St Rose Academy - Rosa Mystica Yearbook (Vincennes, IN)

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And yet, not stone nor wood nor any crumbling things that wear away Could make us love you as we do, St. Rose. We love you for the truth you've taught. We love you for the joys you've brought. We love you for the lessons learned, For values grasped, and credits earned.| We love you for the simple fun We've had at school when work was done. We love you for the friendships true That will live on when school is through. We love you for the Sisters' ways That blessed and brightened all our days. We love you for standards for which you've stood— Catholic ideals of womanhood. St. Rose, we love you for what you are, A grand old school, the best by far.

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ST. ROSE St. Rose, We'll love you always as we do today, And small familiar things that now we see and pass and tread upon and take for granted, Someday, when years have passed, and we return and reminisce, Will stir us into deeper thought, As things we love have power to do In memory. Your old, brick yellow walls, Gabled and belfry-crowned, with cross above; Gaunt towering sycamores, in front, And yonder—hemming in protectingly your stretching lawn— The old iron fence; Majestic elms, Our Lady's grotto, And the rose-bush hedge; Catalpas white with blooms in spring; And maples golden-red and beautiful in fall— St. Rose, we love them all, For all are linked with happy, happy years. Our feet have helped to hollw out the old stone entrance sill. Our steps have helped to groove the old school stairs. Our deeds and words and thoughts and hopes and prayers Ana happy laughter, as we came and went, Are living, hidden somewhere in your walls, St. Rose, And they'll look out at us when we return, And smile and whisper to us Of the good old days when we were young. Then, every desk and every inch of wall will have a tongue To help recall familiar things That now we take for granted While we're here.

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TO OUR CHAPLAINS To Monsignor Deery and Father Doll, chap- lains of St. Rose, the graduates of '47 wish to express their sincere gratitude for four years of generous faithful service. Autumn, winter, and spring, rain, snow, or shine—always they were present to open each St. Rose school day with the blessing of Holy Mass. Their interest has been kindly, and their willingness to serve unfailing. For all that Monsignor Deery and Father Doll have thus done through their spiritual guidance, their religious instruction, and their friendly interest to add to the happiness and worthwhileness of these four years at St. Rose, the class of 1947 expresses a warm hearted Thank you.