St Adalbert High School - Albertonian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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3463i - A my V A V Rael Ji i Sp, ff' 4 . -f L Sw Ya, '-f '-.:' iifii. 9 . . ef .X -4 ,iw -K J Graduation! It is a time of recollections and of looking forward. Whzit we are today is a measure of our efforts and those of our educators, to' gether with the quality of learning and training and growing opportunities our Alma Matter has afforded us. Today, at Commencement, we realize that the skill and worth of craftsmen is measured in terms of a Hnished product. It is thus that we are the testimonials of the skill and worth of our Administration and our Faculty. We are the products of the holy and earnest endeavors of men and women, motivated hy a deep and rev' erent love of God, and skilled in understanding, directing and educating youth through a training and experience that is truly Catholic and Amer' ican. Yes! Witli Commencement we hid farewell to our happy high school days. As we finally tuck away that coveted high school diploma among our most treasured pos' sessions, we will heave a sigh of relief. But. somewhere around the region of our heart. there is a pang of regret that it is all over now. Ch. yes, we thought it a tough struggle whenever exams rolled around. We were average teen' ru cd: u firm

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, wzuu' ' rom XYITHIN Hlfll MANTLIC ALI, IS BRIGHT AS THE DAX Starting a tradition to lionor 'lllur Lady of tlic Nigliti' as tlicir Prom Qucst. tlic young frcsli voices of tlic ciitirc group of Allwcrtonians prcscut rang out in AVE MARIA to tlic swcct strains of orclicstral music, tlic soft swisliiiig of satin, aml tlic fragrancc of roscs and orcliitls. Then witli liappy spirit tliat flows easily wlicu tlic liopc of succcss stirs tlic fancy and imagination, tlicy all swayctl rliytlimically to tlic melodic notcs of jimmy Kviiiictlyk orclicstra in tlic glamour of tlic liallroom at tlic Colonial Inn.

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..,. .Q-, - .1.,.-Q V. 1 vs it '-s.. b-Ai Ngr agcrs whu tlithft just laccp our iwscs gluctl tu tcxtlvuuks thcsc last four ycars. Sports, lwlitlay imittics, ur schiiol tlanccs. glcc clulw, prcss camf paigus .111tl thc lilac tuuk much of our timc. llut now stutlics arc uvcrl Exams arc past! clI'LlLlll.lIll1Ill TI'.lkllIll1l1S clicrislictl aml wc arc Qi'.1tlu.1tctl with tluc rcgartl lim' tii11c'l111111u1'ctl c11Qt11111s. Casting a lingcriiig glaiicc uvcr 11111' c.11'cci' .1-4 .1 class. wc trust that wc havc takcn unc stcp l-Ul'XYQlI'Ll i11 scliwlastic tlcvcliipniciit that wc havc lclit at lcast unc l:ilVlTI'.llWlC imprcss upon thc fac' ulty lllltl 1111tlcrclass111c11 that wc havc matlc that iinprcss stuhciciitly tlccp to livc for a timc i11 tht- mcmory uf St. Atlallacrt High, Thc halluwctl spot of our yuL1tl1f11l tlays will 1'c111.1i11 our joy fimrcvcr. For now with Commciiccf 111ci1t our Alma Ivlatcr shctls thc light to which wc might anchur our Miiitl and Soul. Tlmuugli its guitlaiicc wc cmcrgc into our wurltl of tlrcams, liupcs, aml iiispirations which wc hopc to crystal' lizc into the granite of scrvicc to God and our fclluwmcn. T11 Ili St, Atlallwcrt Hiirh haw lwccumc a l1istory in lwla1zo11ry. an cpic in stunc, intcrprctf ing thc rcal worth of a truly Catholic American Ftlucaticiii.