St Marys High School - Marian Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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ll' il I i 7 ' g Ai 1 S 12 SNS- Q igfu zllf 1 ' ' I A ' l . . . ' . . . !lU flY.l1lz1Ai1llM11l?lhuy4iAvlu' -, llllllllll-I I I D Co-editors Pat Scalet and Margaret Bach -1 shown asking our esteemed pastor, Rt. Rev. Monsignor McCullough for these few words of parting advice for the class of '45. I am honored to get the privilege to make a few remarks to be inserted in your annual which will contain the cherished reflections gathered from your Alma Mater during the last twelve years. I first congratulate you, the class of '45, on your good fortune in receiving a Catholic educa- tion from the Sisters of St. Joseph. They took you into their careful hands and brought out bright and clear the image of God that is in your souls, and sanctified your opening intellect and your will, and moulded them to God's service in this world and the next, and fitted them for your arduous part in the battle of life. When you come face to face with the possibility of sin, and when the passions that slumber now shall have awakened and shall hunger for their evil food, you still will be children in heart, because you have been taught in your school days to come to Jesus, Who will take issue with the temptation and give you grace to overcome all your difficulties. You are completing your secular education to receive our diploma of graduation at the end of the school year, and you have given sufficient time to qualify yourselves to receive deservingly the secular diploma of advancement. And in advice, I ask you to remember that there is one everlasting conflict between a total secular education and a Catholic education. For on the one hand, the Church that sanctifies his childhood, inspires his youth, ennobles his manhood, fills the dim and withered heart of his years with visions of glory shall never fade, And the Church, standing alike beside rnan's cradle and his grave, raising his thoughts to a higher level, filling his soul with noble aspirations, moulding his conduct by purer standards than any that earth could supply, shall never harmon- ize with a secular education that divests man of any thoughts, hopes, and concern for the world beyond the grave. This is the everlasting conflict between the world and the Church. And, therefore, the Church will ever teach religion in its schools. You have been the recipients of this two-fold education. May you always remember and put into practice the important principles of life that you have learned at St. Mary's. acuity Rt. Rev. Msgr. McCullough Rev. Robert T. Dennis Sister M. Linus, M.A., Principal Sister M. Euphrasia, B.S. Religion - Latin - English Home Economics-Glee Club-Art . Sister M. Flavia, B.A. Sister M. Martin, B. A, History - Gen. Science - Biology Religion - English - Spanish Sister M, Ferdinand, B.A. Sister M. Berchmans, B.A. Religion - Mathematics - Sciences Religion - Commerce

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ai gh . wg, x .311 ,Q i ff . 31 ui L 5 SWS' .f We respectfully dedicate this volume to Saint Cecilia, virgin, martyr, and patroness of music because music holds a deep interest for our class, Throughout our high sch-ool years we have actively participated in all musical productions and have done our utmost to promote music in St. Mary's. Music the fiercest grief can charm, And Fate's severest rage disarmg Music can soften pain to ease And make despair and madness pleasef Our joys it can improve, And antedate the bliss above. Of Orpheus now no more let poets tell: To bright Cecilia greater power is given- His numbers raised a shade from Hell, Hers lifts the soul to Heaven. The Lives of the Saints.

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