Aquinas High School - Trumpet Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST REVEREND ALEXANDER J. McGAVlCK, D. D. BISHOP OF LA CROSSE A Knight not coming from a :ea-bounded Castle ruled by feudal lords, a Knight not clothed in traditional blue-light armor with spear and shield for defense, but a Knight coming from a cross-topped, steepled Castle, with majestic entrance doors, ruled by God alone. A Knight in royal-purple garb with a mitre for a spear, a crozier for his coat of arms, his ring the accolade of lcnighthood in the greatest of all courts-the Court of Christ. A Knight not leading a zealous band of Crusaders to save the Holy Land-but one leading a legion of youth to a safer ground, away from worldly harms. A Knight not seelc- ing the Holy Cirail-but a Knight building up Catholic Action in the hearts and minds of the children of God. We need not scan horizons nor seas nor mountains to meetwith this wondrous Knight. We need' not search in endless volumes of lcnowledge to see the penning of his name. We see him often and tallc with him. For this Knight of the Court of Christ is none other than our Most Reverend Bishop-his Excellency, the Most Rev. A. J. McGavick of the Diocese of La Crosse... Without whose constant encouragement we would never have experienced the abiding blessings and benefits of a Catholic high school. 10

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THE REV. HILARY A. LEUTHER PRINCIPAL OF AOUINAS D I J

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lt is doubtful whether we Aquinas students t March realized the Icind of a person we re greeting when we marched from the tion to the Cathedral to honor our new uxiliary Bishop. Expecting someone as awe- ,piring as the name His Excellency, the most :v. Wm. R. Griffin, DD., Auxiliary Bishop La Crosse suggested, we were very pleasantly 'prised to find a person to whom we could lc without stuttering. Bishop Griffin has rved a niche in our hearts- that time cannot ce nor a thief purIoin. He has become part our school lives by his easy friendliness, but are than that, he is responsible for the vital gan of Catholic Action, the C. Y. O., which nds to implant in its members some of the ueness that pulsates through the auxiliary shop. His unabated interest in Aquinas does not :op with frequent visits to school-rather that only the beginning. Basketball games seem be his especial favorite, for almost every tilt es him in the audience. He was as enthusiastic :out the National Tournament as any of the udents, and helped materially to defray the xpenses. Yes, Bishop Griffin came in March of '35, id already another March has passed, and his :al continues, and our admiration and fondness creases. 11 HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST REV. WM. R. GRIFFIN, D. D AUXILIARY BISHOP OF LA CROSSE