St Rose High School - Rosarian Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY We now find that it is our duty to write the final history of the class of '47. We say this with a feeling of regret for there is not a member of this class who will not be sorry to have the pcrtais of our dear St. Rose. Oh! What a happy little group we were just twelve years ago when we entered our first year of school. We soon grew accustomed to this new life and made rapid advance- ment in the three R's. In May, we dressed in white, made our First l-loly Communion and most of cur number took a step up the ladder and became second grade students. We found the work here much more interesting and we liked the idea of no longer being the baby class. We were confirmed by Bishop Alter during the year. Our third and fourth years found us in the midst of multiplication tables and sand- box scenes. lt was during the fourth grade that we demonstrated our acting ability by putting on a play for the entire school, portraying the holidays of February. The fifth and sixth grades found us on the second floor of the grade school building and to us this in itself was a great achievement. We entered into all of the activities with real vigor, making a good showing in the Chronicle Drive. The seventh and eighth grades were both very happy ones and also very serious ones. lt was during this period that our country entered the second World War. Many of us corresponded with soldiers whose names were sent to us by Fr. Urban Wurm, one of our former assistant priests who became an army chaplain. Many of these friendships have never ended. We did a splendid job for the missions and also in the paper drive. Some of the boys were on the Junior Hi Basketball team and many of the girls participated in sports as well as the Junior A Cappella. Still others helped out in the library. We regretted to leave the grade school building but were also looking forward with anxiety to that day when we would be full-fledged high school students, Oh! At last, Freshmen. Yes, we were no doubt green, but to quote, it is the green- ness of healthy growth, not the greenness of self-sufficiency or of ignorance. We soon knew our way around and only occasionally did one of our members end up lost in the midst of a group of upper-classmen. We were welcomed by a dance given by the Sophomores and thus met and made friends in the upper classes. We gave. a return dance on Valentine's Day and what a success it was. Almost before we were used to the term Freshies we found ourselves no longer Freshmen but Sophomores. Success at last as a member of the upper-classmen. We gave a welcome dance for the Freshmen and honored the Seniors at a breakfast on graduation day. As this class marched out we advanced another step up the ladder and thus became Juniors,lThe activities of this year kept us in a never-ending round of activity. By this time many masculine members of our class held prominent places on our various athletic teams. We were very proud of their achievement. Perhaps the greatest of the activities of this year was our Junior-Senior Prom which indeed was a great success. As Seniors we have at last reached the top of the ladder and now shed a tear of re- gret as we leave everything that has meant so much to us. Maybe it's the sports you will :iss cr the Tuesday morning A Cappella meetings, or burning the midnight oil putting out the Rosarian, or even preparing for semester exams. The latter would indeed be missed but no tear shed. Among our activities stand out especially our dances-Homecoming, May Day, Sen- ior Class play, the Junior-Senior Banquet given by the Juniors and, last but not least, the receiving of our diplomas on graduation day. We have tried our utmost to pay in some way the debt which we owe to our com- panion classes, our school and above all to God. As we go out into the future we will con- tinue to strive to honor our Alma Mater and to live up to the high standard that she has set before us. By Marilyn Goedde l38D .

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