St Patricks Academy - Patrician Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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5 5 Q Q Q Q Q Q t Q Q Q E 3EfRS? Qf6:b'G?5fb'Qf?RS?eE?-Qyfh-SG newEa?Qy62'-Qf62-S53-E?RQf?RQyCP'Qy6:AQfG:e5GRQffAQf?eS?E4?:eQf H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q .Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q QQJSQ 14iw:9FToaJQQVQaz9VQ:f93Q Salutatnrg Rez mend Fathers Szsters and Frzends The Senlor Class welcomes you this afternoon to the celebrat1on of a slgnlficant event 1n its career The year of 1933 1n which we have completed our studles as pupils of St Patrlck s Academy has been an eventful although a xerv happy one We have been faced w1th dlscouragement and setbacks 1n ex ery form We started our high school educatlon in the year 1929 durlng QQ h1ch thls present depression began Through out the course we have been beset by unemployment and financlal d9p1CSS1OH whlch has made lt difficult for many of us to continue our studies But we have managed to calry on and we find ou1 selves today assembled for gladl13tlOI'l wh1ch for some of us IS only the beginning of the practlcal education wh1ch future years will brlng For all of us thls day vull remain ln our memorles as the day on whlch vse reached our first m1le stone in educatlon and ente1ed lnto the fast movmg outslde wx orld One who IS golng to enter 1nto worldly affairs this year ln any lme of endeavor W1ll find the changes commg swiftly Present C0lldll,1OHS have caused a complete renaissance as it wele in managing wolld affairs and a C1lS1S ln world events Complete changes ale being made ln banking buslness and employment The unemployment cond1t1on has caused steps to be taken by the natlonal government to equalize wo1 king hours and fix a standard of wages The efforts belng made to relieve the stless by the leaders of all natlons wlth the cooperation of the people themselx es are progi esslng rapidly So a person who contemplates entering upon his work 1n a cr1s1s such as th1s must adapt hlmself to new condltlons and aid to the best of his ab1l1ty those who are Worklng to effect a change for the better in h1s llne of endeavor But 111 contlast to the hustle and bustle of the events of the outside vs olld vsas the solemn splendol of the lnaugulatlon of the Holy Year by Pope Plus XI The Holy Yeal vxas declared by the Soverelgn Pontiff ln honor of the nlneteen hundredth 3l1Il1Ve1S3,1V of the death of ou1 Sawlor On Easter Sunday Plus XI l9NlV6d an ancient papal custom which was last obse1ved sixty three years ago that of celebratlng POlltlliCl3l Hlgh Mass Ill St Peters Baslllca Afterward he was borne on h1s portable throne to the balcony of St Peter s where he gave his blesslng to the clty and to the world Wlth this blessing we leaxe school 0u1 hopes for the futule are the hlghest We have been fittlngly prepared fol it by the tl a1n1ng whlch we have l6CG1V9d under the careful teaching and klnd attention of the SISUBTS and the gentle vet firm SUDQYVISIOH of our pastor Father Dwyer W believe that everythlng posslble IS being done to rellexe the stress of plesent day C0lld1t1OllS and ou1 ld8RlQ haxe COl'lt1lll19d to cllmb My com panions will set before you some of the problems that confront us 1n choosing an occupation and attempt to brlng before you ou1 feelings and aspuatlons COIlC81lllllg' ou1 place ln this nevs vs o1ld Iflancls Donovan .Q . . . . Q . . U . u u ' . . . . . fi 1 .vb . , . we G f ' 1, 1 ' 1. U. 0 . u Q , , 7 . , I . U . . . 7 D Q Y . . U , . . . Q l p 1 1 . . D v . . . 1 . , v I . U y 'P Q I ' H . ,, . ' . . 1 . 1 ! . . . . . . . . . ' I Q . . . o v . . . . 5 n . . . I U 1 Y 1 . . . . D . . 1 - Q - . Y 7 , . B Y I V ' . Q . Y ' 7 Q . . . Q ' . Y. :u n ' 9 . , , ! ' - 7 0 . , .. . . . . D , . . . ' v 0 , 0 . . . I . v . . . . Q. Q . . . . 'N' 1 1 - Q 1 . 1 Y ' e 0 . . . . . V . O ' . . Q. I . . - . . . ., . I . . r Q . ., .' . t . . . . V V ' R . . ,, , X- 'Q . . . . . . . . . . . Q . . . . wc-ny

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