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

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THE 1956 SPIRES Pubhshed by Samt Joseph H1gh School O11 C1ty, Pennsylvama

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My dear Graduates We take th1s occaslon to congratulate the Sen1or Class as they are graduated from Sa1nt Joseph School and commence l1fe 1n other fl61dS of endeavor D1fferent people used d1fferent measur1ng dev1ces 1n evaluat1ng educat1on Wh1le the quahty of the teach1ng the 1ndustry of the students the standards and phys1cal equ1pment of the school are 1mportant 1t 15 the product that w1ll determ1ne the success of any educat1on The var1ous years and grades 1n school are somewhat l1ke the assembly l1ne 1n automoblle product1on The raw materlals come 1n at one end of the plant or school and through var1ous stages of development emerge at the other end of the plant or the school as the f1n1shed product In educat1on the raw mater1al 1S the 1nformed untutored ch1ld enter1ng f1rst grade the workmen are the teachers and the phllosophy governlng the school 1S the bluepr1nt and spec1f1cat1ons of the des1red product In Cathol1c educat1on the des1red product 1S the soul the human personahty endowed w1th sanct1fy1ng grace hav1ng before God a just cla1m on heaven 1tself Th1s 1S the supreme goal of l1fe at death of every 1nd1v1dual In Catholxc educat1on the teacher 15 the ded1cated techn1c1an whose work 1n the great Plant 1n th1S case the Church 1S consecrated and protected by a un1on The raw mater1al the pr1mary student comes somewhat prefabr1cated when lt begms the educatlve process It 1S already endowed Wlth reason functlonmg and more 1mportantly 1t 15 bapt1zed It has not been made or chosen at random It 1S made to the 1mage and l1keness of God Its dest1ny 15 to arr1ve one day 1n perpetual happlness w1th God 1n heaven L1fe 1S not however Just educat1on At best educat1on IS the preparat1on for the Journey through l1fe just as an automob11e s dest1ny IS to run to operate effect1vely on the h1ghways of the nat1on In graduatmg th1s class onto the h1ghways of l1fe the adm1n1strat1on and faculty of Sa1nt Joseph Hlgh School are proud of the end product you young men and women the objects of the1r fa1thful lntelhgent and prayerful 1nterest durmg the product1on process They are conf1dent w1th God s cont1nu1ng grace that each of you W111 be a glory to your Alma Mater ach1eve suc cess for yourselves 1n th1s world and hereafter and thus fulf1ll the des1gns of God the Supreme Draftsman and Creator W1th a bless1ng and every best w1sh Very S1ncerely 1n Chrlst Most ReverendE P McManaman DD . , . , . . J . . . . , . . I 2 . . . . , . , , . , . . . , . . . . J . J J J I a un1on w1th Chr1st.the Master-Builder. D I I I a . . J , . . . , . . . . . . . , . . I . , . . . . . ' 1 1 s J . . . . . , 0 l J .v - I J J , 4- . C.. . . , . .