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

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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

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CUHSECRHTIUH TU ,md ' ?EE. ,.f an 'xy' elk lf? 4, 14: W 4 1 1 4 It was truly a thrill for us, the class of '51, on that blizzardy morning of December eighth to con- secrate ourselves to Mary Immaculate. It was even more of a thrill for us because it climaxed that devotion to Mary that has swelled in our hearts since our class, as Freshmen, sponsored the building of Her Grotto. As we crowded into the two little vestibules, straightening caps and brushing off gowns, anx- iously waited the signal to start our little journey to the altar. One by one we proudly walked up the aisle and paused at Our L.ady's altar, where each girl placed a beautiful flower at Her feet, and each oy placed a knight's pledge before Her shrine. When the last pledge was in place we gathered in front of her beautiful image and consecrated ourselves to Her. What a moment that was in our lives for from that time on we belonged entirely to Mary, Our Heavenly Mother. After this ceremony our love and affection was confirmed by our fervently hearing Holy Mass .and receiving Her Son into our hearts in Holy Communion. Before we realized it all was over, and at the sound of the organ we filed out of the church with beautiful memories of this great day locked in our hearts forever. 79 IHHRPI IIHHIHIIULHTE