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

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Table of Contents Our Challenge of Tomorrow: We Face It Today By: Guidance Spiritual Growth - 9 Knowledge - 15 Physical Fitness 21 Participating 48 Graduation 63

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I Our challenge of tomorrow: we face it today at St. Stephen’s. Challenge is one word that summarizes the life of the final graduating class of St. Stephen Higfi. Whether it be a challenge of friendship, a challenge of knowledge, a challenge of faith, a challenge of hap- piness, or a challenge of sportsmanship, it is still a challenge. Every school day and every day thereafter presents a challenge to the class of ’64. The student was constantly being challenged to make this year a memorable year - one that would show the 2 world that the St. Stephen spirit never dies. We found this challenge in being the closing chapter of a col- orful 66-year history of a high school, and by uphold- ing traditions venerated by everyone who ever consid- ered St. Stephen’s “home”. We hope these pages of the final edition of the Stephecho will prove to the reader how well we have accepted the challenge of holding high the standards of a dying St. Stephen High School.

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Other Christs inspire us to face the challenge of today Our pastor and spiritual adviser, Father Edward J. DeMars, with Stephecho co-editor, Francine Malane. Father DeMars discusses a Newsweek article about President Johnson tries to be available always to the seniors for consultation. Our priests influence us by word and example Among the memories formed in this last year of the existence of the high school, St. Stephen teenagers will always remem- ber our pastor and priests. Father DeMars and Father Van derLinden have influenced our way of thought, our daily routine, and our promising future. They have been our guides who have inspired and counseled us, the youth of America, along to maturity. Now that we are on the brink of gradu- ation, ready to take that inevitable step into a demanding and complex society, grat- tiude fills our hearts to our priests, our teachers, and our parents who have helped to impart to us the ideals of the real Christian men and women of today. priest’s time is never his own. Father Edward Mars is surprised by the camera as he returns m one of his frequent pastoral sick calls.