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PAGE 6 GEORIGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1964
JESUIT CAUTIONS
Ushering in the Christmas
season at D'Youville Academy,
members of the Glee Club par
ticipated in the Christmas carol
program sponsored by the Le
nox Square Association at Le
nox Square on December 12.
The Glee Club members un
der the direction of Mrs. War
ren Taylor sang several un
familiar carols, including a
calypso carol, **Mary's Lullaby'
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"Mmuit Chretiens”, in French
with soloist Penny Padgett. Pre-
c ding the program, the chorus
presented their director with a
corsage. Rebroadcast of a por
tion of the program was heard
over W.S.B. later that evening.
Three months after its or
ganization, the D’Youville Aca
demy Debate Club, participating
in the Chamblee Forensic Lea
gue Debate Tournament held at
Chamblee High School Dec
ember 11 and 12 won six of the
ten debates iawhiab.they par
ticipated-.- - & wAM
Topic under debate was: Re
solved that nuclear weapons
should be controlled by an in
ternational organization. Speak
ers for the affirmative were
Anne Farnsworth and JudyDie-
terle, while Cathy Hare and Les
lie Laird defended the nega
tive. Coach for the debates is
Sister Elizabeth Mary, Chair
man of the Academy’s history
department.
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Christ’s Birth
LEONCE RICH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rich of 583
Valley Green Drive, NE Atlanta, receives trophy and congra
tulations from Dr. Henry King Stanford, president of the Uni-
versityof Miami on her selection, by eleven Southeastern colleges
as Arnold Air Society- Angel Flight "Little Colonel.” Miss
Rich, a senior at the University, will compete in April with six
teen other girls for the title erf ’’Little General,” representing
165 squadrons of the Arnold Society, an honorary group for Air
Force ROTC cadets.
GLEE CLUB
D’Youville Sing ers
In Lenox Program
CHICAGO (NC) — The tra
ditional Christmas story of
Christ's birth has become ’ re
grettably overlaid with roman
tic legends, instead of facts,
according to a Loyola Univer
sity theologian.
Father Francis L. Filas, S.
J., chairman of the Jesuit in
stitution’s theology department,
told the Loyola University wo
man’s board that "the emphasis
on the White Christmas, the long
journey to Bethlehem, the story
of the harsh innkeeper, and the
Magi following a star, has taken
precedence over the emphasis
on the birth of Jesus Christ
and His message of self-sa
crificing love.”
AS AN indication of the im
pact of legendary materials,
Father Filas described the oft-
repeated story of the overnight
trip by Joseph and Mary to Beth
lehem just before Christ’s
birth.
* Mary would have been fin
unbelievably Irresponsible
mother to make such a trip so
close to the anticipated birth
of her child, and Joseph would
have been unbelievably hard
hearted to have taken his preg
nant wife on a four-day 90-
mile donkey ride,” Father Fi
las said.
’'Actually, the gospel story
implies that Joseph and Mary
were living in Bethlehem for
some time before Jesus was
born,” he said.
ANOTHER legend which con
stitutes ’'perhaps the greatest
warping of the Christmas
story,” according to Father Fi
las, is the calumny against the
imaginary innkeeper at Beth
lehem who turned away the Holy
Family.
’This action contradicts all
the traditions of oriental hos
pitality and is an unfounded in
terpretation of the Gospe
story,” the theologian said.
The inn was nothing more than
a stockade barred against rob
bers in which there would al
ways be room for two more
persons. In all likelihood, the
reason for Christ’s birth in the
cave can be traced to a de
sire for privacy, since the inn
would have been crowded and
noisy, he explained.
“WHEN St, Luke says *there
was no -room for them in the
D’Youville Glee
Club On WAII
Climaxing its Christmas
program, the D’Youville Aca
demy Glee Club will appear on
WAII-TV Channel 11 at 7 p.m.
on December 25, Pre-record
ing the program, the chorale,
under the direction of Mrs.
Warren Taylor, will, present
the carol ”A Virgin Most Pure”
by Noel Goemanne. Two other
choirs will offer Christmas se
lections. A choir representing
the Protestant Churches will
sing a traditional carol, while
a Negro choir will offer some
spirituals.
D’Youville Academy’s annual
retreat exercises were held on
December 9, 10, and 11. Re
treat master Reverend Patrick
Mangan, O.M.I. preached the
retreat. Freshmen attended the
exercises on December 9, soph
omores on December 10, and
juniors and seniors on Decem
ber 11. Throughout the three
days the students fully partici
pated in the Holy Sacrifice of
the Mass according to the new
Liturgy.
Elect Freshman
Prexy At Pi-Hi
William de Golian will serve
as president of the St. Plus
X freshman class for the rest
of the year. David Beavln will
assist him as vice-president.
Charles Metz will assume the
duties of class secretary-tre
asurer.
As the result of Friday’s ele
ction, Thomas Edison and Mich
ael Shea will fill the position
of class councillors. Kathleen
Cowan will be the alternate.
She will replace any of the
councillors when needed.
inn,’ it is a delicate interpre
tation that Joseph and Mary
sought such privacy,” Father
Filas suggested.
The theologian also deplored
the tendency in certain scri
ptural interpretations to reject
the story of the three Magi as
sheer parable or fantasy.
’The story of the Magi dove
tails with so many essential
traits of further narratives in
St. Matthew’s Gospel. Granting,
that certain poetical and figura
tive hyperbole amplify the Magi
story, it is nonetheless defen-
dable in strict history.
"WHAT is a distortion,”
Father Filas said, ” is it the
legend of three kings coming on
Christmas night? Actually the
Magi were most probably
priests-astrologers who did in
deed come to foil wo this mys
terious star, but they could have
come as late as six months af
ter the birth of Jesus.”
‘The most likely date for
Christ's birth was the spring
of the year 6 B.C.,” he said.
’Thus, the weather was mild,
and at most raw, but certainly
not winter with snow on the
ground.”
’’By studying the facts of the
first Christmas, the meaning
of Christ’s birth is immeasur
ably heightened in a way that
legendary imagination can
never accomplish,” Father Fi
las said.
Discussion Set
For St. Anna’s
The third of a series of three
discussion meetings held at St.
Anna’s Mission, Monroe, will
take place at 7:30 p.m. Dec.
16. The topic will be ’’The
Family of God - Worship and
Atitudes to Men of All Faiths.”
Father William Hoffman, As
sistant Pastor of St. Joseph’s,
Athens, is conducting the
series. The general public is in
vited to attend.
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FIRST COMMUNION for the group of boys and girls shown above was administered at SS. Peter
and Paul parish by the pastor, Fr. Michael Manning (upper left). Their teacher, Mrs. Maureen
Pendergast, is at the upper right.
START SEASON
St. Pius X Debaters At Chamblee
Beginning the debate and
speech season, representatiwes
from St. Pius X participated
in the Chamblee Forensic Con
clave last weekend. Out of 53
participating schools from 6
Southern states, the group plac
ed third in total points and gath-
ered several individual and
team honors.
In debate with a record of
5 wins and 0 losses, Thomas
Nerney, junior, and Quinn Spit-
zer, sophomore, received the
top affirmative team trophy.
Nerney placed fifth out of 176
individual debaters, and Spitz-
er ranked sixteenth.
NEGATIVE team members
are Thomas Carr and Raymond
Warrell, sophomores. They
compiled a record of 3 wins
and 2 losses.
Speech events included men’s
and women’s dramatic inter
pretation, original oratory, im
promptu and extemporaneous
speaking. Quinn Spitzer placed
first in men’s oratory, and
Patricia Leite, junior, took
fifth place in women’s
Marsha Hair, junior, cap
tured third place in women’s
extemporaneous speech. Laura
ST. JOSEPH HIGH
Carr, senior, rated fifth.
Other participants from St.
Pius were Christine Smith, Jon
Lorraine, Stephen Raville,
and Catherine Case, Seniors,
Patricia Errigo, junior, and
Andrew Pratt, sophomore.
Girl Tankers Begin
Season’s Training
College Park Tops
St. Pius Cagemen
Coach William Daprano will
train the Saint Joseph Girls’
Swimming Team. The girls
swim at the Y. W. C. A. in
Atlanta Three nights a week.
Twelve girls participate.
They are Yvonne Aman, Iris
Cooper, Mary Sherlock (sen
iors), Lorraine Bergin, Deb
bie Eeton, Linda French, Cath- •
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ie Stanik, juniors.
Sophomores are Joyce Galla
gher and Judy Sutherland.
Freshman are Cathy Pinkley
and Barbara Sutherland.
Tankers have set a high goal
for themselves this year. Last
year they took home the tro
phy for the relay meet held at
Forest Park. In March they
carpe in third in the State.
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BY BILL MOSLEY
St. Pius X’s Lion Cagemen
felt the horns of the College
Park Rams Saturday night as the
Lions fell 78-51. Shooting seem
ed to be the Lion's major prob
lem, as the squad hit only 30
percent compared to the Ram’s
55 percent.
High scorer for the St. Pius
team was Greg Beckham with 15
points. Lee Peeler and Lyle
Carlson were next in line with
11 and 10 points respectively,
Greg was also the top re bound
er with 12.
HAPEVILLE'S Hornets were
the Cager’s opponents the pre
vious night. This time the Lions
lost by only a 3 point margin,
61-64. Down by 16 points in
the third quarter, the squad re
duced the deficit to 2 points
as the game ended. The Hor
nets sunk a free throw after
the final buzzer.
Greg Beckham again led the
Lion scorers, swishing the net
for 15 points. Lee Peeler had
11 and guard John Griffin bang
ed in 10 points for the Lions,
Pius X Seniors
Announce Dance
Senior class members will
hold the second annual Christ
mas Dance December 26, 1964,
from 8:00 till 12:00 in the gym
nasium.
Steve and the Wanderers will
provide the music. Admission
will be $1.00 and dress for the
dance will be Sunday.
To sponsor the dance, the
seniors have sold chocolate
candy. Each class member re
ceived thirty bars to sell.
Candy was 50p a bar and the to
tal profit was $476.
NOTE THIS CALENDAR
December 18 - Cathedral Club of Christ the King Dinner at
Chatthoochee Plan. Club 8:30 p.m. $2.00 ticket
Res. - 872-2097 or 355-5845
January 10 - St. Pius Tenth High School Home and School - 2:00
p.m.
Lorrain Winner Of VFW Contest
FIRST FRIDAY Club of Atlanta has elected its new officers for
1965, They are, left to right: Harry L. Cashin, Jr., secretary;
Matthew J, Dwyer, vice-president; Father Eusebius Beltran,
moderator; Arthur A, Fessenden, treasurer; Bernard F, Whit-
ham, president. Meetings are held on the Thursday preceding the
first Friday of each month at the Piedmont Hotel.
Senior Jon Lorrain is the
school winner of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars oratorical con
test at St. Pius X. Placing
second was Patricia Leite
while Thomas Nerney reciv-
.ed third. Both are juniors.
Name Chairmen
At Sacred Heart
President William Rieker of
the Holy Name Society of the
Sacred Heart Parish, has nam
ed committee chairmen:
Frank Cole, membership;
Charles R. Smith, breakfast,
Larry Mellert and Frank Cole,
program; Joseph A. Seibold!
sick and vigil; Frank B. Schro-
er, adoration; R. L. Martin,
Jr., retreat; Craddock Goins’
publicity.
Pi-Hi Juniors
Hold Hootenanny
Guitar strains rang out as
the St. Pius X junior Student
Councillors sponsored a hoote
nanny. Anne Ketcham, Georgia
State College folksinger, per
formed to help the financing
of the Junior-Senior Prom.
Junior Sec.-Treas. Gayle
Deckbar said the Festival, was
a great success because of co
operation.
Pilgrims Climb
BURBANK, Calif. (NC)—Some
3,500 members of the Italian
Catholic Federation made a pil
grimage for the intention of
Christian unity (Dec. 6) to the
top of Mount Raphael to a small
chapel which was built by St.
Frances Xavier Cabrini, first
U.S. citizen-saint, when she
worked in this area. Mother
Cabrini died in 1917 and was
canonized in 1946.
“Challenge of Citizenship”
was the theme of the oratori
cal composition. The Veterans
of Foreign Wars sponsored this
contest, with the cooperation
of the National and State Asso
ciation of Broadcasters.
K Of C Ladies
Hold Meeting
The December meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary Knights of Co
lumbus, Father Thomas O'Reil
ly Council 4358 was held at the
home of Mrs. Joseph Lynch.
President, with all the officers
serving as co-hostesses.
The highlight of the evening
was a visit from Father Simon
Slattery of St. Thomas More
Church, Decatur, who accepted
a check from the Club for the
education of an Irish priest for
the Atlanta Diocese. This is one
of the projects of the Auxiliary.
Father Slattery gave a most in
teresting talk on Ireland.
Final plans were completed
for the animal Auxiliary dinner
to be held at the Druid Hills
Country Club on Thursday even
ing, January^ 7, 1965, at which
time the officers for the new
year will be installed. After a
short business meeting, a
Christmas party was enjoyed by
the members with an exchange
of gifts, followed by refresh
ments. The prize of the even
ing was won by Mrs. Anna
O’Connor.
FATHER JAMES HARRISON
Fr. Harrison
To Be Honored
A farewell reception for Fath
er James Harrison will be held
at St. Pius X High School on
Sunday, December 20, from
three to five p.m, I he recep
tion will be in the Cafetorium.
Parents of students, graduates
and the public are cordially in
vited to honor Father Harrison
on this occasion.
Father Harrison has been the
Principal of St. Pius High School
since its beginning. Father John
Cotter, newly appointed acting
Principal, feels that many
former studnets and parents of
present and past students, as
well as those who admire the
achievements of St. Pius, will
wish to attend.
There will be a program to
honor Father Harrison from
the students of St. Pius High
School on Dec. 22.
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