St Marys College - Dial Yearbook (St Marys, KS)

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Senior (Tlass HUE LONG anticipated parting of the ways has finally arrived for the class of '2?. But though we have anticipated it. sometimes longed for it. the actual going is hard. Leaving behind us the best friends we have, or ever expect to have, departing from scenes which recall memories of a thousand happy events of the years that are past, is not easy. Our parting is rendered harder because we instinctively realize that we will never return to St. Mary’s as a participant but must ever be. from that day in June when the sheepskin assiduously sought is safely tucked under our arm, interested onlookers in the drama of education. Never again will we have actual parts in acts and scenes as they unfold. Rendering easier the thought of parting is the realization that we are about to step out into the world, there to attempt an application of those principles inculcated in us by countless hours spent in the class room. We realize that our future success in life, as the world judges success, will depend largely upon the facility with which we apply those principles. And we are confident and anxious, in the strength of our youth and inexperience, to gird on the armor and to give battle. Instead of a lady’s favor for reward, the end most sought after by the knights of old, we will rest content in the knowledge that our endeavors and successes will be ever a subject of thought, conjecture, and we hope in some cases of exultation, to those we leave behind. And now it is fitting that we acknowledge our debts. To our teachers, through high school and four years of college, we owe a debt we despair of ever repaying. To enumerate them would be unjust as their names are legion and some no doubt would have to be omitted. The other members of the faculty we thank for their example, their courtesy, and their never-failing advice. The members of the student body as a whole deserve our gratitude for the patience they have always shown towards us in our shortcomings and for the companionship they have always tendered us. In conclusion we desire to say that we will always cherish the years spent at St. Man’s as among the best of our lives. We will always carry their memory with us as of happy days well spent. Again we thank all those who have rendered our stay more pleasant or more profitable, hoping ever that our future may be spent in as good company, among as good fellows and as fine teachers, as in the years just past. Page Thirty-five