St James Catholic High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Chester, PA)

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I ly ,f Alfar I, 2, 3, 43 Lafi Club 3: Hi-Q-Quiz J 4: Treas. of fhe Seni r Class: Prom Com- Acfivifiesz Debaiin I, 43 Sfudenf Coun- cl 2, 3, 4, Lalin b 3: Bark Staff 3, 4 lco. Ed,lg Glee U ub 3, 43 Dramaiics 3. 4 Assembly 3, g VigiIan+es 4: Blue 8: Gray 4: Dance ommiffee 43 Sect of the Sen or Class. A quiel year, ihai Junior year, buf a year of real accomplishmeni and, for many, grave decisions. The year in which many of us wiih aihlelic bodies and iighiing hearfs Turned pro and dressed wiih Ihe Varsily .... The year we became iniegral paris of exira-curricular acfivilies . . . key men 'Io be depended upon fo fake over when +he Seniors should Iinish up . . . The year we published a Bark all by ourselves, when we became 'rhe new ediiors and new sfaif . . . lhe year, above all, when we really began +0 hir The books 'ro make up for losl lime. Respeciable, dependable . . . feeling in aniicipalion fhe weighiy responsibilily of our Senior Year. The lasi mile . . . noi ioward deafh, buf Toward life in 'rhe wide, wide world . . . law, medicine, feaching, indusfry, ioolmaking, business, Ihe Priest- hood . . . wha? should if be? Whal' does God wan'I if To be? Opporfunily afier opporiunify offered io us as 'rhe en+ire faculfy concenfraled in an efforl' Io prepare us for Ihe decision wi+h elernal consequences. I+ was lun Io visil' neighboring indusfries, 'ro be addressed by professional and indusirial men . . . buf fun 'rempered wilh gravify, for we knew wha'r il was all about Which Cafholic College lo ailend for wha? course . . . which 'rechnical school for whal Irade . . . fhe Armed Forces . . . The world of machines and indusfry . . . all examined closely, analyzed for us carefully. Buf I+ wasn'I all serious by any means. To be maior officers of 'rhe Siudenf Council, 'ro be ihe responsible parfies in school aclivilies, Io be Ihe Varsify . . . all made us realize our obligalions . . . buf obligaiions can be spiced wirh fun. And ihis lasi year has provided opporiuniry for a wealih of 'rhe lalier commodily. ln The pages Thai follow now, evidences of boih are inlerfwined. A senior . . . quick-Iongued, soH-fempered, spiced wif, aniicipafed nos- Ialgia. Boys who know 'Ihey are men. Men who remember Ihey are boys. Thus we have spenl our years. 22 Achvuhes: Debahng I, , 3, 4 lPres.l Camera Club I, 2, 3: Drarnafics 2, 3: Bark 2, 3, 4 ICO-Ed. 7 Assembly 3, 42 mi++ee. ROBERT F. SMITH 5 lr 7 Sf. Roberf

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Aclivilies: Foolball , 2, 3 lCapl.l: Slu- denl Council 2, 3, lPreS.l2 Baseball 3 lCapl.l: Vice-Presi nl of lhe Senior Class. Things have happened since Seplember ol l945, an,awlul lol ol ll . . . whal seemed al limes, in lacl, il musl be conlessed, lo be a lol ol a lhings, lhough in realily, il lurned oul lhal lhey were all lor lhe good and looking back on lhem, we're glad lhey happened. There was lhal day baclm in '45, lor inslance, when we all poured inlo Sl. James lor lhe lirsl lime . .. poured in from Sl. Roberl's, and Sl. Michaels, and Sl. Joseph's, and Sl. Georges and lrom dozens ol olher such parishes lhroughoul lhe counlry .... Green, green, green freshmen, conlronled so soon by so many supersophislicaled sophomores lo scare lhe lew wils oul ol us lhal we slill had wilh us .... Regislralion rules, regulalions. roslers . . . enough bureaucracy lil seemed lo usl lo lalce care ol lhe 48 Slales and lhe Philippine Islands, and more lhan enough red lape lo enlangle us all lhe days ol our lives. Yel how superlalively simple il all became in lhal second Seplember . . .when a boy is a man . . . a Freshman of '45 is a Sophomore of '46, Who can describe our sophomore year? To scorn lhe naivele ol lhe Freshmen, and lerrily lhem even as we ourselves had been lerrilied. To pily lhe slaid respeclabilily ol lhe Juniors, lo respecl only lhe Seniors . . . and even lhen lo respecl lhem only lhrough a secrel lear. To have suddenly discovered, in lhe space ol one shorl pre-Sophomoric summer, lhal we knew inlinilely more lhan any ol our Reverend prolessors, could adminisler lhe school lar more ellicienlly lhan our Reclor, and produce lar beller leams lhan our coaches, al lhe same lime lhal we could pul oul a much beller school news- paper and yearboolc. Sporls-conscious, girl-conscious, self-conscious sophomoresl Whal a year began in Seplember ol '46, Seplember ol '47 and we belonged! MUEL GRETO Slreol Crum Sf Ron of Lima Acfiviiielz Foofbal I, 2, 3. 4: Baslrelball I, 3, 4, Baseball 3, ,Sludenl Council 2, 3, 4: Presidenl of fh Senior Class. ir'

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