St Benedict High School - Benedictum Yearbook (Highland Park, MI)

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. ,f'N, Page eight P ., d Francis Marx reverend I?Q1,c,,.y K., RGVZYGW I CUJ 111 CLC!! ST. BENEDICT HIGH SCHOQL RIGHT PIEVEREND lVlONSIGNOR VINCENT IIANKERD, Pastor MOTHER M. AMATA, Principal REVEREND FRANCIS MARX REVEREND ROBERT KILCOYNE SISTER M. ANNETTE, S. S. SISTER lVlARIE PIUS, S. S. I. Commercial English SISTER M. PAULA, S. S. SISTER M. PAUL, S. S. J. English Science SISTER M. lYlIlllAlX1, S. S. SISTER M. ANIJIXEW, S. S. l listory Mathematics SISTER M. GEoRcE, S. -I. SISTER M. CATHEIRINE SIENNA, S. S. j. Music Latin SISTER M. AGNES BERNARD, S. S. MISS PATRICIA CANFIELD History Music l0l0I'2CL6l,fL0l'l ay THERESE TULJUS As we reach our goal, the end of our twelfth year in School, we remove our caps and gowns for the last time, not as students hut as graduates. The joys that we experienced in the past have now faded into historyg the good times we had now become a mere memory. The sentiments that well up in our hearts are manifold, hut the predominant one is gratitude. We Salute you, our Priests, for your splendid cooperation, Spiritual guidance, and the innumerable silent lessons of good exampleg the good Sisters of St. Joseph, Incmherf: of our faculty, who have undertaken so patiently and understandingly the task of imparting knowledge as well as instilling in us the importance of an upright characterg our parents, for your sterling loyalty and Self-sacrifice in our hchalf together with the benefits of a sound Catholic education. To you who have helped us we owe our deepest gratitude for making these years such as we will never forget. Witli the help of God and a Firm spirit, we will challenge the future in a spirit that is truly Benedictine.

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??XS'Qf'QWiS I IIE SSAGTE Y dear Graduates of 1947: Let me call your attention to the virtue of reverence. It is a very valuable and attractive human trait which some people trade away as foolishly as some others buy gold bricks or worthless mining stock. lt slips away from us unless we cherish it, and to treasure a virtue is made harder, especially when the warfare of life tends to roughen us. A boldness of speech and carriage may develop in us: as sometimes, a rash quickness to criticize, or to complain against traditions, or against older people, or against things once held sacred. These are signs, perhaps subtle but sure, of reverence fading. Guard yourselves against the loss. We all like to be liked. Only those who are ruthlessly ambitious could be happy with a worldly success that would make others honor them from a distance. We ordinary human beings would be miserable without friends who really like us for ourselves. If a popularity contest were staged now among ourselves and the vote could be kept secret, who would win? It would be someone kind-hearted and generous with the quality of reverence quite pronounced. A personality, domineer- ing or overbearing, repels us. But one that is unassuming, willing to give credit where it is due, with a humility that shows respect for the rights and feelings of others, who pays honor to the things and beliefs that we honor, attracts us. That same quality in ourselves will appeal to those who know us. Do not trade it off in an attempt to get ahead of others or to be known as a leader or as a superior being. Remain reverent especially of Holy Things, then in their order, of people who are over us or who should be preferred before us, and of older people, particularly our parents. Keep it a supernatural virtue by honoring the things and people whom God wishes us to honor. - Monsignor V. Hankerd law ew w- s

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