St Stephens Academy - Academician Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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The civitates rei publicae Has knocked the tariff high and dry. And as the floating bubbles before me upward Hy, The spacious campus, U. of M. my vision doth descry Miss Florence Gleason, Ph. D., teaching college Latin. Her students are so interested they start at early Matin And broadcast Latin messages to students at Manhattan. Ah I see proceeding from the intellectual beams, The aviation field of Mt. Clemens in splendor gleams. A plane about to soar aloft, up into the very sky, When the commanding voice of Lieutenant Brown gives the signal ifFly'7! A Another famous student, Claire Rawley next I name, Has scaled the height of Science and won a place of fame, Head Chemist now at Lansing, her laboratory's swell, Her latest science secrets soon to the world she'll tell. Vincent Graziadei, the smallest in our honored ranks, Was just elected president of Marysville Savings Banks. Vin set about with well-laid plans to instill a system of thrift Which met with much success, the town toward wealth began to drift. , Ruth Wittliffls fingers deftly Hy over the typewriting keys, ' And midst a hustling, bustling work she earns her goodly fees. Her offices are sought by clerks, and men of lettered rank, For business tact, efficiency, she'1l old St. Stephen's thank. Pursuing still the languages and seeking further knowledge, Hugh Clancy we find registered at big fair Harvard College. Delving into Medicine and ancient works of lore, He'll cut out every pleasure and o'er his books still pour. Now the bulla saponis' is rapidly decreasing, But there remains a spectral sight most appreciating. Mae Phelan as a journalist has met with great success, In the measure of duty unfailingly, shefs passed its every test. Gerald O'Brien is manager of the Regent Theatre, Located on Grand River you'll find him proprietor. He has the most refined of moving pictures in the land. It is just the finest place in town since Jerry took the stand. Deep the shadows lengthen, the sun leaves no lingering ray, Thus my prophecy ends, I wend from the cavern my way Into the forest dreary beneath the murmuring pine I dream of our school-days and classmates, who climbed up the ladder sublime, Beckoning me on to their glory do these old comrades of mine Who have taken advantages offered as the fruits of Father Time.

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Class Willa Class of 1924, by Ruth E. Wittliff Reverend Fathers, Dear Faculty, Students and Friends: Upon behalf of my client, the Class of 1924, of St. Stephen's Academy, of the City of Port Huron, of Saint Clair County, State of Michigan, I have called you together upon this solemn and somber occasion, to listen to her Last Will and Testament, and to receive from her dying hand the few gifts she has to bestow in her extremises. Forced by circumstances beyond her control to cease her existence and finding, as her end approacheth, so many of heriaspirations unfinished, yet realizing that fit bestowals should be made of the virtues and other accumu- lations she has on hand she does collectively and individually deem it best to bestow them, while still in the quick, to those friends to whom they seem most appropriate. Unmindful of the wild scramble and frenzied entreaties from her would- be beneficiaries for her several cherished heirlooms, she has endeavored to be absolutely just in the bestowal, as generous as her poverties admit and her impartiality has been limited only by the wisdom she has acquired during her four years of warfare. Hence, l pray that you accept these offerings as a sacred trust from the departed. Therefore, we, the Class of 1924, in twenty-four individual and distinct parts, being about to enter a sphere of broader education, with a mind cram- med by perseverance, a memory trained by patience and an understanding tempered by obedience do make and publish this, our last will and testament. And first we do direct that our funeral services shall be conductediby our pastor and his all-wise and ever competent faculty, and our friends and well-wishers, only asking as the last injunction of the dying, that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp, that our worth, our merit, our attainments, and our position as Seniors of grave and reverend mien must certainly have deserved. Item: Vlfe give and bequeath to our beloved Pastors, Very Rev. Fr. McManus and Rev. Fr. Murphy, our sincere affection, our deepest reverence, and our heartiest gratitude, in an attempt at partial payment for all they have done for us while under their kind supervision. It is our wish that as interest on this, our deathless debt each ounce of praise or honor that may arise from our success in the world be accepted by them, knowing as we do that all our achievements will be due to their faithful instructions. Item: We give and bequeath to the faculty, our untiring instructors in all the wisdom of the ages a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the night to worry over the uncertainty of whether this one has carried Virgil safely to his last resting place, or that one saura sa lecon francaise dans le matin, or the other one know the method of deodorizing carbon disul- phide. We also give and bequeath to our teachers all the amazing knowledge and startling information furnished them from time to time in our various