Our Lady of Angels High School - Amaranth Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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HONORED BY ELL Ruler . . . When the Duke of Florence re-entered his territories after the fall of Napoleon, his first care was to repair the Church dedicated to Mary. Warrior . . . Joan of Arc was a true knight of Mary. Before setting out on her military career she prostrated herself before the statue of our Lady at Vancoulers. When Joan was made head of the French army she had three banners made: one, bearing the words lljesus, Mary; one, depicting Mary at the foot of the Cross; and still an- other, to be carried by her, representing the Annunciation of our Lady. Before every engagement she would order her soldiers together under the banner of Mary to sing her praise and invoke her help. Aviator. . . Colonel Lindbergh carried a Blessed Virgin medal with him on his famous non- stop flight across the Atlantic to Paris. Musician. . . Several famous musicians were discussing the best method of refreshing the mind when it is weary with mental labor. After such contributions as: uQuit work and go into company? There is nothing so effective as a glass of good wine,n Joseph Haydn, the famOus Austrian composer, did not hesitate to say: I take my rosary, which I always carry about with me; after a few decades I am sure to feel re- freshed in body and mind? Artist. . . Raphael, the greatest of the great painters of the Madonna, on his deathbed ex- pressed his desire to be buried in the Church of Santa Maria and Martyres with a marble statue of Our Lady on his tomb. Author. . . Canon Sheehan would frequently arrange that the completion of a book written by him should coincide with some feast of Our Lady. He would say: I want this to be a feast day gift for her? S cientists . . . Pasteur and Roentgen, two master scientists, may well be remembered as: the Frenchman with his rosary beads before the Blessed Sacrament, the German with his at the feet of Our Ladyls statue. Roentgen recited the Rosary each day and fasted every Saturday in honor of Mary, at Whose feet he found the solution to all his problems and diiflculties. Students. . . The life size Biancoduro Marble statue of the Mother of Grace, which adorns Our Lady of Angels High School campus, is a gift of the 1938 student body-a tribute of love to Mary, uPatroness of Schools and Dispenser of all Graces. RUTH MARY BUTZ Asst 5 gem-

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wsz AM AW TH Wee TOTO PULCHRH ES! Ala, bar smile makes Heavln rejoice, Eyes of Saints t0 glistm Even angels at l??? voice H uslo their barps to listen, And tlae liglot 0f Maryls eyes Adds a bliss to Paradise. VERY girl endeavors to form in her mind an image of MaryeMary, the Ch the beautiful, the glory of Jerusalem, the joy of Israel, the honor of our people.,, She pictures her as the epitome of feminine loveliness, the aggre- gate embodiment of all that is most beautiful, precious and sacred in woman. In vain she seeks for help from the master artiste creationethe poet,s eloquent verseethe sculptofs like-like marble. Each image falls far short of her expectation; it proves dis- appointing because it is not as beautiful as the beautiful Mary she endeavors to create in her mind. Of this she is certain-Mary is beautiful, beautiful beyond compare. More beautiful than . . . The contemplation of this incomprehensible loveliness finds her repeating a line from a favorite hymn, When Jesus looks upon thy face His heart with rapture The very words challenge her, evoke the seemingly unanswerable question, I glows? Wherein lies the all-conquering fascination of Maryls beauty? To What should she be compared? To what likened? To what equalled? Words are too meager to express Maryls exquisite charms; glowing colors are far too faint to depict her incomparable fairness; chiselled marble is much too weak to portray her peerless beauty. At last happy chance brings to her hand a unique old manuscript whose description of Mary not only confirms the inspired writefs: uAll the beauty of the Kings daughter is Within? but tells in quaint fashion the natural endowments that make Mary beautiful beyond com- pare. It invites appreciation of Mary,s surpassing loveliness. Mary was in everything modest and earnest; she spoke little, and then only about necessaries; she was very courteous and rendered to all honor and respect. She was of middle stature, though some assert her to have been somewhat taller. She had a pale tint, light hair, piercing eyes with yellowish olive-colored pupils. Her brows were arched and moderately black, her nose moderately long, her lips fresh and full of amiability when speaking; her face was round, not pointed, but longish; hands and fingers fairly long. Finally, she was without pride, simple without guile; she had no insipidity about her, but was unassuming; in short, there was in all her ways divine grace? Beauty itself is Hay 8011, and we now, Know float immaculate heauty art thou! MARY LOUISE JUNO