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

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.l 1 5.1 . . .Q Affer examining The way The yearbook is assembled, Eileen Doragh and Cornelius Brugger Tell FaTher Sangmeisler fha? ihey and The olher Three hundred and sixiy sTudenTs in our school will have more appreciarion for Their copy of The Scep1re. Slephanie Donchel, who helped arrange The display in The lobby, explains To Daniel Podhany how yearbook assignmenfs are disiribufed. Y:- Dear GiaduaTes: If is wilh hearTlelT ioy Thar l erlend conqraTulaTions To The members of The Class of l953. With your admission To Belhlehem CaTholic l-liqh School in SepTernoer, I949, a new phase oi your youThTul lives hopefully began. Wilh your qradualion in June, I953, ThaT phase is now broughT To a happy conclusion. During These Tour years, much has been accomplished To bring abOuT your qrowTh, physically and spiriTually, menTally and morally, The aim ol These years has been, in The words oT Qur l-loly l9aTher, Pope Pius Xl, To elevaTe, regulaTe, and perlecl you, in accordance wiTh The example ol Chrisl. Buf a blessed TruiTion ol your CaTholic Training depends on whal you do wiTh your lives from This day on- ward. Qur Blessed Saviour Tells us: By your TruiTs you shall lcnow lhernf You carne To us as children oT God. You Take your leave oi us as children ol God. He has said ThaT l-le has made you a liTTle less Than The angels. May The years ,, ThaT lie ahead keep you in The heavenly company oT angels, whie sTeadla5Tly you malce your way, TaiThTu' Children Qi God, Toward you rendezvous wiTh ETerniTy, Sincerely in Our Lord, FATHER THE REVEREND JOSEPH v. SANGMEISTER, J.C.D., LL.o. Principal

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Fafher Powell, recfor of Befhleluem Cafholic, displays unsurpassed energy and zeal for fhe bef- fermenf of fhe school. In him flue sfudenf body has a frue friend and spirilual counselor. Al- though his dufies as pasfor of busy Holy lnfancy parish are manifold, he is ever mindful of fhe rea- sons why we have a Befhlehem Cafholic. By ap- poinfing fwo priesfs as insfrucfors in Religion, he has safeguarded flue sfudenf body againsf fhe pagan, arufiechrisfian and ofher irreligious ine fluences which confronf fhem in everyday life. To appreciafe fhe Mass, as a daily means of offering fo God fhe honor and glory which is His due, Fafher Powell has requesfed one lesson in sacred lifurgy be given each week. Besides exhibifing unfiring zeal and deep concern for fhe spirifual welfare of fhe sfudenfs, Fafluer has generously supporfed fhem in fheir exfra-curricular acfivifies by fhe moral supporf his presence lends. THE REVEREND DANIEL B. POWELL, D.D Recfor Lisfen fo fhe coach, and play heads- up ball, is flue advice given by Fafher Powell fo fhe boys of fhe varsify before fhey fake fhe floor fo oppose Sf. Maf- fhew's, Conshohocken. lf'

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Since FaTher Devlin came To BCT-TS in January, he has endeared himselT To The sTudenT body by his acTive supporT oT' Their aThleTic program, by The assurance he gives The sTudenTs in his undersTanding oT Their seemingly unimporTanT problems, and The resoluTe, buT noneTheless lcindly and saluTary measures he uses To bring abouT eTTecTive school discipline. MosT oT all, however, iT is FaTher's absorbing spiriT of selT-sacriTice, which he displays in direcTing and counseling The sTudenTs, Thaf will ever remain oT monumenTal signiTicance To The boys and girls of BeThlehem CaTholic. THE REVEREND CHARLES J. DEVLIN Vice-Principal X.. Above, Faiher Devlin Iisiens To James Moroney's reporf of The play-off game beiween Beihlehem Cafholic and Sf. Ann's of Lansford in which James scored 30 poinfs. Ac- cording To James, however, he was ius? playing baskefball.