St Fidelis Seminary - Skullcap Yearbook (Herman, PA)

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Mlllll 15 l CLASS HISTORY RUSSELL MYERS Gil .IH Trme marches on' As the world IS contrnually mak1ng hrstory some ot an elusrve type other more crucral and dramatrc so too the semxnarrans are mak1ng hrstory Yes as each class of young men turns onto the h1ghway ot tts long Journey to the prresthood rt 1Sl1k9 the begrnnmg ot the world No past 1ust a present and a future As rt sw1ngs 1nto trme 1t forms a hrstory a past to be remembered referred to and maybe loved or hated On September 3 1935 the seed ol a new tree was planted here on the semrnary grounds a seed embodred wxth srxty frve slender t1m1d boys And as a seed whrch at hrst shows no s1gn ol hte but IS 1n reahty a bedlam ot groW1ng cells the class destrned to be the class of 41 showed rn those early days no outward SIQHS of hte but were nevertheless branchrng out 1nto the1r respectrve modes of hte So the young saphng has broken ground and formed a small but bushy tree Smp' Snrpl The prun1ng shears are put to work And out of slxty hve thrrty remarn Thrs year too stems shot forth from the trunk of our small tree that were destrned to grow and prosper sports and dramatrcs In dramatlcs we staged the rmmortal drama Rrp Van Wrnkle Our great Thesp1an Francrs Schmrtt was brought to the hmehght 1n the role of Rrp In sports the mrghty Brum basketball team was 1n1t1ated We d1d not w1n the champronshrp but we were always a lormrdable opponent On return1ng we were 1n the honorary posrtron ot senrors ol the Iunror department W1th such a d1st1nct1on draprng our shoulders the tree of our class was well formed and branchrng boldly and dehnrtely 1nto several large extra currrcular aCl1V1I19S But' What s th1s' Greek and Latrn Classrcsl Here we met the languages of the togaed freaks I mean Greeks But we rolled down our sleeves and got to work We succeeded 1n unravell1ng the trrst mystery of Greek and rn Caesar we d1d more to Gaul than Hrtler But all work and no play makes lack a flat head So thrs year also was hlled wrth WW 'lvl Ms. The Szxth Class studymg lor Homer class ll D l I N t H G A , . , ' . I I me we q I A . f' ap V , 4 , A 5. g 1. X P' A ' z I ' I 'Q X R., r an , ' 'fwfr ,fi ' .

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T'-ez v-7 Requlescof ln pace' Now cracks a noble heart' Good nrght sweet prznce And tlxghts of angels smg thee to rest Shakespeare s Hamlet lt was just two years ago that a noble heart cracked and passed from our m1dst 1nto the company of angels That heart was Francts Cagnettl s On a brtght September day m 1935 the sunny rays beat a tattoo on the New Castle pavements to fanfare Cags departure for St Fxdehs Semmary However he was not accorded such an ovat1on here at school for he was Just another m1n1m But by the fall of 1938 h1s years at the semrnary were f1n1sh1ng na1ls tn the hardy t1mber of Cag s makeup for 1n that t1me he exh1b1ted h1s ab1l1t1es A sterl1ng character a strong w1ll and a splend1d const1tut1on placed h1m ln the front ranks of the class act1v1t1es Few students could v1e wtth h1m 1n Latxn Greek or German and even fewer could contend w1th h1m for a left f1eld berth on a mushball held or a center back pOS1l1OD on a volleyball court or a net man Job on the tennxs turf forward to h1s l1fe 1n the pr1esthood It was Cag s dearest dream to v1sual1ze h1mself1n the Whlte glrdled hablt of the Capuchms so that he could go among the s1ck and 1nf1rm eas1ng the1r pa1ns not only by sooth1ng words but also by tender l1ttle deeds and act1ons Ever d1d h1s eyes sparkle as he t1me after tune told of h1s future aCl1V1l19S as a hosp1tal chapla1n To h1m however was not to be gxven the 1oys of the pr1esthood God rather wxshed that th1s l1ly adorn h1s heavenly garden Cag fell 1ll 1n the wrnter of l938 Dur1ng a prolonged tllness of some l1V9 months a cancerous growth had stealth1ly worked tts way 1nto h1s vttal organs and crushed out the sweet young hte tn them But what a beauttful death h1s was' Iust before h1s pass1ng Cag ratsed tear dxmmed eyes to those around h1m and Wllh a tender vo1ce sand I have always prayed God to let me become a prrest but 1f He does not want me for that state then I prayed H1m to take me to H1m HIS prayer was heard and answered on that cr1msoned even1ng of May 27 l939 May h1s soul rest 1n peace' , , , . , , , 2 ' ' ' I - . . I Our class was then advancing farther to our goal-each looked eagerly . , . , - , . I . . I . Z .. , , .

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D ,, A ' ' -i- i I ll ll Cl ll ll Milli!!! nu 9 Iliff R The mall must go through Gage cmd Deacon see to lt that xt does Iug Dean and Chub sports and dramat1cs In the outdoor sports we won all laurels In basketball th B e rurns had reached a playoff ser1es but fate was aga1nst us The n1ght before the f1nal game Wllh the count one up 1n a three game serres St Fld9llS burnt to a mere charred form Our school year ended abruptly but We con t1nued our studles at home We returned however t as members of the Sen1or department Th1s year there were the same old sub1ects exceptrng a new Latm Class1c Ov1d Prevzously rn dramatlcs the Lrterary Soc1ety was busy enact1ng small plays Wllh only a srngle product1on sometrmes 1f except1onally good an extra performance was staged But th1s year the SOC19ly after much dlscusslon dec1ded to present a Pass1on Pl ay All members of our class responded Whole heartedly to the call and several of he followlng year to the mvlgoratzng Herman cl1mate Rt the clubroom entrance, Schmltty and Hank agam as Schmltt d H y an cmk Calphas and Bxbulus DI D ' ,' X 17 l 2 14 1 ' 'i:1 'lf,l' fl I if rrir V A 4 ' 4 .Z f nf , y 1 f. if 7