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

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The cliinav of the May procession - Prefect, Nancy llays erowns Our Lady's statue. seniors and at the end of our next year loomed a still greater goal -our own Crad- uation. 1948--19 Un our return in September we were startled by some changes in the staff. Our beloved Principal. Sister Hose Catherine. had been transferred to Halifax and to take her place had come thoughtful Sister -lohn Berchmansg Sister Nlarie Esther had sailed away to sunny Bermuda and Sister Rita Nlarion was the new Nlusic teacher. XVe were graduates. Now in the front ranks. it was incumbent on us to set the example. XVe had our first opportunity to exercise our new uauthority at lnitiation. YU' decked freshmen with vari-colored bal- loons attached to their ears and burdened them. besides. with numerous duties. The student body presented a bizarre appear- ance surely for a week. As the months sped by. events crowded upon us: participation in the mammoth C.Y.O. parade: the always enjoyable visit of the .loyners to present The .lIr'l'rlu1nf of Venice: our evening at jordan Ilall. where we sat enraptured for over two hours, listening to the unusual Nlusicale presented as the first project dur- ing the Centennial Year of our beloved Sis- tersg our very own Senior Promg the educa- tional visit to the Freedom Train: our truly wonderful Retreat given by Father Theo- phane Nlurphy. S.A.g Mary Louise flickey's delightful rendition of Life lViIl1 I llf,lC'I'Q lteverend Carol L. Bernhardt's inspiring lecture on the Nladonnasg Xlr. and Xlrs. Kenneth Custance's incredible lrisli llarp Duog the Fatima Priest, Very Reverend Father john de Nlarchi's unusual talk on Our Ladyg the variety of entertainment and food for thought offered during Vocation lVeek which culminated in a talk by Rev- erend Father Carroll, S.j.. of Boston Col- lege School of Nursing. All these happen- ings were but accompaniments to hard study. Springtime brought the annual Nlay Procession with Prefect, Nlary Maguire, crowning Our l.ady in the grotto. And then the great day. june 15. saw us, capped and gowned, the beautiful ancient statue of in dignified procession receive our first passport to the future - our longed-for di- ploma - the testimonial of the years' hard work. This. my fellow travellers. is the story of a school girl's Convent days - of- ten glimpsed in the turmoil of life. always looked back upon with loving gratitude to those whose kindly care and wise advice helped to soften the many trials inevitable to human esistencef' Margaret Xlulkern Fr. Theophane Murphy, S. A.. . . . our Retreat Director.

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