St Nicholas Academy - Vistas Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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14 Wfeeeczge ham 564122 Vaey 1 0,4 WMM Za 7060: foe Your theme, charged as it is with the dauntless enthusiasm and lofty ambition so characteristic of modern Catholic youth, challenges your sincerity as a soldier of the King of Kings. If you aim only at conquering a world outside yourself, your aspirations will crumhle as do the ill-fated air castles of idle dreamers. Within each of you is a vast world-your own immortal soul. In its most secret recesses there are momentous battles to he fought and to the victor is awarded, not the passing glory of the world, but the eternal realms of heaven and the pos- session of God. To this arena you will he summoned almost every waking hour, because in the great world of men and affairs, decisions must he made. Decisive victory will he yours, only if those decisions conform to God's Law. How fierce, at times, those battles will he, and how often you will long to ahandon those hidden inglorious struggles and rush out to take, amid hlare of trumpets and flutter of flags, ten thousand cities! As, hred with ardor To Win A World For Christ, you pass through the portal of your Alma Mater, I pray that deep in your hearts will ever he engraved my little reminder, He, who conquers himself, is greater than he, who tal-ces a cityf' Sdetefz Whey 7aey

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7a 2 ace ,V ! ,ff T X, if if .t it 'Ei f if A 1. Q- if' xxx , 1 5 A fry - , ,,,,A , ,. k 'V ,mia-j , Dear Members of the Faculty: Graduation was but a date in the dim, distant future when We enrolled as students at Saint Nicholas Academy, in 1947. Novv, We look back over four happy years and unite with the sentiments expressed by an ancient philosopher, The happier the time, the quicker it passesf, The phrase thank youf' is but a feeble indication of the depth of our gratitude to you, beloved Faculty. We shall never forget your tolerance, patience and persistent faith in humanity, despite its innumerable vveaknesses. You have, indeed, earned a rich reward for so successfully completing the task valiantly undertaken in our Freshman year. We hope that this recompense will be the greater, because our expressions of appreciation will continue to manifest themselves spiritually throughout the years to come. The firm principles of Catholicity inculcated at Saint Nicholas constitute a firm standard of morality as We face our future task of winning the world for Christ. The high ideals and Christian man- ner of living acquired in these Academy days are ours for all Eternity. As We conclude our expressions of gratitude, what greater gift can We wish for you, than that God may bless each and everyone of you? 'Me 65444 af 1957 E193