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

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REVEREND EDWIN SCHICK, O.F.M Chaplain

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'70 Um I9 P : In this time of national victory, we are emerging upon the threshold of a new life. It is true that we pass through these portals but onceg yet we shall often have cause to look back to those angels, our pastors and parents, who have guided us safely through four prosperous school years and who have given their time and talents so unselfishly to further Catholic educa- tion. There are so many different ways of expressing our gratitude, and we would like to convey a humble, yet heartfelt thanks We hope that our future lives will prove the gratitude that we feel so deeply at this present moment. CLASS OF 1946 JACQUELINE WASHOWITZ

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7a lfze Q : HE OPEN DOOR has long been a symbol of gracious welcome, freedom and oppor- tunity. In a sense, the open door is an invitation to life and hap- piness. We can readily understand, therefore, the reasons why you graduates have chosen doors as the theme for the Amaranth which you will treasure through the years. On the contrary, the closed and bolted door is an apt symbol of exclusion, of irrevocable decision, and of opportunities which are no more. Consequently, it may be a symbol of things either dread- ful or cheerful, depending on what that closed door shields from view. The closed and bolted door of heaven for example, signifies dreadful sorrow to those who are locked out, but it means unspeak- able joy for those who are fortunate enough to be locked within! Quite understandably, school doors look best to the average graduate when they close for the last time, because it means the end of a long and strenuous job, but to anyone who has not ap- preciated the opportunities symbolized by those doors when they were open, then those closed doors are a sad reminder of wasted years behind, and the probable prospect of some sad and wasteful years ahead. One of the most poignant passages of sacred scripture is con- tained in the parable of the ten virgins. Five of these young jewish bridesmaids were wise and provident, and five of them were not. The wise, of course, were permitted to enjoy the delights of the tardy wedding feast with the bride and groom. Then, as the scrip- ture says with telling and divine simplicity: and the door was shut! In the meantime the Hve foolish virgins were trying to remedy their mistake, little realizing that the time for correcting mistakes was over. What a woeful sound there is in these words which describe their plight as they pound upon the door: But at last came also the other virgins, saying: 'Lord, Lord open to us.' But he answering said: 'Amen I say to you, I know you notl' The tragedy of the bride deserted at the church door is frequent enough in the annals of human history, but here in this parable Christ