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Assumptionists Plan Minor Seminary in N.Y Next Issue: Campus Forecq,st: January 4 Brisk Trade Win "The world does not ne d new truths, nearly so much as new ways to present old truths." G. K. CHESTERTON Volume 21, Number 3 ASSUMPTION PREPARA'TORY SCHOOL, Worcester 6, Massachuse~s December 1, 1959 ASSUMPTIONISTS PLAN MINOR SEMINARY IN N.Y. By LEON FRIGON '61 The Assumptionist order recently bought a new school at Cassadaga, New York - 60 miles from Buffalo an,d 7 miles from Lake Erie. On October 23, Fr. Henry Mo- sent us few future priests." He quin '24, A.A., bid $125,000, pay- hopes that the new novitiate will able to the State of New York, attract mid-western candidates to for this former tuberculosis sani- the order. tarium. The 160-acre estate with At the pres nt time, Assump- 11 buildings will be made into tionists in the United States op­ a minor seminary for future As- erate, besides their novitiate, a Nordberg ls No Slick Szlyk sumptionists. The juniorate is college, a prep school, and three planned to be opened next fall . parishes. for 9th- and 10th-grade students. The buildings of the new school, "Roarin' Years," 4th Fall Hop, Has Best A regular high school course typical of the old Spanish mis­ will be taught by Assumptionist sions with their yellow-brick walls priests and brothers. Four years and tile roofs, were constructed in Be-vy of Notre Dam:e, Venerini Girls Ever of high school and two years of 1929. There is also a private lake For awhile it seemed the party college will be offered after the on the property. might fizzle: no one dared begin on November 21. 'The first School girls (until about 8:15), success buildings have been renovated and dancing, everyone stood by a wall. dance of the year, it was planned for "Roarin' Years" was uncer­ fully staffed. Fr. Ar11rand H. De- The chaperones sat alone in the by Donald H. D'Amour '60, Stu- tain. No one wanted to start "mix­ sautels '26, A.A., president of As- Record 500 Parents Attend N.E. corner, Assumption Men hud­ dent Council S_ocial Chairman, and ing in." But the M.C. - D.J.'s sumption College, gives this as The Fall Parents' Day of No­ dled along the southern wall, and prepared by seniors. Butch Laroque '60 and Dave Bou- the explanation for the purchase: vember 8 had the largest attend­ the girls milled in the N.W. cor- This musical link between the cher '60 broke the ice with a "Most of our priest candidates ance in the history of the School ner. l'<Roaring 20's" and "Booming "snowball." From then until the have come from the Worcester 50's" began at '7:35, when the first 11:00 end to the evening, th re -500. The program was also dif­ Butch and Dave through a reedy area largely because of the con­ guests arrived. A reception com- were rarely fewer than 60 cou­ ferent from that of former years. mike over the din of the jive venience of Assumption Prep. Our mittee led by Phil Roy '60 and ples on the floor. parishes in New York State have Turn to PARENTS, Page 3 wheedled the kids to beguine. "Roarin' Years," the fourth up­ helped by an "unofficial corps" For the roaring success of ' perclassman fall dance, brought of eager volunteers, greeted the "Roarin' Years," the committees APSeFs RETIRE FRENCH TROPHY: together 04 Notre Dame_ and girls. and chaperones deserve thanks. Venerini girls and some 90 APS I Whew! Success Gerry Morfn '6 a n hTs 15Rgade WIN TWO D.ECLAMATION Fl~STS juniors and seniors in the Gym Before the arrival of half the Turn to HOP, Page 4 Two APS students, coached by the annual diocesan Bishop Wright Fr. Yvon Dubois '45, A.A., won Declamation Contest finals on No­ Superior General Presides Over the French A and B divisions of vember 8. Marc A. LePain. '60 retired the CYC-Student Council -Installation · junior-senior boys' division trophy By GEORGE ST.GEORGES '62 for Assumption, and Kenneth J. The thirteen officers of the Council moderator, installed the Moynihan '62 captured first prize CYC-Student Council took their officers according to diocesan rit­ in the boys' freshman-sophomore pledge of office on Frhl.ay, Nov. ual. division. To retire a trophy, a 13. The ceremony took place after After Mass, the officers - all school must win first prize in its a Dialogue Mass by Superior Gen- wearing togas - filed up to the group and division for three con­ eral Very Reverend Wilfrid J. Communion rail. From there, each secutive years. Gerard Bessette Dufault '25-, A.A.; Fr. Philip, one, starting with President Rich­ '59 won last year, and Robert ard Bachand '60, lit his candle Cote '58 took :first prize the year SCIENCE HEAD, 2 APSers from the sanctuary lamp. After before in boys' f,- division. ATTEND M.I.T. SERIES each one had lighted his candle, The finals were held at the the officers knelt at the Com­ Msgr. Ducharme Recreation Cen­ .A:STRONOMY LECTURES munion rail and took their oaths ter (Saint Joseph Parish, Worces­ Fr. Gregory Boisvert '48, A.A., of office. The pledge taken, they ter), on Sunday, November 8, at GEC '34 chairman of the Science Depart­ Yioceeded into the sanctuary, 7:00 p.m. Among the 600 people WILFRID J. DUFAULT '25, A.A. ment, attended five of a series again in order of rank, gave their forming the audience was a bus­ candles to Fr. Philip who placed Superior General Fr. Wilfrid of six lectures on astronomy load of APS students and faculty. the tapers before the altar, and (APS grad and 7th headmaster) at the Massachusetts Institute of GEC , The two Prep students competed returned to their seats for the 34 celebrated his jubilee with a sol­ Technology during November. Fr. MARC A. LePAIN '60 in a mid-October School,elimina­ Gregory, accompanied by two sen­ sermon. tion contest and. a regional semi­ emn higih Mass in the ~rep's Christ the King Chapel during iors, Pierre Belhumeur and Paul Fr. Wilfrid gave a sermon on finals on November 1 before win­ Roberge, went to all but the fifth leadership, contrasting the mil­ ning first prize in the finals. the Thanksgiving Recess. Cardinal Cushing, Bishop Fla­ lecture. The talks were given on itant an apostolic roles of Chris­ Marc, a consistent Honor Roll tianity. The Headmaster intro­ nagan, and over -100 clergymen Tuesday and Thursday evenings, student, declaimed La Fontaine's duced the Superior General as a and nuns attended the Novem­ from the third to the nineteenth Le Jardinier et Son Seigneur. Prep alumnus. Fr. Wilfrid came ber 27 ceremony. of November. ' Miss Caroline LaPlante, from The lecture topics dealt with the over from Rome (Italy) to visit Maria Assumpta Academy (Pe­ origin and the evolution of the the Assumptionists stationed in tersham, Mass.), won the girls A Marking Period I solar system, stellar evolution_, America. This year he is celebrat­ division for the second time with For the first marking period of galaxial structure and evolution, ing the 25-th anniversary of his an excerpt from St. Exupery's 1959-1960, 27 students made the radio astronomy, binary and vari­ ordination to the priesthood. Le Petit Prince. Honor Roll, and 104 were cam­ able stars, and man and the uni- After the ceremony, student' Ken triumphed in the boys' B pused. This was a record low' for verse. were sen•ed the traditional instal­ division (freshmen and sopho­ the Honor Roll of a first marking The lecturer, Dr. Otto S_truve, lation banquet. President Bachand mores) - it was APS's first B period and a record high for the is recognized as one of the world's petitioned Fr. Superior for a day win - by reciting two prayers of "campused" list. leading astronomers. He directs off. It was accorded and set for St. Francis of Assisi. To qualify for First Honors, the new National Radio Astron­ Dec. 7. Miss Marie Denise MacQueen a student must maintain a scho­ omy Observatory at Green Bank, from Venerini Academy (Worces- lastic mean average of 88%, an West Virginia. each lecture and made it neces­ ter) won in the girls' B section­ application average of 88%, and The series drew an es_timated sary to microphone Dr. Struve's also her second win-with a pas­ an A in deportment. audience of 1500 people into voice into other parts of the l Turn to TROPHY, Page 3 Tum to MARKING, Page 3 MIT's Kresge Auditorium for building. / Page 2 HERITAGE December 1, 1959 There But for the Grace of God Go I STATE of the SCHOOL This editorial does not reflect on the student ~/\~·~ ·••·:···· :•.i····. ..••····•·i .·..• . ; .i.:.\ body in general; it concerns an unwholesome by the Dean of Students minority that has nearly crippled the School since September. A few students, fr,om all parts Congratulations to all students who have been of Assumption life, have brought our spirit to _. ... _·•. ·,. ·. ,• : ·: toeing the mark thus far, in and out of the a low. The number of this malignant minority . : . classroom. :. •, ... ·: . can be more forcefully expressed in fractions of r-- ;-:: ·. •. Congratulations to those students who have the 346 students at the Prep. been working hard on School projects but have 30% of us (the 104 campused) failed as never been publicly recognized. Certainly your students. efforts and, oftentimes, unselfish attitude have 22 % of us ( the 75 seniors) so far have raised I:;:=//= been a boon, if not to the entire student body, only 9 % of the funds necessary for their year at least to the faculty and myself.
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