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

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li-1-i P,-lg..- FCREWORD G. K. C.--G. for Genius K. for Knight C. for Catholic 0 Chesterton the genius is the man with a mind. The man whose thoughts written on paper have added something new and distinctive to English Literature. That mind has coped with many problems: with intricate devices for untangling Father Brown's mysterious adventuresi with refreshing and sparkling humor for his essaysf with cool calculation and reasoning for his philosophical booksf and with a creative ability which distinguishes him as a poet. That mind has answered many serious questions, that mind of the man with a G. for genius. 0 Chesterton the knight is the man with a heart. Just as his knight Don John of Austria with a heart full of confidence and love rode onto the battlefield to defeat the Turks, so does Chesterton. instead of a Grecian battlefield he has Life, and instead of Turks he has temptation and the jealous thrusts of inconsequentials who make it difficult for true genius to thrive. But his heart is the same as the heart which pulsated in Don John --a heart with love and confidence. Love of God, and of his work, and confidence in his own ability with 'God's help. He called Don John the last knight of Europe-but in the twentieth century one knight still lingers and that heart of the man with the K for knight is Chesterton. 0 Chesterton the Catholic is the man with a soul. A soul with poetry for its music, and Christ for its song. A soul that purifies his thought and deeds-a soul which ultimately led him home to God-the soul which is responsible for the C for Catholic in the man, Gilbert Keith Chesterton.

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fl , fe -?--'- On the right sits Gilbert Keith Chesterton, ister of the pen, while above nestled in e peaceful beauty of the English country- :le is Top Meadow, the great author's nme. Here from his stucly in this quiet iven of rest Chesterton has written the umortal lines of Lepanto, mighty tale of aristian victory.