St Laurence High School - Valhallan Yearbook (Burbank, IL)

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11 emnriam 4 rather 4 . iii. Phillips 3 One of the truly sad events of the year was the passing of the beloved Br. D. L. Phillips. You could feel the sadness all around you it seemed that Monday morning when we arrived to the sad news. Br. Messick perhaps put it best when he said of the late brother that his death was a victory, and how it deeply affected him so much per- sonally. lt is difficult to write of Br. Phillips life in retrospect, because it seems that everybody who was old enough to know him loved him. Bro led a deeply extraordinary life, born in Montana, moved to Florida at a young age. The rumors that sur- round the life of Phillips are so many that you have to wonder if they are all true, but the people that he told them to seem to believe them as if they were the word of God itself. It seems as -a young man, Bro worked in a speakeasy during the roaring Twentiesf' He used to have to swim out in the ocean to retrieve ilicit alcohol delivered by ship. Finally, Bro decided to change his evil ways. One story has it that his dead girlfriend came to him in a dream and told him to join the Bros. Well, whether or not his girlfriend ever came to him or not, Phillips did decide to become a brother. It was very difficult for this born Protestant to give up all that was his and join the Christian Brothers, but Bro Phillips made the holy sacrifice and answered his call. He was, to say the least, ostracized from everything and everybody he knew and loved. But he had a new family now. The Christian Brothers of Ireland, and what better family could he have had. Bro Phillips was at one time assigned to Vancouver, where, as legend has it, he became a renowned director and dramatist. When he questioned the brothers as to whether they would pay for college so he could further enhance his knowledge of the art, he became quite distraught at the fact that they would not. So distraught, they say, that he would never direct another play again. This type of stubbornness was part of that Bro Phillips' hallmark that many would grow to love. He used to, they say, keep live birds free in his room. You can im- agine that was hard to clean. With a legacy as rich as his, and for what he left us, we should not curse God for his death but praise Him because he lived. It is not an occasion to mourn, but one to rejoice. For he was old and we should be so lucky to live so long. And he had it together, altogether till the day he died. -the Editor. In Memoriam 17

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The first day of school is like the first day returning to sea after being on land oh too long. It is a wonderful day whether we really want to believe it or not. The day all Vikings return from their summers elsewhere, gather together, board the ship of St. Laurence and sail another year together. It is great to see those ship- Q was Q M ,ia -av i K is Swsirsl tl'-gps A 18 f Opening Day of, flitrzt -I ag at Sea mates whom you have not seen all summer, there is so much to talk about. Of course opening day for some people is the beginning of a year long sentence for some crime you have unknowingly com- mitted. But for most it is that day you renew old friendships you say you should have never broken. Top: The Excitement of opening day overwhelmes some students as is shown here. Middle: Br. Messick assists a student who cannot find his classroom. Far Left: A student gets his I.D. picture coated with a plastic seal. Bottom Left: One of the many studen who assisted the faculty in getting the I.D. picturu taken. ,1