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

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DOROTHY THERESA WLAZLO St. Bernard Hazardville, Conn. CHARACTER IS THE BASIS OF HAPPI¬ NESS, AND HAPPINESS IS THE SANC¬ TION OF CHARACTER. Business Club 3, Corresponding Secretary 4; Civics Club 1; Christopher Club 1, 2; Gene- sians Club 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual School Play 3, 4. A TRIBUTE . . . To Our Faculty: Friends, Teachers, Guides, Sponsors BECAUSE: by word and deed you brightened the world about us, you were interested in us personally, your kindness made our lives pleasant, your patience made our tasks less difficult, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE . . . respect your ability, appreciate your kindness, admire your character and genial personality, value your friendship and self-sacrifice, honor your integrity. ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO OUR DEAR SISTERS, who bore the burden of our losses, who shouldered our responsibilities, who carried home the worries and cares of the day, who constantly schemed and planned, who untangled our difficulties and inspired us to nobler aims. 28

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VIRGINIA ELIZABETH ULITSCH St. Mary Windsor Locks, Conn. THE ACTIONS OF MEN ARE THE BEST INTERPRETERS OF THEIR THOUGHTS. Business Club 3, 4; Christopher Club 1; Gen- esians Club 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual School Play 3, 4. your (b uchanstic SALUTATORIAN SARAH ELIZABETH WALLACE St. Mary Windsor Locks, Conn. CHARACTER IS HIGHER THAN INTEL¬ LECT ... A GREAT SOUL WILL BE STRONG TO LOVE AS WELL AS TO THINK. Angelite Staff Assistant Editor 3, Editor 4; Avila Writers Club 2, President 3, 4; Civics Club 1; Christopher Club 1, President 2; Chris¬ tian Citizenship Forum 2; French Circle Presi¬ dent 4; Genesians Club 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Library Science 4; Literary Club 1, 2; Maris Stella Latin Club 2, 4, President 3; Junior Classical League 2, 3; Auxilium Latinum 2; Quill and Scroll Award 3; Class Treasurer 1; Class Spokesman 2, 3; Class Secretary 4; Annual School Play 3, 4. 27

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J Cfter of he Combat, of he Crown Life is a battle. We read in the gospel of Saint Matthew: The kingdom of God suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.” For every Christian, therefore, and consequently, for every Angelite, life is a battle for the kingdom of God in her heart and through her leadership and example, in the hearts of all men. and unfamiliar. Its street is paved with many odds. Its destination is maturity. As we pace life’s road, we will be confronted with many blockades. Impurity, selfishness, weakness, and failure lie in the shadows of life. Purity, valor, integrity, and honor are prevalent in the sunshine —a fci i fe which surrounds its way as an aura of delight, ■e path we choose lies in the folds of the depth Nothing great is easily won. The battle for kingdom calls for struggle upon struggle, fight upotf?? S@f ' our jrjaraturjty. We must be ever prepared to meet fight for honesty and truth. life’s attacks with fortitude and perseverance. We Every battler in life’s great war will either taste mu§Gpways strive to follow the way of light in the sweet and fragrant spice of success or to avoid the pitfalls of darkness, bitter herb of failure. O ' e vdhd the bend of life, on glory’s road, lies our Life’s great battle is two-fold. It offers luxuries and comfort to the adults, the citizens of today, and temptfully offers the easy way” of life to today’s teenagers, tomorrow’s adults. ' I V The choice of the teenager concerning life’s temptations is of major impact. The modern teen¬ ager is presented a garden of many fruits; the fruit of evil or good; the fruit of hate or love; the fruit of vice or of virtue. The choice as to whicl lit the teenager will pluck from life’s a decides tomorrow’s future. The way of life w today’s teenager chooses, paves tomorrow’s high of life. It is with the cognizance of society’s major com¬ bat, that we, the Class of 1957, young citizens of the world, have chosen as our class motto: AFTER T1 COMBAT, THE CROWN. Life is, at this stage of our adolesene be presented to us in its full force. Our friends, and all our acquaintances, h seeds of hope and trust in our young he the past four years of our secondary sc seeds were nurtured in our hearts. They, took root in the furrows of our minds; they were deve in the alertness of our young lives; they were cu vated in the chambers of our hearts. The crops!; fared time’s flight. The harvest is ready! We have, dependently, fared the past years. Now, independently, so to speak, we must face the respon¬ sibility of regulating our own lives; of meeting time’s future sphere fairly and squarely; of march¬ ing valiantly on the highway of life to a valiant womanhood. As women of tomorrow’s society, our expecta¬ tions and capabilities are manifold. We, young women of today, are tomorrow’s career women, to¬ morrow’s mothers, tomorrow’s valiant women. The road of life which looms before us is strange ss. sgination. A life of firm morals and virtue will carry us to success; perhaps not success of mundane affairs, but the satisfaction of the fulfillment of our God-impressed obligations. y Many times in life’s tomorrow, we will find dis- appointment. Many times, our women’s hearts will it with the winds of grief — grief — deep and impressive; grief — that will leave an indelible mark on our hearts; grief — that will flood the ebb maturity. ; signs, these badges of grief, if accepted Hn humility and love, are the stars in our celestial crown of tomorrow. One of the most valiant women of the Church’s and history’s days, who was indeed a warrior for uth and honor, was Saint Joan of Arc, the Maid of s, the patroness and model of the Class of l iliantly and nobly, she rode her white steed to battle Bravely and forcefully, she confronted life’s odds with her radiantly shining shield of pur¬ ity. Blessed and holy, she surrendered herself in the cleansing ravages of fire to her guide and love — mighty Creator. :S with this same sense of surrender that we jW ' ield our way through life. Our sacred gift omanhood is our treasure to be protected and valued. Our purity is our shield. Trust and hope are our weapons. God is our celestial goal. Following in the blood-pressed footsteps of our patroness, Saint Joan of Arc, we tread the highway of life. We know not where it ends, how far it winds, or how rough the march may be. But, as valiant women of tomorrow, we must march for¬ ward; forward and onward to our destination, to the new birth of our souls; to our guiding light on the pathway of eternal life — the sacred splendor of the Beatific Vision. Truly, AFTER THE COMBAT, COMES THE CROWN! Judith Jedziniak ’57