Saint Wendelin High School - Wendelite Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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H 4' A if KN lilkss , fhcrcfare The school year ol 1952-S3 draws to a close, and as it nears its completion, milestones are reached, contemplated for a time in the light of personal experience and ambition, searched for in the inspiration of the moment, and then passed by. The dust of time slowly settles, first blurring, then all but obliterating the memory of a goal achieved, the work of an entire life blossoming forth in the glow of ultimate realization . . . W'e are resolved that the memory of one such monument in the life of Sister Mary De-Lellis, will not fade from our hearts. W'e have witnessed the GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY of one of our most beloved teachers. W'ith a fervent prayer that she will know the joy of many more triumphs, both spiritual and temporal, we, the Class of 1953, lovingly dedicate this, the W'endelite of our senior year to Sister M. Dclfellis ,, x

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I am the Lord thy God . . . And Him only shall you serve. ILuke 4, 81 PREAMBLE As we near the time when we must take our place in adult society we become ever more cognizant of the prevailing conditions of strife between nations, economic unrest, and moral decline. Across the mighty cities and fertile fields of our nation falls the dark shadow of legalized vice, graft and corruption in government, as well as the threat of imminent war. Further education stands to be interrupted by a call to arms, even as any business venture upon which we might embark. It is to be blind to the chronicles of our times to believe that we are in the midst of any but dangerously troubled years. Yet, through the mist which surrounds and obscures our future, we can discern the beacon of hope and promise held aloft, by those sacred pillars upon which the founders of our country raised' the American way of life- The Commandments of God, made manifest in the Articles of the Constitution of the United States. The time is come when it no longer sufiices to passively cherish our fatherland, our homes, loved ones, and our Catholic faith. We must prepare to fight those who besmear the Con- stitution and ridicule the Commandments. Fight with moral- ity in the professions! Fight with Christian love in society! Fight with fact in the publications of the world! Fight with eloquence in a thousand halls of public assemblage! Fight with our lives amid the thunder of the battlefield! .Can we fight? Can we stand victorious? This is known only to the Almighty, and of this matter we can say naught -save that it is to this end that we muSt go, and this the road that we must tread! Ximifl PL U 130 .000 N if I Min' M SX Wx 7 N X 'V Hllfrfti 'ea s ' ,fe- l iw i X x 7 ss, -A 'b at it ' gp x FQ '..f 8.0 -. x i ' 1 A -I L, 5 . M K gi- , ....Q t fi, xx-l Af, 'Q ' . L ss 44 ,I I , kb S 'ay X N. I 'W N I PLE 41544 QV.: lf- va f I

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'I THCDU ART ALL FAIR- THE ORIGINAL STAIN IS QT I THEE Her love . . . gentle . . . even as the light which falls from exquisite stained glass . . . Her Visage . . . radiant . . . ex en as the blaze of gilded Candelabra. Rolling fields and mighty rivers sing the glories of her nameg Valleys grow fertile at her touch . . . Our flag floats in the serenity of her proteetiong Men kneel before her amid the turbulence of battle . . . The Mother of our God . . . and protector of our land . . . MARY IMMACULATEI Donald Cavanaugh, '53