Saint Benedicts Academy - Benedicta Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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9 c6'c'm'z'on TO OUR HONORED AND ESTEEMED PRESIDENT, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, wHo IS SKILLFULLY, DNT1R1NcLY, AND sAc:R1F1c:INcLY GUIDING OUR NATION,S DESTINY, AND T0 ALI. OTHERS WHO ARE Ac:T1vELY ENGAGED IN THE DEFENSE or FLAG AND COUNTRY, WE, THE GRADUATES OF THE c:LAss OF '42, GRATEFULLY AND RESP!-:CTFULLY DED- ICATE THIS voLUME OF THE BENEDICTA.

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ST. BENEDICT'S ACADEMY 4530 PERRY HIGHWAY PI1'1'sEtmcII, PENNsx'LvANIA 'THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D. C. MR. PREsIuENT: We are at the gateway of young womanhood. Our twelve years of formal Catholic training emphasized discipline and established in us the habits of respect to given tasks and obedience towards all lawful authority. Our education took into account the unfolding of our mental, physical and moral capacities. Our parents, because of the Constitutional freedom in the choice of a system of edu- cation, had us instructed in the culture of the past, in the changing movements of the present and in the moral concepts which will make our future secure and happy. As young Americans and graduates of the Class of '42, of St. Benedict Academy, we wish to dedicate the commencement issue of the Benedicta to you, Mr. President, and the Armed Forces of America in wholehearted appreciation for the strenuous efforts you have made and are making to guard, the sacred liberties, the democratic principles, and the spiritual ideals of the American nation. In our Problems of Democracy class we discussed our country's problems and the responsibilities the Americans have trustfully placed in your capable leader- ship. Through your Fireside Chats you have quickened the consciousness of the American people to subordinate self-interests to patriotic purposes. You have Inade them realize that they Inust not only enjoy but appreciate and fight for basic human rights: that they must be willing to make personal sacrifices for the common good. We feel confident, Mr. Presidentg that, because of your judicious executive pronouncement, we will not be forced to stand at the grave of freedom and weep anguished tears over the crushed spirit of our national rights. Wle trust you. We have made you our pilot. You have the grave responsibility of flying the Douglass- B-l9 of American democracy to a safe base. You have ever been a hghter so we know that you will holdon to the controls with grim determination until you make a safe landing. You are proving yourself a great leader of a great nation in one of the world's greatest crises. Together with you we cannot lose our direction, we are determined to carry on unflinchingly and to keep trustfully on the straight course to victory. We pray for you, that God may direct you in these anxious and desperate times. VVe pray that all Americans may look to a future with justified hopes. SENIOR CLASS