St Theresa High School - Veritas Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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ve RI TAS I , Y , CiiAni.r:s. I imLi-Lx' JOHN filillfl-'l'l'II IiENNl'I'I'H Bolisovi-:T Prcsiden! Chroniclcr Field Worker' Science Club Science is but a mere heap of facts, unless linked to the throne of God: then it becomes a golden chain of truths. God in His Infinite Wisdom is inconceivable to the mind of man. How stupendous and majestic must be His Intellect to have constructed that golden chain in seven days-the magnitude and beauty of nature as all around us. Oh! How can atheists exist in this world of ours, which bespeaks God from whichever direction we gaze. We know that men have offered their lives at the altar of science, that many compounds are yet a secret to the mind of man, that science is the most interesting subject we can pursue and that once it attracts our interest the spell its completeness and perfection exerts over us is diflicult to break. As these facts gradually presented themselves to the Biology class of '26 and '27 we realized once more the narrowness of the scope our intellects covered, and with view to better study, new interest and more extensive field work we organized the Torricellians with officers chosen from our class. It has been our purpose to make our class interesting by research and field work, to provide our biological laboratory with new specimens, and prepare weekly speeches which would prove interesting to our teacher and classmates. In these enterprises we have to a certain extent succeeded, and it is with sincere regret that we break the spell Biology has exerted over us. IVIARGARET KCJRNMEIER, '27. One Ilundrcd Ten

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VH RI TI-LS The llixaltation of Music t'Music the fercesl grief can charm, And ,fateis severest rage disarm. JVIusic can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please: Our joys below it can improve, And antedafe the bliss above. PoPE. T HAS often been remarked, and often felt, that our music is the truest of all comments upon our history. The tone of defiance, succeeded by the languor of despondencyea burst of turbulence dying away into softness-the sorrows of one moment lost in the levity of the next-and all that romantic mixture of mirth and sadness which is naturally produced by the efforts of a lively temperament to shake off or forget the wrongs which lie upon it-such are the features of our history and character, which we find strongly and faithfully reflected in our music. Do not some melo- dies bring back haunting memoriesesome bright and alluring-others sad and morose? What would the philosophers of old, who climbed the heights of the Parthenon, have thought of the America of 1927? All the wonderful ideals of music have taken their proper place in education and in the state! all that has been preached and taught about music is being developed in America, which perhaps excels their fanciful dreams. Our country is alive with the spirit of musicg forceful dreams have materialized. Music study exalts lifef' Do we not think of something almost super- human when we hear of beautiful compositions? Does it not inspire us to higher ambitions and elevate our standards? Do we not love to dream when beautiful melodies drift through the air? The person who loves music has one of the greatest blessings that life can afford. Song is the universal language, it is the interpreter of the spiritual, it is life itself. Everything we hear or feel has music in it. It is an ideal that utters what words cannot express. Music is the instrument by which we come to love nature, it reminds us of the lives of the composers-their characters-some vivacious and brilliant, others sad and melancholy, both equally interesting. We, the class of '27, who are about to depart from Saint Theresa High School, should strive to make our lives like music- true, sweet and sincere. LEAH BERRY, '27. Um- Hundred E Icven