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

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Today we are nearing our goal, and looking forward to taking our places in the great world that lies just beyond the doors of St. Philip High School. We are now looking ahead, not backward. One ambition we cherish, one determination is strong in our souls today - the resolve to prove to you that your efforts in our regard have not been in vain. We are determined, for your sakes as well as to carry out God's plan for us, to make good, not only in a worldly sense, but also as the,loyal Catholics you would like us to be. We thank you, dear Mother and Dad, for our wonderful homes, for our Catholic edu- cation, for the example you have given us, for everything. No matter how we may try to repay you for all you have given us and done for us, we can never make it up to you entirely, we know, so we offer our gratitude to Our dear Lady and her Divine Son, Our Lord. They will know how to repay you. We can only say, we thank you, Mom and Dad, and we thank God for you. Ever lovingly and gratefully, Your sons and daughters, St. Philip Senior Class WW-

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Witli the Cooperation of Loving Parents l lr- Dear Mother and Dad, just about a dozen years ago, you stood by as we started off to school for the first time, burdened down with a lunch kit almost as big as ourselves, and an assortment of fears even bigger than ourselves. Throughout our grammar school years, as you watched us in the various stages of our physical, intellectual, and spiritual development, you prob- ably often wondered if we would ever amount to anything at all. Then came our high school days, when your pride as well as your misgivings grew with our added inches. You hoped with undaunted trust in God, to make men and women out of your sons and daughters. Perhaps sometimes you were tempted to despair in the process: but, true to your God- given rights and responsibilities, you stuck by us through all our youthful joys and sor- rows, our mistakes as well as our successes. In spite of the fact that our welfare often meant sacrifices for you, Mom and Dad, you persevered in seeing us through. Your strength overcame our weakpessesg your courage was greate'r than our faint-heartednessg your sound advice and your encouraging smile kept our feet on the right path. 14

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