Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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0 0 -0 t 'ego-Jw - 00 Q W-:Qof go- -0 Sweniur Qlllass ifaistnrp 0 OW that our days at Aquinas are fast drawing to a X close, we of the class of 1928 may look back with QU satisfaction and recall cherished memories of our f 2 K high school career. How well we remember the EJB Q pf September morning of 1924 when we entered upon 0 R, ' QU that new' field of activity, our high school life, at the ' St. Boniface annex l, It was quite a change and it 0 E954 took some of us considerable time and the exercise f of remarkable patience on the part of our teachers , .1 EAQQQ- 1. to accustom ourselves to the routine of this higher Q ' ' ' field of education. But under the persevering tute- Q lage of Father Wurzer, the representative of Father C' Napier at the annex, we completed a successful Freshman year. . 'a The following September we returned as Sophomores to a new 0 school, a monument to Catholic education, of which we can well be , . proud. The whole school was united now and ready to continue ,Z its good work guided by the new president, Father Byrne. We were able now to obtain a better view of real high school life. We came into contact with Seniors, Juniors and Freshmen toog saw fr their outlook on school lifeg realized that we were members of a U large family and endeavored to prove ourselves worthy of the 0 school. June brought the roses and half of our high school days came to an end. U 2 The next term we returned with the realization that we had a definite goal to work for and so did not lack the determination to seek it. Gone now were the frivolities which might have char- Sl acterized our freshman and sophomore yearsg graduation, though some distance off, seemed ever nearer and all our thoughts were centered in that one ambition. The newness of the school was worn off and we went about with an air of confidence befitting our position, second only to the Seniors whom we looked upon as the - most fortunate individuals in the school. Oh, to be a Senior and 5 ' enjoy all the privileges and opportunities of the senior year! 0 But now time and patient endeavor have made us Seniors and all too quickly. We at last hold the position we so desired, H .yr L . 'v , ' and the ambition we labored four years to attain is finally realized. 0 Nor are we too happy to bring our high school careers to a closeg perhaps we were a trifie anxious and hasty in longing for that 0 which we have attained. Now, as never before, do we realize what it means to sever ties of friendship and to leave, perhaps forever, T friends who have sacrificed all that life holds to dedicate themselves to our betterment. Happy, yes, but tempered with silent sadness we take our leave of the true companions of our youth. Shall We possibly find, in after life, associations and inspiration to equal those derived at our Alma Mater? Nevertheless, looking back over our accomplishments, we all have the consolation of knowing that - the four years spent in attaining the goal of our ambition were the ? L 0 best years of our lives, and in spending these years at Aquinas we have gained a knowledge of matters both spiritual and temporal 1 f' that will stand us in good stead, no matter what our vocations in 'T life may be. RAY SOMMERS. E- ii s W N c 3 f- M' X -0' X