Good Counsel High School - Counselor Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

Page 65 text:

Character Character or personality is one of the greatest assurances of success. Some people may deny this statement, but if it is considered logically and carefully its truth asserts itself. Y-our character is you and no force, however mighty, can dis- claim it. Most things in life undergo a change. The same is true of character. It suffers changes, but no matter how it is altered it is still a vital part of you. Every word, deed, and action is a further credit or discredit to one's character. Your natural endowments and propensities as well as acquired tendencies are all included. Other people's evaluation of you depends wholly on your personality. Environment has much to do with the formation and development of your char- acter. Personal effort, however furnishes the artistic touches that complete the work of art and sets it up as a success. No matter what field of life one enters, success is measured by honesty, stead- fastness, individuality and righteousness. What are these qualities? .... but traits of character and an accurate reflection of your innermost thoughts and deeds. Can this be prudently denied? Some people attempt to 'assume a character, but the deception becomes apparent in a short time, for some phase of gaucherie is hound to creep in and disclose the hypocrisy. The consequences need not be mentioned. Know thy character and you know thine self, not from knowledge of what a paid phrenologist imparts but from words, deeds and actions. All throughout history distinguished people had force of character. Their very features told the world why they were successful. Without character, nothing availeth you. The most brilliant qualities become useless when they are not sustained by force of character. Unless one bears in mind the necessity of character develop- ment and strives to develop one worthy of praise, his success cannot be assured. The path that acclaims success seems lacking, for when character is not upheld all else is devoid of power. Virginia Konopa, '31. OUR PLEA We beg Thee, O Lord, to grant us strength to do, All necessary services in honor of Youg Grant us wisdom to be brave and true, Unto the cause of our dear Gold and Blue, In each task intrusted to us, May we a true purpose see. O Lord, please teach us not to sigh, When tasks we are told to tryg But grant us faith to be on guard, To see behind each duty hardg Whatsoever our task may be this is our creed, That we are on earth to fill a need. Sophia Tymczyszyn '31 f -:xii-fr-T --- f - - , , . --,-4,,gL--U Y, -1 .f 3 mg- ....................... .... ...,...-'.........i.................,,,,,......... .... .. ,H...3..:3.-,,:x:.........:.2:.............. -?.E:if.g.,,y Sill Lin - Nt 1. -1 Pae.S'Ei one ff H 9 y

Page 64 text:

. it-CCUALC 0 U N s EL o R,1931,g Miss Josephine Piorkowska is now a graduate and registered nurse at St. Mary's Hospital. :She does her work cheerfully and conscientiously rendering thereby real service to the doctors and the patients. Justice above all were the constantly repeated words of Miss Anna Tomko- wicz at the trial of a woman whose offence was defending her children fr-om a cruel father. Miss Anna voiced her defense of the accused so logically and affectively that the jury were won over and issued a verdict of acquital. Science has finally broadened the knowledge of vitamins. Miss Sophia Sawicka embodied her five years experimentation and study of this substance in a book Vi- tamins and Their Value to Man. As I put aside this report, thousands of thoughts rapidly crowd my min-d. In a kaleidoscopic fashion, these personages and the various incidents associated with their schooll career move before me. Commencement day, in particular, is imprinted deeply in my memory. I can hear once more eighteen girlish voices in unison promising that the light of virtue and wis-dom, that Alma Mater imparted to them, would ever remain a living power within them. Yes, they have promised then to follow n-0 other path to success but the one illumined by that light. And I am hap- py, for they have been true to their Alma Mater and to themselves. Clara Kolacifiska, '31. ADIEU! Our High School career has already reached its end. We have completed an- other phase of life's work-work which we assure you was not always easily ac- complished. Yet all was not hardship, for pleasure was found in all our tasks. The previous years spent at Good Counsel were like dreams so brief in length. Our Freshmen days seem but yesterday. In that year we did many idiotic things, but then, so did a multitude of other Freshies. The school curriculum and rules affected us like the sea monsters -affected the people of old. In our Sophomore and Junior year we were already well aware of the methods and rules of the High School. We began more serious work, but we have striven to enjoy immensely the school outings, parties and other amusements. Through these years we shared in defeats, pleasures and triumphs. Our thoughts and interests were considered as one. But the day of our departure from these wonders marks a great change in our life. All of us are now seriously considering the future, for we must all leave G. C. Our training in the service for life has reached its conclusion. The time has now come when we must leave and bid Farewell. We are com- pelled to sever the ties of friendship that have bound us closely for four years. Though we may never see one another again, that feeling of true friendship, sym- pathy and love will never, never cease. Adieu,' we say to our former days at our Alma. Mater, to all our friends old and new. Adieu to our dear teachers and instructors who have worked and striven daily for our benefit. You have encouraged us on to higher endeavors and stronger efforts. You understood our wants and have aided and directed us to the hidden? treasures which we are to take to the Castle of Virtue and Wisdom, that is into ie. As the High School gates now close behind us, we cast our last Farewell to all whom we left behind. We hope that those who will follow us shall find joy and success in 'all their achievements. Whether the future finds us in a pleasant environment, or on the thorny road of life, we will always bear in mind the dear days at Goodg Counsel. We will often think of our instructors who led the way and gave us the key to the treasures which we take as our heritage into the world today. We will also remember all the plea- sant incidents which happened during our presence. We also bid a sweet good-bye to all our dear schoolmates with whom we associated for such a long time. Never will we forget their smiling faces. Deep and lasting regret fills our hearts, that all this had reached its goal so soon. With confused feelings for the past, stand before us co-ntemplations for the future which have enticed us forward and allowed us to stand before the golden gates of the Castle of Virtue and Wisdom. Henrietta Kaimierczak, '31, Page Sixty

Page 66 text:

WN x 'UAL C 0 U N s E L 0 P, 1931! 5 The Staff IQDITOR-IN-CHIEF Virginia M. Konopa ASSISTANT EDITORS Clara T. liolacinska - Susan H. Miotke ART EDITORS Cecilia A. Ryba - Henrietta M. Kaimierczak ORGANIZATION EDITORS llelen T. Brodkowiez - Anna M. Tonikowiez - Sophia ll. Sawieka ATHLETICS EDITOR Violet B. Kaczniaryn BUSINESS MANAGER Stephania B. Krauklis NAMES EDITOR Praxeda L. Bederska CIRCULATION MANAGERS Bose T. Przybyla - Anna F. Putyra - Sophia E. Tyniczyszyn HUMOR EDITOR Josephine B. Piorkowska TYPISTS Anna C. Wych - Stella C. Wierzbowska SENIORS' BRIGHT SAYINGS Praxeda Bederska - Gee! I'll never find the page they're driving at. Helen Brodkowicz - So much Home Work ? Violet Kaczmaryn - Listen to this. Henrietta Kaimierczak - C10 minutes before the bellj What have We for History ? Virginia Konopa - How many books shall I take home ? I Clara Kolacinska - Pm busy now, don't bother me. Stephania Krauklis - Have you got your last page typed for the paper ? Susam Miotke - What's our Spanish lesson about? Josephine Piorkowska - Oh, I go for that music lesson today. Rose Przybyla - Jumpin' Jimmeneyf' Anna Putyra - How do you spell that?,' Cecilia Ryba W- My land, how sillylt' Sophia Sawicka - Girls, not so loud. Marie Smulka - fAfter English periody What have we for tomorrow. Anna Tomkowicz - Listen Kiddie. Sophia Tymczyszyn- How many minutes to the bellf' Stella Wierzbowska - Gee, I didn't know that. Anna Wych - Oh kids, please keep still. Page Sixty-two