Campion Jesuit High School - Knight Yearbook (Prairie du Chien, WI)

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is AE, he meaning 0 Kzlnfzers lzfe to Campion The grave of Sgt Joyce Kilmer ln France, where he Iles hurled allen earth It IS melancholy to thlnk that we shall not see hlm agam at our gates But he has contrlbuted by hls close and frlendly relat1ons wlth us to the noble trad1t1ons whlch should dwell m a school lxke ours trad1t1ons of fine courage honor en hghtenment manly p1ety and h1gh asp1rat1on from an arhcle In The Campion March 1919 by has fnend Fr Daly Between K1lmer and Campxon and Campxon s sons there was an attachment that was personal and warm Kllmer loved Camplon 1tS trees and lts h1lls ltS teachers and ltS ldeals and all for whlch they stood Though not hlmself a student here he proudlv called hlmself an adopted alumnus of Camplon And Camplon IS proud to be the alma mater of h1s cholce So between Kllmer and Campion and Cam p1on s sons there must be today the tr1bute of appre clatlon and 1m1tat1on When Camplon men use h1S llbrary they w1ll thlnk of Joyce Kllmer Cathollc gentleman and poet and patrxot and w1ll try to 1m1tate h1s courage and self sacrlflce and fa1th and love In th1S way at Camplon IH the words of Kllmer s poem Wfltten to honor an Engllsh poet kllled ln hlmself We keep the echoes o his golden tongue We keep the vzszon o hrs chwalry IN MEMORY OF RUPERT BROOKE ln allen earth across a troubled sea, Hts body ltes that was so alr and young Hts mouth ts stopped wtth half hts songs unsung Hts arm ts stzll, that struck to make men ree But let no cloud o lamentatton be Where on a warnor s grave a lyre ts hung We keep the echoes o hrs golden tongue We keep the vtston of has chwalry So Israel's joy the loveltest o kmgs Smote now hls harp and now the hosttle horde Today the starry roof o Heaven nngs W uh psalms a soldter made to pratse his Lord, And David rests beneath Eternal wtngs Song on hts ltps and m his hand a sword ' 1 nf, I . ! kip so t e , e 0 Q o O. . ' I . . . .,, ' , - M battle but prophetically appropriate for Kilmer A I I A I , M as 4 4 v f - 4 I, . . if . . .,, . . f . i . . . I . f . f ' . . , . I . , Q . f ' in u In ' ' ' ' .

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Vs! - f 11.1411 . '!k52-H.. I 'Wie Within the Joyce Kilmer Library the three close friends are united and live in perpetuity: the colored painting of Kilmer which hangs above the main desk is flanked by the balcony pictures of Fr. Pernin on the left and Fr, Daly on the right. The spirit of Kilmer lives on in the case of mementos viewed by students at lower left. The library is a busy place, especially at term paper time as these Seniors testify.

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M af 56 feaculla To the students. Marquette Hall is The llallu: hut the Jesuit faculty reserves this title to New l.awler, pictureil helow, fortress-like from the air ancl mysterious and distant as seniors see it from their Nlarquette windows. New Lawler. completed in 1955 to replace the 100 year-old, one-time hotel and Civil Wvar hospital huilt hy railroacler John l.awler anal given to the Jesuits for a college. has hecome a place of mystery ancl fascination to the stuclents who never penetrate heyonal its lohhy. But to the Jesuits it is hoth home anal a retreat llere they relax as recreation rooms of priests. scholastics. and hrothers echo with spiritetl conversation anal laughter at the clay's events: here is the chapel where 20 Masses are offered clailyq here are the dining hall, the private rooms. and the faculty library. Though some priests and scholastics live in other halls, New Lawler is the focal point of Il Campion Jesuit, his l'retreat.