St Fidelis Seminary - Skullcap Yearbook (Herman, PA)

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D ,, KA T-if i-47' HEAVEN S ROSE Bloommg lrttle rose bud larr Blushmg red Playmg wrth the breeze In your soft bed W1th your pure scent Frlled w1tl'1 tasty nectar By dewdrops bent Happy lrttle flower Natures treasured gem Herghts ot flower s glory Heaven s Dradem IOSEPH MOFFITT gba IZ erqraguafes ,J , ' x Filling the sweet air

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Wll9E us had major roles Ioseph Moffrtt played Iudas and Iohn Martrn Gedeon We also had men on the stage s technxcal staff artlst staff and tn the orchestra p1t We were well represented 1n all departments To show the s1ng1ng ab1l1t1es of the student chorr an operetta someth1ng new to us was endeavored Here agaxn we were rn the tore strugghng to success Stxteen warblers wore the name 41 But the most rrnportant objechve 1n the eyes of our class was the new bu11d1ng our future home that was now be1ng constructed We exam 1ned every pxece of work thoroughly not under any spec1al 1ur1sd1ct1on but we d1d exam1ne and though we cr1t1c1zed at t1mes they worked on as they pleased The ded1cat1on of th1s bulldlng was the open1ng of the new school and the closrng of the old school year As we entered our f1fth year our tree had been formed All excess folrage had been tr1mmed and cleared away And we were now a sturdy work of nature no longer blown about by the w1nd but we knew our goal and strode drrectly forward We were advanced higher 1n d1fferent branches Vergrl and Crcero were added to our classrcs and Xenephon a Greek crossword puzzle was thrown 1n as a stde 1ssue But so far we had never had a more successful year In our Pass1on Play the 1ead1ng role was thrust 1nto the lap of Francrs Schm1tt who performed xt w1th the flnesse of a polxshed actor In sports we hnally tasted real vrctory We were unm1stakably the champlons As a matter of fact our basketball team worked w1th such prec1s1on that no At last rt has arrrved every m1n1m s dream the s1xth year We are members of the Sextam and we too w1ll follow the others The 1nk w1ll be dry on the last page of our hrstory here at St F1del1S and she w1ll close her doors upon us for the tlme Determ1ned to make th1s year our greatest we are stnvxng to reach a p1nnacle 1n our knowledge Our long1ng and heart deep desrre IS that those who follow may beneflt as fully from the advantages offered by our gemal and we1lequ1pped faculty whrch we are blessed to have And 1n partmg we shed no tears but raxse our chrns and just say so long t1ll we meet agarn lffll The sport fun Gage Chub the comer plate wxth sports sectxon cmd Oaks I , , , . I ' - 2 , , 1- . I , . , . - , , . team came near having hopes of winning a game. , 1' . . , . , . - . I . I . --1--is y 'I I ' . 3 ' I . I l Q1 ' L

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f V H' Back row lelt to nght Rxchard Endres Francls Gmocchr Stephen Kato Thrrd row Edward Curry Iohn Vendemra Bernard Schroeder Donald Gray Second row Regis Walters Wxlham Young loseph Kleber Richard Conway Front row Oscar Miller Ioseph Hellrng Gxalafe THE FIFTH CLASS RICHARD ENDRES Fxve tlmes have we thrown out our slender thread of trans1t1on hke Robert Bruce s legendary splder w1th ever broaden1ng radlus so that now we have succeeded 1n attammg a somewhat hrm foothold 1n our struggle to God s altar The thread though slender and delxcate 1n appearance IS a purssant rope each hbre ltself a tr1umph 1n strength Havmg chosen Paratus ad omma as our motto we have snatched each opportumty to weave our class xnto a golden strand truly worthy of sons of St Fxdehs From the cultural to the recreatlonal we have proved our worth and have stood wlth the best Love of culture and beauty whlch go together to make up true art and the full man lS not the least ol our legacmes from the Alma Mater We have taken a prom1nent part m the hterary held by contrxbutmg to oratory 1n the form ol debates and addresses and to dramatrcs Our mus1cal talent IS concretely demonstrated rn such groups as the chorr glee club the band and the strmg ensemble OI course we have always muted the cultural w1th the recreatlonal I can well assure you that there has been no lack of enthusxasm and sportsmanshlp among the hrst colleg1ate rn every held of athletxcs Havmg such tools of advantage rn our hands how can we fa1l to anchor our shlmmerlng thread rn the dxstant harbor ol the pnesthood whxch IS the llrst and best step on our walk to God? I 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - I 1 1 1 - I 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . . , 1 . 1 1 1 - 1 . 1 1