Dominican Academy - Dominilog Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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our threefold heritage TABLE OF CONTENTS Theme , 2 Dedication . . 4 Faculty ,i.i 8 Seniors 2 it T0 X Undergraduates or 32 ' Activities .. 2.46 4 3 Athletics , .. 2.72 X I Senior Directory , t,,., 80 Advertisements ,A ...U82 z X T a , 1 lx.. , A. Lee- -Tw l ,A f i l . 5 1 T T l T ' T ll. i A Q 'n 4 'sf RI VER, ii

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:ti taki- g ' 'V We at Dominican Academy are proud of our three heritages, we are Ameri- can, we are Marian, we are Dominican. Our 1958 theme is a symbol of the unity of these three in the Dominican student, it covers every phase of a student's life at DA. In order to be good Dominicans, we must love and honor Mary, and we cannot be good DA students unless we are good Americans. A yearbook theme is chosen with great care in DA, because it becomes the theme of the whole year and is worked out in our daily scholastic routine. lt is meant to be a means of improving in some way our life at the school. We try to live out our theme, as this year we tried to make each student more aware of our threefold heritage, more proud of S UBRAHY FALL mvmq, 4453. Our 1958 theme . y tx... 223.36353 i A this heritage, more earnest in living up to the challenge it presents. As we saluted the flag, we were proud to say we are Americans. We learned more about our wonderful country, and this knowledge deepened our apprecia- tion of our privileges as Americans and the responsibilities which privileges al- ways entail. We prayed to our Blessed Mother, re- membering that she is the patroness of America, under the title of the Immacu- late Conception. We tried to honor her in every way possible, as in dedicating our yearbook to her. Under our Dominican motto, Veritas, we searched for God with our highest faculty, our intellect. We searched for Truth, the Supreme Truth, in the Domini- can Way. We found we could become more Dominican by studying the lives of the saints of the Order, some of whom are among the Church's greatest theolo- gians and scientists as well as saints, by becoming more apostolic, since the true Dominican always thinks with the mind of the Church. We, the Class of '58, believe our theme to be an expression of our rich, enthusiastic school spirit, and we are con- fident that because of our senior theme we will always be more truly American, n'ore loyally Marian, more deeply and sincerely Dominican.

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Lourdes 18 8-1958 fvgi-3i.ios DEDIC T10 oar-Af?..L When our Blessed Mother appeared at Lourdes one hundred years ago and told Bernadette Sou- birous, I am the Immaculate Conception, Berna- dette did not fully understand the meaning of the words, but she believed. Many of us today still do not grasp Our Lady's full meaning, but like Berna- dette we also believe, and we recognize in Lourdes a symbol of simple faith in a century of complexi- ties. From the miracles of Lourdes, we may gain fresh confidence in God, it has been truly said that no one visiting Lourdes has ever returned without the solid impression of vital, living faith. Our Lady is there in its aura of glowing faith and sanctity. Divine power is evidenced in the ever-recurring miracles. This year marks the centenary of the Lourdes ap- paritions. The beautiful Lady who spoke to Berna- dette is a wonderful Mother who has helped each of us many times during our four years in Dominican Academy. Like the perfect Mother that she is, this blessed Lady has never asked anything in return. We have never been able to show her how much we loved her and appreciated the things she has done for us. To manifest in our own little way our love and appreciation, it is fitting, therefore, that we dedicate our yearbook, this lasting memento of our high school years, to the Blessed Virgin under the title of Our Lady of Lourdes. We would wish to make Lourdes better known by joining the thousands who will pay special honor to Mary during this year of the Lourdes centenary. May this dedication serve as a reminder of the Dominican perspective of Lourdes. For, as a symbol of faith, Lourdes should be very meaningful to an Order dedicated to championing the faith. And as an integral factor of this great Marian Age, Lourdes should figure highly in the thought life and prayer life of an Order that has always sought and received the patronage of the Immaculate Mother of God. Dominican Calendar, 7958. Dear Saint Bernadette, kneeling before Our Lady, representing the youth of the world, please speak to her for us. Plead for world peace and the annihila- tion of all Communistic ideology. Tell her of our ever burning love for her, ask her please to keep us pure in heart and mind, ask her also to give us strength in this, a very difficult stage of life for usp tell her that we wish to be enfolded in her loving arms during these trying times, ask her to create in us a hatred of sin and temptation, tell her that today we dedi- cate to her our yearbook. Plead for each one of us, that after graduation and in our future years we may be modeled after her, the most perfect of women. PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES Heeding your voice, O Immaculate Virgin of Lourdes, we hasten to your feet at the humble grotto where you deigned to appear to show the way of prayer and penitence to those astray, and to dispense to the stricken the graces and wonders of your unsurpassed kindness. Receive, O merciful Queen, the praise and supplications which peoples and nations, oppressed by bitterness and anxiety, trustfully raise to you. O fair vision of paradise, banish the darkness of error from our minds with the light of faith! O Mystical Rose, relieve crushed souls with the heavenly fra- grance of hope! O inexhaustible source of healing waters, revive barren hearts with the flow of divine love! Grant that all of us, your sons and daughters, comforted by you in our sorrows, protected in our dangers and aided in our struggles, may love and serve your gentle Jesus, and merit eternal happiness near your heavenly throne. -His Holiness, Pope Pius XII