St Peter High School - Petrel Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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Members of the Graduating Class of l938 VVe want to congratulate you on the happy occasion ol your Graduation. You have now realized the goal of your fondest amhition. For years the thought ot this day has preoccupied you. Now, having realized the end ot your striving, you teel the urge to talce your place in the practical lite ol the world. lnspired lay the records of the former Graduates ot St. Peters who have made good , you leel that you. too, have 'swhat it talcesn, to malce good. However. as you emharlc on this new tield ol activity. confusion grips the world. menacing clouds are oversliadowing it and threatening its moral and economic lite. lVlen, lured hy the siren voices ot Error. are cutting adritt from the moorings ot Truth. Sellishness is supplanting the HGolden Rule. With this new philosophy ol lite come suspicion, tear, and a train of other evils. Your training, however, has prepared you tor such emergencies. The princi- ples imparted Within these walls will immunize you against the poison ol this neo- paganism. Adliere steadfastly to your lolty principles. Be true to your ideals. Seelc the truth always and the truth will malce and lceep you tree. Be instant in the pur- suit olq lmowledge for it is the source of true and lasting pleasure. The easiest and most agreealole means ot' enlarging your sphere ot lcnowledge is good reading. The choicest gems of recorded thought you may malce your own. The wisdom ot the greatest and nolalest minds is enshrined on your lnoolc shelves. lwlalie lriends with them and they will serve you well. The Sacred Scripture tells us He that wallceth with the wise shall he wise: a friend of fools shall lnecome like to them. Proverbs 13-20 Seelc fellowship with the wise and the learned. Discuss your prolulems with them. Conversing with them will open up your own views and show you any def tects in your conclusions. It was during such conversation that the great orator Vveloster gave expression to a great truth especially apposite to you on the threshold of your practical life. He was asked lay a dinner guest what was the greatest thought that had ever occupied his mind. This was his solemn reply. The most important thought that occupied my mind was my individual responsilnility to Godf, Let this thought ever occupy YOUR minds so that it may he the touchstone ot your every action. MAY THE BLESSING OF GOD ATTEND YOU! MREVEREND NIICHAEL V. REING, Rector 1 Five ,...,-,-v-rv-av X. --f-fm' v ' :'-f--- - -' ,f . ' r' ' ' 'rf..X'Lrw4.. ' ' - P -,v.L,.gvr:-1. +1 -A jluz, Fwd

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Jim wma Kontanta, vi? SENIORS ik CLASSES vi? LITERATURE ik ATHLETICS' A 1 ADVERTISEMENTS