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

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snnnumfs Impressive awe charges the atmosphere as stately moving lines of cap-and-gowned seniors glide into the church. Joy and sadness play a duet within thirty-nine pulsing hearts. For the graduates this is the last class assembly before God's altar throne. The past four years, with their many oppor- tunities and pleasures, pass in mental panorama, causing deep gratitude to well within eachgraduate's heart. Turning to the future, We see a particular pathway beckoning us to follow, challenging us to spread our Christian social way of living in an ism- shadowed world. UF THE BLHSS UF 1951 lk

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OUR PATRON By unanimous decision we chose Our Lady of Lourdes as our patron, and we hope that she, in turn, will choose us as her favored children. Since we were freshmen we have cherished avery special love for her, and we tried to prove it by the Miracle of the Grotto. We choose her today and everyday as our Queen and Mother. We beg her protection that evil may never find a place in our hearts. Guard us, dear Mother, and grant that each one in this senior class may arrive safely Home to Heaven at last, HONOR LIES IN HONEST TOIL Honor is the respector esteem due to worth, it is also the apprecia- tion and observance of what is right. Since the fall of Adam and Eve, man has had to toil in the sweat of his brow to earn a living. It is a command laid upon us by God. Therefore, our worth, to a. great extent, can be measured by the way we strive to do the job in hand. An honest day's work for an honest day's pay shall be our slogan if we are the employees. An honestday's payfor a.nhonestday's labor , if we are employers. Hence, with this ideal no allurement for unjustly attaining more money will get us to strike. There will be no waste of materials, no laying down on the job. Then indeed, may we justly deserve to be honored among men and by God, MAROON AND SILVER Our class chose maroon as one of its colors because of its beautiful significance Maroon signified that moral beauty and goodness which we are all striving for. The color appeals to our senses as pleasing as its significance appeals to God. May God choose us as we chose the color, Our silver signifies hope--hope that in whatever walk of life we may choose we will face the hard things of life bravely, we will turn the dark clouds inside out and find the silver linings. May its lustrous sterling fill our every deed with truest purity of intention. 78