Academy of the Holy Angels - Echoes Yearbook (Fort Lee, NJ)

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5 G -Q32 6 U Eonolzs t rims 1 9 2 s n lil In What People Never See Some people look for evil, And some folks look for goodg But most poor mortals fail to see The things they really should. They don't see hearts that proudly beat 'Neath many a tattered gowng They don't see love that's hid behind A stern, forbidding frown. They don't see all the yearning 'neath An urchin's wistful stareg The longing of his bursting heart For someone who will care. They envy him who wears a crown, But, oh! do they not see, Though he wear a pearly diadem, How weary he may be? They can't see pain that they have caused By some word, harsh and heedless. A gentle word will anger soothe And save much pain that's needless. A jester's words have meaning deep, His thoughts are often bestg Ah! fools are we, who cannot see The truth beneath a jest! Folks don't see God's great Providence, And yet, 't is all aroundg They don't see love and beauty, that In every plant are found. And, lastly, they see not themselves. Ah! 't would from vain thoughts free us, If God would grant that we might see Ourselves as others see us. 66

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: 'z 4 4' J-f 1 is- U 11 4' ECHOES 53.5553 X 1'9'2'8 'P . . . I . S N. ! fu vw flll '4 N Vf4 x f ixxxxxxx k,.. s-mmm su dreams was realized, although she had thought, perhaps, that it was not to be granted her to see the fulfillment of it. It is now several years since the new extension to the main academic building of Holy Angels has been completed. Its erection and its present use' fulness in the Held of education are, in large part, due to the efforts of Sister Theophista. However, what must be more gratifying to her than all the success which has crowned her efforts is the lasting love and gratitude which she has inspired in all those who have known her. There is no one who can more readily attest to her virtues than the pupils at present surrounding her. There is not one of us who has not been personally aided and benefited by her unselfish interest and devotion. During all the years that we have known her she has acted as a guardian in the place of our parents, wisely and lovingly directing all those who have been placed under her care. To her unselfish devotion we owe a debt of gratitude that can never be paid in any material way. So, in celebrating her Golden jubilee, Sister Theophista may fittingly rejoice in conf templating the success of her efforts, in the gratitude and love of those surrounding her, in the knowledge that she has faithfully fulhlled the Will of God, and above all, in the thought of the reward that is awaiting her in Heaven, for truly, They who instruct others unto justice shall shine as stars for all eternity. -HELEN OLIVA, '28 Blessings Where the buttercup is blooming, Where the modest violets play, Where the meadow lark is singing, There, dear God has blessed the day. Where the perfumed roses nestle, Where the proud white lilies sway, Where the busy bee goes winging, There, dear God has blessed the day. When to heaven our hearts are lifted, And we humbly kneel to pray, When to Him we give all honor, Then, dear God will b1ess.the day. -ANGELA BODET, '28 65

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4 if I-gg., 5 A 'C' ECHOES Ei i s 1'9'Qf'8 is . , . , if 2 S 19 F, J lllllllllllllllllllllllllllla 5 iii , The Constitution Let us hail it as that which has served the cause of human freedom and world democf racy as no other doctrine has ever done-our Constitution! By its adoption, our country passed, without civil revolution or military dictatorship, from probable anarchy to order, from weakness to strength, from death to life. It far surpasses the landmarks of democracy in all other countries, although they were laid years before it. As first established, the Constitution was intended to be the strong, wellflaid foundaf tion upon which future generations were to build an imposing and noble edifice, the Temple of Liberty and Justice. The comparatively small assembly that met to enter upon that stupendous task of drawing up the Constitution consisted of men of great political wisdom and foresight. It was not an assembly of demifgodsfas Jefferson would make it, it did not embody most of the wisdom and resourcefulness in the land-it was a gathering of diverse types-it consisted of men of different abilities, different temperamentsg and widely different ex' periences, and therein lay its strength. Was it not said at that time that the genius of republican liberty seems to demand that all power should be derived from the people? This, then, was the task that faced them-to establish a Constitution that would hold the interests of its own people as para' mount, to establish a workable document that would meet the emergency that demanded support at once, and one that could be adapted to the needs of the futureg briefly, one for all the people for all the time. The Constitution, as it left the hands of its framers, was not entirely satisfactoryg therefore it contained a provision by which any unforeseen future condition might be remedied-the provision for its own amendment to meet the demands and needs of any age. The Constitution is without precedent in the manner in which it has withstood the ravages of time and developed and enlarged itself in many ways, the foremost being by laws, by judicial interpretations, by usage, and principally by its amendments. People have maintained of late that our government is a government of laws and not of men. Yet, the Constitution, as it was drawn up, stands for government by the people. It is the people themselves, according to its provisions, who make the laws by which they themselves are to be governed. Is it, then, the fault of these foundation' builders that the succeeding generations, restless and impatient instead of steadfast and true, as their forefathers had been, have added hastily, thoughtlessly, and uncertainly to their most noble beginnings? As the leaders of the State are, so will be the State itself. If the laws passed and the amendments of recent years added to the Constitution have not met the expectations or fulfilled the desires of the people, is it not the fault of the people themselves who have elected the leaders and thus indirectly made the laws? The Constitution of the United States ranks above every other written Constitution for its simplicity, brevity, and precision of language. It is by this very simplicity of lan' guage that we are made to understand that it stands for freedom. Freedom is its one great cry. Freedom of life and liberty, freedom in the pursuit of happiness, freedom of religion! Do we not consider ourselves as prudent as those able and conscientious men of our country 67