St Thomas Military Academy - Kaydet Yearbook (Mendota Heights, MN)

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THOMAS CARLIN The Senior Class is signally proud of its president, Tom Carlin. As is often the case with persons of achievement, he is reserved and quiet. But beneath his calm exterior lies a nature characterized by good will and the very highest ideals. Through that nature he has reached out constantly to new fields of endeavor, until now he stands as an able leader, a superior student, a fine athlete, and a ranking officer in the corps of cadets. The class joins in the wish that he may realize his ambition to enter Annapolis. Military: Eagle Awards, ’36, ’37, ’38, ’39; Crack Platoon, ’36, ’37; Crack Squad, ’38, ’39; Best Company, ’36; Best Platoon, ’37; Camp Ripley, ’39; Military Mono- gram, ’38; Captain ’39; Officers’ Club, ’39; Merit Award, ’37, ’38; Honor Bars, 8. Activities: President, Senior Class, ’39; Kathodian Club, ’38, ’39; Vice-President, ’39; Kaydet Staff, ’39; Intramural Sports, ’37, ’38; B Team Football ’38; Football, ’39.

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Mr. Mack ascends as do Mr. Langeland and Mr. Connors Mr. Felker reads Fr. Broker surprised Fr. Coughlin pleasant Fr. Winzerling and Fr. Nolan caught in class Mr. Crowley talks—Mr. Westline considers Mr. Christensen and Mr. Rothausen Mr. Reuber, Lt. Haines, and Mr. Hauer—all feel brisk At the head table of the Dinner Ball we glimpse Mrs. Moss, Mr. Grogan, and the Major Hoods Mr. Hilgers Fr. Gormley smiles prays we have Mr. Felker and Mr. Connors in the English branch; Mr. Martin for French; Mr. Schoeppner for German; and Mr. Hauer and Fr. Winzer- ling teaching Latin. Chief among the benefits derived from these language classes is the ability to think. Then in the department of social science are Mr. Langeland and Mr. Crowley while in religion Fr. Gormley, Fr. O’Connor, Fr. Ozark, Fr. Coughlin, and Fr. Broker hold forth. This group of men must derive great satisfaction from the knowledge that year after year, as a result of their tireless and patient effort, cadets go out into the world far better prepared for life than most. The dignity and importance of teaching are frequently subjected to scoff and jest but we whose lives have been molded in their hands carry in our hearts a seldom- expressed but nevertheless deep sentiment for our Profs.’’ We realize the debt of gratitude we owe them. It is then our fondest hope that we may go forth into the world as worthy sons of St. Thomas and as a lasting living tribute to our teachers for in each of us there is a bit of each of them. AT ODD MOMENTS

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£entifsi GlaU G-anew-ell Jl leAAaqe We, who are about to sever the last thread of the tangible tangle that binds us so lovingly to St. Thomas, are inclined, perhaps, to look more toward the fire of the future than into the ashes of the past. It shimmers and wildly leaps—fascinating—challenging. But, O Youth, turn your sprightly, mercurial mind back upon your short four years at your academy. The cross-roads lie ahead. Reflect, to avoid being ’plunged into that abortive gulf’: We must fortify ourselves with the learning accrued and passed on to us by the painstaking efforts of our instructors. To release our souls and to live up to the Catholic ideals of Christian manhood so prudently and diligently inculcated in us must be our determination. To release our minds and dig deep down into the fertile soil of imagination with the silver spade of inspiration, placed so surely in our once incompetent hands, must be our utter resolve. To release our energies and face the world with fortitude, strong of limb and firm of will, must be our unshakcable purpose. We hold a sacred trust. We must not fail. It is in this, then, our farewell message, that we, the senior class, wish to assure those men who have so confidently placed their faith in us, that we will steadfastly adhere to the pattern woven so expertly by them; that, in the future, we will strive to sense their guiding hand upon our shoulders, that hand so comfortably, wonderfully close in the present. We shall always regret its phyiscal remoteness; we shall never experience its absence. It is with no regret, however, and with much confidence that we place the lofty traditions and standards of St. Thomas into the capable hands of the seniors to come. We feel sure that they will uphold these ideals with that privileged feeling that every true cadet experiences. Thus, then, with unashamed, real tears, shed partly in happiness but more because of that big ’Something’ that tightens our throats and sticks there, embodying in it everything that has ever happened to us at our school, we raise our hearts, eyes and hands in final salute. Rapidly running, swiftly rushing, the four years flood a panorama before our mind’s eye. Our small niche has been carved in the history of St. Thomas. We have added our Story of Glory to an already great edifice. Commencement has begun—and ended.