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

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Elmira Catholic High School Annual President ....... Vice-President .. Secretary ...... Treasurer ...... Eugene Barrett Grace Carozza Donald Casey Edward Connelly John Daly john lfrvin Catherine Ford Donald Frawley Jane Furey Virginia Gantert Lucia Guthrie Charles Hall Mary Hughes CLASS OF 1940 Class Officers Mary Kamas Geraldine Kane Catherine Marie Kelly Josephine Kinsley Sheldon Lewis Margaret Mack Margaret Mahoney Kathleen Maloney Mary Catherine Margratt Frances O'Herron Margaret Page john Rogers james Ruddick EDUCATION . . Virginia Gantert . . . . Catherine Ford . . Patricia Sandore . . . . . . . George XVebb Josephine Salvatore Patricia Sandore Nicholas Savino Helen Shults Leo Sweeney Marilyn Thompson lilizaheth Tinkler George Underwood john Vetter joseph XVeaver George XYebb Francis XYeingart For uhaleizfer Cfliholics do in promoting and defemlihg the Catholic School for their children is u genuinely religious uorh and therefore an imporia-ht task of Catholic Actionf' - Pius Xl. XYhy does the Catholic Church labor so unceasingly in its education. of youth? XVhy is it so desirous of having all Catholic children attending Catholic schools? For the simple reason that if our boys and girls are to grow up into perfect Christian men and women they must receive some training other than that offered by public schools. The only way in which such special training can be obtained is attendance at Catholic institutions. But, you say, how has the Church the right to dictate the methods of education we should use? This is very easy to answer, for did not Christ say to his apostles, Going therefore, teach ye all nations, baptizing in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghostu? These words plainly express Christ's opinion on the subject of learning. NYC would not ignore His words if jesus spoke to us individually, but yet many people do that very thing by refusing to give their children the benefits of a Catholic education. XYhat do Catholic schools do for a child? From the student's enroll- ment until his graduation he is taught the fundamental principles of Christ's own religion. But the system goes much farther than that. Pious teachers instill in their wards the importance of good Christians to the sin-hllcd civi- lization of today. XYhen they leave these schools they realize that they should five in harmony with the laws of God. This realization usually forms a good character which goes into the making of a perfect Christian. ln considering public schools one might better ask, XYhat do public i 7 3 i