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

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Srincipal’s, Message No one is more interested in the successful graduation of students at St. Joseph’s school than is the pastor of this parish. He, therefore, takes great pleasure in congratulating the students who have earned a diploma not only in recognition of their high school work well done, but also for their growth in spirituality, as becomes young men and women who are destined to become future leaders in their respective positions in life. You have all been given an opportunity of a complete education and trained along both lines—spiritual and physical. You should, therefore, be prepared to enter upon the stormy sea of life and face the tide of the many fallacious ‘isms,’ which will attempt to engulf and destroy the basic prin- ciples of life inculcated into your hearts at home or at the school. Never before did a class of graduates from a Catholic school have a greater responsibility placed upon it to take the initiative and leadership to defend the fundamental freedoms for which our country stands nor a greater obligation of defending our concept of God, our belief in Christianity, from the ruthless aggression of pagan nations. This war is not being waged for freedom alone any more than the last war was for democracy. It is a gigantic struggle to decide whether in the next few centuries we shall live by the moral law rooted in God or by the law of force rooted in Satan. Whether we wish to admit it or not, we are fighting for a moral order. The happiness of the individual and well-being of any nation may be destroyed not alone by foreign enemies but also by the lack of practical religious living and a fundamental morality based in the Ten Commandments of God. It isn’t any wonder, then, that we find so little real happiness in the world today where individuals as well as nations try to govern themselves not by basic, moral principles but rather by expediency. Your training should prepare you to recognize this evil of the present day and be helpful in counteracting its disastrous influence, so strive to be leaders in order to preserve the interests of God and our Country. Praying that God’s blessings may come to you in great measure not only on your graduation day but always, | am Yours sincerely in Christ, Father Pisula Page 3

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Our New Paster Our new pastor who has come Will be a friend to everyone. He is kind and gentle in his ways Like we should be throughout our days. Within his mind he has these thoughts Which to others he has likely taught ‘To serve God and our neighbor By prayer and doing many a favor.”’ The students o f the school welcome you Wishing you success and happiness too. And may all your days be filled with cheer Throughout the days that you are here. Dorothy Ann Hoeffel We, the Seniors of 1945, dedicate this annual to our Pastor and Prin- cipal, Rev. Leo Pisula, knowing that he will guide us throughout the present year and the years to come. He is a shining example of dauntless ambition and we hope that he will remain with us for a long period of time. Page 2

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Our Church We have ransacked our minds And yet we cannot find The words of praise due, To our church. Our church though not big Stands beneath the swaying twigs, Inside the tabernacle door Jesus awaits our coming. This is where we go to pray With reverence every day, And now we wish to say God bless our church. Joan Mezydlo and Margaret Miller Page 4