Johnstown Central Catholic High School - Memories Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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-19 4 2 - Nine HIS EXCELLENCY THE MOST REVEREND RICHARD T. GUILFOYLE, D. D. Another year has our Most Reverend Bishop shown an earnest solicitude in our scholastic welfare. For this pastoral interest we are deeply grateful. We marvelled that, in his busy day, filled with the duties of the administration of a dio- cese, he was able to grant us the privilege of welcoming him to our assembly every six weeks. These visits from His Ex- cellency shall hold a unique place in our Memories ”, for we know of no other group of Catholic high school students who are so highly honored.

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CLASS MOTTO Too Low They Build Who Build Beneath the Stars. In the twelfth century, when ecclesiastical architecture ad- vanced with rapid strides, the masterbuilder, bishop, abbot or mason seems to have planned only the general arrangement and scheme of the building, leaving the precise form of each detail to be determined as the work progressed, according to the skill or fancy of the artisan to whom it was entrusted. Thus was pro- duced that remarkable variety in unity of the Gothic Cathedrals. The pointed arch, commonly regarded as the most characteristic feature of the Gothic styles, is symbolic of the heavenward aspira- tions of the builders of these great memorials to truly Catholic ages. Always aware of the fact that their primary motive was the glory of God, each builder was building his own eternal man- sion at the same time that he was fashioning an earthly habitation for the God-Man whose “delight is to be with the children of men. The building days of these medieval artists and craftsmen are over; but the houses of our eternity are in the making and we are the builders. The Master-Builder has provided us with the plan and with the materials, but the development of that plan varies in that to one He has given one talent, to another, two, and still to another, five. But if in a conspicuous place on our rosary of Memories” we find “1 have loved the beauty of Thy house, never shall we build too low; then, indeed, shall we pierce the stars. Class Flower—AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE Class Colors—MAROON AND IVORY

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MEMORIES Ten Charge to the Graduates You are being graduated into a world which is shaken to its very foundations by the terrific impact of universal war. Young and inexperienced though you are, still the mad panoply of a global war must surely give you pause. You undoubtedly won- der what caused such a catas- trophe, and you are probably anxious to learn whether you can do anything to help prevent a re- currence of it in the future. Text after text of Holy Scrip- ture voices a most solemn warn- ing, and grim evidence to support it darkens many a page of history. “Be not deceived; God is not mocked.” You cannot offend God with impunity and go unpunished long. “The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly well.” God is infinitely patient. He punishes only with the greatest of regret, but when finally the arm of His justice falls, it strikes with devas- tating force. In the case of Jerusalem, you will recall, there was not left a stone upon a stone in that ancient city of splendor. That is the story of this world-wide tragedy. In late years, the crimes of men have literally cried to heaven for vengeance. . Open defiance of God and brazen disobedience of His law have bean the order of the day. Men have sowed the whirlwind in smug self-complacency. Now they are reaping the storm “in tears and sweat and blood.” Hence, there is much that you can do. First of all, atonement is to be made to God for the numberless sins of men. Secondly, the world must be brought back to Christ. These are not tasks for weaklings or for indifferentists, as many of your elders are. They are such as to be accomplished only by individuals strong in faith, noble in character, zealous with the zeal of apostles—by per- sons who look upon their faith as a treasure, which they are anxious to share with others—by those in whom the faith is a flame, a fire, like the coming of the Paraclete, a “mighty wind rushing.” Behold the challenge that is yours. It is a grave responsibility. I pray that you are prepared to carry it. REVEREND THOMAS CAWLEY