Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Class Officers Vice-President, John A. McCarthy President, Eugene F. Leicht Secretary, Alexander Brown Treasurer, Aloysius J. Weltzcr

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FRANK YOUNG— “SID.” Prepared, St. Boniface. Frank has won many friends by his keen wit. He is always there with a line of new ones. He is not always joking though and when engaged is an earnest and hard working pupil. From the time he first entered the R. C. H. S. he began his work with the idea of success. He has already accomplished this for he is now holding a position as a com- petent stenographer. JEROME ZAPF— “MAC JUNK.” 213 Bronson Avenue. Prepared, SS. Peter and Paul’s. A promising youth, indeed. Possessed of an enormous amount of activity, he scarcely takes time to live. He’ll surely succeed if he learns to conserve his energy and keep his mental forces concentrated on his work.

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Farewell ! rgp“j5fjJHEY SAY that anticipation is better than realization. How Bjjvf jf true! For three years have we envied the graduating classes. For three years have we heard the farewells of the departing. Now that it is our turn to leave our Alma Mater and become a part of that madly rushing mob which pushes on toward the seldom-reached goal, Success, we pause and linger on the threshold of our student days. Have we been benefited by these four years of learning? The Future will tell. Education, you know, which is derived from the Latin educo, has for its purpose the bringing out of what is in us. Our education has not merely consisted in going to school. As we glance backward, we realize, of course, that we might have done better. But such is usually the case. We have had the best of advantages. Opportunity has not merely knocked, but actually pounded at our door. If we did not open that door to our mind and admit that most necessary requisite to success — Knowledge — we have no one to blame but ourselves. Many of us are about to enter a new era of our lives. It is a mistake to say, “Today education ends, tomorrow life begins.” The process is con- tinuous. Graduation is not a stepping out; it is either a stepping up — gradu ad graduni — a promotion to a higher class or a dropping to a lower. Let it. in our case, be a stepping up — an advancement — in the great school ol ' life. Before we say the word which closes the last chapter of our high school life, before we are thrown upon the sea of experience, we would fain express our gratitude to those who have nourished our minds and molded our char- acter, to a certain degree, by their precept and example — to our teachers. Mere words cannot express our gratitude. We can only say that their efforts have not been spent in vain. But we must now say the word that severs the ties of many old acquaintances and friendships. We must now say farewell to the delightful and wholesome association with our Alma Mater. Vale, one and all. and God be with you. — The Class of Nineteen Seventeen. 27