St Stephens Mission - Eagle Yearbook (St Stephens, WY)

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At the moment of our birth, our personality begins. Within it are implanted the seeds of character — seeds whose development is the solemn responsibility of each individual. The story of our high school educa- tion is actually the story of each one ' s effort — at times a painful effort — to grow into a mature person. What is a person? He is a unique being endowed by his Creator with a body and an immortal soul. It is the duty of the educator to guide this immortal soul to its eternal destiny, training the faculties of both body and spirit to serve as means to this goal. The school can ill afford to neglect any one of these faculties. It is the hope of the staff of the 1961 Eagle that our readers will gain some insight into the various facets of our moral, intellectual, and physical training. OL

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Dedication Devoted service to God can be rewarded by God alone. But we as humans may presume to take it upon ourselves to anticipate His words, Well done thou good and faithful servant. Sister Mary Bernard, O.S.F., joined the order of St. Francis in 1929. She made her final vows in 1939. Sister had been teaching in Boston for a period of eighteen years when she came to us here at St. Stephen ' s to succeed Sister Rose Marietta in the High School. The next year Sister Bernard was made superior. From the time Sister arrived she began working for the betterment of the Mission. Among her accomplishments: publication of the school paper for seven years; co-publisher with Rev. John F. O ' Shea, S.J., of the first EAGLE to appear at St. Stephen ' s; the management of a cast of hundreds in the production of a beautiful Christmas operetta each year; drawing order out of chaos by introducing the Dewey Decimal System of catologuing for the school library; and in addition to this, six years as superior of the Franciscan community at St. Stephen ' s. In 19 57, Sister celebrated her Silver Jubilee. Thirty years of devo- tion to God; and we all join in a prayer of thanks that God has shared Sister Mary Bernard ' s years with us. AD MULTOS ANNOS! Pag 5