Bishop O Dowd High School - Mitre Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Bishop James Thomas O'Dowd According 'ro +l1e grace of God which has been given 'ro me, as a wise build ' er I land 'rhe foundaiion . . . I Cor. 3:I0 ff

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FCREWORD The mosT expressive and eTTicienT Tools oT The human personaliTy are The hands. WiTh Them The inTanT reaches The unaTTainableg The you+h Tashions, Trames, and Tixes: The aged sTeady and supporT Their wearying way. The hands oT The arTisT awaken color on canvas: Those oT The sculpTor viviTy sTones7 The arTisan Traces, shapes. and guides ThaT progress may be The TruiT oT hands as well as oT minds. l-lands, Too, evaluaTe The inner liTe oT man and be- come allies wiTh The soul as The mirror oT The person. By Them we ask, promise, invoke, dismiss, ThreaTen, enTreaT, deprecaTe. By Them we express Tear, joy, grieT, our doubTs, assenT, or peniTence: we show moderaTion or proTusion, and mark number and Time. Quimilian To Them God granTs The delicacy oT Torm, The maiesTy oT graceTul line. To Them power enTrusTedg Trom Them duTy enioined. By Them achievement Trom Them gracious assisTance. The hands are mighTy in deed, yeT genTle in caress. They symbolize The sTrengTh oT The world and They sTand Tor iTs RedempTion in blood. The hands OT The king are soTT and Tair They never know labor's sTrain. The hands oT The robber redly wear The bloody brand oT Cain. BuT The hands oT The Man are hard and scarred WiTh The scars oT Toil and pain. James J. Roche 2 r

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The Reverend Mark J. Hurley, Ph.D. Principal Marin Cafholic High School Our Dedicafion is fo our firsf Principal, Fafher Mark J. l-lurley. Appoinfed fo direcf Bishop O'Dowd l-ligh School, Fafher l-lurley supervised ifs consfruc- fion and growfh from fhe firsf handful of dirf re- moved from fhe mounfain fo fhe final fabricafion of ifs very faculfy. Gur school loolcs fo fhe zeal, compefence, and unfiring efforfs of Fafher l-lurley for fhe reasons for ifs presenf affracfive appearance and sfurdy usefulness. Furfhermore, we are indebfed fo him for fhe in- spirafion fo academic and afhlefic achievemenfs fhaf so characferize Bishop O'Dowd. l-lis every momenf was direcfed fo fhe increase of our falenfs, our giffs, and our abilifies. l-le gave us fhe rich freasures of his foresighf and deferminafion fhaf we mighf be a school affer fhe esfimafion of him whose name we bear. To Fafher l-lurley, fhen, our grafeful fhanlcs for a work so well begun, so surely advanced. Our fhanlcs are prayers fhaf ofher enferprises may be iusf as richly endowed by him who has given us so signifi- canf a giff.