Saint Vincent College Preparatory School - Chimes Yearbook (Latrobe, PA)

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Our Soldier Priest TO .A TRULY GREAT AMERICAN Wlieii the theme of the yearbook, 'KThe American of Tomorrow , had been accepted, the thoughts of the seniors almost automatically gravitated to one who has been an inspiration to the students for years, to one who has been the idol of his soldier boys the country over. In his mathematics and physics classes he trained for life by demanding clear thinking and precise measurements, in his association with the boys, he inspired to generous living by willingness to serve and to encourage. He is a zealous priest, a worthy teacherg a true friend, a staunch patriot. The class of 1940 takes pleasure in dedicating this eighth volume of the CI-IIMES to their beloved teacher and soldier-priest FATHER AQUINAS

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REV. AQUINAS BRINKER, O.S.B., MA O I O

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OF TODAY FOR THE IDEALISTIC Youth is a precarious time. During the formative years of adolescence young lives can often be directed to high ideals or baser levels by mere trilles. It is paramount therefore that boys of High School age be inspired with the loftiest ideals and trained to these soundest principles of right living. Not in fame, nor power nor wealth does success consist, but in always doing the best one can. Some are physical giants, some are intellectual geniuses, some are magnetic personalities, but unless each one directs his endowments to noble ends, his life will have been spent in vain. From far beyond this mortal life must come the criteria of living. Our guiding principles must be Heaven-born and God-given, as eternal and im- mutable as God Himself. Through these tender years our masters have been kind, while training our minds . They have drilled us to conform to the precepts of God, of school and of country, they have encouraged us when we have slipped, above all, they have set us a worthy example by their religious lives. Now we are willing to accept new responsibilities. We are eager to serve our fellow man. We are ready to accept the trust placed in us as The Americans of Tomorrow .