St Josephs Preparatory Seminary - Yearbook (Holy Trinity, AL)

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he idle mind is the devil's workshop! This venerable maxim is well proven by the history of human nature. An idle mind is dangerous to all men and especially to those who use their minds in preparing for the Priesthood of God. There are two remedies for the idle mind, prayer and work. Prayer is, of course, the more important of the two but work is also most necessary. Prayer fills the mind with wholesome spiritual activity. Work on the other hand not only fills the mind with wholesome activity but also busies the body which is the external instrument of the mind. Work is found in the schedule of every society which desires strong minds and bodies. Saint Joseph's is no exception. Here at the seminary Wednesday afternoons and Thursday mornings are set aside for the specific purpose of having the students work. But besides these special periods, much work goes on during the rest of the week. The first work started for the school year'58 - '59 56930 WHY back in early August when the First Year College students returned early to take the campus out of its semi-mothball state. One of their main projects was to finish the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, the lay apostle couple who have come tolive at Holy Trinity. Especially active in thls'work were our student electricians who put in the electrical system of the new house. Other projects performed during the pre-semester period included: painting the high school building and completely redecorating the refectories of both the students and the faculty. Windows puttied, grass cut, floors varnished - all were included in the various odd jobs that had to be completed before August 3Ist. When Thanksgiving approached the project of Turkey Bowl prepara- tions took the spotlight. Two floats depicting a giant cobra frepre- senting the student teamj humialiting the Tiger irepresenting the faculty teamj were constructed as well as an ingenious electric sign. The many painstaking hours which went into these floats and the many other decorations depicting the Mighty Cobras pitted against the Ter- rible Tigers made this year's Turkey Bowl game one ofthe most spirited in years. ' Following the Turkey Bowl the next large scale project was the Christmas decorations. Preparing for Christmas can be great fun but before the gaily bright wreaths, tinseled trees, and all the other cheerful trimmings could be put on display many, many hours of more menial chores had to be performed. Floors were washed and waxed, win- dows cleaned, furniture polished and every inch of the campus dusted. When this was done, the more Christmas-like activities of decorating could commence. All pitched in to make Saint Joseph's really look like Christmas even without any snow. The electricians went to work again and gave us an electric sign depicitng Santa's Workshop. A few of the publications staff vacated their cubby hole and erected a Manger scene along the highway. Crib scenes and trees, tinsel and wreathes - the full Christmas treatment. By Christmas Eve everything looked wonderful. From Bethlehem to the North Pole - the Christmas spirit was depicted, but nothing could have been accomplished without the labor of all working together to make this Christmas the best yet.

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