St Patricks High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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THE HAMROCK campus should not be taken mto cons1de1 at1on but what varlous colleges and the facul t1es offer 1n thelr 1nd1v1dual fields Is the cu1r1culum he sald organlzed to meet my needs ln the suby ect 1n wh1ch I am lnterest ed If it IS then that IS the un1yers1ty that I should attend Dean Fxtzpatllck stressed the same pr1n clple that 19 bexng drllled 1nto us at Samt Patucks day after day Chalacter IQ thc greatest acqulrement that yve may attam thlough educatlon In h1s formal speech at the teachems conyent1on he emphaswed the same thought when he declaled The func t1on of educat1on IS not only to 1nfo1m the mind It must form the Wlll An 1nd1v1dual s won th does not depend on h1S knowledge If It dld satan yy ould be the greatest samt Doctor F1t7pat11ck comphmented the par ISIIIOHSTS of Samtl Patrlck s upon thelr sac ufices wh1ch haye made pOSS1bl6 the f3,Cll1t19S we hyye today We should thank God he sand that we have a D116St l1ke Monslgnor Dowd at ou1 head H1s work and vour parlsh 31 e know n Ih1OLlg'llOl1t the country We are thankful We tre hkeyyxse thankful that wc haye men l1ke Dean F1t7pat11ck yyho are to smcele stx dents beacon hghts on the ught path of educfxt on Go On Shoo, Seram' Leo Ca? y 38 Jun Ha1ts d1spo t1on claus ed yylth the yyeathel In June yyhen yhe days yye1c warm he was f11en1ly fmo lffyble out yyhcn fo1b1dd1ng as that of a membel of a Laches Tempel ance Socletv w hen she comtemp'ates John Paul Jones 'md x71l'g'lI'lld. Dfue A yyeck before Chustmas Jlm had hls annual LOHIIID t1on It was addressed to two f1 lends of old VVhen I first saw you your whole bemg was IJLIIC yyh1te and undeflled Ilemembel how people stal ed at you as you rested the1e IH the center of thls metropohs YV1th1I1 thc yleyv of all passels by I also 1611191111361 how I took you home wlth me away from those curlous ey es Con ICICI the places to yyhlch you haye gone yy 1th me New Orleans Memphls St Louls The Kentucky Del by the WO1lfl Serles Do y ou 1 ecall that cottage small upon the h1ll'? That was the place where I com pleted my greatest pa1nt1ng You were there too' You ye gone to chuxch yylth me eyely Sunu y t ats the Spllltllal s1de of l1fe 'X ou ye Lccn washed and cleaned by me yy hen 11'1l sxde Yet desplte all thls you ye let me down You ye grown toughel and t0l1gll6l you ye fyllen loyyel and lower Remembel thc Hdl'OVy een 13.111 e9 Iyemembel 'P You dldnt uphold me 1n the least You folloyy ed none of my wmyes In fact vou left me flat left me to l mp hom IH defeat And then as lf tn t yyeleu enough vou spu1 ned all my effol ts to make you lespectable agaln Look at yourself noyv' Youle ragged black ugly You 16 lower than the loyy est of your type What was once backbone m vou IS now soft and flabbv Smce vou yyon t stand up undel me I m going to tlnoyv you out and buy a neyv pa1r of shoes And thls t1me- Well' They wont be yy hlte and they wzll haye arch supports 8 . V. .- . I . . . . , ' U Q . . . . . . .W . Y , . ,, . , . H . ,, . ,, . . 1. . y 9 4 y - , , . , . c ,Y KK 71 . 7 c Y . ,' 1 - K Y ' y Q s. U . n V .' 9 Y . ' , . . . ,H 1 L, A f 4 Q 7 1 ' ' ' . Q 1 L ' Q' . . .s c . , y, , KK , ' 7 ' ' S , c l . . . . Y . , Y ', O , 1 . ' 7' l ' l ' 1' Hy' H , 7 ' I ' Y' ' ' ' f '. , f I ' 'J , li' ' Q .' ' . . v , E 1 A . ' - . r v , A . . , I j . z .y , . M ' , y ' ' . 1 . 1 1 . '1 ' . 7 - Decembe1 came h1s mlen reyv as cord and You wexe soned and duty'-that s the mate- ! U 1 . . 1 . 1, . 1. . y . , . ' r K . . , . . , I Y 4 . V Y C ' ' '. C . , , as ,v , . ,. .. . . . , ' y c . ' - I' .' 1. I ' . ' . ' . ' P f c . 1 'H Y f . ' '. 45 I 1 1 1 Y 7 . y ' ' 3 ' v 7. - v ' - 1 1 'J y , , . U' ye . N. , .I ' 1 ' ' ' - -i -4 .1 ' . J -1 i .a . t -V 7' :KS .f-- ' s . I 1 . v . K - ty - ,w . l ' ' ,' , u v. ' , 9 . . 3. , 1. ' 1 ' . ' . ' ' f Y 1 . f . - ' Y. -W Y . . Y , ., . y. ' , . , . u ' , I . Y K! ., ., 9 V 7 ' 7 . r - . ' Q v ' ' v s- l - u Q . . ,, . . , . . Q ,, . ' , c I 7 I .

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Dean Edward A Fitzpatrick OCTOR Edward A F1tzpatr1ck Dean of the Graduate School of Marquette Un1vers1ty and Presldent of Mount Mary College a promment Cathohc lax man and a man natlonally known as an adv ocate of Cathollc lnstructlon was a vlsltor at Salnt Pfztrlcks thlS fall Mr Fltzpatrxck spoke at the teache1s conference of the northern sect1on of the La Crosse Dlocese The appearance of Dean Fxtzpatrlck IS str1k1ng He IS about mlddle aged but he gn es one the assurance that there IS truth ln the re1terated remark that some men never grow old He IS a man that possesses a set f shoulders that can bear capably the dutles of Dean IH a UHlV6FSltyS Graduate School The Dean broke the 1ce of our conversatlon by tell mg me h1s reason for bexng at Eau Cla1re He had come to speak on the questlon of thls connectlon he xx as gomg to lntroduce to the orders of teachlng Slsters the Hzqh way to Heaven Series T our glade school puplls at Salnt Patrlcks thls book or SCIISS of books IS fam1l1ar It IS the textbook of rel1g1on that IS used 1n our g13.I'I1I'l'l3.I' schools It has been adopted lnto our dlocese as 1ts general text book for the teachlng of rel1g1on The ser1es IS the result of the labor of Doctor Fltzpat rlck and the members of var1ous rellglous orders for over a perlod of elght years A cordlng to Doctor Fltzpatrlck the books deal wlth the llturgy rellglous pract1ces and par tlcularly the adaptlon of rel1g1on to everyday 1 e Much has been sald of our Blshops thelr Excellencles Blshop McGaw1ck and Blshop Grlflin and of thelr work as leaders ln Cath ohc school educatlon Dean F1t7patr1ck said m speakmg of them Your belowed Ordln arxes have prov1ded one of the finest systems John Carpenter 38 of educatxon that can be found 1n a dlocese of your slze In a Cathohc school rel1g1on plays the mam role In thls regard your Blshops have done thelr work supremely well These words from a man who reahzes and knows the SBCPIHCGS that must go hand 1n hand w1th Cathollc mstructlon certalnly should be encouragmg to our teachers and our parents when thlngs as we mlght say ln the vernacular are not so rosy Dean Fitz patrlck went on further ln his pralse of the efficlenu of our dlocese ln the Held of Catho The mstructlon offered sa1d Doctor F1tzpatr1ck after careful observatlon by myself and others IS found to be ln accord wlth the age old tradl t1on of the Cathohc Church and yet It uses every modern resource f educatlonal methods Never let It be sald that our dlocese IS be hmd the t1mes in her educa llc trammg Flnally our conversat1on swung around to the Dean s most outstandmg 1nterest the 1nst1tut1ons of h1g'her educatlon Wlth whlch he IS aillillated H xx as appomted President of Mount Mary ln 1929 the year that the college was founded For the past twelve years he has acted as Dean of the Graduate School of Marquette In thlS posltlon he has proved hlmself to be leader of men partlcularly the men of thlq sectlon of the Unlted States The results of h1s wo1k wlth men are many H has helped to mould men that prove 'chem selves lexel headed and able to take thelr places 1n the branches of work for whlch Marquette has prepared them Dean Fltzpatrlck far from g1VlIlg' a sales- talk on the glorles of Marquette of wluch there are many sald m one sentence what a unlverslty should offer to one who IS con slderlng the furtherlng' of hls own tra,1n1ng ln one field or another The beautles of the 1 ' ' l lx H I ' , -.., .. Q 1 I .. .. .1 Y D . . , . . . I . , . . y . . b D ' v - v , , av - ,.. K . , . . . . . . I . . . . . . 7 ' ' 7 I , k 1 . ' . . . . . ,, . . ,, ' I ' 7 O I6 ' . . , . . I u ' n ' ' , . - 0 . . . . ,, . religion in our schools. In tional methods! ' 9 . . Q . . , . o ' ' ' ' . .h , . , .. , . . u e V . . . . , ' . - . , . . . . C- . . . 0 e . . , . . I . L, - y , l'f . l , . . , . , . . , . . . . y. . . . , - I . . c I .. it 1 V J - I 0 0 1 g g . ' , ' ' u '

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By Post mr Eleanor Geraldine Eldrldge 38 In a series of fizendly letters Gemlclme Eldrzdge 38 gwes us sezeral mtzmate glmzpses of her summer s vacatzon Grand Canvon Lodge G1 and C' myon North Rlm Arlzona July 7 1937 Dearest Eleanor Your letter has at last 1 eached me It has tagged me around almost half of the cont1 nent You d laugh 1f you could see It one can hardly see the enxelopc for the many postage marks all ow er It I certamly was glad to get your m1ss1ve and from the sound of It you must be haung been in on that Tieasuie Hunt and dance that the club gate From your leport It seems as lf practlcally everybody ln town that we know xx as there I almost enxv you Howex er I am enloung ex elv m1nute of my rip W1th1n the past week I have seen three Natlonal Parks Zlon Bryce and Grand Cam on I must confess I had no ldea that such wonders eiclsted rlght here ID oul own Umted States Zion unpressed me because It xx as the first Park that I saw Though It was beautlful I do not th1nk that It can compare wlth e1ther Grand Canyon or Bryce Bryce IS my fax or Grand Canvon appealed to me not because of 1ts colorlng as you mlght suppose but be cause of 1tS vastness Can you lmagme any thlng fourteen miles mde and oxer a mlle deep? It IS still 1ncomprehens1b1e to me ex en after my haung seen It As usual I have left the best to tell untll last Bryce It IS the smallest of the three Perhaps that IS why I can appreclate It more fully but 1ts S176 is not the only reason for my play mg favorites In the first place I saw It ln two ways at sunrlse and under the moonhght I slmply must tell you about the sunrlse Before the first rays of the sun peep over the eastern r1m the tax ernous depths are swathed 1n black densltles and gray mlst As the sun marches along the sky thc shadow s and mlsts xanlsh and in thelr stead one sees the most amfwlng colors whlch bathe the canyon wlth thelr glories Then too the lock formations gi adually become x 1s1ble and wlth lust a xx ee blt of 1mag1na.t1on one sees such figures as the Holy Fam1ly the Pope with hls flowing robes of whlte the stately figure of Queen V1ctor1a vt 1th her lords and ladles about her Thor s hammer the flaming hulk of the smk mg shlp the Cathedral with three splres and many other such lnterestlng figures Why ex en Wall Street is represented in the Silent C1ty Under moonhght one sees much the same thmg except that lt IS all sort of ghostly xxlnte mstead of brllllantly colored as lt IS ln the daytxme Llsten Eleanor thel e s ever so much more to tell you about these thlngs but It would take more tune than I dare use now because lt IS very late almost one 0 clock and I have to get up at five Lets hope our shadows meet on a moon beam tomght They certamly have heaps to say to each other Slncerely yours Gerry E' 9 ff' A fx U A J J' J, x , V f , . . : 1 L, - I I ,MU l .. Wulf ' 1 1 ' 1 :J Y, G, B , - -.. Al., , , Y , . . . , . . . ' . 9 ' 12 , , , 4 A- : Y. . . . ' l . , . c I C s q . Y 4 r v ' . . V I , ' v x C ' . . . , - v - . . . c . ' 9 n A , I c. . , 3 Y K ' s Y .v . X . Y 5 9 C 1 L , V' T ' , 1 I V, , V , y. . , . . 7 as grand a tlme as I am. I would l1ke to have - - - - , - .. v n . C u o a I 1 1 1 4 . , Y . . . . , . , . ' ' . . c . 7 7 . p , U V i, . . y . Y V n . C , c - ' - f -f . . . - t ' n I 9 . . , . I . C , as 91 ' V ' ' , , H ' ' !7 J . ., A ,c . . I ! - s A a ! 7 A , ' 1 ' ' . . - A , 1te. - 7 . . Y , U ! 9 , K , - . . - ! l . D n 7. 7 . n 0 v' ' ' . ' 9 1 -S - .' c . , . .