St Joseph High School - Spires Yearbook (Oil City, PA)

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My dear Graduates It g1ves us great pleasure to congratulate you and your parents on your graduat1on from h1gh school We bel1eve that you have been g1ven a super1or educat1on complete because lt embraces not only a good rel1g1ous tra1n1ng but also competent 1nstruct1on 1n the secular subjects Xs you f1n1sh your course of study at Sa1nt Joseph s Iilgh School you move onward 1nto broader learn1ng and experlence IU the relentless stream of l1fe Presently you stand at a polnt between b1rth and death the cradle and the grave Your work at Sa1nt Joseph s almed to help you f1n1sh out your span of l1fe safely and w1th certalnty It gave you a sure certa1n goal to attam and lt made known to you practlced you IH the ways and means to reach that goal The goal of course 15 un1on w1th God here and 1n heaven It 1S our trust that each graduate W111 keep 1n force through the rema1n1ng years the pr1nc1ples of rlght th1nk1ng and good conduct that Wlll enable hxm so to succeed 1n l1fe that he w11l also gam ahappy etern1ty It 15 concelvable that one or some of you m1ght fa1l and 1n 1os1ng heaven lose everyth1ng It 1S therefore our prayer that upon your rel1g1ous pI'1l'1C1p16S you w1ll settle other laws and rules of thought and actlon They are the landmarks l1ke trafflc guldes wh1ch you are free to obey or d1sobey to your good or 111 In God s grace you are suff1c1ent to stand though free to fall Freedom IS adreadful r1sk Use lt carefully In all th1ngs be sure of l1fe s true values Hold ever to what 1S good and true Moreover let everyth1ng be related to your etern1ty L1fe lS made of small 1nc1dents petty events of des1res pleasures vexat1ons and hurts th1ck as f116S and of l1ttle consequence of cr1t1 c1sms and compllments WhlCh l1ke mus1c good and bad sl1de across the m1nd to be forgotten by h1m who gave and hlm who rece1ved them Yet they are noted by the recordmg angel 1n God s book of l1fe whereby all that you do for H1m becomes subl1me and has endurlng value Wlth a bless1ng and every best w1sh Very s1ncerely 1n Chrlst ,tw 1411 Auxlllary B1ShOp of Er1e Feast of the F1nd1ng of the Holy Cross May 3 1955 1 1 A . . . , . 1 - 1 1 . , . . 1 1 : I - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 o 1 1 - 1 1 . . , 1 . . . . . , . - 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . . , . 1 1 1 1 , . - 1 .

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