Saint Alphonsus High School - Arrow Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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Seniors CLASS PATRON OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP CLASS COLORS ORCHID and HONEY-DEW CLASS FLOWER YELLOW ROSE CLASS MOTTO NON SCHOLAE, SED VITAE DISCIMUS Greetings Although we have often witnessed the passing of classes frdm year to year and listened to their words and sighs of regret, it is hiot until today that we realize that graduation is not all joy, but that it also has its pangs of regret and sorrow. The bitterest is the thought that never again shall we enter this building as students of St. Alphonsus School. As we take up our various works in the world, we shall find that the training wte have received, the friendships we have formed and the habits we have acquired will be our greatest help, for: For these gifts so priceless we are endebted to the good sisters and priests wl o have spent their time and energy in our behalf, and to our deal- parents who have made our education possible and who have urged us on at times of discouragement and trial. We shall now be able to show our appreciation by living out every letter of our class motto, “We learn n,ot only lor school but for life,” and by taking as our model and guide the Blessed Virgin Mary. And we go forth, after one backward glance, courageously and cheer- fully, for Theodore Roosevelt said, “The life of duty is not the life of mere ease or of mere pleasure, it is the kind of lifeiwhich makes the great man just as it makes a great nation.” Time is with material filled, Our todays and yesterdays, Are the blocks with which we build.' JOSEPHINE HORGER, ’26.

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JOSEPHINE MARY HORGER “Joined wit.h her faith is virtue And with virtue—knowledge.” Editor-in-Chief ’24, ’25 Assistant Editor ’26 President Literary Club ’26 Treasurer ’26

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Our Pastor Reverend Father Klich—what a wealth of meaning, of memories, does this name hold for the class of 1926. It is fitting that we, who have benefitted so much from his work should voice our appreciation of the many kindnesses bestowed upon us during the past years, which have so quickly flowed into the Stream of Life. One remembers him distilling comfort and happiness like the dews of heaven. His cheerful conversation, the comprehensivness of his mind, the pure love of God and Church, which animates him and his untiring zeal and devotion to duty—all these remain an abiding memory. Tho theme of his life as a priest of God has been to produce in his personal conduct the complete and perfect expression of God’s will. His kindly counsels to strengthen our faltering steps shall ever be cherished in our memories to spur us on to nobler actions. And thus it is—keeping in mind the wholesome influence of his character, resting always on the firm support of sound principles—that we respect and revere him and express our belief in the ideals that he defends and has struggled to implant in us. We owe a debt to him. We can pay that debt; we can express our gratitude to him by living true to the ideals and principles he has held out to us. May God bless his labors and may he some day look at each as on through life we go and feel a just delight in all our gains. CLASS OF 1926