Saint Michael High School - Michaelinian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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HEIRS SENIOR and CHARACTERISTIC LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT NVQ, the Graduating Class of 1945, St. Michael High School, Pittsburgh 135, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind and body, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, revoking all other previous wills we have made. V Our Alma lNfIater, we leave with deep sorrow and regret, and hope and pray that it will have great success in the years to come. To our beloved Pastor and his Assistants we give our sincere thanks for their efforts and interest in cooperating in our school activities. To our Faculty and Father VValter we offer grateful thanks and hearty appreciation for their teaching and sound advice in all matters, both spiritual and temporal. To our Underclassmen we leave the happy thought of spending their remaining years at our Alma Mater. Bequests to individual junior class members are: Robert Amrhein . . Edwin Amrhein 1 Bernard Gollingl' Lois Knorr ...... Paul Redlinger . . . Louis Arguto .... Rita Bechtold .... Irene Kozikowski Robert May ..... Raymond Grimm Rita VVojszynski . Catherine Anthony Anna Mae Cupka Dolores Maccine . James Brombar .. Mary Tobin .... Charles McCrea . Rita Golebiewskil Bertha. Pfister James Gildea .... Ruth Dittley .... Andrew Hinzman Rita Schroepfer Gloria Brandt 2 Dolores Demblowski I I S ...--.. nn.. Bernice Haid .... Laura Hudzicka . . Ivilliam Schmotzer Wlalter Yochum Mary Sperl Dorothy Kubisiak Albert Auer ...... Robert Berlinger .. Vera Bertel .... Robert Bittner . . . Bernard Blahut . . . Betty Borbonus . . . . . . . . P ' ,l Chronowiat . J 'h Czilzer . . . Pe er F emldniieier . . MarianiiF ritz .... Loretta Greiner . . . Kathleen Holland . Pearl Jordan ...... Robert ,Lilly ..... Theresa Luby .... Melvin O'Connor . Mary -Alice Philbin Sylvester Piotrowski Allene Ray ....... Anna Schmitt .... Mary Alice Schultz Helen Seba ..... . Rita Mae Singer . . Dorothy Staub . . . Stephen Sventy ..., . . . Ruth VVilhelm . . . Bell Ringing Obeying Commands Majorette Sense of Humor Basketball Skill Cheerleading Debating Ability Beautiful Wavy Hair Physique Public Speaking Reporter for Pittsburgh Catholic Independent Character Art Ability Dancing Ability Height Way with Women Personality Nicknames Typing Speed r Student Council President Mimeographing Hair Style Basketball Skill Smile and Dimples Pepsodent Smile Peek-a-Boo Bang Wfe, the Grads of '45 solemnly declare this to be our last will and testament and affix our seal this tenth day of June, A.D., 1945. ,-X SEAL Witnesses: Joe Shadrad, Madam Duchess, Abbie Slugs, Bob Flower. fxgfi N 23

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STEPHEN SVENTY St. Matthew f'Knobby 'CHigh school has taught me to be always ready, willing and able. Band '42-'45g Basketball '42-'4-53 Secretary of German Club 'elflg Treasurer of Biology Club '43g Class Vice-President '43, l in ful gremlins. As an excellent musician and basketball player, he comes out on top. Oh those slick waves! RUTH A. VVILHELM St. Michael Peanuts I Besides the wonderful influence of the good Sisters, sports and good example have helped most in my training at St. Michael Highf' Basketball '42-'45g Band '42-'44g Glee Club '45g Shield Staff '44-'455 Catholic Action '45, A dependable girl who always answers to the call of Peanuts, She possesses a winsome personality and proves to be a wonder- ful basketball player. s S E i Q LEADERS OF FORTY-FIVE - y Left to right-Peter Feldmeier, Treasurerg Robert Lilly, Presidentg Pearl Chronowiat, Vice-President, deciding student citationsg Marian Fritz, Secretary. - 22 ' si?Ef55i5Q'1f,1i: -ff' -' Qiiiff' .main-5' , . 2 . 2, This dark, handsome lad of the senior class can't resist beauti- .

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PEACE POINT POPE PIUS XII The maxims of human wisdom require that in any reorganization of international life all parties should learn a lesson from the failures and de- ficiencies of the past. Hence in creating or re- constructing international institutions which have so high a mission and such difficult and grave responsibilities, it is important to bear in mind the experience gained from the ineffective- ness or imperfections of previous institutions of the kind. Human frailty renders it difficult, not to say impossible, to foresee every contingency and guard against every danger at the moment in which treaties are signed, passion and bitter feeling are apt to be still rife. Hence in order that a peace may be honorably accepted and in order to avoid arbitrary breaches and unilateral inter- pretations of treaties, it is of the first importance to erect some juridical institution which shall guarantee the loyal and faithful fulfillment of the conditions agreed upon, and which shall, in case of recognired need, revise and correct them. Christian ethics is the final and absolute criterion by which the peace-makers must judge the conclu- sions at which they themselves arrive. If these con- clusions harmonize with morality, they will stand. If they offend against morality, they must be discarded, under penalty of wrecking everything they have at- tempted to do . . . Pope Pius XII. r P I fill f . Each class of the school may be likened to a country in the world, which has equal rights whether large or small and the people rich or poor. Within the classes, meetings are convoked to take care of class business, projects or problems which may arise. At these class councils, as should be in all countries, every member may voice his opinion freely regardless of rank, color or na- tionality. Everyone is entitled to justice. In order that the class officers who conduct these meetings be guided by wisdom from above and that God direct their efforts, all meetings are opened with prayer. Each teacher remains with her class during these give and take assemblies to advise and help her charges make important decisions when necessary. If the delegates to the international organiza- tion to be established after the war be not guided by wisdom from God, nor have God's blessing on their work, all the sacrifices in lives and trea- sure are for naught. To establish a just and last- ing world peace is a task beyond human en- deavor. Christ must be present at the peace table, the moral law must be the absolute criterion. The Holy Father, too, should have a voice. Let our peacemakers accept the Holy Father's Peace Points. They have been drawn up by Christ's own Vicar and are God-inspired. We shall win the peace only if the blessing of God be upon the work. He MUST be there! U1 Tl-IEY STILL FCDLLCDW