St Catherines School - Quair Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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UPPER SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF HOUSHMOTHERS Sealed. Left to Right: Leatha R. Adams, Nesfield Olmsted, VVinifrefl Dennen. Catherine R. AllIIl0llll. Standing: Beulah P. Butt, Elizabeth V. Shields, Rachel lVlcClure. STAFF Sfzzlerl, Left to Right: Lisabetty Beverley. Nlartha E. Lambeth, Lossie Nooll, Faith Parker. Standing: Nlargaret Hirschherg, Laura Campbell, Ruby F. Harris. Absent: Betiy Copper, lVlilrlred Colmlreu. Nlartha Tolson. E121

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Miss SUSANNA P. TURNER, Headmistress Min TZlV7Z6T,J Addrexy to the Senior Clam I T is an odd fact that in schools the young, who are apt to fear age and mortality, often count away their youthful months and days in anticipation of vacations, drivers' licenses, dances, graduation, college, and freedom from restraints imposed by their elders. Perhaps this is one reason your editors have chosen Time as a theme. At any rate, a reckoning with time is always in order. Both young and old really know that longevity is no measure of quality. The stars are beautiful for all time to those who see a miracle in the night skies, a tearful little girl's smile is gone in an instant, but is infinitely precious to those who love children. Which is more beautiful? None can say. Similarly, though our lives are measured by time, the meaning of our lives has nothing to do with their length. In spite of inevitable birthdays, the more significant human develop- ments are not governed by time. Babyhood did not end at a predictable date but when you stopped being babyish. Childhood does not cease because your years are numbered in two digits but because you 'Lput away childish thingsf, Adulthood does not come when you leave your teens but when you have met and handled in a responsible fashion the duties, problems, and privileges of an adult. The genuine issues of living may be met by one in a few years and bypassed by another through the whole course of a long life. Human beings receive time separated into days and seasons. We have evolved additional scientific divisions-minutes, hours, weeks, months, years-but all become wholly inconse- quential if we accept the fact that God, who dwells in infinity, came to his creatures, who dwell in time, and showed us that man. was born to share eternity. Such a vision can be a tragic threat to any who might spend eternity counting artificial portions of time in antici- pation of pleasure yet to come, but a glowing promise to those who have caught a glimpse of their Creator's Hloving purposesf' Even the restless young sometimes spend a moment contem- plating eternal destinyg even those who so busily count the days pause occasionally to wonder whether their waiting is for the 'ggood cheer that may endure forever. When these ever- recurring questions come to you, we hope you will find, stored deep in the recesses of your mind, some glimmer of light, some knowledge of truth, some experience of love that will enhance all time and render you courageously grateful for the awesome possibilities of eternity. E131