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

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X, f f f R x. ' X TX. ax X K N R XX F xx 1' -X. ,K VTX Xi R J 1 Txrsxx x KX XX ,Z-r 'll ALMA MATER To work and prayer We pledge our days W1th1n Samt Joseph s walls And learn the Joy of sery1ng where Our God or country calls Wlth Standards h1gh On f1eld of sports Fly proudly on as they pass by' Salnt Joseph s green and gold Sa1nt Joseph s' Sa1nt Joseph s' We ha1l thy h1ghest a1m W1th zeal and falth and loyalty We honor thy lov d name TABLE OF CONTENTS Faculty Senxors Sophomore s Fre shmen ACt1V1t1e5 Athleucs 2 M J, t was A t, .................... . .8 ' ' ' .................... . 12 Our banners--flashing bold Juniors .................,... 34 - - , ' ................ . . 40 ' ' . .......,.......... . 46 ' I ' ' , ' ' ' .............. . . . . . .53 A .' , ' .................. . . 76

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PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS SAINT JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL on CITY PENNSYLVANIA I SPIRES IIIBX

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i N 1 7' , J lililil ol!! A .FJ nfl, dvi X All I L X 1 cuirsro ssnvixa x As we pass through l1fe one of the greatest challenges wzll be 1n our assoc1at1ons wxth others Belongmg to a fam1ly to a Church or to any soc1al body enta1ls respons1b1l1t1es It becomes neces sary to put ourselves at the d1sposal of others to deny ourselves 1n favor of others Yet 1n these every day sacr1f1ces we develop personahty and ach1eve maturlty Strangely enough It IS by help1ng others that we ourselves begln to be what we should be Our SSTVICB 15 as l1m1tless as the needs of others Chrlst saved the world by serv1ng the world and 1n the same respect a true seruce to Chr1st IS a means of salvat1on There IS g eat generos1ty 1n youth but l1ke an uncut d1amond the true beauty IS not d1splayed unt1l th1s quahty IS developed and pol1shed L1ke th1s prec1ous gem the young student when he f1rst enters hxgh school 15 so to speak 1n the rough stage As the steady hand of the cutter IS to a d1a mond serv1ce to Chr1st 15 to a young Chr1st1an It IS the agent Wh1Ch produces the br1ll1ance d1s played by a person l1v1ng for h1S fellow man Each cut and facet 1n the d1amond IS eqtnvalent to the d1fferent phases of l1fe encountered by the student l1v1ng w1th h1S classmates In classes he learns that he also can be a teacher I-Ie also can 1nstruct and lend a help1ng hand to one who IS not so fortunate The youth begms to real1ze that h1s serv1ces w1ll always be tn demand And by servmg others l1ke h1mself he gzves honor and glory to h1s Creator Whatever you do to one of these my least brethren you do unto Me Out of the classroom there are also many opportun1t1es to Serve Chr1st Soc1ally the youth works hand 1n hand w1th h1s classmates to make an evenmg of dancmg a success or to see that the chxldren 1n the hosp1tal are not forgotten over Thanksgxvmg Taktng the knocks and bumps of the athletxc fxeld 1n h1s str1de learmng the true mean1ng of sportsmansh1p he Serves Chrlst 1n another manner Slowly but Surely the Jewel of youth commences to take shape and beauty By servxng others he IS 'Servmg Chr1st 1n the fullest sense and IS ach1ev1ng h1s goal 1n thxs llfe to know love and serve God 3 Q 1 el lx y Ml, .E ll ,.,. 1 if I l 1,2 el y 'M 1 y fl qi 'U 4111 , F PI I , 4 nl y y 1 I fllulll'?w ll nl ll - llflllflll. I