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

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' 474 ami His Holiness Pope Pius XII with His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman Shrine of Our Lady 27157102 25

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THE DIVINE DRAMA Rome is the center of the Catholic world, for whatever our geographical location may be, the Church is the center of our life. How singularly blessed we are! All our lives we shall reioice to remember that we had the honor of graduating from a Catholic academy in the year of iubilee, the Holy Year of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty! Daily we have prayed, l'May that Holy Year be for all a year of purification and of sanctificationf' Surely with this beautiful prayer of the Vicar of Christ being said by the whole Church, our Com- mencement is not an Opening Night but an Opening Day g and the new half-century that dawns before us will truly be-if every graduate of 1950 all over the world strives to make it so-a century of progress toward God. 24

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Lgyild 515 0 Act l: As we look back on our first wavering steps across the stage in the opening scene of the drama of our four years at Good Counsel, certain events recall themselves vividly to our minds. lt was the welcome of our beloved principal, Sister Mary Anselm, that first put us at our ease, and made us sure that we would be happy at G.C.A. We became real members of Good Counsel at the party given us by our big sisters, the iuniors, in reparation for our week of typical freshman torture. As the scenes unfolded, we found that it wasn't hard to accustom ourselves to Latin and algebra, but a few of us did have qualms when it came to dissecting grass- hoppers and other specimens as our biology course required. After we had success- fully weathered our mid-year exams, we began to take part in the extra-curricular activities of our school. Many of us were received into the Children of Mary Sodality, and thus we felt the bond between ourselves and Our Lady of Good Counsel more strongly secured. All of us became potential actresses after seeing our first Peg-O play, Spring Green, and were given a chance to show our talents in the school play, Harriet, in June. Perhaps the most impressive event of our freshman year was our first retreat, which left us with a feeling of peace after a year well spent. So it was that with the traditions of Class Day and the solemn splendor of Graduation we entered the first act of our drama. Act ll: The curtain rose swiftly on our sophomore year. lt found us in the act of renew- ing old acquaintances, pausing now and then to gaze sympathetically at the new freshmen passing by. For the first few months we were dizzily engaged in exploring the minds of Julius Caesar and Euclid, and accustoming ourselves to the peculiarities of French and Spanish. Now that we were sophomores, some of us took time from our labors to become members of O Tempora, O Mores, Luis de Leon, Les Americaines Francaises, and Peg-O. At the annual bazaar we expended every effort to promote our class proiect, the wardrobe doll, and thereby help secure our traditional holiday for outstanding cooperation. Our Christmas holidays this year were more remarkable than most because of the blizzard which accompanied them and lent the new term a more than ordinary picturesque touch. We started the New Year off smoothly by going ice skating at Playland, and then settled down to real hard work which included our successful efforts to rank first in the Bishop's War Relief Fund. Our interest in this year's Peg-O play was a personal one for in Under Twenty some of our classmates made their stage debut. For the first time we represented our school in World Sodality Day at Fordham University and were proud of this opportunity to honor our Blessed Mother. At last, after many grueling days of study, we reached the climax of our scholastic endeavors and were introduced to our first high school regents. The events of Class Day and Graduation sped all too swiftly by, and it wasn't long before we bade a last farewell to our big sisters. Act Ill: Upperclassmenl That word had a special meaning for us because it meant that we would play a part in school affairs second only to that of the seniors. Now we were iuniors, and among our privileges was that of welcoming the new freshmen to G.C.A. One of our honor duties as iuniors was the assumption of the editorship of the Chit Chat, and looking back on those busy days, we think we did a pretty good iob! 26