Chaminade College Preparatory School - Cardinal Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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A yearbook fulfills many purposes: it is a record of past achievement, it is a souvenir of moments to remember, it is an expression of class spirit. All this a yearbook is. But it is more, too. It is, in reality, a statement of policy--a platform which should forever remind us of the principles to which we have conse- crated ourselves. And such, we hope, is the significance of THE CARDINAUS theme thisyear. Its end- sheets, which open and close the book, remind us that our class of '58 is graduating in the year that marks the 100th anniversary of Our Lady's apparition at Lourdes. Certainly, then, it is fitting that Our Lady of Lourdes be the chosen patroness of the class of '58, and fitting, too, that she enfold, as it were, the book that will always remind us of this consecration. Lest, however, our consecration fade--as the cover and pages of our book will inevitably fade--and ,lest our principles gather dust on the shelf of time, we have also chosen our class ring as a more visible symbol of our life's theme. For a class ring is just that--a symbol of what we stand for. The ruby centering the ring represents our school colors, CARDINAL and WHITE. Cardi- nal red symbolizes our buming love, love even to the extent of suffering and bloodshed--for God, for our Heavenly Mother, for our faith, for our country. White is the combination of all colors, suggesting clarity, sincerity, honesty, purity, and holiness. And truly these are the virtues that should color our lives. For we are, as both sides of the ring remind us, sons of Father Chaminade, extensions of the Society of Mary whose coat of arms our ring bears. The engraving of Father Chaminade, on the right side of the ring, pictures him pointing to a book. Is it the book of life? We feel that it is and we feel that here at school, the first to be named after Father Chaminade, we have studied the lessons in that book, lessons that could all be summarized in Chaminade's motto: Este Vir--Be a Man. Our manhood should indeed be an open book where others can read those lessons of life we have learned. Qlflfle

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The left side of the ring carries the emblem oi the men who have taught us these lessons. The Marianists' coat of arms depicts their his- tory and philosophy. Dominating it is the statue of Our Lady of the Pillar at Saragossa where, in 1797, Father Chaminade through some kind of vision was inspired to found the Society of Mary twenty years later. On the base of the pillar supporting Our Lady is the sword of St. James, in the form of a cross, which was the emblem of the Spanish knights who fought the Moors from 711-1492. The Star to the left of the statue is taken from the escutcheon of Pope Leo XIII, who gave the Papal approval to the Marianists' constitution in 1891. From the es.. cutcheon of the diocese of Bordeaux the cradle I of the Society, comes the three interlaced moons at the right of the statue. The AM obviously suggests the Marianists' incessant prayer: Ave Maria, while the two mottos are sermons in themselves: Fortes in Fide--Strong in Faith , and Per Matrem ad Fi1ium-- Through the Mother to the Son. Yes, our ring really preaches a way of life for us to follow. Won't you follow with us-- if ever so briefly through this yearbook--and see this way of life in action? May we invite you, figuratively, to put on a Chaminade ring, to come through our doors, as your tum these pages, and through these doors to see the camaraderie with our fellow seniors utndjerclziimssmen, the unfprgettable hour: as- socia e wi curncu ar an extra-curncu ar work, the challenge, the victories, the defeats of our sports life- the hush and silence of our prayer life, the frm and frolicking of our social life, in short, the total impact of our education as men of Chaminade ? And as you close the doors of this book, look once again at our class ring which expresses a theme for life.