St Matthews High School - Samascript Yearbook (Conshohocken, PA)

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Our Boys ryHEY have left us—one by one, the boys, our boys—gay and debonnaire—shy and different—serious and thoughtful— and their going has left a great void in our hearts, an emptiness in our lives. We miss them at every turn—the blue-eyed, grayeyed, brown-eyed boys—the tall, the short, the thin, the chubby boys—the grave boys and the merry boys—our own. All their young laughter, their gay persiflage, their lighthearted badinage is silent. Gone is their jaunty step along the lanes, their merry, whistled tunes, the raucous greeting of their blatant automobile horns as they riotously saluted the passing hour. They have traveled far from the rolling fairways, the winding roads, the quiet streets of Conshohocken. When the hour struck, they were eager to be up and away. Quietly, gravely, they laid aside their carefree youth. Today, they are all over the world—in frozen Alaska—in the sultry Solomons—in the blistering heat and penetrating cold of North Africa—fighting on land and sea and in the air—wherever the red, white, and blue banner of freedom calls them. They left us with smiles on their lips, dreams in their eyes, and courage in their hearts—left us to travel the charted and uncharted ways of the world—so that we might keep the things we love—that America might remain a refuge for the oppressed, a place of security, a haven of peace, a land of faith and hope and charity. They left us to keep safe American ideals, American homes, the great American pattern of life—freedom under God. For them we wait and work and pray. ★ ★★★★★ THE MIRROR Two

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THE MIRROR Vol. 10—No. 1 Associate Editors Paul J. Delaney ’43 John E. Crawford ’43 William J. Johnson ’43 Mary C. O’Connor ’43 Catherine H. Shaffer ’43 Mary B. Fitzpatrick ’44 Typists Teresa R. English ’43 Joan B. Gillespie ’43 Camilla Rossi ’43 Helen Eliff ’43 Gertrude Durkin ’43 Rose Sirchio ’43 June, 1943 Price, Fifty Cent9 S T A F F Ed it or-in -Chi e f Edward V. Fineran ’43 First Place 1938 First Place 1939 First Place 1940 First Place 1941 First Place 1942 Business Manager Carolyn M. Ruser ’43 Assistants Matthew J. Moore ’43 Clara A. Johns ’43 Helene Darby ’44 Rosemary Fennell ’44 Thomas Walsh ’45 James P. McFadden ’45 Charles McNeelis ’45 Art Paul J. Delaney ’43 CONTENTS PACE Our Boys .................................. 2 Sursum Corda.............George McMonigal 3 The House of Hoy.............Joseph Hoy 4 Morning.................Catherine Shaffer 4 The Realm of Old Romance, Frances A. Hot to 5 Eight-Eighteen............Joseph Foley 6 An Old Pupil .............M. DeStefano 7 Drug Store Clerk..........Paul Delaney 8 The Mightiest Fall....John E. Crawford 9 Sundae Special .........Theresa Poysden 10 Abode of Memories.........Patricia Dobbin 11 The Model “A”...............Matthew Moore 12 Blackout Alice Hoy 12 Memories of Eire.............. M. Fitzpatrick 13 Brothers . . Frances A. Botto 14 Scholarly Gremlins........... Ruth O'Bryan 15 Playful Moon .............Betty Heffernen 15 Black Jake ................ Ed. Fineran 16 The Air is Good ......Lawrence Murphy 16 Dreamer’s Refuge.............Thomas Walsh 17 Manners Today............. Ruth O'Bryan 17 Great Event.............. James Watson 18 Carefree Dancers ....... Thomas Walsh 18 River’s Journey....... Marie Rotosky 18 Fall Mary Ann Ochnich 18 The Smoking Habit Joseph McGuigan 19 Story of a Boy, His Girl, and His Country...............William J. Johnson 20 Memory ...............Thomas Tammany 20 A Subterranean Haunt Dorothy Strycharz 21 Remembrance ..............Robert Aigner 21 Quail Hunting............... Joseph Hoy 22 Paradise Lost .....James McFadden 22 Nocturnal Scholar............... Ruth O'Bryan 23 Dreaming ................ Peggy McGrath 23 Forest Slumber .............. Marie Lavan 23 Princess Night........ M. DeStefano 23 Young Love................Ruth O'Bryan 23 Fairy Tale................James McFadden 24 PACE Springtime................Carolyn Ruser 24 Modern Design...............Vera McPhilomy 24 No Regrets................Mary O'Connor 25 Lament.......................Rose Sirchio 25 Winter .................Catherine Shaffer 25 Street Light.............. Ed. Fineran 25 Tabby.................... Mary O'Connor 25 Fickle ...................Peggy McGrath 25 America At My Door........James Gordon 25 Work......................Francis Foley 26 Cardinal in the Snow..........C. Shaffer 26 Dusk ....................Marie McCarrick 26 Farewell .................Mary O'Connor 26 Binky.....................Francis Foley 27 The Landscape of Ireland. Mary Fitzpatrick 28 Perseverance ............. Joseph Foley 29 Twilight William Johnson 29 The Wind’s Invitation Mary O'Connor 29 The Perry Jewels .............Ed. Fineran 30 Light of Other Days ... Bernadette Clark 31 Gulpfa Mills B. Clark 31 Bnllygomingo Lake T. Tammany 32 High Rock . James McFadden 33 Secrets of the Hills......... M. McCarrick 33 Sunset ..............Alice M. Powers 33 Feline Trek...............Thomas Walsh 34 Reveille .................Dolores Reagan 34 Draft .......................Paul Delaney 34 Thunderstorm Ed. Fineran 34 Editorials Words .................. Ed. V. Fineran 35 Manners Gertrude Durkin 35 Wintertime Magic..........Ed. V. Fineran 36 Book Reviews Flying Fortresses ......... Ed. Fineran 37 South of the Border ---- Man’ Moore 37 The Story of Lourdes C. Rossi 38 Francis of Assisi.......Mary O'Connor 39 War ......................Eleanor Heller 39 Cons hoi iocken Published Annually by the Students of SAINT MATTHEW S HIGH SCHOOL Pennsylvania

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SENIOR CLASS On Ground (scaled, left to right Matthew Moore, Clara Ann Johns. Catherine Shaffer, Margaret Gibbons, Alice Hoy. John McNamara. First Row—Martin Early, Elizabeth Safko. Joseph McGuigan, vice president; Mary O’Connor, secretary; Edward Fineran, president: Carolyn Ruser, co-treasurer; John Crawford, co-treasurer; Mary Moore, John Coyne, Second Row William Brady. Helen Traill. Agnes Nolan, Edward Reagan. George Donovan, Rose Sirchio (rear), Teresa English, Rita Kehoe (rear). Helen Eliff. Camilla Rossi (rear), James Watson, Joseph W ilson. Kathryn Murphy, Kathleen Reilly. Joseph Nagle. Third Row—Margaret Logan. Howard Noble, W illiam Johnson. Ann Kirkpatrick. Fourth Row—Kathleen Sarvey, George Mc-M onigle. Joan Gillespie, Harry Schank. Eleanor Brennen, Joseph McCauley, Gertrude Durkin, Paul Delaney, Elizabeth Schneider. Absent Patricia Gavin, Catherine Nunges-ser, Martin Costello. Sursum Corda LIFT up your heart; the world is not all drab. The lovely, heartening things of everyday lie at your door. Your home is filled with faith and love to keep you safe, and strength and courage compass every hour. There are eyes that grow brighter at your smile. and hearts that beat with quickened tempo at your footfall on the walk. These things are yours today. Oh! keep them safe. George McMomgal, ’43 THE MIRROR Three