St Peters Academy - Veritas Yearbook (Saratoga Springs, NY)

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?QGRGDJID$MDHESJIE5JID99 4819A$$ ME IIEGDJIRGJIECMNNMNHEO FROM THE JUNIOR CLfASS THE SO'PHOMORE- CLASS THE F RESHMAN CLASS 861. IMEBGJIHIMWS AEAJIDEMCM uOur Loss is the World's Cain

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VFW r having successfully survived the preceding year. In September, 1947 I came back a little more willingly for at long last I was an upper Class- man, a Junior. For the second time, Sister Agnes was our homeroom teacher. Into the hearts of the students. came Sister NIarie who was to remain in Saratoga only long enough to push me through History. What an exciting year, with Class Day at Newman's and the Pmm taking the spotlight in the vision of my memories. Many little things, seemingly unimportant, for some reason stand out clearly in my mind. I will always remember the picnics, both with the whole High School at Lake George, or just with the gang at the Geysers; the time that we beat Saratoga High at basketball; the day we gave Sister Agnes a surprise party for the Birthday of the Sisters of Saint Joseph; the retreats; the choir rehearsals With Sister Florine; the C.Y.O. meetings; and all the dances and parties. Up until now I have said nothing of my Senior year at St. Peters. Once again, in September, 194-8, we were to have Sister Agnes. Sister Fidelis bid goodbye to St. Peters, and Sister Gerarda Joseph stepped in to teach the Seniors for three periods a day. Poor Sister Gerarda, but she seems jolly in spite of her heavy cross. Sister Frances Regis has taken over the toilsome task of teaching History and English. Will any of us ever forget the plans for the Erst yearbook, the day our class rings came, the Christmas party and the Saint Patriekls Day festivities? Now I have covered all of the four years at St. Peters, High, but as I write I keep remembering things that I should recall, like Mother Helen,s Jubilee, and the Marian Days at St. Clementsy re- citing Hhie, haec, hoe , before we took our seats in Latin I, or the plays and assemblies in school. With the glisten of a tear, and a prayer that incoming years the Seniors will have memories as happy as mine on which to look back, I will close the book of my High School Days at St. Peters,, for I am a Senior looking back, but now I must make use of the treasures stored up during the past four years and move forward into the future. KATHRYN WITKOP GrHJIE; WDJRHD8 m Mime; In the short time that Our Divine Blaster spent preaching His gospel, He made many memor- able sermons. Among the most beautiful, and, in my opinion, most important, was The Sermon On The Mount. This IWagnificent sermon was given, by Christ, to thousands of people who had followed Him from the city. When at last He stopped to rest, Jesus stood a moment to let His eyes roam over the beauty of the countryside. Indeed it seemed as though the flowers had donned new, crisp bonnets, to welcome the Saviour. The Lake of Tiberias seemed to reflect a blue as indescribable as the blue of Our Ladyls mantle. The fields and graSses and fruit trees stood gowned in their best refinement as Jesus Christ humbly thanked His Almighty Father for this supreme display of splen- dor. He then turned to His people to preach the word of God. Truly it was only a Divine Christ that could have spoken of those things on which the people needed explanation and counsel. He told of Gods goodness and perfection after which the soul should pattern itself. He arrested their minds with the knowledge that He had come only to do good, to teach them love of their neighbors, to teach them their civil duties and to teach them the ways of God. Christ told them of His rewards but also of His punishments. He proclaimed life everlasting for all souls, but He told them this life could be hell as well as heaven. Christ blessed the poor, as well as the rich; He took pity on the weak and sick. He set an example for all His followers and these examples were to he a guidance to them until the end of the world. This sermon, itself, is a proof of the superiority of God. In it God has spoken His word pro and con on the way of life for all His people. Even inall His sermons Christ had the foresight to answer questions that would arise in the minds of our modern citizens. Divorce, charity, revenge and many more problems that have played such an important part in manls life, can be answered in this sermon spoken by Godls Son that day in Palestine. - Centuries ago these words were spoken and yet they are the answers to today's questions and the requirements we need to gain everlasting happiness. MARY JANE HICKEY

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SUCCESS AND LUCK AND HAPPINESS TO THE CLASS THATS REALLY F INE BEST WISHES TO THE GRADUATES THE CLASS OF F ORTY-NINE THESE WISHES COME F ROM YOUR F RIEN D DAN DOWN AT THE SODA SPA We hope you'll continue to always drop in Though you may travel near or far.