Rosati Kain High School - Occasional Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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offs e 37VIuse REMEMBER Rosati-Kain in forty-five and six . . . wonderful . . . wasn't it . . . biggest enroll- ment in its history . . . over a thousand students . . . twenty-nine sections . . . hard work in class . . . faculty saw to that . . . but some diversion brightened the monotony of routine reports, declensions, formulae, chronological lists, and syntaxes . . . an education aimed at training Catholic girls for Catholic womanhood . . . fortified by the truths of religion, the arts, the sciences, the commercial sciences . . . weekly instructions by the Very Rever d Monsignor Charles Helmsing . . . the ideals and aspirations of Christlike living become real d possible . . . we, children of God, have a tremendous dignity . . . retreat by the Reverend E ward Byrne, C. S. P .... three days to think it all out . . . to thank God we're Catholics . . . religious, cultural, athletic activities . . . Christ in prayer . . . zeal for souls . . . spiritual and corporal works of mercy . . . Christ in culture . . . Catholic youth at the microphone . . . on the stage . . . in the hne arts . . . Christ on the sporting field . . . with the Cross our only sword. Rosary Day . . . Mother beloved of God and of man, here at your feet . . . in her chosen place, her Son's house, we, her special care, gather to pay her hon r in the way she has taught us- her rosary . . . as loving suppliants we raise our voices to Marilv, our Mother . . . pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death . . . Legion of Mary . . . a spiritual organization vitalized by a deep and abiding love for Mary . . . weekly meetings . . . dazuly rosary . . . active work backed by strong spirituality . . . at St. Elizabeth's Settlement . . . Gu rdian Angel Settlement . . . St. Peter Claver Sisters . . . The world for the Sacred Heart, the Sa ed Heart for all the world . . . Catholic Students' Mission Crusade . . . a unit in each home roo . . . how to help the missions . . . give prayers . . . give material assistance . . . give YOURSEL . . . inspiring speakers . . . the Reverend George Gottwald . . . unless the seed die, itself remai eth alone . . . sacrifice and suf- fering . . . the Reverend Clifford King . . . if one priest can do s much for souls, what can we, a thousand strong, do . . . does my spirit of sacrince equal my d ty to sacrifice . . . the Reverend Daniel A. Lord, SJ .... during vocation week . . . the dignity f the nun . . . her place in the needed army of harvesters of souls . . . May Day . . . what must Mary's heavenly court be like if her earthly queen flrene Thompsonb, courtiers, and maids are so charming . . . so attractively feminine. There's music in the air . . . Senior and Junior Glee Cl bs . . . directed by Mr. Herbert Weiskopf . . . excellent program of sacred music at Christmas codcert . . . superior rating at Font- bonne Music Festival . . . enchanting melodies at May concert . . . worthy of the best competition . . . superior to all competition . . . orchestra . . . directed by Mr, Joseph DiFulvio . . . string and wind instruments blend in tuneful harmony . . . La Estrellita . . . an opportunity for the senior Spanish students to explore the interesting by-paths of Spanish life and literature . . . colorful street-scene in Ecuador at Pan-American exhibit . . . Kiel Auditorium . . . junior Spanish students . . . knowledge and cultural benefit of Spanish carried into club activities . . . student librarians comprise Library Guild . . . they truly work among the masters . . . LOCAL COLOR LTD. . . . senior play . . . packed house cheers excellent cast for three p rformances . . . orchids to Miss Sexton and the thespians . . . Bellarmine Speech Trophy comes o Rosati-Kain . . . contestants in three CISL meets Cone at R-KJ rated a place for their Alma Mate . . . finalists in every contest . . . Speak the speech I pray you, trippingly on the tongue . . . w followed your advice, William, and we won. Watch the score . . . it's in . . . another basket . . . Iren 's got it . . . easy now . ..two more . . . and so the Varsity Basketball team piled up ten victori out of eleven games . . . Mary- ville Tournament . . . defeated only in the finals . . . splendid ork . . . pepped on by the Pep Club . . . cheer leaders . . . rah . . . rah . . . rah . . . break your horses into a trot . . . give them the right lead . . . judges' side, please . . . canter . . . back stroke . . . you should make the length of the pool in only sixteen strokes . . . meet you this afternoon at Lorelei for a skate . . . would you rather cut the ice at the Winter Garden . . . do the pins fall at your very approach to Esquire . . . we may have been study bugs from nine to three, but we managed a bit of diversion on the sporty side after regular hours. So . . . another year is just a memory . . . but somehow it's more than a memory . . . we've lived it . . . it's part of us . . . no one can take the fun . . . the happiness . . . the love . . . and yes, the little heartaches . . . away from us . . . they're ours for now and always . . . Lindell and Newstead will always be OUR corner . . . Rosati-Kain, in the sha ow of the Cathedral, will always be OUR Alma Mater . . . and in the years to come . . . when t se highlights of our high school lives become dim in the presence of the problems of the future . . . we shall remember them . . . perhaps obscurely . . . in the comforting and happy thought . . . that the best things we did AT Rosati-Kain were the things we did FOR Rosati-Kain.