Annunciation High School - Annunciator Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Class of '3 8: We have not wings, We cannot soar: But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. --Longfellow. Your forefathers from far off Europe went down to the sea in ships, looked over a pathless ocean waste, and visioned future success under distant western skies. They feared not veering from their course in that seemingly endless, pachless void because they had sub- lime confidence in the un- erring needle of the compass. Today you drift into a new sea in ships, individual ships that will carry you over the sea of life. The vista ahead may seem path- less and hazy, the goal of your ambition a long way off, but your training at Annunciation High School under the patronage of Mary, so often called the Star of the Sea, will be an un- erring compass in guiding your course to the shore of success. THE VERY REV. JOHN J. GREANEY, S.T.L. To return to the thought of Longfellow-remember there is no royal road to that shore. Only hard, earnest Work ensures victory. Some natural talent, some happy opportunity may form the sides of the ladder on which you climb towards successg but the rounds must stand the wear and tear of your climbing. For the wood of those rounds there is no substitute, it must be that which is sawed from the trees of Hard Work, Ernestness, Perseverance, Caution, Faith, Hope, and Love. God has given us all the ability to be moderately successful here and glori- ously so in the hereafter. May He bless you and assist you on the Way. Sincerely yours in Christ, JOHN J. GREANEY l6l u .

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ANNUNCIATION HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, N. S., PITTSBURGH, PA. THE FACULTY The Very Rev. John J. Greaney, S.T.L. .........,...... ,Pastor and General Director The Rev. Charles J. Deasy, B.A., .,..................,....O...,.................. .Spiritual Advisor The Rev. Lawrence O'Connell, B.A.. ........T... .Director of Religion and Dramatics Sister Florence ......,..... , .,..........,. - ........ ......,...,..I....... - ...............,....... P rincipal Sister Mary Paul. ,..... .......,e..,.... . . ........ Frencb and Algebra Sister Geraldine ..,.r,... W-- ........... Commercial Subjects Sister Vincent Mary ......, .....,,... ,...........,, ..,,... E 11 g lish and Science Sister Lucille M- .---....,.. - .,..,... - ......... ........ L atin and History Miss Helen Meledin, ....... ...... . Physical Culfure' UI

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My dear Graduates: i On this, the occasion of your graduation from high school, I am i 1 happy to extend to you my sincere l congratulations and good wishes. l I commend you for the devotion you have accorded your four years' task and for the perseverance that characterized your eifort. To have so sacrificed yourselves i is a source of lasting satisfac- tion, as well as a tribute to your ' sense of values. The advantages you have derived from the educa- tion it has been your good fortune ' to receive at the Annunciation cannot but be calculated to pre- l pare and fit you for all that is best in life. we As you leave the hallowed halls, THE REV' CHARLES J' I?EASY' AB' of your Alma Mater, either to con- tinue the pursuit of scholastic work or to enter upon the vocations and avocations of life, may I express the ardent hope that you will always cherish the high ideals of Catholic womanhoodg and that you will make your Holy Faith the constant guiding principle of your life's activity. May God enlighten your minds, direct your ways, and bless you abundantly now and always. Sincerely yours in the Blessed Virgin Mary, our lovely Patroness, WW Annunciation Rectory 2603 Norwood Avenue North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. May, 1938 l7l if