St Josephs High School - Crest / Signet Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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Liss Hol Ons After finishing eight years of grade school work, we entered S.J.H.S. in September 1935 as freshmen. We looked up to the older students and tried to follow their example as much as we could. June came quickly, and we were promoted to the sophomore grade. During this year we thought we were sunk on account of Geometry, Latin, and other subjects, but we pulled through and finally, we found our- selves in the junior class the next fall. This was our best year. We completed our courses in Bookkeeping and Journalism in less time than it had taken previous classes. Because our class consisted mostly of boys the seniors were worried about our banquet. How- ever, we Surprised them by giving the best banquet that had ever been given. The ship that formed the setting for the banquet will long be remembered. For our senior year all of us returned. During this year we tried our best to give good example. Our last bazaar surpassed that of all others. We hope that those we leave behind will have pleasant memories of the class of '39. JANE MUZZILLO FLOYD FETTER SENIORS’ PLANS FOR THE FUTURE heise pao atipee 1AM PE ph Se ed oe Stenographer EOUCIB GIPeTetretiti at wanls heh S CER aye boii aed ie Manager of Ten Cent Store Wige eg Rib pd es fe POs Se ee ae Business Manager PAG RAR CNDCL GE Eee SOMA Ay The hcl es bE Shi aPecie Del Fuses b Le fees Printer Ctrl Mate ca lg RE oe NEA BRS an Seg Pilot WET EB Eon OB) UE DES AA Se fae ee a ee Engineer on “B O” evelyn yates, (YC Piel gad 0 CORP ES Aan nike en a Rae Manager of Bowling Alley FLOYD FETTER

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eee ee eee ee a oe ee ee 2 AVG SR lt ee OP et we ep fo Did ee SO creer x Keot Ullal If there is any one thing we should have learned in the long term of years we spent in school it is the need of accepting responsibility. From the very first day we entered the class room we assumed certain duties as ours and were taught to perform them. Early in our training we took part in drills and recitations where failure of one of the members of the cast or team would throw the entire production into chaos. We scarcely realized how important we were because, no doubt, we were too young to evaluate things at all. But it was not so long before we took ourselves and our responsibilities more seriously. In the middle grades we became conscious of the fact that failure was disastrous, and at that time readily assumed responsibility. Noth- ing could keep us from being present when our class was to appear on a pro- gram. And so it went on until now we should have become so given to the idea of our responsibilities that no further fear need be felt about us. How- ever, the records of those who have gone before teach us that not all with equal training have been shining lights in bearing their share of the burdens of civic, religious, or social life. Is it because in the dull routine of life they lack the support that comes from group enthusiasm? Could it be that their former dependability was due to fear of criticism of teacher or parent? Or perhaps it might be due to lack of character which prohibits the grim determination to do one’s duty even though difficult. Whatever the reason we must confess that too many have been disappointments to their parents and have brought no honor to the school from which they were graduated. May we not learn from this something that will be of incalculable value to ourselves? Certainly we ought to be able to analyse the causes of failure and systematically work to prevent such occurrences in our own lives. We should also bring home to ourselves the fact that one who assumes responsi- bility as a part of a group is not necessarily the same person who would staunchly perform his duty when he is alone. Nor is it a guarantee that the one who is faithful under the eye of the instructor is going to be so regular when left to his own devices. From all of this we must come to the conclusion that the acceptance of responsibility is something within the person. It is character; it is loyalty; it is genuine honest-to-goodness manliness.

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PHU PH RICHARD SEIFERT and FLOYD FETTER By In the year 1943 we had a month's vacation and decided to take a tour of the East. Our first stop was St. Joseph's Hospital, at Joliet, Illinois. The first person to greet us was a novice, but we recognized her to be Jane Muzzillo. From Joliet we went to Pittsburgh, Pa., at which place we decided to relax and bowl a game. As we entered the bowling room we found the name of Bernard Wilondek as proprietor. Our next stop was a little town along the Ohio River where we observed that a new bridge was being built. Here a man was running around shouting orders. We recognized the voice immediately. It was that of Chief Engineer, George Mansfield. From this point we decided to fly to Boston, Mass. As we entered the plane we were surprised to find that the Chief Pilot was Carl Shoudel. On our arrival at Boston we passed a Kroger Store and noticed Maurice Shafer working in the store, so we stopped to visit him, and he told us that he was manager of the store. At this point our vacation came to an end, so we went back home to our work, Floyd to the 5 G 10 cent store where he had been appointed manager, and Richard to his job as editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. aval pe ee . 7