St Joseph School - Josephium Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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1 A X The Ijacuity zistcfp oF Sf. 'fopepk cipfou, Indiana THE TEACHER'S PRAYER I do not crave celestial fire, To kindle hearts of youth: I simply ask the gift divine To lead my class to Truth. To lead them thru School's devious ways, To see them grow apace Along the path where Wisdom stands And doles out heavenly grace. I pray to fashion their young minds To know and do their party I seek to see them drawing near Unto the Sacred Heart. Great Teacher, list unto my prayer! Oh, hearken to my plea! My very heart's desire is this: To lead them nearer Thee.

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S X Q 17' 11 5 a A ' ' 'ffff if aa- a X ia THB TEACHER'S ART The sculptor may chisel cold marble With genius surpassingly rare: The painter may feature his canvass With a form exquisitely fair. But what are all these arts to teaching That fathoms the depth of a soulg That rousss the mind into actlong that leads us to God's highest goal! Ah! wonderful soul of yon infant! I see you from heaven descend To drink from the lips of God's teacher A knowledge that none can transcend. Strive on in your noble profession, Ye teachers of childhood and youth: May the Master from Nazareth guide you In teaching the Way and the Truth. --Mary Christina Austin.

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RX L 'X 6f4447!0C06'l There are many reasons why we have chosen the Red Rose as our Class Flower. As the Sunflower is symbolical of Faith, the Ivy of Hope, so is the Rose of Charity. y Kindness is a very beautiful word, a word that expresses one of the most pleasing qualities that anyone, and especially young people can possess, Therefore we ought to practice as perfectly as possible the second commandment of the law, UThou Shalt love thy neighbor as thyselfn, ' Faith and Hope end with time but the Rose of ardent- Charity lives through Eternity. --Barbara Leavell '50 I OUR CLASS PATRON, ST. ALOYSIUS One question on which we were unanimous was the choice of a Class Patron. Read the Life of St. Aloysius, and consider the Holy Year Challenge of Pope Puls to Youth, HBe Pure', and you will understand why. Aloysius Gonzaga was born at Castigllone, Italy, in such perilous times, that they hastened his baptism. The very first words that he pronounced were the holy names of Jesus and Mary. When he was only nine years of age he made a vow of perpetual virginity, before the altar of the Blessed Virgin, and he prac- ticed the strictest modesty during his life. He received his First Holy Communion from the hands of St. Charles Borromeo. At an early age he resolved to leave the world, and in a vision was directed by Our Blessed Lady to Join the Jesuits. Aloysius had finished his Logic while a page in the Spanish Court, and His Philosophy at Milan. While he was yet at Milan, one morning he was favored with a revelation--that he had only a short time to live. He died, repeating the Holy Name, on the octave of Corpus-Christi, being little more that twenty-two Years. Let us have recourse to the merits and intercession of St. Aloysius. Pope Benedict XIII gave him as a pattern to young 65444605044 The Sophomore Class this year chose as their colors Red and White, A world without color we could picture as easily as a world without light. Color harmony is valuable in almost every place where the eye's ability to receive color sensation is used. Red and White represent sterling qualities of character to people. --Raymond Siebold '50 which we should aspire. Red is expressive of martyrdom and love:- love of God, and of our fellow-men. White is symbolical of our Immaculate Mother's holy purity. --Rosemary Conner '50