St Fidelis Seminary - Skullcap Yearbook (Herman, PA)

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Back row left to nght Gerard Kelly Rxchard Rowe George Z1v1c Mxddle row Louxs Nemeth lrwm Stoecklem Roman Groszluewrcz Iohn Hobaugh Ioseph Farkas Front row Ioseph Fxnerty Leonard Weldner Iames Stuber GXDIQIB THE THIRD CLASS IOHN HOBAUGH What a motley crew we are tall and short stout and thm bolsterous and sedate off1c1ous and modest but w1th one xdeal 1ntent that we may one day be worthy of the greatest of honors to recelve the crown of the pr1esthood When hav1ng successfully completed two years of academrc study under the gurdance of the faculty of St F1del1s Semmary we entered our th1rd year eagerly antlcrpatmg the new obstacles of two languages German and Greek and determ1ned to take them 1n our strxde Now that we have hurtled the bugbears we feel confldent that the future years w1ll present no obstacle too d1ff1cu1t to contend w1th About to enter the semor department we pause to look back and see three markers that desxgnate the three fleet years of study that have passed 1n the w1nk of an eye Ahead we see many more markers but the closest target mterests us most for xt must be dealt wxth today At present when welrd and fantastlc tales of a strange and comphcated future complete w1th supermen rockets and drsmtegraters are belng lO1Sl6d upon the Amerrcan publrc the members of the th1rd class are not wont to shde 1nto th1s dream of fantasy wastmg prec1ous moments of th1s all too short l1fe but they rather turn to and fmd comfortmg solace 1n the class motto Hodxe non cras today not tomorrow know1ng full well that what we do today w1ll mould our future I 1 1 1 . I 1 1 1 , . I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 n. . 11 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 tt . 11 u 11 . 1 1 1

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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 .

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IIE? llI1lIDllE'j , ll ,, gl KA QM 23 T1 3-ei Back row left to nght Augustme Laurenzx Iohn Pager Ioseph Nee Iulxan Wanda Damel Nee Raymond Wmebrenner Middle row Iohn Smith Charles Rectenwald Carl Pelmo Leonard Ostrowskx Gerald Hmterlang loseph Laconr Front row Ioseph Heath Iohn Walsh Davld Lawler Ioseph Schaller Iames Stalcem Iohn Tomasesln Anthony Pern GXJIQIO THE SECOND CLASS RAYMOND WINEBHENNEH The paths of lxfe lead humanlty surgmg into varlous and numerous lxelds scholastxc year of 1940 1941 wends 1ts way toward completlon we the second class feel as 1f we have walked another m1le toward our goal of the holy pr1esthood Th1s rndeed sounds very serrous but the second class has 1ts humorous s1de To be able to blend sense and nonsense 1nto a workable combxnatron IS truly our most cher1shed plan We are as proud of our class sp1r1t as we are of our success rn most sports Dont mlsconstrue thxs statement as relatmg that we are perlect Nay lar from 1t We are lust an average group of boys slncerely dolng our best to score rn the great game of hte Next year we shall be the sen1ors of the Iumor Department and ln that capacrty we shall endeavor to set an rrreproachable example We, by the grace of God, have chosen the sublimest of them all. As the