St Philip High School - Statuette Yearbook (Battle Creek, MI)

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MAY DAY PROCESSION IW! If tlzirly-seren

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A GIQADUATEKS DIQAVEIQ TQ WIAIQY A gentle Mother's care you have lavished upon us, your child- ren, during our childhood days. Our first stumbling footsteps in the world of spiritual knowledge and perfection were tenderly guided by your Motherly love. Pure and unstained by all your radiant beauty, Immaculate Mother, you have given us a perfect Model which we may imitate and by which mold our future lives that they may radiate your likeness. During our past four years we have had to call on your help of- ten, for we have been faced with the cares and perplexities of young men and women. As we journey on, we realize how much, Mary Queen, your guidance and protection means. Now standing on brink of an uncertain future, we plead with you, gentle Mother, to shelter us beneath the folds of your blue mantle, and pray that the lily white purity of your so-ul will shine forth to aid us during the temptations of our earthly sojourn. Alys Currier, '43 page thirty-sim

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oss o ons---Blue on hiie The colors of a class ought to evince, more than any other emb- lem, that group's ideals and hopes. VVQ realized this, when, in 1939, we chose blue and white as the pigments of our class banner. To some, blue is suggestive of downcast spirits, but our con- tentions were far from that pessimistic supposition. Blue, to us, illustrated our class spirit-a spirit which we are confident was as deep as the sea and as limitless as the clear sky. We wanted it to portray our sparkling zest for learning, as a sapphire gives out its blue rays of beauty. But. above all, it was the color of Mary, whom we have been taught to love and to whose care are pledged. White was the other choice and our reasons for selecting it were deep-rooted. It connotes the virtue of purity, justice, honor, loyalty-all so vital in the development of character. lt will be our lode-star, beckoning, encouraging us to a better, purer and nobler life. VVhat other colors can boast of such meaningful significance? VVhat others could better represent the virtues We have striven to possess? These are the inspirations which motivated our choice and today we, the Class of '43, trust, have bten worthy of them by en- deavoring to live the ideals each represents, and working for the goals they set. James O'Brien page thirty-eight