Marquette High School - Marquetan Yearbook (Yakima, WA)

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FACULTY Qur past begins, not here in the Valley, but thousands of miles beyond the mount- ains toward the rising sun. There, almost three hundred years ago, the First white men crossed the heartland of the continent, exploring the length of the Mississippi. Leader of this vanguard was the Blackrobe, Pere Marquette. And leader he continues to be for his Jesuit brothers down the centuries, pushing ever onward to new worlds and new conquests For Christ. N --, ,M f 5...- lk 4

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DEDICATION ln union with the whole Catholic world this Marian Year, we wish to honor in a special way Our Blessed Lady, the Immaculate Mother of God. Since this is her year, it is only Fitting that this should also be her yearboolc. Moreover, we feel there is a second and very particular reason for dedicating our bool: to her. For it is not by mere coincidence that this same year, 1954, should also be a jubilee year for Marquette, since the history of our school bears a distinctive marlc of Mary . . . ln 1846, eight years before the definition of the dogma of the lmmaculate Cont ception, the American bishops solemnly declared her Patroness of our country. ln that same year, the Oregon Territory became a part of the United States. Whether or no- the connection between the two events was noticed at the time matters little. We can feel with pride that in a certain real sense Our l.ady's First queenly gift to America was this great Pacific Northwest. ln any case, through the last Fifty years, Marquette has been the faithful squire - modeled on St. Joseph himself, the divinely appointed protector and champion ol the Queen of Heaven. May this yearbook be a testimonial of our dedication, solemnly renewed this year, to Our Immaculate Lady, Queen of America, of the Pacific North- west, of Yakima, of Marquette.

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