Elmira Catholic High School - Victorian Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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Elmira Catholic High School Annual President ...... Vice President .. Secretary .... Treasurer .... s . . . Frederick Battersby Frederick Brickwedde Betty Brown Margaret Burns Edwina Clune james Coughlin Gloria Cronin Eva David Mary Doran Thomas Fennell Ann Gerrity john Guthrie Zane Helm Florence Jensen CLASS OF 1939 Class Officers Agnes Johnson Mary Elizabeth johnson Francis Karski james Kessing Andrew Kruchow Edward Lagonegro Marie Lagonegro XValdo Longwell Raymond Marks NVil1iam McGill YVinifred Mashinic Edward Murphy Joseph Nolan . ......... Eva David Edward Lagonegro . . Margaret Sheehan . . . . James Kessing Victor Norton Edward O'Connell Regina O'Donnell Helen O'Herron 'loan Osborne james Owen Bias Palange Mary Reidy Bernard Reilly Margaret Sheehan Margaret Shields Francis Shortsleeve Catherine Smith Irene Sowa COMMUNISM HC0llLIl'lZWLlSll1f, therefore, is fl systeni full of errors and sophism. It is in opposition to both reason and clizfine 7'6'l76l!lli'l01'l'.H-Pl'LlS XI. NVake up! You've been asleep. No, the proverbial wolf is not at your door but, Communism, a far greater menace to your lives and property. It is true that we cannot see Communism for Communism is a theory. But we can see the results of Communism-bloodshed, devastation, revolution, confiscation, and terrorization. Tortures beyond all conception have been devised by the persecutors, who seem to get a diabolical satisfaction in cru- cifying priests to the doors of Churches and slaying innocent babes for the crime of having loved God. And what has happened in Spain, in Russia, and in Mexico can and will happen here, unless-unless we gather our forces and iight the dread evil. It is only logical to believe that we would not allow intruders to enter our peaceful country and transform it into a battlefield. As Americans, as patriots, we would iight, yet we are doing nothing to stop the spread of Communism in America, when we all know that Communism is a synonym for revolution and civil war. XVe are allowing propaganda to be spread. Wie are allowing Communistic beliefs to be exploited over the air and on the street corners. Wie are allowing the teachers in our schools to poison the minds of the young by the cry of Karl Marx Christ offers you a paradise in a next life. I offer you a paradise in this life. We are allowing Com- munists to harden the hearts of the people of the slums and sweatshops against God. VVe are allowing Communism to gain a foothold in America. l67l