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

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WG? ' 'li O c qi ' V Wxx ' Y . Oiiiwziiis 'af'. i f B ' was the Senior Breakfast. The Seniors gladly admitted that we had surprised them in the excellence of our service and entertainment. Our junior year or Banneret term was a happy one despite the fact that we were brought face to face with a formidable cannonade of studies. 'Twas in this year also that our school paper, Lourdes Fountain, came to life. Needless to say that we Bannerets played a vital part in its makeup. Bannerets awake to fight- ' Thou art from strife set free, Dreamer of dreams, good-night. Strike for the Kingand livel his knights have heard That God hath told the King a secret word. OUR SENIOR YEAR-' 'if' ' Christ's Troop, Mary's Guard, God's own Knights and Ladies Draw your swords, and strike at Hell, and strike again Every steel-born spark that lies where God's battles are, Flashes' past the face of God, and is a star. As Knights and Ladies of a Chivalrous Class have we come to the portal lead- ing out into a new life. This last year in our High School has been one of com- bined study and pleasure. The dignity of the honor of Knight and Lady em- bodied in us many noble sentiments and engendered many noble actions. The spirit of it animated our poetry and artg it created ambition and-it stimulated new energies into our very souls. This same chivalrous spirit made our annual bazaar and our debates brilliant successes. Now we are entering upon the last grade of Knighthood-Graduation Day! Knights and Ladies of 1927, do you realize it? The long-looked for day, that loomed up before our fancy so rosy, so full of promise, is close at hand. But, oh, how its charms vanish! W'e thought to be glad that the irksome years of study, of preparation for knighthood are over, but after all our school days are about the happiest of our lives. Only a few more weeks and a new era of life begins for us, we are old enough to think of the fu- ture, to plan and prepare for the future. Who can fathom the future? VV e are standing at the Parting of the Ways, now it behooves us as Knights and Ladies that we do not hide before ourselves the pro and con that we may not fail in dis- cerning the right way. Our choice may not be determined by a high ideal only, nor by fame, by a great name, by accumulation of riches, nor by human respect. As knights and ladies, we must consider well whether we have the abilities and strength for the lifework we determine upon. . The shortest life is longest, if 'tis bestg 'Tis ours to work-to God belongs the rest. Our lives are measured by the deeds we do, The thoughts we think, the objects we pursue. A fair young life poured out upon the sod, In the high cause of freedom and of God, Though all too short his course and quickly run, Is full and glorious as the orbed sung . While he who lives to hoary-headed age Oft dies an infant-dies and leaves no signg For he has' writ no deed on history's page, And unfulfilled is being's great design. D.ANIEL MEVERS, ARTHUR PLANTE, FRED PELTIER, '27. YN - - , b 1, ' . . Q' - dv, -5 x' A5 .fvisiffifi 555 0s'lGT s - - Pag6'2Q' 7 Q- , v

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,f THEY CONQUER WHO CONQUER THEMSELVES Courage, fortitude, and unselfishness are some of the qualities that usually distinguish the hero or heroine. Mythology, history, fiction abound with exam- ples of heroism, which not only awaken admiration and enthusiasm but also the desire for emulation. There is no need, however, of seeking models in the pages of ancient history, for the Middle Ages with their deeds of valor and chivalry when knighthood was in fiower, and our own modern times, the late world war have heroes to present in countless numbers. The ideal heroism is that practiced in the daily round of duty. It needs no special time or place, as Emerson says: Times of heroism are generally times of terror, but the day never shines in which this element may not work. . .who so is heroic will always find crises to try his edge. Every day brings its opportunities for achieving great things by doing the little things and dropping the thought of self. The sufferer, on his bed of pain, who hides his tortures beneath a smile to save his loved ones from anxiety, is, in reality, as heroic as the brave knights of old, as the brave general on the battle- field, a Caesar, or a Washington. The self-sacrificing mother, who patiently and cheerfully bears the burdens of life, possesses the same heroic qualities that dis- tinguished many noble women in history. The person who gives up a life-long vice, or who conquers an evil passion, requires as much courage as did the hero of the Middle Ages at the burning stake or in the arena. The man who faces privation and daily self-renunciation for duty's sake actually shows the same heroic qualities that urged a Richard, the Lionhearted, in the age of chivalry, to face the perils of land and sea. The heroine who bravely bears the hourly annoyances of domestic toil, pov- erty, and sickness with a cheerful resignationg the teacher who amid discourage- ments and difficulties labors perseveringly in the training of youthg the nurse who in spite of fatigue tenderly cares for the sick, is, each in her field, another joan of Arc, a Florence Nightingale, or a Mary Stuart of heroic fame. The grandest heroism, and that which embodies all others, is the heroism of the Cross. Its achievements are seldom noted, its deeds and devotions rarely told. What unseen, yet heroic qualities, make up the life of hundreds who have given their health and life to the service of suffering mankind, not for the sake of ap- plause or gain, but for the glory of God! Behold the myriads who labor day after day in the classroom instructing youth and bearing heroically with its thoughtless conduct, a heavy cross, perchance, but ever suggestive that in this sign they shall conquer. Now, to make the heart capable of heroic greatness, the idea of sacrifice must be instilled into it early, for the daily instances of self-denial in home-life train the mind for acts of heroism in later life. Self-control, from morning till night, each day and every day, means heroic effort. To perform a disagreeable duty, when inclination calls the other way, is to make heroic effort. In other words, control in the big game of life, where decision and courage are needed, is learned only by the daily practice of restraint in small things. How appropriate our class motto, He conquers, who conquers himself. BERNICE PLANTE and HELEN REDMAN, 727. VN It - 0 X ' ' 5 . ' , 'N N an .T-50163 0 --9, e-saw' 31 1.3 Pay? so