St Mary of Redford High School - Rustic Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Through the Silver Years With humility that ever accompanieth wisdom, with vigor and courage worthy of a disciple of Christ, with undaunted spirit and with an abiding faith in the eflicacy of prayer, the Reverend John Gilmary Cook, LL.D., ten years ago began the arduous work of building and organizing the Parish of St. Mary of Redford. Since that day, into the silvery mists of time, a decade of years has passed. Our beauteous basilica, consecrated to the Mother of God, our well- equipped school, dedicated to the training of youth, and a spiritual and material progress most worthy of note have sprung from his energy and devotion. Ten years of Father Cook's Priesthood have been ours. The first fifteen were spent in Reese and Mt. Clemens. There, as here, the parishes were made happy by his presence and made better by his ardent Priestly zeal. There is, there can be, no question as to the success of Father Cook's mission in St. Mary of Redford Parish. Dreams made actuality through strenuous work have taken form in the growth of the Church and the buildings that stand as monuments to his labors. What the future holds no man may know. We can but express the sincere hope that the years to come may find him, as now, our guide, directing us on Virtue's pathway. JoHN HALLMAN, '29 Page Sixteen 5

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'i lL? Q' ASL 4. iz. 'Tis twenty years and five is YJYJZJZDYJYJYJYJYJF Hangings at QL '9 Since first His loving footstep trod the pathway of thy heart And bade the lilies of thy thought push through the soil 6 To bloom for Him apart- 'Tis twenty years and five Since first His human eyes divine Burned deep their yearning glance In boyish heart of thine. 'Tis twenty years and five Since first the beauty of His face 1 On soul of thine Stamped deep its own, with seal of grace. 55 W , 3' Y 'Tis twenty years and five Since first the God-in-man, and man-in-God Stooped low and gathered as His own thy lily-budded soul ' To grow with love of Him full blown. ' For twenty years and five S Thou hast lived with4Him apart Forsaken all to follow Him The Master of thy heart. il For twenty years and five S B Thy days till now are strung with Him and silver-capped with love. q Thus through His fingers may they slip, V Till thou shalt clasp the cross above. 5 e v For all the coming years - i In midst of joys, in spite of fears, X Till. thou shalt clasp with Him Q The cross above. ' S. M. ' v K- ! . Page Fifteen fy

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JOHN A. MCERLANF: A mighty athlete he. 4 MARY CECILIA MCERLANE The ehannt of her presence was felt whe1'e'eo'she went. ALFRED LAVERNE KURTZ Formed on the good old plan, A true, and bnave, and down- right honest man. . - . ... .,..........A-.Avv.A.v---.w-T-r--1y---.,g,. A I . 1 A r I Page Seventeen - .,.. , ,... ,,-.,t...A....,........,.-,.. ,....,-..,. ,-.,, f... . v,,,..-.... ,.,....x.. .....4..,X......... -M ,,...- ...