St Andrew High School - Amplifier Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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Salutatory We have come to the end of another chapter in our lives. We, the class of today, must take up the task of preserving the Christian peace that is our precious heritage. The home is the bulwark of a nation. Gazing with hopeful eyes, we see a world struggling to preserve its Christian ideals, those ideas for which its youth are making the supreme sacrifice. Aware of our helpless- ness and depending upon our Divine Teacher, we have chosen as our motto Nothing Without Godf' These things abide forever- The loves for which men sacrifice their lives . . f' The right to serve God in our own way is the greatest blessing bestowed upon mankind. This realization has finally come home to us. Happy memories of school days will be cherished by us always, for they are days in which we learned to work and play with this thought uppermost in mind, to give greater glory to God. Home, Church, Country-These are the great in- stitutions around which our lives centered. Nothing can ever change our way of living, for this is the will of l-lim who fashioned the world. - Dorothy Ankoviak Page Tho-ee

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I- Page Two 3 Foreword The Family Faces Forwardf'-Yes, and the tempo of that forward movement is so rapid and so significant that we, the Class of 1945, are sharply aware of its great importance. We realize that our best contribution to the war effort, to the attain- ment of peace, is a greater interest in family life, a more construc- tive contribution to our home, that sanctuary where a stable social life will help our great nation, America, to keep its vigor in victory as it has in War. This annual is devoted to the theme, The Family Faces Forwardf' The book is divided into three sections, each stemming from the central idea of family unity: The School and its Activi- ties, The Family and Home: The State, The Church. In peace there must be a sustained effort to make the returning service men and women realize that the home is facing forwardf' We pledge ourselves to pray, to work unceasingly until every person we contact Will stand ready to strive, to sacrifice for peace as freely as he is doing for victory. When family love and family unity are manifest on the home frontf' their influence will spread by word and by example. Eventually, the whole family of nations will feel the beauty of Christian unity, and will face forward toward happy home life on earth and the heavenly home where family love will reach its perfection. - MARGE La BARGE, Class President

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Page Four To Alumni Serving God and Country ,, L .. 1-. .. 4 r OUR SCHOOL'S SERVICE FLAG I see no stars upon this service tlagg But I see boys, eager, full ot lite, Who once were here, who walked these halls, Who used these desks, these books, Who sang these songs that we sing now. I can see boys marching across a football field, Tired but triumphant, Bring honor to our school, Honor to St. Andrew's. I see no stars upon this service flag, But men, no longer boys, Marching across a different field, A field of Weary, bloody battle. Where are they now, the young Americans Who knelt but yesterday in this same pew A And at the altar rail received their King? I see St. AndreW's narne At Pearl Harbor, Wake, and Sicily, I see her sons in the skies, Upon the sea, Fighting to bring peace to our country. Dear God, oh, Watch these stars, And bring Your sons back safely to our shores, Oh, let there be no more Gold stars among the blue. -Class of 1945