Bethlehem Catholic High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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X 'igffcff Q ?f E2 Q'isXG J..,, sta Ogg lffgrayy rowo ag QQ? 12-:Q praylng unceasmgly fox her dy mg palent The fathel s ble 1th w 'ls com mg qu1cke1 and qulcker he seemed to be gasplng fo1 yust one mole At length the last breath was drawn the end had come h1s soul had passed 1nto etern1ty to be yudged by h1s ITl6I'C1fLll Fathel mas It was only now that he fully 1eal17ed h1s great I'9SIJOIlSlbll1tlf,Q The duty of supportlng h1s mother and slster lay entlrely upon h1s shoul ders He realwed only too well that h1s father had left no money md upon h1S Wages the support and keeplng of then home depended Dlsmas was a young man about twenty years of age H1s face was one of contrad1ct1ons keen blue eves hlgh cheek boned squar1sh as to yaw w1th a somewhat uomc b1tterness IH the closmg of the l1ps In le pose hls face was graye almost stern yet 1n spltc of th1s It conveyed a suggest1on of underlylng reslllence of a certaln dare devll mockmg ph1l osophy that would meet and defy the challenge of an 1ll fate He had up to th1s t1me taken l1fe very easlly but th1s lecent sorrow had seemed to put some amb1t1on 1nto h1s body and he was eagel to show h1s mothe1 how capable he was of fulf1ll1ng h1s duty as her son H1s hrst thoughts turned to Work He needed more money and th1s pos1t1y ely meant '1 new Job How happy and proud he would be to be ea1n1ng enough money to see h1s mother and slster hung comfortably Why Wlth h1s money he would see h1S mother IH a better home and glye her all she deslred Noth mg would be too much for th1s dear mother of h1s One w ho spoke none but kmd words to h1m One w ho was always sweet klnd and comfoxtlng A month had passed smce the death of h1s fathel and Dlsmas much to hlS dlsappolntment had not as yet been able to brlng to reallty all the plans he had 1n mlnd Luck seemed to be tulned agalnst h1m he was not earnlng the money he w1shed to possess Bemg d1SCOllldg'6d along thlg l1ne he lost all hopes and began to assoclate w1th young men w ho w ere anything but respectable wlth young men Wlth whom he knew h1s mothel and slster would not want him to assoclate It was not untll lt w as too late that Dlsmas realwed the fact that be Sld6S bemg unrespectable h1s p1 esent assoclates w e1e common thley es He really d1d feel ashamed when he thought w ho h1s fuends w e1e but on the other hand by assoclatlng w'1th these he was placed ln better cxrcumstances as regald to money They dld a few llttle X118 lobs now and then, but he w as IH the clowd w hlle dolng lt and oh w ell, nobody knew Ol suspected hlm of domg such thlngs It had been hald at fllst to accustom hlmselt to domg such thlngs wh1ch before he nevem would haxe CllC4lmt of domg I .4 1 nty om ' ' Ai?-'L' '16,-i2 ! f,.f'-fy W f-fv fs - - 1' x Y 'Y -- fg, -X - , X y '9ff?,,.??.g5 ,- - af, ,fr-fff, A . X, , -'Cir-,T.:Q 'C 1 ,4 X-YQ' X-so V'f1L2:21.k s , 1 - 'L'-'f:,jlrjf5 Zffv' e ' spies? , X fi:-5 1 fs ' V ., V . - s --2-21 , jf' ,, cs 1 -.Lg f-. y, ,--I .ik H , ei 0 ' X 1 'EL H, 1,,. f- 4.- so 1. iff -V, --X - eg . A qu 'x-' ' L ' . y' T . ' J . Q ,Z vt 1 - ' I 1 ' T K yu !1 - r 1 . kv u . Y- s 1 ' 1 v v V . , , , . . ., Th1S was the end of one l1fe and the beglnnlng of a new' l1fe for Dls- A Y b. ' L. my s s ' ' v 'u f s . . . , c , . . . , V g , 7' - , .' W r . y , . .. . .. . K v , L' . , s A .' J . YT 3 . ' - , - . Y 7' ' c . ' , .1 ' . . .w u 1 v N . , , . . . ' ' ' ' v fx 1 v .N 1 .N . . v Y v . , . . c ' . ' 1 ' ' ' r r 1 x v u Ly, pr , i , s , ,S K , , . ,u .. , . . , 7 K. . K . , F, , ,. A. ' v.w L13 nun. . .lv is r ' 1' v v ' s 1 7 .N Y v . 'wi . , . s 4 ' I ' . Q '1 1 . 'w v 1 . v 1 ' v v 'Y' Q' -1 v . - r

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XR 'by Mfwg gm W V if ga3,,?s,.,1111,lcr,J 'iggffsa Xizks s'37f2f1 8 'QS Th1s plctule can be complete only 1f ex my l1ttle sketch and new lb fit ted 1nto 1ts place as Cdlf-Bflllly as a b1t of pamt IS placed 1n a certaln part of a mastelplece As all plctures cannot be gay and cheelful ne1the1 can human l1fe Just as the palchment of old unfolds ltself so does llfe s DIC tu1e lexeal hldden mx ste11es Ol lecall past events We ale frlghtened when wc 1eal11e ou1 llldlYldLldl 1espons1b1l1ty to contllbute a colol he1e and thele 01 pose as a hght O1 shadow 1n the scheme Constantly does th1s plcture meet the 1mp1 ess of a 111 1d l1v1ng pu son allty Constantly w1ll the m1nds and w xlls hearts and labols of the elect few enhance the coloxmg of the paler shades But lt must ex er be remem bel ed that the humble dutles the homey tasks the da1ly 1out1ne of the lowly 111 es are the back ground absolutely necessary for the total eHect They w ho cont11bute the w ash colors are but carrylng, out the Artlst s plan He needs the grays and the d1mmer hues We must ex er remember that we haxe to palnt our own plcture God glues us the colors and we use them at pleasure And the color grows gl and and beautlfully set 01 slnks to a shadowy place but GX er at oul own pleasure Ever lndeed ale we responslble for the use of colors Evel re sponslble fo1 our own declslons But to enhance our own l1ttle contrlbu t1on to the p1cture of l1fe we must always keep ln mlnd that our l1ttle color or shade 18 next that of our nelghbol and lnfluences h1s color IH a gl eater or lesser degree thus does the responslblllty grow So ever IS the eternal plcture palnted Agam as ln the tapestly Weavers they who work on the reverse slde but ann at the rlght so too 1n palntlng our p1C ture God watches to see whether we palnt 1n the rlght color or shadow the 11ght llght Then when the final stroke of our brush flnlshes our etch 1ng the reward lb the sanct1on of the 'VIaster Palnter fosr lzzm C 15111141 LI, ,J A DEBT FORGIVEN HE dark shadows of nlght were fallmg on a small town outslde la J the clty of Jerusalem In a small cottage a famlly was reverent 3 ' ly awaltmg the death of the1r beloved father The mother, who lm had for weeks patlently cared for her husband, was prayerfully aw'a1t1ng h1s death whlch would surely be a rel1ef and the only one posslble to the suffel 1ng man Thls had been a strenuous week for the whole fam 1ly, but as D1smas gaLed upon the face of hls dylng father then upon the drawn face of h1s gr1ef strlcken mother he wondered whlch one was suf fel mg the more Hls slster Martha was kneellng at the foot of the bed I wcnly - - 1 ' N-11--A -- ,e-.---vs 131 ..-rf - 1- -1---1 1 111. 1. .. - - , -A . ,,. 1'-1-'F'T:r114Z1 -' -f T-1 ss K - '- 121 7' 1 ' ' l f-'if-', -:-1.5 ' :Cf 57 - ,ff-E ' g, f 9- '52 Y fig 1 ' X ,342 ve-:L 1 is 1 -- ' A ,,' 1 '14 .'s1s1'. '4f: ,f .., , 11.-2 1 ' 11- 51'-1 - -, 1 xfdzi-1 ' ' A ,1 , XJ, 1,.-J,., , 5 V .-aa . -.1-1 ,gA L1 N- gf? '31, , 'N X 'l s N 1-91-34 - ' 1 I 14,117 .X 1 Q ss --4 L , CN -, -,g 1. . 1 3-H44-1-, xg ,1 rs- , 1 ' Q ,sc --- -'.-'-vriX5 fs-,V L ' 0 f's- ff ' ci 2 xr. ' Y 1- --. ,.-, A 1.7 sf Lg- 1 H 'X X- g 4 3 r . 1 . 4 l 1 . 1 . l 1 K ' 7 1 K 1 - ' ' 1 1 1 c 1 1 1 l I . . 1 l ' 1 1 1 K1 1 U L1 A1 1 , 1 . 1 u 1 l 1 1 1 ' , 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' V 1 1 , 1 1 . 1 1 J 1 ', 1 ' ' 1' f 1 1 1' ' ' 1' 1 1 1 1 1 4 , 1 kv A1 4 - T 4 lv v ' L1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1' 1' ' ' , 11 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 7. 1 1 v. 1 1 f1 . 1 1 , 1 1' 1 ' 7 - 1 . 1 a ' w l -1 l 9 ' 9 , , 1- S 1 l . . . , 7 ? T . 7 1 , 1 . r' ' Y 1 ' ' 1 1 ' 1 7 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 - . 1 1 . N . Q A Y . . Y . . - 1 . . . . Y Y . . . , , 1 W . H . Q . . . 1 1 , . , n A T Y . . . . . . . - 9 9 7 Y V . . . , 1 . 1 - . 1 . i . X . , 1 1 1 . . 4, I-, 1 - 1f1 1 91

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