St Bonaventure High School - Seraph Yearbook (Sturtevant, WI)

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Zlaaewaarf HE 1948 edltxon of the yearbook The Scrczph attempts to present agaln as clear a plcture as poss1ble of what St Bonaventure Mmor Semmary and I-heh School has to offer our Cathollc boys 1n the way of a preparatory educatlon Llfe m our urban communltles IS b comlng more dlsrupted than ever Varlous causes for tl1lS state of affalrs are adduced The war postwar un settledness prosperlty and overstress of the rmportance of monev 1n the l1f pattern all undoubtedly bear a share of respons1b1l1ty The effect of the above contrrbutmg factors takes 1ts toll of wrecked hves but th1s IS espec1ally true of the traglc effects war and postwar condxtlons have taken upon our youth of hlgh school age What ver cures are offered whatever the steps taken by soclal agencles one and the most lmportant preventatlve of these condltlons rs generally overlooked by all the 1nclus1on of rellglon m the hlgh school currlculum Never were the words of Holy Wr1t truer than today In vazn do they build who bzzzld wzlhoul Ihe Lord What greater lnfluence xs there what gentler restramt and more motlvatmg element to b found than the force of rellglon when the growth of a strong healthy and uprlght generatxon IS at stake? Th1s relxglous 1nfluence 1S the heart and core of the educatlonal program at St Bonaventure Mlnor Semxnary and Hlgh School Next ln order IS the full acad m1c course offered at St Bonaventure whlch glV8S the student the opportunxty to drlnk of the fountam of knowledge to h1s f1ll and prepare hlmself for llf 1n any professlon to whlch h may be called The most often ascribed causes of juvenlle dehquency lack of recrea tlonal fac1l1t1es and mlsspent lelsure t1me do not CX1St ln th1s educatlonal 1nst1tut1on Recreatlonal fac1l1t1es of the most varled nature are provlded for the consumptlon of youthful energles for the channelmg of those energ1es ln the proper dlrectlons Athletlc act1v1t1es a llbrary replete w1th well chosen books and perrodlcals for the youthful mmd the study of muslc band and orchestral mstruments glee clubs and choxrs to name the most outstandxng all f1ll the l1fe of a Bonaventurlte wxth poss1b1l1t1es amb1t1ons and prospects and broaden hls mterests to the excluslon of unhealthy tendencl s It may well be then that one of the solutxons to our present dav problems of proper and wholesome educatxon of our Catholxc youth and th preserva tion of unspolled xdeals 1n the1r young l1ves w1ll result 1n the1r larger enroll ment to such 1nst1tut1ons as St Bonaventure MIHOF Semmarv and Hlgh School Parents may then rest assured that th 1r chlldren are recelvmg the educahon they need and are subject to proper xnfluences and atmosphere that are mcreaslngly absent IH our urban C01'IlHll1l1lt1CS May a perusal of th1s yearbook serve to 1nsp1re the Rever nd Clergy the Venerable Slsters Parents Soclal Leaders and all concerned to conslder St Bonaventure Mmor Semlnary and Hlgh School 1n th 1r educatlonal plans for those commltted by whatev r tltle to the1r care 3 i . . V J , . 1 I U , . . . . . 0 . . ' . . . . D- . . A .. , . 4 9 . . - 1 1 . . H . . - r . . H . , ' 1 . . . 3 . . , . . . 2 . I . . . . 2 . . . 2 4 1 . , - 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 . . .2 A Y . . 1 I , . 2 - I 3. . . , . . D -1 1 . 1 - K . . . . 2. . . 3 . . ,

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