Elk County Catholic High School - Memories Yearbook (St Marys, PA)

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X, . ff r if Xxhff f 7 1 Q , KX U A Dovf: I looked, and there up toward the sky It came so close Within my sight A pure white dove was flying high. It filled my heart With great delight. Up, up, it went, then down again A bird so fair upon they green It soared and tumedp but ohl what then? No closer had I ever seen. Symbolic of a soul most pure Whose beauty could not but allure- How peaceful would earth's children bel If all possessed simplicity. Adeline Minnick.

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X' Palwlm ff' X W xx ' I X ' X f I , I I.Av-- Z K Q 1 , X Glau of 1941 President . Paul Trgovac First Vice President . Helene Schaut Second Vice President .... Iames Iacob Secretaries . . Anthony Brennen, Florence Leithnei' Treasurers . . Robert Barsa, Edna Grotzinger MOTTO: Even the- Blackest Clouds Reflect the Rainbow FLOWERS: Rose and Forget-me-not CLASS COLORS: Royal Blue and Cream FACULTY: Sisters of Saint Benedict

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, K 47 , x x X ,A Xb' V ,W I f 1 f fi ' 'fl XT X T X, -. 'A--,'i . X A so OUR CLASS CCLORS Each year since C, H. S. was begun Including the present year '41 Our class agreed upon blue and cream To us they're more than what they seem. The students met their colors to choose For loyalty and truth one stands Among the many tints and hues. Which God and country of us demands. Our country's colors, red, white, and blue ' Of soothing kindness cream reminds Teach lessons dear to each citizen true. And hence to charity us it binds. Our love to Mary and the Church of old Where charity and truth abound We show by choice of blue, white and gold. There loyalty too, will be found. They are a bond of love and peace And bid contentions 'mong us cease. We thus will find that peace of soul Which leads us safely to our goal. Michael Herbst. i,l OUR CLASS MOTTO Even the blackest clouds reflect the rainbow. OW true! In times of distress and dire need we can always find a faint glimmer of hope if we only look for it. Often after a storm a glorious rainbow can be seen suspended in the sky-the colors blending to- gether in a beautiful arch. When this phenomenon appears, the entire sky reflects the beauties of na- ture, and even the dark clouds, which only a few moments before were sending down torrents of rain, disperse, revealing the power of their Creator. Viewing all this, we cannot help but marvel at God's mercy and kind- ness. The rainbow has been a symbol of salvation since Biblical times when Noah and the people deemed worthy by God were saved after the deluge. f As clouds of hatred and strife cover the world today, we must endeavor to see the hope which is inspired by our Holy Father, Pope Pius the twelfth, in a recent message to the world. His article reads: Noi consumma- tion of the world is not yet come. Christ is with us all the days, even in the midst of wars and rumors of war. We must not be troubled. God with that infinite and tender mercy which is over all His works will hear us--at the moment and in the manner which He will have disposed--if we send up with one voice a trusting and fervent prayer, enriched by the humiliation of penance. When Adam and Eve were driven from Paradise they were told: But after the blackness of night has passed away, a glorious morning shall dawn upon you. The cruelest misfortunes sometimes turn out to be blessings in disguise as in the case of loseph who was sold into slavery and cast into prison but later rose to become the saviour of Egypt. Theresa Neumann has recently said: lf we pray, God will take care of everything.' Recalling these sayings and those of many other great people, we cannot doubt that God is in His heaven above. Iesus Christ, who is eternal Truth, solemnly declared: I am the Resurrection and the Life, he that believeth in Me although he be dead shall live forever, and everyone that liveth and believeth in Me, shall not die forever. Rita Cheatle.