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

Page 17 text:

Jht. The revelry of the last few days — final exam¬ inations, graduation, and class night have now taken their place among the unforgettable memories of our high school days at O.L.A. With the solemn promises of friendship and the warm handshakes of affection, we the Class of 1957 have written the last pages in our four-year diary. Tonight we close its covers and stand solemnly on the threshold between the old and the new. We are to say our very last farewells tonight and leave these portals forever. But in a sense we are not leaving O.L.A., for O.L.A. is a part of us in many, many ways. There are friends made in remembered hours these past years, principles etched deeply by the clash of mind on mind, values cherished in the slow revelation of a maturer vision, and memories drawn from the rich stream of our dear O.L.A. traditions. Only the memories of these will remain ours. The traditions as they are, we must return to you, O.L.A. You have lent them to us, to use, to cherish, to enrich, and as all good things, to leave behind. We are returning them to you today, and as you look upon this daisy chain and feel it placed upon your shoulders, remember it is not only a garland covered with daisies. It is a symbol of the love and fellowship which bind us together as Angelites. It is a symbol of the words we have repeated every day in our Angelite Pledge”. It is a symbol of our school song Pep” which echoes from the heart of every true Angelite. It is a symbol of our ever in¬ creasing determination to unite under the standard of Christ,” and for us the Class of 1957, it is a re¬ minder, that we like knights of old faring forth to fight” in the, battle of life, must be sure our lance is lifted for the right”. For you, Fellow Angelites, it is truth, a very liv¬ ing truth because O.L.A. is Very much alive with all the vitality, vibrancy, and vigor of a living entity. O.L.A. has a mind, ever penetrating more deeply the mysteries of God and man, the secrets of arts and sciences. There is O.L.A.’s warm heart, tender as a mother toward every cherished Angelite. There is O.L.A.’s great soul, for O.L.A. is a principle, a spirit, distinguished in itself from everything else. Living things grow in breadth, in depth, and in complexity. Fellow Angelites! The responsibility of O.L.A.’s life lies on you. She depends on you — on your school spirit, your fidelity to her regulations, your respect for her Faculty, and above all, your childlike dependence on the Almighty. Without you she will die. With you she will flourish in experience and in age. It is because of this, your duty, that we are be¬ queathing this wreath to you tonight. You must always remember that as the spirit thrives, the body lives. And O.L.A. will live in her traditions. Keep them alive: the Red Mass, beginning the school year in union with the Omnipotent God, the sunshine baskets, helping to brighten the holy days for the needy, the Annual Retreat, strengthening the bonds between heaven and O.L.A., the ceremonies of Little Sister Adoption, the annual Get-Acquainted Party, the Mother-Daughter Tea, the frequent visits to Our Lady of the Oratory, daily visits to the source of all knowledge exposed on the Eucharistic Throne in the Convent Chapel, the May and October visits of the traveling Virgin to Angelites’ homes, the Blue Army Pledges to Our Lady on the Feast of the Purifica¬ tion, the Sophomore Arbor Day Rites, the annual School Play, Ring Day, the Seniors’ W ashington Trip, Commencement Day, and finally Class Night. These traditions are in your hands now, fellow Angelites; love them, cultivate them, and may they grow with you in glory to God and Mary Our Mother and Our Lady of the Angels. Adelle Chwalek ’57 13

Page 16 text:

JSCngelite — 1 Vho 3s She If she can hear the whispering about her And never yield to deal in whispers, too; If she can bravely smile when loved ones doubt her, And never doubt, in turn, what loved ones do; If she can keep a sweet and gentle spirit In spite of fame or fortune, rank or place, And though she win her goal or only near it, Can win with poise or lose with equal grace; SHE IS AN ANGELITE — UNDER OUR LADY’S MANTLE OF BLUE. If she can meet with unbelief, believing, And hallow in her heart, a simple creed, If she can meet deception, undeceiving, And learn to look to God for all she needs; If she can be what girls should be to mothers — Chums in joy and comrades in distress; And be unto others as she would have the others Be unto her — no more, and yet no less; SHE IS AN ANGELITE — UNDER OUR LADY’S MANTLE OF BLUE. If she can keep within her heart the power To say that firm, unconquerable No”; If she can brave a present shadowed hour Rather than yield to build a future woe; If she can love, yet not let loving master, But keep herself within her own self’s clasp, And not let dreaming lead her to disaster Nor pity’s fascination loose her grasp; SHE IS AN ANGELITE — UNDER OUR LADY’S MANTLE OF BLUE. If she can lock her heart on confidences, Nor ever needlessly in turn confide; If she can put behind her all pretenses Of mock humility or foolish pride; If she can keep the simple homely virtue Of walking right with God — then truly and forever SHE IS AN ANGELITE — UNDER OUR LADY’S MANTLE OF BLUE. — Adapted — 12 Class of 1957

Page 18 text:

JOAN CATHERINE ANDRONIK St. Adalbert Providence, R. I. WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE; WITH CHARITY FOR ALL. Angelite Staff Business Manager 4; Avila Writers Club 4; Christopher Club 1; French Circle Librarian 4; Genesians Club 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Librarian 3, 4; Maris Stella Latin Club 2, Secretary 4; Polish Circle 1, 2, 3; Vice-President 4; Annual School Play 3, 4. Jdike knights of old. PATRICIA CLAIRE BERGERON St. Bernard Hazardville, Conn. LOVE GOD, AND HE WILL DWELL WITH YOU. OBEY GOD AND HE WILL RE¬ VEAL TO YOU THE TRUTH OF HIS DEEPEST TEACHINGS. Business Club ' 2, 3, 4; Christopher Club 2; Genesians Club 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Annual School Play 3, 4. 14