Our Lady of Lourdes High School - Knight Yearbook (Marinette, WI)

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V552-Q is '.W. s, s.,.:- ' . B. KNIGI-ITI-IOOD Be valiant, courteous. and loyal ! VV ith these words the Knight was sent forth to serve his God, Church, and Lady. VV ith these words he was sent forth on an honorable and noble service. Be valiant -he was to display an invincible strength and valor to all. Be courteous -he was to show great courtesy to the oppressed, to his equals, and to his superiors. Be loyal -he was to be loyal always to his God and his Church. This is the essence of Knighthood, which embodied some of the noblest senti- ments and included many of the worthiest actions of contemporary mankind. It enlightened the Middle Ages: it animated poetry and art 3 it created romance and heraldry and it helped to determine individual ethics. Q He who was to become a knight had to undergo a long and arduous prepara- tory education. At the early age of seven the child was removed from his father's house to the castle of his future patron. He was placed under the care of a gov- ernor who taught him the first articles of religion, respect and reverence to his superiors, and initiated him into the ceremonies of the court. He was, at this early age, called a page, as his duty was to serve. In his lei- sure hours he was instructed in the mysteries of woods and rivers, that is, in hunt- ing, falconry, and fishingg and in wrestling, tilting with spears and performing other military feats on horseback. At the age of fourteen he became a squire and began a course of severer and more laborious exercises. To vault on a horse in heavy armory to run, scale walls, and spring over ditchesg to wrestle, to perform gracefully all the evolutions of horsemanship. All these were requisites for the receiving of knighthood, which was conferred at the age of twenty-one, when his education was supposed to have been completed. During this preparation he was engaged in acquiring the refinements of civil- ity or courtesy. Religion united its influence with that of loyalty, and the order of knighthood, endowed with much sanctity and religious awe, became the object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns. The ceremonies of initiation were very solemn. After undergoing a severe fast and spending many nights in prayer, the candidate confessed and received Holy Communion. He then clothed himself in snow-white garments and went to the Church, bearing a knightly sword suspended from his neck. The candidate, then, with folded arms knelt before the presiding knight who administered to him the oaths. He was then presented with the spurs, coat of mail, halberd, armlet, and gauntletg lastly he girds on the sword. Again he knelt before the president, who, rising from his seat, gave him the accolade, which consisted of three strokes on the neck of the candidate, saying these words: IN THE NAME OF GOD, OF ST. MICHAEL, AND ST. GEORGE, I MAKE THEE A KNIGHTQ BE VALIANT, COURTEOUS, AND LOYAL. JOSEPH LAUERMAN, '27. YN f - -se, Q. Y alia 'f 5 5 ,Q ,-x S' Q Ara .aslfufi 59, kings S 9 1-. X A ' - 35 Puig 18

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