Assumption Preparatory School - Memini Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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N the Fall of 1958, the staff, editors and advisors of the 1959 MEMINI met to compare notes on the theme for this issue. We settled on that meaningful French phrase for so many years emblazoned on our school ' s coat-of-arms, je main- tiendrai. What we of the Prep family, administration, faculty and students, had, have and will have preserved through past years and after many years to come — the spirit of D ' AIzon- ian education, the tradition of French Catholic culture, the aims of American democracy, the principles of Christian idealism — were all bound up in those two commonplace French words. To explore, to expand, to explain that simple phrase: this was the challenge confronting us. Then came a tragic event in the life of the Church: the passing of the holy Pope Pius XII. The Church and we of it mourned, but rejoiced, too, in hav¬ ing had such a man among us. There came a renewed interest in his writ¬ ings. We, too, paused to read, and there found at once an answer to our challenge and a tribute to our loss. On almost every page we found clear, forceful statements of ideals, of tradition, of principle to end our search for the apt expression. Turn these pages to see our glean¬ ings from the mind and heart of a great Pope. They introduce each sec¬ tion; they grace other pages as well. They are but a small token of our esteem for the saintly Pope of all our formative years. They are also so much more exact an expression than any we might frame of that spirit that permeates every aspect of our Prep life. But most important, they in their simple eloquence, help us to see why any answer which we may give in the future to the world ' s question, Why do you live as you do? must begin with quiet and humble reflec¬ tions on the true meaning of je main- tiendrai.

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Seniors... Underclassmen ... A ctivities and Sports

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1 Chers Gradues de 1959: Apres quatre ans d ' etude et de formation, vous quittez l’Ecole Preparatoire de 1 Assomption. Nous nous joignons a: vos parents et a vos professeurs pour vous souhaiter un grand succes dans vos entreprises. Je suis heureux, avant de quitt r Worcester, de profiter de cette occasion pour saluer les eleves et les professeurs de 1’Assomption. Des mon arrives a Worcester en 1950, j’ai vite compris le role important que 1’Assomption etait destine a jouer dans la vie spirituelle et culturelle du nouveau Diocese de Worcester. L’Eglise ne peut faire autrement que profiter de 1 ' influence d ' une ecole consacree a former la jeunesse dans une atmosphere de culture francaise sous le regard du crucifix. N Pendant notre sejour a Worcester, nous avons vu 1’Assomption ressusciter du fleau de la tornade avec une nouvelle vigueur. C ' est dans cet esprit de courage et d’enthousiasme que les peres Assomptionistes ont exprime leur devise: Je maintiendrai . Soyez fideles a cet ide ' al de force morale et vous ferez certainement honneur a votre Alma Mater. Veuillez agreer, avec notre benediction, nos ferventes prieVes pour votre succes. • . A. Fid.element votre dans le Christ, W-lrt