Academy of the Holy Angels - Echoes Yearbook (Fort Lee, NJ)

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' -as 5. -vs, 4 sxxX I 4 5,, Y , .vga 5 13 fx EcHoEs c an MW It 1'9'9.'8 ff ll 35419 ' Angus N9 ff I 5 n ll lnuunnn ' V f xxuw-xxxxxmxxwnnxnwxuxxxt The Rise and Fall of the Senior Republic IN THREE PARTS ANCIENT, MEDIAEVAL, AND MODERN PART ONE ANCIENT HISTORY The Rise of the Republic This period embraces the months from September, 1924, to june, 1925. It was during this age that our republic came into notice in the high school world. The President whom we elected to rule our State during the period of its establishment was Miss Irene Dowling. She proved to be a most able leader in preserving and guiding our infant nation. Our Vice' President was Miss Helen Oliva who proved herself a most eilicient aid to our respected President in the performance of her duties and in the execution of our State's laws. The hnancial problems necessarily involved in the carrying on of matters mundane and pecuniary were managed most satisfactorily by our esteemed Treasurer, Miss Inez Cavinato. The Secretary of State, chosen by a higher power under whose protection we still were, was Miss Grace Christ. During the Hrst year, although twice defeated, we were twice victorious in warfare Cbasketball gamesj which we carried on with our older and srronger sister republics. These two victories enabled us to rise to great prominence among nations which, until then, had gazed upon us with hostile eyes. At the end of this first period, june, 1925, our banner of Red and Tan floated proudly side by side with our school banner of Blue and White, over the greatlyfstrengthened republic which boasted of twenty-five members. PART TWO MEDIABVAI. HISTORY We Attain a Place in the Sun The second period of our republic, our most prosperous period, consisted of the months between September, 1925, and june, 1927. The term of our first President having expired, we elected Miss Eleanor Hennessy to fill her place and to guide us in the weighty matters of government. The exercise of much diplomacy, both at home and abroad, was essential at this important period of our scholastic history, hence, we felt that we could not do better than to refelect to their respective offices the VicefPresident, Treasurer, and Secretary of the preceding year. This period embraces two phases through which the republic passed-the Sophomore and junior. During this time, our State rose steadily in prominence, asserting itself more and more, and truly Ending for itself a place in the sun. However, despite our increased prosperity in other ways, june, 1927, found us with but eighteen members with whom to engage in battle against the younger States which were now springing up around us and which boasted of greater numbers as well as constantly increasing strength and power. 37

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4 S231 5 as EcHoEs a t 1.9.23 Ili! llllllllllllla i I Class Song Alma Mater, the light of our girlhood, The home of all virtue and love, The shrine of our youthful devotion, We pray blessings on thee from above. The school where we formed the many friendships That to us will seem so dear in days to beg The place Where we fain would live forever, Holy Angels, We're singing of thee. Chorus: Three cheers for our own White and Blue, Three cheers for our own White and Blue, Oh, let us give a cheer for Holy Angels. Three cheers, Holy Angels, for you. Alma Mater, we'll glory in thee ever, Thou the pride of the Class of Twentyfeightg Evermore thou shalt be our Alma Mater, The proud boast of each class you graduate. Though we leave thy sacred walls far behind us, Whene'er dreaming our thoughts will turn to thee, Now, we'd linger long before we launch our frail vessels Upon life's tempestuous sea. 'CLAIRE R. POHLY, '28 36

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as Ecnoi-:s t ,5i.,3g3 t t 1-9.2.8 1+ , ' A 1, ' ' V2 5 X, 9 F 1 fllllffll ll4l4lWf'Ulll'7'f4 ,Zi ' N 1'Vg xxxxmxx . nxxvuxunuuuuu PART THREE MODERN HISTORY Its Perfection, Decline, and Fall During this period, from September, 1927, to June, 1928, our State reached the height of its perfection. We shook ourselves free from the protection of any other State and stood alone, the mightiest of the mighty. However, the summit of our power having been reached, there appeared a dark cloud gathering on our hitherto bright horizon. Those States which, until now, we had deemed weak and incapable of selffsupport and dependent on us for their very existence, had grown weary of our rule and, silently and stealthily, they were beginning to rebel. We felt a crisis approaching and rejoiced that we had early realized the need of strong and capable hands to guide our Ship of State. Who could be more reliable than those who for the past years had been our leaders and who had helped us safely through all storm and strife? At the beginning of the Senior period of our State's existence, we had refelected these oflicers once again-our gentle, yet masterful President and her three cabinet members, adding, this year, Miss Irene Dowling as Athletic Captain, to be our leader in the warfare we knew to be inevitable. However, it may be seen that the younger nations have been successful in many ways, and as we, when young, had risen to power and prominence, so they, too, had become mighty. Weakened by the struggle of four hard, yet profitable years, during which we had attacked and successfully conquered many difficult subjects, and our numbers reduced to seventeen, we must needs give way to younger generations. However, we fall not in shame or disgrace, but sink slowly and gently into insigniif cance in a manner resembling that of the setting ofthe sun-in a blaze of glory, to rise again and shine forth brilliantly upon some other world. FGRACE M. CHRIST, '28 Senior S is for the sighs we now are heaving, E the end of all we held dear, N is for the nights we'll spend in grieving, l is for the interests we had here, 0 means oli, but we're sad and tearful! R stands for regret at leaving now, Put them all together they spell Senior, A word we'll ne'er forget, somehow! -GRACE M. CHRIST, '28 38