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

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continue than at the feet of Mary? All the grace that we will need to find strength will flow from her willing hands. Without Mary, our shoulders would ache beneath our load and we would soon fall. Her heart is big enough to share all our troubles and sorrows and powerful enough to relieve them all. 6. . I fly unto Thee, O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother. 7 By meditating on Mary's favorite virtue, humility, we can readily see how our actions, even though they may seem good to us, are imperfect in the sight of God. Of ourselves, we do not possess the ability to perfect them. A poor farmer, wishing to pay the rent on his farm to his king had only a worm-eaten apple to do this. The farmer was well-liked by the queen and instead of presenting his rent to the king, he placed it in the queen's hands. She, out of respect for the king and kindness for the poor man, cleaned the apple and surrounded it with flowers. The king received it with joy from the queen he loved. He also thinks well of the man who did not deem himself worthy to approach him directly. 8 If the king's Name was God and the queen was Mary, St. Bernard tells us place it in Mary's hands if you do not wish to be refused. 9 Mary is the Child of God's love. He has never and will never come closer to any human being than Mary, for He became lncarnate within her sacred womb, He gave Himself to Mary and through Mary, He came to us. By giving ourselves and all our actions to Queen Mary to purify and present to the King, we will walk with giant steps in the way of God's commandments. She delivers the soul from weariness, sadness, and scruples. 10 Through her, grace will flow to us as pure water gushing from a mounta'in stream. Blessed is the soul where Mary dwells, for there she be- comes a worker of wonders! She causes Jesus Christ, the Fruit of her womb, her Masterpiece, to live in that soul! 11 When you follow Mary, you will not go astray, when you pray to her, you will you you you you not will will will will despair, when you think of her, not err: when she sustains you not fall: when she protects you not fear when she leads you, not become tired: when she favors you, you will arrive safely. IZ In this, the first year of Our Lady, nine- teen hundred and 'fifty-four, let us learn to make use of this precious Gift God has given us. Let us find the secret of sanctity through her who is the Gate of Heaven. To Jesus Through Mary '74 BIBLIOGRAPHY De Montfort, St. Louis. 'Q-1-Q Secreti Mary. Bay Shore, New York: The Montfort Publications, 1950. Doherty, Eddie. S lendor of Sorrow. New York: Sheeg and W':5'd, 1944. Elwell, Rt. Rev. Clarence. Qlgguest for Happiness. Book IV. Chicago: lTentzer, Bush 8: Company, 1946, pp. 22-103. Gilmary, Elizabeth. Fatima Triptycn. In Messenger of Sacred Heart. August, 1953. Vol 88, pp. 27-32, 75-76. Hasselberg, Harry. The Life gMary. New York: The Paulist Press, 1950. Lynk, Frederick, S. V, D. Mary Our Mother, Techny, Illinois: Mission Press, S. V,D. 1946, Pope Pius XII. Marian Year Encyclical, In Denver Register. October, 1953. 57 Z. 1Lynk, mg Mother, p. 26 22314, , p. 10 32351. , p. 16 4De Montfort, E13 Secret of -Mix, p. 13 5Elwe1l, Our Quest For Happiness, p. 53 6Lynk, QB. p. 18 7st, Bernard, Memorare 8De Montfort, Si, pp. 30-31 gkg. , p. 31 Wm, p. 34 UML., p. 33 121b1d. , p. 36 x 1, ' VEJSEEEY QAE? A Ei

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LHST llllll HND TESTHHIEIIT TI-IE SENIOR CLASS OF 1954 We, the Senior Class of St. Philip High School, in the year of our Lord, nineteen-hundred and fifty-four, of the City of Battle Creek, County of Calhoun, State of Michigan, being of weak mind and weaker memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all wills heretofore made by us. First: To Father Owens, we bequeath our gratitude for all you have done to give us four happy and memorable high school years Second:To Father O'Meara, we leave our thanks for his tolerance of our childish nonsense in religion classes. Third: To Father Crowley, we leave our gratitude for cheering our athletes to success. Fourth: T o the Faculty, we will our sincere thanks for the many and sometimes trying hours you have dedicated to our educa- tion. Fifth: To the Juniors, we leave memories of the best class ever to graduate from this Alma Mater. May you, as the years pro- gress, try to acquire a fraction of our charming personalities, our excelling intelligence, our jazzy wit, and our good looks. Sixth: To all the lower classmen we leave our shining ways. May you always remember our class and forever hold us as your model. I, Diana Albera, do hereby will to Mary Ellen Dowling, my uncanny ability for getting front seats. May they really take. you somewhere! ,' I, Peggy Allen, do hereby will to Lois Shuckhart, my long hair, also my duck-set bobbypins! ! ' I, Joni Anderson, do hereby will to Pat Dunn, the one thing I want, but have'nt got, because l don't know where to find it? I, Joanne Anderson, do hereby will to Mary Margaret Horsch, my favorite seat in the Top. It may be worn, but it can take lots more. I, Leo Audette, do hereby will to Jim Sweet, my crazy job of answering the class-room door! I, Catherine Bogosoff, do hereby will to Frank Hosh, my love for walking to school in the clear cool mornings. Don't run too fast Frank, you'll run out of gas. I, James Bond, do hereby will to Mike Monaghan, my 1001 volume set of fairy tales, the telling of which will make you the most popular one in your class, I, Mary Boucher, do hereby will to Betty Lawrence, my charming lady-like laugh. Just keep it down, but make it echo. I, Nancy Brown, do hereby will to Nancy Fiandt, my pepsodent smile which is always seen at 3:05 on Friday afternoon. I, Ann Marie Butine, do hereby will to my sister, Betty, my extensive knowledge of Newton's laws of motion, all three of them. I, Dick Cipcic, do hereby will to Jim Reece, my good grades in American History. I, Charles Grevers do hereby will to Pat Ziolkowski, my untold wealth of knowledge. Nobody told me about it yet. l, Richard Hayes, do hereby will to James fBatheeJ Baum my retired 36 Ford and include one weeks supply of oil, Q10 quartsj l can of white side wall paint, and my ability to do 50 in a 25 zone without being caught! I, John Jereck, do hereby will to Arthur Adams, my pint-sized nose! I, Elaine King, do hereby will to Ron Richel, my prosperous study period. I, Tom Koehler, do hereby will to my friend Walter Matyasic, my ability to get along with the Nun's. I, Betty Komarck, do hereby will to Mary Gobulic, my love for the Canada. Keep those letters going. I, Larry Lucas, do hereby will to Donald Durbin, my ability to work hard at doing nothing. I, Joan Mangan, do hereby will to Sharon Gaffney, my ability to louse up a cheer better than anyone else. I, Kay McCann, do hereby will to Dick Strole, my flaming red locks. I, Livio Martin, do hereby will,' to Doug Neller, my ability to get along with the fairer sex. I, Betty Murray, do hereby will to Marie Miller, my mature lady-like way. Here's hopin' you'll make better us of it than I have. I, Bob Murray, do hereby will nothing to nobody, cause I ain't dead yet! I, James Noverr, do hereby will to Dan Boone, my unlimited literary talents, also my 10 volumes of outdated adventure stories from which I compose my material. I, Georgianne Prior, do hereby will to Janet Leonard, my driving ability. Watch out for those telephone poles! I, Joan Pulsipher, do hereby will to my cousin David my love for music and talent for composing, no matter how badly. I, Carol Rozell, do hereby will to Barbara Beaton, my history book. It isn't very worn! I, Dolores Skidmore, do hereby will to my sister Charlene Skidmore, my ability to chew gum. I, James Smith, do hereby will to James Baum, my great sense of humor during basketball practice. l, Roberta Smith, do hereby will to Carol Bate, my what was that , after getting in on the end of a conversation. I, David Sprague, do hereby will to James Mulgrew, my crazy fondness for old St. Philip. I, Judith Steinbacher, do hereby will to Theresa Kintz, my desk in the Senior room, the one with the splinter in it--. I, Anthony Steward, do hereby will to James Beley, my drafting ability and my 450 angle, keep it square. I, Shirley Wright, do hereby will to my dear loving sister Helen, the ability to trap a redhead like I did. I, Marilyn-Swonk, do hereby will to Mary Lou Keeler, my smile and the dimple in my right cheek. I, Leo Audette, do hereby will to Harold Simonds, my collection of slightly used alibis. I. James Noverr, do hereby will to Gregg White, my sympathyzing ways with the Nuns! In wimess whereof, we, the class of 1953, set our hand here unto, and seal this document, on this, the sixth day of June 1954. Signed: Witnessed by the Senior Class f' A f -6 2' if . i J '53 1 h I' Q L 44.41 Ql!5Y4 6 so cf! V life?-Lf' 76 .-