St Catherine High School - Mentor Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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-1-i '- .-..4..-----+--The Mentor'1f -i- be the best teacher, as the awakening to the truth of the unlimit- ed value of time is the entrance to a vale of sorrow. On that terrible day when this vain world shall have passed away, we shall be called upon to answer for every minute of our lives, for every one of the sixty golden seconds that comprise that minute, for Holy Scripture tells us that every idle word shall be accounted for before the judgment seat of the Almighty. Bear- ing this thoughtinmind let us bar idleness, the Work-shop of the devil, from our lives and take up our crosses and follow our Di- vine Exemplar, Christ Jesus, over the thorny path to our time of eternal joy. ' AGNES MURPHY, '2'7. J? 7' I PNbFf

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Q Q , . y' Lginrn . A if The Men10p t Bains nf mints' ' 'G IME is one of the most essential things in our lives. Although to some it has a very insignificant meaning, yet it means to those who can comprehend the fullness of its understanding, the good or the evil actions registered in the bookfof life, for every hour, yes, every minute or second of this most precious gift of God shall be accounted for at the consummation of time. Time is man's most valuable asset, which, if lost cannot be re- gained.,.There are times of joy and times of sorrow, times of feast- ing and times of fasting, times of work and times of play. Neglect to seize the opportunity and to use it well, and you shall have lost a jewel so highly priced that no effort, however splendid in its ac- complishment, could bring back one second of this very import- ant thing, time. What would have befallen the penitent thief had he not been given and had 'he not seized that golden instant of time to say, Remember me when Thou shalt come into Thy Kingdomv? He would have been hurled into eternity an unrepentant criminal, doomed to a miserable life, whereas time to him meant heaven itself. s In the exercises of life and the passing of time there is nothing so strongly recommended by the saints as offering each small act iniour diurnal routine to the ever-present God. There is no place iny the entire universe that is not consecrated by His Divine Pre- sence and we should then have Him continually in view and em- ploy time as always having Him for a witness. To waste time is a sin, and Saint Augustine says, To sin against God is a grievous crime, but he who sins with God in his view is a monster. But few sinners would be audacious enough to go so far, if their thoughts were pre-occupied with the value of time. What then can more deeply impress its value upon us, to animate us more, and correct in us the disorder of a slothful and neglectful life, than the remembrance of God's Presence ?- The stream that hurries by the shore of life returns no more. So too, with time. It rushes on and ever onward with an unex- hausted breath, to death. Even with each word we speak, a mo- ment flies never more to return. How often does the ship of time drift into our channel of thoughts! How frequently do we dwell upon the fact that if God should reject us and withdraw the gift of time, the slender thread of life would be cut and the value of time too late realized !' The lesson of experience is altered in this case, and does not prove to Page Number Four teen

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ce-W. r The Menf0p s nine VOICE which adds tremendously to personality, is a most valuable asset to any individual. While all cannot have as exquisite a voice as some of our great orators, still, every voice can be freed from the technical imperfections and made fit to ex- presslthe thoughts of the human mind. Our voice may be styled the good shepherd of personality. When friendship strays from our lives and life seems void and empty, a charming voice will soon regain new friends, just as the Good Shepherd brings the lost sheep to His fold. A harsh voice is a barrier to us in many-yes, a great many Ways. For instance we easily obtain friends and real friends, too, butin a moment of anger We may speak words never intended to wound, and rend the bonds of friendship forever. g We often hear it said that the secret of conversation is inter- est. This is all very true, but from what source is this interest aroused? Not from a boisterous voice to be sure, but from thoughts revealed to the public in a Well-modulated, attractive voice. Your voice may be pure gold inside, but you cannot stop to task the busy world to mine it. One A-ngaged in argument may become riled, but if hestill controls his voice and speaks in that low even tone, he will, un- doubtedly, advance further in the argument and arouse his listen- ers to greater interest, than his opponent who speaks in harsh ac- cents. We have a proof of this in Julius Caesar where one man, Antony, by his gentle and sympathetic Words, Won an infuriated mob. Another requisite of an attractive voice, and one most diffi- cult to acquire is the control of laughter mastered first for its own sake and secondly for the control it gives the voice. Since the voice is one of God's masterpieces given to the hu- man race we ought to consider it a jewel. To explain its real value is far beyond the grasp of our intellect, it is superior to descrip- tion. 4 . ' Although the voice is a. wonderful benefit to man, it has in many cases been man's worst enemy, often leading people into the fag: Number Sixteen l