Mount St Michael Academy - Mountaineer Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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irraspea this purpose is easily ascertained by considering the large fourth year dele- gation on every athletic squad. Football, baseball, basketball, track and tennis teams have won many hardfearned victories through the assistance of Senior members of the sauads, Throughout the entire four years members of the Class of '38 have manifested on countless occasions their loyalty to the Mount. The Seniors who have participated in sports seek no higher tribute than to have it said of them that, whether in victory or defeat, they have always borne high the principles of sports' manship and courage which will ever typify the wearers of the Gold and Blue. Wliile speaking of sports and sportsmanf ship we feel it apropos to mention one whom we have come to hold in high re gard. His energetic leadership accounts at least in part, for the splendid showing the teams of the Mount have made in the last two years. f-fe is himself a true gentlef man and a fine sportsman, one who sets the example for the boys he coaches. The Class of 38 wishes to express thanks to Coach Howie Smith for the very successful teams he nas turned out, and may his suc- cess continue unabated. Brother Paul Vtfilfrids direction of our track team war' rants our congratulations and thanks. We are certain that under his tutelage the team will enjoy as many victories as it has in the past under his predecessor. We have mentioned above that our so- iourn here at the lflount has been a happy one, and we reiterate that remark with emphasis But let not the reader conclude that we have been inhabitants of a Utopia. The Senior Class of '38 knows well the pangs of an hours detention and the men- tal anguish one endures while awaiting the hebdomadal distribution of reports. Paraf doxical though it may seem, the momentary sorrows and depressions of our high school career have served only to endear the Mount to us for, following the prescriptions of our teachers, we have recuperated raps idly and have auickly regained our scholf astic equilibrium. During our four years at time Tflount, we have seen or wonderful transformation tak- ing place, When we arrived in September i934 with a class of eighty-ive we were fyiite ftY','lffl of tqe izct that stirs was the l'.1Lf: Tri swf,-,'1i fi

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IQ38 Our graduation represents years ot toil in our behalf by the Marist Brothers who, although they are inspired by altruistic mos tives, are deserving ot our warmest thanks. Each ot our teachers has been ot immeasur- able aid to us, Our tirst, second and third years' teachers, as well as those who labored tor us in the fourth year, are all co-sharers in our victory. Rendering sutti- cient and individual thanks to these, our benetactors, is, ot course, an impossible task. Nonetheless, we here sincerely express our gratitude to each ot these zealous men, be they still at the Mount, or laboring as quietly and diligently elsewhere. Special recognition must be given to Brother Francis Xavier, our Director, whose guidance and cooperation niake this annual possibleg to Brother lohn Lawrence, who in his initial year as Principal has earned the same virile respect that characterized our attitude to- ward Brother Linus William, Principal dure ing our iirst three years. The Reverend August Tapin, our beloved Chaplain, has endeared himself to each of us during the past tour years. His kindly and paternal guidance in religious matters elicits our fullest recognition and deepest gratitude, Our diligent librarian, Brother lames loseph, has many times generously aided us in our guest tor knowledge and thus merits our thanks, which we hereby otter. Concerning our dear parents and guardi- ans we have but one thought: we thank God that He, in His lntinite Wisdom, has seen tit to entrust us, in our impressionable youth, to men and women who are aware oi the inestimable value ot a Catholic high school education. We realize well that we owe them a debt too huge to be paid in mere words, but during lite it will ever be our aim to repay them with actions and deeds typical of men educated within con- secrated Walls. lt, by leading lives dedif cated to Catholic principles, we can reauite the love, devotion and sacritice they have showered upon us, we do here gladly and solemnly make that dedication. Sports and other extra-curricular activif ties have several purposes, outstanding among which is the manifestation of school spirit, How well the Senior Class ot '38 has P.l.Qc' T14 writ-mfg N , :Wh

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largest Freshman Class ever to enroll at the Mount. But our record was short-lived and each succeeding first year since then has outnumbered the previous class. Coincident with the amazing growth of the student body has been the development of the campus and buildings. Since our first ad- venture here we have beheld the alteration of the Main Building to accommodate the large increment in the enrollment. We have witnessed the addition of two baseball diamonds to supplement the three already in use. lt has been our happy privilege to aid materially in the installing of a modern loudspeaking unit and in the erection of a new and larger grandstand. Our greatest pride, however, is the Shrine of Our Lady in the erection of which We were all co- builders. lt is fitting that the most beautiful portion of our campus should be dedicated to Mary, Our Mother, whose love we have been taught to seek, in emulation of our beloved teachers, who have consecrated their lives to her service. Thus it has been our good fortune to attend Mount St. Michael during years when it has been developing, as it Were, from childhood to sturdy young manhood. lf we aided in this development in even the slightest way we glory in the fact. As loyal Alumni, it will be our pleasure during the coming years to follow with deep interest the continued growth of our school. Finally, ere we depart, we must bow our heads in a silent prayer of thanksgiving to God on Whose grace our very existence depends. Here, we have learned to know Him better. The Chapel has been for many of us our sole refuge from the overburden- ing cares of the world. Now, on the thresh- old of a new life, we realize that knowing God and trusting in His Divine Wisdom will ofttimes be our only encouragement in a cold and cynical world. The religious instruction of our high school career will be of utmost importance in later life in counters acting the subversive influence of modern morality. We will not make the unfortunate mistake of forgetting God. Rather we, as Christians, will keep Christ in our lives, and we will never cease to remember what a Marist education has so deeply inculcated in us-the impossibility of lasting success without the assistance of God Almighty. Nil sine Numinef' Pxge 'I'1ter1!i-Iftvtft