Assumption Preparatory School - Memini Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Vol. I Assumption High School, Worcester, Mass., November 1950. WHY THE HERITAGE? The year is young, our hopes are high, and we have a new name for our school paper: a better name, we think, one that will at last describe our ideal, if not our paper. Why are we discarding the old name: The Echo”? Because a paper that should truly deserve such a title does not answer to our ideal. What, after all, is an echo? It’s merely a rebound of sound. The sweet melodious strains of music rebound, but so does the thunder of canons. A paper that draws its life-blood from the four winds is very likely to print much of the incongruous and discordant. Indeed, was it not possible to find such tendencies in some of the articles of past Echoes”? True, a conservative measure of gossip is permissible, and perhaps even obligatory. However, the ideal of THE HERI¬ TAGE will be to present food for thought. Will the editors succeed in this worthy enterprise? Time will tell. What is our Heritage? The greatest of all gifts is the Catholic faith, our faith, our heri¬ tage. Many future editorials will consequently deal with this greatest (continued on page 5) Les Elections Un groupe d’eleves de Versification se reunit un soir d’octobre pour choisir les membres responsables de la redaction et de l’administration de notre revue. Lionel Simard, Versificateur conscien- cieux et populaire, membre de la Societe d’Honneur, fut elu redacteur en chef. II pourra deployer dans cette tache de con- fiance ses talents d’organisateur. Raymond Guay et Raynald Lemieux, tous deux egalement qualifies pour le Frangais et pour l’Anglais, ont fini par s’entendre: Raymond Guay prit pour sa part le Frangais et Raynald Lemieux s’at- tribua l’Anglais. Ils pourront compter sur la collabora¬ tion d’Ernest Beaulac; deja membre de differentes associations, ce dernier accep- ta d’etre un redacteur bilingue. William Dupuis qui a deja eu l’occa- sion de faire ses preuves, accepte la res- ponsabilite de gerant. II comptera sur l’aide de deux collaborateurs: Maurice Albert et Donald Dragon. (Suite a la page 8) The Dogma of the Assumption On the first day of November, His Holiness, Pope Pius XII defined as a dog¬ ma to the Universal Church the Assump¬ tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We, the students of Assumption High, have a great interest in this dogma be¬ cause of our Alma Mater. As our bish¬ op, His Excellency John J. Wright, pointed out in his pastoral letter on the Assumption, the diocese of Worcester has within its limits the only American college — and there is a high school too, — which takes its name from the Assumption of our Blessed Mother. A triduum of prayer to Mary was held on the campus, and our own Father Gil¬ bert gave the sermon at the Holy Hour on the evening of November first. In Quebec, the Assumptionists officiated at the basilica, where Father Engelbert of the college department gave the sermon. Then too, our Provincial, Father Wil- (Suite a la page 2) SON EMINENCE LE CARDINAL EUGENE TISSERANT Un Cardinal S ' arrete Chez Nous Dans les premiers jours de ce mois, quelques etrangers qui auraient passe par notre college, auraient demande: Est-ce une periode de vacances? est-ce le temps des examens?” Nous attendions avec im¬ patience une visite de marque, une de ces visites dont l’Assomption s’enorgueillira longtemps. A 6h.45 Son Eminence le Cardinal Eu¬ gene Tisserant, Secretaire de la Sacree Congregation pour l’Eglise Orientale et Eveque Titulaire de Sainte-Rufine entra au gymnase parmi les acclamations et les applaudissements. Ce fut d’abord le Pere Superieur qui prit la parole. Ensuite un collegien re- mercia Son Eminence en notre nom, pour l’honneur de sa visite. Le prelat fran ais exprima son affection et sa plus cordiale amitie pour les Assomptionistes. II a me- me eu la delicatesse d’attribuer sa voca¬ tion a une des publications de la Bonne Presse. (Suite a la page 8)

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MAURICE L. ROBITAILLE Rubber” 66 SOUTH AVENUE LEWISTON, MAINE V. Football 3-4; class sports 1-2-3-4. Track 1 LIONEL R. SIMARD Six” 366 CENTRAL STREET MANCHESTER, N. H. Cercle St. Jean 2; Heritage; Memini; V. Baseball 2; V. Tennis 3-4; Prom Committee; class sports 1-2-3-4; Honor Roll 1-2-3-4; Honor Society 3-4; class officer 1-2-3-4 EMILE E. SYLVESTRE Shorty” 18 McNIFF STREET WEST WARWICK, R. I. Ecole Apostolique 1-2; Baseball Manager 4 ROGER A. TOUGAS Rog” 101 SUMMER STREET CENTRAL FALLS, R. I. Ecole Apostolique 1-2-3-4; Heritage; Honor Roll 1-2-3-4 Banquet Committee ROGER J. TRAHAN Rog” 203 ASHLEY BOULEVARD NEW BEDFORD, MASS. Cercle St. Jean 1-2-3-4; Heritage; Memini; class sports 1-2-3; Track Manager 2-3; Honor Roll 1; Honor Society 3

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MONITOR ' S PRAYER Good morning, dear God, ' tis 1 who call, An unsure creature, Frantically gripping for a firmer hand To lead me Through the day’s long curve, Fearful of shearing awry Delicate petals on an immortal vine, The budding souls You’ve given me To serve. These are Your children, Lord—I too a child . How is a lamb the shepherd of a flock? Mine to lead?.... But You... Lead Thou me on!” Fill in the caves of my emptiness: Your manna in my frailty; The Dove of Light to sweep away the fog, That I may find the strength to punish, The wisdom to commend, And Heaven’s gentle dew on earth alone To teach me how to smile, forgive, and love! And, Lord, let me place within the chalice, My tears, anxieties, and smiles, That You might raise them, And find an over-filed cup of love For You, and those you call Your very own, The little ones I serve. Larry Richards, ’49. Assumptionists ' Centennial Men of Mary, Men of God, In Mother Church’s Holy Year; Year of Grace and Mary’s Crown, ’Tis now you feel that Heaven’s near. Indeed you might!—but not alone, Your rapture is ours too. Our spirits all elated soar To heights they never knew. We came and child-like felt our way, We groped for wisdom’s light; You did not fail; a world is ours, You led us from our night. If we do fnd Eternal Life, ’Tis you we must repay. If we do conquer in the strife, Through you we found the way. In high acclaim lift up our hearts! The Master’s bounty knew no bounds. Nor should our praise; nor should our thanks, That in these festive days resound. Robert Lemieux, ’51. THE DOGMA—continued frid, preached at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. One of the priests who have been the most instrumental in the drawing up and the proclamation of the dogma of the Assumption is Father Martin Jugie, A.A., who is now in Rome. Father Jugie is one of the foremost Church authorities on the Oriental Church and its traditions. The dogma of the Assumption de¬ fined, states: Mary, the Virgin Mother of God was assumed, body and soul, into the glory of Heaven. It is to be noted, however, that no mention of Mary’s death is made in the proclamation. Not that the defined doctrine is new. It’s not. At no time in the history of the Church was there a period in which this doctrine was not believed. The Assump¬ tion has been explicitly taught since the seventh century, though the germ of the dogma is contained in the Scriptures, in teachings on the Divine Maternity of Mary, and is a dramatic example of a doctrine which the faithful themselves have transmitted in the Church since the days of the Apostles, always under the infallible guidance of the Church. The Blessed Mother’s greatest attri¬ bute is that of her Divine Maternity. From this attribute flow all others, and among them, her glorious Assumption. When the ancient authors wrote of Mary, their Christian piety revolted against the idea that Mary had suffered the corruption of the grave. They asso¬ ciated her glorification with her Divine Maternity, her spotless virginity, and her unique holiness. To the minds of these ancient authors and to our minds also, the glorification of Mary, and her Assumption, were contained in, flowed from, and were postulated by the above truths. The Assumption of Mary also reminds us that she was Immaculate in her Con¬ ception, and therefore was not soiled by original sin. We may hence assume that the Blessed Virgin did not suffer the corruption of the grave, for not having been tainted by this sin, she was in no way subject to its consequences. As final confirmation of the Assump¬ tion, we have the Christian tradition concerning Mary’s body. That tradition has been well founded. The faithful have cherished the relics of the saints and martyrs from the first beginnings of the Church, but they have never pre¬ tended to possess any trace of the body of the Queen of all saints, the Mother of martyrs. Had the body of Mary been anywhere on this earth, the devout would have made an untiring search for it till it had been found and enshrined in a man¬ ner befitting her love for Jesus and our love for her. Mary’s Assumption affirms the sancti¬ ty of the human body, its true dignity and eternal worth, at a moment in his¬ tory when paganism has led to two su¬ perficially opposed extremes: a perverse cult of the body on the one hand, the cruel abuse of bodies on the other. This papal definition reminds us how highly God Himself values the human bodies He has fashioned to be temples of the Holy Ghost. Mary’s Assumption into Heaven is the exemplar and the pledge that one day we too shall be assumed into Heaven body and soul. . Paul Marcoux, 52. Un Fondateur Disparait Un ancetre de notre College nous a quittes. Le Pere Laity, un des plus an- ciens Peres Assomptionistes, mourut en France le 18 septembre de cette annee. Avec son depart de vieux et chers sou¬ venirs reviennent a la surface. Le Pere Laity figurait parmi les premiers reli- gieux venus en Amerique pour fonder notre College. Leur premiere residence fut a la paroisse de Notre-Dame, ou ils ont ete regus cordialement par le Pere Brouillette. Devant l’alternative de fonder ou de retourner en France, ils n’hesiterent pas. Ayant trouve une petite maison, l’actuel couvent de nos cheres soeurs Antonien- nes, ils debuterent le 4 octobre 1904. Mais qu’est-ce qu’un college sans au moins un eleve”? On le trouva; ce fut Wilfrid Roy de Worcester, qui est a pre¬ sent Frere a St-Louis, Missouri. Parmi les autres pionniers de ces temps hero ' f- ques, on compte notre fidele Monsieur Gaucher. C’etait le temps ou le Pere charge de la surveillance au refectoire devait se ha¬ ter le soir; il avait a prendre des lemons d’Anglais pour en savoir un peu plus long que les eleves a la classe du lendemain. Le Pere Laity n’enseignait pas; il se chargeait de la predication dans les pa- roisses. En l’annee 1907, il precha la retraite des eleves. Le Pere nous a quittes; le souvenir de sa vie demeurera, et son nom restera as- socie a la fondation de notre College. Richard Belair ’52. HONOR ROLL SENIORS: ' ' Normand Bernard, Harold Gould, Robert Amyot, Jean- Paul Aucoin, Robert Beaudet, Ernest Beaulac, Paul Bisson, Raymond Guay, Raynald Lemieux, Lionel Simard. JUNIORS: J.-Paul Marcoux, ' Wil¬ liam Archambault, Eugene Lalancette, Nornaand Massicotte, Ernest Sylvestre. SOPHOMORES: Claude Brunelle, William Brunelle, Albert D’Amours, Em¬ manuel Dutremble, Roger Gallant, Do¬ nat Lamothe, Normand Lemaire, Donald Lussier. FRESHMEN: ' Rene Cote, Adrien Berthiaume, Bertrand Lemieux, Paul Rheaume. Paul Archambault, Roger Boisvert, Richard Brunelle, Alan Daniels, Roger D’Amours, Raymond Desrosiers, Arthur Harnois, Albert Nault, Ernest Pick. PAGE TWO NOVEMBER 1950