St Mel High School - Knight Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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In days of old, so we are told, Knights lived in castles, guarded by a wide, deep moat of fetid water, entered by a portcullis or drawbridge which was a welcome mat only for one's friends. Here in the castle the future Knight would be reared for a time. The young boy would grow to graceful manhood under the personal care of his father and with the help of a skillful tutor, often a resi- dent priest who would teach him the laws and love of God along with the polite learning of the languages and arts. When the boy was old enough, he would live in the house of some other lord as page, learning how to conduct himself in polite society. Then fol- lowed a military training in arms and horsemanship during which he was called a squire. Finally, after years of training and a whole night spent before the Blessed Sacrament in prayer, the young squire was made a Knight. Knightly conduct, or chivalry, called for the observance and enforcement of laws, and the protection of the weak and oppressed. But it was especially in defending him- self and in enlarging his domains that the Knight showed his legendary boldness. ln childhood days we were baptized. In a Christian family, secured by parental love from the influences of evil, we grew up to young manhood. Having received the Sacrament of Confirmation, we knew we were to be Christ's soldiers, so we began our intel- lectual apprenticeship at our Knight school, St. Mel. Sophomore pages, we even learned something of military tactics as R.O.T.C. cadets. As iuniors, we moved to the Main Building as squires. Com- pleting our studies now, and especially prepared to live a Christian life in a world which knows little of our gallant chivalry, each of us of the Class of 1950 comes forth to be dubbed .14 Ar Ckridf

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.x4flLLfe:S of jkirf ecard ecwe emoried The forty trophies on display at the North end of the main corridor show the principal achieve- ments of Knight athletic groups since l920. Besides the National Basketball Championship, the hard- wood game gives us two seconds in the National Competition, three Heavyweight and three Light- weight City Championships, besides many sectional titles. Three football sectional titles, two city swim- ming titles, two city tennis crowns, and several box- ing awards are commemorated in gold or silver. Hopes are that in the next few years a number of additions will be ioined to the already impressive set of trophies. The attainment of these trophies, as also the winning of new ones, is the result of phy- sical prowess, careful coaching, and long hours of practice. Samples of this training are Dennis Horan, football captain and bas- ketball co-captain, and James Rudd, captain of the senior track team as well as Observer New Editor. Both these boys, as countless other athletes, are among the scholastic lead- ers of the school.