St Francis College - Motus Yearbook (Biddeford, ME)

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St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus St. Theresa, known as the Little Flower of Jesus, was born in Lisieux, France where she entered the Carmelita Monastery as soon as she was of age. Throughout her life she practiced simple acts of humility, generosity, and love. Though she was small, this did not prevent her from loving God and doing, her duty. All over the world, people show a quiet but deep and fervent devotion to the Little Flowe r As a sign of this devotion, Pope Pius XI named her Patroness of the Missions. She truly is a perfect model of our time, and we the class of '55 feel assured that through our supplications she will keep us under her guidance. 11

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FA'NK U I Wt! Wm VI The American Beauty, clustered with its deep pink to crimsonbuds, is found to be one of the most exquisite flowers of today. This rose, known as the symbol ofbeauty,was brought from France to the United States in 1886. While at St. Francis, the class of '55 has learned to recognize and ad- mire beautiful things, and that is why we have chosen the American Beauty as our class flower. WW Of the many sayings that exist the class of '55 could not find a wiser one than, Age Quod Agis. This familiar quotation comes from the lips of one of the greatest saints that ever lived, St. Augustine. It means that whatever one does, one should do it well. We seniors should follow this advice carefully, and we will profit much from the sage motto we have selected. U a Robert Vermette l

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maaa Wizturg 71444 In the fall of the year nineteen-hundred and fifty-one, a group of thirty boys entered Saint Francis. Like all former freshmen, we,the class of 55 , causedalittle disturbance among the others. Time indoctrinated us in the school's regulations and its environ- ment. The initiation--a terror to all freshmen--came with all its fears. The seniors were successful in frightening us with their overly-exaggerated threats. Then the day came, the ordeal wasn't so severe as we had anticipated. Towards the end of the initiation the seniors were kind enough to give us refreshments. The initiation over, we riveted our attention to the spiritual and to the scholastic. During the waning days of October, we had our yearly retreat. The retreat master preached excellently. Being tyros in the political field and fearing too much domina- tion, we elected a chairman, Richard L'Heureux, rather than a full slate of officers. The Christmas season came, and home we went. When we re- turned from our Christmas vacation, it took us little time to set free the feelings of nostalgia. The semester examinations were upon us; the majority of us towed the marksuccessfully. Lent past, spring came, and we soon found ourselves packing our trunks. 50:54 Arriving for our second year at Saint Francis,we were quite trained in the art of unpac king . It didn't take long for us to feel AT HOME. A few of our classmates hadn't re- turned, but we were fortunate enough to have others to patch the holes. S till ou r group diminished to the number of twenty-seven. When initiation came, it felt good to relax and watch the others pass through, the ordeal. 12