Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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ARTHUR E. WELCH ‘MrT 38 Harris Street St. Bridget's “Tkr weakest arm is strong enough that strikes With the sword of justice.” “Art” is one of those people that take life as it comes. He has never been known to worry about anything, no matter what, and we suppose he will continue to be a happy-go-lucky guy. He has a charming disposition and is liked by all his friends. In the classroom he knows just enough of each lesson to let him be dismissed with the rest of us. He is an expert typist and phonographer, and all his comrades hope he will be a prosperous business man. ALBERT J. VITO “Al” 98 Adams Street St. Mary's “It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.” ”AI” could hide all his ambition in a nutshell. Despite this fact, he is always ready to help someone else, but when he has to do something for himself then he’s stuck. His typewritten work is always perfect from his own standard of perfection, but that’s not saying much. Yet, he will get along somehow at something and we wish him the best of luck. twenty-eight

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THOMAS E. O’NIEL “Toddy” 99 White Street Cathedral Grammar “And if I chance to fall below Don't view me with a critic' eye Hut pas my imperfection by.” In “Toddy” we have a young man who promise to be the greatest orator the world has ever known. He will probably take Patrick Henry’s place. He is a good natured fellow and everyone likes him, girls included. There is no doubt as to his success in life as he seems to possess a mind that dispenses with study. CHARLES P. MORELLA “Chuck” 12 Gordon Park St. Bridget's “And sure th' Eternal Matter found Hi single talent well employed ” Here we have the star of the class. When it comes to speed in typewriting, he makes Georgs L. Hossfeld look like a snail. He expects to be president some day but we anticipate a little. Nevertheless, we are sure his ouiet demeanor and the earnest way in which he tackles a thing will place him on the top rung of the ladder of success. LEO T. SULLIVAN “Sully” 343 Platt Street Cathedral Grammar “Born for success he seems With grace to win, and with heart to hold.” “Sully” as he is known to all is a great lover of athletics and should he ever put the energy into business that he puts into sports we have no doubt that he will be a howling success in anything he undertakes. We all hope that success will smile kindly on him. twentyseven

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THE ARETE t. Cfjomas Aquinas ROM the thirteenth century there rise up before us many eminent and noble characters whose names are cherished in history, and whose spiritual lives, amid times so turbulent and uncertain, are a constant source of edification for us. The name of Thomas Aquinas is one that has made the thirteenth century deservedly acclaimed the most glorious in all Christian epochs, and today we reverence and respect that name just as it was reverenced and respected of old. St. Thomas, we are told, was born in the Kingdom of Naples, near Aquinas, and very early in life he evidenced that profound yet simple religious feeling that was later to make him one of the most beloved doctors of the Church. His extraordinary brillance in all branches of learning was made manifest in his youth, and we read that he equalled and even surpassed in knowledge some of his instructors. Reception into the Dominican order occurred at an early age but he was not ordained until some family resistance was overcome. He immediately assumed his duties of teaching, and held professorships at various European educational centers. Distinction attended him in this pursuit as it had in all the others; he wrote many theological works, and at the present day his “Summa Theologiae” is recognized as standard authority. Whether his celebrity is due more to his remarkable mental acumen than to his spiritual life is very doubtful. He himself stated that all such knowledge as he had attained was dependent upon the mercy and justice of God. From this we may regard his intellectual powers as especial graces conferred upon him, and it is a logical view to take, for no other theologian or doctor of the Church has excelled him in sagacity or erudition. No more appropriate patron could be chosen for our school than this immortal Dominican Divine. The reason is obvious. The ideals of Catholic education constitute not alone secular instruction, but they combine with it religious teaching and practice. All education is vain that does not lead to God, for absolute materialism fosters false and often egotistic independence. It is, therefore, fitting that our beloved school should be placed under the guidance of Saint Thomas, who not only advocated religion in conjunction with material education, but who molded his own life after these ideals. Cunt Friends wait for us; enemies wait for us; opportunities, fortunes, and misfortunes wait for us; everything waits for us except time, which waits for no man. In summer and in winter, in spring and in autumn, during peace and during war, in this country and in every other, time glides swiftly by. It delays not for riches, for poverty, or for prestige. For some, time is short; for others, it is long; but for all men it is the same period of time. Everyone has twenty-four hours to his day,— kings no more, beggars no less. Of these twenty-four hours, eight are spent in repose. This leaves but two-thirds of the day in which to execute our duties. Some, during this time, accomplish little; others achieve nothing, while a few—succeed in fulfilling the duties of the day. We should work now, in the present, ever thinking of the proverb, “Never put off until to-morrow what you can do to-day,” and at the same time, iemembering the words of the Apostle, “The past is gone; the future we have no control over; the present alone is given us to do good.” twenty-nine