St Fidelis Seminary - Skullcap Yearbook (Herman, PA)

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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

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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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lQlMM My Back row Ioseph Scherer Anthony Molzskz Frank Molxskz Robert Krmgs Mxddle row Iohn Shaughnessy I Crcng Martm Iohn Hanncm Front row Claude Raxble Bernard Deutzer GXJIQIO THE FOURTH CLASS IOSEPH SCHERER As New Year s Day IS set aS1de to ponder over the events successful or not of the prev1ous year l1keW1Se the end of a scholast1c term should be ut1l1zed to we1gh conslder and compare the students deeds of the year Just completed The fru1t1on of the f1rst three years of study IS the Semor Department That mxlestone of scholast1c rea11zat1on IS ever ln the m1nd of the Iumor loomlng larger as the months grow 1nto years It denotes that one half of the student s preparatory groundwork has been la1d Success IS at hand Success IS that lntanglble quallty whlch one thxnks he has safely acqu1red only to see 1t shp harmlessly through h1s over anxlous f1ngers Iust as a cake of shppery soap speeds by our hand when we try to grasp 1t so success seems to fade 1nto the dlstance Just as we th1nk we have cornered 1t After a long struggle we th1nk we have chmbed our lntellectual he1ghts only to see the rema1n1ng p1nnacles of scholastxc accomphshment leer upon our t1red m1nds from almost unattarnable he1ghts That we can call our fourth year successful IS eas1ly understood because of the fact that we are stepp1ng off yards along the path whlch ulnmately leads us to the altar Mlnor dlscouragements have been set aslde by fresh resolu t1ons httle successes have spurred us on toward greater achlevements 54 . if Q2 ' 1 tg, , v' I 1 ,, ww 41254: Q , ,U lqswwnfm I 1 1 1 1 I 1 . 1 . I 1 . 1 . . 1 1 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I .