Aquinas High School - Trumpet Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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THE REVEREND JOSEPH P. KUNDINGER , PRINCIPAL or AQUINAS spew' 1 . 1-sf 9M ,JV fc' -va cfs-Ur ,fi-fn My Qxwiivfggif' L' ALEDICTORY and commencement afford teacher and pupil an opportunity for silent and deep thoughtg thoughts which often lie too deep for tears. To write our sentiments down in a year book is no simple task. Hence, I believe that this is one of the reasons why poetry and art are employed to tell the tory of a school's feelings not in one essay but in an entire volume. My first impulse at this moment as I write my valedic- tory to you Seniors of 1939, is to do so in the form of a prayer-a blessing. You know too well that such are always yours till the end of time. The hardships of your school life are too clear in your minds for us to reminisce. Yet soon the glory of that June night will give your school life the glamor of things gone by. I am happy, however, to allude Very briefly to the theme of your year book, as perhaps the best interpretation of your high-school career and of your futurejf' LANA3 ' Q kg, ,PW ' ,B T Qljagffvie N Principals Message The theme of your annual is Pro Deo. This is artistically and poetically executed through the angels-God's ministers who serve Him in this world and adore and obey Him before the great white throne. This idea can give you your en- tire life's perspective. There's no room for gross materialism in the minds of youth inspired by the realities of the spirit world. How often we forget that Daily, with souls' that cringe and plot, we Sinais climb and know it not. The spirit world is indeed very near. You draw the veil that hangs be- fore your mortal eyes and you be- hold the world of which you have been aware from early childhood- God's messengers walking on earth conversing with men-depicted in glowing colors as your guardian on some artist's canvass or heard in the echo of a prayer Dear angel ever at my side. God needs not the services of any of His angels nor of any men, but such is a part of the divine plan- angels and men are His instru- ments, His messengers. No visions from a midnight sky need convince us of the reality of the angelic world for our faith makes them more real than our school companions if only we per- mit .their reality and nearness to inspire us. Let the thought of Israel's wrest- ling with angels make us strong, fighting members of a militant Churchg the voice of St. Michael Quia tu es Deus defend the Church in word against the at- tacks of the wicked g the scene of Judas Maccabeus give courage and strength in the hour of trialg and the prayer after Mass be a renewal or . continuation of the thought which your annual suggests De- fend us in battle, be our safeguard against the wiles and wickedness of the devil . . . O God rebuke him. From this moment We are all ranged under the banner of the angels- Pro Deo.

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REV.STEPHEN ANDERL Social Service Director Religion Altar Boys Photography club Junior counselor Chaplain Latin REV. GEORGE HAMMES Publicity director Religion Sophomore counselor Latin club Latin REV. JOSEPH HENRY Eucharistic director Religion RT. REV. L. PASCHAL HIRT, V. G. Apologetics Chaplain REV. LEROY KEEGAN Spiritual director REV. HUGO KOEI-ILER Mission director Religion REV. ROBERT REV. JOHN PINION McCARTHY A - , G -I Q u Catholic Truth director ul d modelatol Religion Band REV. JOHN PRITZL Social Life director Religion Pep club Senior counselor Aquinas Booster adviser Faculty manager of ath- letics , Latin ' .LX - REV. ALVIN SCHREIER Patriotic director Religion Freshman football Freshman counselor Chaplain Lf- Lbr .. ...Mo 7. ' .MMM 0 sig