St Agnes High School - Lamb Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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LOG OF SE IORS NSEPTEIVIBERJQB4, eight raw recruits boarded the Ship of State, St. Agnes, to begin the three-year voyage on High School Sea which at the time was the limit of the enlistment period. These sturdy gobs with the help and encouragement of their captains gallantly set forth upon these strange waters to overcome the tasks laid before them. They nosed their crafts towards the sea and began their cruise. After nine months of hard labor they steered their ship toward Sophomore Port with the feeling that they had successfully buffeted iso they thoughtl the waves of Latin and Algebra. The shore leave of three months was used advantageously in build- ing up the physical strength needed for the second lap of the journey. Eight sailors re-ported for service in September, 1935, in high spirits and full of confidence. The second year was not so difficult, and calm seas aided them to complete a year of smooth sailing. This journey brought them to the halfway mark in their voyage. The announcement during the summer of 1936, that they would be able to make a complete four-year trip on High School Sea in the good ship St. Agnes, brought a decided increase in the junior fleet. Many former pupils with a few new ones signed up for the remaining two years. A decided interest was shown in sports, and although in- experience prevented the chalking up of many victories on opponents' fields, the basketeers were invincible on their own courts. At Port Colonial the crew stopped and gave the departing members of the St. Agnes fleet a lovely Prom. September, 1937, twenty-five seasoned sea-farers entered the last year of the cruise with full speed ahead, One balmy day in October. autumn fever attacked sixteen of the senior crew, who, ignorant of consequences, took an A. W. O. L. Admiral Dunn presided over the court-martial the next day and sentenced the culprits to manual labor. Under the capable athletic director, Father Knespler, sports were very much in evidence, and victories were recorded both on the football field and the basketball court. Now, twenty-three sailors are headed for Graduation Port from which they will embark upon a longer and harder voyage on the Sea of Life. Remembering the principles learned and the training given on board the Ship of State, St. Agnes, they will, sooner or later, achieve the suc-cess they are seeking. fifteen

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fourteen SENIORS To do without complaint what rnusl b- done Sodality '37, T385 Choir '37, '38 44 MARY IMELDA BROWN . . . Belinda 3 il JOHN FISCHER .... Lightly, pleasanfly he dances life away Football 37. '38, Basketball '37, '38 JOHN ROBERT MURPHY . . He is natural, simple. unaffected ff 4 M pp fi , . Jack HARRIETTE E. RETTIG .,.. 'Hattie' Her life is fortified by many friendships Sodality '37, 38: Choir '37 . Gertie RAMONA J. FAI-IRNEY . . . Beano Where she sits smiling, sozzow passes by

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