St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Volume LVII P rf - $!0 00 Si Ignofvrt Kgh School 1911 Wes'30 Sl««l Cleveland. Oho 1977 ,3lgmtitatt 4 Theme. Rclymg solely upon our post experiences, we poor through the complex lobyrinth of life and ottempt to sort out the confusions encountered on our journey. 16 Seniors. Seniors experience the culmination of the Ignotius growth pro cess. They rise ond foil with the school and set the tone for o successful year. 52 Sports. Whether we ore vie torious or vanquished, our exploits on the field of ploy result in on awareness of our capabilities and exultation over our thriving success. 104 Classroom Life. Methods ond manners differ among mentors, yet results are similar. The Ignatius sfudcnr reaches h s full mental potential and conforms to the discipline of the clossroom. 130 Orgonixotions. As the student reaches higher to fullfill his developmental needs, he becomes active ond odds o part of himself to the Ignotius community. 170. Underclassmen. Put m o precarious position by h«s superiors, the underclassman realizes his limitations. yet strives to believe in himself ond his abilities Theme 3

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The seed of life must grow and blossom into the totality of a person. The experience we undergo here at St. Ignatius High School, in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States of America, on the planet Earth, is one of continual growth. From the moment of conception on Freshman Orientation Day, until we pass into a new life on Graduation Day, we are growing. From the very first moment the most important growth process of our lives is set into motion. St. Ignatius is the soil, the rain, and the sun from which our lives can be nurtured and molded so that we may become firmly rooted on West 30th Street. After four years of constant care we are transplanted elsewhere, but the roots remain beneath the steps above which is carved the inscription, St. Ignatius College. While we are here we must grow. For if we do not grow we stay the same. And if we stay the same we are stagnant. From stagnation comes death, darkness, void. We must always be growing, moving forward. We are always reaching for the final goal: IDENTITY, PERSONALITY. We must experience before we can become people. It is the Ignatius experience, taken as a a whole, which does more than anything else in our lives to mold us into loving, caring, Christian human beings. We must decide whether to die or to give in to death. Should we give in to death we would be lost. We would nullify any meaningful experience we may have had. But if, on the other hand, we decide to die, we are given life. For through death a new life is attained. If we are to grow, we must first be willing to die. Through death we lose control of our destiny and put our fate in the hands of another. This willingness to give to another is the one act of love we must submit ourselves to before we can ever speak of ourselves as Christians. For if we speak of our Christianity, we must show it in terms of our love for others, our giving of ourselves for others, our death for others. We can speak in these terms only after a certain level of maturity is reached. (continued on page six) ' +' $+ AAAI