Andrean High School - Decussata Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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As leaders during the initial four year journey through Andrean High, the entire faculty has furnished guidance and direction for the students. They have sought always. To cultivate in each student a Christ-like character, To point out the way of learning, To plant the seeds of maturity and wisdom.

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FACULTY

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My dear Seniors, With your graduation, the word PIONEER drops from the Andrean vocabulary. The first chapter of what, I pray, will be a long and glorious story comes to an end. Each class that follows will write another chapter of that story. Future chapters may record deeds far more spectacular than yours. They may tell of more militant leaders, more illustrious scholars, more stellar athletes, but none will ever glow with the warm, touching confidence that permeates yours. For you trusted Andrean when, materially speaking, there was little to inspire your confidence. It will be to your everlasting credit that, in those incipient days, you knew only that Andrean represented the solid tradition of Catholic education which you could find nowhere else. On this you anchored your future though your alma mater had neither roof nor walls. This trust of yours will always be an inspiration! I feel a part of this class as I shall of no other. I have been with you from the beginning. I have come to know you so well . . your strengths, your weaknesses, your hopes, your disappointments, your star-reaching arms, your mudclogged feet. I shall never feel so close to another class. So, as you leave Andrean, a part of my heart leaves with you; I hope a part of yours remains behind. May God bless you; may He smooth the way that lies ahead. Father Burke 22