Academy of the Assumption - Voices Yearbook (Wellesley Hills, MA)

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Class History Night was falling as the weary band of pilgrims reached the inn that balmy April evening. After refreshing themselves, the travelers gathered in the main room be- fore the blazing fire. According to the lots drawn on the night before their departure, it was the historian's turn to tell her tale. There was something in the personality of this elderly woman, upon whom the lots had fallen. that fastened every eye upon her even before she started to speak. 'ihly tale. she began, is a simple story of a Con- vent girlhood, its only attraction for you, my listeners. being that you are all, as you have told me, unfamiliar with Convent lifef, 1945-46 How clearly I can remember my days at the Academy of the Assumption. Nly first recollection is that of entering the stately doors of the school. with 21 bewild- ered companions. for the first time in Sep- tember. 1945. There was something about the spirit of this place that even before our formal initiation in October made us feel that we belonged. This was partly account- ed for by the generosity and helpfulness of Upper picture - Pan-American night at the Academy. Social Room . . . 'iCome and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe the older girls who, trained to kindness. saw to it that our days ran smoothly. Of course. Initiation XVeek was somewhat of a setback, for then we were firmly but kind- ly reminded that after all we were lowly freshmen, and were obliged, under severe penalties, to render due respect to the Xlagnanimous Craduatesf, School routine was broken by many interesting events. As the great YVorld XVar had ended only the previous summer. talks on their military experiences by Father Neri, for some-

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Commg events e 1st tl16lI' sb rdowv' VOCdt1OH Wee 2 Vocatlon Week 1949 ushered 1nto the Academv a host of remarkable perso11a ages and Sflllllllatlllg act1x1t1es O11 Nlon d'1v Nlrs Phlllp I NlcN1lT 111sp1red us by her bea11t1ful e1epos1t1o11 of the Sacrament of Nlatrlmony B6SlCl6SlJ6ll1g 111 extraordlnarx wlfe and mother Nlrs NleN1ff lb the '1lltll0I' of llllfI16I'0ll5 artleles o11 I11'll'I'l lge p11bl1shed Ill America 1 leader Ill the I ltllI'glC'll Nloxe ment and book rev1ewer fOl the Pilot F1res1de Forum .1 one act play gn 611 bv tl1e Gradu 1tes exempllhed the need of 111 1ct1x ely C1thol1e home l1fe Xhss Gertrude Roughsedge Tues tnnelx p0lllt6I'5 011 llfe lll tl1e llllblllebb world Xhss Roneihsedge IS the l1e ld of the Se-eret1111l Dep1rt111e11t lll Xledford Hxgh School X llCllO plu SOll16tl'llllg B110 To Do gnen Tuesdu exenmg showed the 1 1lue of 1 l1fe ln ed whollx for Cod IS 1 FOI'6Igll XIISSIOIIUX Slster XX ednesdn brlghtened by Fdtlltll Xlurphxs lledlltlflll IHOTDIIIQ tllk Oll tl1e Holx Sierlhee of tl1e Nhss 11 IS closed bx an exemng entertamment WVhw Nlary I 33 whleh stressed the advantages we may gun 'md the llldlllg6Ilf.CS we 11111 ltqlllft, by belongmg to O11r Blessed I 1dys 5od1l1ty Thursday afternoon one of our oxxn former graduates Rex erend Anthom C Carroll Sj Regent of the Boston Colle H6 School of lNllI'Slllg acqualnted IIS w1tl1 the Opp0l'tllIlltl69 offered bv tl1e reeentlx opened J6blllt Nursmg College A Holy Hour prelude to F1rst F11 dax w1s dexoted to prsnlnq for l11.,ht 1nd gllld mee lll the eho1ce of o11r XOCIUOIIS T ursd IX s pl 1 x I e t X oe ltl0ll Room gaxe '1 surxex of 1ll thlee xoc1t1ons Our on ll belox ed Ch 1pl1111 Father Xlulphx and llso F1ther Robert I'lf1l1ert1 O Q11111 botl1 1ddressed us Oll FI'lll1N thelr toplc ljtflllg ll6llfll0llS X oeat1o11s The XVIX ol tl1e C ross 1nd Benedle tl0l1 brought to 1 elose tl11s unusual meek Xlfu It be'1r lastnw fflllf lt e11111ot b11t do so XVe are trulx Ufltellll to 1ll those xx l1o made tl11s 111d the num otl1e1 glonous OpP0ltlll1ltl9S th It IIC ours poss1ble for us Xl e 11e lllCl9t ll tl1e f1X0lt'Cl few XIITY Lou Skelton ' I. . . ' u w 4 w 1 ' 7 7 C K S I 1 ' - C . u 1 2 7 2 u l 1 . . . . . - ,Q 1 , c 1 , 1 . . . ' ' , ' I ' 4 C 1 h V A Y . . , . ' -' v ' 1 - ' 1 l 1 . 1 1 1 1' , . ., 111 e , . . . 1 , 1. -1 . 1 2 . 1 , . ,, , 1 1 1 e - ' ' . , . , . 1 - 111 2 1 11 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 s 1 - 1 ' ' 1 ' 2 1 ' 1 1 ' - .1 ' 111 I 1 1 - - 1 Y 91 - me Y 1 - 1 z z ' 1. 1 2 ' . 1' ' , '. , -1 1 V 1 , 1 - 1 - - 5 f 1 - 1 1 ' E ' 1 '- V k ll - 1 - ' 1 Q ' ' - C ay s spezl er, at c ressec us VVlt 1 some and of X8.I'l0lIS axocatlolls. . 1 . 1 .W . 1. 11 1 1 1 , 1 A . 1 1 1 1 e 4 , '. ' - x. l . 1 1 T . . , . k ' . ' 1 . 1 , . 1 . z A 1 1 1 , 4 -.1 1 I ' l -v 1 I . v ' . . . . L . z .. 1 f . 1 2 z1', Y 2 ' . . z '- ,' ' V , 1 ' ' ' . -, - . . L 17 , L 2 ' . 'Q 1 1 ' ' 1' 1 1 . . ' . ' ' 5 g 'z ' 'aa' , . y ' v , F 4 v . . L 1 - . 1 F, c l 1 1 . , 1 I 1 1 R 4 1' A L . 1 1 ' .. .. '1 . ' ' . ' . v- . . . 7 , . ' . . ' 1' 1 1 , 1 , lc 1 , , Q '. . . .. ,, . , , , 7 , - 1 - 1

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time a prisoner in the Philippines and by Lieutenant Courtney, long detained in Hol- land and widely travelled through other European countries, were most interesting and timely. Xlrs. john 1. Xlahon, doubly welcome because of being the aunt of our very own classmate, Nlary Lou, read the XVhite Cliffs of Doverf, A Professional Reader gave us the Passing of the Third Floor Backi' by jerome K. jerome, and on a more informal scale were Mission Socials and such Classics in school dramatics as: Busketb ull l ly up, play up, play the game. Freedom Trun . XVliat we have inherited from our Found- mgl itlurs Criduates discuss their visit to the Freedom And the Lamp XVent Out. 'Hunt Sally's Hat Shopf' Look XVhat You've done to Xiotheri' and other one-act plays. All too soon came june with dreaded final exami- nations plus XVarslcy and as graduation day closed in we had a realization of what we might achieve by faithful study in the years to come. 1946-47 September found us sunburncd and husky. XVe were now sophomores and hav- ing heard somewhere that Hsophian in Creek meant wisdom, we set out to prove its significance. XVhen I recall the dreaded Latin quizzes and other mishaps, I wonder how well we succeeded. The introduction of a regular speech course under the direc- tion of Nlrs. Virginia Rogers Miller was an asset and in December our annual Christ- mas Pageant was presented on Sunday eve- ning before our parents. That same fall the joyners, Ben Greet Players, had visited .-MOA. for the first time and presented Mrlclletlz in much the same way as it was presented in Slialiespeaies time. XVe launclied into the new year inspired by Father Ehmau's unforgettable Retreat. One of the spriug's most enjoyable entertain- ments was Xlary Louise Hickey's presenta- tion of the 'iliarretts of YVimpole Street? Soon came june again and in one short year we had jumped from meager fresh- men to almost-juniors.