Our Lady of Mercy High School - Mercedes Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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,llgam I the Odd By Slazrley Van Bzllmrd 47 Doxx x rm xx ORN RO 111 of tune eaeh Qeneratlon 1n 1ts turn l11s petted and pnnpered 1ts be xxlldered offsprlng 1nto l1ttle buddlnq QCIIIUSCS before, xx 1th ee1e111on1ous f'lUllI'lSl1, tl1e older ge11er1t1o11 l11s sxx una xx ldC tl1e g1te and ffentlx nudged tl1e f:lllSllll1Q adoleseeut, pxele 111 l1 lllll, ox er tl1e threshold and out IIHO tl1e xxorld In dwxs of xore xxl1e11 lemffhts xxe1e bold and d1111sels xx ere fan l1d1es eaeh 1elxe11turer about to le1xe tl1e sl1eltered 1oof of l1e1 p1ter nal IIIHISIOII to bevm l1e1 oxxn l1UI11C l1fe had, bes1des 1 l1noxx ledge of tl1e soeml QFILCS, an lnnate fund of 1nfo11111t1o11 on ho111e111al11nQ, but 111 tl1e eo111pl1e1ted 11111ddle of tl1e 70th ee11tu1x tl1e of me 11ls ueees IIIOIC th111 SllIflLL deep sto1eof t11eles to st11t plel me up t1111e 011 l1e1 xxolldlx t1el JCCIII tee11 1 e1s 11e 1e1x11111 t1e 1111 xxo1 el but p1U1111s111 todlx l11s e11eo1111te1ee 1 11exx txx 1st ot 1111te111l1s111 mel lIllLlSlIl Uxns 15 1 Llxlllllflllll llllllt o11 s111el xx he1e SUplllSf1 e1t1on outpl1ees s1nee11tx a1t1he11l1tx 18 tl1e rule rather tl11n tl1e exeeptlon The dexxx ex ed graduate 15 1 httle xx obblx on her spllees as she surx ex s tl1e LIHLCITHIIIIW of tl1e uneerteun future 1 future xx l11el1 n1anx , too 111a11x ID f1et haxe not the moral eourage to faee 111d to hqht XX I1 II 18 most 1111port'1nt at tl1e lJLUlI1DlI1g of adx CIIIUFL IIIIO hfe IS tl1e honest to goodness effort to ox ereo111e obstl eles, to eonquer ex1ls that eonfront o11e, and to str1xe for that xx h1eh IS good, for on tl11s depends eternal salxat1on or eternal rum Perhaps the hrst obstaele eneountered bx the 1110dern Cathohe Xllss IS ehoosmg, or rather, findmg her xoeatlon Prom tl1e plst experlenee 1t IS posslble to estunate that ox er three quarters of 19-Hs graduates xx 1ll find Il1Cll' l1fe s xx orle 1n tl11t e1reer xx l11eh beeuns to tl1e tu11e of Here C o111es tl1e Brlde No one demes that IIIIVIIIQL IS 1 1111ff111hee11t xoe 1t1o11 1xxexe1, od1x IS 1u1111111ff 1U1111s su 1 strong eo1npet1t0r IH tl1e current praetxee, d1 xoree, that perl11ps It xx ould be IUOIC preelse to 1lter tl1e t1tle of tl11s state of hfe bx ealhnq t 111 1xoe1t1o11 so111etl11ng xx l11el1 18 under t1ee11 111 o11es spne tune, pr1111111lx for t1e s1lee of UIIUSLIIICIII and rel1x1t1on St1t1st1es shoxx tl11t xx 1tl1111 the PISSIIIQ of not too 111anx' xe11s tl1e IIYC of el1x oreed persons III tl1e Lmted St1tes xx1ll exeeed the mte of those xx l1o 1re 1111111eel The bexx1ldered x oungster le1x1ne1 l1e1 e11ef1ee hwh sehool daxs hears thls starthnff nexxs 1nd IS stlrtled she 15 afrald to face tl1e futu1e tl1e uneertun ehallenges 1e1 of eou1se xx1ll '1lxx1xs plax 1ts pllt the xxo1ld s Llllllll but 111 the plesellt e11 tl1e o e111pl11s11ed llltl plllJllLllLKl ll lfll Ill 11111ox 1114 s meem 1 ss mee, IS e s1w 1ts x 1nto sueh plillllllltlll' pl1ees IS Llllltllf llSlllUl1S, p1ee1p1t1t1nv stx les 1eel1111U of lllllllfbkllhlfx Xt hrst the1e xx e1e fexx xx ho d1red to 1eeept the ICXL1llI1!.f stxles 111d be dnjferent Noxx there IFC too fexx xx l1o d1re not to be dll:l'CI'CI1I too fexx xx l1o are not burmnff thelr 1neense at the shrlne of 1ndeeenex Drlnle of eourse, I'lll1S the gauntlet of the all t1111e ex1l But tl11s, too has taleen 1 n x txxlst xx1th the e111pl11s1s 011 tl1e female Xwlllf 1 deplorlble plC,fllI'C 1 xoung xxo111'1n xxho o11ee xx as pl 1eed upon a pedestal to be rex ered bx the OPPOSIIC sex noxx 1 frequenter of a tax ern 1 x1et1111 of the deadlx fire xx ater P1eture tl1e l1o111e ox er xx h1eh sueh a xoung xx on1an 15 the uustress llsten to the erles of t1nx b1bes begglnff for her maternal eare Sl 61 111 .1111 suel1 15 hfe, as tl1ex sax ID Sp1n1sh But forewn phrases xx ont solxe the pI'0lJlClIl No one e111 eseape f1e1ng the xx orld tl1e C wthohe x ounff ffnrl IS bou11d III eonsenenee Cl tx 1 ln 11111 to st11 e 1e1 oxx Il txxo feet flee the ISSUL lllkl f1ff1t If 7 f cc T as . . . , 7 ' Z ' J 1 ' 1 ' v ' 5 - I 13 1 1 ' 5 - ' ' 1 1 I ' .' . . 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rf If xx orked, xx ould get Patsx a date and her self some peaee of mind The first thrng Saturdax mormng, the sharp jangle of the telephone pulled Pat out of bed Sleepy and slrghtly out of sorts, she grabbed the recerx er off of 1ts hook H lo H1 Pat It xx as Tals xorce VVhx drd she sound so peppx , so xx rde axx ake VVa1t ll x ou hear' The delrxerx man brought a COD package thrs mormng and guess xx hat' It xx as your perfume' Xou must lraxe sent the com prnx the Wrong house number bx mrstake Oh perfume I xx ant to sleep But aren t you ex en glad Pat Gee xx h17 I thought x ou d be glad to knoxx xou xx ere so darn exerted about ffettlnv rt rn trme for the partx I xx ant to sleep U ox er lrter, though Bxe ' Bx e X axxnmg xxrdelx Patsx let the phone fall baek on the hook and cr rxxled 1nto bed Perfume' At tlrrs hour' xx rs rll she eorrld manage, and rs the stuffed l rttx on the end of her bed had no rnsxxer, she xxas soon fast asleep As she slumbered on she had beautiful dreams of her self gomg rrourrd QKIIIIIUHQ la tale I rre rt ex erx man she srxx Irghteeu slaxes folloxxed her rrounel md she eollected them as they fell, rn bushel baskets Rrght after supper, Tal eame over She brought the precrous package xx 1th her, and set to xx ork sprax mg Pxtsx exen before the xx rappmg xx as off Luekrlx rt xx asn t the force ful tx pe, so Patsx drdnt reek a b1t She just had sort of an out of thrs xx orld arr Thex set Ollf for the partx gaxlx, prepared for a good nrght And xx as rt exer' johnnx Desmond xx as there and to tlr1s dax Patsx eant remember xx hen she had a better trme Wax be rt xx as the nrght arr, max be rt xx as her mood but Patsx xx as hrmlx eonx meed rt xx rs that laatale 1'11C stuff that reallx sent hrm sprnmng At anx rate, he took her home and asked for a date to the Hop Trl xx rs ox erlox ed On the xx ax home she told D umx rll about If X ou ought to go to the Hop as Cuprd, smrrtre he l rdded her Xoxx , there x ou lrrx e the mrl mes of a Good rder Drmrx Box Trl lruglred but she seeretlx wreed lrerrtrlx 'F Prtsx on the run To her surprrse rt xx as a f OD prel age Suatelrmg off the xx rapper she frsped unrble to belrexe her ex es 'Ilrere brg rs lrfe xx rs r srrrrll xrrl of I-atale Iirre Lpstrrrs rn her bedroom she collapsed xx eak lx mto 1 eharr, as lrfrht daxx ned sloxxlx through the rmst Ilrere on the dressrng trble xx as the xrtal Hurd Ial hrs sprrx ed rll ox er before the prr tx , and prmted plarnlx on the lrbel xx as the name -Xpple Blossom just plarn harmless 3 1le Blossom When. . . Vx hen the strng of the bee Comes molestmff me T hen I knoxx th rt s the kex To spring Vx hen the gr rss groxx s 016611 And xx heat rs mereloxx queen -Xnd the xx hole xx orld s r xerelant seene Then rt s sprmg 6 exxxr H11 mu ID 49 . - Y ' , r' Y ' , 9 h . ' Y Y . , . - I 1 1 . -, - , 4. 1 sr Y Y Y - ' v I Y Y ' ee ' 77 , 1 v , - 7 - . . 1 . ' - Y v - 5 Y .' . , ' 46 ' ' , , . . - ' ' A 7 7 . . 4 v V 'Q ' , K H ' Y' 1 . V K v. ' . U 1 H Q --l -x , , ' , , I . 4. e 1 V Q C e - . . ' l , , , Y 'Q , aa ' 1 I 1 . I 1 'Y . 5 K sua ' ' as V , 11 7 , . . . . . cs 1 Y Y : v ' ' 1 ' I , K v 4 . I . . . . ' I V' . H , . . . C, D x Q , . 1 4 . ,, V. 1 A v,, e. J . e , x . 'L ' ' Hr I - 1- Y . Yx 1 . Y' - H Y H 1 ' 4 e x L. 1 U , C A l . in 1 ' '7, 1 1 - 1 w-u ' U .' . ,, ,, . . ., , ' , Y . Oh all ll ht. ll.1xe xour old xx.rx. lll be . . . Y 1 c- . . r., r . ' ' 1 ' ' 1 .. . Ixxo darxs later, the doorbell .rgarn brought er , 11 ' v - v- v ,v 1 I . . . - f ,r 1 -, 1 J ' ' . ' ' ' . - 1 - - ,. . . 1'f. . . ' g '. ', cs , '. . '1 YI ,1 1 - . A ' X. 1 , . .. 1 . ' 1 ' 4 1 r ' 1' ' , g.. , . , .. , . , 1 1 v. v ' A 1 w 7 - ' I f- - ' x . jab 'zjzqz 'z U.. .' K 1 5 - it L, K :L ' ' C I 7- e Q 1 el A 7 e '. I ' l' I ' ' ' 7 .. ' . , . ', ' up - .h , , 1 - i sv 5' s 4 -177. -vw-Y - ff Y Y - fs K K K . rl v ' ' ' ' I ' ' N ' , . , ' , , O ex , 77 ' , ' .. C V - C- I , A - T C 7 -- . . ' , ' KG -Q 77 . . . . . . All ,, . A .1 .1 D T Y - . 5- y Y . . , .D - 'f 1. x- xx , . '. , 1- 1 , 1 . v v- - - - 7 A .A '. I ' 4.. ,

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If she can keep her head high and swim up- stream against the materialistic tide that is con- stantly surging upon her, she will reach her cherished destiny, and the world will rise with her. Her virtuous example will be the strength of others sXX rmnrrng agrrnst the same trde She need not be swept rrrto the current of drrorce, her rrroral standard and self respect wrll en encourage her against imrrrodest clothes and movies. The beauty of her soul and the happi- ness of her virtuous life will be contagious. Thus we see that, in this twentieth century the Catholic girl commencing her journey down lrfes path needs to be armed w rth a sound brcltground of Crtholrc phrlosophx her courage strong, hcr frrth, steadfast Z7fl6'lfI Su 16 Hama' AND A SURPRISE FOLLOWED By Ioan IVz1zjQeld 49 Borrrn was seX en X ears old rn fact he was al rrrost eight And as most children of hrs age, he considered hrrnself XerX grown up In the small town where BobbX lrX ed he could make kites better than anX other bov IXo baseball game could be complete w rtlrout Bobbv plav rng Hrst base Then one dav Susie came into Bobbv s X oung lrfe Susie was so sweet and gentle that Xorr rust couldnt help but lrlte her, that XX as the XX av XX rth BobbX I-Ie would rrde hrs bike over to see her often hrs far orrte topre of con X ersatrorr alw aX s concerned Susie INo rrreal was corrrplete wrtlrorrt a full dcscrrptron of Susie s Summer arrrX ed and BobbX w ent to Xrsrt hrs grandmother but w hen he returned he wanted to see Susie for he missed her comprnronshrp VX hen he decided to go oX er to the Brown s to Xrsrt Susie, hrs frtlrer accompanied hrm Nlr Brown w as srttrng on the front porch when tlrev rrr1X ed and he came to greet them Ile o thcre X oung mm he addressed BobbX Susrc md I haXe r surprrse for Xorr IXe trlltcd rt oXcr wrtlr Xour frtlrer and he sud X ou were old cnough to hrXe rt Vlhrt rs aslted BobbX anxrouslv for hc ltrrcw rt must bc something XerX specrrl rf S hrs father had been consulted Come wrtlr me he sard and he took them to the barn w here Susie, a beautiful brown hor se w as kept Standing next to her w as a colt, the exact rrrrage of herself There s the surprise, Nlr Brown told BobbX and he rs X our XerX own rf you want nm VX ant him- Oh Nh Brown there rsrr t any hrng I cl like better I hrnlt X ou er er so rnrrch exclaimed BobbX as he prnehcd himself not orrlX once but three trrrres to be sure he XX asn t drearrrrng I hen BobbX s frtlrer spolte Of course, hrrrr X ourself Hr Brow n sard that you might keep lrrru here and to paX for hrs lteep you can help Xlr Brown around the stables And rf I ltnow X ou, that won t be hard work I rust loXe horses and w orltrng around the s ables, he confessed Gee whrz am I luclty ' BobbX loolted thoughtful for a rnrnute and l n rslted Xl X I name lrrrrr mX self? XY hX, of course Xorr maX Ur Brown arrsXX ered U ell then I lrrnk Ill name hrm Prrnce, BobbX announced as he gaXe a loXrnff glance tow ard hrs neXX frrend . ' 4 I ' ' ' 1 ' .1 I .1 'YQ . . ' 1 I . ' - ' ' . ' g ' 1 t . . 1 A. 1 ' 7 7 4 . ' ' . . N v. 7, . . . J H '. . '. vw . 1 ' L ' ' c I . ' ' V v 44 ' v v T ' Y ' ' . 1 . ' . . ' ' 1 I ' av v ' .' i v . , i H ' ' - . . , . ' v ' . t . 1 . . . 4 I ' 'a . , . . ' . 1 ' ,' i -' ' i I' . 'tj I' l I 1 '.l Y U s 7 c K ' I Y .silt C Il 'vt T T -4 4 Y 1 c L a . v' , , .' ' ' ,' 7. ' ' Ya 1 4 t , at , l c A c . 'I t L I , latest accomplrshrrrents. Bobby, you must take care of him and groom . - v 7 7 ' - K t y 'b 7 .' cw ' A ' 1 i .i - . . . I 1 . 1 . . I 7 .' v . , ' , v Y , V 7 . , 77 Y. i. 4. . - 4 .L E K . . U . ' 7 Q 1 v V. . v . .' ' . . , , 7' . U , ' , .. . tt . , . . L' x v v , 7, . -. 1 , , 5 I , . v f ll , . M .., . ., tre .. ,K .rn . ' . . H' , , , . . , wr an Y Y h 1 y ,vs . H 7 Y ' Y s ' - s - v' V . . ' ' B I ' , A l 1 I 4 1 7 ' . --2 ' , . . , 1 Y ' .77 44 Y t - v ' - av L I, 1 . . :,, H Y v. Q V H 7 Y. ' ' . . rt. .. ' . . . ' l . , . . 3 1