bi ology teacher at St. Joseph High
School, was elected district chairman of the Wisconsin Junior Academy of Science. As chairman,
Sister supervises Kenosha County
high school students' papers for
presentation to the Senior Academy.

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Vot. 3, ;\;o. 3

HALLENGE
Sr. Jos1v11 H1c;11 Sc1100L, K1 -..os1L\, \\ ' 1sco-..s1'I

Frosh Lead School
On First Honor Roll

By elimination, the outstanding
projects and papers arc selected to
represent the district at the state
meet to he held at Carroll College
in May, 1961. Students of both
public and parochial schools in
Racine, Kenosha, Salem and Burlington will be eligible to compete
at the elimination meeting here at
St. Joseph on April 15. This meeting is not the annual Science Fair,
although top ranking projects from
the Science Fair will be included
in this elimination meet.
Wisconsin Junior Academy of
Science was established in I 9H by
the \Visconsin Academy of Science in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin. Aims of the
Junior Acadcmv arc fivefold: I)
To disco\'cr and dc\·elop scientific
abilities and interests among the
youth of \Visconsin; 2) to enrich
and stimulate science work in the
secondary schools of the state; 3)
To facilitate cooperation and fellowship among its members; 4) to
develop a background and interest
among its membership which will
eventually result in leadership in
science and 5) To render public
service to the state of Wisconsin.

Christmas Vacation
Christmas Vacation this vear
will begin December 22 and ".,\'ill
end on January 3.

Di:c1 '\Ill~ R, 1960

Robert Fannini;

These alumni seem quite happy to return to their old school on behalf of
their new schools. They represented their respective colleges and universities at S.JHS College Night. Standing are Tom Wisniewski and Kathy
Riley, Dominican; Bob Hoey, Kenosha extension Center; Barbara Wilson,
Mount Mary; Nancy Kohloff, Alverno. Seated are Virginia Wade, Viterbo; Joyce Gengembre and Mary Glembocki, Kenosha Extension Center;
and Lynne Pfeiffer, Alverno.

Annual Christmas Concert
Features Holiday Greetipgs
St. Joseph high school band and will be sung by the Lanccttcs.
choruses, with the Junior CYO Ston11 King, a march, .\liniarurc
Band, will present the annual Chorale and Fugc will be preChristmas Concert Sunday, De- sented b)· the SJ HS Band, along
with The Christmas Suite, Blues
cember 18, at 8 p.m.
J\1ixcd chorus \\ill begin the pro- in the Band, and Chestnuts Roastgram \.Vith Silent ;\;ight, Joy to the ing on the Open Fire.
World and It Came Upon a Midi\lixed Chorus will conclude the
night Clear. The junior CYO Band
will then be featured as they play program \\ ith 'Twas the Night
Carol of the Drums, Yuletide Fes- Before Christmas, featuring Rontival, a Christmas mcdlv, and ald Barr, Sharon Pascucci, Kay
·Stanley, J\ largarct \laicr, Christine
G ra·nd March 0\·crtu'rc. .
\Vhitc Christmas b)' 1n ing Ber- Sch\\ cnn and Robert Fulmer, solin and Sleigh Ride by Anderson, loists.

Freshmen led the school with
42 % of the class on the honor roll
and 179 students attaining honors.
Juniors with 39% topped the seniors' 38 % . Sophomores had 36%
on the honor roll.
Seniors attaining first honors
were Gertrude Dcom, Jeanne Kamieniccki, Judyanne Hackbarth,
and Susan Petersen.
Juniors were John Tures, Thomas Gajdos, Judith Hansen, James
Vidas, Joyce Frederick, Barb Kluka, and Theresa R yndcr .
Sophs were Ed Meyer, Janet
Riel, John 1ilrulsky, and Claire
Fredericksen.
Freshmen were John Lindi, Regina Bailey, John Drndak, Barbara Frederick, Marianne Lackovich,
and Rosanne R ygicl.

St. Joe's Leads NFL
"Rostrum," the official organ of
the ' ational Forensic League,
shows St. Joe's forensic chapter
ahead with 69 degrees this year,
topping all \Visconsin schools. St.
J oc's has racked up more degrees
recently through intcnsi\-e and extcnsi\'C participation in debate and
speech tournaments. Tim Lawler
recently recei\·ed ' FL 's highest
rudent degree, the Degree of Distinction, a silver key with ruby
stone.

Holiday Season
Fills SJHS
with Activities
\\'cdncsday, December 28, has
been set aside for an SJT JS alumni
meeting, beginning at 7 p.m. The
first feature of the e\·cning will be
the facult)' playing the football
team of '60 in basketball. _ t 8 p.m.
the alumni will play the nrsity.
The gala c\-cnt will subside into
dancing, chatting, and eating in
the cafeteria and main Johll\'. All
SJHS alumni arc im·itcd to rcli\'e
high school days and renew acquaintances.

Note to All Seniors
The Christmas Concert is coming along quite well as is reflected in the faces of these ardent partakers. Top
left' is the .s wing band: Joe Brnak, Tom Paulson, Tom Walkush, Bill Wagner, and Jim Baumgartner. Bottom
left stands a St. Joe's Christmas chorus: Back: Cathy Cahil, Jackie Yutka, and George Schroeder. Front: Judy
Curtiss, Patricia Parchem, Ronald Kelley, and Ron Barr. At right are the lovely Lancettes: Pat Matranga, Angel.a Romano , Kathy Bydalek, and Kay Stanley.

'\"ore to all senior : Pictures for
CH LLENGF arc to be taken
before the end of the Christmas
vacation at the i\ 1arshall Studio,
1215 - 63rd Street.

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WonJer/u/, (foJ.

My Date with Santa Claus
It was the night before Christmas ,
and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring ,
not even a mouse.
I was sitting by the chimney,
thinking with a tear,
That maybe Santa Claus
would not even appear.
But all of a sudden ,
there quickly arose
Such a clamor and racket
outside in the snows.

They Walked Away

What Is It?

Then I realized
with a smile on my face,
That dear old Santa Claus
had finally found the place .

It's the spring of delight boiling
within a child;
The gleeful cries of frisky tobogganers;
The buoyant sun darting over the
blanket of snow.

He came through the doorway,
for the chimney was small;
I could tell he'd gained weight
since I'd seen him last fall.

It's the fascination of a glittery
pine tree;
The ice sprinkled with romantic skaters;
The constant buzz of activity.

He smiled at me
very tenderly indeed.
And he gave me
all the happiness I'd need .

It's the hurry and scurry for last-minute
surprises;
The holy hush of Midnight Mass;
The joy in giving rather than receiving .
It's . . . . . . . . . . . . Christmas!

He took me out,
high in up in the sky;
Where the moon is bright
and the stars pass by.
The time flew; I still don't know
where it had gone;
For creeping upon us
was the ever-present dawn,
He took me home
quite in a hurry;
And he asked me for another date,
then left in the flurry.

Linda Moddes 213

Autumn and Wint,er

Toward the bay They walked away,
Hand in Hand , Across the sand,
I turned and ran out of sight,
For in my heart I knew my plight.
Forever more she was lost to me,
For on the morrow she'd marry he,
Toward the bay they walked away,
Hand in Hand, Across the sand .
Blue were the skies Black was my heart,
Forever more we were apart.
Toward the bay They walked away,
Hand in Hand, Across the sand .
Lee Nor Hannan 304

Snow and Winter Winds
The soft, crystal f1akes
On the bare, frigid land
Are like dazzling diamonds
On a soft, white hand .
Georgette Luckas 212

Autumn bids farewell
In her gay dress
Of gold and flaming leaves .
Winter greets us in a new
White coat of soft, bright snow .
Janice Herr 212

JoAnn Sturycz: 228

Challenge for January
The curtain is falling on a year
Bent with age;
But it rises once more as a year
Comes on stage.
We do not receive a program telling
What to foresee .
Instead we must wait for
Lightness or tragedy.

SNOW
Blowing through the air,
Being trampled under foot ,
Falling from the sky.

THE SNOWMAN
A jolly old man
Standing to greet all who pass;
Made of ice and snow.
Judy Welsch 213

The very first scene is always the same,
No matter who is playing the part.
The actor resolves to change his ways;
Then breaks his promise right from the
start.
Spirits are high at th is time of year
And for this we can be glad ,
'Cause later on as we're pulled down
We can look back at what we had .
But let us make this play the biggest
Smash yet,
With perfection marking all of our roles;
So that as January leaves us and
New months take shape,
Men will finally reach their goals.
Joan Hammond 228

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CAMERA CATCHES

Tim Fanning

Father Omar Kelley, this year's retreat master, was
~ee n between sessions and confessions talking to students. John Mikulsky and Augie Gnorski look as if
they have a serious problem. Father was helpful to
everyone and gave a successful retreat.

Robert Bode

Some "Swing-a-rama" band members were Barb Zeyen, Ray Sepanski, Joe Brnak, Mike
Krempley and Ronald Buss.

Robert Fanning

Windows were painted with spooks
at the Town 'n Country shopping
center.
Robert Fanning

Two brothers who attended St. Joseph's dabbled side-by-side and produced these
Halloween paintings. Peter Green's portrayal of a cat was as frightening as Tom's
witch. Much other talent of SJHS was also shown.

If you happen to be going-

past St. Joe's about 6:00
a.m. on a Saturday morning you might see a group
like this waiting to leave
for forensic or debate
meetings. Many trophies
have been brought home
by the students in these
divisions.

AUTUMN
CAPERS
Robert Fanning

Just a few of the football players honored at the banquet were Dan Ruffalo, Chuck Fries, Pat 'lcAleer, Mike Stella, Larry Marinelli and Ron
Fillipelli. Was Ron flipping pennies to see who had to wash the dishes?

Robert Fanning

We must set some of you straight by saying that our football field
is not suffering from chicken pox. It is undergoing a "face-lifting"
for next years season.

Tim Fanning

Looks as if everyone including the science department's Sister
Stanisia and the office's Sister Thomas is pitching in to make the
Sisters' Chri tmas Bake Sale a success.

Roger Casey

Food, pretty paper, and love given with these Thanksgiving baskets made
a happy day for several families. A handful of the many Sodalists who
worked on the project are: Carol Schmitt, Phyllis Wojtak, Mary Conrad,
Brian Guilliom, Sande Kelsey, and Nancy Schmidt.

Larry Green
Robert Fanning

It says right here that there is "NO smoking

At College Night held on November 22, Dr. Topetsos was the main speaker. He is shown
here as a representative of Marquette University talking to both students and parents
who attended the program.

in ANY part of the building". Freshman Robert Crist seems to want his friend Philip hieric to learn that rule like quick.

5

If

you could say Merry
Christmas to only one person, who would it be, and
what would you say?

I would say Merry Christmas to
Khrushchev and tell him the happiness
that is expressed at Christmas is not because of people like him, but in spite of
them, and that the joy of the celebration
of Christ's birth cannot be overshadowed
by any egotistical dictator.
Richard Rhey 111

If I were only allowed to say Merry
Christmas to one person, I believe I
would say it to a lonely lady at an old
folk's home. I would be saying Merry
Christmas to her by keeping her company for a couple hours, trying to bring
some joy into her life.

If I could say Merry Christmas to one
person, it would be to the person who
makes Christmas happy for millions of
children-Santa Claus.

I would say Merry Christmas to Jerry
Cardinali because he's the only one in
school who still believes in Santa Claus.
Judy Althoff 104

I would like to ~ay Merry Christmas
to a girl of my own age somewhere behind the Iron Curtain. I would like to let
her know that, in spite of all my Christmas happiness and good times, I can still
remember what kind of life she is leading and try to do something to make her
life a little more "Christmasy" for her.

Jerry Cardinali 104

Maria Gallo 107

If I could say Merry Christmas to only
one person, I would say it to the first
person I met. To this person, I would say,
"Merry Christmas, and have a wonderful day!"

I would like to say Merry Christmas
to Lou Tsioropoulos because he has a
very wonderful sounding name, and his
name is quite easy to say and spell for
his followers. For the people who don't
know "Lou", he was a basketball player
whose career ended when he had an
operation on his spinal cord.

Barbara Bobusch 107

If I could say Merry Christmas to only
one person, it wouldn't be a merry
Christmas.
Tom Walkush 104

If I could say Merry Christmas to only
one person, the person I would choose
would be my mother. I would greet her
with a Merry Christmas that would mean
more than just to have a happy day. My
Merry Christmas would be a thoughtful
one that would express my appreciation
for all she has done for me and would
also express my love for her.
Geraldine Alteri 110

Barbara Zimmermann 104
I would say Merry Christmas to the
man at the radio station; then he in turn
could pass on the message.
Al Tenuta 103

If I could say Merry Christmas to only
one person, that person would be a very
dear friend of mine who lives quite a
distance away. I would enjoy seeing
this person even if it were just long
enough to say, "Have a Merry Christmas." But as I am able to say Merry
Christmas to everyone, I will try to wish
every person I know a Merry Christmas.
Pat Parchem 211

I would tell it to a man who has said
it thousands of times to his fellow-men.
This man has labored many hours with
people who have taken him for granted,
and yet he will continue to say, in his
own way, Merry Christmas to all those
fortunate people who know him-You
may know him; His name is Dr. Tom
Dooley.
Joe Miksis 223

The person I would say Merry Christmas to would be to Christ, who, in turn ,
says Merry Christmas to all my fellowmen by His coming into the world. To
Christ I would say, "Merry Christmas and
Thank You!"
Robert Engstrom 214

If I could say Merry Christmas to only
one person, I would say it to my mother.
She has brought me into this world; she
has given me a good home, clean clothes
and warm food. She has given me a
good background, a splendid example
and unselfish love. So, to my mother I
would say, "Merry Christmas."

Peter Dorff 104

If I could say Merry Christmas to only
one person, I would say it to my father
because he has done so much for me. I
would say, "May you have a very Merry
Christmas, father, and God love you for
being so kind in providing our family
with so many nice things."
Nancy Kieliszewski 110

Thomas Bonell 111

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Rockefeller,
would you like to buy some candy? I
mean World's Fine:;t Chocolate Covered
Almonds!"
Ralph Gemig 102

If I could say Merry Christmas to only
one person, I don't think that I would
say it to anyone, because if I couldn't
wish everyone a Merry Christmas, I don't
think that I would p:ck out a special person. It's not the Christmas Spirit.

If I could ~ay Merry Christmas to
scmeone, it would be to my little sister,
Mary Beth. Al thoug h she might have a
hard time understanding me (she's only
11 mo. old) I'd say, "This is the day the
Christ Child was born."

Diane Blank 110

Kathy Kelleher 302

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Irish Visitor Jf1 rites Back to SJHS

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I

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Alan F. Cleland, foreign student
from Ireland to Sheboygan last
year, visited SJHS for a week last
April.

. l<r~

I am nov. settled into life at
Queen's University in my law
course. One of my main troubles
is the old Roman Catholic-Protestant split. J\1ost of my friends at
the U. arc Catholics and that's the
trouble. I've got to find out what
religion a girl is before I ask her
for a date. In this dear country of
mine, it wouldn't do for me to go
out with a Catholic.
The time I spent in \Visconsin
gave me the urge to travel and
next summer I hope ro spend two
and a half months in Europe with
friends I made on a bus trip I took
in July. Among the 27 people on
the bus 21 countries were represented.

Bob Fanning

Senior homeroom chairmen for the "World's Finest Chocolate" drive
gather here to cheer on the sales. Waiting eagerly to start work are Mary
Schulte, Bill Perozzi, Donald Evans, Kathy Fox, Judyann Hackbarth,
Dave De Simone, John Regner, and Ron Fillipelli.

Sue Stacy Reports Hawaiian Life
As Completely Different, Exciting
Here is the first in a series of
articles to be written by former
SJHS student Sue Stacy from Hawaii. Sue was introduced in the
October issue.

There are seven major islands in
the Hawaiian group. The most
heavily populated is Oahu, where
we are stationed. Honolulu, Hawaii's capital, Pearl Harbor, and
famous Waikiki arc all located
here.
In Hawaii, the malihini, which
means "stranger," finds many
things different from the mainland.
For example, directions are given
as "toward the mountains" or "toward the sea."
The citizens of Hawaii have \'aried background and ancestry. This
and the climate both contribute to
a general mood of casualness. Pco-

Jots From Joe's
MR. CARBO ' E, injecting a littie salesmanship into his business
law class tried to get LARRY
MARINELLI to buy some bobby
pms.
PHYLLIS WOJTAK is so anxious to sell "The \Vorld's Finest
Chocolates" that she even offered
to scrape the chocolate off the almonds for a prospective customer
who argued that he didn't like
chocolate.
I suppose by no>\ even the last
of St. Joe's die-hard duffers arc
hanging up their golf clubs, but
according to JOI JN A TOERS01 , DA ' Y DRASSLER is so
proud of his promotion to Assistant Caddy !\laster of Onwentsia
Country Club that he's still wearing his golf socks (a hole in one).
Chivalry is not dead. GARY
GO TYEA tells me that PHIL
KLEI
even excused him elf after
backing into a telephone pole during one of our fire drills.
Tom Green 113

Three months have now passed
since I left '\;cw York behind me
on my journey back to Ireland,
and during this period I have had
time to evaluate my year in the
U. S. It would be spurious and
foolish to pretend that I can now
assess all the effects and experiences I had. I fowcvcr, my regard
for and understanding of American people has greatly increased. I
realize now that not one facet
should be judged alone but as part
of a whole, especially concerning
the high school's role in American
society. Looking at the whole, I
find that many of mv criticisms
disappear. I \\:ish every European
student could gain a true picture
of your country instead of the distorted image he receives from the
television and magazines he sees.
Alan Cleland

Classes Show Spirit,

pie wear muumuus everyplace.
You have to get used to them, because they look so casual as to
resemble night clothes. All the
schools state express! y in their requirements that "Students must
wear shoes at all times on campus."
The word "Aloha" is the uni\'Crsal >vord for expressing greeting, farewell, good luck, love, and
man;· other things.
So ...
Aloha,

Sell Chocolate Almonds
In a joint effort with the World's
Finest Chocolate Company, SJHS
sets out to sell the \Vorld's Finest
Continental Chocolate Covered Almonds. Money gained from this
\'Cnturc will total 10,000 for SJHS
which will be used especially for
band uniforms and a school station
wagon.
As an incentive to students, indi ,·idual prizes for high point sales-

Sue Stacy

Senior Student Possesses Unusual Hobby
May Even Pursue it as Future Career
"Since l was a small boy, building
and flying airplanes has been my
ambition, but I had to do quite a
lot of talking before my father
would let me take up this hobby,"
Bill Dorsey explains. Bill experienced his first plane ride when he
was clc,·cn years old.

flew to Billy Mitchel Field for his
exam with the Civil Aeronautics
Administration inspector. This test
took an hour and 20 minutes. Bill
was now a licensed pilot.
"Sometime in the future I hope
to attend a commercial aviation
college," Bill plans.
Bill does his flying at Sylvania
Airport, west of Sturdevant. Bill
says "If anyone wishes to take a
ride in my plane, I will be happy
to oblige (for a ,·cry small fee)."

\ \'ith this tremendous ambition,
Bill made rapid progress in flying.
His first lesson occurred on August 2, 1959. He made his first solo
flight on September 3, just one
month later. In i\1arch, 1960, Bill
took a three hour dual cross-countr;· flight with his instructor to
Fond du Lac, i\ladison and back
to Kenosha. This qualified him to
fl,· an\'\vhcrc in the countn alone.
1
\ \ ith this right Bill flew to. Indianapolis on August I.
Bv this time Bill felt that he was
ready to tr;· for his private license,
so on August lO, he took a four
hour written exam at Billv l\1 itchcl
Field in i\lilwaukcc. As soon as he
had completed forty hours of flying, over half of which was dual
flying with an in tructor, while the
other half alone, he was ready to
take his flight exam.
On Tuesday, September 27, Bill

Aldonna Molinaro 101
Jim Sharfinski 307

men will be awarded as well as a
free dav
December 9 for every
'
homeroom meeting their quota
which was determined bv the number of students in each individual
homeroom times 12. Each student's
quota was 12.
Drawings will determine the
prize-winners. Prizes include a $50
bill awarded on each grade level.
This award is possible to each student who sells 12 boxes, which entitles him to put his name in the
drawing once. Additional sales will
allow the student to have his name
put in accordingly: 24 boxes-five
more times; 30 boxes, six more
times; 36 boxes entitles the student's name to go in twelve more
times; and finally, after 36 boxes,
for C\'Cf\' box ~old the student's
names fails rn·ice into the drawing
box.
Finall~" 25 prizes will be offered
to top sellers in the school. Among
these prizes are ice-skates, record
albums, a dinner for two, ten gallons of gasoline, and many others.

.

Sonya Zalubowski 104

0

Bill Dorsey authenticates rumors of his flying ability by
front of one of the planes he's flown.

7

The Low Down
by Bob Dobson
\\'hilst sitting around, enjoying
the after-effects of a mammoth
turkey' dinner on Thanksgiving, l
chanced to spy an old crystal ball
in my room. I gazed at it pensively, wondering what I \\·ould
most Ii kc to see in the future. But,
what else? 0, mighty seer of
things yet to come, \\ 'hat lies
ahead for the Lancer Basketball
Squad?
Being a very stubborn cystal
ball, it only reviewed the game
which I mvself had witnessed the
night before.
sweeping panorama showed me the predominantly underclassman team in
action against \Nhitefish Bay Dominican's \Vhite Knights. I thought
it very strange that a crystal ball
should show me what had happened already. I wanted to know
the future (I was seriously considering a little bookmaking on the
side).
Then my magic friend took me
in a sweep from the somewhat erratic shooting of sophomore 1\1ike
Cass to the deadly precision of
Junior Ron Barr. It pictured team
captain Pat Mc Aleer crashing the
boards for rebounds.
My interlocutor with the mystic
showed a victorious Lancer team
as the final buzz sounded. The
.voung Lancers came off the court
with one senior player never hav-

For the Record
Ron Filippelli, who received
most valuuable player award in
football, also was named to AllConference team.
Pat ,\ lacAleer was named to AllConference team for the second
\'Car 111 a row.
Dick Chiapetta was named to
All-Conference second team.
Dan Ruffalo and ,\like Stella will
Co-Captain next \'Car's varsity
football team.

ing left the bench and another seeing somewhat limited action. Although the crystal ball seemed
doubtful as to whether a young
team can keep it up, a more factual
observer would say that the Lancers ha\·e a very good chance to
outdo the improvement made by
the football team.
My informer \\ ould not go forward even when I pleaded with it.
Instead, it drifted back a little further to Coach Johnson's sophs.
Robbed of their best players to
the nrsit)', the sophs managed to
pull out a victory'- However, they
did seem a little weak in backcourt action.
After this I pondered the rationality of going back instead of helping me to a future glance. Maybe
that foxy old glass sphere was trying to sa)', " Look at what you have
and what you've had, and then you
may judge for yourself what you
will have."

Bob Fanning

Dan Ruffalo (33) shoots for the outside as Dominic Forgianni (31) and an
opponent look on for the rebound.

Lancers Show Improvement;
Take Two Out of First Four
St. Joseph's hustling basketball
squad gave a cheering home crowd
quite a treat by romping over Dominican H-40 \Vednesday,
' ovem ber 2 3.
In four non-conference games
the new Lancers have come away
with an even record 2-2. Three of

Sophoniores Pac e
Varsity Rec ord
Ten sophomores and one freshman compose this year's B team
for St. Joseph's. The "B" team
plays approximately the same
schedule as the varsity. They play
before the varsity at 6: 30 on Fridays and 12:30 on Sundays.
In their first game the sophomores were beaten by St. Benedict's of J\lilwaukee. They came
back to beat St. Bonaventure and
then a win on the home floor
against Dominican gave them a 2
and I record. In their last game
they were defeated by Catholic
Memorial gi\·ing them the same
record as the varsity, 2 and 2.
Their next game on December 4
against St. Catherine "vill be their
first conference game.
Tom Regner, Jim Hamilton,
John Mauser, and Bruno Rizzo are
the four sophomores on the starting five. Their fifth is a very

promising freshman, Dan Hughes.
Mr. Johnson is the present coach
of the B team. He also is backfield coach in football and assistant
coach in track.
The Junior Lancers do not have
a big team but they make up for it
by playing a fast aggressive game
always working for the quick basket on fast break.
SJHSers should get out and back
these future varsity players because
with fans backing them, they will
try their hardest to win and thus
develop into the team we want in
1962.

Bill Kaufmann

the games have been away. The
Varsity won their first game at
Milwaukee against St. Benedict's
64-52. It was the season's first game
and on an enemy court. The boys
looked good, aggressive, and fast.
They broke away from a close
game in the last couple minutes.
ext the Lancers lost a squeaker
to St. Bonaventure, again away, in
a "rough and tumble" game, 50-43.
The Lancers led through most of
the first half.
Then they bounced back to
drub Dominican on friendly
grounds, only to meet a much taller, experienced team, Memorial,
the following Friday, losing by a
deceiving score of 59-36. Again
the Lancers were aggressive and
outrebounded the taller opponents
but "crack" shooting from the outside beat them. The gentle swish
of Memorial's incessant precise
long shots overshadowed by a
huge 2 3 points the hard-fought
inside shots that the Lancers put
111.

Bob Hughes

Matmen Appear Strong
As Season Draws Near
St. Joe's will open its wrestling
season this year at Burlington on
December 16 when they meet Burlington High School.
Lancer matmen, \\ ho in their
first season last year had a 3-3 record, are out to better it if possible.
Chances look good with returning
lettermen Paul Zohlen, captain;
Neil Pietrangeli, Dick Perri, Dennis Hulen, Bob J\1itchell, John
Sturycz, Clere Willems, and Chuck
Zarletti heading the list of 32 anxious and determined wrestlers.
Zohlen placed second in the state
meet last year. Pietrangeli, Mitchell, Sturycz, Willems placed
third; Perri, and Zarletti placed
fourth to help St. Joe's to a Third
place seat in the state.

Bob Fanning

Dennis Hulen, Dick Perri, Paul Zohlen, Neil Pietrangeli , and Coach Frank
Matrise weighing their chances for this year's wrestling season.

8

The Lancer's first hom e match
will be held December 20 at 4: 30
in the school gym. The opponents
will be the Wisconsin State
champs, Catholic Memorial.
Last year the Lancers split
matches with Memorial each taking one win. Coach Frank Matrise
expressed his hope that the student
body will support the wrestling
team this year by attending as
many matches as possible. Said
Coach, " I think we can do much
better if we have the backing of
the student body. If students
would attend one match, they
would find it different from and
more exciting than the wrestling
on television."
Jim O'Neill

SJHS Hits
99 Percentile
SJHS students compiled an excellent rcc ()rd in the Iowa Tests
of Educational Development for
1960.

With 1,243 students in SJHS
taking the test, the school results
ranked in the upper three per cent
of all high schools in the nitcd
States. Since the school has taken
these tests in the last four vcar it
has never been lower than ~he ~p­
per 10 per cent, but the results
this year arc the best.
The purpose of the tests is to
determine how the SJHS student
compares with other high school
students in the nation and to determine how the various grades at
SJHS compare with other grades
in other schools. The tests also
permit measu r~mcnt of the averagc educational growth of each
pupil from grade to grade. The
tests arc designed to measure fundamental general ability, not so
much what a student knm.vs as
what he is able to do. The score
of a student is the result of a lifetime of educational experiences
both in and out of school.
The seniors ranked in the upper
one per cent of high school students in the U nitcd States. The
juniors also ranked in the upper
one per cent. The sophomores
ranked in the u ppcr two per cent
whi le the freshmen ranked in the
upper three per cent.

HALLENGE
VoL. 3, No. 4

S 1. JosEPll 1-11G11 Sc1100L, K1 '-OSIIA, \V 1sCO"-SIN

J961

'Hoodlum Priest' Featured Speaker
At WCAC Convention, February 3
"Restoring All in Christ" \\ill be
the theme for the fifteenth annual
\VCAC Convention. The com·cntion is set for Fridav, Saturday,
and Sunday, February. 3, 4, and 5.
0

Father Ralph Schmitt, Director
of the Sodalitv C nion of the l\1ilwaukce Archdiocese (SUt\1A ) ,
states that the purpose of the con,·ention is "to foster and encourage

Seems as if La r ry Hall isn't adopting t h e right attitude for study. Carol
Gon nering, however realizes that exams are not too far away.

Mid-Year Dance
School 'Getting Around' Set
January 25
on WFCC A Proceeds
SJ HS's successful "\Vorld's Finest
Chocolate Co\•crcd Almond" drive
(with the profits of the variety
show) will enable the school to
purchase two station wagons and
fifty band uniforms at 100 dollars
apiece. Eight hundred to nine hundred dollars will be giYen to debate and forensics league as originall y planned; 250 dollars will be
given to the sociality. An office
machine will be purchased (at 450
dollars) to laminate student records in plastic.
Principal Reverend L. A. Darneider stated that he is "satisfied
with the co-operation shown by
the student body in making the
sale a success. Co-operation among
students in a school is always a
success not only on t he part of the
sc hool but in student reward also."
Transistor and clock radios were
awarded to the highest seller of
each class. These salesmen were
Joe Dicello with 144 boxes and
Cathy Pius with 99 boxes, both in
junior class; Ro n Roberts and
Ric hard Gust of t he senior class

jA'-.uARY,

both with 109 boxes (incidentally
both arc from leading homeroom
103); sophomore Dennis Tully
with 55 boxes; and freshman ,\ larianne Lako\'ich with 75 boxes.
These top sellers were also eligible for the 50 dollar drawings.
Once again J oc Diec! lo ·was
awarded for his achievement. Other 50 dollar winners were senior
Eileen Drissel; sophomore David
Russell; and freshman i\ lary Jo
Renzoni. Runners-up in the drawing who had a choice of 40 dollar's tuition, a mink collar, or a
bowling ball were Sandra lk)'Cr
(222), Carlw Pius (110) and t\likc
Stella (109)'.
Other winners who sold between
40 and 70 boxes arc Dan Drasslcr,
Ra)' Uimari, Dennis Tull)', Alfred
Aiello, Da\'id Vos, Bernard Drassler, Joe fl I iks, Virginia Torci,·ia,
Richard Jurkornc, Kendall Da,·is,
and Pat Kenned\·. The\' recei,·cd
gifts \'a rying fr;>m rec;mls, pins,
gasoline certificates, restaurant or
gift certificates to camera sets.

SJHS Annual ,\lid-Semester
Dance has been set for \Vedncsda)', Januar)· 25, 1961. St. Joe's
s,,-ing Band, under the direction
of Elmer Aiello, will be on hand
to pro,·ide the music for the occasion. ~o admission will be required for this occasion, but students must present Student ActiYity Passes to be admitted. Boys
must come dressed up in their best
informal attire, sport coats or suits
and tics. Girls arc also requested
to appear in their semi-best fincn·.
Refreshments will be served du~­
ing the dance in the corrccti,·c
gym b~ members of the student
council, who ha,·c handled this job
on pre,·ious occasion. Bet\\een
numbers b~· the SJHS S\\ ing Band
the latest records "ill pro,·idc
music for the students.
Chairmen for the dance committees "ill be Senior Class President,
Ronnie Filippelli, and Senior Class
Vice-President, Syh·ia Stec.
This dance was originated three
~ ·cars ago to pro,·ide relaxation
from the rigors of semester testing that snidents ha,·c just undergone.

Christian leadership and good cmzcnship, especially among Catholic
young people, and to promote all
forms of Catholic action. "
Friday afternoon, world famous
journalist Bob Considine will address a special session. After the
general meeting the participants
will break up into five different
groups to hear \'arious speakers.
One center will offer Father
Joseph Baglio, director of the
Catholic Youth Center in Minneapolis; another t\1onsignor Phillip
Schwabb, ,\1ilwaukee CYO Director; others will feature \tr. \Villiam \ \'helan of Purdue U niYersity; Father John Dismas Clark,
S.J., noted St. Louis Jesuit who has
dcn>tcd his life to work among
former com·icts and gained the
title "Hoodlum Priest" and, Father
John ,\1urph)", popular columnist
and speaker from St. Francis Minor Semi nan·.
Participants will again meet for
a general session at 3: 15 p.m. when
Father Richard ,\lad den, 0.C.D.,
popular author and speaker formerly stationed at Holy Hill, now
in Youngstown, Ohio, \viii address
the group. Father flladdcn wrote
the book " .\ten in andles".
Tickets for the conference will
be aYailablc J anuar:· 12, at the
school office or from the sociality
officers. Tickets are I dnllar each
dav.
School will be closed Friday
Februar~· 3, in order to accommodate students attending this con,·cntion.

Home and School
Presents Curriculum
SJHS Home and chool meeting Januar:· 17 will acquaint parents \\ ith next vear's curriculum.
After a gencr31 assembly in the
auditorium, parents will congregate in specified rooms for sectional panels handling the different
grade b ·cls of high school.
Prospective freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior parents
will learn what courses are to be
taught, how and \\ hy the)' 'rc
taught, and the requirement
needed for the subject. Following
the panels there will be a general
discussion and question period for
parents.

NOTICE
Feb. 4
placement tests for
incoming freshmen
Feb. 24
registration for
incoming freshmen

'Round
with

Now Listen to 'Night Train'
Recently someone asked "Jo-pinions"
why so many students look down on the
school band . It may be because they
have forgotten that the band played at
the football games, worked with variety
shows, practiced with the drill team, not
to mention fulfilling its normal functions
as a school band. Or maybe they just
don't realize what makes a band .
Possibly, they don't realize the hours
of practice (and hours, and hours)
needed to combine these skills with
watching and following the director,
reading and following the music, not to
mention keeping the proper beat. All
these make the right sound in the right
amount at the right time.
Maybe it just never struck them that
eleven members of the band received

awards of "superior," "very good", and
"good" at the Wisconsin School Music
Association District Festival in 1959.
Or cou Id it be that they never
stopped to rea Iize that the band, in
working for the good of the school, has
grown from seventeen to forty-seven
members.
They never were told, perhaps, of its
rise from a class "C" to a class "B" band,
which is the rating of the average high
school band . All this in only two years
and topped with a rating of excellent by
the Wisconsin School Music Association!
It's time some students did remember (possible?)
Tom Walkush 104

Ron ~

Now that 1960 is history, students
look forward to making 1961 a year of
happy-filled memories.
"Study!" is the password around school
these past few days. It is evident to
everyone that the semester tests are not

far off.
A pleasant note has struck here at
St. Joseph's. Let's hope it will keep ringing. You've heard it-"co-operation".
During the last few months it has been
heard more and more among our students.
Almost all students display a commendable amount of co-operation in activities, and they are to be commended
for it. But let's not just confine co-operation to special projects, let's carry it to all
other aspects of life-in school and in our
parish.
Ron Fillipelli 104

~Motion

Picture Sensations'
Use Corridor at Own Risk
Demand Legion of Decency

If you think downtown's Friday night
traffic jam can't be out-done in the field
of "congested confusion", have I got
news for you! You're wrong-absolutely
wrong!

One place in Kenosha has managed
to out-do Mainstreet in the congestion
department. One other place has slowed
down more than one person to a veritable crawl. The cause? Why some of
the friendliest people in the world-being friendly in the wrong place!
After seventh period at St. Joseph's,
Jan is stranded on third floor. She has to
get to her locker in the basement and
back to her homeroom before the bell.
She's in an awful rush-but from the
looks of things, nobody else is!
All around her the kids are laughing,
talking, and discussing unfinished plans
for the weekend. What about Jan? She's
stuck right between Jim's, "You goin' to
the game?"-and Bob's "Sure!"
Oh, oh, there goes the bell! It seems
Jan never can beat that clock! She's late
for homeroom again.
Yes, it's amazing the trouble the
friendliest people can cause. Why, if
they try hard enough, they can even
out-do a Friday night traffic jam!
Judie Smith 206

Senior high school students becoming young adults know it is important to
make their own decisions. But with this
right of decision comes the corresponding duty to be wel I informed so these
decisions will be wise ones.
This editorial is primarily concerned
with the agency that aims at keeping us
well informed about entertainment, particularly movies-the Legion of Decency.
If you shuddered when you read that
name, then it is of the utmost importance
that you finish reading this editorial. The
Legion, as you know, reviews movies
and reports their moral quality to the
bishop and he in turn to us. This report
is a suggestion, a help to us in making
our decisions.
Perhaps if we knew the criteria the
Legion uses we could better understand
their work. The foundation for their
analysis of a movie is: no conflict exists
between art and morality. Man is essentially moral. To represent him as immoral
or amoral is untrue. These principles
are ap;:>lied to a movie in these ways.
The movie itself, how and what is presented, must be judged not the actors.
If part of the picture is presented from
an incorrect moral standpoint, the whole
movie doesn't necessarily have to be
condemned. Sin must be shown as such.
2

It must not be represented as something
desirable nor can virtue be represented
as prudish. And lastly the movie should
satisfy our sense of right reason as well
as our physical sense.
These are some of the norms to which
a producer must conform. However,
viewers have a similar duty: to be critical
of what they see. When we accomplish
this we are on the road to becoming intelligent and responsible adults.
Paul Zohlen 105

The Challenge
Vol. 3, No. 4

January, 1960

EDITOR ........... .
Marilyn Cipolla
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
News
...... . . .... ..... Robert Dobson
Editorial . ....... . .......... Sue Petersen
Mary Conrad
Jo.pinions ........... Mary Lynn Kulesh
Prisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jinine Ramacci
Pictures .. .. ...... .. Judyann Hackbarth
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonya Zalubowski
Sports ..... ...... . .. .. . ..... Jim O'Neill
EXCHANGE EDITOR . . .. Helen Volpentesta
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Terrie Phannenstill,
Robert Fanning.
REPORTERS
Judie Smith, Tom Walkush,
Ron Fillipelli, Angela Romano, Tom Green, Bob Hughes,
Bill Kaufmann, Pat Murray,
Nancy Schmidt
TYPISTS . . . . . . Kathy Madsen , Donna Kehrer, Maryann Swetish , Threse
Tillman
ARTIST ........................ . Jean Sturycz

Shadow Sees All

Senior CHALLENGE staff gets together for one of its rare planning ses!Jons. Back to camera is Bob Dobson. Clockwise: Sue Petersen, Editor
Marilyn Cipolla, Sonya Zalubowski, Jinine Ramacci, Helen Volpentesta,
Judyann Hackbarth, Mary Conrad, and Jim O'Neill. Typist is Kathy
Martino.

FTA Members To Receive
1000 Point Pins In January
FT A members will receive their
1000 point pins in January. The

time is yet to be exactly announced. Seniors who receive
their pins will also be awarded
blue and gold ribbons, symbolizing their service through the years.
Members who arc eligible to receive the awards arc David Heyden, a new member who has
already racked up nearly 1000
points; Christine Schwcnn, Mary
Jo Parisca, Pam Holy, and Cecilia
Stern.
In order to get points members
tutor students, make drawings and
models to fill the bulletin boards,
and teach classes or substitute for

Christmas Discs
Sold At SJHS
Holiday cheer was promoted at
SJHS \\'ith sale of Christmas records. St. Joseph's own Select
Chorus cut a 33 1/ 3 RPi\1 record
of the Christmas Concert music.
Selections include "Carol of the
Drums" "Jingle Bells Cha-Cha",
and '·The Night Before Christmas''. These records were for sale
at the main office at $1.25 per disc.
Following along in the spirit,
"We vVish You A Merry Christmas", a Warner Brothers album of
Christmas carols, was on sale at St.
Joe's. The record featured famous
\Varner Brothers personalities,
Poncic Ponce, Bob Conrad, Efram
Zimbalist Jr., Tv Hardin, Connie
Stevens, James Garner, Jack Kelly,
and Clint \Valker.
These records were donations to
the school from St. l\1ar\''s parish,
Kenosha.

absent teachers. The organization
aims to prepare students for the
rigors and problems of teaching.

\Vhcn the lights arc clicked off,
long after school has heard Father
say "Good-night", a few hardy
adventurers still work on, in the
massive shell that holds St. Joseph's High School. The teeming
life is still somewhat in action immediate! y after school: people milling around to various commitments, such as demerits or club
meetings. I don 't mean at times
like these, but after the sun is dipping belcrn the horizon, who is
left in the school?
By far the largest group of night
inhabitants arc the athletes. More
likely than not, one would find the
wrestling team grumbling and
sweating under the strain of Coach
Frank 1atrisc's able direction til
7:30 p.m.
Down the darkened corridors
you might find WILUAM MILLER sweeping and cleaning up. At
the end of the darkened corridors,
under the glowing exit signs Waukeganitcs RAY UIMARI and
GEORGE SCHROEDER can usually be found waiting to make
that long trek back to our neighbor state.

~ soph Special' Returns Again
Lancer sophs of '61 arc not lettings themsel vcs be outdone by last
year's sophomores. This year the
sophs arc continuing the "Soph
Special," a class ne-.vspaper featuring group and personal items. The
'Soph Special" was created last
year by a group of ambitious
sophomores who now find themselves juniors.
Taking up again, the sophs put
out a Christmas special issue, offering an assortment of poetry and
interviews. Sport-wise the paper
charts the activities of the sophomore basketball team, which gets
Ycry little attention in the school
paper.
Editing the first issue was Bob
Engstrom. Ably assisting the cdi-

tor were, Kathy Ruffalo, Joan
Hammond, Bobi Massari, Diane
Borski, and Ed Meyer.
Faculty members, Sisters l\1aria
Cordis and l\larie Catherine,
pitched in to guide the junior
journalists in their efforts.

The Shadow

Piano Club Formed
Approximately 25 students taking pri,·ate piano lessons at St. Joseph's have formed a piano club,
affiliated with the \Visconsin Federation of Music Clubs. Their purpose is to cultivate music in general and fine pianism in particular.
This is done by performance in
school and also outside activities
by club members as an incentive
for high standard performance.
Attention is paid to current piano artists, concerts, and auditions.
Officers of the club are Barry Zoromsky, president; Fred Thielen,
vice-president; and Frances Boyer,
secretary-treasurer. Sister Benedicta is moderator.

13 Junior Journalists Map Plans
To Take Over 'Challenge' Editing
Junior journalists \\ill begin to
put in to practice the skills mastered in Creative \Vriting class
when they take over the CHALLE ' GE beginning with the February issue.
Tcntati,-e staff positions ha,·e
been chosen and plans for the vari-

Sodalists Collect Stamps
For Capuchin Missionaries
As this paper went to press, the
fo llowing homerooms were leading in the annual Sodality stamp
dri\'c: Senior homeroom I05 with
1,992 stamps, junior homeroom 107
with 2,3 70 stamps, sophomore
homeroom 212 with 22,234 stamps,
and freshmen homeroom 30f with
2,238.
Moderating the project were
Sister /\!aria Cordis, seniors; Sister
Emelin, juniors; Sister Robertyllc,

Cpstairs, PATTIE i\1ATRANCA helps out in the librar~'. JOSEPH
,\11LASS and :\1ARIE
HEBERT sweep around the second floor and make a lot of conversation.
Also joining the ranks of night
owls here at SJHS arc sluggard
members of the CH ALLEN GE
staff sla\'ing out the next issue, because they 've slipped a deadline.
The school at night is a desolate
place with no indications of the
teeming mass that mills around
these daytime corridors, now lit
only by the red exit signs. This
is what the Shadow secs \\hen all
the students go home to do their
homework and forget the school's
cares.

sophomores; and Sister 1arie
Francis, freshmen.
No particular goal was set, but
all students were urged to cooperate with the odality and
make the dri\'c a success. Daily
notices of the leaders in the dri,·e
were posted on homeroom bulletin boards making it possible for
all to know who was ahead.
The Stamps were sent to the
Capuchin Fathers of t. l\lary's
Seminary, Crown Point, lndiana.
3

ous pages decided upon. The 13
juniors met for a one-day workshop December 27 to begin the
work.
Februar\''s issue \\ill be directed
by these. page editors: News,
Catlw i\liller and Leontine i\1ilass;
Editc;rials, Jud~· Przyb~· lski and
Irene Rakauskas; Jo-pinions, Bonnie Barca and Janet Szarfinski; and
Prisms, Judie Smith.
Phil Klein and Joanne Narniczyk will edit the picture pages;
Jane Arentz and Carol~· n Reeder,
Features; and Bob Hughes and Bill
Kaufmann the sports.
"They're a fine group," said staff
moderator , istcr i\ 1. Columcille,
"and l'm eager to see them go into
operation. l think we'll have a
prize-winning paper next yearthat's why \\·e want to get them
starred early."
The senior taff ( ee picture
abo,·c) will no" focus its attention
on their big final effort-the l\Ia~­
scmor 1s ue.

212
.
.t'op row: Bob Olctoni, 'l'hornas Fedyskowski, John Navin, Steve Delaney, Michael Cass, John Wingate, Tim Weid·
ner, Frank Isermann, Ray hown, Ray Bscherer.
econd row: Jim Easton, Rik Chromcik, Georgette Lukas, Kathleen Wade, Bernaditte McEvoy, Mary Crossin, Mary Marshall, Virginia Peterson, Ron Gray, Bruno Rizzo. Th;rd
row: Earl Hartung, Corine Acerbi, Jeanne Polloch, Janice Herr, Penny Sadorf, Margaret Lichter, Barbara Bafetti,
Jane Schulz, Claire Fredrickson, Marie Williams, Ron Karaway. Bottom row: Allan Kohlmeier, Carol Gostaldi,
Pam La Macchia, Mary Mitchell, Kay Belonfl"ia, Ann Reindl, Marie Zandi, Carol Sussko, Kathleen Downey.

213
Top row: Terry Nighbert, Charles Zarletti, William Felot, Dan McGuire, John Bakken, Robert Marshall, Peter
Lichter, Sam Salerno, James Renick, Robert Lancaster. Second row: Ronald Buss, Robert Ulbricht, Patrick Frye,
Chalrei Kehl, Cheryl Smolik, Marcia Adamson, Mary Koos, Tim Greco, William O'Neill, Joseph Tennessen. Third
row: Joseph Schultz, Lucille Polentini, Linda Moddes, Bonita Bobush, Judith Welsch, Beverly Hannes, Beverly
chmidt, Roxanne Robleski, Sharon Posselt, Tom Herrmann, William Wagner. Bottom row: Linda Bernacchi,
Patricia La Macchia, Ann Ludwig, Patricia Gentes, Carol Ei$enhauer, Mary Jacyna, Anita Wisocki, Sharon Deloria.
Missing: Natalie Cucciare.

214
Top row: Felix Rosinski, Fred Thielen, Robert Engstrom, Timothy Betchel, Michael Johnson, Timothy Clark, John
Grno, Raymond Scuglik, James Walker, Kenneth Van Kammen. Second row: Robert Fish, James Boyer, Gilbert
Deming, Marilyn Schauer, Dana Pfeiffer, Judith DeAngelis, James Lampada, George Balinsky, Daniel Kexel, James
Hessefort. Third row: Marie Reweda, Roberta Massari, Geneva Heabler, John Cantwell, Dennis Krempely, Ed·
ward Lusignan, Jennifer Osmundson, Patricia Gillespie, Judith Lindemann, Alice Whiteford. Bottom row: Mary
Norville, Sharon Sprissler, Karen Zastrow, Susan Principe, Kathleen Gaffney, Judith Moeller, RaeAnne Wood,
Donna Litke, Kathleen Mico, Pamela Banaszewski.

222
Top row: Michael Seiberlick, Dean Patterson, Ronald Allen, Paul Wallig, George Vena, Fred Schlater, John Rosko,
Brian Connolly, Michael Carelli. Second row: Donald Matera, Bruce Borman, John Talbott, John Desnoyer, Mi·
chael Zeyen, Michael Thome, David Nowell, David Braun, James Hebert. Third row: James Kleist, Evelyn Madura,
Carol Fonk, James Holly, Karen Dosemagen, Jo Ann Gallo, Brigitta Krueger, Alice Anderson, Peter DeBartelo.
Bottom row: Sharon Pfieffer, Frances Haebig, Darlene Giraro, Judith Lippert, Patricia Jones, Susan Miholic, Sandra Beyer, Diane Pullen, Doreen Larson, Frank Woynilko. Missing: Patricia Temchuk, Judy Vidas, Terry Moriarty.

4

223
To~

row: James Barrett •. T~omas Brehm, Timothy Fonk, James Wutzen, Sharon Horne, Janet Riel, Lou Degen,
Amta Schulte, Joseph M1ks1s, Albert Ruffalo. Second row: Margaret Jorgenson, Kendall Pierson, Sharon Hamblen, Judy Thomsen, haron Kloet, Mary Ann Livingston, Donna Schlosser, Mary Paura, Mary Core. Third row:
Nancy Grant, Edward Ward, ~Ictus Willems, Barbara Ramsby, Faye Estill, Ellen Carlsen, Charles O'Connor, John
Moseley, Johanna Gallo, Marianne Majchrowicz. Bottom row: Claudia Dibble, Marie Hebert, Nancy Selear, Mary
Anderson, Constance Volpentesta, Kathryn Zielsdorf, Kathleen Kuemin, Jo Ann Strifling, Lorraine Lasky, Linda
Bianchi. Missing: Mark Matera.

227
Top row: Patrick Hotavis, Peter Green, James Hamilton, Orlando Gallo, John Schmitt, John Mikulsky, August
Gnorski, Craig Muvawski, Lawrence Deinhammer. Second row: Susan Brickley, Timothy Fanning, David Willems, Mary Doherty, Kathleen Heller, Louis Sentier, James Juliani, Robert Watring, Irene Zalewski. Third row:
James Bausano, Nancy Rieschl, Ellen Lawler, Kathleen Lucas, Eileen Tillemans, Donna Biernat, Marie Mattioli,
Emily Maraccini, Karen Kluka, Thomas Pcchura. Bottom row: Jean Zimmerman, Joan Pietrangeli, Michelle Asta,
Kathleen Sturm, Ann Fordham, Catherine Kuzmich, Joyce 0 Connor, Kathleen Carpenter, Kathleen Ruffalo, August Covelli. Missing: David Vos.
Homeroom Pictures were taken by Marshall Studio

228
Top row: August Ganzer, Louis Torresin, Roger Casey, Thomas Regner, John Mauser, Lawrence Williams, Robert
Wawiorka, Dominic Forgianni, John Zalubowski, Second row: Bernard Fapso, Edward Marcoe, Robert Deinhammer, Dennis Koehler, Richard Zukowski, Gary Vranak, Thomas Duban, Leonard Hensgen, Frank Gray. Third row:
Ralph Luciani, Josepha Milass, Donna Polanin, Michel Sue Huett!, Charlene Lawrence, Lynn Karabetsos, Sue Carol
Becker, Dennis Tully, Margaret Riley. Bottom row: Joan H1mmond, Carol O"Day, Jo Ann turycz, Mary Jane Cox,
Constance Babich, Diana Schroeder, Dorothy Russo, Mary Pat Blazek, Susan Pursell. Missing: Lona Base, William
Murphv, Mary Peltier, Donna Sevey.

325
Top row: Charles Werve, Edward Meyer, Thomas Bakula, Uary HawKms, Kaymona Ynnc1pe, Joseph Greenwal<1,
Barry Wojtak, Michael Schardt, Charles Schwenn, Douglas Niles.
econd row: Robert Moerhke, David Russell,
Sam Gerolmo, Richard Endean, Richard Ruether, Michael Gabron, Thomas DeMarsh, John Ney, John Fischbach.
Third row: Thomas Thelen, Kendall Davis, Lucy Uribe, Annita Cairo, Larurel Hervat, Sherilyn Pfaar, Karen
Jensen, Sandra Sorensen, Stella Bernacchi, Jeanne Orgish, James Limbach. Bottom row: Barbara Zastrow, Helen
Ketchum, Kay Rogan, Georgine Ludwig, Diane Borski, Barbara Kotz, Susan Lamont, Suzanne Waite, Mary Lou
Cisler.

Even though they were not singing at this time, these
girls are a part of the girls' chorus. The girls are:
Katie Heller, Evelyn Madura, Kay Belongia, Joan
Sturitz.

Tim Fanning

Represented here are the top honor roll students of
the Sophomore Class who have achieved 93 % or
above for the first quarter. They arc: Claire Fred·
rickson, Ed Meyer, Janet Reil, John Mikulsky.

'Round
About

Robert Fanning

The Inter-Mural Forensics Meet held at St. Joe's was
a success for these Sophomore winners. Holding their
awards are: Mary Peltier, Linda Moddess, Joan Hammond, Ed Meyer, Joe Miksis, and Barbara Kotz.

Jell' Hahn

Don't worry Georgine; they don't bit•. Georgine Ludwig see ms to be
a bit afraid of her own collection of fungi compiled on family camping
trips.

Joyce O ' Connor didn't seem to think that Chuck
Zarletti looked like Hamlet. This is an example of
the latest in Sophomore English classes--acting out
what the students are reading. The other actors are:
Tom Bakula and John Cantwell.

Robert Fanning

Do you know your numbers in Spanish? That was
the clue to winning this bingo game because it was
being played in Spanish. The students competing
were: Diane Pullen, Lynn Karabetsos, Ray Scuglik,
and Bruno Rizzo.

With
The Sophs

Tim Fanning

Religion was the subject being taught by Father
Heck to this group of attentive Sophomore boys.
Everyone seemed to be busy but Gil Demming who
looked as if he were interested in other matters. His
listening friends were: Tom Fedyskowski, John Fishbach, Tim Betchel, Jim Hebert, Tom Herrmann, and
Bob Watring.

Larry Williams

Michelle Asta, with the help of Kathy Carpenter, was preparing a dish
that would be enjoyed by her Home Economics classmates. Don't you
wish that you could have tasted it?

Confusion of Colors
Why do violet and olive seem so restless all the time? Red surges out in
bright ecstasy . Blue far more quiet sits
contented. White calmly accepts fulfillment. Dark green watches for a chance
and then takes over, while grey, subdued grey, offers his seat without any
trouble. Yellow the youthful color loves
and hates too easily. Brown gives all the
others their significance. "I'll show them
all", shouts orange as he darts for the
top. With much dignity black, shiny
black folds all the colors into one.

My Dog

lmagination

My dog is bright, very bright.
He acts just like a man.
When I say speak, he does not speak,
Just shuts his mouth up tight.

As I was walking down the street,
I heard an eerie noise.
It sounded so fantastic that
It made me lose my poise.
I whirled around; to my surprise,
I saw the dark street, bare .
Imaginations hear some things
That aren't even there!

When I say, "Bring me your leash!"
He yawns and goes back to sleep .
My dog is bright, very bright.
Acts like a man, you see!
Elaine Hildebrandt 103

Joanne Dziezic 305

Ann Bscherer 112

Tragic Ballad- Modern
What is that sound I hear so deep,
Knocking, Knocking?
Only your rods, my son,
yours rods knocking.
What is the smoke I see so clear,
smoking, smoking?
Only your rings, my son,
your rings smoking.
What is the smell I smell so clear,
Burning, Burning?
Only your engine, my son,
your engine burning.
Ron La Fond 105

Hokku

Dawn's Arrival

A good writer's pen
contains so very many
unleashed fluid thoughts .

Cool green breezes swept over the
sleeping moor pushing before them a
faded mist. Golden streams of sun-shine
soon enveloped the marsh, penetrating
the peat and bidding the egrets to come
and ruffle their plumage and stretch, for
morning had come calling.

Mary Lynn Kulesh 104

The waves washed inward
With the answer for my grief,
And rolled back alone.

The Breakers
Huge enveloping waves grasping
and tearing at the golden-glazed shore,
strewn with blotches of green seaweed.
The repeating sounds of the breakers
pounding on the shore, one after another, again and again, echoing over and
over in the cave worn in the limestone
cliff by years and years of gnawing, eating, tearing and biting of vicious liquid
teeth.
Janet Riel 223

Carol Schmitt 105

Truth
To Whom Belongs
Rhythm?

Why are people who hate so black
and ugly? Why do they cry in calloused
voices, harping their biased prejudices?
Why do their eyes turn fierce in revenge
and anger? What makes people hate?

A human pulse, alive, beating, echoing throughout a man ... The maddening ghostly rhythm of a far-off drum
beat, approaching slowly, slowly. These
are rhythm movements of God's creation
-one shaped in His own hands, and one
lovingly placed in man's hands to be
called his own design. Thus, rhythm
exists not only as God's testimony but
also as a thing of man's creation, a power given him by God. Who are they who
say that man needs not create his own
rhythm when God has made it his nature to do so? What man can behold the
flames of mid-autumn without re-creating this scene in words or the work of
his hands? And who are they who say
that one can truly have lived without
hearkening to both God's rhythm and
man's? They are fools who have not
lived. To whom belongs rhythm? To
God and to men who are not fools.

Mary Anne Wade 103

Marcia Ada ms on 213

Lancers
These be three silent things:
The blessing before the game, the boys
at half-time,
The long ride home.
Pat McAleer 102

Hate

Marianne Henderleiter 102

Truth is what is:
A tree is a tree
If it weren't what would it be?
Paul Dobson 307

Poem to a Dying Flower
"Wilt Thou?"
Andy Przlomski 112

Worry?
You say you do,
but that's not new.
You say you don't,
and maybe you won't.
You say you knew,
but who believes you.
Maybe I do,
and Maybe THEY don 't,
So your worries mount and mount,
but really, THEY don't count.
Cass Chinske 102

Jots From Joe's
Belie' c it or not what \ ou sec
I! ing outside the chcmistr! lab arc
students \\ho ha\C fainted at the
~- ight of their fell cm cohorts, "carin'.j the nc\\ I! acquired bl ack rubber gor; g!cs to protect their eyes.
An unbelievable fact is that St.
J uscph 's has no\\ achic,·cd the stat,.s of ha,·ing six sets of t\\ ins, they
arc Jl "A and Jl\1 BRO\\''\;LEE,
L.\RRY a nd JFRRY ZAPH,
JOYCI and JOA" ROSE'\BAC\I, LORF
a nd LOCIS
RITACCA, freshmen; SLJF and
DEN ' IS I\ RF \1 PLEY, sophomo res; and JFA · and JOH"-'
STCR YCZ, juniors.
\\' hen asked ''hat in his opinion
\\ ould be the perfect Christmas
gift, RFVFRE . ·n DAR ' EIDER,
principal, said "Chocolate co,·crcd
almonds, of course."
At the December 4 game in Racine, ACCIF COVELLI led a
rousing cheer. Since he got such

°"

Judyann Hackbarth

"Spotlight on the Seniors?" No, safely working here in their new chemistry goggles are Sue Petersen and Jim Fonk.

Faculty Explains Awards Issue,
Will Include Many Departments
April's issue of the Cballe11ge,
the A wards Issue, will feature top
scholastic achievers, in math, science, history, English, debate, and
creative writing with writings or
accounts of their achie,·cmcnts
printed.
Heads of the rcspecti,·c departments state their method of ch<JOSing these student achic,·crs. Sister
Stanisia, head of the science dcpart111cnt, says the top ''inners of
the science fair ''ill be given recognition in this issue. Sister Adolphus, head of the math department, sa!·s that those who achieve
the highest in the Mathematical
Association of America test will
be honored; also the accelerated
students, those students who arc
juniors, but doing senior \\·ork in
math, ''ill be credited. Sister Jarlath, head of the histor!' and de-

Seniors R eveal
'61 Resolutions
\\'ith Christmas O\ er, the annual
enumeration of resolutions for the
nc\\ year begins. I lcrc arc some
of the senior\ resolutions:
Bonn ie Boostedt: i\'ot to burn
an!·thing in Home Economics.
Pete r Dorff: To be the first person to hit a home run in 1961.
Jean Kam ien ie ck i: Lose 100
pounds'
Theresa Tillm a n : Gain 100
pounds!
Je rry Card inal i: Be a good little
boy so Santa will bring me more
toys.
Jean Schultz: i\'ot to get an!·
more punishment themes from Father Olle\ because I'm not an expert on silence.
Ron Filippelli : Sav "Good afternoon, Coach," to.Mr. Radigan
e\·ery day.
Mary Ward : Do m\· homework!

bate departments, states that those
who deserve the honors in history
will be chosen by the votes of th.c
six faculty members of the history
department; the top debators will
be decided by the outcome of the
district and state debate tournaments. Sister Columcillc, head of
the English and creative \\ riting
departments, says that a board of
facult\' members "ill decide the
top students in these catagories.
All teachers advocate high!!· the
idea of the A wards Issue and \1 i l I
gi\'c careful thought in naming the
students to be represented in this
special issue.

a good response, seems like he
should be incorporat::d as a cheer
leader.
\\ 'arning to the ''isc- anyonc
tall or "caring an ultra highfashion hairdo, be'' arc of the three
di111cnsional figures hanging in the
third floor corridor, made by the
art students.
Against all odds, BILL DORSFY, accomplished SJHS stage
manager, is the winner of three
homeroom raffles for "chocolate
co,·crcd almonds."
Study hall is really conducive to
sleep. BOB GEISE, second boy to
do it, slept from fifth period study
to sixth period senior girls' religion
class.
Homeroom 104 has won the
coupon dri,·e twice in the senior
class and ,\IARGARET ,\1JCO,
coupon chairman, insists they will
''in again.
Pat Petretti 102

Supplies and Cheerfulness
Go Together in Bookstore
Stop! Don 't thrcl\\ that book! It
ma! belong rn Sister Clarence. It
probabl! did until she sold it to

turn

\ OU.

Sister is abh assisted in her
attempt to please the smiling mob
of students-almost a hundred of
''hem besiege the bookstore every
day-by Sister i\larie
atherine,
Sister ,\ laria Cordis, and Sister 1aric Francis.

In charge of St. Joe 's bookstore,
S!stcr Clarence has passed more
Fapcr, noteb ooks, and folders across the counter than anything
else on sale. " i\ lost of the folders

Pau l De Fazio 105

Caesar Thinks Dog's Life is Fine
man, French, and Russian. Caesar
has an I.Q. of 200 in the D.0.C.
Tests," sa!·s Father Ollc!-.
\ I ost of the students of SJ HS
arc recognized b!· Caesar, and so
the next time Caesar lets out a surprising grcl\\ l as you pass him in
rhc corridor, don't get startled, he's
JUSt S<l! ing hi.

Ha\'e \ ' OU C\'Cr '' ondcred about
that amiable animal that is seen
ambling around SJ HS? It's "Conlc!"s Julius Caesar," better kncl\\ n
as Caesar to most students.
Caesar's histor!' begins at f'ort
Bragg, )\' orth Carolina, ''here he
\\'as born on September H, 1957.
His fami l!· has been registered for
four generations with th J\ merican Kennel Association and his paternal ancestors number eight in
champions. His father is " ,\I ichael,
Du kc of Prussia" and his mother is
of Japanese Origin. Father Darneidcr rccci,·cd Caesar from Father Joseph Conic! \\hen Caesar
\\'as a \'car old.
Caesar's menu consists 111ainh of
good hearty dog food, bu~ he
sometimes prefers to dine on pizza
and peanuts ( prefcrabl!· Cashc\\ s ).
At one time he e1·cn tried ,\ letrecal, but it just increased his appetite.
Obedience is one of Caesar's
great attributes. He will do ''hatever he is t:Jld and can be told in
SC\'Cral different languages. "Caesar is a high!!· intellectual dog. He
can understand Italian, Latin, C.:r-

~Iary

Sieger 102

Terry Phannenstill

Caesar

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up blue, I think it's because
it's one of the school colors,"
muses Sister.

!though the Sisters do their
best, mix-ups do occur. An unkncl\\ n sophomore girl is nO\\' the
on]! girl at St. Joe's \\'ith her own
charge account at the bookstore.
She returned a fort\ cent folder
and Sister Clarence forgot to return her fort\ cents'
Sisrcr enjoys meeting all her cuswmers and thinks "they're pleasant
and '' onderful to ,,·ait on."
"Please put ! our names and
homeroom numbers in vour
books," is Sister's plea to all students. "The lost-and-found has so
man! of them now that they outnumber the pens and pencils.
· \\'ho loses the most? Bov ! '' is
Sister\ immediate and emphatic
repl!.
The bookstore and the i ters
''ho operate it see two full hours
a da!. Opening at 7:-r each morning, the store remains open until
8:00 and then closes between
classes. Students who can't get
there in the morning can come
after school. "But before 3:45,
please," Sister Clarence laughs, "because I still ha1·e \\ ork to do after
I close up."
Jud ie

mi t h 20$

The Byzantine Liturgy (January 12,
1960)
Splendor
Sacramented
In a patriarchal
Rite, incenses Love with mitered
Chant.
Sister M. Orata, O.S.F.

My most memorable experience at
SJHS was during my freshman year. We
had homeroom skits, and the people of
our homeroom were doing a skit on
what a mother's life was like. Corine
Acerbi was to take the part of a boy, and
she was to bring a pair of slacks for her
part. It happened that she forgot them,
so Tom Bakula, being the play's director,
took one of the prop dresses and put it
on and gave Corine his pants. To this
day he has never been able to live that
down.
Lorraine Lasky 223

Meeting the unusual number of
cooperative students.
Sister M. Leonelle, O.S.F.

My most memorable experience was
the retreat held here. I had never before taken part in such a worthy undertaking.
Tom Fedyzkowski 212

There are many experiences that I
have had at SJHS that I shall never forget, but I think one of the most memorable experiences was the Junior Senior
Dinner Dance of last May. It was one of
those rare occasions when the students
really mixed at a dance. The juniors went
all out to make the evening a perfect one
for the seniors. And I think those who
were there will agree-everyone had a
delightful time.
Sister M. Irene, 0.S.F.

What has been your most memorable experience at
St. Joseph's High School?
I imagine my most memorable experience at St. Joe's was meeting such a
wonderful group of kids. I don't believe
that anyone could find a faculty as openminded or a student body as warm and
friendly as we have here at St. Joseph's .

Terry Moriarty 222

Previous to this I was stationed at an
all-girls' school where a pep assembly
was a nonentity and an occasional evening game of basketball between two
classes the high point of the gymnastic
year. On the day of our first pep assembly here at St. Joe's, I remember counseling my freshman homeroom: "Now remember, just follow me. Listen attentively and keep quiet. Look wise. No
one will even suspect that you're new
here at school." When the varsity team
was introduced by Coach Lattner and
everyone apparently went "wild," I nearly "flipped." With one accord 35 pairs
of "Freshman-green" eyes turned toward
me, I, their leader, sat paralyzed. Why
didn't someone clue me in on these pandemonium parties? Then-with a Tarzanlike battlecry calculated to make even
Darwin rub his hands gleefully, Ricky
Chiappetta, Dan Ruffalo and Mike Stella
rose to the occasion-and 305 came
alive!!!
Sister M. Laurette, O.S.F.

won my first bingo in Span-

Bruno Rizzo 212

Sister Clement Mary, O.S.F.

Jim Lichter 303

On my first day of school as a freshman last year, I spent the most embarrassing fifteen minutes of my life. We
had fifteen minutes in each class to get
orientated. I had the luck to be the only
girl in a boys' religion class. I sat in the
front row and counted the seconds on
the clock until the time when I could get
my schedule changed. I'll never forget
that day!
Laurel Hervat 325

World's Finest Continental Chocolate
Covered Almond drive-not the drive so
much as its whirlwind conclusion with
every room eager for every other room
to reach its quota. When one is on the
receiving end, as I was, one is especially
grateful.
Sister M. Carol, 0.S.F.

Lunch!

Mark Matera 223

My most memorable experience at
SJHS was the tryouts for cheerleading.
remember every sore muscle of it.
Johanna Gallo 223

When
ish class!
Open house with its influx of 20,000
people charged with curiosity, interest
and wonder; its student guides repeating
their well memorized, "This is room-,
where- ... "; the assista nee of the Auxii ia ry Police, and the matted rug in the
living room of the Home Ee. Department!

You've got me on that one. How
should I know, I just go to school here!

My most memorable experience was
the Homecoming Dance. I never realized
that a high school band could be so terrific.
Janet Balsamello 305
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Memorable? Many, because each
new experience becomes memorable for
me. But the most-my trip to Washington and New York with the juniors
and seniors last year. It gave me an
opportunity to meet these students in a
different light, so different from just the
teacher-pupil relationship that today, in
November, we still reminisce various incidents of the trip.

Sister M. Stanisia, O.S.F.

Mr. Francois Compares Schools,
Finds Advantage to Stricter Rules
"I prefer teaching mixed but small
classes. I can teach much better
with smaller classes," informs J\1 r.
James Francois, new teacher and
coach at SJHS. His schedule is
well-filled with the double duties
of teaching freshmen algebra and
American history, as well as being
coach of freshmen basketball and
assistant coach of freshmen football. He is also homeroom manager of 109.
Mr. Francois graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
orthland College in Ashland,
Wisconsin. In college his majors
were social studies and math while
his minor was English. "If I had
not become a teacher l would have
liked to have done programming
work with IBM or Remington
Rand," reflects Mr. Francois.
Originally from Racine and a
graduate of St. Catherine's High
School, he is familiar with the Kenosha area. "Kenosha seems to be
a nice, friend ly place to live and

bring up my three sons." Besides
sports, especially basketball and
football, i\1r. Francois enjoys rcadmg.
Prcviouslv Mr. Francois taught
at Steven'~ Point High School,
Steven's Point, Wisconsin. In comparing St. Joseph's with this school
Mr. Francois says, "Discipline is
stricter here and this is a vcrv fine
thing." Students at SJHS a.re, in
his opinion, "a ll right." The students answer that 1r. Francois is
"all right."
Betty Willkomm 109

Students Voice Variety of Opinions,
Decide 'Letters to Editor' Useful
Students opinion in the form of
"letters to the editor" here represent all four classes in varied ways.
Many freshmen are pleased with
the paper but feel, naturally that

Alum-lines
ll walks of life have called
SJHS graduates. ARLEE 1
QUINN, MARY ELLE
SMOLI SKI, and GEORGEAN
Pl TZGER arc working in offices
at American Motors. KE T WEDEi KES is employed by the Endcc Corporation while JERRY
KRAJN AK is working for the
Allied Trade Shop in Fort Sheridan, lllinois, until January, when
he'll start school at the University
of Wisconsin Extension in Kenosha.
RICH LA G and BILL l\1£TALLO are in the Army now,
while JERRY R lJE ' will enter
the service soon.
Furt hering their education at

Robert Fanning

Mr. Francois looks like he is ready to assume one of his duties as new
teacher and coach, that of teacher here.

Loretto Heights, in Colorado, are
CAROL CROSSIN, TRISHA
RADlGA , SUE ZEYEN, and
MARY KAE HAWKINS, all of
whom find it "very enjoyable."
JUDY CO~RAD, JOA ' NE MC
CARTHY, NA~CY RlJFFLO,
and PAT BOBUSH are attending
Marquette as well as BUZZY
HELLER and MIKE MEETER.
Judy is majoring in Russian.
Married life was chosen by SC\'eral SJH S graduates. Among them
arc: MR. and MRS. H ROLD
RUDD, the former JEAN 1 £ DEFCR IO ; and, NANCY TO 10LO, now !rs. \\'aync Adamson;
and BARB OBLEN, now Mrs.
l\ lichacl Padula.
Angela Romano 105

Other juniors op1111ons are:

there should be more space allotted
to freshmen. Other freshmen expressed different ideas:

Irene Rukouskos: A roving gossip reporter would be good.

Delores Allen: Every month list
the top ten books in our school
library.

Joan Proesel: The Challenge
doesn't contain a lot of jibbcrish
that other high school papers have.

Mary Jo Renzoni: Have a column
for ad\'icc.

Barb Kluka: A column on "\Vhat
happened one, two, or three years
ago at school at a corresponding
time?"
Seniors general opinions were
that there arc not enough "JoPokes" or \'ariety in presentation
of articles. Different indi\'idual
opinions are:

Bill Miller: An answer sheet written by the students for the "JoPinions" of the prc\'ious issue.
Barbara Epping: A suggestion
box in which students could make
comments for impro,·ements in the
school.
Sophomores generally thought
there should be more humor and
indi,·idual interviews. These sophomores thought differently:

Joan Moretti: A kw more "Jots
from Joe's" \.\Ould be enjoyed.
Tom Walku~h : How about a column dc,·otcd to \ Y orld affairs?

Jo Ann Gallo: Class pictures
should be separated rather than
homeroom.

Mary Hornachek: School clubs
and their acti,·itics could be featured.

John Grno: Let's ha,·c a part for
original jokes.

Richard Perri : I feel it is a waste
of time, paper, ink, and money
since the facult~ dictates the paper.

Faye Estill: l ,,·ish there were a
column on a different student
even· month.
Juniors as a \\'hole would like to
sec more departments featured as
\\'Cll as more students intcn·ic\\'cd.

Bill Perozzi: A student written
lo\'c-lorn column would be good.
Opinions represented abo,·c arc
merely· presented and not ernluatcd.

Freshmen Choose Officers;
Outline Year's Activities
She)\\ ing their eagerness to join
the school completely, the freshmen class ha,·e chosen their class
officers. Selected from a class of
42+, they arc Stc,·c Le !ere, president; Sandra Cipo lla, ,·ice-president; Jim Bernacchi, treasurer; and
Lois Bucchan, secretary.
"\ \' c want to be worthy representati,·cs of our class by presenting the freshman ideas to the student council," is the president's
wa~· of stating their goal.
II the
officers desire to bring about co-

Tim Fanning

In totem pole fashion the freshmen officers, Lois Bucchan, Steve Le Mere,
Jim Bernacchi, and Sandra Cipolla wait here ready to begin their duties.

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operation bet\\ cen the faculty and
the students through the student
council.
"\\ 'ith the help of their officers,
the freshman class will \'Cf\ ' like!\·
become one of the outstanding
classes at St. Joseph's," says ister
.\ 1arie Francis, freshmen moderator.

The election of freshmen officers
is held until this time so that the
student ''ill become acquainted
and thus make a valid choice.
Nancy Schmidt 104

Column ...

The Low Down
by Bob Dobson

Chuckling over Coach Matrise's remark about John Sturycz's flimsy hold
on Paul Zohlen are the first stringers: Duban, Marcoe, Hulen, G u llo,
Mitchell, and Pietrangeli.

Soph's Suffer Sad Season;
Still Have Much Spark
The Junior Lancers in the first
half of the '60-61 season ha\·c
posted a 3 win, 8 loss record. They
ha\'e lost squeakers and smears.
With the acquisition of Don
Forgianni, formerly on the Varsity, hopes may be brighter for the
new year now that the team has
sollle \'aluable experience and lllOrc
depth.
One freshman, Danny Hughes,
is on the tealll and with experience
may prove worth their while in
the 1961 half of the season. He
has helped the tcalll considerably
this year.
Mr. Johnson, the soph's coach,
is drilling the tealll on the fundamentals essential to good play:
things like fast breaks, quick passing, screens, and ball handling.
In the last two gallles this year,
the J. V.'s inexperience pro\'cd
fatal as Don Bosco and Dolllini-

Mc thinks the Lancers have
somewhat of a problem. SJHS
athletic fans have a divided allegiance between a losing team and
a winning one. Many long faces
and lllUttercd sarcasllls can be detected when one brings up the
topic of basketball. Six straight
losses-not only to powerhouses
such as St. Catherine's and Marquette and Mclllorial but also to
easier teams, Dominican and Don
Bosco-have drained some of the
fans of all hope.
Luckily, mixed with these pessimists are some who look at the
brighter side of things and try to
realize that we're building.

heart of real school spirit. Less
than a week after the downtrodden Lancers suffered a defeat at
the hands of Don Bosco, the Lancer fans bounced back to go mad
at the wrestling team's victory
over Champion vVaukesha. The
stands held the same number of
observers, but the volume of the
unled cheers trebled all that the
cheerleaders could extract at the
basketball gallle. The wrestlers
turned in a fine pcrforlllance all
around, bringing the excited crowd
to their feet in honest admiration.
Since the days when Paul Yutka
broke loose for touchdowns, Lancer fans never had this llluch to
cheer O\'Cr.

Matmen Wow Fans

can's sop h's beat them with comp3rati\·e case.
The)· sa)' the tables will be
tu1n:::d in the new vear.

Mitchell Stars
Yct, in the minds of these salllc
people who arc willing to do the
most dramatic things imaginable t:J
sec St. Joe's team win, we have a

Bob Hughes

FreshJDen Laek Lnek
Thirteen players colllprise this
year's frcshlllan squad. Coach
Francois' usual starting line up is
Joe Lesnick at center, Bob Mars
and Dean Molin as forwards, and
Jilll Carelli and Ray Zrezler as
guards. The freshmen lost a good
player Danny Hughes to the "B"
team.

A look at the record of this
frcshlllan team- no wins,
fi vc losses-presents a pretty grim
picture, but one has to look behind
this to sec the true picture.
The freshmen in their first year
of true colllpetition ha\'e done a
fairly good job. They opened the
season against i\ 1emorial losing
21-17. Since then they ha \·e played:
St. C::therine, 33-31; Gordan 2623; Marquette, 26-16; and Don
Bosco, 34-30. These scores show
that a few more breaks could have
won all these gallles. The only
real beating the~· took was frolll
Marquette.
~ · ear's

The freshmen have approximately ten games left in which the
fans can show these Junior Lancers that the school-and especially
the freshlllan class-is behind
thelll.
Bill Kaufm a n n

Particularly spectacular was the
pin lllade by Chip Mitchell 30 seconds after his match started. Other
fine perforlllances were turned in
by Chuck Zarletti, Paul Zohlen,
and Mike Thome.
It was a refreshing sight to see
a tealll wearing the "blue and
gold" race of the field of colllbat
with the true spirit that helps a
tealll win.

Possible State Champs?
To lllake lllore clear the points
have stated above, we should
turn to an on the spot interview
taken at the wrestling meet. Sam
Forgiani, ardent follower of St.
Joe's sports, said the wrestling
team would "go all the way to the
state." When questioned about the
basketball team, he replied, "My
hearing aid is off."

Coach Motrise
Matmen Pin State Champs;
Gets Staff's Praise
How does one choose one coach
from fi\'c so outstanding for special praise? He must, of course,
be enthusiastic about his job, ha\·c
an interest-both physical and academic-in his players, and have
the adllliration of his team. \Vithout a doubt, all St. Joe's coaches
possess these qualities, but during
certain times one coach will display them to a greater degree than
the others. Currently, that one is
Frank Matrisc, the very able coach
of our fine wrestling tealll.
l\ir. Matrise gets our commendation mainly because of the spirit
he instills into his team to make
them win.
Jim O'Neill

Set Aim For State Crown
him in an exhibition lllatch.
Mike Thollle and Randy Gullo
also won for Coach Matrisc by
out-scoring their opponents 2-0
and 8-2 respectively. Neil Pictrangeli, had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
St. Joe's looks as if it will be in
contention for the State Challlpionship this year, proof of which
is the impressive victory scored
over \Vaukesha, who were previously unbeaten in four matches.
The only comment made by
Coach Frank Matrise was, "I am
very proud of the boys," and so
were the rest of the fans who attended the meet. They crowded

St. Jose ph's \\'restling Team upset the State Catholic Champs,
\Vaukesha Memorial, 28-16, Tuesday, December 21.
It was the Lancers ' second
straight win of the season. The
first came over Burlington High
School with a score of 51-0. The
big thrill of the match came when
Bob ~1 itchcll pinned his opponent
in 30 seconds. Other Lancers to
pin their opponents were Chuck
Zarlctti and John S:urycz. Paul
Zohlcn, team captain, won his
match on forfeit when his opponent came in over the weight limit,
but Zohlcn scored a quick pin on
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the cast side of St. Joe's gylll and
filled the bleachers on the lllain
floor to capacity. A colllment
from one of the fans attending the
meet was, '·This is really a spectator sport; nobody can imagine the
fun of cheering the boys on to
win." This seemed to be the consensus of the crowd, for the cheering never stopped during the
whole meet.
The Lancers' next home meet
wil l be held on January 13, against
Burlington High School.
Jim O'Neill

Science Fair Date
Set for March 14-16

Busloads of Sodalists Attend WCAC

March 14, 15, and l6 arc the
dates set for the annual SJHS Science Fair. Sister Stanisia, science
director, reports that there will be
fewer but better displays this year,
since entering will be optional in
all science classes. Sister says,
though, that she would like to sec
all chemistry and physics students
enter.

Two busloads of SJHS students
attended the fifteenth \Visconsin
Catholic Action Convention February 3-5 at the Milwaukee Auditorium and Arena.
Seniors Bonnie Boosted, Willowdean Albert, Phyllis Wojtak, Pat
Murray, Patti Matranga, Kathy
Bydalek, Kathy l\1adsen, and Linnctte Picknell ~ere seen at the

general session Friday featuring
the world- famous journalist Bob
Considine.
Twenty-four junior girls outnumbered the courageous junior
boy seen visiting the many exhibits
and displays. Sophomores had the
greatest representation. The odds
were not so close this time, for
lucky sophomore boys Bob Eng-

~CHALLENGE

Strom, Far! Hartung, and John
Cant\\ ell ,,·ere accompanied by 24
sophomore girls.
Seven boys and JO girls gave the
freshmen a more balanced representation.
SJHS sociality director and moderators attended with their groups:
Fr. James Clark, junior and senior
boys; Sister Orata, senior girls; Sister Adolphus, junior girls; Sister
Quin till us, junior and senior girls;
Sister l\1yriam, sophomore girls;
Sister Ritarosc, sophomore boys;
Sister Marie Francis and Sister
Clement Mary, freshmen boys; Sister Maria Cordis, Sister Emelin and
Sister Robertylle, freshmen girls.

12 Speakers Vie
Church Smiles Kindly on Mardi Gras For Winner Spots
Ven .. 3, No. 5

Sr. Josi:P11 H1c11 Sc11001., KE'.C>SllA, \\'rscO'-Sl'-

FFBRCARY,

1961

As Christians Prepare for Lent
In a few days, Christian Churches
throughout the world will be
robed in violet. Lent will take
over again with its fasting and
penitence in preparation for Easter. Forty days of fast, beginning
on Ash Wednesday, precede the
great feast as a reminder of Our
Lord's fast in the desert. On Ash
Wednesday, priests will bless ashes
and put them on the heads of the
faithful with the words: "Remember man, that you are dust, and to
dust you shall return."
This is the time to strengthen
the soul and to unite with Christ
in the Mass and Holy Communion.
The students of St: Joe's have an
excellent opportunity to attend
Mass and to receive the sacraments
freguently in the school chapel.

School to Reach
Capacity in Fall
"St. Joseph High School is reaching its capacity," said Rev. L. A.
Darneider, principal. "Four-hundred-four freshmen enrolled January 16-18. The final number \\'ill
depend on how man.\' upperclassmen drop out or will be dropped
out."
Last year's tot1l enrollment \\as
l032. i"his \'ear's enwllment has
risen to 1250. ' ext year there \\ill
be 404 freshmen replacing 2H scni:)fs, almost twice as m;;n.\'·
Four-hun<lred-n,·ent_\' will be
capacity for total intake of freshmen. There will be a ''airing list
for registrations beyond this number. New teachers will be employed according to need. At the
present time there are no expansion plans said Re\'. Darneider.

Besides the Mass and sacraments,
Lent brings forth another idea in
the minds of Christians, that of
self-denial, of giving up something
they would otherwise like to have.
In remembrance of Our Lord's
words, '·If any man will come after
me let him deny himself, take up
his cross, and follow l\1e," selfdenial has always been the practice of Christians.
But, giving up things is not the
sole means of sacrifice. There is
another means, and that is merely
the act of doing something extra
for love of God. The Church does
not ask for the performance of extreme penance and hardships during this season of Lent. She asks
only that her members effect a
closer and more wonderful union
with God through prayer and selfdcnial.
Before this period of self-denial
begins, however, l\1other Church
smiles benign!~· on 1ardi ,ras.

"Right up to here,

Student Council will again sponsor Mardi Gras, the last fling before Lent, Tuesday, February 14,
from 8 to l l p.m. in the school
gym.
Feature attractions of the evening will be the class booths and
the traditional jail which will provide entertainment for all, along
with dancing. Refreshments will
be served in the cafeteria.
Admis ion will be 25 cents for
those in costume. Those without
costumes will be charged 25 cents
plus one penny for everv inch of
the waistline.

St. Joseph's forensics members
are hoping to get into the winner's
circle at the next speech festival,
February 25, at Divine Savior High
School, 'llilwaukee. Finalists who
will go to \1ilwaukee will be chosen here by elimination.
\Vorking at perfecting their
speeches are Sharon Pa cucci, Tim
Tully, and Judie mith in the dramatic division and Pat Petretti and
Joan Pietrangclli in humorous. In
the original oratory section are
Joan Hammond and Augie Gnorski, while Linda l\1oddes and Mary
Jo Parisea are working on nonoriginal oratory.
John Mikulsky, Jim Limbach,
and Bill Swift are preparing to
give speeches in the eJ...1:emporaneous division.

Patriotic Assembly Takes
SJHS on U.S. Musical Tour
St. Joseph High School student
body \\'ill celebrate not only the
birthda\ s of t\\ o great American

ue," says Mary Conrad as they work on their project
for the annual JHS Science Fair.

forefathers, Abraham Lincoln and
George \Va hington, this month,
but also the centennial of the Civil
War.
February 27, the annual Patriotic
Assemblv will be held in the school
auditori~m under the direction of
Sister Rosemarie, Sister Benedicta,
and l\lr. Aiello. Taking part in the
program will be the Lancettes, the
\I ixed and Girls' Choruses and St.
Joe's '' ing Band. Augie Gnorski
,,·ill gi\ e his oration, "To secure
the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and Our Posterity". Tim
Tully \\'ill also give his humorou
oration concerning the Civil \Var.
Presentation of colors accompanied by the Star pangled Banner, pledge of allegiance and
school song ·will put the program
under wa\'. Then our various musical groups "ill guide us on a
musical tour through the Cnited
States.

Mass Movement
Expands at SJHS
Students of St. Joseph are involved in
a tremendous Catholic movement, of
which, for the most part, they are totally
unaware.
This virtually unknown work is Individual Catholic Action . Not a boisterous
group activity, it is a quiet, generally
unnoticed work going on continually
throughout the school.
Individual Catholic Action is simply
expressing in action a sincere concern
for our neighbor . This concern is reflected in a spiritual or many times material way, both being essentially important. The students performing Individual Catholic Action are not interested
in great undertakings, or voluminous
conquests in the church, as in organized
Catholic Action, but in little unacclaimed
ways.
By acting as Catholic members of St.
Joe's, aware and interested in their classmates, the students are creating an atmosphere of powerful Catholic action activity in the school in which it is easy to
be not only good, but a good Catholic.
This atmosphere is so important because
it is establishing in the student body, a
fearless, proud feeling toward what is
right and toward their faith. It is shaping them into Catholics vitally concerned
with their neighbors and unashamed to
show it.

'Round
with

Ron

February is that month when most of
us are making resolutions for the new
semester. During this month, members
of the student council are putting the
finishing touches on their consti t ution,
which will la y the groundwork for future student councils. Orations are being
worked out by other busy students preparing for their forensics meet in Feb ruary. Tryouts for the school play will be
held for all the students this month also .
Through the patriotic assembly we will
have a chance to pay tribute to our country's nationa I heroes.
One last fling before Lent will be the
Mardi Gras Da nce where costumes will
be the major feature. Following this, on
Ash Wednesday, students will concentrate on their spiritual life, in preparation
for Easter.

Each student helps or hinders th is atmosphere . It is neceesary that the students are aware of their part in this atmospheric movement so that they may
realize how important these little individual Catholic actions they perfrom toward their neighbors are. Becoming
aware of what they can do by themselves, and how much they are really
doing, students will be more able to expand and prosper in this work toward
their family, classmates, teachers and
then finally extending to people outside
the school. Spreading outward like a
drop in a pool, until it reaches the utermost edges, this Catholic atmosphere
will expand and widen by the efforts of
individuals with a sincere concern for
their neighbors, until it reaches and
benefits a 11.
Judy Przybylski 107

'CHALLENGE Is Undemocratic'
Dissatisfied Students Voice Their Opinions
"Everything in the paper but Jo-Pinions is censored !"
"The CHALLENGE prints articles which
students write but they are corrected and
flowered up before printed. This will
probably be fixed up before it is printed
anyway so this is a waste of time."
The above statements were made by
SJHS students in reply to the question
"Do you think the CHALLENGE is the
voice of the student body?" After contributing many hours of work toward
putting out the CHALLENGE, we were
surprised and indignant by these and
other opinions stating that the paper was
dictated by the faculty. These misconceptions stem from the genera I lack of
knowledge concerning everything that
goes into the production of the paper.
Students gripe that "only the goody
goodies get their work in the paper."
This is altogether untrue. The staff is
eager for all contributions. Naturally we
can not print every piece that is submitted, but you will admit, not every one
is a writer. Every contribution is carefully considered; the final selections are
based on quality, interest and appropriateness for SJHS. As for censo rship, the
page editors present their copy to the
moderators of the paper who proof read

it for mistakes and also check to see that
it measures up to standards set for SJHS.
But what happens when students are
given the chance to contribute? In preparing our first issue, we the editors,
were confronted with no less than seven
blank stares when collecting assigned
articles . Maybe the reason many of the
same names appear again and again in
the CHALLENGE is that they are the only
ones willing to do the work.
Irene Rakauskas 109

The Challenge
Vol. 3, No. 5

February, 1961

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
News ..... .

Cathy Miller,
Leontine Milass,
.... Judy Przybylski ,
Editorials . .
Irene Rakauskas
Jo-pinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Barca,
Janet Szarfinski
Prisms . . . . . . . ............ . . Judie Smith
Pictures
Phil Klein ,
Joanne Navoiczyk
Features
Jayne Arentz,
C3rolyn Reeder
Sports ................ . . Bill Kaufmann,
Bob Hughes
PHOTOGRAPHERS .......... . . Bob l<'anning
Tim Fanning

They do not love, that do not show their love.
0 ! They love least, that let men know their love.

REPORTERS . . Kathy Latham, Carolyn Fonk,
Mary Sue Brownlee, Ron Fillippelli, Nick Mischler, Bob
Dobson, Bonnie Barca, Angela Romano, and Lynn Karabetsos.
TYPIST .... . ........... Donna Joan Kehrer

Shakespeare

ARTIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Gonnering

Ron Fillippclli 101

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If you were the only Christian in Kenosha, how would
you go about bringing the
others to a Christian way
of life?
If I were the only Chr istian in Kenosha, I would not sit idle for hours in
some l ittle coffee shop on 22nd Avenue,
nor would I charge down to WLIP and
make a paid announcement extolling the
wonders of Christian ity . I would rather
come to an understanding of why I am
a Christian , and with this peace in my
heart, radiate Christian joy and charity
to my fellow citi zens .

Sande Kelsey 102
If I were to bring others a Christian
way of life, I would always be sure to
give good example wherever I'd go. I
would act as a Christian and never be
ashamed or afraid to stick up for and defend what I believe.
Ellen Carlsen 223
I th ink I would first try to convert a
few, rather than a large group. In this
way I believe the few who were converted could, in turn, convert more minority groups, thus starting a sort of
chain reaction . This way might be more
effective than trying to convert the whole
city at once.

Frank Blasi 206

I would go about bringing others to
a Christian way of life just as Christ did
-by gathering a chosen few and from
those few building up and up until
everybody in Kenosha was a Christian.
It would be a painstaking process and
would take a considerable amount of
time, but when I got through, it would
be worthwhile.
Bill Phalen 307

First, I would try to gather the more
intelligent and inf1uential people in one
part of town and labor vigorously to
convert them . Then I would send them
out as disciples to other parts of town .

I would give up and go to Racine.
Tim Lawler 101
Ed . note : Th is, unfortunately, is what
the major ity would cons ider doing!

To effectively encourage others to desire a Christian way of life, I must exhibit a truly unselfish love and interest
for the individuals to be converted. If I
love my neighbors as myself, I would
unselfishly want them to enjoy all the
happiness and rewards found in serving
God. This good example will draw others to the Christian way of life.

Phil Klein 111
Francey Werve 107
I'd move to another city, get married
to a Christian, start raising a family, and
move back. In this way I wouldn't be
alone in my struggle.
Sylvia Stec 102

Most probably they'd convert me to
their way of life.

Dave Limbach 108

I'd tell all I knew to a blabber mouth!
Sue Miholic 222
There may be a place without Catholicism , but I doubt if there would
ever be a place without some Christianity. If there were such a place, I'd try
to bring them the Christian way of life
by practicing the virtues and good works
especially charity . lnf1uence is a great
teacher in the world today .

Judyann Hackbarth 104
As the only Christian in Kenosha I
don't think it would take too long to be
noted as one. First, since I would be
constantly observed I would give these
pagans a good example, so good they
couldn't help but wonder if there isn't
something to a Christian way of life. If
they would persecute me, I would be
ever so strong and pray that I would be
able to continue my work among these
non-Christians. If I could only convert
one, there would then be two of us striving for the same goal.
Karen Schuch 111

c-c-It is not difficult to imagine the impact that an
African union would create on the world. . . "
Kwame Nkrumah
Setting a good example would be
the first thing I would do. People will
judge me by my actions.
When the non-Christians find out that
I am a Christian and that I am living a
good and happy life, they will be curious to find out why I am so happy and
good .
Then, this will be my chance to explain to them in a simple manner about
my beliefs and religion, which, I hope,
would result in some conversions.

I would declare myself a prophet
sent by God to bring all to a Christian
way of life.
Ed Wendel 113

To bring people to a Christian way of
life, I would talk in a Christian way.
Also, I would pray for the people and
ask God to help me stay a good Christian .

Norman Pfaff 305

Sharon Ernst 301

I suppose I would just lead the same
average life I am leading now.

Writing to the Pope and getting information on how I could get others to
lead a Christian life in my town, I feel,
would be my first duty.

Don Holzmer 206

Donna Schlosser 223

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TAKE A

The nuns really went aB out in their rooting for the
faculty especially Sister Stephen Mary, while Sister
Ritarose led the cheers.

Bob Fanning

Fr. Olley struggles with the ball as Brian Gulliom tries to sneak it away, but all
Mike Stella and Larry Gaydos can do is gasp for air. The faculty looks on approvingly as Coach Carbone and Mr. Hubert position themselves.

Roger Casey

"Tinker", who is often called "Stinker", is the Biology students' favorite pet. He moved into Sister
Francis Xavier·s class at the beginning of December.

Douglas Niles

Mary Paura takes aim at the "stamp sack" while Marian Thompson stuffs in her handful.
Claudia Dibble and Kathy Kuemin are, also no doubt, great supporters of our Capuchin
Stamp Brigade, along with their winning homeroom, 223.

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B o b F a nning

Theresa Tillman and Bonnie Barca make use of the Library during the
month of February, which is also Catholic Press Month. The school library has accumulated numerous books through the last year.

GOOD LOOK

D ou g las Niles

Larry Hall looks doubtful whether the flag will go
up this morning, though he has raised it every morning this year.

The new " junior" Challenge
staff busy (?) at work on this
month's paper are: Back row;
Irene Rakauskas, Judy Przybylski, Judie Smith, Bob
Hughes, Bill Kaufmann. Center row; Joanne Navoiczyk,
Phil Klein, Carolyn Reeder,
Jayne Arentz. Front row;
Cathy Miller, Leo tine Milass,
Janet Szarfinski, and Bonnie
Barca.

B ob Fa n ning

Dom Forgiani seems to have
a private joke up his sleeve
while other Sophomore class
leaders Johanna Gallo , Augie
Gnorski and Linda Moddes
convene.

F a nning

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A Tree
Leaves

Tender green eyes flashing,
To catch the eye of God
Thanking Him for bounties
Flowing from the sod.
Branches

The Fool

God Save America

Who loves not nature, sound and song,
Will be a fool his whole life long.
Karen Zastrow 214

The Favored One
The small child lay down to rest on
the soft, prickly floor of the forest. The
night wind wooed her to sleep with a
haunting lullaby: the trees shook their
boughs, showering upon her a warm,
leafy blanket. The moon, with the aid of
the stars, kept a nocturnal vigil, while
she nestled against the old, gnarled log
in tranquil slumber.
Barb Frederick 302

Up to the very top of the mast
Representing a nation we pray will last
The stars and stripes fly so bravely,
A guardian against injustice and slavery .
Never shall America kneel
Beneath the Russians' Iron Heel.
Always high will be America's head
Never to be under the flag of Crimson
Red.
If ever this Red flag flies over an American town
pray to God to strike it down .
Gene Kusche 316

Life Through a
Microscope

Praying arms outstretched
To the silent sky,
Penetrating vastness
For a mute reply.
Body

A brown gnarled vase
Lacquered with bark,
The resting place
Of a singing lark
Roots

Tiny tripping toes
Planted in soil
That the swaying body
Never may recoil.
Movement

The dance of the leaves is a beautiful
thing,
The lyric of branches mute,
The cry of the body bent by the wind
With clinging grasping root.
Barry Zoromsky 112

Metaphor?
The teacher and I disagree,
About metaphor in poetry.
I say "Simile," she says "Metaphor"
I'd like to leave and slam the door.
She says blonde hair and a rose so fair
Are metaphor, front and back,
"Simile" said I, "simile, simile,
For both their roots are black."
Jim Althoff 309

The Tro,th
You can tell that Christmas has come,
0 Joy!
And gone.
0 Great Joy!
New Years has done likewise, too,
0 Greater Joy!
And also Semester Exams . Ya hoo!
0 Greatest Joy!
Elizabeth Kurth 305

Overcome
The young man
walked his love
to the door;
This was the end
of l'amour.
He looked into her
eyes and said,
"Sweeting is such
part sorrow ."
Claire Fredericksen 212

We're on a vacation,
And then we're back.
We run a race,
And then there's a slack.
Now, the serenity of a Church,
Now we take a violent lurch.
We go out on the icy street,
With the shuffling of hurried feet.
A scream in the night,
An alley fight,
A fog horn blows;
It quietly snows .
This is life, an uncertain thing,
A marble, an ant, or a butterfly's wing.
Lynn Fischer 309

Hink-Dinks
Editor's Note: Hink-dlnks are two, one syllable
words which pin-point a meaning in rhyme.

What does Pete tell Sam to do before a
test?
"Cram Sam!"
What happened when Hank stepped in
some mud?
Hank sank.
What is an angel that needs a shave?
Hairy fairy .
Jeffrey Chiappetta 301

What's an ice-skating pond?
Slip strip
What's a riding trail?
Horse course
Diane Metten 302
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Hokku
One ray of sunlight
Danced upon the marble floor
Night was approaching.
Emily Maraccini 227

Silent Seers
Tall, dark trees gazed somberly at the
frost-bitten emptiness of nature. Flashing blades slashed the glassy ice as the
skaters whizzed 'round and 'round. Like
a quick, sharp knife, the piercing wind
tinged their cheeks to a blood-red. Then
the fiery sun slipped into the snow-filled
cloudless horizon. Yet, the gaunt trees
grew even more solemn, watching like
stiff, crisp butlers, as a half-revived day
became a death-still night.
Barb Kluka 206

Night
Night covers the earth with a blanket
of gloom. Its cold wind tears at the
leaves, and knocks at the window, instilling mystery and suspense in every
heart.
Night has a question; the answer no
one will ever know. Where does it come
from, and where does it go?
Linda Bianchi 223

Students P repare for Year '62
R egister and Choose Courses
"Should I take another year of
math ?" " Do I have to have t\\O
years of science?" " Do you think
I should try an other foreign language- an easier one?"
These questions and many similar ones were asked and answered
February 6-9, as SJHS students
registered and chose their subjects
for the '61-'62 school \car.
Each student is given individual
attention when he registers. The
student, his parents, and a counselor decide together which subjects
are best for him to take, on the
basis of his ability, interest, and future plans. This enables the student

to get the utmost out of his high
school education.

Alum-lines

SA ' DRA KELSEY tells about
the time LINDA RENO had to
give a report on the early history
of Kenosha. When she mentioned
the fact that there used to be
wolves in what is now the downtown area, JEA KAMIE IECKI
was quick to add, "There still are".
Stressing the need for proper
care of an assignment paper, SISTER A 1 E exaggerated "Keep
your paper whole and presentable;
don't toss it around or chew on it."
\Vhen solemn silence met her remark, PAUL DE FAZIO commented, "They don't get the morsel of the story."
PAT C IPOLLA and CATHY
l\lAR T INO thought typing would
be a "snap course". After their
first speed sprint, they found they
could both type 66 words a minute. \Vhen asked how manv mistake they had made, they c hirped
in unison, "Only 66!"
\ Vhat must PAT PETRETTI
think of her classmates? During
a recent senior girl's religion class
she doused them thorough!> \\ ith
perfume!

\Nisconsin 's attractions hold
many SJ HS alumni wishing to advance their studies or to take up a
line of work.
From the Class of '60, 1ilwaukee attracted BARB \\'lLSO ' to
Mount Mary College and LY N
PFEIFFER to Alvcrno. JERRY
HAR TU ' G chose Dominican
College in Racine and RON SPITZER decided to stud\· at the Cniversity of \\'isconsin in J\1adison.
MARY LOU J\1ARS, employed
by Coopers and JERRY SELEAR,
an employee of the Fanny Farmer
Company, decided to take jobs in
Kenosha; Racine offers were accepted by MITZI COX and SA""DY \NITKAlJSKIS, who work at
Johnson Wax Company.
An gela Romano 105

Invitations in;
Debators Busy
Shou ld you happen to pass by St.
J oscph High School earl)' some
Saturday morni ng, you'd probably
come upon a group of heavylidded individuals, the debarors of
St. J oseph, setting off on some
iourney.
February 4, the fres hmen orators
attended t he Invitationa l Freshman
Trophy Tournament in Aurora,
Ill inois. City Hall in Chicago, lll inois, was the scene of a te levised
Student Congress on Feb ru ary I I .
Mary D. Bradford H igh Sc h oo~.
Kenosha, hosts t he N.F.L. D istrict
Debate Tournament on February
18; t. Joseph's will be represented
at t his event. Also on February
18, a Ju nior Invitationa l Trophy
Tournament will be held at St. Ignatius High School in C hi cago.
Again in the W indy City, J unior
Student Congress will convene on
March 14; only sophomores and
freshmen will speak here.
Nick Mischler 108

Future Freshmen Register

Prospective Freshmen took their
placement tests Saturday, February
4. These tests arc taken by each
student before he enters school to
help determine his interests and
capabilities . These next year's
Freshmen will register and c hoosc
their subjects February 24.
0

Bob Fanning

Mr. Edward Heth

Jots From Joe's

0

Tom G r een 113

Author E. H. Heth Captivates
Eager Junior Journalists
'°'or too long ago, the corridor
of St. Joseph's, usually black at
night, had a small block of light
beaming forth from 103 . Inside the
the room, the atmosphere sparkled
with a life unlike that generally attributed to a schoolroom. \:Vhat
was the cause of this mvsterious
gleam? Elementary, my dear \Vatson : the Creative \Vriting class was
interviewing Edward Harris Heth,
one of the most unusual men in
Wisconsin- or any place else for
that matter.
_\lr. Heth, who teaches Creative
\\' ricing at the University of \Visconsin Extension, is an author bv
profession. He has a manner which
attracts everyone who comes in
contact with him. The short, graying man '>Vith a gregarious nature,
held this group of would-be-journalists captivated for over 40 minutes. From the opening question
until the clock called a halt to the
interview, a group of 17 fascinated
students and three Sisters listened.

m

v ro,..

One of Wisconsin's top writers,
Mr. Heth, has published six novels
of which one, ANY NUMBER CAN
PLAY, was made into a movie star ring Clark Gable. Also to h is cred it are: THE WOND ERFUL WOR LD
OF COOKING; a cartoon book, PATRICE; THE UNDER STANDI NG
LADYBUG; a book of essays, MY
LAST DROP OF BOURBO N AND
OTHER DILEMMAS; and his a u tobiography.
At age 18, his first sh ort story
was published in THE AMERI CAN
MERCURY. About the time of our
parents' youth author Heth w r ote
the radio soap opera series, "MARY
MARLAND". His latest novel,
which he hopes will be ready for
Spring publication, is called CLEAR
TO THE END OF SUMMER, a title
he fo u nd on the cover of a ears
Roebuck Catal ogue.
Mr. Heth cond u cts Creative Writing classes at the Unive r sity of
Wiscons in Exten sions in K en osh a,
Racin e, Water town, Madison, and
Two Rivers.
Bonnie Barca 101!

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This cartoon is the last of a se ri es which Vince F ox h anded in as a n Eng·
lish assignment. Seniors sa w L a wren ce Olivier 's HAMLET in th e JH
a uditorium on Sunday, F ebruary 5, as a culmina tion of th ei r tudy of th e
play.

7

\1r. Heth said the hardest thing
to teach people about writing is to
"write about what they know
about. One of the most common
faults of would-be writers is that
they won't look around and within
themselves. The be t writing is
from personal experience. This
does not mean, of course, that if
you are going to write about a man
that is hanged, you have to go out
and hang yourself."
It surprises him that people who
want to write read so little. He is
of the opinion that to be a good
writer one must read a lot. One of
the essentials of a good writer is
his reading background. "To be a
good writer one must get in front
of a typewriter and write. The
author must feel deeply about his
work, and this is the only way to
write."
During the interview, the \Visconsin author wandered to Lhe
topic of his home in the Kettle
i\1orrainc region of \\'isconsin. Mr.
Hcth's "House on the Hill" was
destroyed b~, fire, and is in the
state of being rebuilt. After li\·ing
for ten years in ~cw York, he returned to the peace and quiet of
nati vc \\'isconsin. He purcha ed
the 40 acres of hilly woodland he
nm.\,' calls home.
To become a successful writer
\I r. Heth said that you need "•Tot
so much to study as ju t to live".
The four major steps in producing
a piece of writing according to i\ lr.
Heth arc:
1. Getting an idea-the sudden
illumination
2. All one's pa t merging \\ ith
the sudden idea
3. ,iving it first form
4. Careful revision and haping
\ V hcn J\ l r. Heth's seven o'clock
cla s forced a halt to the discussion,
all went away with t he feel ing,
"Gee, I \\i h I could do that again!"
Robert Dobson

Varsity llpsets Favored Alumni;
Takes St. Benedict's Handily
On December 8, 1960, students
from this school, guitc a fc\\ alumni, and a number of parents saw
our \ ' arsity beat an alumni team
that, going into the game, were a
hca\·y fa\'liritc. Playing for the
alumni were such fon11er St. Joseph greats as Tom Ruelle, now
play·ing with the Extension and
fifth leading scorer in the league;
Buzz Heller, member of the freshman team at ;\ largucttc; John
Becker, Dennis Deloria, Ron Spitzer, and Tony' Cravotta, all former
first stringers, and Dick Hcnsgcn.
The startled crowd saw Tom
Ruelle start the scoring by sinking
four straight baskets without
touching the rim. Spectators
watched an entirely new Lancer
team bounce back and then surge
ahead. Dan Ruffalo, Bob Hughes,
Ron Barr led the Varsity shooting. During the game the crowd

Bob Fanning

Alumnus Dick Hensgen, closely guarded by Ron Filippelli, is trying to get
off a shot. Watching are Dan Ruffalo, Tom Ruelle, and Denny Deloria.

Column ...

The Low Down
by Bob Dobson
A few months back while hunting Kiwi in Southern Rhodesia, I
ran into a predicament much like
the one that the Lancer Basketball
team finds itself in. It seems that 1
was surrounded by a ·w hole flock
of the miserable beasts. Verily, I
attempted to grab one and make
good my escape. \Vith a whirling
motion the beast knocked me back
into the midst of confusion. This
renewed my fury. I quick!)' seized
another musty beast-that dastardly coward smashed me into the
mud.
At length, I made my escape by
diving into the alligator pit. I guess
I showed them.
This situation may be a trifle exagerated, but as I stroke the bloody
stump that once was a leg, I can't
help but think that our basketball
team resembles a lonely hunter surrounded by a pack of hostile kiwis.
St. Joe's has one major problem
and that is that other conference
teams generally come into Lanccrland with the hope of fattening
their records. This indeed is a sad
situation.
The Lancers have at present the
leading scorer in the conference
and a team with a fair percentage
of shooting. Hence, there is still
a ray of hope that the team may

find a better \\ ay out than 1 did in
Rhodesia. i'\ow, where did I put
that blowgun?

Lancers Bury Burlington 55-0;
All SJHS Matmen Pin Foes
Friday the J 3, supposedly a \·cry'
unlucky day', proved witches and
voodoos can work the other way,
as all 11 St. Joe's matmen pinned
Burlington foes to make it fo·e in
a row for the Lancers. The final
score was 55-0.
Preceeding this ominous victory
was a 26-9 overpowering of Don
Bosco, Tuesday, January 10. This
was revenge. (Last year Bosco
edged out the Lancers for second
place in the state by only three
points.) Clerc \Nill ems, a sophomore, was the lone Lancer who got
fi \'C points by pinning his man.
\ Vatcrford, a state-ran kcd team,
met their match and more when
the Lancers made it three straight.
January 4, beating them 36-10.
Gilles, Thome, Host, \Villcms, and
Pictrangelli scored pins for the
Lancers in the match.
\Vinning pins in the Burlington
match were seniors: i\'cil Pictran-

geli, Paul Zohlcn, Denny Hulen,
and Rich Perri; juniors: Randy
Gullo and Bob Mitchell; sophomores: l\1ikc Thome, Clerc Willems, and Chuck Zarletti; freshmen: Ron Gilles and Frank Ruffalo.
This lineup, having 5 underclassmen and two juniors, shows a secure future.
Coach J\1atrisc's aspiring team is
looking ahead to the state meet at
Don Bosco, February 18-19. They
placed third last year and have
sights on the trophy this year.
The sixth win in a row came
Tucsdav, Januarv 7, when t he
\1Tcstler~ walloped. Clinton 50-5.
Fr:mk Ruffalo, a freshman, lost a
wugh match gi\'ing Clinton their
only· 5 points. All St. Joe's wrestlers won by pins.
Bob Hughes

saw guick passes and sharp defense;
thcv also saw smart backcourt acti01; on the part of Bob Agazzi and
i\likc Cass.
Lancers showed they had not
gone back to sleep when they beat
St. Benedict's 76-52, on the home
court, January 6.
Pat McA!ccr, back into the line
up, showed his usual brilliant performance bv contributing H points
and contr;illing the backboards
with the help of Dan Ruffalo.
Everybody got to play in this joyous win over Benedict's.
The preliminary games to both
these wins were something to sec.
In the preliminary game to the
Varsity-Alumni game, the stands
saw a fagged out faculty beat the
football team 20-19 with the help
of Dr. Regner, Dr. Heller, and Mr.
Aiello. In the preliminary of the
other game, the sophomores beat
Benedict's by one point in an overtime with Jim Hamilton scoring
the last two points on a layup with
the buzzer sounding.
Bill Kaufmann

Regional Tournament
Set For March 2-4
March 2 to 4 St. Catherine's
High School, Racine, will host the
regional basketball tournament of
this area. The teams competing are
St. Joseph's, Beloit Cat holic, St.
Mary's Burlington, St. Bonaventure's, and St. Catheri ne's.
Last year at our gym St. Catherine's took first place. St. Joseph's
placed third behind Beloit. This
was due to the fact that we drew
St. Catherine's before Beloit did.
This vcar's winner will go to the
State Tournament at the Milwaukee Arena.

Frosh Cheering Tryouts Coming Up
Freshman Girls. . . . Herc's a
chance to enter into the sport's picture. \Vith a clear ringing voice
and a barrel of enthusiasm, a girl
has a chance of becoming a St. Joseph's cheerleader.
This spring those who get on the
gym floor and try their luck at
cheerleading will be watched by
several judges, including Father
Olley, Miss Lawton, Mary Ann
Wade, the out going captain, and

the coaches. They \\ill determine
who will be picked as the lucky
ones by taking into consideration
appearance, voice guality, enthusiasm, quality of movement, and
ability to stir up spirit in a cro\\ d.
Cheerleaders say its worth the
aches and pains of tryouts, for as
J\lary Ann \Vade puts it, "Being a
cheerleader is the most fabulous
thing that C\'Cr happened to me at
St. ] oscph 's."
Lynn Karabetsos

Bob Hughes

'60-'61 Varsity Basketball Team: Coach Radigan, Pat McAleer, captain;
Tom Bonell, Dan Ruffalo , Bob Agazzi, Bob Hughes, Mike Cass, Barry
Wojtak, Ron Barr, Ron Filippelli, Father Olley.

8

'Charley's Aunt' ~
To Be Given
H
As Senior Play E..
VoL. 3, No. 6

Charley's Aw1t, a comcdv bv
Brendon Thomas, has been c.:i1osc~
as this year's School Play. The
play will be presented on the
weekend of April 7-9. Tryouts
took place on February 16 and 17.
Although the specific parts have
not yet been distributed, at the
time of this printing, a tentative
cast includes: Tim Propsom,
George Schroeder, Linda Reno,
Robert Dobson, Larrv Gavdos,
Mary Conrad, Sue Pct~rscn, · N cil
Pietrangcli, Jane Downey, Brian
Guilliam, Tim Tulh·, Marianne
Henderleiter, and Barn: Zoromskv.
·
"It's a real laugh getter!" says
Sister Stephen Mary. "Charley's
Auut provides wholesome entertainment for everyone."
The scenery for the play, which
is set in the Victorian, will be constructed and decorated by volunteer art students. These art students will be under the direction
and guidance of Sister Ritarosc.

HALLENGE
ST. JosEPH H1GH ScHOOL, KE'-OSHA, \V1sco,s1:-:

s0da1•1ty Rece1ves 36 New Members
e

Climaxing a year of probation,
thirty-six students were received
into SJ HS Sodality. The new
group, together with the other sodalists were addressed bv Father
James Clark, the Sodality'~ spiritual
director, on the Blessed Virgin
Mary.
The group of nC\\ l;.· recei,·ed
sodalists included 10 juniors, Ta van Boardman, Sherry Kraem~r,
Paula \1 itchcll, Darlene Petersen,
Judy Przyb;.·lski, Jo Ann Ruffalo,
Maryanne Ruffolo, Jean Stur)'CZ,
Jeanne Tellier and Frances \Verve.
cwly received sophomores are:
Kay Belongia, Tim Bctchcl, Tim
Clark, Natilic Cucciarc, Tom De
Marsh, Bob Engstrom, John Fischbach, Pat Gentes, Pat Gillespie,
James Hamilton, Marie Hebert,
Michel Huettl, Bette Koos, Kathv
Kucmin, Sue Lamont, Jim Lin~-

Red Cross Members
Make Toy Dolls
Active members of the Red
Cross organization arc engaged in
the project of making to;.· dolls for
children in flood areas. These to\'S
were donated, ready made to be
stuffed and sewed up the scams b;.·
volunteer members.

gcla Romano, chairman; and i\ tar;.·
1arshall, sccrctar;.·. Their meetings are held on the second and
fourth Tuesday of each month.

bach, John i\1ikulsky, \1ar)' J\1itchcll, Judi Moeller, Craig Murawski,
Mary Peltier, Marie Rc\·cda, Margaret Riley, John Schmitt, Jane
Schultz, Judy Thomsen and Suzi
\Vaitc.
The Sodality is now sponsoring
a subscription drive for the 1.\1i\ lACCLA TA magazine, published
b\· the Franciscan Brothers of

larytown. Sodalists have planned
a trip to ,\ 1arytown to tour the
grounds and sec the printing of the
magazine.
SJHS sodalists will also attend a
Study Day at Pius X High School
in .\1ilwaukee, March JI. Father
John R. Eagan will be the featured
speaker talking on the Sodality
wa \' of life.

Players Present Drama Duo
A Drama Duo will be presented
on J\1arch 21, by the \\'isconsin
Touring Theatre, spomorcd b;.· the
Universin· of \Visconsin. This
hour-long assembly features Ruth
Augustine and Al Barraclough in
scenes familiar to all. Some of the
world's great theater material will
be presented b;.· the highl)' talented
actor and actress in an hour of riotous good humor and a fe,, tears.
Among the characters portra;.·cd
will be the teenager, housewife,
cowboy, doctor, lawyer, merchant,
thief, and Indian Chief.
Ruth Augustine has appeared in
Brigadoon, /)ark of the ,\10011,
Janus, the Barretts of 1-Vinzpole
Street, and man;.· other pla;.·s. She
has kept her career alive although
housewife, mother, and polio ,·ictim.

T his group, which has currentl;.·
fiftv-nine actiYe members welcomes anyone willing to give up a
littl e of their extra time to he! p in
Red Cross work. Although all the
students in the schoo l are enrolled
in the Red Cross movement, the;.·
do not all participate as members
in the active orga nized Red Cross
group in the schoo l.
Those joining this activ ity arc
not under any ob ligation to continue it and may quit at any time
or help in the projects onl)· \\hen
thcv arc able.
Sister Luke, the moderator, has
man;.· future plans among "hi ch
include making vases by painting
large, empty juice cans for the
Veteran's hospital.
Officers of the club include n-

MARCH, 1961

Bob Fanning

Five members of the Red Cross Club, Jolene Schaefer, Nancy Szarfinski,
Joyce Rosenbaum , Mary Marshall, and Regina Tarcivia, admire a few of
the dolls made by club members.

Al Barraclough is a director and
actor. He has made two world
tours as the man in The Man lVbo
Came to !)inner and has directed
more than two hundred shows. He
has portra;.·cd a variety of roles,
the most recent being that of \\'illiam Jennings Br;.·an in Inherit the
Wiud.

St. Joe's Math Wits
Prepare For Finals
Eleven students from St. Joe's
will compete in the finals of the
State i\ Ia thematics Examination on
,\ larch f, at the Kenosha Extension
center. The students arc: eniors
Timothy Lawler, La\\ rcncc Gaydos, Jud;.·ann Hackbarth, Paul
Zohlcn, ~ eil Pictrangcli, and Theresa Tillman; Juniors James Yidas,
John Tures, ~icholas .\lischlcr and
Gloria Thomas; and Sophomore
Claire Frederickson.
On Fcbruar;.· 7, 197 St. Joe's students took the preliminar~ · exam.
The abO\·e mentioned eleYen rccci,·ed scores of 60 or m·cr out of
a possible l 28 points. They arc
among the top 1000 of almost thirteen thousand students in the state
''ho took the examination. The
finals ,,·ill be gi,·en in centers all
o,·cr the state.
This contest is sponsored in order to encourage further work in
mathematics. Of the 1000 students
competing in the finals, the top
25c ( or 250 '' i II be singled out for
cash awards and other prizes. Recommendations will also be sent to
the colleges of their choice. An;.
school '' ith a student placing in
the top 25C'c will also rccei,·c a
commendation.

Wanted-A Chance

THE ~ JUNIOR MIND';
ITS GROWING POWER
The mind we speak of isn't a mechanical Univac where a button is pushed
and out pops a type-written card with
an answer to the question, "What is the
mind of the junior class? " Nor is it the
single genius of an Einstein, or the stupidity of a moron. We speak of a spirit
that shines brightly in each individual
member of the junior class .
Each , in his own way, has contributed something , small though it be, to
the formation of this living, functioning
spirit. In three years, these members
have merged into a union with one goal:
a harmonious relationship with each
other and their school.
The ability of the junior class to work,
think, and play together is the reason for
complete success in any project they
undertake .
The Junior-Senior Dinner Dance is
slated to a success, though growth of the
two classes has made it impossible for
the juniors to attend the dinner .
We hope that the poor spirit and lack
of cooperation shown by the juniors
upon the announcement of the change,
has been replaced by a feeling of willingness to work unselfishly to make the
day a remembered one for the Seniors.
The Class of '62 faces a tremendous
challenge . Along with this challenge
comes heavy responsibility to ourselves
and to our school. If the junior class is
to answer this call , they must open a
closed mind .
Take a good look at yourselves, juniors, and see not only the good, but the
bad points as well. B2 mature enough
to realize how immature you are and this
is the reason for the faculty in a school.
Students may voice their opinions,
but the faculty, concerned for our best
interests, has the final word. Mature
leaders are needed to relate these decisions in a way that the students can understand the why for them .
One comes to school, not only to

learn facts, but to grow in mind, characte r, and personality. The juniors, by being stubobrn and proud, are thwarting
the opportunity for real learning.
If the many good traits of the junior
class are channeled into the right direction, great things can be accomplished .
A year remains . How about it, juniors?

Most people will admit that teenag e rs have many problems , but do they
know the most perplexing problem facing them? It can be stated simply in two
words, growing up .
First of all, teen-agers must strive to
grow up at home . They must show their
parents that they can take on the various
duties accorded to adults . Parents, in
turn , should give them responsibilities in
order to let them prove themselves . In
order to be worthy of this adult treatment, teen-agers should continuously
strive to be dependable and trustworthy
in their everyday dealings .
Teen-agers must also work to grow
up in school. They must show their teachers and fellow classmates that they can
be treated as adults. Teachers in turn,
should give them the opportunity to reveal that they are mature in many ways.
But what exactly can teachers do?
First of all, they could give them more
responsibility. Secondly, they could
speak to them as adults, or near adults,
and not as grade school children, anything that would let them feel as though
they are respected, will make teen-agers
live up to this faith . All teen-agers want
is a chance, a chance to grow-up. Why
not give it to us?
Judy Curtis

Carolyn Reed er

A King Without A Throne;
Easter Loses Its Meaning
"Happy Easter everyone!"
"Who said that? I'd like to hear about
this Easter business . I'm trying to figure
out what Easter is and it seems that I'm
having quite a problem."
"Huh? Are you a pagan or something?"
"No, You've got it all wrong . You see,
everywhere I go there are Easter bunnies
running around with brightly colored
Easter eggs. I'm kind of confused about
how Mr . Bunny and company got mixed
up with Easter. Why does he have to put
on a command performance every year?
How come he drags in all his relatives;
aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews,
inlaws and outlaws for a family reunion?
Is he part of some conspiracy to drive
Easter crazy, or does he just do it for
kicks?"
"Wait a minute; just calm down. He
and his eggs are part of Easter tradition,
a kind of symbol connected with Easter
giving it a deeper meaning."
"Hmm? A kind of symbol? What does
he symbolize? What is his deeper meaning?"
"Gee, I don't know just offhand, but I
would be glad to ask Father . . . . "
"Nice mess! It looks like we've got a
symbol, but no symbolism . We've re2

placed Christ with Brer Rabbit and Chicken Little. Apparently, they are symbols
of something so deep and complex we
can't understand it, so we've just kept
them, and forgotten about what they
stand for. We've crowned the king, but
he doesn't have a throne."
Jim Vidas

The Challenge
V()l. 3, N(). 6

March, 1961

CO-EDITORS . . . .. . .... .... . ... . . Judie Smith,
Bob Hughes
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cathy Miller,
Judy Przybylski
Editorials ...... . .... . . Irene Rakauskas,
Carolyn Reeder
Jo-pinions . . . .. . .. . .. . . ... . .. Phil Klein
Prisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leontine Milass
Pictures .. .. . .. . ... .. Joanne Navoiczyk,
Janet Szarfinski
Features ........ . . . . . ... . .. Jayne Arentz,
Bonnie Barca
Sports . . .. .... ...... . .. . . Bill Kaufmann
PHOTOGRAPHERS . .. . . .. . ... .. Bob Fanning ,
Tim Fannin{!,
Terrie Phannenstill
REPORTERS ... . Christine Schwenn , Judy
Hansen, Nick Mischler, Bob
Dobson, Sue Harrison, Pat
Murray, Nancy Kieliszewski,
Lynn Karabetsos.
TYPIST . . .... . .. . ...... .... ..... Sue Harrison
ARTIST ............... Marilyn Nierenberger

F. T.A. Members Plan Activities Honor
Twenty-two F. T. A. members
enjoyed a trip to \Vhitcwatcr to
tour and observe classes in the
Campus Elementary School. The
Campus School, equipped with
adequate classrooms plus workshop, library, art department,
home economics department, gym,
and auditoriu111, proved informative and interesting to those mc111bcrs attending. FollO'.ving a morning of observation, members purchased their lunch in the cafeteria
of the Student Union. In the afternoon the girls of the F.T.A. were
shown through the girl's dor111s at
the college and informed about
studies and life at the college.
F.T.A. also sponsored a Valentine Snack Bar in the school cafeteria. Raffles were held for a lus-

cious box of Valentine candy and
t\\ o surprise pac kagcs.
Future trips for F.T.A. members
include a swimming party, an
opera in Chicago, and a meeting at
De Paul Uni,·crsitv on " \1cntal
health in a teacher's. life" .

Roll Announced

February 16 marked zero da y as

honor assemblies, when the four

that the "' orthv "scholars" would
receive their certificates of excellence for achieving first, second or
third honors during the second

cl asses of our school "' cnt scpa-

quarter of the present scholastic

ratcl v to the auditoriu111 in order

year.

far as S t. Joe's students \\ere concerned . That "'as the date of the

Thirty-five students placed on
first honor roll, including seniors:
Tim Lawler, Alberta lolinaro,
Jud y Schaaf and Judyann Hackbarth. Juniors having attained the
coveted 93 or better average arc:
Jim Vidas, Barb Kluka, Pam Holy,
Judy Hansen, Maria Gallo, Jack
\Vard, Joyce Frederick, i\'ick
,\ 1ischlcr, and Gerry Alteri. Claire
Fredericksen, John i\1ikulsky, Ed
J\1cycr, ,\ 1arcia Ada111son, Barb
Kotz, Janet Rici, George Balinsky,
Carol Castaldi, Bob £ngstro111, Johanna Gallo, Jaul \Vallig, Linda

News 'n Views
Friday, March 17, SJHS students
will enjoy a free day in honor of
St. Joseph day, which fal ls on Sunday, March 19. Easter vacation
will be March 31 to April 4.

J\loddcs and John 1 cy arc the
sophomores who have succeeded
in obtaining first honors. Freshmen
Bob Fanning

Juniors achieving first honors are: James Vidas, John Ward, Pamela Holy,
Geraldine Alteri, Barbara Kluka, Nicholas Mischler, Maria Gallo, Judith
Hansen and Joyce Frederick.

Epping, Rosanne Rygicld, John
Drndak, Barbara Frederick and

Science
The Science Club , under the direction of Sister Phyllis elected
new officers including: Judy Hansen, president; Orlando Tnfusino,
vice president; John Lindi, secretary and Fred Thelen, sergeant at
arms.

Art
St. Joseph High School will be
the scene of a workshop for art
teachers, March 11.

Modern Languages
In earl~· Apri l, French, Spanish,
and Latin students will take 'ational Language tests. The Spanish tests must be given before April
15, and is open only to second,
third, and fourth year students.
French tests wi ll be given the first
week of April.

Faculty Members Go To Conventions J\larybcth Safransky.

Congratulations to all those who
You can relax, Kids! Our guidance director, Fr. Ollcy, will be
having less time for us in the near
future. He'll be kept busy with
his added "extra-curricular" work.
Father £d111und Ollcv is one of
the chairmen of the Se,·enrh Annual American Personal Guidance
Association Convention which is
being held on J\Iarch 25 and 26.
The sessions will be conducted on
the grounds of Loretto Heights
College, Denver, Colorado.
Father Olle~ · is conducting the
opening session entitled ~ ational
Conference of Catholic Guidance

Councils, which will discuss the
general business of the Council.
He will also celebrate Mass, opening the second day. Council acti,·ities on the second day attempt to
scn-e as a workshop.
Recently, Father Olle\· returned
from Alabama, where h~ was co111missioncd to write sc,·cral books
on guidance. The opening of t\\'o
nc\\' chapters of the i\'ational Conference of Catholic Guidance
Councils, one at Birmingham and
one at .\1obilc, took him to Alabama.
Father is also planning the agenda for a \\'isconsin Guidance meeting to be held at Ah-erno College
next month. Sc,·cral SJHS faculty
members \\·ill play prominant roles
in this one, so more about it next
ISSUC.

English
For the first ti111c, St. J oscph
High School is entering ?\' ationa l
Council of Teachers of English
achie,·cmcnts awards ~ompctiti :m.
Sixteen juniors ha,·c been chosen
to take a prcliminar~· test, here at
St. J oc's. The top two of these sixteen will take the i\'CTE test. The
winners \\ill not be knO\\ n until
December, 1961. The list of winners and runners up will be sent to
colleges throughout the country,
and those students will be offered
scholarships much in the same way
athletic scho larships arc offered .

\\'ith a 93 or more average arc:
John Lindi, Regina Bailey, Ron
Gilles, J\1ariannc Lackovich, Barb

Sister Mary to NCEA

Kenosha News Picture

Father Olley

Sister ,\ lar~, SJ I IS ,·ice principal, \\'ill attend the ~ ational Catholic Education Association Con,·cntion held annuall~· in a major
cin· of the United States the \\eek
after Easter. This year, it is being
held in Atlantic Cit:, "'C\\' Jersey.
Leaders in education meet and discuss ,·ital problems concerning the
nation's parochial school systc111
which in turn benefit administrators, teachers and, indirect!~-, students.
3

attained one of the honor rolls,
and especially to the Junior class,
which placed 55.7 % of its students
on one of the honor rolls.

Sophomore Wins
Oratory Contest
Sophomore August G norski has
come back ,·ictorious again, this
time from the S:iuth-Eastcrn \\'isconsin Regional Orator:· Contest,
held at i\lilton College.
This contest, in which twent\'onc counties \\'ere entered, is sponsored annually b:· the
mcrican
Legion. Augie \\'ill go to the state
meet from here, and then w the
"'ational Finals \\ hich will be held
at East Hartford, Connecticut,
April 20. Augie has a lr ead~· won
the local di,·ision here at Kenosha
and the district di,·ision at ih·er
Lake.
The orator~-, \\ hich he \\rote
himscl f, is entitled "To sccu re the
blessings of liberty for ourseh·cs
and our posterity".
Augie is \'er:· acti,·e in forensics
and debate. Ta king care of the
lights behind stage and announcing
at the basketball ga111es arc a fc"\
of
ugic 's extracurricular actiYities.

JAUNT'/
JUNIORS

OFFICERS • •
PRESIDENT

BOB HUGHES

VICE-PRESIDENT

ORLYN FARACA

SECRETARY

BARBARA BOBUSH

TREASURER

NICK MISCHLER

107

Top row: Edward Willems, Joseph Lutzen, Frank Nickl, Bryant Kelleher, Deith Dumesic, Thomas Gittens, Ryan Higgins,
Fritz Frank, Leon Mish. Second row: Dennis Orth, Kurt Van Kammen, Carole Capelli, Mary Pitsch, Barbara Bobush, Judy
Przybylski, Orlando Infusino, Al Abbott. Third row: Gail Surino, Mary Ann Gumbinger, Kathleen Etter, Carol Lichter,
Dorothy Dorece, Kathleen Bernacchi, Theresa Rynders, Cathy Martino, Diane Atkin. Bottom row: Frances Werve, Donna
Ruffalo, Jean Perkins, Patricia Romero, Maria Gallo, Judith Hansen, Rose Mary Seiberlich, Sherry Kraemer, Mary Ann
Zdenek, Frances Karabetso . Students missing: Steve Glowacki, Paula Mitchell.

108
Top row: Richard Davis, David Limbach, Steve Bobush, Bo Swift, Tony Adamski, Nick Mischler, Joseph Goetluck, James
Hinds.
econd row: Richard Chiappetta, Jimes Vidas, Lee Ryshkus, Joyce Sepanski, Ellen Jacoby, Stanley Dorff, John
Gallo, Ronald Kelley, Paul Brotcke. Third row: Janet Turco, Karen Zelen, Jean Werwie, Annette Michaud, Joyce Fredricks, Marilyn Nierenberger, Terri Phannenstill, Nancy Willems. Bottom row: Vera Ruffolo, Carol Robillard, Rochelle Bezotte, Judy Staebell, Sharon Evans, Sue Harrison, Mary Massie, Bonnie Barca, Marilyn Perry. Students missing: Michael
Krempely, Carol Guttormsen, Mary Jo Parisea, Rita Kausalik.

109
Top row: Ronald Hoff, Bob Mitchell, Bob Agazzi, Ronald Pat.lska, Richard Sieger, John Tures, John Bjork, James Hasslinger, Michael Stella. econd row: Ronald Barr, John Cina, Robert Fanning, Thomas Gaydos, Clarence Mielke, Lee Van
Landuyt, Daniel Drassler, William Kaufmann. Bottom row: Ruth Geb, Susan Mader, Patricia Jacyna, Jo Ann Ruffolo ,
Dorothy Volpentesta, Rosemary Ziccorelle, Judith Whitcomb, Karon Sadorf, Susan Lippert, Patricia Kenney. Students
missing: Patricia Bode, Eugene Hackbarth.

110
Top row: Michael McDonald, Tom Johnson, Ray tukel, Leon Rack, Larry Mashuda, Ray Jankowski, John A. Holden, Jim
Santarelli. Second row: William Zielsdorf, Tony Gomez, Carole Wiberg, Jeanne Tellier, Gaynell Wade, Rosemary Rossa,
Robert Bode, Ray Sepanski. Third row: Geraldine Alteri, Marianne Hartnell Helen Bartol, Maryanne Ruffolo, Joan Moeller, Catherine Pias, Mary Ann Wavro, Diane Blank, Sharon Pascucci. Bott~m row: Patricia Cipolla, Maryanne Madsen,
Joyce Drndak, Orlyn Faraca, Claudia DeLabio, Hedwig Milass, Nancy Kieliszewski, Loretta Haebig, Maureen Keane.
tu.
dents missing: Ronald Gericke, Marie Freund.

111
Top row: Ronald Viola, Gary Gonyea, Vernon Bucholz, Tom Paulson, Charles Fries, Richard. Rhey, Jeff Hahn.' Charles
Rowan, Charles Anderson, Tom Pias, Richard Conrad. Second row; Tom Kaufman, Frank Delf1eld, J~mes ~ecke1sen, Tom
Oldani, Sue Manson, Richard Wilson, James Tappa, Tom Bonell, Philip Klein. Third row: Kathy White, Eileen Newberry,
Jeanine Jaras, Carolyn Reeder, Diane Getschman, Jane Heller, Kathy McGovern, Lois Blankley. Bottom row: Kay Zuehlsdorf, Carole Gemig, Jean Sturycz, Leontine Milass, Mary Singer, Bernice Tyson, Karen chuch, Kathy Latham, Carol
Russo. Students missing: Daniel Ferkin, Pamela Holy.

206
Top row: Robert Giese, Edward Kwicinski, James Johnson, Donald Holzemer, Timothy Cumiskey, Richard Fischenich, Rudolph Becker, Roger Thomas, John Anderson. Second row: Joseph DiCello, John Ward, John Sturycz, Donald Paradise,
Frank Blasi, David Nacol, John Eggers, Allan Kehl. Third row: David Stone, Dena Pinnola, Barbara Kluka, Geraldine Mc
Aleer, Vi Paura, Judith Smith, Mary Fulmer, Catherine Miller, David Rudd. Bottom row: Nancy Burns, Cecilia tern,
Gloria Thomas, Arlene Rutkowski, Diane Ladousa, Sandra Willkomm, Christine Schwenn, Sandra Reiter, Bonita Hansen,
Suzanne White. Students missing: Mary Tyson, Jennie Hellstern.

211
Top row: James Wood, Al Giovanelli, Daniel Ruffalo, RonaldRusso, Dennis Kohloff, Randy Miller, Frank Trecroci, Lawrence Marinelli, Donald Brevitz. Second row: James Doherty, Michael Gaffney, Robert Lento, Daniel \Vhiteside, Patricia
Parchem, Joanne Navoiczyk, Thomas Sczygielski, Randy Gullo, Thomas Lonie. Third row: Kathleen Kamin, Betty uri,
u an Tyson, Mary Beth Schend, Tina Ritacca, Carolyn Fonk, Janet Benuska, Margaret Meier. Bottom row: Donna Kehrer,
Jane Han en, Nayan Boardman, Carrie Calkins, Mary England, Jane Henderleiter, Cecilia Allen, Jayne Arentz, Mary Walauskis. Student missing: Robert Hughes, Timothy tears, Daniel Peltier.

OllR
CANDID

Our sale of World's Finest Chocolate Almonds acquired for us two new Ramblers
which were blessed by Father Darnieder
last month as William Renick, Roger Casey,
Larry Williams, Nick Mischler, John Doherty, Tim Limbach, Kathy Ruffolo, Joan Pietrangeli and Patti Matranga watch through
the snow.

Three Iowa potatoes, Sue Lippert, Nancy Kielizewski, and
Pat Parchem look with all
"eyes" on our camera man as he
catches them at our annual Mardi Gras. Looks like the girls
missed American Dental Week,
too!

Brigitta Krueger

"Welcome to Suma, girls!" Marie Reweda and Irene Zalewski
arrive on Friday at Suma. We wonder if Father is trying to lure
Mary Pitsch, Maureen Keane and Judy Przybylski to the seminary? It looks as if Mary is willing to go!!

Bob Fanning

'Slosh em up, Jim'! Jim O'Neil really strikes home as he and Mary Sue Brownlee,
Terri Phannenstill, Pat Romero and Mary Massie take advantage of the Junior
Booth. By the way, who's behind there, Jim?

Terrie Phannenstill

Miss Wisconsin, Karen Marie Farhenbach of Racine,
recently spoke to the girls
of St. Joe's on good grooming_ Miss Farhenbach is
now a se nior at the University of Wisconsin
through a scholarship she
received .

.James Kliest

Sophomore and junior sodalists are shown here being received into
the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Clark conducted
the ceremonies.

CAMERA
SEES. • •

Terrie Phannenstill

Carol Robillard, Janet Turco, Christine Schwenn, Marilyn Nierenburger
and Barbara Kluka are seen admiring Miss Wisconsin. Christine seems
to be asking, "Are you real; do you bite?"

Terrie Phannenstill
Carol Robillard

Vera Ruffalo,
Stan Dorff, Frank
Blasi and LPe
Van Landuyte
are waiting· patiently for - their
turn in the junior
cafeteria line.
Vera, you look
starved!
Dan
Whiteside, Leon
Misch, Tom Paulson and Bo Swift
are having an after lunch discussion. Say isn't
that against rules,
boys?

"Let's see," says Maureen Keane, "twelve
cents for bus and thirty-five for lunch!"
Jean Werwie, Maria Gallo, Barb Bobush and
Barbara Kluka don't seem to have troubles
with counting money while deeply engrossed
in studies(?) during junior homeroom
period.

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Something Is RoUen In
the State of Economy

DRAMA NIGHTMARE

Elegance
So much depends upon;
the pure white linen,
sparkling crystal lace
china
the yellow rose
and the
warm glow of a shimmering
flame
mellowed by soft music

Spring Fever
Surprise! My friend has
come
And the atmosphere makes
ready
Blossoms bursting in the
branchesGreen carpet spreads its
pathMusic made by natures
song
Welcome! Friend,
it's been so long.

I slept not a wink last night
For in the shadowy light,
I saw them all
As they crept before my sight-;
Macbeth standing there so tall
Clutching a dagger very tight.
Cyranno, an odd-sort of chap
With a
very
large
NOSE,
Looking quite ready for a fight.
They were all there
Tramping out
of
a big
drama
book.
Ohh!! I slept not a wink-.

To pay, now or not to pay now, that is
the questionWhether 'tis monetarily nobler to suffer
The small print and large interest of an
installment plan,
Or to take arms against a sea of
payments,
And, by signing, begin them. To look, to
buyAnd buy some more; and by a purchase
to say we begin
The six-month payments that automatic
anything
Is heir to; 'tis a cancellation
Devoutly to be wished. To look, to buyTo buy, unfortunately to pay, ay there's
the rub,
For in that rush of madness what bills
may come
When we have shuffled off the intial
thril I
Must give us pause; there's the realization
That makes calamity of unwise buying.
Who would these payments bear,
To grunt and sweat under this weary
load?
When he himself might economic
security make
With a cash payment?
Sande Kelsey 102

Why?
Pat Bode 109

Ballad of the South Seas
Six natives of Tahiti sailed,
With brown-skinned brides-to-be,
Two thousand miles or more they sailed
Upon the deep blue sea.
Poi and fish they ate and ate,
The sun beat steadily,
Fish and poi they ate and ate,
Upon the deep blue sea.
"Auwe!" the prophet cried at last,
"Typhoons ahead have we;''
"I see the omens a re a 11 bad
Upon the deep blue sea."
A violent whirl wind in their path,
And waves too terrible to see,
Descended on the small canoe,
Upon the deep blue sea.
Strewing bodies here and there,
The wind blew on ferociously,
And only shattered bits were left
Upon the deep blue sea.
Six natives of Tahiti died,
With brown-skinned brides-to-be,
Before they reached a better land
Beyond the deep blue sea.
Mary Ellen Evans 303

TIME
Time is
But a moment
Sojourneying on and on
Sometimes fleeting sometimes dawdling
On, on-.
Joyce Drndak 110

"Why? I ask myself
Why do I ask myself why?
Why do I ask myself why I ask
myself why?
If I only understood why I ask
myself these questions;
If I understood why I understood why
then I'd be happy!
Why do I ask myself why?
Why not ask, "Why not?"
Phil Klein 111

Small Town
Anything can happen
when the silver crown
Of the moon is laid
on a small town.
When a gate swings wide
and the shadows stalk
Side by side
on a cool walk.
And no one sees
and no one hears
When the silver keys
turn the locks of years.
Oh, anything can happen,
anything at allThe moon drop her ring
or a star fall.
Barry Zaromski 112
8

The City of Man
Colossus of steel;
King of mortar and glass;
Pulse of the nation;
Producer and destroyer;
All hail you.
Buyer and seller;
Streaming metropoles;
Hub of the country;
Murder and healer;
All salute you.
Powerful and mighty;
Dauntless and intrepid;
Ruler of all around you;
But what are you?
Only man's passing creation.
Nancy Grant 223

'Twenty Steps Beyond'
Sisters Lively and Happy

Who ever thought it would be so easy to see through Sister Columcille?
Sister Ann, her partner (see hand), has just hit the serve that won the
game from Sisters Jarlath and Marie Catherine.

Photo, Science

Clubs Map Plans

"Gi111111c the keys; I've gotta get
a picture'" These words arc heard
often in the Photography Club,
\\ ith Bob Fanning as president.
These students who supply our
CHALLENGE with pictures and
keep a record of school acti\·itics,
show a great deal of self-sacrifice
and rcsponsibilit:-.
"During future meetings this club
is to \'icw Kodak fil111s and discuss
picture displays," says Sister Francis Xavier, moderator.
\Vhcn :!skcd if the members of
the Photo C lub cnjo:· their work,
Ti111 Fanning replied, "Sure, I cnjo:· it. It's fun!"
The Science Club is known as
the lON S (111vestigators of Nat11ral Science). Their purpose is to
disco\'er, develop, encourage, and
support scientific effort.
Newly elected officers arc Judy
Hansen, president; Orlando lnfusino, vice-president; John Lindi,
sccrctar:·; and Fred Thcilan, scrgcant-at-anns.

Sister Phyllis, moderator, concludes that future plans consist of
their own science projects, visiting
projects of other schools, and going on field trips.
Organized three years ago, the
IONS arc still in their process of
growing. New members arc in,·itcd to join and contribute or dc,·clop their interest in science.
Nancy Kieliszewski 110

Contrary to some beliefs, Sisters
lead a very normal, happy life, and
do not spend their out of school
hours dreaming up new tortures to
inflict on their students.
The Sisters' busy days begin at
5 a.m. The:· go to chapel for
prayers and \1ass, to breakfast and
then to school, to their eternal task
of feeding knowledge to the eager
interested students. After school
there arc various activities to be
moderated and "dail\' tasks" to be
done before supper. After supper,
if nothing else comes up, there arc
45 minutes for recreation during
which ti111c the sisters pursue their
hobbies or favorite activities.
Sister Luke, we hear, is a pro at
ping-pong. She finds Sisters Laurette, lrcnc, and Stephen Mary
,·cry able opponents. Card pla:·ing
is also a fan>ritc. Sister Adclma is
a "shark" at pinochle and Sisters
Clarence, Theodore Marie, and
Phyllis arc always cager to iom
her. Sisters Jarlath, Carol, and
Mar:· Francis prefer bridge and
Sister Anclda, Canasta.

Seniors, Juniors Await Trip
On May 3, a trainload of ninet~· ­
cight excited seniors and juniors
\\'ill begin their trip to \Vashington
and ?\' C\\' York. This group is composed of 72 juniors and 26 seniors.
Included in these are 28 boys and
70 girls. This trip is sponsored b:·
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
\\' hen the train pu lls out of the
str.tion, it \\ill be carrying its passengers to a week full of !llan:· exciting experiences ending i\ l a:· 13.
There \\'ill be a great number of

places and things of historical and
educational nluc to be seen along
·with man:· amusing sights. A111ong
these will be such places as the
J effcrson 1\lcmorial, S111ithsonian
Institute, Tomb of the unknO\\'n
Soldier, and the Pan-American
Cnion Building in \\ ' ashington,
and Central Park, Colulllbia lJ ni\'Crsity, Rockefeller Center, and
R adio Central .\lusic Hall in ~C\\
York cit\'.
Before the train reaches its destination, the tra ,·clcrs \1 ill ha ,.c a
chance to rest up and make all
their plans, so that the\' can rcalh
li\'C it up!

SJ.HS Library Growing Fast
Bclic,·c it or not the SJ HS librar:· is gro\\'ing' 1\'c\\. books arc
being added each month. Sister
,\ 1ary Francis able librarian has just
announced so111c of the new titles.
Students planning science careers
or just h;1\·ing an interest \\ill find
these books helpful: AlJTOi\10TIVL·: ,\1ECHANICS l)\· \V. H.
Crouse, FRO,\ I CEL L TO TEST
TLJBE b\· C ha111bcrs 'and P a\·nc.
Ai\1ERL C·A~ l~VENTORS. b\'
C. J . H ! lander includes suc h brilli ant men as \ \' cstinghousc, ,\ le
Cor mick, and Goodyear.
Interesting biographies arc also
becoming nu111 crous inc ludin g
Douglas Frccmans' LEE OF VIRC I I , and THE CORD OF
STEEL, a sror:· of Alexander Bell,
b\· Thomas Costain. The career of
Dr. \V. Halstead is presented in

Pat Murray 105

the book CANCER, COCAll\',
AND COURAG E b:· Buckhard
and Crane.

Scrabble is en joyed by Sisters
Columcillc, \1 ary, Ccreon and
Carol, \\hi le a good game of Chess
intrigues Sisters Luke, Rosemarie,
Robcrtdlc and \ 'I aric Catherine.
Sister Stanisia Jo,·cs to relax \\ ith
a good mystery and listen to good
stereophonic music \\hile that
imaginati\'c Sister Spcranda cuts
recipes out of magazines. At seven
o'clock all the sisters gather around
the T\' for the news.
Besides these acti\·itics there arc
occasional group games, square
dancing, " gab fcsts" , 1110,·ics, and
planned "fun nights. "
"Twenty step beyond" means one
floor abo ,·c the hustle and student
S\\ arm of the school.
There is
"home" to the Sisters.
Jayne Arentz 211

Jots From Joes
E\·cn·onc has heard the Ill\ th of
bulls charging red but few people
know that this sort of thing sometimes happens a!llong students.
Sister Adclma reports that BILL
SH CLSKI is affected in an odd
\\'a:· b:· : ·arn. I alll happy· to say,
though, that there is no real
trouble now. Bill \\'rote a \ ' Cf\'
nice note to Sister apologizing for
the lllCSS he !lladc of her bulletin
board.
SISTER RlTAROSE rcccnth·
ga,·c her art class the assignment
of bringing in objects of art crafts.
The ingenius Tli\1 KEKER, unable to find an:·thing around home,
soh·cd his problcllls b:· gluing SC\'cral checkers to a flO\\ er pot and
calling it an ash tra~. Not only
did he get his !llark, but the nc\\
hobb:· ma:· S\\'cep the nation.
Herc's hoping, TL\!.
Elllbarrasscd, PAT KFC'\Y?
Sorr:·, on!:· boys can go to St.
,\ l an·'s in \\'inona.
Tom Green 113

T \\'O outstanding socio log:· books
arc Eberhard \V clt\''s HA~D­
BOOK OF C HRISTIAN SOC IAL ET HI CS and A CAT HOLIC YOlJTH 'S GUIDE TO
LIFE A;-.:D LOVE b\' R e,·.
George Ke ll er \\ ith authoritati,·c
ad \·icc on friendships, dating, marriage, and careers.
Book monc\' is obtai ned 111 \'anous wa:•s; from the Home and
School, a certain amou nt is gi,·cn
from the Incidental Fee, and gracious donors contribute to the
cause.
Sister 1ary Francis im·itcs you
to stop in and see the ne\\. selections.

Sisters gather around T .V. each evening to view the 7 p.m. News. All
right now , ister ; who belongs on that vacant chair?
9

I feel that most of my expectations
have already materialized. One of my
main expectations was to meet many
new people. I have met many people,
and some of them have been most interesting. The only one that is unfulfilled is to get all A's on just one report
card!
Kathy Kamin 211

An easy senior math test!
Nick Mischler 108

Taking most things as they came, I
have only one thing which I have been
looking forward to for some time, and
that is the trip to New York and Washington. I have always wanted to travel,
and this will be my first real chance.

I have always wanted to be in a high
school play. When I was little, my mother used to tell me about plays she had
been in. Since then I have always felt
it would be a wonderful experience to
be in one myself. Although I have a job
which may prevent it this year, I hope I
can make it next year.
Mary Ann Gumbinger

Judy Hansen 107

The day I hand in all my homework
on time.
Ron Kelley 108

Before I leave high school in June of
1962, I would like to be a member of
mixed chorus.
Jean Golen 109

What unfulfilled expectations of high school
life do you still hope to see materialize?
When I first came to high school, I
hoped that some day I would find myself grownup and wanting to work and
learn. This has materialized a little in the
last couple years but has not come of
age yet. I truly believe that my expectations will be fulfilled here at St. Joseph's
next year.
Jim Johnson 206

I would like to see a true spirit of
class loyalty or school loyalty instead of
freshman for freshman and senior for
senior. The older ones should help the
up-coming students in all activities.

I hope to see everyone in the school
with not one demerit for a whole year.
Rochelle Bezotte

My expectation, if you can call it one,
is an advanced biology class. I enjoyed
biology very much, and I believe that
students should have an opportunity to
study more biology before they attend
college.
Barb Kluka 206

I would like to see kids stop destroying the school.
Paul Brotcke 108

I am now a junior, and before my
graduation I would like to see a much
greater school spirit developed. I do not
mean school spirit in sports only, but in
all school activities and classes.
Gloria Thomas 206

Sr. M. Zedislava, O.P.
To get first honors!!
David Nacol 206

I hope to see our high school students acquire a deeper understanding of
the meaning of life. So many of them go
on day by day just having their own
private fun, unaware of the troubled
world around them.

When I first came to high school I
was going to make the best out of the
coming four years. I was going to study
hard and get good marks. However, this
never came about. Here I am, a junior,
and I have only made use of but half of
my studying abilities . So for the rest of
this year, and also next year, I am resolved to study harder and with more
diligence.
Diane Getschman 111

I long for the day when I might see
one of my pictures from Photo Club in
the Challenge with my name spelled correctly beneath it.
Carol Robillard 108

Sherry Kraemer 107

I hope to see all the athletic teams
come out with as good a reputation as
the wrestling team. I hope what they
are doing is going to be the inspiration
for the rest of the teams.
Charles Fries 111

The unfulfilled expectations are the
joys of my senior year, which will materialize next year: the class rings, our
turn to be treated to the dinner-dance,
and, of course, the glowing climaxgraduation.
Diane Atkin 107
JO

One expectation I have always
wanted fulfilled is to put some form of
fire-cracker under some of the boys who
hold up the walls of the gym at our
school dances. You come to a dance to
DANCE and not to stand by the wall and
take root. I hope this will arouse some
of the boys to ask the girls to dance.
Cathy Pias 110

Mr.

Radigan

Voices

SJHS gym was just beginning to
hum with after school activitv, as
Mr. Bob Radigan relaxed i1~ his
office after a hard day of teaching
American History, sociology, and
physical science. In addition to
this heavy schedule, Coach Radigan trains our basketball and baseball teams. Gi,·ing no particular
reason, other than a natural liking,
he stated that he prefers coaching
to teaching.
"Coach," I inquired, "With so
many time-taking activities how do
you spend what little leisure time
vou have?
"Well, I enjoy washing walls after
Church on Sunday mornings," was
the not too convincing reply. Getting serious Coach Radigan stated
that he enjoyed pla~·ing sports of
almost any type.
Mr. Radigan feels that students
in Catholic schools have the advantage when it comes to education.
He stresses religion, which the
public school pupil docs not have,

as being responsible for this better
training.
None of his teachers influenced
his decision to pursue a teaching
career, Coach reflected. ' 1 had alway thought of being a teacher, I
guess. "
Ending the intc1TiC\\ on a light
note, l asked Coach how he liked
the Ch ristrnas present he got from
his American Historv class. He
answered regretfully,;,[ '>Vas forced
to exchange the pink suspenders
for a tic clip."

Alum-lines

This acquisition of knowledge
will take the best that mv mind
offers. Anything that detracts from
this primary mission is intrinsically
wrong. The mastification of confections in the precincts of this
building detracts from the energies
of my being that should be applied
to preparation for the greater,
higher life.

The happy face of Cl I UCK
HALL is now seen down the corridors of the lJni,·ersity of Wisconsin Extension in Kcn~isha where
he is taking German, English, calculus, and chemistry which is his
major. When asked- his opinion of
college life Chuck replied " It's
rough, with lots of down to earth
studying, but I love it!" Also taking advantage of the Extension
Center is SUE KA~CIA ' who is
majoring in English and sociology.
MIKE MEETER has also chosen college life, his campus being
Marquette in Milwaukee. Mike is
taking a liberal arts course. VIRGINIA WADE is showing a representation of St. Joseph to Viterbo
College where she is majoring in
home economics.
Angela Romano 105

Phil's Notebook

Opinions

I think the most exciting and
humorous things happen in the
cafeteria. Todav our table was having a little fun" with the jello and
started playing catch with it. One
of us caught a glimpse of black
moving toward our table and told
the rest. \\,' c decided to get rid of
it so \\C called to a girl at the next
table and tossed the jello to her.
Just about this time Sister came
over and caught her with the jcllo.
That night she reported to 206 for
a little pink piece of paper.
Robert Fanning

Carolyn Reeder 111

Mr. Radigan

Why I should not eat
1 am guilty, 1 must admit, of
defeating the primary aim of my
attendance at this institution of
learning. I am here to learn to
compete profitably 111 the everyday world.

•

1n

School

preoccupied with these ''holly distressing activities that we would
forget that we arc here to develop
the higher clement of man-the
intellect. This is far more sublime
than any pleasure derived from
eating could ever, in my wildest
fancies, become.
Thirdly, I ''ould like to dcn>tc
a few thoughts to the defiance of
authority associated with my act.
B:· eating beyond the hours prescribed by those placed above me,
I have placed myself beyond the
law. In a society of social beings
no one can afford to be in such a
position.

Secondl:·, it is a transgression of
the social order of St. Joseph's. If
everyone were to cat at whim, the
problems of disposal alone would
be enormous. This would leave
little time for acquisition of knowledge since we would be too preoccupied with the problems of digestion, wrapper disposition and so
forth to worry about the plight of
the Caesars, N cwton's Thcor:· or
the gastronomic distress that i\ lr.
K. might be suffering at any gi,·cn
time. In fact '' c would all be so

I sincerel:· pra:· that at the conclusion of the corning years, I like
St. Paul might say- 1 ha,·e fought
the good fight.
Judy Lindemann 214
Editor's note: Judy Lindemann originally wrote this as a five hundred
word punishment when caught
chewing gum by Mr. Francois.
Given the alternative of writing a
theme or receiving a demerit, she
chose the theme.

American History was my most
unusual class today. As you know,
1 now have contacts and I can
wear them all day. I sit in the
front seat of the third row and a
very good looking girl sits in the
second row, second seat. Jn the
middle of the class I turned and,
just to be funn:', (she laughed)
winked at her. \\'ell, my contact
lcnsc popped out of my eye and all
the kids that saw it were in stitches.
Luckv for me, Sister wasn't in
class.
A person can meet the strangest
people and coincidences in a hall
(and take advantage of them for
kicks). Toda:·. for instance, I came
to the usual tangle up at the water
bubbler and found three girls trying to force their way through. I
stood in back of the last girl (politely ) waiting for them to shove
through when the girl in front of
me put her hand in back of her and
said, "Here, Phil, Hold on!" I
thought she knew I was in back of
her, so I put my hand in hers and
she pulled me through to the
"front". \\'hen we got to the other
side she turned and looked at me
asking, "'Vho are :·ou?" I gave her
m:' name, Phil, and she burst out
laughing. Her girl friend's name
was also Ph~ · I (for Phyllis).
Phil Klein 111
Editor's note: these are entries tak·
en from Phil Klein's creative writing notebook.

Sister Leonelle Comments on Juniors
One familiar and c\·cr-smiling
face which needs no introduction
is Sister J\l. Leonelle, junior Class
ad,·isor. This is no cas:· job as
Sister has seen in her months on
the job. " It's nice '' orking with
the students and I do cnjo:· it. The
officers arc all ,·cry cas~· to get
along with. I am afraid that l haYc
not the time to do as much as I
should for the class."
Sister feels that since her expcri'' ith the class of '62 in their sophomore ~·car thcr ha\ c matured considerably, but there has been no
drastic change in their general attitude, "just a little more push", she
said; '\·er:· good potential."
Before coming to St. Joe's, Sister
Leonelle taught at St. Benedict's

Robert Fanning

Sister Leonelle, junior Class advisor, chats with the class officers, Nick
Mischler, Orlyn Faraca, Mary ue Brownlee and Bob Hughes.

11

High School in Chicago, a parish
sc hool about half the size of St.
Joe 's. Herc our Spanish whiz also
taught math and some home economics. ,\ I a thematics is her second
choice as a field of stud\'.
In comparing her former students at St. Benedict's with those
at St. Joe 's Sister felt, ''The\·
seemed to ha ,.e a greater spirit ~f
group mO\'ement. Howe,·er St.
J oc 's is doing ,·cry well as far as
school spirit is concerned."
The sometimes tired, sometimes
flustered, but always ready-to-help
figure in 107 ha this to say in a
\\Ord-a Spanish word: -.. jQuc
Clase!" or "\\'hat a class!
Sue Harrison 108

Finish 10-10
Wrestlers Capture State Crown with 135 Points Sophs
Sophomores finished off MessPulling no punches, Ron Gilles,
"\ cil Pietrangelli, Chuck Zarlctti,
and Captain, Paul Zohlen captured
first place trophies as the Lancer
\ \' restling team became the State
Champions, Februar;> 18.
It \\as no surprise ! St. Joseph 's

lean, tough men ended the regular
season \\ ith I 0 \\ ins, no losses.
Coach ,\ l atrisc \\·as, naturally,
proud of all his men, and they certain!~· desen·e e\·ery gram of praise
they get.
Accumulating IH points, the

60-'61 F r eshma n T eam: Coach J a m es Fra n cois, Jo e Milts, Dea n Molina ro ,
Ga r y P et er son , R ay Z iegler , Joe L esn ik , Jim B ernacchi, John Drnda k ,
B o b Ma rs, Tony Ventura. Missing is Jim Car elli.

TheLowDown
by Bob Dobson

Athletic Co111pctition at St. Joe's
got off to a poor start in '60. Inpicture. P ossibl~ · these t\\'o sparsely
terest in sports and the school
\\'atchcd sports will fo llow the lead
teams in general hit an all time
of the wrestling tca111 and start
lo\\'. But toward the end of the
winning a crowd.
season, the Lancer football team
rallied to turn back mighty Pius
XI.
This glimmer of light was soon
to fade as St. Joseph's basketball
Yes, those rumors you ha\·e
team hobbled off on a long road
heard t hat St. Joseph's rnrsit~· has
of bitter defeats. Crowds at basketfinally won a conference game are
ball games dwindled until there
true. The Lancers beat D on Bosco
were almost more adu lts and faculand captured their first mark in
t;> than students. The gym is an
the conference wi n column this
immense place, but when there arc
\·car.
onl~· a handful of spectators, it is
painful!)' rnst.
The surprising win was another
Just before the turn of the \·car, first- the first time Pat J\1c Aleer
another light faintly glimm~rcd has not held the team together
from Lanccrland- Coach Frank alone in a regu lar season game.
,\ I atrisc 's \\Testing team hot on the Other stars were Bob Agazzi, who
\\a~ · to an undefeated season.
kept the team in the game during
Ruthless! y, the wrestlers defeated a slow quarter by throwing in
c\· cr~ opponent in their \\"a)·, turneight points; he finished with elc\·ing that glimmer into a torch.
cn. Another asset was Ron Barr,
Crcl\\ ds soon began attending who came in and \\'ith two minthe \\ rcstling matches and lca\·ing utes to go collected three fouls and
the basketball team to plod along made all shots plus bonuses; he finthe schedule of conference games. ished with eight.
Probabl;· the most exciting game
In their last three games of the
from a spccntor standpoint \\·as
t'1c humiliating defeat against St. regular season, St. Joseph's lost to
Catherine's. This reporter noticed \1 arqucttc b~· nrn points. They
that the Lancers took the \\ orst then pla~ · cd mighty Pius. At one
beating in the High School League time in the third quarter, the)· tied
that da;-. This game did ha\·e a the score, but as fate had it, P~: t
large audience, \\ hercas the Lancer \ 1cAlecr fouled out earl\' in the
\ ict >n over St. Benedict's did not. fourth quarter, and the. Lancers
So much for the past; that is fell apart at the scams, turning the
done, so look forward and tf\' to game into a rout for Pius. The
ferret out hope. The baseball team .\ lcssmer game looked in its first
looks promising, losing a few play- h:ilf like a rout for St. Joseph 's.
ers to graduation. The track team The;· were leading by nine points
also has most of its squad back and at one time, but as fate would have
will try to brighten up the sport's it, early in the second half \le

Lancers manhandled all cameras,
and the nearest rival, ,\1cmorial of
\\'aukcsha, tallied onl;; 98 themselves. Don Bosco placed third
with 67 points, and Pacelli fourth.
Second place winners for the
Lancer matmcn were: Gon)·ca,
Gullo, Horne, 1itchell, Perri,
Ruffalo, Thome, and \Villems.
This meet \\as the last one for
these seniors: Paul Zohlen, Rich
Perri, ' icl Pictrangelli, Denny
Hulen, Larr)' Gaydos.
Don Bosco's gym, scene of the
organized altercations, saw these
Lancers top opponents for third
place: Ade, Hulen, Sturycz, and
Gaydos.
' ot onl \' did the Lancers score
135 points, but they also took
home I 7 of the 33 medals offered,
o\'cr half.
This )'Car, on ly the second of
organized competition for the
Lancers, has seen the viri le men
of St. Joe's, with mat burns, sore
elbows, lightning reflexes, tough
muscles, and quick minds, bring
to t his new sc hool its first state
trophy.
\ Vrcstling has gained nC\\ lustre,
and all onlookers this \'ear wi ll
surely acclaim the sport gratifyi ng
for the spectator, at least here at
St. Joseph's.
Rob er t Hu gh es

Lancers Win First Conference Game
Alccr and Ruffalo rode the benc h
\\'ith four fouls apiece. T he Lancers lost 57-42 . T here were two
bright spots in Lancer losses to
Pius and i\fossmer, t he scoring of
Mike Cass 18 and 16 points respccti\·el\'. So ends the La ncer cage
season.
Bill K a ufmann

more -t2-3 l for their tenth win
against IO losses. Tom Regner led
the scoring with J7 points. The
Junior Lancers, coached by Mr.
Dick Johnson, finished the season
in perfect style, winning many of
their ten in the latter part of the
season.
Sophs, after a bad start, bounced
back to win six out of the last seven games. Se\·eral of the Junior
Lancers have shown great promise.
Tom Regner, their center, was a
dependable scorer and a good rebounder. Danny Hugh cs, a freshman forward, was exceptionally
well coordinated. Dom Forgianni,
a sophomore, was a dependable
scorer and rebounder.
The freshmen had a pretty rough
season, losing all of their games.
There were some rays of hope
shining through the storms.

Ruffalo, Stella
Captain Gridders
At the end of the footba ll season this year, t he varsit)' pla ~· crs
of the footba ll team cast their ba llots for the co-captain or captains
of next year's team. The winners
were Dan Ruffa lo and Mike Ste ll a.
Dan R uffalo stands six fee t, two
inches and weighs 174 lbs. Dan is
taking a co llege prep course and
would li ke to attend the U ni vcrsit~· of \Visconsin. Besides bei ng a
dcfcnsi\·e halfback and quarterback
on the footba ll team, he is a forward on t he basketball team and
played first base on the baseball
team.
Mike Stella, t he other co-captain,
stands fiyc eight and weighs 200
lbs. H e played offensi\'e and dcfensi\·e guard on the foot ball team
and threw t he shot and discus for
the track team.

60- 61 Sophomore tea m : Coach Dick Johnson , R a lph Wade, Jim H amilton ,
John Mauser, Dan Hughes, Tom Regner, Dom Forgianni , Dick Lancaster,
Bruno Rizzo , Tom DeMarsh , F a ther Olley .

G. A. A. Alternates Bowling, Badminton
T he G.A.A . (Girls Athletic As
sociation l, under t he direction o l
,\1 iss Catherine Lawton, has alternated bowli ng at Sheridan Lanes
Bo\\'ling A ll ey with badm into n
here at St. Joseph's in the girls'
gym. \ liss Lawton stated, '·Our
purpose is to teach the girls the
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games so they can app reciate t hc111
more fu ll y and participate in t hem
with a better understa ndi ng."
T here arc now 55 members participating in the activities. The
girls meet on Tuesdays in t he girls'
g)·m.
Joan Proesel

~CHALLENGE
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Sr. JosEI' ll Ii1c;11 Sc11001,, Ki-::-.os11\, \V1sCO"-SI'

APRIL,

Faculty Members
Attend Councils
1961

Rooms Added to Meet Enrollment
The increasing enrollment here
at SJHS has presented an unexpected problem. Though the school
was originally designed for approximately J 300 students, enrollment has already gone over that
mark. The registration for next

year no\\ stands at 1389 with another 40 students on a stand-by
waiting list hoping for admittance.
This increase made it necessary to
eliminate students from out of state
and to confine the enrollment to
students within Kenosha and Kc-

Scho larship, Characte r, Service
Requ isites For Honor Society
"Scholarship, character, leadership, and service arc the cardinal
goals and requisites for candidates
to the Bona,·enturc Chapter of the
National Honor Society. These
terms must be explicitly defined,
however, before the organization
can accept members fairly", says

Spring Concert Adds
Variety, New Uniforms
Girls' Quartette, the Lancettcs,
Boys' Quartctte, I\1ixed Girls' Choruses with the SJHS and Swing
Bands will present the Annual
Spring Concert here Sunday, May
7.
Girls' Chorus will sing "A,·c J\1aria", "The Y car's at the Spring",
and "Set Down Scn·ant." The
Mixed Chorus will present a varict)' of choral St) Jes, singing "Exsultatc Dco'', '·Vi,·c La Cookery
Maid", "The Nightingale", and
"Ye Arc Not of the Flesh." Other
selections of Mosart, Puccini, Bach,
and Tschaiko\'SkY will also be
g1\'Cll.
Selections from TVest Side Story
will be sung b)' the Lanccttes and
Boys' Quartctte.
The SJHS Band will be appearing for the first time in their new
uniforms.

Rev. Leslie Darnicder, principal of
St. J oscph 's.
The Bonaventure Chapter of this
National Honor Society to be set
up here will admit those only who
can meet the high standards. An
87 average will have to be maintained in marks by all members.
The faculty has met several times
to set an objective evaluation scale
for the other three candidacy requirements.

Only Jun io rs an d Sen iors
Only juniors and seniors are eligible. The constitution states dues
will be a dollar per year. J\leetings
will be weeklv or bi-monthh·.
Four officer~ for the organi.zation
will be chosen bv the members:
president, vice-president, secretary,
and treasurer.

Stimulate Exce llence
Not onl\' docs the ' ational
Honor Society gi,·c recognition to
those students who ha,·c alrcad~·
attained these goals, but it stimulates others who ha,·c not realized
the true goals of a high school education and that pro\'ing their worth
is what counts.
SJHS Chapter is named after a
famous Franciscan theologian, philosopher, scholar, and Doctor of
the Church.

Math, Biology Teachers Receive Grants
B~· submitting for111 sho\\ ing
their reco111mcndations, preparation, success, enthusiasm, and credits in math, Sisters Lu kc, i\1 yriam,
and Quintillus have won summer
grants to Marquette lJ nivcrsity.
Sister Francis Xa,·ier won an alternate grant in biology to Holy
Cross in Ne'' Jersey. If the "inner of the grant cannot accept or
refuses, Sister will receive it.

nosha county.
To handle this problem the SJHS
basement is undergoing a slight
facelifting. One large classroom is
being constructed and one storage
room. This classroom will be used
as a study hall and activity room,
so that classrooms and faculty
members now used for study periods will be freed for regular classes.
This project has meant considerable additional expense. Besides
the main structure, lighting, ceiling,
floor tiling and an extension of the
P.A. system ha,·e been necessary
for this change.
However, it is hoped that thru
the extra stud\' hall m the basement, those students now on the
stand-by list can be admitted to
SJ HS when school opens next fall.

'·Articulation Between Grade and
High School Teachers" is the subject of the spring diocesan guidance council at Alverno College,
in which seven of our faculty will
participate April 22.
Panels on varied problems in
education of grade and high school
students will be conducted.
Father Olley will be the general
program chairman. All the grade
and high schools in the Milwaukee
Archdiocese will be represented.
Sister Edna Marie will act as
chairman in charge of regeistration. Sister Laurette will record
for the panel on Good Study
Habits.
Sister Anne will be a panel-member in the Personal Adjustment
session.
Father Darniedcr will preside
over the Transfer of Records
panel and Father Clark will be
chairman of the Good Studv Habits groups.
Common problems will be talked
over and both grade and high
school teachers will contribute and
combine knowledge to solve some
of the difficulties in education.

ln accepting ,\ larquettc's grant,
Sister Lu kc must refuse one offered
her b~· ~ otrc Dame. Sisters i\ 1yriam and Quintillus "·ill ha\'c to refuse Georgetown grants.
Sister 1vriam also rccei\'cd an
alternate grant in math from Catholic Uni,·crsit\'.
. £,·identh·
. we ha,·e
an "on the ball" math and biology
staff.

Bob Fanning

In a few weeks these b locks and board s wi ll be new r ooms a dd ed in St.
Joe's basemen t to meet in cr easing en rollmen t.

District Junior Academy of Science
Will See Biologists Compete Here
~inc Racine and Kenosha schools
will take part in the southeast district Junior Acadcnl\' of Science
meet, to be held here .April 15.
Sister Francis Xa,·icr, general
chairman of this district's meet, has
secured four judges: Lt. Commander Fischer, Mr. John Neubauer,
Sister Bernarda, 0.S.F., and Dr.
Charlesworth Dickerson.
bout 30 students from this district, mostly seniors, will submit
projects and gi\'c fifteen-minute

talks on them. \\'inners will go to
the state meet at Carroll College
in \ \' aukcsha. The~· will repeat
their presentations there to scientists and college professors.
i\larquette offers a four-year
scholarship to the winner of the
State cademy i\1cet if he \vishes
to major in science at Marquette.
Tom Anderson, Sandra Kelsey,
Bill Lattos, and James Yidas will
enter from St. Joe's.

'Round
with

(!Tal~e Me To Your Leader!'
In every outer-space comic book, the
first words of the little green men are
"Take me to your leader!"
Now, I have a question. What do
you do if you haven't got a leader? A
silly question? Not at all! Why, everyone knows, that somewhere within the
hallowed halls of St. Joe's High, there
roams a class without a leader. Our duty
is to find it one! Think carefully now,
could it be your class? And if it is, what
kind of a person would you be willing
to follow?
Leadership requires many things: excellent principles and the courage to
stick by them, willingness to accept responsibility, and the ability to know and
obtain the best for one's followers.
Students require student leadership.
They want it; it is their right to have it!
Where are all those proud young men
and women who meet the requirements?
Are they trying to avoid the little green
men, or are they just too busy to be
bothered by the majority? Who knows?
You should!
Go ahead, find yourself a leader, and
let him know you need him. Or, if you're
a leader yourself, don't wait for that

The Challenge
Vol. 3, No. 7

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

April, 1961

. Cathy Miller,
Bob Hughes
Editorials ............. Judy Pryzyblyski
Editorial-Features . . . . . . Irene Rakauskas
Prisms . . ............. .. ... Judie Smith,
Phil Klein
Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanne Navoiczyk
Janet Szarfinski,
Leontine Milass
Features
........ Jayne Arentz,
Bonnie Barca,
Carolyn Reeder
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Kaufmann
PHOTOGRAPHERS . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Fanning,
Tim Fanning,
Terrie Phannenstill
ARTISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Sentieri,
Mary Sieger,
Bob Bosco

poor, "leaderless," unguided class to
come looking for you, go find them! We
need you, leaders, wherever you are, so
how about showing your faces and saving us from an attack of unguided energy by those rabble rousers from "outer" space!
Judie Smith 206

Ron

In the beginning of the school year
we somehow sensed how wel I we were
going to do in the next nine months. The
outcome, of course, depended on just
how much effort we put forth.
Those who have achieved excellence
in various fields of study have followed
a strict plan from the beginning that was
geared for success. Th is issue of the Cha 1lenge is devoted to their acknowledgment. They will be praised for their efforts here, but these accomplishments
that they have achieved will speak
for them and help them in their future
careers.
Let's not get carried away with spring
fever and spoil the academic record we
have built up so far.
Several weeks of school still remain
and report cards will reveal those who
spend their time even to the last weeks
in study . By working up to our fullest
capacity in these last days we can more
readily enjoy our long awaited summer
vacation.
Ron Fillipelli

Two Seemingly Similar Boys
Have Day of Achievements
With a heaving sigh, the school bus
pulled slowly to the stop. From its
opened doors bolted the first passengers,
Dave and Jim. They were both intelligent and good-looking males. This was
where the similarity ended, oddly
enough, even though they were good
friends. Talking aimlessly, they slowly
walked to school.
In the same homerooms, they were
in many of each other's classes. Jim had
not taken any hard electives, though, as
Dave had, for he hadn't decided whether he was going to college or not, he
had explained.
Jim dumped his books and ran outside to have a smoke before the first bell.
Dave didn't see him go for he was hurriedly reviewing his history notes.
The second bell found them both
rushing to their biology class. Dave was
doing a science project but Jim had declined, saying, "that stuff doesn't interest me".
In English, Dave presented the class
with his forensics oration. He had tried
out for the experience, had liked it, and
was now a regular member. Jim complimented Dave on his speech. He hadn't
had time to try out himself, his jalopy
taking up most of his time.
History came and the scheduled unit
test was distributed. Jim had forgotten
to study for it, but hoped for a chance to
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see something on someone's paper.
Finally, school was over and both
boys heaved a sigh of relief as they met
in homeroom.
Dave stayed in school for basketball
practice. Jim was due in detention hall.
Thus ended a school day of achievements
for two seemingly similar boys.
Judy Przybylski

Spring
Spring is wind, a gentle zephyr,
A rustling breeze, stirring bud-laden
boughs,
Spreading aromatic fragrance thru the
air,
Appeasing man by banishing winter's
snows.
Spring is wind, whipping cold wet rains,
Drenching nature in dismal icy spray,
Sending warmth in headlong flight as
winter wanes,
Yet frets and fumes, scaring warmth
away.
Spring is wind, lifting winter's ban,
Slowly, silently, upstaging Jack Frost's
show,
Blurring nature's artwork with streaked
tan,
Foiling winter's white stage of glaring
snow.
Jim Vidas

Student Notes French-American Contrast
Also- and this seems to be caused partly by education and partly
by the American mind-Americans tend to become a nation of experts,
" people who know more and more about less and less." And I think it
is a pity when all the fields of knowledge arc comtantly widening, to
have such a restriction in the schools and society.
Americans do not have what you might call a culture of their
own; it is just a way of life. They have not yet made any valuable
artistic contributions of any kind. They think of culture as material
rather than intellectual. Americans like facts and figures and don't sec:n
to care much at all for poetry, reading, or art, whereas the French, 1
think, arc more romantic and imaginative.

This is not really my opinion of America but rather an observation
of some of the differences I have noticed between America and France.
The first thing is the rate at which Americans live. Thcv seem to
be constantly on the go, rushing around to get things done as if the day
was not long enough and as if they would dislike very much the idea of
stopping to think or make their decisions calmly. l don't know if they
know where they arc going, but they arc definitely going there in an
enthusiastic and whole hearted manner. Not that French people arc lazy,
but I think thcv have a more relaxed attitude toward life and work which
is very pleasant in my opinion.
Americans also seem to have a mania for being analyzed and given
tests to find out how they rank among themselves, and they like to find
out what other people think of them. Another mania is to keep up with
the neighbors; thC)' seem to be afraid of being different in any way from
the people that surround them. They arc always competing to establish
new records and find out statistics, even if it is only how many people
people take a bath on Saturday nights.
(The a\·cragc American also seems to be somewhat of a hypochondriac or at least di likes very much the thought of pain in any shape
or form .)

American Standard of Living Superior
Americans arc much more advanced technically than Europeans.
Their standard of living is very superior but when you look at it, it
seems everything is too new. America may have made more progress in
200 years than most of Europe has made in a 1000, but it still seems like
a baby nation. What America seems to be lacking is a historical background; it is living mainly in the present and the future whereas Europe
has all her past history to fall back on.
The main thing with Americans, of course, is that they ha\'C a
superiority complex. Because they arc new and big and powerful, they
tend to look down on anything that does not enter their picture of a
modern, up-to-date world. In that way, they disregard a lot of lessons
that the past history of Europe might teach them. They act sometimes
as if they doubt that anything worthwhile could come from Europe now.
They think Europe is dead and they are going to take over because they
arc the onlv ones that count.
This is what America seems to me after spending seven months
in this countrv. However, I think that America is a wonderful countrv,
with great opportunities for anyone who cares for them. And that .is
why, when people ask me, I can truly say that I like this country, but I
don't think I could ever live here since it would never be home to me.
There would always be something lacking for me in the \\·ay of life and
thought.

People Are Funny!
If you're looking for an interesting hobby, one that needs only as
much time as you can afford to put into it, one that is inexpensive and
requires no special apparatus, then search no further. The pastime that
meets all of these conditions is .... people-watching.
People-watching is just what it implies, observing the outer actions
and inner reactions of the people around you. A practice deeper than
simple observation, it includes shrewd analysis of character and knowledge of human moti\'ation. It delves much deeper than the superficial
consideration gi\·cn by the a\•eragc person to most of those around him.
Not c\·cryonc is capable of being a people-watcher. The essential
rcquirc111cnts arc awareness of surroundings and the part the)' play in
the development of the individual, sensitivity to people's moods and
problems, and a keen, open mind, cager to learn from others and able to
think clearly and analytically.

American Youth "Sheltered"
1 think that American teenagers may haYe more freedom physically but mentally, I don't think the)' mature as rapidly as we do. They
do not know their own mind so early in life and then they are limited
by the American concept of life and education which seems to want to
"shelter" their youth very much. It does not make them face up to their
deci ions and develop their personal initiati\·e.
l do not want to appear to slight the American people, for they
ha\·c many \'er)' worthwhile qualities which all Europeans admire and
respect. But, along with a lack of culture in America, there also seems
to be a lack of saints. Although they seem to be a very religious people,
outwardly at least, there ha\'C been no striking examples of sanctity in
American Histor)'· Saints are not of the past; in France there have always been great numbers of saints, C\'en up to the present time, such as
Saint Therese de l'cnfant Jesus, Charles de Foucauld, Saint Jean ;\1aric
Viann~', and others. 1 do not know the reason for this state of affairs,
but I wonder if these things don't all go together?

Begin With Friends
At first, it is easier to work on a friend, perhaps someone you've
known for a long time but have never stopped to think about. \Vatch
his mo\·cmcnts closely, the things he says and does. You might find some
facet of his character that you never noticed before and thereby gain a
deeper insight into his nature. Perhaps now you'll sec that what you
alwavs considered snubishness in Marv is rcallv shyness, or that loudness
in R"on results from his insecurity. As )'OU ~ontinue people-watching,
new traits will be rc\·calcd and gradually ) ' OU will attain the realization
that man)' rnricd factors go into making up the total personality of any
one individual. Attitude largely determines the success )'OU will ha\'C.
The people-watcher has to assimi late all he learns and not condemn, but
rather, understand.

Mau ricett e Lesaffre
Exchange Student fr om Lille, F r a n ce

Not A New Innovation
People-watching is not a new innoYation. lt has been going on
since the beginning of time ... since there were people. lt has many
uses and purposes which art not often realized. To Bob, who laments
" I can 't find anything to'\ rite about," it could prove an im·aluablc source
of material for his '' riting, pro\·idc a wealth of characters to fall back
on, and gi\'c him the understanding of human nature, most important to
any \Vritcr. Juan has the wrong idea when she sa)·s "Wh)' do l ha \'C to
go to the lecture? There'll just be a lot of people there that 1 don't
know." Did you Sa)' PEOPLE? This is a great opportunity for peoplcwatching en masse.
As you gain proficiency in people-watching, you will be able to
catch glints of a person's character through the small exterior things. A
person's wa lk, mannerisms, O\'Crall appearance, are all indications of his
personality. At a large group gathering such things are especially interesting to notice. This hobb)· would ne\'er become monotonous, since
every indi\·idual you meet \\ ould be just that, an individual, different
from all the rest. People-watching is the most challenging, mentally
acti\'e, and rewarding hobby that T know of.
I ren e Ra k a usk as

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Bob Fanning

Proud winners of the tate Wrestling Meet held at Don Bosco were
four wrestlers and their coach. Chuck Zarletti, Paul Zohlen, Mr. Frank
l\latrise, Mike Thome and Neil Pietrangeli pose with their winning
trophy after a 10-0 season.

Bob Fanning

"Good grief Barry, can't you tell the difference between a cup and a hat?"
proclaims Bob Dobson. Brian Gullium looks in a calm state of shock at
the scene, but Barry just keeps pouring. The boys are practicing for the
school play, "Charley's Aunt."

APRIL
REIGNS
Here, as we look into St. Joseph's chapel we find
Father Clark celebrating daily Mass at 7:20 a.m.
Sometimes it's a wonder how he gets up so early.
"C'mon tell us your secret, Father!"

Bob Fanning

Pam Holy

Patty Romero was feted on her 17th birthday by the
junior girls during lunch period. So she won't forget
America, Kenosha, and St. Joseph's the girls supplied
her with a variation of birthday presents, and a some·
what "tilted" cake.

Carol Robillard

It looks as though a few are getting ready to stay the whole night! The

i;hce? Why it·s the Detention hall after school. Today looks like a mighty
busy day for the hall supervisor.

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Tim Fanning

You think it isn't hard to think of pictures for the two pages you're looking at?
Poor Bob Fanning is in deep concentration about next month's issue. Any suggestions would be welcome in the staff room, 228 in an envelope addressed to

Locker area after
school is relished
with some lovely
junior girls. Patty
Jacyna, Sue Novak and Rita Kausalik just don't
look too happy at
all. Oh come on
girls, it's 3:15!!

Larry Williams

"A dedicated teacher", were the valiant words of Sister Mary as she welcomed Father Wittemen in from
the unexpected storm. We commend your good try,
Father!

Terri Phannenstill

C'mon now . . . . . heave!! You really can me the cooperation on student
behalf after the blizzard in March. Not one car was able to get out of the
parking lot witho1•t a good shove from students. Bill hulski and Jim Costigan were two fellows who stayed and helped until every car wa out. A
special thanks, boys!

Bob Fanning

Jim Costigan and Tony Gomez were two of
many who shoveled their way "in", in March.
The snow fall totaled 14 inches and paralyzed
all of Keno~ha. Yet still, how many of us stayed
in the house on our day off?

Bob Fanning

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Science Teachers Consensus : 1961 Proiects Better
"There are fewer projects this year, but the~·
arc of better quality." This is the consensus
of the science teachers.
Last year l 20 projects were entered as
opposed to only 86 this year, each worthy of
a pnze.
ln order that the whole school could view
the fair, the freshmen and sophomores saw it
during their math classes, the juniors duri ng
merican History class, and the seniors during
sociology class.
The prize winners in each class "ere
Biology-Experiment, first-Dave \\'illems,
sccond-Gene\'a Haebler and third-Craig
1\lurowski; Biology-Exhibit, first-Pam Holy,
second-Tim Betchel and third-] ohn Desnoyers; Chemistry, first-Sandra K else~· , second-Thomas Anderson, Bill Lattos and third
-Paul De Fazio; Physics, first-Pat Cipolla
and Orlyn Faraca, second-James Vidas and

third- Thomas Paulson; Physical Science, first
- Richard Fischcnich, second- Mary \\'avro
and Kathleen Zanio, third- Robert Bode and
Robert Lento; General Science, first- Regina
Baily, second- James Juli1na; Mathematics,
first:_ Tonv Gomez and John Sturycz, second
ick
- James Tappa and John Tures, ;hird1ischler.
The winners rccci,·cd ribbons and were
eligible to participate in the science fair held
at Kenosha High School and on to Marquette
U ni,·crsit)'.
The projects were judged by the following
qualified persons: Robert \Varrendcr, American 1\1otors Corp. Plant Engineer; Benjamin
Seal, City Engineer; Sisters de la Salle and Bernardo, Al\'crno College; Sister Lucy, St. Catherine's Hospital; Sisters Cecile and Walter
Reginald, Dominican College.
P a m Hol y 111

FTA Activities
Shape Future Teachers

These most a ctive and faithful members of F:rA a r e : S EATE D: Cecilia S te rn , M a r y Jo P arisea, J ayn e Arentz, Janet Szarfinski, Carol Russo, a nd Christine Sch wenn. STANDING :
Bob Acerbi, M a r y Schulte, Judy Przybylski , Rose M a r y Seiberlich , Bob A nder son, Jan e
Henderleite r , Gail Schmitz, Tom G ay dos, Naya n Boardman, Trudy D eom , D ave H eyd en ,
J a m es Hasslinger, Frances Werve, Mary Seiger , and Kathy M a rtino.

SJHS
Must

America needs enthusiastic, responsible and
persevering educators who will be able to direct the development of a child wholly. St.
Joseph High is trying to develop such educators in Future Teachers of America.
This vcar the members of FT A ha\'C explored, read, observed, and coll ected ideas.
This was accomplished through \\ ork, study
and recreation.
The various activities of FT A this vear
were a tour of t he museums of Natural Histor>' and of Science and lndustr~· ; obsen·ation
and tour of v\'hitcwater College; conferences
held at De Paul; and a tour of Alvcrno College. FT A members will attend the opera,
Rigoletto, in Chicago early in May.
,\1embers meriting 1000 points for attendance at meetings and a si ting teachers received pins. Seniors who ha\'e their pins arc
seeking blue ribbons.
ister Roma, moderator of FT , has done
a great deal to make all the undertakings of
the organization a great success.
Jan et Szarfinski 109

Cheerleaders
maintain 80%

Twelve dependable student boosters for
our football and basketball games are the varsity and sophomore cheerleaders. Chosen for
\'ita lity and enthusiasm in their freshma n year,
they are often the "only" boosters for our
team. l n their blue pleated skirts and w hite
sweaters, ... " neither ra in, nor hail, nor sleet,
n()r snow" can keep t hem from performing
their duty.
Captain of the girls is Maryanne Wade.
H er varsity cheerleaders arc H elen Benuska,
l\1ary Pobar, Sylvia Stec, Orl yn Fa raca, Mary
J\1assie, Joann R uffalo and Kathv \ Vhite. J \''s
arc J o hanna Gallo, i\1arv P~ltier, i\1arilvn
Schauer and Diane Schroeder. .\1iss Lawt~n,
instructor, requires, '·T he girls must maintain
an 80 average to remain active on the squad."
Joanne Nav oiczy k 211

of?
Bob Fanning

Our JHS ch ee rl ead ers front: Helen Benuska, Captain Maryanne W a d e, Sylv ia S t ec,
a nd M a r y Poba r . econd ro w : Joann Ruffolo , Orly n Faraca , Mary M assie a nd K ath y
White. Back ro w: D iane chro ed e r , Mary P eltier , M a rily n S ch a u er a nd Joh a nna Gallo.

6

Art Students Design Scenery
For ("Charley's Aunt'
Have you ever looked down the third floor corridor between
classes and noticed that everyone seems to be 111ysteriously gazing at the
wall ? Well, chances arc, everyone is just looking at the art displays outside rooms 313 and 315. Art lovers and non-art lovers alike seem interested in the progress of the 215 students who are now taking art.
U ndcr the guidance of Sisters Adel ma and Rita rose, the art students arc kept busy doing anything fro111 an abstract oil painting to
designing the art roo111 curtains. The various assignments introduce the
art students to different phases of art, and an occasional field-trip gives
them a chance to sec the work of professional artists.
Besides their regular projects, the art department docs the art
work for the school paper, designs posters, docs cover designs for programs and any other work needing the artist's touch. The sets, posters,
and cover designs for Cbarley's Aum arc now being done. In general,
the art department is kept pretty busy doing almost anything.
Theresa Rynders 107

Forensic Members Continue To Take First Place Titles
"Third Place-St. George, Evanston"
(Applause)
"S ~ cond Place- St. Catherine's, Racine"
(Applause)
Could today possibly be the day? Could
St. J oe's ba,·c won the first place trophy at St.
George, Evanst rn? As the excitement rose,
Sc. Joseph 's forensic team thought back to the
other times when they were in this same position. They remembered the Franciscan Sy111posium at Alvernia High School when the announcer said-"lt is my pleasure to present the
first place trophy to- Miss Pat Pettretti, St.
Joseph." And then in November when Tim
Tully won second place for his humorous interpretation of Twelftb Night, right here at
St. George.
The contest that stands out most in their
minds is the one held at Divine Savior High
School, Milwaukee. At this meet St. Joseph
mi scd a trophy by only one point.
. . . As St. George's and St. Catherine's
walked off with their trophies, hope shone on
all St. Joe student's faces, and sudden lv the
announcer said, "The first place trophy ~f the
Chicago Catholic Jr. Forensics Meet goes toSt. Joseph High School."
(Loud applause)
Our Freshmen and Sophomores ran away
with the prizes. Joan Hammond, first place,

Top forensic contestants this year have been these first place medal an d trophy winners:
Tim Tully, Joa n Hammond, August Gnorski, Patricia Petretti , Tim Casey, Sharon Pascucci, and Regina Bailey.

Regina Bailey, second place and i\lary Anderson, third place.
Under the direction of Sisters larie Catherine and Stephen Mary, the Forensics Club

is active and prize-winning. But there are always openings for really interested and competent students.
haron Pascucci 110

Science Club Members
Rename Group IONS Club

Christine Schwenn

Newly elected Science Club officers, Orlando lnfusino, vicepresident; Judy Hanson, president; John Lindi, secretary and
Fred Thelen, sergeant at arms, view an experiment during a
meeting.

Election of officers took place in the Science Club under Sister
Phdlis, Science Club 111oderator, at the close of the first semester. Jud~
H;nsen was elected president, Orlando lnfusino-,·ice-president, John
Lindi-secretary, and Fred Thelen-sergeant at arms.
They ha,·e just completed one of their main objccti,·es for this
year, "hich \1 as to place an entr~· in the science fair. Their constitution
is being rc\·ised and IONS is the new name they ha\-e chosen for their
club, which stands for Im·estigator Of the ' atural Sciences. One of
their chief aims is to build up membership. \l embership in the Science
Club is open to anyone \\ho is interested in science.
If you happen to drop in on one of Science Clubs' meetings ~· ou
ma~· sec John Lindi and Tom Sclrnenn heading a discussion on the possibility of life in outer space or other fascinating phases of science that the
club del\'es into.
Leontine Mila s 111

7

And The Door Closes
In cities around the world many suicide cases are discovered every week.
People, desperate for some reason or
another, decide it is easier to die than to
face life's problems. Why? we ask ourselves. Why should someone, a human
being like ourselves in most ways, want
to take one of the most precious things
ever given to him and destroy it forever?
As Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet:
"Who would these fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a wearie life,
But that the dread of something after
deathThe undiscovered country, from whose
bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we
have
Than to fly to others that we know not

of?"
Victim Loses Reason

A person in his right mind, making
use of the intelligence given to him by
his Creator, would surely stop and think
before taking his own life. He would
use logic and weigh the true values of
the world, of his troubles, and of what
lies ahead of him before he takes that
fatal step.
There are no troubles on this earth,
though at times it may seem there are,
that could outweigh and completely
camouflage the beauty of the world and
the joys of life and living! Troubles of
the heart heal just as a wound, if given
a chance and proper treatment.
It is said that a person who is susceptible to suicide has gone through a ser-

By Joan Proesel

ies of rejections and disappointments
during his life, perhaps beginning in
childhood. It is not something that one
suddenly has the inspiration and uncontrollable desire to do. Later in life other
disappointments or rejections, added on
to previous scars, build like a snowball
in the mind of that person .
He feels terribly sorry for himself,
perhaps because he feels no one else
does. The obsession takes over his mind
and will power and he no longer cares
to see reality. Some victims of this disease of the mind turn to liquor or narcotics which is just as bad as suicide, in
a sense, because they can no longer appreciate life as it really is either.
Life Is Unredeemable

But the person who commits suicide
is worse off than the alcoholic or narcotic
for one simple reason: In the case of alcoholism or narcotics the person can be
forced to see that he isn't really solving
his problem, but only making it worse.
With proper guidance and care, along
with much love and understanding, he
can be made to realize that he has been
running away from something which is
irreplaceable by any drug or drink produced on earth. A suicide victim is not
so fortunate because there isn't a person
on earth who cannot set a dead man
straight.
This disease is a sort of a cancer of
the mind. Usually it cannot be seen on
the outside, and can be detected only by
a trained person. Therefore a suicidal
person may never be recognized as such,
even by his closest friends. In fact, he

Just Lookin' at a Full Moon
Ha\'e you ever seen a full moon? A really
full one, sittin' just over a dusty chimney top.
Boy, are they sharp! This one was. He was
there, just like I said, sittin' on a square chimney, placed in an immaculate sky. Whether
y~rn're 16 or 106, call it "pretty sharp" or "extraordinarily bucolic," it's wonderful. I'm 16
and call it " pretty sharp," and it was.
I was walking through the cemetery. The
nc\\
ovember moon was all I watched from
the east gate till the end of the cindery road
on the west side. I had to stop and take a look.
I threw my books down and stared in awe at
him. A star blinked. Boy! ' othing on earth
could have taken me from that night then.
I cocked my head and watched the mottled moon specs tingle in a windblown leafy
elm. I chuckled at the things I made them do.
I tilted mv head to the other side and made a
few leafless branches grow through that, that
.... moon! What a moon! Boy!

'°'

It was funny'· I made him do so many
things. 1 took off my glasses and made him a
blah, and hid him behind a housetop, stenciled
him in a TV aerial, enthroned him on the very
tallest of oaks, making him king of- well, of
the world.
He liked this. He seemed so cheery and
proud. Some of his glow even speckled on the
glossy gravestones. I think he got a kick out
of playing with me. lt would seem to me,
after thousands of years, especially lately, of
people walking right under him, not even saying "hello" because they're in such a rush to
go-oh, some olc place, that he'd be kind of
disappointed. But he surely doesn't look disappointed. He just keeps makin' his rounds,
~mi lin ' as ever; but maybe he is .... a little.
Disappointed, that is.
Why don't you say "hello" sometime. I
think he'd like that. He's so proud!
Bob Hughes

8

may not even know himself until the
crucial incident occurs.
Truth And Beauty Forgotten

Then his mind snaps and he loses all
logic and use of reason. He thinks only
of his troubles and heartaches . He forgets the beauty of a sunrise, the peaceful song of the forest, the phase of nature that makes the world a beautiful
painting that no man has ever completely reproduced on canvas. He forgets
about the people around him; that there
are always some in the world worse off
than he, yet they go on living .
But these things don't matter to this
creature who has lost his mind and free
will through his own self-pity. Unless
someone makes him see what he has
been too blind to see, he will end his
unfortunate life . Then the door of this
world will close behind him and he will
be in that "undiscovered country, from
whose bourn no traveler returns" .

The CBS Report
Less than a score of years ago our fathers
brought forth on this continent a new gadget,
concei,·cd in genius and dedicated to the proposition that all men arc created to enjoy
entertainment.
Now we arc engaged in a great controversy, testing whether that gadget, or any
other gadget so concci\'cd and so dedicated
can long be of benefit. W c arc met on a
scholarly symposium of that contro,·crsy. We
have come to dedicate a portion of our memory as a final resting-place for isolation booths,
whizzing and whining bullets, Jack Parr, and
the bathtubs full of tears collected from thousands of weekday afternoon melodramas. lt is
altogether fitting and proper that we should
do this.
But in a larger sense '''e cannot dedicate,
we cannot point out, we cannot earmark this
resting place. These miserable shows, sponsored and unsponsorcd, which ha,·e paralyzed
thought, have assigned thcmseh·cs there far
above our power to add or detract. The world
will little note, nor long remember what we
say here; but it can never forget what these
shows ha,·c done to it. lt is for us, the responsible, rather to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work of cleaning up this trash
which television has thus far so nobly advanced.
lt is rather for us to be here dedicated to
the great task remaining before us, that from
these discarded dead we may take increased
devotion to the eradication of that for which
they ga,·c their last full measure of idiocy; that
we here highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died alone without their contemporaries; that this nation, under CBS, ABC, and
1BC, three networks in one television, shall
have a new birth in programming; and that
TV of intelligence, by intelligence, and for
intelligence shall not perish from the earth.
Larry Gaydos

s

OMEWHER~ in that sl~epy niet~opolis, t~o cars began their jour-

"No, no" he told himself. He passed up the bus and started to run
home to shake that dread from his system.
Yet, while he walked, he caught himself taking long glances at the
bright foliage, longing just to stop and imbibe all the rugged splendor of
the slate-gray sky.
Chet had tired in a little while, for it is true he was no athlete. He
slowed down to a meander, scratching his bristled hair. As he did, he
thought of itching and all the other pleasures and pains of the body, gone
by just the punching of the wrong pedal that next night.

ney from different pomts at different times. The drivers were
oblivious of the strange fate that was to throw them together at the
corner of West Manse and McHenry Streets.

Inside the old green Ford speeding down West Manse, the driver
jeered heartily at his companion.
"I don't want to be an 'I-told-ya-so' but I did, didn't I? Nobody,
but nobody, can outdrink me," chided Mike O'Rourke.
Chet Harlow ignored his friend's happy banter. Obviously, Chet
On his trip home he passed through the old Shady Hills Cemetery.
was nervous. He slipped his high school ring off and on his finger, scruChet noticed the graves and wondered what it would be like looking up
tinizing every side of the street.
from that cold ground. Even on the brightest
"Slow down, Mike: we ain't goin' anywhere."
days, the old cemetery was a glum, foreboding
" Don't sweat it, I've only had seven cans tosight. But, today the overcast, the thick heavy
night. I can drive with In); eyes closed."
cold, and the thick mushing of the lea\'es under
"I know you can, but don't try it now."
foot, made Chet feel quite welcome here.
Mike slid down behind the wheel, cheerfully
Some say that when people are afraid they
tapping out a rhythm on the horn. Chet didn't
by Robert Dobson
whistle.
Chet could not whistle. He just never
see anything to be so cheerful about. A gnawing
learned
how.
So
he
tried
to
hum
a few bars of the "Muskrat Ramble"
fear had been building up in him for the last few days. At every corner
he
had
played
in
band
class
today.
Yet, fear had cluttered his memory
he watched for approaching cars. The happy thumping and the fact that
passage so that he could not remember the tune. Chet was too scared to
he lived just the other side of McHenry, not too far away, lightened his
fears a little. He watched his happy companion, throbbing on the steer- even sing.
"Chester, old man, you gotta get a hold of yourself," he thought
ing wheel.
The cherry-red face stiffened and turned as ashen white. Mike out loud. Chet crossed McHcnrv Street and headed up \Vest 1ansc.
jammed his foot toward the brake pedal, and Chet spun to meet a blind- Onh· one more block before he ~ntcred the old vellow brick with the
·
ivy crawling ;round the door.
ing flash, and the sickening crash of
As he entered he testily yelled out
the two cars.
"Mom?"
"I knew it, I knew it," moaned
No answer, the house was empty.
Chet.
In
his room the huge bed was just
This would be the proper thing to
too much to pass up; he relaxed and
say; many people retort with that
tried to let all the fears pass out.
phrase when they throw the dice
"It's probably a mental block or
and lose a million dollars. But when
somethin' like that."
these words slipped from his bleeding mouth, they were not an expresChet reached inside his sweater
sion of bad luck. Chester William
and brought out a pack of Camels.
Harlow knew that previous day that
There on the pack that stiff old
Friday October thirteenth, would be
camel had stood for thirtv vcars. lt
his last day to walk this globe. In the
had ridden in many coats: shirts, and
midst of a stinging pain he glanced
hunting attire; b~t neYer changed.
to the day before-That poor old camel always faced

Death Watch

left and never cared about the pyramids at his back.
He could not bring the bright
flame down to the slender white
cvlinder.
The gray ceiling above was all
that his vision took in for an hour
or more, as he stared through the
smoke. Onlv the call of his mother
aroused him.
"I'm comin', just a minute."
He got up and charged down the stairs in his stocking feet. \Vhcn
she asked if anything had happened today he lied and said that nothing
had. Then she babbled on about a terrific sale at some store.
"How pointless! Doesn't she realize that I might die tomorro\\
night?"
The night played painfully on. Finally he was able to slide under
the crazy quilt. This, too, would be lonely without him. He could not
sleep, but only wiggled :iround in his bed, sweating. Then the idea struck
him. All would be all right if he could just get by Friday night. He
thought up an ingenious alibi. His father had seen him drinking on a
previous night and forbade him to go out.

The contract had been made
amidst a laughing bout. Chet had
challenged Mike O'Rourkc to a
drinking bout.
'·Okay, wise guy, we'll sec tomorrow night."
"Aw right big shot, loser buys,
OK?"
Class ended and the body of students swept madly out to their
lunch. Thcv were off down the hall
toward the ~afeteria, laughing and guffnving about the escapades planned
for Friday night.
Suddenly he felt a strange wave of apprehension creep up his
spine. Someone had said what a lovely year they were having, that there
had been no traffic fatalities in the school. The odds were mounting
every day. Chet waved off the idea. Somebody else, but not him. But
Chet could not shake it that casilv. Ever since he was a small kid he had
a little known knack of telling .what was not going to happen. Once
his father had received two tickets to the fifth game of the world series.
He couldn't sec himself sitting in the stands cheering amidst the smells of
popcorn and red hots. That year the series ended in four straight games.
Lately he had visited colleges and applied for jobs to plan for the
future. Here again he could not picture himself in any of these places
doing any acti\'e par:;icipation. He could not tell then why he would
not, but he knew that he would not be there.
Hence, this idea stuck in his head. He shrugged and left the cafeteria to finish out a boring afternoon.
Through the afternoon the idea con ·tantly kept recurring in his
thoughts, muddling his school thoughts.

The next morning his fears were somewhat abated. He still held
to his little talc. He made his w:iy to school and perpetrated his hoax.
The guys had swallowed it and all would be all right. He felt relieved
for only a few minutes. He thought of the odds that he might slip at
home too. 1o, he would go. He would have to go and meet his fate,
instead of running from it. Fate always was the fastest runner.
The da)' sped by with a flashing loneliness. omehow he was all
alone, no friends were those happy kids, looking forward to a weekend
that he would not sec. He thought of hi eighteen years, all the heartaches and sicknesses that seemed like the end of the world at the time.
Now the)' seemed like moments of ccstas)·· He wi hed he could liYc
another hundred years with those disappointments than to die tonight.

"Naw it can't be me," he dismissed the idea and turned his thoughts
to that broad Irish grin. Mike would flash a glance and the conte t would
begin with the cold, golden, heady liquid burning a trai l down his throat.
The dismissal bell sent everyone sprawling out of the school into
the biting October air.

(Co11ti11ued on page 11)
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Windy April

Shhh!

Rain

April is :
whispering willows on a field of
grey,
wailing winds on a sun-swept day,
warlike wrath of a wicked sky
and the wilted warmth of a day gone
by.

Spring is a whisper,
a secret,
an idea to dress up in
long forgotten robes
and capture life
to fill the day when summer
finally come~.

Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter
Rain again, but does it Matter?
Rain, lightning, then a crash
Splish Splash, Splish Splash!

Sue Harrison 108

Lynn Karabetsos 228

The Lost Friend
It's finally over
We're no longer friends
I thought ours a friendship
for a 11 the time
Now you go your way
I'll go mine
I know your attitude and1 know just how you feelBecause-yes, I too
Once upon a time, liked you.
Janet Szarfinski 109

Gourmet's Delight
It wasn't that Peter needed help.
Quite on the contrary, it was the orphanage in which he was staying that needed
help. They needed protection-from
Peter.
As a psychologist, my first impression
of the boy was one of complete gravity.
Apparently the child was under some
emotional strain-and then he tossed
back his head, looked me in the eye and
kicked me. Despite the fact that I had
had several young patients before, I had
never been kicked by one, and so, I proceeded to regard the morning-haired boy
with awe. I swung him cautiously onto
the desk top and tried a conversation.
"So your name is Peter, huh?" I asked
smilingly.
"No, it's Peter Joe," he muttered, gazing thoughtfully at the floor.
"And you're seven?" I asked him patiently.
"Nope, I'm seven and a half!"
I decided that the first two questions
hadn't made such a good impression on
him, so I asked, "Well, what do you like
to do best, Peter?"
"Things," he answered softly, still gazing at the floor.
"What kind of things?"
"Catch caterpillars and stuff."
"Oh," now finally, I might be able to
get somewhere. "How many do you
have?"
"One," he mumbled, "a trained one."
I was startled by his unconcerned
manner. "A trained one? Peter, don't
you-" and then I felt something crawling slowly up my leg. I rolled up my
slacks and brushed the small, fuzzy creature off my calf, then stooped to pick it
up.
"That's Herman." Peter informed me
from the top of the desk.

"Herman/' I mummered softly. Obviously the boy had a wonderful sense of
humor.
"Well," I coughed, as I straightened
up, "what'll we do with him?"
"Let's eat 'em!" Peter suggested, his
eyes the most dazzling blue ever.
I was stumped. "You wouldn't want
to eat a caterpillar, Peter." I was hoping
against hope"Why?"
"Well, they aren't made for eating.
They don't taste very good."
"How do you know?"
"Well,-"
"Didja' ever eat one?"
"No, but-"
"Let's eat 'em then!" Peter cried in delight. He had me cornered, and he knew
it.
"You wouldn't want to eat good, old
Herman!" I gazed sorrowfully at the tiny
creature in my hand.
"He ain't old!" Peter protested.
"But you wouldn't want to eat him."
"Would to!"
So, I ate my first half of a caterpillar.
After all, I wanted to gain Peter's confidence. Well, I gained it all right. Our
conversation continued"You're right, he don't taste good."
"See, I told you."
"What didja' make me eat it for?"
Peter started to cry. "You're tryin' to
make me sick! I'm gonna' tell Mrs. Lee!"
With that he jumped off the desk top and
headed tearfully for the door.
"Peter," I overtook him and lifted him
into the chair by the door. "Peter, it was
your idea to eat that caterpillar."
"I wouldn't eat Herman/' the boy
sobbed. "You killed Herman!"
"Peter, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to kill
him, really."
"Could you get me another one, maybe?" His tone was beginning to dry.
10

"Sure," I smiled, not knowing I had
just fallen into a sucker trap. "C'mon,
let's go find another one." I took the
youngster by the hand, and we walked
outside.
"Mostly they're in the garden," Peter
instructed, pulling me toward the back
of the building. At last I was gaining his
confidence. He obviously wasn't afraid
of me at all, and not shy anymore either.
"There's one," Peter pointed, wideeyed at the top of a cabbage head. "Let's
get 'em."
"Okay," I reached for the wooly-looking creature, and plucked him from his
pedestal.
"Now let's go back, okay?" Peter
urged.
"Okay," I chuckled, still clutching the
caterpillar in my palm.
As we once again entered the office,
I handed the caterpillar tenderly to Peter.
"Now what should we do?" I was
hoping I could find some clue as to what
was bothering the poor child.
"Let's eat 'em!" Peter shouted gleefully. "You can have both halves!"
Judie Smith 206

From. Winter to Spring
Sooty ash-grey sky
Rests on the trees, as low
As I;
Dull, damp days are dead;
And 1-1 cannot lift
My head.
But, now-trees have pricked the sky
And made it rise; my soul
Ascends.
The re-incarnate world again
Lives, renewed in vigor. Then
I lift up my head.
Sister Sandra, O.P.

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Many Scores Ill
99 Percentile Jots from Joe's
On English Expression Test
Anvwhcre from l to 100%; this
was l1ow the scores on the Cooperative Test of English •xpression \'aried. This test, which was
taken bv all SJ HS students, included JO items of effectiveness
and 60 items of mechanics in writmg.
The following seniors-Larry
Gavdos, John Dohertv, Bob Dobsor{, Judyann Hackba;th, Judy Kamieniccki, Barbara Zeycn, Judy
Schaaf, and Judy Kamin-ranked
the highest on the test. They
scored in the 99th percentile. To
qualify for the 99th percentile the
preceding seniors had to have a
raw score ranging from 76 to 86.
Jn the junior class, Theresa R ynders, Judie Smith, Judith Hansen,
Susan Harrison, Irene Rakauskas,

among those who qualified with a
99 per cent. Also included were
Lois Buchan, Roselin Williams, Diane DeBartilo, J oannc Dziedzic,
Jay Schultz, Karen Dosemagen,
Mary Mitchell, Edward Ward,
Judy Vidas, and Roberta Massari.
The freshman class had six students who ranked in the 99th percentile. A raw score of 65 to 73
was necessary for them to attain
this. Those freshmen were-Dan
Alfredson, Dolly Valaitis, Jack Soceka, Sue Czarnowski, Jacqueline
Ellison, and Peggy Wojnicz.
This great number of students
who ranked in the 99th percentile
enabled SJHS to rank high nationally in the test.
Pat Murray

Carol Lichter, Jim Vidas, Sharon
Frederick, Pamela Holv, Richard
Chiapetta, and Robert F~nning also
ranked in the 99th percentile. They
were accompanied by Bob Hughes,
Kathleen Etter, Barbara Kluka, Cecilia Stern, Christine Schwcnn, Maria Gallo, Helen Bartol, Maryanne
Madsen, Thomas Gajdos, and Paula Mitchell. A raw score of 70 to
79 was necessary for any junior to
rank in the 99th percentile.
In the sophomore cla~s. a raw
score of 69 to 77 was necessary to
rank in the 99th percentile. Barey ranked
bara Kotz and John
in the I OOth percentile. C~rol Gastaldi, John Mikulsky, Kathryn
Downey, Marianne Majchrowicz,
Marcia Adamson, Elizabeth Jo
Kurth, and Barbara Frederick were

While practicing for track one
drizzly afternoon, RON HOFF
discovered a large pu<l<llc in the
middle of the track. Hoping for
a break in practice, he promptly
reported the danger to COACH
CARBO ' E, "ho solved the problem by simply telling the boys to
wear their golashes for practice.

When asked \\ hy he received
four demerits from SISTER ORAT A during one study hall, FRlTZ
FRA ' K explained, " I think she
doesn't like me 'cause I'm bigger
than her. "
One of our talented maintenance
men, Jli\1 JOHNSTON, who is
usually a stickler for safety, almost
lost his teeth the other dav. He
was practicing archer~· and forgot
to take his pipe out of his mouth !
Tom Green

Business Dept Lists Achievements
During this semester the bookkeeping students, through directed
exercise on practice sets with business papers, are coming into actual
contact with commonly used business firms and arc performing the
bookkeeping tasks frequently
found in business. All the students
have just completed the Randall
Wholesale Grocery Set. Outstanding performance in neatness and
accuracy on the practice set and
in achieving an "A" on the printed
examination consisting of a detailed
analysis on each part was shown
bv Diane Getschman, Marion Lcsk~, Bernice Tyson, William Zielsdorf, Barbara Zcvcn, Judy Curtiss,
Dick Falk, Marl~nc Mau.scr, Judy
Safago, and Ken Skcndziel.
DEATH WATCH
He walked home thinking how
easy it would be to get out of it.
But he went silently on towards his
doom, not questioning not even
worrying terribly. He could not
down his dinner e\'en though it
was his last. The sun bade him
goodbye by blazing out a burnished vermillion across the sky.
He dressed and left the house, not
hearing a word his parents said to
him. He walked out to the corner
to wait for Mike. It had been so
long since he had prayed but he
tried to wince out a little "please"
into the bitter night. He quietly
got into the old green Ford that
\\'as to be his coffin.
"Chet, c'mon, will va?"
"Is he awright?"
"l dunno."
Abo\'e him hung three faces in
a spinning circle, the broad Irish
face wrinkled with worry, and two
men in blue.
"Gee, w hen T saw that cop comin', I hit the brakes. You slammed

Ty ping Achievements

The following Typewriting
students ha\'e achieved outstanding
scores on five-minute timed writings: Diane Getschman 59 words,
3 errors; Orlvn Faraca 57-3, Sharon Frederick. 55-3, Carole Capelli
56-3, Marianne Hartnell 54-0, Joyce
Drndak 52-4, Jean Werwie 52-5,
Jennie Hellstern 52-5, Barbara Zeyen 49-1, Birute Milass 39-0, and
William Blasi 36-0.
Typing II students with excellent scores in five-minute timings
are Jean Kamieniecki 79 words, 4
errors; Elaine Hilderbrandt 60-2,
Mary Adamson 51-0, and Maryann
Swetish 41-0.

Bob Fanning

Stud ious looking aren't they? These juniors are taking a stiff grammar
test for the NCTE nominations.

Freshman Awarded Music Scholarship

( C 011ti11ued on page 9)

your head on the dash, I thought
you were dead."
Somewhere in that sleepy mctro polis, two cars return home
from their journeys, one in a police precinct, the other in the home
of Mike O'Rourke.
At \Vest Manse and J\lcHenry,
a quiet autumn rain falls.

Marianne Lacko\·ich has been
awarded a scholarship b)· the \\ ' isconsin Federation of J\1usic Clubs
to the ·ational J\lusic Camp at lntcrlochen, Michigan for the session
this summer.
The National J\1usic Camp offers
a wonderful opportunit~ · to music
students of high school age \\ho

can qualify in piano, Yoicc, or an~ ·
of the orchestral instruments. The
1961 course co\·ers a period of
eight weeks, from June 25 to ugust 8.
.\ 1arian nc, a freshman, wa
awarded this scholarship for her
man~· musical accomplishments,
primaril~ · that of piano.

Six In Final Eliminations for NCTE Nominations
Six juniors, Jim Vidas, Judie
Smith, John Tures, Maria Gallo,
Judy Hansen, and Tom Gajdos,
arc in the final eliminations to determine who will represent SJHS
in the lCTE Achievements Awards competition. In the end two
wi ll be chosen.
The purpose of the NCTE
Achievement A wards is to grant
public recognition to some of the
best high school English students
in the United States. Each award
consists of a scroll and a recommendation from NCTE to fouryear coll eges and universities that
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the award \\'inners and runners-up
be considered for scholarships.
Students arc nominated by their
schools as juniors and awards arc
made when they arc seniors. The
number of a\\·ards for each state
will be the same as its number of
reprcscntati\·es in Congress. In all,
436 a\\·ard winners will be selected
plus 436 runners-up.
Sixteen juniors competed for
SJ HS's nomination. Besides the
six finalists, the)' are Barbara
Kluka, Irene Rakauskas, Christine
Schwenn, Sandy Reiter, Therese
R ynders, Ja)'ne Arentz, Paula

Mitchell, ' ick .\Iischler, Dick
Da\ is, and Bob Hughes. Students
were chosen b~· the English department on the basis of their scores
on the Co-op English Expression
Test, a special grammar test gi,·cn
them, a 300-\\ ord autobiography,
an annotated list of the books
the<d read, and three samples of
their best writing.
SJHS's t\\ o finalists \\ill participate in the national test between
1\la\'
. land ,\ lay
. 15.
\\ 'inners and runners-up will be
announced December 11, 1961.
Jayne Arentz

Lancers Beat Bonnies
To Close Season

Pictured above is the '60-'61 J-Club composed of 22 seniors, 20 juniors, and nine sophomores.

Golf, Track, Baseball Start; Spring Arrives
pring has arrived, and a young
man's fancy turns to love. But it
also turns to the three spring sports
which are so popular among the
students here. Track, golf, and
baseball will draw many more of
the male population into the sports'
picture.

Track
Track is the sport which carries
the biggest participating team.
There arc many fields open for
competition in both field and shot
events, such as the running events,
the high jump, the shot-put, the
discus, and the high and low hurdles. The track men, under Coach
Carbone and Coach Johnson, have
been practicing since early March.
Ron Hoff, Ste,·c Glowacki, Bob

Hughes, and Bill Perozzi, team
captain, have already been in active competition against many Wisconsin high schools in the 1ilwaukec Journal Games.

Baseball
Baseball is one of the brighter
parts of our sports' picture with
the capturing of third place in the
state tournament three years ago
and the fairly good season last year.
Coach Radigan expects many of
his starters last year back again;
Ed Kertz, captain and best pitcher
on the team, will also be back.

This is a brief preview of what
to expect in the field of sports this
.
.
commg spnng.

Bob Hughes

Column

Low Down
by Bob Dobson

Golf
Golf is a sport that depends quite
a bit on the weather for its start.

Bob Agazzi Chosen Captain of Cage Team;
Randy Gullo Chosen Captain of Wrestlers
On \Vednesday, March 22, the
second annual basketball-wrestling
banquet was held in SJHS cafeteria. At this banquet the varsity
players on both quads were honored with a free dinner and the
distribution of monogrammed J's
for their sweaters. During the ceremonies the captains for next year's
teams were chosen and announced.
The future basketball and wrestling team captains will be Bob
Agazzi and Randy Gullo respectively.
Bob Agazzi, a guard on the
basketball team, stands 5' 10" and
weighs 140 pounds. Bob has been
active in sports since his freshman
year, when he played on the freshman baseball team. In hi opho-

Last vear's team did fairlv well in
winning five out of seven. and taking third in the Racine Invitational.
They also placed fourth in the
state. Coach Matrisc will have six
returning lettermen. The captain
will be Jim Costigan.

Regional tournament at St. Catherine's slick-floored gym saw our
basketball team, bolstered in members by sophomore team graduates,
take third place defeating St. Bonaventure 59-41.
St. Catherine's, league champs,
and also this year's state champs,
beat Beloit Catholic for first.
St. Joseph's team lost to Beloit
Catholic on Friday, March IO. The
Lancers were ahead most of the
first half, but Pat McAleer and Dan
Ruffalo were taken out because
they were in danger of fouling out.
The half ended with St. Joe's behind by five points.
Bernie Lampe, six-foot, 10-inch
star center for Beloit, dominated
the scoring with 32 points and led
his team to victory.
Our team bounced back to defeat the Bonnics with McAleer and
Fillipelli starring. Tom Regner,
cx-soph star, also played quite well
for the Lancers.
Five teams entered the regional
tournament. St. Joseph's placed
third, beating a team that had beaten them twice before.
Although our team will lose Pat
McAlcer and Ron Fillipelli next
season, we can still hope for aid
from the up-coming sophomores.

Cnless you happened to read the
last page first, you should have noticed that this issue of the paper is
dedicated to student achievement.
Bclie,·c it or not, there has been
much achievement in Lancer sports
this year. Hence, this column
would like to salute the figures in
the spoi,;ts' world who have done
somcthirfg notable.
Football: Achievements in football "\\·ere few and far between.
E \ "CO in ,-ictorics against M cssmcr
and St. Francis, the Lancers did
not do much that could be called
achievement. But \\hen most students and faculty had given up
hope, Coach Carbone's Lancers
turned back mighty Pius with excellent playing by Ron Filippelli
and Pat McAlccr.

more year he made the \"arsity
baseball team and has played first
string ever since. He also plays
shortstop on the baseball team.
Bob hopes to go on to Creighton
universitv and be a dentist.
Randy Gullo has been on the
wrestling team for two years; he
was a starter both vears. This vear
Randy com piled a~ J 1 and 2 .record and was second in the state.
Randy has also lettered in football
(he was a fullback) and baseball
(he was a pitcher). Randy weighs
152 pounds and stands 5'8". He is
taking a college prep course and
would like to make baseball a
career.

Basketball: The Lancers' Varsitv
has little or nothing to be ca ll ed
achic,·ement in this disastrous
sport. However, team captain Pat
McAleer led the league in scoring
for much of the season.
The major basketball achievement lies in the hope for next year

Bill Kaufmann

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and in the sophs who made a better
showing with a record of 10-10.
\Vhen these players graduate to
\'arsity level, we may see real basketball achievement.
Wrestling: Need I say more than
that the wrestlers were undefeated
and that their future looks very
bright?
Golf, Baseball, and Tracie As
you read this, you will probably
know more about this than I. The
teams have about the same squad
as last year and the same potentiality.
Lastly, I would like to cite the
greatest achievement of all. On the
field and off, among athletes and
spectators, side by side in just plain
goofin' around and in serious work
stand the rich, the poor, the Irish
and those who wish thev were
Irish. Those excluded fro;11 these
groups are not excluded because of
what their parents are, or do, or
have done, but because of what
they themselves have done. This
is the greatest achievement, the
true school spirit that has developed.

HALLENGE

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MAY, 1961

SJHS Charter Class Graduates;
Senior Week Celebrations Planned
As the charter class of St. Joseph's makes its final plans for
graduation, senior students look
forward to Senior Week as the
cu lmination of four long years of
hard work. This week, Mav 22-28,
is anticipated as hectic but ~xciting.
Activities will range from the Dinner-Dance and Senior Trip to the
more serious toned Communion
Breakfast and Final Dav exercises.
Muskego Beach is the objective
of this year's Senior Trip. Buses
have been chartered to take the
students to and from the amusement park on Monday, May 22.
On \Vcdnesday night, May 24,
the juniors will honor the seniors
with a dinner-dance. Entitled "Af-

terthought," the dance for both
classes extends from 8:15-11:15
with Joe Petrini's band providing
the music. The dance will be preceded by a dinner for seniors only,
and a program in the auditorium.
Mass and Communion, followed
by a breakfast on Friday, May 26,
will be the last religious exercise
observed by the seniors as a class.
Sunday, 1ay 28 at 4 p.111., graduation exercises will conclude the
week. The program begins with
an academic procession in which
the graduates, facult)"• and Archbishop Cousins, the main speaker
of the program, will march into
the gym. In this procession all
faculty members will ,,·ear or carry

their degree insignia, and all members of The National Honor Society will wear new Honor Cords.
The procession will be followed
by addresses, songs, the presentation of diplomas and a'-''ards, and
the recessional.

Sister Maria Cordis
Receives ND EA Grant
Sister 1\1aria Cordis has received
a grant from the 'ational Defense
Education Association (0:DEA).
This grant entitles Sister to full tuition for an 8-week LOurse in Spanish at the University of Colorado.
The course will run from June 25
to August 19, and is designed to
further the ease of the spoken and
written word in several foreign
languages. The course is intended
for all secondary school teachers
of French, German or Spanish.
All candidates for admission to
the course are rated 1-4 in proficiency in reading, speaking and
understanding the language.

Third District NFL Meet
Held at Loyola Academy
Third Midwest Catholic Forensic League Speech Tournament
will be held at Loyola Academy,
Wilmette, Illinois, Saturday, Ap~il

humorous original oratory; Linda
loddes, non-original oratory; Joan
Hammond, original oratory.
Terry Sturycz

Barry Zoromsk y portrays t h e d ou ble part of an old lad y and a college boy
in senior class p lay, "Ch arley's A u nt."

29.

This is a speech tournament in
which students of the Catholic
schoo ls in the Midwest area prepare speech selections to be rated
by a group of prominent judges.
Dramatic declamation, original orator)', ex-temperaneous speaking,
humorous declamation, and nonoriginal oratory are the five categories in which t hese selections are
grouped.
Sharon Pascucci will present a
dramatic declamation; Pat Petretti,
original oratory; Sue Petersen, hu111orous declamation; Barry Zaromsky, dramatic declamation;
1\ lary Peltier, non-original oratory;
August Gnorski ex-temporaneous
speaking; Marianne Majc hrcl\\ic,

Seniors Pick Annual Gift: Projector
It is the tradition here at St. Joseph's that the Senior Class donates
a gift to the school upon graduating. This year the much needed
Opaque Projector has been selected
as the gift.
Costing nearly three hundred
dollars, this projector will be of
great advantage, especially in teaching. 1n the Art Department, for
example, this machine can be used
to enlarge pictures, thercb)· enabling all the students to ,·icw the
portrait at the same time. English
classes can use it to reflect on the

'CHALLENGE' Staff Chosen for '61 -'62
Co-editors J udy Smith and Irene
Rakauskas wi ll spear-head the new
CHALLENGE staff. Sister Columcille and members of the Creati ,·c " 'riting class decided that
two editors wou ld lighten the burden and get muc h more >vork done.
Following their leaders wi ll be
page editors Kathy i\lillcr, news;
Jud\' Prvzbvlski, editorials; Jayne
Arc.ntz, feat~res; Bonnie Barca, .Jo-

Pinions; Joanne N"arnicyzk and
Janet Szarfi nski, Pictures; Jud)·
Smith, Prisms; and Bill Kaufmann,
Sports.
Other members of the present
Creati,·e \\' riting class who will
not take the subject next year will
be the best contributors alwa\·s on
ca ll for the paper. These arc, Leontine 1\ lilass, Bob Hughes, Carolyn Reeder, and Phil Klein.

screen or on the \\·all grammatical
errors in compositions. In the math
classes, it can be used to enlarge
equations and graphs. The science
classes will find the Opaque useful
in showing the minute parts of scientific specimens.
The second very important ...-aluc of the Opaque Projector is the

fact that it will be saYing the school
a tremendous amount of mone\'.
Because of this gift, the school will
not need to purchase as man)'
books, graphs and other costly
items of teaching.
The school is grateful for this
gift and thanks the students of the
Senior Class.

'Afterthought' Chosen as Theme
For Junior-Senior Dinner Dance
"Afterthought" has been chosen
the theme for the junior-senior
dinner dance to be held May H,
1961.
Reigning O\' cr the affair will be
senior class president, Ron Filippelli, and senior class ,·ice-president,
SYh-ia Stec.
Fried chicken headlines the menu
this year, \\hen at 6: 30 p.m., dinner
will be sen·ed to the seniors, faculty, honored guests, and junior
class student council members.
From the cafeteria the group, here
joined b)· the rest of the juniors,
will procede to the auditorium for

entertainment. Later that e,·ening
the t\\ o classes "ill dance in the
school g~·m to the rh)·thmic beat
of Joe Petrini's Band.
l!nder the direction of Student
Council members from the junior
class ,·arious aspects of the dance
are in planning. These committee
leaders are Jane Heller, Orl~· n Faraca, Barb Bobusch, \lar)· \ lassie,
Pat Bode, decorations; Arlene Rutkowski and Chip ,\ Iitchell, chaperones and band; Tom Oldani and
Joanne Na,·oiczyk, food; te,·e
Glowacki and Ray Jankowski,
clean-up; . ' ick ;\lischlcr; finances.

Charter Class on to ~Greater Things'?
It seems very strange, now that it's
almost time to leave, time to proceed
into a very independent world . We have
graduated to a higher level, and our four
spirited years at St. Joe's must be tossed
aside and forgotten. Those four years
have transformed the structure of a
building into a school, a school with its
cores of tradition, rules, and spirit embodied into its still young heart .
We are going on to greater things,
they say,-why, in a few years we won't
even be able to remember these four
years. But now we doThe cold breezes as we yelled and

'Round
with

Ron

Down every corridor can be heard
the crescendoed whisper, "It won't be
long now!" They are right; in a mere
matter of weeks our summer begins.
Third floor is bubbling with overanxious freshmen glad "to see the year
over with ." Sophomores on the second
floor have matured swiftly from silly
freshmen to somewhat serious-minded
individualists. Two classes have the first
floor. Through careful consideration and
thought, the juniors are coming up with
a planned course which will lead them
to future success.
If I were to use a metaphor, I would,
odd as it may sound, compare the seniors to a piece of taffy. Two opposing
forces are pulling at them. One is reminding them of an unforgettable four
years at St. Joe's, and the other draws
them towards an exciting and challenging future in an adult world.
Ron Filippelli

Baloney Energies Great Ideas
In this day of rockets and missiles,
high school students must necessarily
have a different outlook . Let us see what
the average senior thinks about Einstein's
theory. To discuss the topic, I think it
shou Id first of a 11 be stated . The theory
is: E2 =mc, or E=m 2 c2 , or E=mc 2 . Well,
I'm pretty sure that it is one of these. The
E stands for energy .
Gee, that reminds me. I forgot to
have breakfast this morning. Boy, I sure
am hungry. I wish Einstein would walk
in with some extra energy, or even a
bowl of Maypo. Oh yes! Einstein. Well,
he says that energy equals matter . . . I
wonder what my ma put in my lunch
anyway . I hope it isn't the same old baloney. I get sick and tired of baloney

sandwiches. How can a great mind operate on baloney day after day?
Great mind? Oh, I almost forgot. Now about Einstein . I'm not really
sure what the third letter in his equation stands for, but I'm pretty sure it's
squared. Talk about squares. You should
see my German teacher. Ach! What a
nut. She must be homework crazy. Last
night she ... Boy, did we have a ball last
night. We went scooping for about three
hours, then we went to an outdoor and
we got home at three and, boy, am I
tired and . . . snzzzzzz ...
Hey, wake up! You haven't finished
telling us your opinion of Einstein's
theory!
Einstein who?
Dave Heyden
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screamed at the Lake front, the dark
glow of a school dance, gold and blue
bookcovers and long term assignments
and impossible math problems and
laughing people . There were always
laughing people .
We remember our teachers, how we
analyzed them and how they graded us .
But mostly we remember our class spirit
the spirit that has grown with us as we
progressed from freshmen to seniors .
And what now? Now that we are
"going on to greater things," do we
really just forget these past four yearstoss them aside and plunge forward into
the world? No,-we can't and we won't.
We can't because we are St. Joe's . As
we helped to form our school, it also
formed and molded us, and it became a
part of us. Its traditions are in us, and
we are in its traditions. We won't, well,
just because we are who we are, the
charter class of St. Joseph High School,
the class of '61.
Mary Sieger

Thank You

Thank You

Thanl{_ You
Sister Adelma and
the Art Department,
Sister Theodore Marie,
our keeper of the keys,
the boys who take the
paper to Marytown,
Brothers at Marytown ,
the typists,
reporters {whether their
stories went in or not),
Our Editor,
Our Moderators.

The Challenge
Published by the students
of St. Joseph High School
Vol. 3, No. 8

May, 1961

... . .. ... . Marilyn Cipolla
EDITOR ....
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
News . ... ... .. .. . ... .. .. Robert Dobson
Editorial . . ... . . . . . ...... .. Sue Petersen,
Mary Conrad
Jo.pinions . . . . . . ...... Mary Lynn Kulcsh
Prisms ...... . ... . .... . .... Judie Smith
Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . Judyann Hackbarth,
Theresa Tillman,
Shery Reindl
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonya Zalubowski
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .... Jim O'Neill
EXCHANGE EDITOR . . . Helen Volpentesta
PHOTOGRAPHERS ..... Terrie Phannenstill,
Robert Fanning
TYPIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . Mary Sieger
ARTIST ....... . ... . ............. . . Bob Bosco

Old ~challenge' Staff
Counts Last Pica
St. Joe's old, not-too-well-worn,
CHALLENGE staff bows out on
a happy note. Editor Marilyn Cipolla cites this year's CHALLE GE as a proving ground for
next year's CHALLENGE. A new
idea was tried this year. Prospective junior CHALLENGE members put out several issues of the
CHALLENGE. When they take
the helm next year they will have
the practical experience of so-called

"on-the-job " training. The senior
staff is mopping up the year with
this final issue dedicated to the
Senior Class.
CHALLENGE staff of '6 1 includes Marilyn Cipolla, editor; Bob
Dobson, news editor; Mary Lynn
Kulcsh, Jo-Pinions; Judva~ne
Hackbarth, pictures; Jim O' cill,
sports; Sonya Zalubowski, features;
Sue Petersen and Mary Conrad,
editorials.
Mr. Gauchel, new teacher at St. Joe's, offers fond greeting to his new
place of seeking happiness.

St. Joseph's May Begin
Junior Great Books Program
Shall St. Joe's add a Junior Great
Books Program to its already busy
round of activities? Initial success at Louisville, Kentucky, has
brought other schools to the Junior Great Books Program and the
English Department at St. Joe's
would like to install the plan here.
"Books? Books? Who reads that
dull stuff?" chirped a student when
asked what he would like to read
in the line of books, while he diligently paged through his treasured
"Hot Rod."
Hi-speed cams may be interesting, but would any awake young
person defy brilliant men, eminent
educators, the Ford Foundation
(who sponsors the JGBPJ, and our
English teachers by asserting that
they don't need books, knowledge,
or challenges and that "Hot Rod "
is intellectual enough?
Educators know America's
youth need a challenge and this
book program is it. It is begun in
the fifth grade, strict! y extra-curricular, for students with exceptional ability and interest.
Croups ~f fifteen bright students, under an adult leader, meet
bi-weekly to probe the wonders of
the book they have just finished
reading. These discussions take
place in informal, semi-circular
seating plan.
The program has given participants "an appreciation of the exchange of ideas, of expanding on
the thoughts of others, and of defending their own opinions."
Under the guidance of a skillful
adult, it should also stimulate
thought, mind po\\ ;::r, and mind
growth. It helps youth see "the
ad\'antage of seeking, before an answer, the formulation of the question ."
"This all sounds \'ery astounding
and good, but for a fifth grader?"
you say.
Today these fifth graders arc
reading Little Women, Tonz Sawyer, Man 1Vithout A Coumry, and
the Wonderful 1Vorld of Math.

Mr. Gauche! Views
Differences at SJ HS

Each grade gets books to read
and discuss that arc a little deeper
and a little harder to grasp each
year.
The sixth grade program includes Two Years Before the Mast,
and fourteen other classics.
Seventh gradc-Moby J)ick, Oliver Twist, plus thirteen others.
Eighth grade-Cyrano /)e Bergerac, Aristotle's Politics, Book I.
The program goes through high
school delving into every subject,
fiction and fact. It has been a wide
success and is truly a worthy challenge to the youth of Americaperhaps next year, to the youth of
Kenosha.

How would you like jelly sandwiches (without butter) and variations of soup for lunch every day?
This is what i\lr. Gauche! claims
he had at Park Ridge i\tilitary
Academy', where he previously
taught. lo wonder the food here
is "tops" for him!
Park Ridge Military Academy
has been his on!.\· other teaching
appointment, and T.J. Gauche! has
much to sav on the differences of
a co-ed higi1 school and a military
academy.
"Whe~ I first \\'alked into St.
Joe's," he savs, "I was stunned . I
couldn't get. over it-it was fabulous, tremendous! It has such gorgeous blackboards and mar\'clous
equipment!"
"Soon I met the faculty; the quality of the Sisters and other instrucs
tors is highly commendable.
for discipline, I can say that St.
Joe's rates high. Your methods arc
wonderful. Then I met the students. To my surprise the.\· arc of

Bob Hughes

87 SJ HS Students
Take Historic Tour
"\Nell worth the $132.05", is Lhc
typical comment made by the junior and senior travelers. For six
fun-filled days, they visited many
fa111ous places.
Originall:·, 100 students planned
to go, but onl.\' 68 actually made
the trip, and arc they glad they
did!
Although happy to be home,
many of the touring students long
for just one more look at the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, or
maybe the \Vashington 1onumcnt. Their never-to-be-forgotten
memories of the trip contain jumbled pictures of the White House,
The Little Church Around the
Corner, and the Lincoln lcmorial.
Gazing at a miniature ' cw York
from the top of the Empire State
Building thrilled the touring group.
The group left Kenosha on
i\londav, i\ 1a\' 3, and returned Saturda\·, '1\1av ·13 . The\' tra\'clcd to
\Vashingto.n, D.C. b)' train. One
tourist complained of being unable
to walk a straight line after disembarking from the train. xcept for
this after-effect, the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad provided good
trains with delicious food.

excellent quality. l find that they
realize their dutv here; they ha\·c
a con\'iction t~ learn. T~ them
school is not a place of drudgery
to go to for six hours a day, it is
rather a place to use your talents
as well as you are able."
"After having taught at a boys'
school for four \'Cars I didn't know
\\'hat to expect .from girls. I don't
ha\·e a homeroom, but I find that
having to teach young girl is a
unique experience. Since 1 teach
on!.\· freshmen algebra, I have yet
to find how girls think in other
fields."
" In addition to algebra, 1 am also
qualified to teach chemistry and
sociology. l was born in Kenosha,
rccci\·cd mv clementan· and secondary edt;cation in Racine, and
obtai~ed Ill,\' college degree from
,\ larquettc. l am happily married,
ha\·c a Im·clv son of t\\ o, and am
proud to be .at SJHS."
Marianne Henderleitcr

6 Top Seniors to Compete
In National Chemistry Exam
Six seniors, Timoth\· Tull\', Gertrude Deom, Sande Kelsey: Judyanne Hackbarth, \Villiam Latto ,
and Andre\\' Pn·zlomski ha\·c
been selected by ister 1\1. Phyllis,
0.S.F. to represent St. Joseph High
School in a three-hour examination
testing O\'er-all knowledge in the
field of Chcmistrv. This test is
sponsored by the American Chemical ociety (ACS). Prizes for the
test include a 100 scholar hip to a
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college of the \\inner 's O\\'n choosing. The list of all the winners and
their scores \\ill be distributed
throughout all colleges and uni\·ersitics in the tatc of \ Yisconsin.
The contest is to be held at i\larqucttc L' ni\·crsit:·, April 29. The
purpose of the contest is to further the stud,\· of chemistry to
meet the c\·er-increasing demands
of the modern scientific world.

DAYS

GONE

BY

George Kasparek

Remember the day you brought home the debate trophy when you
were sophomores, ue Petersen, Bill Lattos, Eben Hansmire, and Tim
Lawler?

Bob Fanning

"Yes, sir," the typical response of Brian
Guilliom (Brassett).

Bob Fanning

"Now where did
that darn rabbit
go?" seems to be
typical of the temperament of Bob
Dobson as Mr.
Spettigue.

....

Bob Fanning

"No, Tim, we do NOT have to practice that scene again!" This scene
seemed a natural for Tim Tully
(Jack) and Linda Reno (Kitty).

Bob Fanning

What a typical woman Mary Conrad
(Amy) made when George Schroeder
(Charley) deceived her uncle.

Bob Fanning

Remember last year's Junior-Senior Dinner Dance? Sylvia Stec and
Ron Filippelli were crowned king and queen. They had been chosen
to be the top officers of the enior Class for the 1960-61 school year.

"The final test of a leader

is that he leave behind him

in other men the conviction

and the will to carry on."
Walter Lip pm ann

Ronald Fi Ii ppelli
,\ It. Carmel
Senior Class President

James Costigan
St. l\1ark
Student Council President
and Senior Class Treasurer

Syh-ia Stec
St. Casimir
Senior Class Vice-President and
Student Council Vice-President

1\ Iarv Po bar
St. C~eorge

\\'illiam Perozzi
H oly Rosary

Senior Class Secretary and

tu dent Cou ncil Treasurer

Student Council Secretary

motto- "In His will is our peace."
D a nte

flower- yellow rose
\l an Conrad
St: James

patron- Saint Joseph

Prefect of So<lality
5

Robert Acerbi
St. James

:\Ian· Adamson
St. \lary

\Villowdean Albert
St. George

Carol Aiello
Holy Rosary

Judith Althoff
St. Mary

Bruce Anderson
St. James

Good-bye
David Anderson
St. Scholastica

Kathleen Anderson
St. ,\lary

.\Ian· Anderson
St. James

to cheering faces

and rainbow-tossed confetti.

Robert Anderson
St. George

Thomas Anderson
St. i\1ary

Sherry Becker
St. Anthony

Helen Benuska
St. Anthony

Carole Bernacchi
St. \Iary

Dennis Bianchi
St. \1ary

\Villiam Blasi
St. George

Bonnie Boostedt
St. George

Robert Bosco
Hoh Rosan·

Frances Bover
St \lark

Peter Braun
St. Mark

Patricia Bryant
1t. Carmel
6

Joyce Brever
St. Mark

Ann Bschcrer
St. Gr:orge

Kathleen Bydalek
St. Ceorgc

Kathleen Cahill
St. Marv

Albert Cairo
St. Casimir

Gerald Cardinali
I I oh Ros<H\'

Richard Cardinali
St. Anthon\

Angela Cecchini
I loh. Rosan•
.

Charles Cer111ak
St. Peter

Dennis Chiappetta
Hoh. Rosan·
.

Cassius Chinski
St. Thomas

,\larilyn Cipolla
St. \lark

Judith Conforti
\It. Carmel

Barbara Connell\·
St. ;\lark

Alan Corradini
I I oh Rosan·

Diane Costabile
St. \ lark

Judith Curtiss
St. \Ian

I'd\\ ard Dcardorf
St. \Ian·

Paul Dcl'.1zio
I !oh Rosan

John Dohern·
St. Thomas·

Peter Dorff
Hoh. Ros.in.

Good-bye

to laugh-filled corridors,

to sunshiny rooms.

Gertrude Deom
St. George

Da\·id DeSimone
Holy Rosary

Richard DiCello
\lt. Carmel

Robert Dobson
St. \lark

7

\Villiam Dorsev
St. Jame~

Eugene Dosemagen
St. George

John Doscmagen
St. Peter

Fileen Drissel
St. John

Deanna DuCharme
St. Man

Francis Dunnebacke
St. George

Jane Dcrn•ney'
St. Thomas

Bernard Drasler
St. Joseph'"

Rudolph Drexler
St. Mary

Good-bye

to senseless,

happy days that crowd
\\'alter Ebner
St. :\1ary

Ralph Eckert
St. Peter··

Donald Evans
St. Thomas

Fred Ernst
St. George

corners of our memory.

Carhara Fonk
St. \larv

Vincer.t Fox
St. Thoma~

James Fonk
St. \1an·

Ly·nn Fredericksen
St. George

Loretta Forgianni
St. 1\lark

Kathleen Fox
St. George

Robert Fulmer
St . .\lark

Daniel Galley
St. ,'\tlary
8

Sharon Gaudio
St. James

Lawrence Gaydos
St. lark

Diane Glerum
St. !\lark

Suzanne G lerum
St. George

Ralph Cemig
St. \lary

Carol Gonnering
St. \lary

Glen Gosselin
St. George

Brian Guilliom
\It. Carmel

Richard Gust
l111maculate Conception

Judyann Haclrbarth
St. \lary

Larrv Hall
St. George

Virginia Hammel
St. Thomas

Robert Hannan
St. George

.\lichael Hanrahan
St . .\Tari;

Eben Hansmire
St. \I an·

Gloria Harms
St. George

\\ .illiam I lartman
St. George

John Helf
St. James

i\Iargaret Hoar
St. i\lary

Karen Holland
St. \ Ian

Thomas Green
St. Bartholome\\

Good-bye

to unforgettable people

who have become

a smiling part of us.

i\larianne Henderleiter
St. 1\lark

Judith He\~ itt
St. Thomas

Da\·id Heyden
Sr. George

Elaine Hilderbrandt
St. Thomas
9

i\Liry Hornacek
St. atlHm )'

lichael Hyland
St. ,\ lark

Leon Johnson
St. Mark

Jill Johnson
St. Thomas

Jeanne Kamieniecki
St. Casin1ir

Judith Kamin
St. Marr

Good-bye
Fred Kappus
St. ,\lark

Judith Keach
St. ,\ l ark

Edward Kertz
St. J\1ary

to quiet moments

that have been ours to think,

to plan,
Allen Kelp
St. Thomas

Sandra Kelsey
St. Thomas

George Kolar
St. Casimir

John Kohlmeier
St. 1\fark

to dream.

Robert Kolmos
St. \lark

Robert Kriederman
~t. Thomas

Kathleen Kolowski
St. Therc:se

Patricia Kueny
St. \1ark

Keith Kosloski
St. Mark

Edward Koos
St. James

R onald LaFond
St. Anthony

Mary Lynn Kulesh
Holy Rosary
10

William Lattos
St. Mary

Joseph Laurenzi
H oly Rosary

Raymond Lancaster
St. Theresa

Timothy Lawler
St. Marv

Thomas Lea
St. Thomas

Linda Leitzen
t. J\1ark

Mauricette Le Satfre
St. George (France)

.\1arion Lesko
St. Casimir

Kathryn Madsen
St. George

John Maloney
St. Casimir

Martin \1archek
St. Mary

James ,\ I arescalco
St. Thomas

,\ Iarilyn i\lashuda
St. 1\lary

Carol J\ latera
Holy Rosan·

Petronella .\ 1atranga
St. Thomas

Joseph Martiazzi
Holy Rosar~ ·

,\ l arlene Mauser
St. 1\lark

Birute 1ilass
St. Peter

1\ l ichael \l itchell
St. James

Good-bye

to devoted people

who have taught

and guided

and molded.

Dolores McGrath
St. Mary

Margaret Mico
t. John Baptist

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Cec il ia

1azurkiewicz
St. 1ark

Frank 1oenssen
St. Thomas

Patrick \ le A leer
St. James

Aldonna .\ lolinaro
St. George

Joan \ Ioretti
\ 1r. Ca rm cl

Kathleen \lurph:·
Sr. James

Patricia ,\ Jurra\'
St. George

Richard Perri
St. George

Susan Petersen
Sr. James

Patricia Petretti
l l oh· Rosary

James O'Neill
St. ,\ larv

,\larie Organist
St. Thomas

Ronald Paradise
,\ lount Canncl

Good-bye

to swirls of books

and scribbled papers

Robert Petrin
St. \Inv

Joseph Pias
St. Casimir

Linette Picknell
St. George

Diana Plutas
St. Peter

Sandra Pohlman
St. Tho111as

Patricia Prester!
St. George

Timoth: Propsom
St. Cas~mir

Andre\\ Przlomski

s.:. \Ian·

~ eil

Pietrangeli
St. James

and fraying uniforms.

Joan Proescl
St. George

Julianna Rack
St. Peter

J inine Ramacci
Holy Rosary
12

Gene Raymond
St. George

Sharon Reindl
St. \Ian

john Regner
St. James

Linda Reno
St. James

Augustine Ridolfi
St. \fan·

Kathleen Riley
St. James

Patricia Rizzo
Holy Rosary

Ronald Roberts
St. Joseph

Jean Robillard
St. J\lary

Angela Romano
St. James

\larie Rosko
St. Casimir

Diana Ruffalo
Hui)· Rosary

Ronald Ruthe
St. Sebastian

Ann St. Louis
St. Thomas

Judith Safago
St. Casimir

Judith Schaaf
St. Casimir

I\' ancv Schmidt

St. Thomas

Carol Schmitt
St. Thomas

Gail Schmitt.
St. James

Jean Schultz
St. Ceorge

,\ Jan· elear
St. \ 1ary

Gar~·

Good-bye

to a magic world of ideas

and beliefs

that has caught us up.

James Sc hmitz
St. George

\J ic hael Schroeder
St. George

;\lary Schulte
St. James
13

entieri
St. \ lark

\\ ' illiam Shulski
St. \h~n·

\lar)' Sieger
St. \lark

Kenneth Skendziel
">t. J aJlleS

Francis Singer
St. Thomas

J\.'iary Smith
St. l\1::irk

Robert Smith
St. Thomas

Good-bye
Charles Stoner
St. \lary

Jan et Stu rm
St. \lark

Therese Stun·u .
St. Casimir

to star-touched dances.

to bubbling costumes

and swirling colors.
\\'ayne Sucharda
St. James

\I ary Ann s\\'etish
St. ,\ lark

rheresa Tilllllan
St. \Ian·

Timothy Tully
St. Ja111(;s

Helen \'olpentesta
St. Therese

\lary Anne \Vadc
St . . nthor:y

Albert Tenuta
\I t. Carmel

R~l\ Jllond

lJimari
St. Joseph•

,\ !ark Taul'e
St. James

Mary Jane V enskus
St. Peter

Thomas \\'al kusi-,
St. \Ian

1\1ary Ward
St. J a1res
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Donald \Vawiorka
St. Casilllir

Edward \\'endel
St. \lark

Jos-:!ph \Verwie
St. George

Nora Wieland
St. Mary

David Willems
St. Anthonv

Eugene \\-"illcms
St. Thomas

Janice \\'ilson
St. J\1ark

Phy·llis \\'ojtak
St. Casimir

James \\' ojtak
St. Anthony

Arleen \''olfc
St. 1\lark

Jacqueline Yutka
St. George

Sonya Zalubowski
Holy Rosary

Kathleen Zanio
St. Casimir

Peter Zeihen
St. James

Jack Zero,·ec
St. George

Bonnie Zierk
St. George

]a mes Zierk
St. George

Paul Zohlcn
St. George

Richard Falk
St. \l ark

Good-bye to ...

our St. Joe's.

Barbara Ze\·en
St. George

Seniors not pictured Robert Bierdz
St. i\ 1ark

Richard Bitautis
St. 1\l ark

Dennis Hulen
St. Therese

Ronald Greb
St. George

George Schroeder
Immaculate Conception

John Holland
St . .\I an·

Gerhard \\'ill cms
St. George

\\'aukegan
· Antioch
Senior pictures taken through
the courtesy of Marshall tudio.

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Bob Fanning

Well kids, look who may be teaching your children in the years to come. Being seniors,
these FTA members are college bound and will be majoring in education. They are:
Mary Schulte, Dave Heyden, Mary ieger, Trudy Deom, Bob Anderson, Bob Acerbi, and
Gail chmitz.

•

b ~t dc.'1n1tc. 1pc.ctrum
o pt&c.< o+ ofd1nory

Could be these are the three wise men, but
from what we hear they are Dave DeSimone,
Paul DeFazio, and Dave Anderson well dis·
guised for the Mardi Gras.

m cd~ot<.ly o{tc.r 'th&.

roc.c. •6
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oro'I&" vt c.d .fo, ~he.
prcx..c. .. .,. tm.,.rt• no

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4

Bob Fanning

"What odd looking teeth!" No! These are exact duplications of the results received in the reduction of copper. This experiment won first place
in the chemistry division for Sande Kelsey at St. Joseph"s Science Fair
and second place at the Kenosha County Science Fair.

Bob Fanning

At the AthleUc As!.ociation Banquet, Pat McAleer was awarded thr
most valuable player trophy for basketball by Father Olley.
] I)

A Dream

Recipe for Spring

The Windy Kiss

It is held aloft
But only one can see
The silver shimmer of
A dream.
A crystal cup, wavering
On the pith of reverie,
Etched with forms of
Fantasy;
And then its bri 11 ia nee is
Shattered, its coolness gone.
A dream, just splintered
Glass, or maybe- maybe
Diamond dust.
Tom Walkush 104

Take equal parts of
rain and sun, mix
with warm1h, and add some fun.
Garnish with greenery;
fold in delicate flowers .
Season generously with
many happy hours.

Life like
A windy kiss at times lightly
Brushes in tender fervor .
Then, flcklely
Turns in revengeful hate,
Whipping, lashing, hacking.
Now, beauty
Is a ghost-like memory.

Deanna DuCharme 105

Bon Voyage!
God keep your heart a-beating
While you go a-fleeting .
Marlene Mauser 112

Turning again
To indemnify is the serene
Elegance of blue silk
Above with the golden
Embroidery of the sun .
Kathleen Fox 101

Burst
A thousand dreams I have had.
A thousand dreams have made me sad.

Suddenly It's Spring
It's spring, and small brigades of
eager-beaver hopscotch players chalk
the naked sidewalks recently covered
with ice and snow, and peel off wraps
in reckless layers. Crocuses, impatient,
shove through the earth and fight for
survival. A small boy is a whirling top
that April spins. He cannot stop; for
young things, growing things, must leap
and twirl else they might burst in all this
fever of greening, golden weather. And
such a gold! Days overspill with dandelion and daffodil. A boy must leap
and twirl for sparks of joy ignite each
moment. So he spins, no thoughts to
think or words to say while spring spins
into summer.

Possibility

Lazy Joy

Many people think they should;
And maybe sometimes they could;
But I wonder if they really would.

Clouds are beautiful in the sky;
As you lie on your back and watch them
go by,
Until they simply fade and die.

Paul Defazio 105

Hurt
The Crowd W atche~

Let There Be. . !

By the church on the corner
I saw many people
Who walked by my corner
Looking at the steeple.

God looked-and there was nothing but
space.
Not a tree, nor a river nor a single face.
God spoke-and there was the human
race.
Aldonna Molinaro 101

But to my surprise
It wasn't the steeple they saw aloft,
But the morning sun's rise
All pink and purple-soft.

Aldonna J\lolinaro first became interested
in writing poetry in her sophomore ~· ear, when
she began to recei\'e poetr~ · assignments. C nder the enc9uragement of Sister Anne, she has
continued to write poetry.
A ld onna won second place in the 8-24 line
section of the "\ \'iscor1sin High School Poetry
Contest of 1961," for her poem "Autumn's
Auction" (printed in the October, 1960, issue
of the Challe11ge). She also recei,·ed third place
in the 3-2 line section of the same contest "ith
her poem, "Let There Be" (printed abO\·e).
Aldonna \\on a total of 2 7 in the contest, 24
for her second place selection, and 3 for her
third place poem.
ldonna has decided to become a practical
nur\e, but she intends to continue writing in
her \pare time.

Sandy Pohlman 103

Jim Costigan 103

Contrast
The winter seemed so long and dreary;
It makes spring seem twice as cheery!
Bonnie Zierk 102

Desire
To fly in the air
To anywhere
Without a care.
Cass Chinske 102
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Sadness is in her eyes:
With every glance she cries.
Jinine Ramacci 101

Spring
Spring came today,
or was it yesterday?
Well anyway,
she came,
slowly,
carefully,
As if she were afraid.
I saw her
first
In the tiny buds
and traces of green.
Today I saw her
everywhere:
a robin building her nest,
a world full of flowers,
and a sunset.
She now moves
gaily.
She is unafraid,
confident;
winter is gone,
spring is here.
Ann Bscherer 112

What do you hope to be
doing 10 years from now?

Dick Gust and I are planning a fishing trip.
Ron Greb 101

I hope to be married with about six
children, all of them boys.
Diane Glerum 103
Planning my retirement.

Senior survey shows 58% college hound

Dick Cardinali 105

Eating cheese on the moon .
Mary Selear 112

Results of the survey taken this year
show that enrollment in colleges across
the U.S. will include 138 members of the
senior class . Twenty-six plan to continue
their education in technical schools,
learning trades from modeling to practical nursing to aviation training. Tentatively twelve boys are planning to join
the Armed Services. Sixty-five intend to
get work requiring no further technical
training.
Choices of feminine careers vary
widely from secretaries and stenographers to artists, musicians, beauticians,
teachers, social workers, a cancer researcher and a Spanish translator who
hopes to work in an airport and later
become a stewardess and fly internationally. Several girls have not decided upon
a particular career-other than homemaking, that is.

Eight girls are planning to attend Al verno College in Milwaukee next September. Twelve boys will start school at
Marquette; all of them are going to major in either medicine or engineering .
Ten of the college bound girls are planning to attend nursing schools or to enter
related fields such as X-ray technology.
Doctors, lawyers, mechanics, engineers, conservationists, teachers, and a
biologist are what some of the SJHS senior boys will be in a few years if dreams
come true. We will also see some in foreign service and some ·in service of the
United States as commissioned officers .
Quite a few did not know exactly what
they will be doing, and as one stated,
they are thoroughly confused. Here are
the answers to some of questions asked
in the senior survey.

I would like to be either President of
the United States or the owner of my
own enterprise.
Ed Deardorf 104

I will most likely be saving money
to send my kids to St. Joseph's High
School.
Linda Leitzen 103
Depends upon how I like the Army.
Michael Hanrahan 113

I'll probably just be getting older
and thinking about the fact.
Barbara Fonk 105
Making my second million.
Jim O'Neill 104

What will you be doing this summer?
I hope to make lots of money this
summer so I can retire at 18.

Getting rid of all those "old American customs" I have accumulated.

Edward Koos 101

Mauricette Lesaffre 105

I hope to get a summer job, a rather
easy one.
Jinine Ramacci 101
This summer I plan to be working at
a resort at Power's Lake.
Janet Sturm 105

I have to make lots of money this
summer for my engine in my car, and
also I'm going to school in Chicago for
mechanics.
Bob Kolmos 112

I'll probably still be going to school.
Mary Smith 104
I hope to own Diestler Motors in ten
years.
Gene Raymond 102

In ten years I hope to be living in
Hawaii, running the Hawaiian Eye.
Mary Anne Wade 103

I will be working at the First National Bank as assistant secretary to the vicepresident.
Barbara Zeyen 101

I already have a pre-arranged job
with my present boss. He is giving me
the opportunity to work full time with
h im and he intends to instruct me on the
operation of a business.

This summer, if nothing happens, I
will be bike racing. I will be racing in
the state championships, and I hope to
qualify for the nationals.

David Willems 103

Joe Werwie 101

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Ten years from now I hope to be a
make-up artist and working for one of
the big movie or T.V. studios.
Al Tenuta 103

By that time I hope to have found a
job.
Jean Robillard 104

Seniors Use Library Well,
Gene Dosemagen Uses Most
According to Sister \1ary Francis, SJ I-IS librarian, Gene Doscmagcn has literally read himself
around the \\ orld this year.

Years Pass;
Are Recalled
As the class of '61 graduates this
June, all thoughts will turn to the
future. But one person will remember the past. Dubbed the "charter
class mascot", Sister Edna Marie
has knO\\ n every one of the seniors well.
Since St. Joseph's first opened
on September 2 3, 1957, with a halfcolll plctcd school, Sister has ta ken
care of the office: mix-ups in locks,
forgotten lunches- all pass through
her hands.
Sister rem cm bcrs man;,· th in gs,
nostalgic as well as funny'. She'll
never forget the time when, "Freshman Fred Ernst broke the lock on
Mr. 1\1ackcrtich's desk, and ended
up paying four dollars to a locksmith for his joke," chuckles Sister. Nor \\'ill she forget the lovely
school days that lasted only until
2:30 ever;,· day, and the cornerstone laying. She remembered John
Doherty as the first scn·er and this
senior class's most faithful one for
four yea rs.
The charter class has diminished
from 268 to HI at present. Sister
can tell a talc about each if she desires. I lcr greatest hope is to be as
proud of the seniors ten ;,·cars from
now as she is nm1 .
Sonya Zalubowski 104

Since he feels the library has a
good selection for its relative newness and a good reference section
for doing homc ..vork, he frequents
it often. Gene, with varied interests, reads everything from ad 1·cnturc stories to Ii 1·es of famous artists. " I read mainly for enjoyment,
but I find it helps trcmcndousl;.· in
m;.· school work," says Ccnc.
Although the library doesn't
have high stacks, six foot four inch
Gene has no trouble reaching the
high row in any library. His fa1·oritc book read this years was
Houdi11i and he recommends it
highly to anvonc as fascinating
reading.

Bob Fanning

Gene Dosemagen, as seen here, is one of the library's best customers.

Charter Class Suggests
School Improvements

Some seniors find the library so
interesting that they devote some
of their study periods to stacking
or typing for Sister Mar;.• Francis.
Among the most fervent workers
arc Theresa Tillman, Carol Aiello
and Barb Zcven. Sister Marv Francis fee ls the seniors use the library
constructively, "especially to copy
thousand-word themes out of the
Encyclopedias."

Experienced Lancers, the seniors
have suggestions for improvements
in the school:
PAUL DEFAZIO says, "I think
the teachers should put more emphasis on class participation. More
students would pay attention to
get decent grades, and ideas would
be pooled for the benefit of the
whole class, not just between the
student and the teacher."

Pat Petretti 102

French Students Begin Activity Club
Second year French students
have joined together to fom1 a
French club, La Cerclc Francais.
"\Ve formed this club to use our
French and stimulate interest in
the language," sa~·s Angie Cecchini, rcccntly-clcctcd club president.

come members. ,\leetings are held
e1·ery Thursday during French
class. Though the school year is
almost over, the club will continue
next \'ear and remain as a permancnt stimulus.

Pat

Only students \\'ho ha1·c completed one )·car of French may be-

Romero,

Leave

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Paul DeFazio 105

Lesa ff re

Happy

Memories

\l a111· unfinished duties a\1·ait
their attention \1 hen the:· reach
home. One dm:· \\'ill be making
up this last school )·car for both
Pat and ,\ ! arc\'. " ' hen Pat finishes her remaining two )'Cars of
high school, she plans to go to college and major in languages. " I cnjo)· tra1·cling so much that I would
like to attend a college abroad,"
sa:·s Pat. ,\ l arc:· plan to attend
college also, and to become an in-

Bob Fanning

Concerning academics, T0,\1
\VALK l.JSH thinks that, "lt is
necessary first for the person to
measure up to the name student
and then be read\' for rca I improYement." \\'hile KATHY FOX
suggests "the elimination of mass
•ot only· arc the:
punishments.
unfair, but they make those \I ho
arc not guilty feel it is not \\'Orth
being good."

Marcy

Packing up and lca1·ing for their
rcspccti1·c homes this Jul)', Pat Romero and 1\larC)' Lesaffre will part
\1·ith a )'Car of exciting American
life. Both girls ha1·e made many
friends during their stay here and
\I ill find it hard to lca1·c them all
behind.

"One last look," seems to be Pat and 'larcy's idea as they pose here.

Putting guide lines in the parking lot 1rnuld simplify parking a
lot according to ] UDY SAF AGO.
Taking the mixed chorus around
to other schools and performing as
the;,· used to, JEA • KA 11 NECK! feels, "\\'ould make the school
more known and is a lot of fun."

tcrior decorator.
Both girls ha1·c had unforgettable experiences in their nc\\' li1·es
but Pat thinks the feel of nc"
snm1· \\'as her greatest thrill.
" Kenosha is the first place 1
11 ou Id come to if I c1·cr could
come back to America. ln a small
town like this, l\·e been able to
kno\\' it well," asserts Pat. LiYing
here this year has made the girls
a\\'are of the ad1·antages of merican life \I hich they 11 ill carr)' with
them back to their homelands.
'·\\'e \\'Ould both like to thank all
the \\'Onderful people \\'ho ha\·c
made our stay so plea ant and
happy," say Pat and ,\ larcy as the;,·
prepare to leaYC.

Pat Iurray 105

The Low Dow n

Jim Pavlik, Albert Aiello, Ral ph Wade and J eff Chiapetta are 25 per cent
of the freshmen on the track team that work hard in hopes to make the
team strong now and in the future.

Lancers Seventh
In Relay Meet
So far this season the rrackmcn from St. Joseph's haven't run a\\'a:>
'' ith any meets. ln their first outing an 18 member team didn't score a
point a~ the 1\1arguettc Relays. In that meet they placed low on the list
of some 20 teams, \\'ith schools like 1arquettc and Pius walking a\\'a:•
\\'ith all the points.
In their second trip the Lancers went to the Edgewood Relays,
held at the lJni,·ersit\' of \Visconsin Field House in /\ladison. Thev
showed improvement·o\·er their first b:· placing seventh out of a field ;f
15 of the state's best Catholic teams.
The Lancers accumulated seven points, three coming with Ryan
Higgins' third place in the high hurdles and four with the 880 relay
team's (Steve Glowacki, Bill Perozzi, Ron Hoff, and Bob Hughes) fourth
place.
This \'Car the Lancers seem to have a well rounded team, a notable
improveme~t over last year's team which had too few stars. The Lancers
lost both of their big scorers with the graduation of Bob Heller, State
Champion High Jumper, and Ken Wedikas, another big point man.
This year's team carries 49 members: five seniors Bill Perozzi,
Captain; Pa~ McAleer, Jim O' 1 eill, Tim Lawler, Neil Pietrangeli; 10
juniors Dick Chiappetta, Fred Frank, Chuck Fries, Steve G lowacki, Ron
Hoff, Ryan Higgins, Bob Hughes, Tom Pias, Mike Stella, Jim Vidas;
eight sophomores Tim Fanning, Gary Hawkins, Jim Limback, Tom Regner, Bob Rosko, Tom Torrcsin, David Braun, Charlie Zarletti; 16 freshmen Albert Aiello, Jim Bernacchi, Dennis Boyle, Jeff Chiappetta, Bob
Christ, Pat Lesse, Joe Lesnik, Bob Mars, Joe Miks, Jim Pavlik, Bob Regner, Lauren Ritacca, Louis Stella, Paul Vanderfin, and Ralph Wade.

by Bob Dobson
As I sit looking at April's white showers, I put my pen to the Lmv
Do"' n for the last time (unless unforscen difficulties hinder my graceful
exit from the scene). I had fully intended to give a short resume of the
spring sports, but with my back still aching from the arduous task of
shoveling snow from around the tulips, I think perchance the spring season may be interrupted.
So this snowbound reporter has no course open to him but to look
back at the first four years of sports at St. Joe's, sometimes called the
Colden Age (l don 't know b:· whom, either).
In 1957 man:· of St. Joe's 111orc ambitious athletes made the long
trek over to St. Mar:•'s. Lacking a g:·m and an athletic field, St. Joe's
deferred to the cross-town sister school in the field of athletics. This
fostered the first year of Lancer athletic competition.
The following year Johnny Lattner, the all-American from ' otrc
Dame, came to give the Lancer's football sguad its first try. Coach Bob
Radigan came over from St. Mary 's to coach the baseball and basketball
teams. 1 r. Bob Carbone was added a little later to take the track team
and the golf team, which he later relinquished to \Ir. Frank Matrisc.
That year C\'er:· boy who had C\'er thrown a football showed up
for practice that first week. G raduall :· the team narrowed down under
the rigors of practice. A few, including : ·ours truly, stuck out the remainder of the season. I don't want to compare m:;sclf in an:· way,
shape, or form \\ ith the football pla:·crs of St. Joe's. I probably would
have been a great player except for the marked lack of talent. The Lancers looked good, sparked b:· an exceptional senior tea111 and backed up
by the sophs (the seniors of '61). Some of the latter lasted through to
the tea111 of this past year: Pat /\lcAlcer, Brian Guillio111, Larry Ga:·dos,
Ron Filippelli, Bill Perozzi, Al Corradinni, Dick Perri, Frank Singer, and
last but not least, Tei! Pictrangcli.
The sophomores of that ~ · ear sparked in basketball, also with the
all-star lineup of Pete Dorff, Bob Bicrdz, Bob Bistrick, Dick Falk, Gene
Boyle, Rud:· Drexler, Ron Filippelli, Bruce Anderson, Ken Skcndziel,
and Brian Guilliom.
Baseball's claim to fame here at St. Joe's has never diminished. Of
the present seniors, Ed Kertz, 1ikc Schroeder, and Dick Perri ha,·e managed to keep this team constant!:· in the winner 's spotlight.
The mark of the Class of '6 1 on the athletic fields, mats, and courts
won't easily be rubbed from the annals of Lancer History.

Golfers Outdrive St. Mary's;
Win Season Opener Easily
St. Joseph High School's golf team, under Coach ,\ 1atrise won its
first meet April I+. They defeated St. 1\1ary 's, Burlington, at the Brown's
Lake golf course. The low men on our team in the first five were Cass
Chinski and Ron Filippelli with H 's . Ji111 Costiga n had a 45, while Ron
Ruthe and Tim Propsom had 4 7's. The team has its best chance for a
good season, having six returning lettermen but losing Dick Adamson
and Dick Ryseck. There arc fifteen men on this year's sguad: seniors
J im Costigan, team captain; Ron Fi lippelli, Tim Propsom, Ron Ruthe,
Cass Chinskc; ju niors Bil l Kaufmann, Dennis Koh loff; sophomores Barr:·
Wojtak, Mark Matera, Terry 1oriarity, and Jim \Vutzen; and fres hman
Dan Hughes.
Bill Kau fm a nn

Jim O 'Neill

Lancers Down Angels 5-l;
Kertz Pitches 3 Hitter
One! Two! Three! You're out! Rather you're started! In three
pre-season "varmups, the St. Joseph's baseball tea1;1 has beaten St. Jv1ary's,
Salem, and St. Catherine's.
Coach Bob Radigan's ballplayers have shown finesse on the field,
power at the plate, and witchcraft on the mound. \Vitchcraft in pitching is no exaggeration. In beating St. Mary's, Burlington, 12-2, Salem,
2-0, and St. Cat's 5-1, pitchers Cumisky, Gullo, and Kertz struck out ten,
seven, and eleven men respectively, allowing, all tolled, ten hits.
As seen b:· the scores, Lancer hitting is not lacking either: twenty
hits, nineteen runs. Fielding could be a stigma. St. Joe's committed t hree
costly errors against St. Catherine's. Lancer ball handling was flaw less in
the other two battles; however, clutch hitting by Lancer's C lcte Wi ll e111s,
,\ 1ike Schroeder, John Mauser, and Mike Cass has added the punc h in
the attack.
From what the team has shown in positive abi lity and potentiality,
spring may see some of its precious dandelions behind the wall at Simmons Field decapitated by Lancer homeruns.

" Ac tually" Mr. Matrise is expla ining to Jim Wutzen , T im Casey, Jim Costigan , M a rk M a t e r a, Bill K a ufm a nn , Ron Ruth e, a nd Dan Hug h es t h e
" b asic" s tru ctures of a n Oldsmobil e tr u nk.

Bob Hughes

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