St Wendelin High School - Foslin Yearbook (Fostoria, OH)

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The tremendous importance of religious training has become more apparent in the past several years. Those nations which have prohibited such training, or in any way obstructed the free performance of man's God-given duties, find themselves miser- ably enslaved by the vices of hatred, greed, and other selfish ambitions. That godless, materialistic philosophy has now en- gulfed the world in a ruthless, savage and bloody conflict. To acquire a knowledge of God is one thing: to absorb that knowledge and regulate your daily lives according to the will of God is quite another thing. St. Wendelin High School is a pow- erful influence in the building of solid, God-fearing characters. Your gratitude to God for permitting you to live in our beloved United States of America, which has preserved, and is making every sacrifice today to preserve, along with your other unalien- able rights. the right to serve your God, should never cease. In this glorious nation, St. Wendelin High School has offered you every opportunity, not only to acquire a knowledge of the prin- ciples of temporal and eternal peace, but likewise to practice these principles. Yours has been the august privilege of an intimate association with the Prince of Peace at Daily Mass and Holy Communion in your high school chapel. Your teach- ers and your fellow students, by word and example, have assist- ed you in acquiring the habit of walking firmly and confidently in the footsteps of the Prince of Peace. These Christian habits supported. not by guesswork and confusion of mind, but by positive, divine truths and clearly settled notions of the principles of right and peaceful living, will be the source of your future peace and success. P May this yearbook serve as a constant reminder of the greatest of all your unalienable rights, the right to such a training in youth as has equipped you with the knowledge and virtues necessary for a peaceful sojourn in this world and above all, for a blessed union with the Prince of Peace for all eternity. Rev. R. I. Osterhage. Page Seven

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Rev. R. J. Osterhage 1Jl'illCil7Zll 1936-Feb1'uzu'y 1943 Pane Six

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Memories and activities of our high school life, par- ticularly the high lights of the past school year, are depicted for you in this fifteenth volume of our annual, The Froslinf' We believe that St. Wendelin's is an outstanding example of all Catholic high schools, especially so be- cause we have the greatest possible advantage of having the living Christ in our midst. The Heal Presence in our little chapel is a continuous and inspiring incentive to each and every student privileged to attend this institution of learning. Again, we consider ourselves most favored children of Divine Providence in having most competent and benevolent priests and sisters as our directors and instruc- tors. During our four years of high school studies follow- ing, as they did for most of us, eight years of grade school instruction under a similar regime, we have been given every opportunity for achieving the best mental, moral, and intellectual training. As we, the seniors, now prepare to leave school and confidently take up the responsibilities that will be ours, we are, perhaps, not fully cognizant of the greatness of the task that is before us. Of this, however, we are certain, that if we live up to the ideals of our Alma Mater, we shall never fail. Page Eight