St Teresa High School - Teresian Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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To our parents, we proudly dedicate this Yearbook. To our parents, who have dedicated their lives to giv- ing us the best: To them who have made it possible for us to enjoy the benefits of a Catholic education: who have realized the necessity of education for both the mind and the soul: who have encouraged us in defeat and cheered us in victory; To our parents whose generosity has made possible the use of new and modern teaching aids, athletic and musical equipment, and at last the new gymnasium: to them we express our gratitude. Perhaps the greatest tribute we can pay our parents is the imitation of the Christian way of life they have shown us. It will be our endeavor to follow their ex- ample, working toward that day when we may be to our children what our mothers and fathers have been to us.

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We are told that youth is a time of idealism, of dreams, of fantasies woven of nebulous clouds that all too soon will hurst. Perhaps this is true. Yet. when our dreams are based on reality, when their warp and woof are shot through with the ideals of the youthful Christ, when our eyes are set on the banner of Him in Whose service we see glorious possibilities—then those are dreams that will unfold with each new day until that day dawns when they will be realized in all their perfection and we meet our King Whose law we have found to be light and life and love. We have called our book TUA: for to each St. Teresa High School student we can say, “This is YOUR book. Within its pages you will find yourself, not merely pictorially, but in spirit.’' Our heavenly patrons are three who accomplished the great success—that of attaining sanctity; and so by our title we salute these three champions of God's glory . . . Teresa Ursula Angela We have assembled in this book some of those memories that have made our days in this Catholic high school happy days, days of challenge, and days of satisfaction that come with meeting that challenge with heads lifted high. Our theme is “An Army of Youth” from the song. Christ the King. In it we have found a summary of what our life at St. Teresa's has been. It is our hope that when this book is re-read in the tomorrows that will come, it will be not only a reminder of the school days we have known, but an in- spiration to the reliving of the spirit that has vitalized all these days.

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TO THE STUDENTS OF ST. TERESA Christ’s army of youth stands together, firm and loyal. Service to Christ the King means loving what He loves and doing what He asks. Show forth your Catholic faith and training at all times and in every place. Love Christ, love His Blessed Mother, love His Church. m With my most cordial blessing. Bishop of Springfield in Illinois