Mount Carmel High School - El Conquistador Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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REV. WILLIAM P. RUSSELL O.Carm. Principal l My dear Graduates of the Class of l944: Some of you may recall the play of Sir lames Barrie, Dear Brutus . The characters in the play represent, generally speak- ing, average types of human beings. Some have gained a certain measure of successg some have only failures to reckon. When, through a gift of the gods, they are given the opporunity to begin their lives over again, they achieve practically the very same results as they had achieved in real life. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that We are underlings. To each one of you is given on graduation day that oppor- tunity which will be given only once. The use you make of that opportunity depends rather entirely on you. Through your parents, pastors, and teachers, the Good Lord has sought to pro- vide you with the means that will bring success, temporal and eternal. Ten or fifteen years hence it will be useless to ask for another chance. lt will then be too late. You cannot say, in the event of failure, that you did not know better. Our fervent prayer for you on the happy day of your gradua- tion will be that you may be ever faithful to the Way marked out for you, especially during your years in Mount Carmel, that you will be loyal sons of l-loly Mother Church, and in consequence loyal sons of your country. ln the difficult and trying days that will test your Christian manhood and your patriotism, you will have our constant prayers and sympathy. May Our Lady of Mount Carmel bless you and sustain you in the battles of today and tomorrow.