St Marys High School - Blue Mantle Yearbook (Milford, MA)

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President- Vice-Pre sident Secretary- Treasurer- -John McGrath -Clifford Cyr -Mary Clancy -Estelle . DoManehe In the early Autumn of our Senior Year, we, the class of ’37, elected our class officers. For the high office of the presidency we chose John McGrath, who has competent¬ ly guided us during the year, and filled us with justifi able pride when he represented us at school activiti es. Clifford Cyr was elected vice-president and has been a capable aid to his superior. Mary Clancy was selected as secretary, and although her tasks were few, was found efficient and business-like always. The over-whelming, burdening position as treasurer of our esteemed class was entrusted to Estelle DeManche, Estelle is doubtless still pondering the necessity of this class office as the balance of our treasury was invariably nothing. We are appreciative of the work accomplished by our class officers, and with them go our best wishes for a successful and happy future. Submitted by Helen G Condon

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In a world in which selfishness and greed have become the common roadways to peace and prosperity it is a blessing beyond price for youth to see the vision of generosity and self-denial. In a world in which Jealousy and hate tear families and nations asunder, it is an ins¬ piration beyond the telling to look daily upon the count¬ enance of peace and love and devotion. In a world gone mad because it will not listen to reason, who can measure the value of day;to day encounter with unwavering fidel¬ ity to truth and knowledge. In a world so lost in a maze of its own as to think itself without a Creator who will tell the worth of lives consecrated to the service of God and religion. To us, the student body of St. Mary’s,these precious gifts of love and devotion, of peace and harmony, of zeal for the truth and quest for the beautiful, of faith in God and devotion to His Holy Will, these gifts and all they employ have been granted in abundance. Each day we entered a class room door, we were sure to meet the lovely vision of one who had given all her faculties of soul and body freely to the service of God.To God Who Is Truth Itself, to God Who is Beauty Itself, to God Who is Love Itself these teachers of ours had bound themselves for ever. Their hard daily task was really the torture of slow Martyrdom, Their long day full of countless tasks which demanded personal suffering and self denial always found them gracio usly ready for the sacrifice. Only We who have seen its beauty can appreciate the marvels we now attempt to indicate. The secret of this great love remains a mystery to the modern pagan. But to us there is not much of a secret about it. It flows spontaneously from hearts who love Jesus Christ their God-man. It comes from souls who venerate and try to imitate Mary, the Holy Mother of Cod, who trust and try to follow the leadership of St, Joseph the protector of the Virgin Mother.. For these visions of wonder, how can we of¬ fer these good Nuns of St Joseph any adequate premium of gratitude and praise? Under God we owe them debts we can never repay. Even so we offer these words of appreciation. To them we add a prayer that the Lord God whom they serve so wel} will bless us and make us and everything ab out us a credit to them here and in eternity-.

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Lights! Action! Camera! The Blue Mantle staff coming up! Here is the group behind the initial publication of the Senior Year Book, The idea, new at St, Mary’s, had the en¬ thusiastic support of the entire, class and the faculty But it was, of course, necessary to entrust certain duties to an ap¬ pointed few. With such varied abilities as the Class of 1937 possessed, a large staff was possible. Dynamic Joe Fahy was selected as Editor-in-chief to start off the elections, while Parley Whitten won the posi¬ tion of Associate Editor. Then for the Art Department, Martin Clark and Raymond McDonough, two good-humored and very re¬ served lads, were ushered into office.Amid customary hilarity, Eileen Kellett and Mary Clancy took over the Literary Depart¬ ment, with Vin Connolly and Clifford Cyr handling the Scholas¬ tic Section. A quick decision made Ray Blake and President John McGrath supervisors of sports, our class leader assuming the greater burden. There was some question as to the necessity of a Photographic Editor, but finally Bernard Carney and Charles Davoren took the cake. it was decided that Dorothy Mann and Helen Condon would handle the write-ups in their respective classes, and they brought no end of blushes with their effi¬ ciency. The difficult task of printing, done by the Class, found Earl Barry, Gerald Shaw, Martin Clark, and Ray Blake as the Bosses-in-Chief and the unpaid technical experts Seeking the source of most of our jokes, Chief Comedian Margaret Casey and Assistant Joke-Crackers Louis Bardsley and Edward Cassidy were laughed into office. About this time, if your correspondent recalls correctly, a dispute arose involving the fundamentals of Parl¬ iamentary procedure. The difficulty being adjusted, popular Estelle DoManche and Bernard Carney were more properly ap¬ pointed as Advertising Manager and Assistant, respectively. Sales were to be handled by Louis Bardsley and Edward O’Brien, but this department proved needless. To handle the bubinoss end of the publicity, Veronica O ' Brien, Marilyn Swift, and Is¬ abel Manion wore duly nominated and elected. Having decided that every possible branch had been covered, the polls were closed and the meeting adjourned. For the purpose of simplicity and brevity, a tabu¬ lated -list of the Staff of The Blue Mantle follows: