Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel - Aloysian Yearbook (Aloysian, NY)

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mg the followtng month Anna Byrd Stewart a noted lecturer gave an mterest mg talk on fournahsm The Peg O s Sa1nt Patrtck s Day party was followed a month later by thetr annual play Peg O My Heart wh1ch marked the club s tenth annrversary One of the outstandtng ev nts of the year was the retreat glven by the Reverend George Murdock Chaplaln at West Pornt Toward the end of May the Academy partlclpated ID a magntflcent ceremony the held Mass held at Recreatton Center On Thursday May 25 we repeated the en loyable boat eXcurs1on up the Hudson Our last class party as tumors was a p1cn1c on the rocks Most of the students part1c1pated tn the annual play The Last of the Vestal V1rg1ns gtven on fune l4 We pald our last tnbute to the departlng sentors by a banquet beautlful rn tts flower garden mot1f and beauttful too 1n 1ts expressron of the love that bound us all together lt made us reahze not only that we were losmg dear fnends but that we also would soon be saylng goodbye After that came Class Day and wlth 1t the trrumph of the year the frrst Aloyslan N1ne Llttle Peppers parted for a fmal vaca non senlors at last Nme Smart Gtrls The group of 40 proudly took 1ts off1c1al place as the Sen1or Class Wtth a new sense of dlgnlty and responsrbllrty we assembled ID the chapel for th openmg Mass of the Holy Ghost celebrated by the Reverend lohn I Corr1gan The students ln the new maroon unrforms made an rmposlng ptcture as they flled afterwards mto the Academy butldtng Socral affalrs began wrth a p1cn1c at S1lver Lake to un1te the new gtrls wrth the old 1n the true Good Counsel Splfll At a meetmg of the enttre Htgh School on October 5 1t was declded by almost unantmous vote that the Aloysran should be contlnued The next event of lmportance was the annual bazaar held 1n Preston Hall and each senlor dtd her part to make 1t a success One of the outstandtng occaslons for us was the rece1v1ng of our class rmgs 1ust before Thanksgtvmg Durlng the latter part of December the Newman Club of Sa1nt fohn s pansh mvlted three senlors from the Academy to speak on the Holy Sacnflce of the Mass Instead of the general Chnstmas party thts year each class had tts own festtvttres and ours was a frlendly and Jolly one After thrs l94U went on wrth qutckenrng pace On February Zl the Juruors accompanled us to the lmpenal on an lce skatma party Members of the Chlt Chat Staff and of the Qutll and Scroll made an all day tr1p to New York on March 6 v1s1t1ng the Good Housekeepmg lnstnute and the Hayden Plan tarlum Wtth French and Lat1n Club pctr 1C on A hletc Club out1ng a luncheon for th new members of the Ca drnan Chcptor and rehearsals for the Peg O play Ann e Lau 16 cnd for the school play Cathertne the Val ant our sentor days were full The elabo a e banquet grven to us by the Junlors touched us deeply and brought the ftrst tears Durtng the days wh1ch followed came the reahzatton that thts was lndeed goodbye As we knelt at the altar ra1l on the feast of Sa1nt Aloyslus the patron satnt of our beloved Reverend Mother we knew at last what gradua tron meant' Our happtness at the Comrnun1on breakfast was not unm1xed wrth sorrow Nrne Smart Gtrls We close tne cover tenderly Ntne smart g1rls7 N1n wlser humbler gtrls gtrls who know that graduatron IS only a commencement who feel the need of keeprng w1th them all therr l1ves Our Lady of Good Counsel E DOUGHERTY I BYRON M MARTET L XI UNBI KN I I V 1 T . . V . - V ' T I V V V Q V . V A I 'I ' - V , . V V V - . 1 . V , . , . .. . VV ,. , - ,V . I ' - t. . . V, l .1 . 1 . , . . - V . , , . . V V V . . , . . .l , fs ' ' ' F f- V s I V , L ..,, L , 1 ' 1 Q. fs , V L C .- , . . . VV - - 1 f , , , l , ,. , 1 , , , ., . . A ' . .T - V , , ' ,. , . ,V , . . . 9 , V , . . , . , . .., , ,v f J k - A

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CLASS l-HSTOBY E have just tctrned the last page tn the story of our htgh school days The book ts closed but recollectton ts sweet and we cannot restst the destre to turn agatn those wcll thumbed page ltvtng once more tn memory four years at G C A The ftrst chapter ts entttled Babes tn Arms Eager and enthustasttc and just a ltttle ttmtd we vtewed our Alma Mater for the ftrst ttme The ttmtdtty soon passed however tn the cheery at mosphere provtded by the upper classmen Fulftlltng the roles of hostesses and gutdes they led us along a way made easy by thetr compantonshtp We ftrst demonstrated our dramattc abtltty by gtvtng a play tn honor ot Chrtst the Ktng on October 30 Next we responded whole heartedly to the Book Drtve held durtng the week o November l5 Our ftrst Chrtstmas party at G C A wtll long be remembered as wtll the Old Glory Ball whtch followed soon after an affatr atven for the beneftt of Catholtc Chartt es Our next school functton the Glee Club Concert held tn March proved to be a tradtttonal success under the dtrectton of Mr Fredertc loslyn From our f rst track meet wtth Satnt Mary s we returned wtth honors Other sprtng engagements followed tn autck suc cesston Before we could realtze tt our treshman year had come to a close and we were no longer Babes at G C A Ltttle Women As sophomores we attended tn accordance wtth the annual custom a Mass of the l-loly Ghost tn our beauttful chapel on Monday September l3 After Hts blesstng other acttvtttes could follow A ptcntc at Stlver Lake helped us to make new acguatntances among the freshmen Wtthtn a few weeks we carrted off the honors tn an tnterclo s tteld day and three days later on Nov ember 17 we patd a vtstt to the Book Fatr at Rockefeller Center After four weeks of Advent the holtdays were upon us and we entertatned wtth an ortgtn al Chrtstmas play followed by a party wtth the usual exchange of gtfts The arrtval of the New Year brought examtnattons but happy days returned tn ttme and we went on a skattng party to Bye wtth the tumors On Satnt Val enttne s Day the members of our cla s gave a octal but th outstandtng fea ture of February was the lubtlee Ball a gala affatr held tn the gatly decorated audttortum Thts year the Peg O s presented Anne of Green Gables the ftrst Dramattc Club play tn whtch members of our closs could parttctpate Soon after the annual Glee Club Concer came the satl up the Hudson on the Peter Stuyvesant whtch had been chartered by the Fordham Preparatory School Our second year came to a close wtth the presentatton of the Academy play Queen by the Grace ot God The Ltttle Women were growtng up too fast Ltttle Peppers and l-low They Grew As tuntors we returned eager to meet our younger ststers the freshmen Thts we dtd at a Ktddte Party whtch we ga Je tn thetr honor durtng the ftrst week of school Later they returned the compltment by gtvtng us an Old Matd Party at whtch we dressed as ltttle old ladtes The days flew and so dtd the Wttches for Halloween was celebrated by a masquerade dance A new organtzatton was formed thts year the Lattn Club O Tempora O Mores At tts ftrst soctal meettng on December l5 the club welcomed the new members wtth Lattn songs and a short play Our part tn the Chrtstmas en tertatnrnent was an ortgtnal comedy Mrs O Leary s Boardtng l-lostse Dur lIIl1 l9I0 1 . . 1 F . . . . - o, 1 1 ' I I - . t 1 . 7 . . 1 I - Y . I . . . l . . . . 1 1 . 1 u X . t , . , , 1 Q . . , - 1 11 11 f-1 t1 - 11 1 1 , 1 . . . C . - Q I I , ., . , . , 1 I I K' 'X F' l ' A Q Q , 9 - 1 , . . 1 1. 11 . - ' 1 . . . 1 A . . + , tt 1 1. 11 .1 - 11 1 A ,, . 11 1 1 - , . ,, . . 11 . . . . . X . 11 . . . I . . . , . tt J I Y 11 . . . . . 1 . . . tt 1 1 - 11 1 , .f ' ' 1 y w r 4

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT GF l94O E the Class ot N1neteen Hundred ond Forty be1nq ol sound ond d1 1nty ol th hte do IIICNYG pulol sh cxnd declare llll to be our Lost W1ll ctnd lestc 11ent os 1ollows hereb rev k f ll h 11n1e rndde po 1n1, 1111nd ond 111e1nory c1nd cons der1n the uncertd y o 1n1o ot er ond lonner W1ll l 1 ctt any otl er To Reverend Mother lVlc1ry Aloys1o1 our lIlC9l hurnlulc thunk lor l'DlUIlIllIl nd IUOKHTQ 1ooss1ble tor us our hoppy yedrs fo er dr o 1 fl o 11 dpprec1c11o11 1 c 1ns1 111 tv rw Clmlr l ,YT gor ovep IWQYO P10011 1l11l Flo S1 ter lflory An el111 our urohtude lo1 the md 11nd Qfllll el hc Mndly g1ven tc CfICl1 crnd every ne lo lSl9T lfctry Ce 1ent ou clcss tfdc1er c r velx sncere W1 le or cxnctrer clcs llfll W1ll dp rccrotte ond love her ds nuch as we To clll our otl1er teachers we ore hkewtse deeply 1ndeloted We edv our ldshng grohtude To S1ster MUTE de lo11rde lor 111lc1nq 11s redhm ll e 111111 orce ot 11 thor ugh lcunddhfn Il Lnqhsh To 51ster Mary loserhd tor l1er understondmcg omnd read sympctthy To S1ster lvlory Berncxrdtne who ooened to us tl1e 111 ystenes ond rtches ol ct well equtpped hlerctry To S1ster llfctry Ethelcurge lor lner cheerful SlTlllC and en courdgmg words To S1ster lvlctry Ursula lor 11er lI1lClE, t 111 every ludcnt ond her eltorts to rndlce our le1 111e hours rnore en1oyo1ble 7 Professor Bcgdtto tor lg excellert lI lSlIllCllOIl ll sdcred 111 lSlC Professor loslyn tor the VOICC culture we hcrve been lor tuncrte 1D rece1v1ng lrorn lllITl Nhss Cochrcne lor l1er ecxl IH rnclnnq our qyn1 Cl sses l1vel ss Flynn l r ner u1st1r1nc1 e forts to 11 fnfe men' o ll We bequefith olso the lollow1no personal 1oossess1on to those who 4.111 oest use then1 wherecrs we sholl hcrve no IYIOVG need ot these pdrt1c11lor thtnqs 11nd whereas we tne Clctss ot N111eteen hundred ond lortw teel ct gl W c jenerosny toword our lellow stud nts l'III'l IU Ill 1 -1 , .' S' Sl I .A 1 , fl ' Q' 1 ' ' is 1 A X , l ' S -' .' If - I 4 - 1 ' . 2 . ,. A A 1 , A , S ,ay ,111 1 A. ' - 1- ' ' ,, , 1. . , .s 1, f. ' 1 ' 1 1 71 s V .,.l A 1 l ' - 1. ' To .vt tl. lvl y C .1 11. ssl, gl , , ,t ol lOl ...,,11l . , .111 11111f:1c, rndkind .hc .cn llf'..lTlFS s e,.11 c . ,cool . S ' 59 , 1 ' f in s :H , l111:a Sli . 1 11. , c 'r ., J l - , ou 1' ' 'Fill sa L ' . L .X Y , 2 ' 1 A. 59 1 s A ' 1 l. . . 1 ' - , ' 1 1 '. ' . 1 cl ., 'L '1 ' :art 1' o' ' 1 1 E '31 . N 1 7 V ' N 1 17 . . 1 , K , 1 v , 1 X ' . ' 1 i' - - 1 l . - . . 1 K . . , 1 is s, , , . li' ' E 11 - ff . , - 4- 1. LL To .. 1 , . Ill. 1 ' 1 1, To , 1- To 1 .. . , ' Z , ,1 1 y , y, To lVl1.': , .o ,, 1 . t .3 c , s ' msts l fs , ' , . J S 1 s ' ' 1 . i . X 1 Q . . T 1 , .. . . o 'l 1 . l X 4 l 53 1 .