St Peters High School - Rock Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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'And the rains descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house: and it fell not: for it was founded This Matthew applied Yes, it upon a rock.n Biblical quotation from VII, 25, can well be to our Constitution. has held out against storms within, and storms with- out for almost one hundred and seventy yearsg and it has not yet fallen or stooped to the whims of tyrants. It has met the needs of the eighteenth cen- tury, the nineteenth century, and it is now meeting the needs of the twentieth century. Its greatness comes from the ancient principles of English law: WA man's home is his cas- t1e.n That he as an individual was created by God a free man and the spirit of liberty was endowed in every man by God If the storms and rains of govern ment were allowed to tear this temple of liberty asunder, then indeed there would be no law, no freedom, no America For America and her spirit of democracy stands as a beacon light atop this Temple of Liberty, our Constitution It is in this Constitution, that the problems and interests of our nation are weighed I is here that leaders seek to understand the minds of men Liberty is spelled on its walls, telling all the rights and duties of the American citizens Here within is explained to all men that the basic principles and purpose of the Constitution is to protect individual rights The Constitution is the ablest of written guides to a government of law that the world has yet known Its greatness lies partly in the wisdom of the structure it erected, but it lies still more largely in the spirit and purpose which infuse its practical provision EIR JL -4...-L IDG FRAECKILLS MILL INF 1201 Wall MA 3 3677 s. - Tfz, v1 ir:--1! 'X-fe , E C O v ,ulh,,', eL6'Qlcg2 5v,45ASfR1E z 'UI3' : . A I. 1 . 5 N' 44 5 1 Q A5 ' .P . C S 'ln ..nKe up Here is a codument which came out of centuries of long bitter struggle of men to find a way of combining order and libertyg authority and freedom, and above all peace among men. The first Americans went to war to win peace. They declared that they exhausted every possible means to pursuade 8 tyrannical ruler to give them peace, for liberty is the essence of peace. Yes, it was with a great bal- ance and proportion that a small group of souls, our forefathers, formed a new foundation for a strong national government And they made it chrystal clear that all men are equal in the sight of God and equal under law They made it so chrystal clear that no man could doubt that all men are endowed by their Creator by cer tain inalienable rights which means that no agency, short of death, can take these rights from them Yes, my friends, there is no power on earth strong enough to deprive men of the rights God has given him For the windows and the doors of this Temple of Liberty, our Constitution, which let in the free air of democracy are the guarantees which give to each individual of America life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi ness There is no doubt that our Constitution is the security of our liberty, the guarantor of our rights If it is to be changed, it provides the method of the change We the people, and no one person, no one group have the right to change it under due pro C058 of law For our government is a government of laws, not of men The truth of the human per son is God's truth The first Americans in looking for man, found first God then they found man And on man, on the human his rights, +hey built a Temple of Liberty, oar Constitution . t . 5 . R.,5,!Qg W person, his dignity, his value, rim- as

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JASPER COUNTY ORATORICAI. CONTEST Mary Kathryn Staed is being presented awards as winner of the Jasper county ora torical contest, which was held at St PetZr's Catholic high school December 13, 19 Vernon Sigars, commander of Robert S Thurman American Legion post, which sponsors the annual contest, is givin Mary Kathryn two checks in the amount of S each One the other for taking top honors in the county Two bronze medals also were awared to her Sister Mary Daniel, R S M her teacher and also chairman of the Jasper county oratorical contest, is shown watching the presentation Mary Kathryn, by taking county honors, be came eligible to ccnmete in the district contest Compliments of Compliments of MP a2f1dyQ2,,iIf?m Caresio JOPLIN LUMBER COMPANY 13th Wall Street MA 3 3511 ' T c EM 0 5 . P N L S . E T IT 1 S 0 OF U is for winning first place in her school and T L I . I O B N . . ., E R ' T - Y

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'GEM fiaar hX..f VINN R OF HOFWMAKER CONTEST Miss Cecilia Cone r ceived the highest score in a written examination which tested the homemak'ng knowled e of the pirls in the Senior Class She has been entered in the competition which will name the state candidate for the title of All American onemake of Tomworrow She has received a golden award pin and the school has re ceived a 'petty Crocker Cook Bookn The Wation l winner in the earch con ducted among 2S6,S3L young women in 10,292 of the nat1on's public, prlvate and parochial high schools will be named pril 12, at the American Table banquet fr Philadelphia General M'lls is the sponser of this program which is designed to assist schools in building young women to know a deeper understanding of the personal qualities and sense of values necessary to successful ff' Q hcmemaking Pore than 310O,OOO in scholar Compliments of shipf will he awarded. THRIFTWAY SUPER MARKET 7th A Florida Avenue eufyoag ,K 1 00 ky V 1 J J .4 . U e exf X 9 - LN ' fc - ve 5' 09. K Q 3, ' 0 U ,v Q Xx',1v , , V J . J,b jr , XML Q3 4- . N . 5 J U Q 5 ' I 53' J J- x 5x 15 1 I W ,E , XXX? JO I O Qw 1 . 'Dk Q 9, V ,e pu ,E Vnk 37 J J so . - Q w . sg! V- x , 4 vsuv .9 .Yr Q, ig: i ,hi v if J J ..E .H A F3 . -0 7 . l 15 , - q I V, . r' - V . P . . .J V C 4 P S ' ,. r .I I1 ... - .1 1 l l . , m 7 l o ' , '