St Cyril Academy - Violets Yearbook (Danville, PA)

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Pormg over a Book Pamtlnff by J Hala Slovakla on Canvas Wlth the constructlon of the New Wing ln progress our Slovak people are as generous as ever Wlth thelr contr1but1ons toward lts erection Recently however the Academy was the rec1p1ent of some thlng worth more than monev can buy The donors of th1s treasure Mr and Mrs Joseph Junas of New York C1ty must have found lt dlfflcult to part w1th What IS thls treasure? It IS a book A book about the Slovak people 1n the vlllage of Vazec A plcture book 1n gay colors a book As an artlst Jan Hala found beauty ln all thmgs but 1n the year 1923 he found somethmg that surpas ed all the beauty he had ever known Such grace and form he dxscovered 1n the s1mpl1c1ty of Vazec a quamt Slovak vlllage restlng peacefully beneath the hover mg Tatrv Everyth1ng about 1t captwated h1m He found untamted lovel1ness 1n the daxly hfe of the vlllage 1n the changmg of the sea sons 1n the gay songs of the vlllage m the people themselves All th1s fxlled h1s soul Wlth the desxre to become a part of lt He took up re sldence there and w1th eagerness grew 1nto the l1fe of the v1l1age 116 as ' sy ' - ' . D . l . A sa 9 . ' V , v p . . - n n v . , I . p . , . 1 . p . , V U . y . p y of paintings by the Czech-,born artist Jan Hala. . , . . y . . D S y , - . p. . . p . , . I . - 1 y ' - X

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Ol' O or Country The Freshman Cnlcs Club ln operation LIFE THAT IS LIGHT UC L B lp? 'fa suis. - ' Sophomores R Furlak B Sadovsy M Llpossky A Kozman and M IXOHllSHl'Clk take pride m lllustrfitmg thur study of tho I lfe of Chrlst 115

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The gorgeous blossoms of sprmg soon faded and the warmth and frrendlrness of summer greeted hun, but stlll he could not pamt Then autumn rn all ther garety and color showed herself to hun hold rng hlm spellbound In due course wrnter crept 1n and the vrllage awoke to frnd rtself clothed rn a mantle of whlte Yet h1s soul would not yreld nts treasures and h1S brush remamed rdle Sprlng was upon hlm once agarn and wrth rt more 1nsp1rat1on Thrls trme he succeeded 1n catch mg the song of beauty that had tempted hnn and wrth th1s prrze the reservorr of hrs soul overflowed Now wrth all hrs heart he endeavored to drscrplme th1s song and capture lt mto the rhythm of hrs lrnes and the blend of hrs colors He pamted unceaslngly, choos1ng subjects from every phase of the l1fe of the vrllage people at prayer, at work, at play people readrng dancrng, washing ploughrng, restrng The parntrng reproduced here was chosen because rt frts the theme of th1s rssue, vrz, Readrng But there are some srxty prctures 1n the book, all charmrng and enchantrng To the donors of th1s treasured volume we say a srncere, Pan B h zaplat trsmcnasobnev' Ellzabeth Mlchllk 57 Brooklyn New York 3 ! 'D s9! gi Bravo, Pat' The Drocesan lorensrc league deposrtel HS Uophy at St Cyrrl Academy tor the en surng year thanks to Patrrcra OBI'l9I1 I Bloombsburg Pa Havrng non frrst place at the a ea el mmatlon se sron she was elrgrble to partrclplte rn the trnars held at Qhamokrn on 'Vlay 2 Her toprc was The Church and the Famrly Noting frrst the rrnportante of the tamrly to the Church the State and rretv Ill general -,he enumerated all the varr ous programs the Lhurth has undertaken to safeguard the famrly For her oratorlcal skrll Pat also arqurred a personal trophy It mll be a constant re rnrnder to her of the obJettrves of the Foren src League to produce artrculate Cathollcs 117 . . W 4 O A , 1 Q x I ' - 1 ' ' 1 ' ' , V . t . N . . .X . N L L ' 1 1 1 . 1 , 1 1 l - 'N' A W 1 1 . . - , 1 , 1 1 , ! Y Y ' . N . N N . . X Q . . ' 1 ' 1 ' I 1 l . - ' as ' ' N , . , , o 1 . . . . , 7 , N ,A I '- ,, ix 'X .fe 089. ' 'I .5 e 'xt eff ' AQ.. , -'W' , ,1. . . 1 ,W , g 1 1 U 1 . A '1 4' - 1' , ,I 1 ' - - 1 . . ' 1 . 1 ,- Y . I ' . ,- .- , . . 1 1 0 1 ' v Q' r' 1 ' 1' sr' , ' ' ,g , 1' ' . . , 2 K . ' 1 ' 1 U 1 - ,11 , . . i . , . - 1 r 30' . r. , , 11 1 ,- .' . sr l - - ,,