St Fidelis Seminary - Skullcap Yearbook (Herman, PA)

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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

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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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at 'ff gr Back row- left to right Robert Momeau Raphael Bellendxr Paul Schmxtt Stanley Smxth Iohn Stenger Thxrd row Iames Launa Leo Roethlexn Iames Qumn Robert Mahoney Edward Kelly Stephen Cehelsky Second row Frank Nrckel Clarence Cypher Wlllxam Varley Edward Kroeger Francis Murar Alfred DePol1s Raymond Bottner Ierome Nledermexer Front row George Brllmgs Lawrence Garred Ioseph Valle Wlllram Quinn Iohn Ostrovecky Kenneth Grerner GXJIQZEJ THE FIRST CLASS STANLEY SMITH The brlght warm sun of September last shone down upon the Jov1al faces of forty seven m1n1ms as they arrxved to take up the ftrst stage of the1r preparatory studxes here at St Fldel1S The follow1ng day was a lonely one mdeed for the boys as they wandered about makmg new acqua1ntances playlng baseball and espec1ally wondermg what the future held 1n store for them The fxrst day of studles however was more exc1t1ng and novel when they met the1r new professors and dlscoverecl to the1r amusement that the studles werent as hard as they had seemed to be and 1t wasnt long before they were settled down to the da1ly rout1ne All went smoothly as the h1gher classmen looked exultantly toward ln1t1at1on Day October 4th What mental fears the m1n1ms exper1enced over th1s vexlng problem would be too hard to express but we can say however that the1r joys were boundless when Father D1rector announced the cancellatron of all 1n1t1at1on proceed1ngs 1ndef1n1tely' As the months rolled past the class slowly receded 1n number only twenty fxve now rema1n but the1r spmt of good cheer has not been affected by th1s lessenmg If .KM Y, .-- A 1 ,1 U 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 - u . 11 . . 1 n . . 11 . . . . . , 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1