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

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SALUTATORY Since graduation is an annual event in our school and many of you have been present at one or more of the commencement exercises held at St. Joseph's you are all prepared for a welcome speech. Yes, it is my duty or better yet, my privilege, as salutatorian of the class of 1945 to welcome you this evening. That you are welcome, dear parents, is understood. By that | mean that just as we in the class have become accustomed to taking those things, that good parents provide for the children they cherish, for granted; we want you to take for granted that you are welcome. For you and for us this is a happy event. This happiness becomes even greater when it is shared with our friends. To all of them we say, ‘“‘welcome.”’ As the word ‘‘welcome’”’ runs through my mind something within me prompts the questions: ‘‘Are we welcome in the world we are facing? ls there a need we can supply? Is there a service we can render?” To all of these questions the answer is in the affirmative. Your presence here this evening and the generous help and the encour- agement you have given us while we were in school assure us that you have been interested in us and are glad that we have completed our work in this school. We are cognizant of the fact that in the world today there are many needs in the economic, political, social and religious fields and that wherever there is a need there is also an opportunity for service. While four of us cannot do much for the world at large we can permeate our ideals among those with whom we come in contact and live lives worthy of the education we have received. Who will deny the truth of Shakespeare’s immortal words: “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” Eager then to take our place in the adult world and eager to render service wherever and whenever it may be needed we of the class of 1945 bid you a hearty welcome.

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VALEDICTORY “Success comes with effort’’ is the motto that we as members of the graduating class of 1945 have chosen. No one will deny the fact that in all normal people there is an innate desire for success. For some this success means merely the acquiring of material things, such as wealth, fame and power, oftentimes procured with great effort and at the expense of the rights of others. To others again success means being socially prominent and apparently beloved and preferred by all, especially by those in high places. All of these so called ‘‘successes’’ are really ambitions realized. This is not the type of success that we of the class of 1945 had in mind when we selected our motto. None of us hope to be fabulously wealthy, unusually famous, very powerful or socially eminent. What we want is that success that comes from the knowledge of living a good Christian life and of duties well done—duties done with constant effort when success seems far away and failure near; duties done because we know that in ful- filling them we are being true to ourselves, our teachings, and our God; duties performed that ‘‘cost’’ but bring with them the inner assurance of having made a good effort; duties done with an “‘inner fire’’ that speaks of a true Christian, a lover of Christ. This means success and requires heroic and enduring effort. Fellow classmates, we have been taught to recognize true values. Let us imprint deeply on our minds the truths learned during our years in school. Today more than ever the world and democracy need valiant men and women to champion right principles. We can do our part if we make the effort. It will not be easy. To you, Reverend Father, we extend our sincerest thanks for the many favors we have received, and we know that our gratitude can be expressed in no better way than to live up to the ideals that have been taught us. Somewhat fearful of the future that lies before us but encouraged by trust in God expressed in the words that we have viewed daily—'‘l will look towards the Lord: My God will hear me,’’ we take up our new duties. As we Say ‘‘farewell’’ may He who watches over all protect and guide us all and may He find each and every one of the class of 1945 in the evening of a successful life saying or thinking with St. Paul “Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor might, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Page 10

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Norbert Muzzillo Robert Brady Ruth Ann Wilson William Steigmeyer Dorothy Ann Hoeffel Phyllis Mezydlo Raymond Gingery JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY ’ ‘Bang, rumble, crash, boom.’’ ‘‘Guess who’’? Yep, it was back in 1942, when seven boys and two girls entered St. Joseph’s High School. In the mid- year we lost two boys. That left us five boys and two girls to undertake Latin and a few other sub- jects. To begin our sophomore year, we had five boys and three girls, but later we lost one of the girls. We strived, studied, and did everything else in our power, and finally became ‘Jolly Juniors.”’ As we began our junior year we lost a boy and gained one girl, Ruth Ann Wilson. Our jun- ior year was a very important year. The Junior and Senior Banquet was laid into our hands and put over with great success. Now another year is in store for us. We will undertake it with great effort for success. Pres. Norbert Muzzillo Vice Pres. William Steigmeyer Page 12