Star of the Sea Academy - Stella Maris Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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RighT Reverend P. L. Ryan, P. A. V. G. Zealous priesT, unTiring educaTor, loyal Triend, and kind pasTor, To you we dedicaTe This loook in which are reTlecTed The besT years oT our lives, our ioys and sorrows, our hopes and wishes, and our dreams Tor The TuTure. WiTh your aid The seed oT grace was TirsT planTed in our hearTs and souls. When we walk Through These porTals Tor The lasT Time, may The seed which you planTed bear abundanT TruiT. The STudenT Body exTends This dedic:aTion To you, dear Monsignor, wiTh The hope ThaT iT will express more Tully Than we could our hearT- TelT Thanks Tor all you have done Tor your children aT STar oT The Sea.

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A SENlOR'S REVERIE . . . TURN BACK THE PAGES of fhe years and lei us glimpse fhree red-leH'er days in fha hisiory of our Alma Maier . . . Sunday. January 2, i909-our school blessed by +he renowned Reverend Peler Yorlc. June 28, I9 I2-+he firsi' graduarion exercises for Sfar of 'rhe Sea's commercial class of +hree girls and four boys. June I9, l9I4-Commencemenf Day 'For fhe firsl' graduafes of Slar of 'rhe Sea High School. And down fhe years, since fhen. ihrough fhe porfals of our loved Alma Marer. scores of laughfer-brighr girls have sfepped in an ever- changing procession of differenl' faces and personaliiies. Each girl carries God-given +alen+s which Alma Maier endeavors +0 develop 'ro rheir full power of beaufy and ufiliry. Happy school days will fade info memories, buf nor, we pray, rhe all-imporfanl' lessons learned here ai' our loved Alma Mafer, Srar of +he Sea.

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jim 'May The Body of Our Lord Jesus Chris? preserve your soul unTo life everlasiingf' STar of The Sea Academy Dear GraduaTes: IT is wiTh much regreT ThaT l Thinlc oT your leaving our Academy aT The end of The school year. l TeliciTaTe you on The awards Trorn The CaTholic ExTension and The Banlc OT America and Tor The scholarships you have won aT NoTre Dame College, BelmonT. As a class you have given saTisTacTion by willing cooperaTion wiTh your Teachers, careful sTudy OT The work assigned, and your successful eTTorTs in developing a loyal school spiriT. You seniors are The largesT class and one oT The TinesT ThaT, so Tar, has gone Trom our Academy To The graduaTion exercises. IT is consoling To Thinlc ThaT some OT you, l hope many, are enTerTaining The saluTary ThoughT oT joining us in carrying on Our Blessed Lord's worlc oT salvaTion. ParenTs should Teel signally honored when one or more of Their children are called by Our Blessed Lord To help l-lim in l-lis worlc oi saving souls. Wherever your Tield oT endeavor lies, you carry wiTh you my blessing and besT wishes Tor your success. l lcnow you ioin me cordially in my expression oT deep graTiTude To MoTher Ursula and The good SisTers who have helped so much To give you The proper ToundaTion Tor a useTul, healThy, acTive CaTholic liTe. May God bless Them and you in all TuTure eTTorTsl P. l.. Ryan, V.G. PasTor