St Michaels High School - Crusader Yearbook (Crowley, LA)

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VALEDICTORY THEY CONOUER WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN THEY CONOUER WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN--SUCH AN APPROPRIATE MOTTO FOR THE SENIOR CLASS OF I950--THE MID-POINT OF THE CENTURY. WITH NEW, MORE POWERFUL, AND GREATER FIELDS TO CONQUER, IN MEDICINE, RADIO, ELECTRONICS, AND ASTRONOMY, WE MUST ASSUME OUR RESPONSIBI- LITIES AS TOMORROW'S LAW-MAKERS, TEACHERS, SCIENTISTS, AND THOSE OF OTHER PROFESSIONS OF EQUAL NOBLE RECOGNITION. ,OUR MOTTO IS IN PERFECT KEEPING WITH OUR CLASS COLORS AND FLOWER, VIVID SCARLET, SIGNIFYING UNDYING LOVE AND COURAGE3 EXOTIC GOLDEN, IMPLYING ITS CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH THE GOLDEN AN- NIVERSARY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. IN CHOOSING THE GLADIOLUS AS OUR FLOWER, WE EMPHASIZED THE PRACTICAL PHASE OF OUR INTELLECTUAL TRAINING, SO TO SPEAK, AS THIS PARTICULAR FLOWER SEEMS TO BE THE MOST FITTING FOR ANY OCCASION. OUR OWN PROMISING CITY OF CROWLEY, TOGETHER WITH OUR DEAR ALMA MATER, HAS JUST OBSERVED ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY. THIS IS AS IT SHOULD BE, UE FEEL THAT SINCE SUCH EVENTS ARE GIVEN DUE PROMI NENCE, WE ARE JUSTIFIED IN REJOICING IN OUR HAVING COMPLETED OUR HIGH SCHOOL WORK AT THE HALF-TURN OF THE CENTURY, AND MORE, DUR- ING THE HOLY YEAR- TONIGHT, WE ARE GRATEFUL--GRATEFUL TO OUR LOVING, DEVOTED PARENTS WHO WERE AN INSPIRATION IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS WHEN THE OUTLOOK WAS RATHER GLOOMYQ OUR DEEPEST THANKS TO OUR DEARLY BE- LOVED PASTOR, MSGR. MOLLO FOR HIS SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, TO THE SISTERS, WHO HELPED US THROUGH THE NUMEROUS ADVERSITIES WHICH WERE PART OF OUR SCHOOL LIVES, AND ON THIS OCCASION, WE OFFER OUR HUMBLE GRATITUDE TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, MASTER OF ALL TEACHERS IN YEARS TO coME, WE WILL OFTEN REVIEW THE TIMES WE HALKED THE CAMPUS or ST. MICHAEL'S, REMEMBERING CLASSMATES, LITTLE QUAR- RELS, FRIENDSHIRS, AND INCIDENTS WHICH WILL BE sToRED AS SACRED TREASURES IN oUR COLLECTION or MEMORIES. As A CLASS, WE ARE LEAVING OUR SCHOOLS BUT IN SPIRIT, WE SHALL EVER BE PRESENT TAKING PART IN THE MANY ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL HELP IT TO REMAIN AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. EVEN THOUGH WE TRY TO MAKE oUR ,DEPARTURE A Jovous ONE, A TINGE or SADNESS IS BOUND TO ENTER, FOR AS A POET ONCE SAID, 'SILVER FoUNTAINs HAvE MUD AND THE MosT BEAUTIFUL or ROSES HAVE THORNS, AGAIN WE SAY, WFAREUELL, ST. MICHAEL'S, WE THANK You AND WE SALUTE voU.' QM IWQ -g.T HZPII. jiiilgggiiix --ROWENA HAINS