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

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. by example and good endeavor. . . . teach the course the Lord has shown. ” --St. Francis of Assissi Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. 0 Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. PAGE 3

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ADMINISTRATORS Sight Immeasurable Blessings As a spiral of incense, joy diffuses itself. There is a realization of I i f e s I e ssons where the gay science abounds. In its glow at St. Ladis- laus, students live cheerfully, intensely. Father Anthony Majewski has planned a many-faceted jewel in our parish unit. Its many lights, stemming from his inner devotedness, are reflected from every facet: the new church, the high school, and the elementary school. Profiled against the persistent influx of modern ma- terialism, the parish delineates its God-given purpose and design. Moored in the bedrock of joyous grace and steady faith, St. Ladislaus High is a bulwark of sound training. From a two-year commercial, it has grown to a senior high, now fully accredited by the University of Michi- gan. The gradual increase in enrollment ranks it with the five largest Catholic secondary schools in the Detroit Archdiocese. Twenty-one graduating classes have stepped from its doors. The 1957 seniors boast 121 as the largest number of graduates of any one class in the school’s hi story. The harmonious development of spiritual, intellectual, and social powers prepares individual characters and capacities to fit themselves in the mood and beauties of a changing world. For the youth, charac- terized by an exuding alertness, health, and vitality, provisions for physical development have been made. The three major sports are open to individual, and intramurals, to group performers. Though one of the smallest entries in the parochial league, the Greyhounds gained divi- sional laurels in football and basketball. For three consecutive years, they have captured the crown in baseball. For effecting greater maturity, the students participate in class and club activities according to a scheduled year-round program in the building, newly remodeled for gym and auditorium purposes. Against this background, the soul-searching insight of our beloved pastor has, for thirty-five years at St. Ladislaus, clothed multitudinous ideas in actuality. With heartfelt appreciation to Father Majewski, essaying the role of constructive guide, we dedicate our saga of activi- ties, ideals, and accomplishments — the 1957 Torch. PAGE 5