Assumption Preparatory School - Memini Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Omnibus Anni Domini MCMXLIII et MCMXLIV Versificatoribus Eorum Ludi Latini Magister, S. P. D. Quid vestris annalibus dignum mentibusque jucundum scribere possim? Quatuor jam annis, latinis rebus saturati estis nihilque vobis optibilius videtur quam ut illas fasti- diosas obliviscamini atque omnes Ciceronis et Vir- gilii libros comburatis. Forsam audivistis Sanctum Hieronynum olim a Domino per somnum reprehensum fuisse quod ciceronianus esset. Ne tarn horrendum malum vo¬ bis immineot neve ullus unquam tanti criminis vos arguat minime timeo. Vobis autem omnibus qui, alii per triennium. alii per biennum, in latinarum palaestra praecep- tum mente retineatis et opere perficiatis: Labor omnia vicit Improbus et duris urgens in rebus egestas. Cui si fideles eritis, non tota mea perdita erit opera. Omnes in Domino semper valete et, si cicero- niani esse non potestis, strenuique Christi milites estote. Rev. Odilon Dubois, A.A.

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President ' s jrddfiess oj Welceme Parents, Friends, and Benefactors: In the name of the graduating class, I extend to you all a most hearty welcome to our commencement exercises. Four years have elapsed since we entered the portals of Assumption High School. For four years we have pursued our studies and adapted ourselves to the strict rule of discipline. Today we are indebted to our parents for the excellent edu¬ cation they have given us and to our professors who instilled in us the fine points of a classical education. We thank our benefactors from the bottom of our hearts. The success of the Yearbook is due largely to your generous contributions. Today we leave the peaceful atmosphere of Assumption to step into a troubled world, a world filled with terror, anxiety and grief. But our catholic philosophy has prepared us to wage a titanic struggle against the forces of evil that would deprive us of our Christian heritage. Many of our classmates have already left us to join the armed forces. May God be with them throughout the war and bring them back to the peaceful homes which they reluctantly abandoned. It is with a spirit of indebtedness to our parents and bene¬ factors that we Seniors of the class of 1944 extend to you a most hearty welcome. JOSEPH E. LEMIRE, JR. 8

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A la Classe Tmissante 1944 Vous me demandez un mot pour votre livre souvenir. Un superieur ne peut pas vous refuser cela, alors qu ' il a entendu souvent sur la bouche de vos maitres, votre eloge. Vous avez ete de bons elcves, vous n ' avez pas cause de trouble dans la marche de la maison, vous avez ete pleins d ' entrain et de bon esprit. Vous finissez votre Ecole Superieure a un instant de la vie du monde le plus grave. Jamais, le monde humain qui a connu les evenements im- portants qu ' on vous a signales dans les classes d ' histoire, ne s ' est trouve en face d ' un ebranlement si general, qui atteint la vie des corps, des esprits et des ctmes, toutes les notions du monde, toutes les conceptions de la vie en ce monde, tous les do- maines de l ' activite humaine. Vous arrivez juste a l ' instant ou votre generation va marcher en tete du grand cortege humain. II y aura derriere vous beaucoup de mines, beaucoup de blesses, beau- coup de misere. Mais d ' un pas assure, a la lumiere de la foi chretienne, en un profond amour de vos compatriotes et des hommes, allez dans le chemin qui vous conduira, vous et ceux qui vous suivront au salut et au bonheur. Pere Rodolphe L. Martel, A.A. 10