St Anthony of Padua High School - Siquaeris Yearbook (Watkins Glen, NY)

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REV ANTONINE BACHOWSKI OFM Thls IS Fathers first year at Padua HIS dutxes conslst of teachmg Rellglon and Soc1a1 Studzes and moderatmg the junlor Class One usually finds Father Antomne up 1n the gym after supper challenglng all comers 1n pmg P0118 REV XAVIER WILK OFM A new arr1val to the Faculty Father Xavler has qulte a full schedule teach1ng Algebra and Rellglon Senlor Group Guldance and re Sophomore classes Father plans to take courses at St Bonaventure U th1s summer leadlng to an M A 1n Educatlon MR JOSEPH LEMAK Mr Lemak Jolned the faculty ln the fall of 57 As Physlcal Educatlon Instructor Coach Lemak has transferred to us many practlcal sk111s marchmg square danc1ng etc Mr Lemak also mstructs and coaches at Watkms Hlgh 1n town and at St johns Semmary nearby establishing the SSV for the Freshman and

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HE GJ A UJINTEC The future IS ahead yet can they see lt, They search but all they find IS haze Their eyes ache from the straln of constant peerlng Yet the more they ponder and the more they strxve all the more does the class of 59 reallze that the future is what they make of lt Twenty five young men leave thelr alma mater to face the future w1th the knowledge wlsdom and experlence galned through years of study hardshlp prayer trlal good tlmes and trust Old frlends are left and memorles deeply cherished The Semors of 59 are graduated There 1S Joy there IS nostalgla Here at last IS the long awalted and frultful end of toll and labor but here also begms the longmg for years gone by Agaln as Padua sees another class depart and the graduates of 1959 leave ln a body the remlnlscence of four unforgetable years forever remams September of 1955 found slxty five new comers adaptlng them selves to thelr home away from home In1t1at1on orlentatlon and the hodge podge of hlgh school l1fe added to their bewllderment As class moderator Fr Terrence Pmkowskl OFM accompanled the Freshmen through the hlghs and lows of that first year The followmg autumn the class of 59 advanced a notch xn hxgh school l1fe to Sophomores Wlth the or1g1nal number d1m1n 1sh1ng fifty students began an actlve year Whlle Fr Terrence went on to hlgher studles Fr Austln Lewlnskl OFM assumed the task of gu1d1ng the class The class motto- Qul non proliclt delic1t CHe who does not go forward falls behlnd J f8C1lltat8d the m1t1at1ve to strxve forward Blue and gold chosen as the ofliclal colors served as a constant remlnder of the Blessed V1rg1n St John Caplstran became the class patron As Jumors the class of 59 reached the gates of maturlty and felt the prestlge of belng upper classmen The returmng Fr Ter rence found only twenty SIX of the orlglnal slxty five ready to pursue toward greater helghts The long awalted class rlngs worn w1th an axr of d1st1nct1on became the pride of every Junlor Fmally the Senlor year one of maturlty responslblllty and leadershlp Agaln Fr Terrence was called away thls time to the Ph1l1pp1nes as a m1ss1onary Upon hls departure early ln the year Fr I-Iyaclnth KUl1HSkl OFM acted as faculty advlser for the Senlors Durlng the ten months whlch have qulckly gllded by the burden of responslblllty the value of dependablllty and the necesslty of strlvmg for success 1n l1fe COlIlC1ded to lay the foundatlons of adulthood ln twenty five young men Now at graduatlon four years of develop ment have led to maturlty The class of 59 1S prepared to face the future 1 - 1 ' 1 1 , . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' . . . . , . . . . . . . , - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 . . , . 1 , . . 1 ' 1 .. H . . .,, . , . , .1 ' 1 1 . , . 1 0 a - 1 1 , . 1 1 1 . . , ' 1 . , . 1 1 1 - . y - . , .