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St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI)

 - Class of 1948

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Page 29 text:

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Here our hastory boasts of an undefeated football season and we were proud that our yun aor classmates helped brang thas about Wath the comang of Marcn an excated at mosphere was prevalent The long awaated tame for the orderang of class rangs had arraved For the second successave year the same pat tern was chosen establashang a standard rung for all Celts who leave the portals of St Mary Then prom tame' And the Jackson Coun try Club' After a banquet at the tastaly decora ted tables dancang haghlaghted an evenang of delaghtful entertaanment Surely soft laghts and sweet musac are the heratage of happy hearts But these events served to remand us that wath the partang of our graduates new respon sabalataes would soon confront us How soon we dad not realaze untal we suddenly found our selves an thear places maghty senaors at last However thas feelang of amportance dad not langer the days rushed by wath ever an creasang rapadaty Cultural advantages were abundantly of fered us durang our fanal year Frequent lec tures book revaew vaolan and paano concerts were receaved wath apprecaatave attentaon Aadang the massaons occupaed an ampor tant part of our tame Senaors worked dalagently on a rummage sale and several raffles whach netted a tady sum for the benefat of the unfor tunate Chanese Soon after the mad year exams the tempo of school lafe suddenly quackened Everyday actavataes took on new meanang as they became our asts Senaor portraats were taken and earnest advace was exchanged among the students untal - 'Q' ,Xtfx N15 A the most becomang proof was selected Next came the orderang of daplomas and anvatataons followed by measurements for caps and gowns Wath unabated energy we plunged anto rehearsals of the class play Many amusang an cadents occurred whach relaeved the long and strenuous hours of practace Fanally the ampor tant naght arraved' Backstage excated whasper ang was replaced by nervous salence as the curtaan ascended and another class presented thear dramatac efforts for proud parents and frzends As guests of the asanaors we experaenced our last hagh school prom whach was held May 20 amad much gayety at the Cascades Club House Soft colors sweetly scented flowers voaces raased an song all were part of the tra dataonal May Processaora and the crownang of Our Lady as our Queen Soon now attared an cap and gown w wall march slowly around St Mary Church Pravaleged to be the farst class to have our solemn ceremonaes an such beautaful surround angs we shall approach that closang exercase on June l3 Yes we have looked forward to our graduataon as one of the most amportant events an our laves but when at actually takes place sorrow wall be mangled wath aoy because we are leavang forever our carefree days and the com panaonshap of many who have grown very close to us Though we be scattered far and wade our one desare as that lafe may be a more beautaful song wath a deeper meanang because we have at last become a Dart of at

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14' l We the class of l948 look back upon our days at St Marv wuth a feelung of justly founded prude and accomplushment Knowledge obtauned durung thus tume was vutal un the de velopment of vouces destuned to prepare sweet sungers for a world of unhappuness and uneasu ness Formal unutuatuon whuch was revuved that year offucually acknowledged us as freshmen A sudden note of duscord was struck that har rowung day when we were unsuspe tungly led to Star Hall and pushed one by one under the glare of a blundung spotlught Seemungly thousands of upperclassmen seated on euther sude of us as we walked the Stop' Keep your hands down' as we grop ed our wav to the uudges stand to receuve our sentence Some were requured to eat pues lhavung of course the slught umpedument of beung blund foldedl others had the arduous task of rollung peanuts up and down the floor wuth theur noses Some of the smaller freshmen boys were dressed coyly un punk and blue and submutted to beung pushed un baby carruages by red faced sux footers unsuccessfully dusguused as smartly attured matrons All very much fun for the upperclassmen Under the newly appounted pastorate of Monsugnor Frank Hardy our school and socual actuvutues were guuded wuth a furm but kundly hand Every phase of school lufe was a new ex peruence Dances pep meetungs football and basketball games all helped to make thus year a deluqhtful one for us Matter of a seruous nature was entauled We learned a valuable lesson as freshres that authorutatuve rules must be obeyed wuthout Clgd O questuoru or complaunt Under the capable sway of the good Susters we soon gauned our composure and before we realuzed ut we found that we were sophomores We stepped unto the role of upperclass men wuth a sugh of reluef and were looked upon wuth more consuderatuon Havung some classes un the hugh school buuldung warranted our feel ung of superuoruty over the green ones who stull had theur classes un the old school Our hugher posutuon was also manufested un our studues The general course of the nunth grade was supplemented to suut the unterests of the unduvudual The organuzung of the glee chour and possessung musucal abuluty to broaden hugh school actuvutues Overwhelmung success rewarded the spurut and effort dusplayed un the magazune subscrup tuon and paper druve The funds thus obtauned were used for the betterment of the scuence department for a complete new laboratory was unstalled There are beautuful tables futted wuth sunks gas and water connectuons the addutuon of thus excellent equupment aroused untense unterest un thus fueld of study Events of our uunuor year were fulled wuth sugnufucance and many lastung memorues Dodg ung scaffoldung dauly remunded us that at last the plans of an ornately decorated Church were un progress Truly we could now sung of God wuth full and grateful hearts To our beloved Monsugnor Cullunane we deducated an enlarged lubrary Among t books students spent many pleasant and prof utable hours and wuth the help of unterested parents fune donatuons brought new sources of unformatuon I .EQ ' c 31' ,f-.p -5 if seg - S V Nl J 3 Nl' X V gl . I lf . I A, 1 1 ' ' ll ' . ll . . . . , . ' ' - Il Il , . - - 11 l - ' ' gauntlet, issued commands to Walk faster! orchestra provided an opportunity for those II II II Il ' ' ' ' ' . , . . . . I I i . . . , . . . . . - Il - ll ' ' I - . I . 4 ' ' , i S . . A ' I ' ' - 11 - 11 ' ' l I 24

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Suggestions in the St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI) collection:

St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI) online collection, 1948 Edition, Page 9

1948, pg 9

 St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI) online collection, 1948 Edition, Page 113

1948, pg 113

 St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI) online collection, 1948 Edition, Page 62

1948, pg 62

 St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI) online collection, 1948 Edition, Page 73

1948, pg 73

 St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI) online collection, 1948 Edition, Page 99

1948, pg 99

 St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI) online collection, 1948 Edition, Page 94

1948, pg 94

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