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

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His Holiness Pope Pius XII

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Gantenti St. Mary ' s is more than just a complex mass of gothic masonry with its bell tower piercing into the sky ... it is a personality with many significant aspects, all of which must be considered before one can evaluate it. Quo, Mckml .... Aims at training its graduates to enter their life work with broad cultural backgrounds, keen minds, and a clear understanding of the true values around them. In English, they acquire a facility in the use of the language and an ordered knowledge of English and American literature. In Latin, an appre¬ ciation of the classics, Virgil and Cicero. A knowledge of history and the information necessary for intelligent citizenship are imparted daily. The Com¬ mercial department is a specialized one, training to perfection in its own field. Modern languages add their power of communication, while the study of Catholic Morality, the Sacramental life, Church History and the New Testa¬ ment, enable them to cherish their Faith, so that they may the better defend it in a world of shifting unbeliefs. Activities . . . . The diversified student body, coming as it does from the various towns around us, has ushered in a Cosmopolitan spirit which has its outgrowth in the camaraderie of clubs, the fine exhilaration of class dances, the keen interest in assembly programs, the pleasure derived from dramatics and broadcasting, the joy of singing together ... all these are the spirit, the personality of the school. Athletics . . . . The boys who participate in football, basketball, or baseball, have to possess brains, courage, self-reliance, firm, muscular coordination, intense fire of nervous energy, and an unselfish spirit of sacrifice which toughens the bodies as it refines their character, realizing that success is based on what the team does, not on how it looks.

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Rt. Rev. Thomas Mary O ' Leary, D. D. Bishop of Springfield i, MHM