Our Lady of the Angels Academy - Angelican Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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. f -,'L DOLORES JUDITH KUBICZA MIDDLBTOWN, CoNN. Christopher Club 2, 3, 4, Literary Club 2, 3, 4, Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Polish Circle 2, 35 Vice-Pres- ident 4, Ave Maris Stella Club-Vice-President 2, Angelite Staff-Reporter 2, 35 Business Manager 43 Planning Committee 3, 4. For the many joys you have given us, God grant you choicest blessings from above: Happiness and contentment that is precious, Peace, friendship, and His eternal love. V S if 5 FRANCES THERESA MOTYL MIDDLETOWN, CoNN. Christopher Club 2, 3, 4, Literary Club, Assistant Secretary 35 Vice-President 45 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Polish Circle 2, Secretary 3, President 4, Ave Maris Stella Club 2, 3, 4, President 2, 3, Angelite Staff-Reporter 4, Mimeographer 4g Planning Com- mittee 5, 43 CLASS VICE-PRESIDENT. For your many acts of kindness, we humbly pray That on the morrow, as you go your way, You may go bravely, never ceasing to smile, And help to make many more lives worth-while. .A i 4 f 3 -if 'f Y..

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THE DRAMA BEGINS PROLOGUE - There is a destiny that makes us brothers, None goes his way alonef All that we send into the lives of others Comes hack into our own. For many of us the season of autumn is the most glorious of all the year. In every meter the beauties of autumn have been sung attempting to describe the artistic strokes of the Divine Artist. In autumn, truly, God has dipped His paint brush in His palette of colors and splashed the hills and woods and fields with robes of saffron, and crimson, and gold, and yellow, and brown, and scarlet. In this amazing garden of beauty, in the historical town of Enfield, Connecticut, in Sep- tember, 1945, five Freshies meet at Our Lady of the Angels Academy to stage their part in a four- act drama of life, a drama which promised salutary returns - A SOUND CHRISTIAN EDUCA- TION. ACT I - 1945-1946 I will give glory to Thee, O Lord, my King and I will praise Thee, O God my Saviour. Time is laden with rich experiences especially for the Freshies in the memorable academic year 1945-1946. It was our Springtime of life, the sweet and heavenly child-time,-full of promise, full of prophecy, full of joy. Experience linked experience and every chain of experience made for a more abundant life. We became acquainted with friends, teachers, and books. Our acquaintance with friends and teachers supplied us with golden memories upon which our souls would feed in the future. Our acquaintance with books, however, led us to broader horizons, and provided us with many vicarious experiences which enabled us to read the importance of life by the light of an ex- alted understanding. The study of religion embedded into our hearts the genuine love and knowl- edge of God, the Father. In the Latin class, all our attention was centered on the elements of the language which furnished us with the key to unlock the treasures of the ancient past. Biology took us on many interesting trips to God's laboratory- the Great Outside. Our foundation for further study of the mathematical and social sciences was laid in the algebra class through a careful and sys- tematic study of fundamental techniques employed in the sciences. English provided us with a bet- ter understanding and enjoyment of good writing produced by American and English writers. An outstanding event of our Freshmen year was the blessed and solemn ceremony of INITIA- TION. We blushed and we sighedg but all in all we had a grand and glorious time. We took our test of loyalty with courage and as a result we were donned with new O. L. A. school uniforms. Other experiences of a gay and friendly nature were the many surprises planned for us by the Seniors for Halloween, Christmas, and Easter. After the traditional annual examination, the aca- demic year 1945-1946 came to a happy close. Longingly did we look back and exclaim, We would give the world to be Freshies again. ACT II - 1946-1947 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house, and the place where Thy glory dwellethf' In the previous year we went as far as we could see but when we faced the school year 1946-1947, we realized the beauty of the Lord's house, and in return the Lord sharpened our spiritual vision to see farther. We began the year with our ranks increased by one. We were now six. Our friend- ship strengthened, we plunged into our studies meeting with new books, new ideas, new experiences. Religion was the core subject. All our studies in the religion classes radiating from the second Per- son of the Blessed Trinity, jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer. Near to Christ we found the radiant center of light and love and there made our dwelling. Geometry made us logical thinkers and led us to appreciate the massive and stupendous structures designed by men throughout the ages. With Caesar we fought many battles, reflecting upon the Roman method of warfare. In English we read to reflect and appreciate the numerous types of literature, namely, the short story, novel, ballad, lyric, essay, biography and drama. Polish as an elective taken by a number of the students acquaint- ed them with etymological concepts, and enabled them to translate longer Polish passages into Eng- lish and vice versa. World History taught us the importance of the past in shaping the institutions ot the present. Outside the classroom our social experiences were broadened in the numerous social cultural clubs, assemblies and other friendly gatherings. Final examinations lowered the stage curtain of the second act of our drama and we departed to prepare ourselves for the following school year.