St Ladislaus High School - Torch Yearbook (Hamtramck, MI)

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 0 3 Our Torch of Hope

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Luxuriant growth is fostered by a suitable environment. Among potent factors in the de- velopment, even of the frailest of plants, light plays an essential role. Encompassing the sanctuary of the soul with the light of glory, the grace of God radiates as the vital principle of growth in the supernatural life. In the light thereof, by a true education directed to a sublime end, youth prepares for Christian social living. With the budding of mental and physical forces, as well as through the nurturing of innate tendencies along the lines of grace, one is readied for perfect fruition in the framework of society in which man is placed. As a member of the state in the natural order, he may rise from temporal good, attain- ing to heights of full personal good in the Mystical Body, or the supernatural society. In this Year of Grace, which marks the Cen- tennial of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the light of Mary's glory irradiates the earth. Assimilating its rap- ture, emitted in rays of hope and love of the noonday torch, —as Dante sings,—mankind is reborn in the spirit of Christ. Through conform- ity to Him by the twofold ideal of example and meditation, the Mother of Divine Grace be- speaks the true essence of Christian education. Elevated to supreme dominion as the world's one perfect woman, the Heavenly Mother of Mercy never fails to aid the weak in nature to grow in Christ. Throughout the course of this life, filled as it is with bedimming lapses, wan- ing fears, flickering hopes, and redeeming joys, the Queen of the Universe supports mankind with the divine energy of actual grace. In the streaming light of Mary's companion- ship and the wholesome atmosphere of student activity, Ladislites are challenged to buoyant growth through daily spiritual living. The pat- tern of their lives at St. Ladislaus High — as depicted on the cover and on each page of the 1954 Torch — seeks to mirror the peerless beauty of Mary's Immaculate nature, suffused with the golden gleam of grace. Intensifying the reflection of Our Lady's splendor of life which illumines the blue canopy of heavenly glory, they flood their environment with sun- beams of Divine Love. Mary Immaculate O Virgin Mother, daughter of thy Son! Created beings all in lowliness Surpassing, as in height above them all; Here thou to us. of charity and love. Art. as the noonday TORCH! 'Dante. Divine Comedy. Paradise. XXXIII. I ll) 4

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TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Mary Immaculate—Our Torch of Hope Foreword .......................................... 4 Reflected Radiance of the Heavenly Queen Administration .................................... 7 Seniors........................................... 17 Underclassmen .................................... 30 Broadening Horizons in the Light of Mary Activities........................................ 47 Sports............................................ 81 Mary-ly Along Life's Highway Conclusion ..................................... 100 Advertising ..................................... 101 6