Saint Bede Academy - Via Baeda Yearbook (Peru, IL)

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PRESENTS AN INREX CE 1943 7(4« activities and Zeda t jyOceS aAc ail fVieSent in the. SpotlUjlit fa The most important division of a school is its faculty. We hope to put before you an idea of what the faculty of St. Bede looks like through the eyes of the student body. The seniors will never forget them and what they have taught us. Many of them the underclassmen have yet to meet in the classroom. For these underclassmen, here is a pre-view. You will find them all, beginning on page nine. William Aplington, day students ■fa The student section speaks for itself. Here are the faces of the boys and men with whom we have studied, played, prayed, and worked. This section isn't lively in the sense that it shows a great deal of activity, but it is lively in the sense that it will be the section that, in the years to come, will bring back memories of all the things that these faces were part of in the happy St. Bede life. Please turn to page seventeen. James Hebel, freshmen fa Participation in varsity and intramural sports was one of the great factors contributing to the well-being of the student. Ac- tivities, however, were not con- fined to sports, but to the vari- ous other funtcions proper to intellectual development. Most of the other organizations were small but however small the membership may have been in the clubs and societies, the whole student body profited by the functions of these extra- curricular activities. They are all listed photographically begin- ning on page forty-one. John Aiblinger, juniors ☆ five

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THE PLEIADE We wish to thank all of the friends of the 1943 Pleiades for their invaluable financial assistance and for their co operation in many other fields. We were hesitant at the beginning because of the seriousness of world affairs, but your interest has prompted and made possible the publication of this volume. We hope that you will find it a fitting tribute to your help. James Towey, business manager TwT The 1943 Pleiades is our effort to continue the tradition begun three years ago by the first yearbook staff. This year we have attempted to present a book simple in make up but complete in content. With the extra pages we have added this year, we hope that your enjoyment of our book will also be increased. Eugene Balsavich, editor ☆ Because the yearbook is supposed to be and has been the work of the senior class representatives, as seniors we leave the 1943 Pleiades as an example to the classes which are to follow us. Our yearbook is prac- tically the last school activity in which we might partic- ipate and show the way for the under classmen. It is also the means of our wishing faculty and students a farewell with our hopes of success for them in the years to come. John Kane, seniors

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The staff of the Pleiades, in the name of the members of the class of 1943, dedicates this volume of the Pleiades to the Rt. Rev. Lawrence Vohs, O. S. B., president of the college and academy, and third abbot of St. Bede abbey, with the hopes that the future will hold for him and for St. Bede the fruition and rewards of the work begun in his first year of admin- istration. ★ We of the seniors have known Abbot Lawrence because most of us have met him in the physics lab. All of the students have met him at the football banquet, the Pontificals, and in the gymnasium at most of the student activities. Our president's zest and interest in the college and academy have been felt this year. We of the seniors leave to the under- classmen and classes to come, with some regret, the following of a new spirit at St. Bede and visions of a happy future. For the underclassmen, who might not know. Abbot Law- rence is the youngest abbot in the American Cassinese congre- gation of Benedictines. He was born in 1901 in LaSalle. He at- tended St. Patrick's parochial school, the Vincentian's minor sem- inar)', Cape Giradeau, Mo., St. Bede College, and the University of Notre Dame. Father Abbot professed his solemn vows in July, 1926, and was ordained to the priesthood in December, 1928. He served as instructor in physics and procurator at Spald- ing Institute from 1933 until 1941 when he was appointed prior of Spalding. Last year he was elected third abbot of St. Bede, April 10, and blessed, June 29.