Servite High School - Servite Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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we Seruife Sforg olloolfing 6acL through memory pages, we view the beginning of a new era in the history of St. John Berchmans parish. Early in January of 1948, we remember the steam shovels . . . busily lifting the earth, tossing it into waiting trucks that scurried away ruggedly in their zeal, only to return again and again until their task was ended. The excavation was completed, and in the deep, broad expanse that the shovels tore was the ground work for the new school. jllefl Otllef' tI lflC 6 gatAeI 0 I, filled with cement and began unloading until the footings and piles were created to hold the structure that was to rise above. It was April, the base of our building was ready for the laying of the cornerstone. With due ceremony and great pride, we witnessed its laying and offered thanks to the One Who had made these things possible . . . telling Him, each in our own humble way, of our gratefulness . . . of His meeting the needs of our children. .xdnaf ao Me manila lacwae and with each one, we saw our structure rise and become a realization of the dreams we had long held so dear. We dedicated our building to Him we love, promising that forever it would be cherished and that within its walls, we would honor and praise His Holy Name. fAe comingof agjelofemger our first students began to arrive and we opened school with a Mass of thanks to Him Whom we revere. Then came the scheduling of students in the many varied classes. This was our freshman year, and the school embodied only the ninth grade. We were introduced to our teachers and friends, the Servite Sisters. We soon found our way . . . and under the guidance of the Sisters, began to grasp the knowledge they offered so unstintingly. We will never forget the way in which they handled the situation of seeming chaos to the final smooth-functioning school in a short time. Came report cards and disappointments to some, but a new determination to all, as we went forward to the completion of our first year, LU 50,0 0l'lfI,0l Q yea? found us on our way with a new group of freshies just behind us . . . and . . . just as eager as we were to grasp for the straws of Truth and Knowledge. But, our second wind was deep, and with chins erect, eyes alert, we settled down to the business at hand . . . that of filling our cups with the wisdom thatlies ahead. We felt pretty big now . . . we had the freshies under us . . . we were looked up to as the LEADERS of Servite High, and we enjoyed their respectful glances our way . . . and . . . we hope that our conduct was all that they deemed it should be. It seemed a very short time, now that we look back, until it was time to move up another step.

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O!5Jtl lflCflflI 8 GHC! CA6lI 6lCf8I 2 Pea! we LIT, OLU feff efafecl when we were called J UNIORS I The new freshies looked up to us as if we were giants in Faith and Wisdom the sophs of that year, enjoying their thrill of having underclassmen, didn't forget to look our way either we were the FIRST SERVITIANS. They looked to us for everything . . . how we conducted ourselves at Mass, in school, and out of school . . . even to what we said, or tried to do. It was with pride that we tried to present the picture of Faith, better confirmed . . . of knowledge we had gained . . . and of stature equal our position. New classes, new responsibilities, and even new Sisters came to further our life, and the memory is as of yesterday, when we were passed into another and final grade. 7 CC 77 .xdncl now. . . we re folofi. . . SENIORS! What magnitude of magic lies in that title! It seems that we're looked on more and more to do the finer things in life . . . to demonstrate the true spirit of Servite High. Three underclasses to watch our every step . . . how we walk . . . how we talk . . . how we even breathe! More classes, new and inviting . . . each askingus to partake of the finer things in both Religion and Education. With each .hour spent in this glorious year, we assume a new and dignified manner . . . life becomes more meaningful, more complete, more satisfying. We realize that our knowledge in Faith has been broadened to a sense of ful- fillment . . . and that our minds are becoming ever more alert to the life we plan to live in the years to come. that our days at Servite High are soon to be finished . . . and . . . it is here that we pause to reflect on the goodness that God has granted to each of us. And . . n gr-afifucle fo our loarenffi OO who have sacrificed so much to afford us these finer things . . . in appreciation to our religious teachers, the Servite Fathers . . . in respect to the Servite Sisters who so willingly and conscientiously offered us So fine a Christian Education . . . we part. . . with the feeling that we, too, have progressed . . . that our cornerstone was well laid, and that the classes in Religion, Languages, Mathematics, History, Science, Drafting, Commerce, Home Economics, and many others . . . have finally served to complete our Structure into a fine physical, mental, and moral being . . . well able to meet the future with confidence, poise, dignity, and a well-rounded purpose.