Catholic Central High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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l Very Rev. I. D. Sheehy. C.S.B. Principal ol Catholic Central High School aa! .feuon After Saint Paul preached the Gospel to the people of the island of Crete, and had ordained his close companion, Titus, to carry on his work there, he left the island. But, as was his custom, he used to send back instructions to the people he had helped to convert. ln one of these written instructions, Saint Paul wrote to Titus to exhort the young men lof Cretel that they be sober. Sober can be applied to young men in the narrow sense ol its meaning or in a wider sense, ln the latter case it is the mark of the young man who is well-balanced, even tempered, under control. ln a word, it is the distinctive mark of the young man who realizes the importance and seriousness of life. For the past four years you have grown out of the intoxication of the present, so characteristic of Freshmen. And if there was one mark which distinguished you as Seniors this past year, it was sobriety. Things were not quite the same after the Angel of Death paid his fourth visit in a year to the Class of '48, True, you continued to work, to play, and to pray, but all these actions were marked by a seriousness that was absent last September. Overnight you seemed to have grasped the truth that here we have no lasting abode. As school life was but the preparation for alter school living, so temporal life is but the preparation for eternal living. As a Class you have distinguished yourself with high honors in learning this very important Christian lesson, and within a few days Catholic Central will be happy and proud to present her diploma to each of you in her twentieth Graduating Class. , And now on the eve of Commencement, if you would accept one last lesson from your Principal, he would tell you in the words of Saint Paul: Exhort young men that they be sober. ln the years to come as you exercise one of the prerogatives of old age and dream dreams of the past, don't forget the lesson that Bob, lack, Larry and Ron taught you in your Senior Year as they preceeded you into the Eternal Commencement. May you always realize that life is but the preparation for Life. God be with you. IOHN D. SHEEHY, C.S.B.

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His ElHill9llC0 EIIWAIRID IIAHIIINAL MUUNEY Archbishop of H0lroH

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a4r!mini4 Ira iian Father W. P. McGee. C.S.B., Director ol Studies: Father I. D. Sheehy, C.S.B., Principal: Father G. French, Councilor The local Governing Board, pictured above, is commissioned, with the approval of the Archbishop ot Detroit, to operate Catholic Central High School by the General Council ot the Basilian Fathers headed by Very Reverend E. I. lVlcCorkell, C.S.B. Power to grant high school diplomas is conferred by the State Board ot Education. A share of school government is passed on to elected members ot the student body called the Student Council, for in a democratic country it is necessary that the citizens learn to govern themselves as soon as they are able. lt was Father l-lartmann's task to guide this practical exercise in democracy. lt is hoped that future Student Councils will profit by this year's experience and example.