St Marys High School - Lance Yearbook (Medford, OR)

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' xr gHHemurizr1n ELIZABETH MULLENNIEX Class of 40 Died Moy Q7 1941 M , 1 I I Tl-IE SI-HNING LIGHT Un! Qf ilu' f1'1zr!cm'ss Of slrugglcf and sfrzifv, 0111 Qf ilzc III-gllflllllfl' I If llopcflzfss Iliff, 01115 Qf SlllflIl'SS Out Qf icfrlrs, Out Qf glfzdzzvss, Ulf! Qffmrs, Franz 1111 mzrllfss lzviglzf, S11 1.1105 1111 zfzzdlrfss lighf. Elizabeth Mullenniex

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I-IAIL! CHRIST, out KING f I l The brightly illuminated church stood Hwrapped in silence, its front altar simply adorned with ferns, its repository decorated with Madonna lilies and dewy rosesfits statues draped in white. Suddenly, breaking the silence, the soft notes of the organ pealed forth the Childrens festive March, to announce the arrival of the tiny children who were later to strew flowers be- fore our Lord, Silently, slowly, the tiny cherubs tripped down the aisle to talce their places, for Mass was about to begin. ln nomine patri . . .as Mass began, we realized that in the whole liturgy of the Catholic Church no ceremony is as joyful or sorrowful or as im- pressive as that of l-loly Thursday. The bells ring, the organ plays . . . then silence . . . the deep silence of the grave. 11- ln solemn gravity the procession began, The cross bearer and the torch-bearers moved sol- emnly down the aisle, leading the procession to make way for the coming of the Lord. As the girls in white dropped their flowers, and as the choir boys and girls lifted their voices in praise to the l.ord,our minds turned baclc to an- other scene, so long ago, when Christ rode in glory through the streets of Jerusalem. And now in memory, the scene was reenacted, but in a more solemn vein, for we knew, as they did not, that soon our Redeemer was to be crucified. As the last child slipped slowly out of the stately portals, and as the light dimmed, those in their seats sat misty-eyed as they felt the beauty ancl solemnity of their religion and what it meant to them to have been blessed with the gift of faith.

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LT THOMAS A McDERMOTT Died in the Service of His Country in Kodlac Alaslco, April 99 1949 . . , I I Strong willed . . .valuable friend, learsome loe . . . guts and grit on the gridiron -in 1937, this brief slcetch was printed below Thomas McDermott's picture in the St. Mary's yearboolc. And now in 1949, as we pay tribute to Tom, who died in the service ol his country, those words seem to still ring true. For, indeed, Tom had proved himself o valuable friend, not only to us, his classmates, but also to his country, and certainly his courage and daring in time ol war, made him a fear- some loe. ln 1937, it was guts and gritl' on the grid- iron ,fin 1942, it was Hguts and grit on the bottle- Field. lom's untimely death meant real griel to us, his classmates, but even as tears dimmed our eyes, a great pride surged through out hearts. We salute you, Tom, as an ideal Catholic and Americanl - Frances Innes Ryan C37J