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j i / Reckon Earl Heffner ■ 'IjAs we were saying . . Here can be valid reasons for children being in public schools in stead of Catholic ones. The most v*iid one we can think of is that the children are not Catholic. This fact of course, doesn’t keep all non-Catholics out of our schools. There are, as of this writing, nine non-Catholic pupils at Charlotte Catholic High. ;And there are other valid rea sons. Cost, contrary to what some be lieve, can be one. There are those who contend that the cost of a Catholic educa tion isn’t high. But our argument is that costs are relative. The ex pense of one child in parochial school is, we agree, relatively light. As a matter of fact, under the new tuition plan being used at St. Ann’s this year (and we under stand other schools are using it also), the expense for a second, third or fourth child are unusual ly light. It’s when your children become of high school age, when you have a boy and a girl of high school age, and some still in grade school, that the costs can become sacri ficial. We don’t intend to pose a theoretical situation. We’ll cite our own tuition costs as an exam ple. And we’ll not consider fees and books charges since they shouldn’t be much more than those charged in the public schools. THE TUITION for our daugh ter at Our Lady of Mercy is $150 a year. The tuition for our son at Char lotte Catholic is $150 a year. The total tuition for three more sons at St. Ann’s is $100 a year. That’s a total of $400. We consider it money well spent. But we’ll contend loudly and at great length that those who think Cougars Trounce Hamlet Eleven Charlotte Catholic cruised over opening game opponent Hamlet in a 20-0 show of strength. Bill Fed eral led the massive land attack with one touchdown, a run for a point after touchdown, and 154 yards in 27 attempts. Supporting Federal in the back field were junior Skip Fodel and Jackie Balls, each hitting the scor ing column. Fodel scored on a sec ond period TD pass from quarter back Don Cameron covering 14 yards. Balls scored on a one yard plunge ending a 63 yard drive in the fourth quarter. The Cougars were also quite successful through the air with QB Don Cameron hitting ends John Rose and Tim West for 13 completions in 19 attempts. Defensively the Cougars were even more impressive with David Nance and Don Cameron intercept ing both passes attempted by Ham let. Coach. Campanga was pleased with the line play of tackle Don Russ and Nick DelGrossa, guard, Mike Laudete, Charley Pickett and Jerry Downey. S. H. KNIGHT OIL COMPANY Distributors of ATLANTIC FUEL OIL Boone Rood MA 3-6950 Leoksville, N. C. $400 isn’t much money have little appreciation for the value of a dol lar or the difficulty in obtaining it. As a matter of simple fact, the expense of raising a family of eight children is so great that if our children’s mother wasn’t working (she’s a registered nurse), we would be unable to keep them all in Catholic schools. So it’s a sacrifice — when the family is large. A worthwhile sac rifice for which Catholic parents seek no praise for such is not to be expected for doing a duty. At the same time, it should be recognized that parochial school costs are such that they can be a reason for a child’s not attending Catholic schools. This, at least, is our opinion. THE OTHER NIGHT we attend ed the first PTA meeting for the year at Catholic High. We were surprised at some figures: 188 students, 9 of them non Catholic. A total of 37 transfers from Catholic to the public schools. We don’t have figures for Our Lady of Mercy at present, but we understand that they are similar. This switch from Catholic to public schools is cause for much concern at present in Charlotte. We offer no solution, but a sug gestion. —Let parents search their souls carefully and seek spiritual advice in deciding where to send their children to school. And let paro chial officials not lose sight of the fact that for parents, the choice is not always easy. Such communi cation will benefit the schools, the parents, the pupils. ONCE Over The Diocese Dr. Breathett Is Appointed Chairman At Bennett College Greensboro—Dr. George Breath ett, Professor of History at Ben nett College, and a member of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Par ish, has been appointed Chairman of the Division of Social Sciences at the college. He succeeds Dr. C. G. Winston, who was elevated to the position of Dean of Instruc tion. Dr. .Breathett, who joined the college faculty in 1953, holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in history from the University of Iowa. He has published extensive ly in professional journals in his field, and is currently working on a book entitled Church and State in Colonial Haiti. His special train ing in history has been in the fields of Europe and Latin Ameri can history, with the French Carib bean as his area of research and publication. He has been active in the Cursil lo Movement, Knights of Columbus and the Christian Family Move ment, along with other civic and professional groups. He holds mem bership in Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Gamma Mu, Alpha Kappa Mu and Sigma Rho Sigma honor societies, and the American Historical Asso ciation, Southern Historical Asso ciation and Association of Social Science Teachers. Dr. Breathett is married to the former Florence Simpson, and they are the parents of four children— Lisa, Mellisandre, Granville and Alex. Maintenance Supply Co., Inc. 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The cost of the lighting amount ed to $6500 due to the quality of the lights, the most modern fix tures available, quartz-beam lights were installed, each of which pro vides three times the light as that of a regular fixture. Along with the lights metal bleachers were also installed to en large the seating capacity. These bleachers are situated along Park Road for the opponents of Char lotte Catholic. Silver Tea to Honor Charlotte Sisters The St. Ann’s Home and School Association will honor the Sisters and teachers of St. Ann’s School at a silver tea on Sunday after noon, September 20th from three until five o’clock in the school au ditorium. An arrangement of fall flowers and tapers will center the tea ta ble. Mrs. James Jochems is chair man of the tea, assisted by Mrs. Alexander Bell, Mrs. Joseph Phil lips, Mrs. Alfred Marino, Mrs. Rich ard Moffett, and Mrs. Charles Wol har. Charlotte Catholic Is Represented at Mission Convention Recently returned from the 21st National Convention of the Cath olic Student’s Mission Crusade at Notre Dame University are two members of the organization at Charlotte Catholic High School. The Mission Crusade, a fifty state organization, brought to Catholic High by Brother Francis J. McCul ken, present moderator, has for its prime purpose aiding the foreign mission in any way possible. The purpose of the biennial con vention at Notre Dame was to dis cuss how the members could help the work of missionary priests and brothers at home and overseas. The delegates followed a set plan of discussions throughout the four days of the convention. Among the most noteworthy of the speakers were Archbishop Karl J. Alter'"of Cincinnati who spoke on “Ecumen ism,” the New Spirit in Missions, and Bishop John J. Wright of Pitts burgh, who delivered an address on the African Missions. 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