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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1950
Page
11
The piece examines senior year pressures from sports, activities, and social life. It notes juggling teams, dances, yearbook duties, jobs, and parish commitments while seeking maturity and guidance. Despite fatigue and costs, the author views seniors as capable, good, and in need of support.
A reflection on senior year in high school exploring whether seniors differ from other students. It questions if adolescence at the senior level brings blase attitudes toward study or a shift toward new life goals and asks what senior year uniquely prompts in motivation and behavior.
The note lists a series of November religious observances for the Sodality. Key items include Holy Day of Obligation on Nov 1, All Souls Day on Nov 2 with Mass and Communion, First Friday on Nov 3 with Mass and Communion, Sodality Sunday on Nov 5 with 100 percent attendance, Feast of Our Lady of Divine Providence on Nov 18 with Mass and Communion and Act of Consecration, Feast of the Presentation on Nov 21 with Mass and Communion and Act of Consecration, and Miraculous Medal event on Nov 27 at 7:00 in the Hall with a social afterward.
The document lists editorial leadership and newsroom roles including Editor in Chief Ken Knopp Assignment Editor Antoinette Kraus Make-up Reporters Melvin Stehling Clarence Weinheimer Dorothy Miller Fredolin Ka derli and Daniel Hartmann Future Book Oleta Alberthal Moderator Sister M Clemen tia CDP.
Editorial text shows a male writer venting about girls and describing a crude prank on Sally. The tone mocks female behavior and suggests harassment as a joke. The piece ends with a mocking prompt to be quiet.
The notebook notes sophomore chatter about open doors in the Soph and Junior rooms, a new car sighting, and a student named Rubin H. The piece mentions a desk change placing a girl between boys, reactions to an Indian Pow-wow discussion, and band uniform color debates as students walk to school.
A survey of nickname use among St Marys High students shows seniors nicknamed Mamma, Smiley, and Red while juniors include Buddy and others. Sophomores, freshmen, and various students have monikers like Zabble Snow ball Dimples Bitsy Mighty reflecting personality, hair color, or behavior.
Quotes from Helen Meurer Rose Lange Margaret Moses and Curtis Carter describe a Halloween break from classes. They recall relaxing at home sleeping eating and wandering with lighthearted humor about the day.
Gossip swirls about a boy who sticks to one girl and another who dates older girls. Frances Loth may arrive at school gum free. Dorothy M and Margaret M, star drummers, are invited by Harry James to join his orchestra after graduation. Agnes Molberg’s study habits raise questions while a blue Chevrolet is linked to a chase of Carlie. History yawns spark curiosity about Coach and students.
A narrator tells a hair raising story to a bald headed man in a terse exchange. The odd dialogue emphasizes fear and misdirection as the listener reacts with uneasy silence. The piece blends humor and dread in a compact social vignette.
In class Helen jokes about twenty mistakes a minute while Melvin riffs on geography and a missed map lesson. The hall convo reveals a playful feud with the coach, and a soda jerk joke about a football training. A sodality secretary calls roll, correcting an absent Mathilda.
The SMH Pep Squad formed an L and an R during the Lions Rotary game last Wednesday night. Wheels won 7 to 6, with Coach Knopp also in the Pep Squad and coaching the Rotary Eleven.
Antoinette Kraus challenges Nealy Stehling to a debate on November with the motion That boys value and appreciate their Catholic Religion more than girls. Debaters include Her bert Pyka Clarence Weinheimer Johnny Moritz for the boys and Antoinette Kraus Frances Loth Margaret Mosel Betty Jean Lochte for the girls. Frances Jenschke will chair.
Teachers from St. Mary’s and other schools convened in San Antonio for a dynamic convention. A free day featured, while sessions on Reading Problems In Re and Catholic Elementary School instruction drew elementary and high school educators and patrons.
The Fredericksburg National Bank will be closed on Election Day Tuesday November 7. Local offices will resume normal hours on the following business day.
St Marys students express strong support as a drum and bugle corps becomes a reality. Organizers plan to equip the squad by the end of the football season or at the start of next year, solidifying new activities at the school.
Presided over by Barbara Wei denfeller the Junior Sodality discussed projects and proposed a Social to be held later. Among the key plans was the Feast of Christ the King to be held Sunday. A short skit titled The Guardian Angel was read by Shirley Schneider Erlene Schnelle and Hugo Stehling.
Victor Dittmar son of Mrs John Dittmar former news editor of the Uvalde Leader-News has been recalled to active duty. He spent the weekend with his mother in Doss and left Tuesday to report to the Army in Warrenton Virginia.
Inoculating legumes before planting can add about 75 pounds of nitrogen per acre. This equals the nitrogen content of 742 tons of manure or 2500 pounds of 3-12-12 fertilizer.
Stamford Mrs R G Mood is 76 and recently traveled by plane to visit her son’s family. Blind for 20 years she crochets beautifully and writes weekly letters on a typewriter for her four children.
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