Saint Benedicts Academy - Benedicta Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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,N ? lilx W G 2 i 1 l Senior Class Officers President ..... 4 ..... Vice Presidentl ..... Secretary ...... l ..... Treasurer ..... l. . . . . l l 1943 Motto The old worn shoe going up, ..........JEANPIROTH MARGARET CHEETHAM . . .MARY JEAN STEFEL . . . .NIARYROSE WEBER meets the new shiny shoe coming down. Flower Lily of the Valley Color Blue and White vfwgmgwve Benedictcx Staff Editor-in-Chiefs. .. .. Assistant Editon ..... Art Editor ..... y ..... Alumnae Editor ..... Business Manager ..... Circulating Ma agers ..... Associate Business Managers ..... l . . . . . .ALICE BICKIZRT . .MARCELLA THANER . . .DOROTHY SCHMITT .ADELAIDE BUECHELE .........B1-ZRNICE KIM SRUTH MEYREL QMARY JEAN STEFFL gKATHLEEN VVATERS ZMARYROSE VVEBER

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I l l Editorial i PEACE Prior to thd war many people, young as well as old, took it for granted that PEACE, defined by Webster as: A pact or agreement to end hostilities was just another word iritroduced into the English language to be forgotten, once attained, until suddenly it would again be shattered by a declaration of war. Today, how- ever, peoples ahd nations are working feverishly for the PEACE that permeated the world at the birth of Christ, Peace on earth to men of good will , for the PEACE that st lled the wind and the waves when the Master, with outstretched arms, comman ed the tumultous deep, Be still, for the PEACE that filled the dubious 'heartsl of the ten followers of the risen Christ when standing in their midst, they healrd the familiar voice, Peace be with you. At present tihe American people as well as those peoples in the various nations of the world, regardless of nationality, creed, race, or color, are united in one com- mon plea to hehven: Lord, give us PEACE. This PEACE can be brought about only by the ending of the war. When the last bomb is dropped, the last gun is firedg when the, declaration of PEACE has been signed, and the boys finally come marching home, then and only then will we again have PEACE on this war- torn earth. We must maintain and defend this PEACE once we have regained this price- less treasure. Wie cannot possibly preserve everlasting PEACE if the people of the nations are codstantly dissatisfied with conditions social, political and economic. lf peoples will at all times disagree with one another in regards to these problems, we shall never liave a lasting PEACE. Love and older must inspire the hearts and wills of the various nations and peoples if we a e to have a true and lasting PEACE, a peace based on the great Commandmentl of Love, a PEACE working in harmony with our national peace, a PEACE of heart and mind, an internal PEACE. From time tb time the class of '43 has been reminded of the necessity of keep- ing PEACE amlong individuals. Not in the exact word itself, but in other terms cooperation, pulling together, group work, etc. We agree that as: teamwork, denied the guidance of our teachers we should never 'have been able to succeed, as a class. We have tried to master this lesson. Slowly but surely, through lectures, urgent requests, bitter experience, and ultimately through the example of our teachers we have learned that success can never be built upon dissatisfaction, dis- sension, greed, por hatred. Our nuns have instilled into us the realization that we are the women of tomorrow. That upon our shoulders will rest the responsibility of maintaining national PEACE. That it will be our duty as citizens of this great Federal Repub- lic to vote into office God-fearing men and women as trustworthy custodians of our national li e. We have been taught to recognize religion as the cornerstone t leaders everywhere recognize the need of religion in social and of PEACE. Gre national life. The Christian religion teaches a real reverence for personality and respect for duly authorized authority. Religion gets one into the habit of safe- guarding the nights and privileges of others. It makes people more tolerant towards law and authority. Having learned these primary yet basic rules it ought not to be difficult for the peoples of the world to unite and keep forever the scourge of inhuman, de- structive war from again descending upon the face of the earth, l Alice Bickert, '43 t if sf it i ft-:JI Qin l i