Mount Saint Joseph Academy - Mount Yearbook (Rutland, VT)

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V Martina Cannon QlaUdictolHf We, the class of .1941, have assembled here tonight, on the occasion of our graduation from our beloved Alma Mater, Mount Saint Joseph Academy. We will step forward soon to receive our diplomas, feeling relieved and light-hearted now that years of study, instructions, and examinations are completed. Yet, we know that this is the beginning of a new life—a facing of the years ahead, relying more on our own resources than ever before in our lives. For those of us who will complete our education in a college or university, courses of study will still continue; for others the struggle for a position, adjustment to business, and social relations with more mature persons—all these will claim our immediate attention. While some few may have the false idea that they will be able to conquer the world with ease, the vast majority of us arc ready for hard work. With the horrors of war spreading rapidly, and its economic reper- cussions sounding throughout the world, we know that we are living in abnormally serious times. As graduates of Mt. St. Joseph, we feel we are especially prepared to meet these odds, for the training of our youthful lives has not been in vain. Strengthened in character, as well as informed in mind, we are indebted to our dear parents and teachers for our Catholic education which gives us the courage to go on with confidence with the Prince of Peace as our Guide. paluiatoMj Dear parents and friends, it is my unique privilege to greet you this evening in the name of the Class of 1941. Your presence at our graduation exercises is but another of the many proofs of your kindly interest that has followed us so closely during our high school course at Mt. St. Joseph Academy. Tonight is your night, in a certain sense, as well as ours. You have made possible for us, by your sacrifices, the benefits of a Catholic high school education. Hence it is, with feelings of deepest gratitude and appreciation, that we welcome each and every one of you to our com- mencement program. To our pastors, who have aided us spiritually, as well as materially, to our Principal and members of the faculty, to whose untiring efforts much of our success is due, we extend the encouraging promise that we will try to live up to the noble principles which they have so deeply impressed upon our minds during tne past four years. James Foster

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Seniors SMn.iing: W. Fagan. Pres.; T. LaPknna, Treas StJteJ: R. Tommff, Vice Pres.; S. Swift, Sec. CLASS OFFICERS

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(president's Address William Fagan For twelve anxious years we have been striving diligently for this day that draws us near to the achievement of our goal—graduation. Our hopes and inspirations have been fulfilled; tonight we welcome you to our Class Night Exercises. We are now ready to take our places in the everyday world. Graduation, to some pupils, means the end of the pursuit of knowledge, or the seeking of any definite aim; but to graduates of Mount Saint Joseph it is the stepping stone to success. From it, some will merge into the business world, others will advance to higher education. Whatever our choice of vocation may be, due to the excellent training afforded us by competent and zealous teachers, we are well qualified to withstand courageously the storms of a confused and troubled world. As president of the Class of 1941, in the name of each graduate, I extend deep appreciation to our pastors and to their assistants for the wholehearted interest they have shown in our spiritual and material welfare; to our teachers, who have spared no efforts in their attempts to impart to us the knowledge of mind and soul we now possess; and above all to our parents, who have made untold sacrifices that we might attend a Catholic high school and thereby obtain a thorough foundation in the truths of our Religion, as well as in secular studies. Keeping these sacrifices in mind, we shall ever strive “to sow the good seed” among our fellowmcn by living exemplary lives, as truly Catholic American citizens. William Fagan