Ursuline Academy - Traces Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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INSIDE OF A CHURCH Mary Ann Perez Class of 59 As one steps tnto a qutet solemn church 1m medrately there ts a feeling of both Joy and sorrow You are probably say1ng how can one feel Joy and sorrow at the same time One feels Joy when he enters the church and be holds all the beauty of heaven expressed on the faces of the satnts For example St Joseph although he rs dressed in peasant clothes on hrs face he wears a welcoming expression of Joy One can almost hear him sayrng Come all who labor for one s daily bread and offer all of today s sacrtfrces for the greatest Laborer of all Chrrst As one s eyes are distracted they gaze upon the most beautiful flower of all the Blessed Vugm Here rndeed ts a face no arttst can ever pamt so that we can ever truthfully say Here 15 the Blessed Vlrgm Her eyes are ltke crystal blue water her face lxke a pmk glowing wax rose and her smtle one of a moth er s fnlled wrth Joy Her sad and ioyful eyes pene trate one to the very depth because tmmedlately one feels the gulf of all sin and the death of her beloved As one walks farther on one comes to the ltghted candles 'l'he1r glowxng yellow and orange flames re mtnds one of the Holy Spxrit that dwells tn the soul How often one forgets that God is withm us we forget this and act as we please we live accordrng to our feelings or we do things Just to go along with the crowd After one has visited the whole church and rs about to leave one sees the very expressive Gothlc architecture Wxth its peaks pomttng upward tt re mtnds one of where he is going to the place where the Kmg of the Jews dwells to Heaven POVERTY VERSUS CONTRIBUTION Elva E Cardenas Class of 58 Often one hears the defense that contributrng to mankmd rs dtfftcult Lt' not lmpossrble for one ham pered by the lack of fmanctal resources We must first of all realtze that God has gtven every one of us certam gifts or talents some have more some have less In His Dtvlne Providence an arrangement has already been made as to the how of therr use and ll s up to us to ftnd rt Money tttle nches and the like aren t really necessary For rn reality the most tmportant necessmes are a desrre to contrrbute a love of mankmd and a wtllmgness for self sacrtftce These alone are the requirements and Ln thts theme l shall glve an example of a person who was born rn poverty and yet contrxbuted very much to mankmd For example tn a small town named Ltchtenthal near Vtenna on January 31 1797 a boy was born tn to the famrly of a school teacher named Schubert and a cook Eltzabeth Vrtz Never dxd they realtze that one of then chtldren Franz Peter would become one of the greatest composers that the world would ever know Many would be surpnsed to learn that at the age of slxteen Schubert had completed hrs frrst symphony but even more surprlsmg IS the fact that at seventeen hts frrst Mass reached comp1et1on In hts poverty Schubert was a Mtdas A Mrdas of mustc Everythrng he heard everythtng he saw everything he read every emotton he ever felt was turned into the golden stratns of musrc whrch ts our herrtage Yes Schubert was a man of the greatest poverty and yet hrs works have been many and great Hrs works complete over forty volumes mcluding ten symphomes twenty stnng quartets one octet twen ty ptanoforte sonatas and short pieces stx Masses and over stx hundred compositions As a song composer of hrs day he never reached fame and fortune No Schubert was born in poverty the world wrll never forget the man who contributed so much havmg had so very l1ttle AUTUMN Laura Rodrlguez Class of 60 I met a lady named Autumn one day She stopped and she whispered I ve come to stay In one hand a palette III the other a brush She had plenty of time there was no rush She parnted the leaves all brown gold and red To match the glrtterrng crown on her head A necklace of dewdrops she wore wrth a flarr Her presence made musxc I knew she was there She colored the mountams a vrolet pale The mottonless wmds she turned to a gale She had much to say to the folk of the wood And I d pass rt on to you rf only I could But I am not one of them I cannot say Whatever she sard to them on that day And now she rs fmtshed her masterptece stands From seacoast to seacoast throughout all the land Farewell Lady Autumn so lovely do dear Please do not forget us and come back next year ' N . . r ' ' ' I ' g ' Son, Jesus Christ. he lived in poverty, and he died in poverty. Truly,

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A CHRISTMAS PRESENT I LL ALWAYS REMEMBER Rama Kay Urbanek Class of 60 My father has been statroned overseas for three years We knew he wouldn t be back for Chrrstmas this year but we strll hoped and prayed It was the nrght before Chrrstmas and there were tears rn everyone s eyes We had prayed and prayed that our father would be here for Chrrstmas because rt Just drdn t seem lrke Chrrstmas wrthout hrm I re member the phone rrngmg At frrst no one seemed to hear rt then my mother got up and answered rt It was a call from my father' l-low long we had sat there wartrng to hear hrs vorce' We all got to talk to hrm and he sard he wrshed he were here He was glad to be able to talk to us but he wanted to see us and be near us Oh how that hurt because we wanted to see and be near hrm too Then he explarned rn hrs lovrng way that wherever we are he rs strll near us Hrs thoughts always have us m them Then he told us about a man who had a wrfe and srx chrldren krlled Thrs poor man drdn t have anyone to cele brate Chrrstmas wrth hrm he had no famrly no rela trves no one How lonely thrs man must have felt we told our father Father then sard that thrs man wasn t lonely for he knew that hrs chrldren and wrfe were always near hrm and that someday he would Jorn them Thrs story made us feel much better even rf fath er wasn t wrth us in person he would be there rn sprrrt We all went to bed feelrng that a huge brrck had been lrfted off us That mornrng when we awakened we all ran to the Lhrrstmas tree There standrng by the Chrrstmas tree was our father' He sard that the Arr Force had grven hrm a special leave When we asked about the phone call he sard that he thought rt would be a nrcer present to surprrse us today rnstead of yesterday How rrght he was' Thrs rs one Chrrstmas present l ll always remember AN OUTDOOR CONCERT Rosarro E Navarro Class of 59 It was a lovely mrdsummer nrght Elrzabeth felt wonderful and full of vrbrant nature She drd look beautrful rn her whrte organdy dress 'I'he rmmacu late materral was flowmg and full length Yes Elrzabeth was beautrful as was the srlvery twrlrght around her serene celestral and fresh Berng rn the mood to be wrth the beautrful nature about her she walked toward a bench not far away She purposely dragged her feet for a whrle then lrfted them lettrng the trp of her feet touch the ground first Her skirt whrch was flowrng about her could be heard swrshrng now and then among the trps of the grass Once rn a whrle the heel of her shoes would srnk deep rnto the soft soft grass grvrng her an un frxed balance When she reached the bench she drd not srt on She sat on the cool grass She then warted for the concert It began one two the crrckets were masters of ceremonres The grasshoppers fol as sopranos The gentle cypresses were the seconds The robrn the barnswallow and the lrttle chrck a dee were the accompanrsts The scratching and chrrprng of the squrrrel and the flappmg of the bats flyrng past the trees were cymbals Louder and louder the chestra played faster and faster rn a crescendo of sound Then all was srlenced quret quret Cro ak' Who' Who' Cro ak' Who! Who' The artists the masters were now to solo The ro rn the pond sang frrst rn a hoarse and deep vorce Then followed the owl yes even the owl wrth hrs deep hootrng vorce Who' Whoooo' Then the two barrtones combrned tnto duet and sang wrth the maddenrng srlence They gave Elrza beth an outdoor concert They sang to her The sweetest song of summer . 1 1 Q it. ' ' . During the War the m3D'S wife and children were lowed with the soft run of the wind among the willows , . . . - , or- , . . . . . . ' U . f g

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A HOBBY THE GIRL IN THE LOOKING GLASS Marrka Kretekes Class of 60 Rosemary Olrvarrr Class of 58 To the young gtrls rn the vrllage of Greece then hobby rs mostly embrordermg 'I'h1s mtght not sound so rnterestrng to the Amerrcan gtrls because they have so many other actrvtttes such as gotng to a dance at least once a week And besrdes why should they em brolder thtngs when they can buy them and save much t1me'7 The grrls rn Greece also have festivals dances and ever so many other thmgs but durmg the week days after therr housework they gather to talk thxngs over and embrorder Many trmes they have races among themselves to see who wrll embrorder a cer tarn destgn faster I remember when I was tn Greece my frrend and I gathered rn a gxrl s house to embrorder Durxng glorious sprmgttme xt was heavenly srtttng under the snow whrte and newly blossomed almond and plum trees Perhaps we seemed a lrttle rdle Just srttmg there and emoymg the cool breeze whrch scented from the evergreen trees near by and lxstenrng to the whrspers of the bees and butterfltes danctng around the whrte blossoms rn search for food but our mrnds betng busy wrth these thrngs our hands never stopped from thetr task Durrng the wmter however many trmes we gathered at nrght and worked by the lrght of a lamp whrch was fueled by gas because wrres and other equtpment that are necessary to make electrrctty QI-lowever now every vrllage has elec trrclty agarn Q Nevertheless whrle we were embrordertng durtng the wtnter we drdn t mrss any of the fun we had rn sprmg and summertrme Now we made popcorn and many delrcrous pastrres We drd th1s sxttrng by the frresrde and taktng turns watchrng the thtngs we baked whrle the others were embroxderrng Frnally when we got ttred gossxptng and at the same txme workrng all of us spent the nrght at whatever house we were because usually outsrde there was snow many feet deep and durrng the mght rt was very dangerous to walk through ll You mrght wonder what we drd wrth the thrngs we embrotdered In Greece there rs a custom that when a grrl marrtes she must have a dowry so she may equrp the home a lrttle So for thetr dowry grrls make beauttful desrgns on therr ptllow cases sheets and many other thrngs Who ts th1s grrl wrth eyes that shme'7 Who rs thls grrl wrth features fme'7 Thrs rsn t ME tt COULDN T be For I VE NEVER looked so lovely But look agatn My Chtld a Vorce sard unto me Look once agarn and tell me dear now what do you see? I see a lady clothed U1 blue wrth eyes so sweet and ktnd And Just ltke her I m gorng to be sweet and pure of mrnd So I guess tt s really ME wrth Mary shmmg through Oh' Mary dear KEEP on shrnmg and KEEP ME JUST LIKE YOU THE EXISTENCE OF GOD Elste Ramxrez Class of 61 In our modern day we ftnd many athelsts walking the streets How would you argue wtth them the ex rstence of God? Well you have several drfferent vrewpolnts on whtch to base your arguments You can prove that there ts a God from the de srre for happrness Every created flnrte berng has a longrng for happrness There must be an tnfrnrte uncreated berng who can frll thts longmg of human betngs Thrs someone ts God You can prove that there IS a God from our sur roundtngs Look at a flower for rnstance tt IS a beautiful thrng Yet who caused tts CXISICIICCV You can say Well I can plant some seeds and flowers wrll grow That 1S true but where drd the seeds come from? Someone had to make the seeds Thrs one rs God who rs all wrse I-low does a lrght bulb work'7 By means of electrlcrty you have lrght Electrrcrty rs produced by water power from our falls Who put water here on earth? There ts no doubt about rt It has to be someone who ts greater than us God Everythrng rs subJect to change You get older day by day Plants grow and dte Anrmals lrve and dre Our way of ltvrng today IS not as rt was flfty years ago Srnce everythtng changes there must be someone who rs the cause of these changes but that one doesn t change The changer IS God during the World War II the enemy had destroyed the ' . , '