Father Ryan High School - Panther Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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To The i'Woman Clothed With The Sun, The i958 Panther ls Dedicated. Q.. if y.. r C' 4 J OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Empress of the Americas To the students ot Father Ryan High School, this year has special significance. lt is important to them not only as students ofthe school but as citizens of the United States and the Western Hemisphere, as well. This year marks the dedication of the new Leo Long Memorial Chapel to Our Lady of Guadalupe. She has been proclaimed Empress of the Americas and Protectress of the Western Hemisphere by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII. lt is also the centennial ot Mary's apparitions at Lourdes. 4 To St. Bernadette in Lourdes, Our Lady proclaimed Que soy era lmmaculada Concepciou--I am the Immaculate Conception! It is under this title that the Blessed Virgin is patroness ot the United States. ln view of these events, the senior class of Father Ryan High School gratefully and humbly dedicates The i958 Panther to the woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet -Our Blessed Mother, Mary.

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M Alma Mater March on! Loyal sons of Ryan, With a spirit to prevail. May the Purple and White forever shine Hail! Father Ryan, all hail! Carry on ev'ry heart, strong and faithful Let your courage never fail. March on! Loyal sons, till the fight is won Hail! Father Ryan, all hail! Contents FACULTY ..... . . . 6 SENIORS ,.... . . I I4 CLASSES ...,. . . . 26 ACTIVITIES ..... .,. 42 ATHLETICS ..... ., I 52 SCHOQL LIFE ..,4... ... 74 ADVERTISEMENTS ,.... ... 86 tt smtp SWIG Q I .ullllllI1u:,!' Inq luluu.. Q ft e 'III IIIIN Q Ig' QZII IIIEI' - III Ilia :ft EE IIKAIIIII lI'IEii:l3l E will t'e IV e XIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIL 5 Se His Exceliency, the Most Reverend William L, Ad DD., Bishop of Nashvdle, finishes the Dedtqorgry tv' 3 which he oHered in the schools rw Leo Long Memofvut Chapel on September 4, 1957 ,fl f I I

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GUADALUPE ln l53l, a Mexican Indian named Juan Diego was startled one morning on his way to Mass by a blinding light surrounding a beautiful lady. The lady identified herself as the Mother of God and asked that a chapel be erected on the site. Juan Diego eagerly carried the message to the Bishop of Mexico City, who being uncertain of the vision, re- quested proof that Our Lady's appearance on the hill was genuine. To assure the Bishop that she had appeared to Juan Diego, Mary filled the lndian's cloak or tilma with beautiful and fragrant roses. When the roses were emptied from the tilma at the Bishop's feet, a far more wonderful miracle was seen. An image of the Blessed Mother was found on the cloth. A copy of this image appears on the opposite page The tilma is now venerated in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Mexico. 5 LOURDES Below is seen the magnificent Basilica in Lourdes, France. Near the site of this great structure, Our Lady ap- peared to St, Bernadette in i858 and pleaded for A'penance-penance-penance. Here, to, she re- ferred to herself as the Immaculate Conception and brought forth from the rock a miraculous spring. Since that date, princes, prelates, and paupers have paid homage to their Heavenly Mother at this shrine It is so renowned, in fact, that it is one of the greatest shrines in Christendom today. To show His approval of this love of Him through His Mother, Our Lord has cured thousands of their afflictions when they bathed in the miraculous spring of Lourdes