Rice High School - Edmundian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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SENIOR ADVISERS R B T. K. Lawlor Rev. Br. J. B. D y

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CLASS HISTORY In September 1947 the hallways of Rxce echoed and re echoed to the full throated babble of hlgh pitched young voices as the Class of 1951 candldly surveyed :ts new home of learnmg Feelmg a warm glow of personal satlsfactlon ln having so successfully completed our elementarv educatxon we then looked forward xn starry eyed antlcxpatlon to the eventful four years of hugh school that lay ahead Although uncertaln as to the future we realized nevertheless that the moldlng of our high school careers had been en trusted to skllled craftsmen the Chrlstlan Brothers of Ireland These dnvmely chosen alchemlsts of the soul we knew would transmute the base: ele ments of our nature into the refmed gold of study Chrlstnan characters Four Heetmg years have passed smce our en trance to Rice Hugh School Durmg that txme we have slowly shed the vesture of boyhood and donned wlth dngnlfied mxen the garb of manhood We have been nurtured through these years on the solid food of Catholic prmcxples and ln man s estate are the proud possessors of unchangmg and changeless Truth that IS Christ the Lord Polsed buoyantly on the threshold of lufe there fore we may now calmly survey the memorable and frultful years of the happiest txme of our 1 e Freshman year found us wlth bated breath and bewlldered looks attempting to adjust ourselves to the strangeness of hugh school life We ex plored with jaundlced eye the mysteries of amo amas amat and were mtrxgued by the many functlons of the elusxve x Stranger stlll was the change of perlod and teacher at regular lnter vals Yet ln time we took all of thls m strlde By no means were we mactrve We contrlbuted more than our share to formlng a school tradxtlon xn sports and m scholarshlp Our class captured the Cnty Champnonshlp ln cross country mdoor track and swlmmxng whlle the Freshmen Basket ball Team placed second ln thelr dtvlslon Nor dmd we lay behind ln scholastlc ablllty Large numbers of our class consnstently made the school s honor roll Sophomore year dawned and found us casting scornful glances at the newly arrived Frosh We who had a whole year of hugh school behind us could now condescendmgly show the new comets the ropes We threw ourselves whole heartedly into the work of Sophomore year Never the ones to be outdone m school actxvxtnes we forged to the front ln the sale of chance books for the Annual Bazaar and repeated1y emerged near the top ln the Mlsslon Collectlon At the conclusion of Sophomore year we anxlously sat for our first hxgh school Regents Exams The doors closed behind us m une never to open to some who refused to believe that there is no substitute for dnlngent applncatnon and study umor year found us amongst the upper classmen The first few hairs that had slowly crept out on our downy cheek had now multxplxed greatly The razor was now a muSt for many of us Our pxpmg treble voices had by now defi mtely slld into booming basses that could growl stentorlan commands to lowly Sophomores and Freshmen Members of our class were promment on the Varsity and V Basketball Teams I the Penn Relays our class was ably represented Nor drd we neglect to partlclpate tn the finer arts We entered the debating and oratorlcal compe tltxons sponsored by the Christian Brothers of Ireland as well as the oratory contests sponsored by the Hearst Publncatton After the Annual Boat Ride ln une we once agam set about the serlous buslness of takmg Regents Exams Hav mg successfully written these, we joyfully m barked on our summer vacation wlth the glorious feelmg that at last we had reached the exalted henghts of Semor year Returmng to school as lordly Seniors An Sep tember 1950 we were xmmedxately remmded by our teachers to carry out m full the dunes and responslbllltles of the graduatmg class Impressed by thls advlce we entered into the llsts wlth renewed spirit and courage Not that at times the pace dldnt slacken We had our ups and downs But never dad we bow in leadershxp to any group Our cooperation at the Annual Bazaar helped to make It a truly memorable suc cess Our precision marchmg m the St Patrlck s Day Parade evoked favorable comments from thousands who witnessed the tradmonal parade Our Senior Prom was lavish m splendor and memorable nn retrospect But above all Gradu atxon Day was the hlghlxght of our young lives For then, amxdst the sxlent tears of our proud parents we received the coveted diploma em blematxc of a Cathollc Hugh School education Wlrh gratitude ln our hearts therefore w face wxth unfaltermg steps the perilous path of lnfe For we know that our preparatnon has been complete Instructed by Chrlstlan teachers we have delved deeply mto the eternal beautnes of Chrlstlan truth We are now determined to fol low unswervmgly that truth For ln doing so, we but follow Christ, the Eternal Truth a n ' . . , . . 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