Academy of the Sacred Heart - Sacre Coeur Yearbook (Hoboken, NJ)

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JUNIORS Upperclassmenl What a sensatlonl We were doubly pleased for our Freshman Class moderator Sister Ruth Clare was now prrncupal of the Academy French came In to keep us company brrngang wuth It Sister Grace de Lourdes Thus was the year that our basketball team was formed We played our one and only game score 56 I9 las you Shylocks should have surmused we dldnt ment the 56 polntsll That was all there wasnt anymore as far as other schools were concerned We were rntra school champs though If that made up for It Basketballs weren t the only thang we bounced Practrcung Bombs Away with coke bottles on the dumbwanter durlng one of our more sedate luncheons Improved our accuracy Studies and plenty of homework were always headaches Our French class was a great concern to us Embarrassment was widespread when we translated horse back rldlng as to take a walk with a horse lldeal companronshup we must say l The splrntual side of us showed through In our portrayal of the Life of Sister Mlrlam Teresa an which the curtarn opened and closed ten tnmes although rt was only a one act play Name and fame spread to the Academy when Joan Poggu walked off with top honors ln the Seton Forensrc League Contest and came home with a beautiful plaque whrch shall forever proclaim the preemlnence of our English Department The Sensor play proved a great success and ofcourse our rendltlon of Because You re You and ln Old New York were tremendous assets to the productuon Christmas was upon us and It couldn t be complete without one of our colossal stage offerings Geraldine Scott: dlsplayed her pranlstrc talents by accompanylng our drama wlth the melody Beautiful Lady and thus Mama Lnghts a Candle was launched In the bug hall for the beneflt of the school Never to be forgotten was the part where Dotty proceeded to light the candles without matches However Marffar O Grady saved the day by crawling out on the stage with the llttle fare makers between her teeth' As to the classroom somethlng new had beffm added to our tree angel harr Eileen provided her own evergreen a pine bougls hanging oufof the flag holder ln the course of overall decorating the S64 question was raised Who tore down my posters? One of the many thungs we learned was not to put lrpstsck on In school At the time of our lesson a solutron of lye water was to ourtender mouths at :nk eradlcator IS to a test paper Far from berng soured on artrfucral ands to beauty, we 564' Mt In our best bnbs and tuckers to Sarnt Peter s Church for the weddrng of E eahor s bftbther W1 were all rnvrted and laying siege to the reception hall we had ourselva a thigh meld time mcomplrance with the wlshes of our charmnng host and hostess These happenrngs were only uncudentgl for rt Wa leam of newly acquired class rings on our fingers that really set gif? hw? 5 7 mpln 5 Our school publucatlon the Spagwryght was Ee blgge 'li n of the year slnce lt was the first school paper that the Academy? ml Pa!!lff'W5'd IH years to the pataence and the generosity of Sister Ruth Clare and Slster Alexandrlne we again p bvedlitrhat our merry group would always turn up with the best In the Sprrng the Bunny Hop was given by us In St Peter s Hall graciously gnven by the prrnce of prlests Father Vuncent J Hart SJ The response was overwhelming and the proceeds were sent to the massrons Seat changing was a common occurence whale we remembered to keep our drawers shut an rmperatrve rule as someone could easnly trap on the way down the arsle and break a kneecap May arrived and our annual concert was apprecuatlvely received Our toast of the eve nrng was Victor Herbert and some of hrs most beautiful melodies wnnged theur way unto the hearts of the auduence that evening Including the ltallan Street Song by Kathleen Repetto Along came June and at the Class Day given rn honor of the Sensors we crred almost as hard as they drd As we bud sad adreu to the gurls unto whose shoes we were about to step our vonces were ransed ln such tear jerking songs as Haul to Thee Our Alma Mater and the Whrffenpoof Song wrth lyrrcs to flt the mood Nevertheless between last sobs we managed to grve Sister Ruth Clare a combination whup and whistle with which to keep us her future seniors rn lane Then once again graduation day was upon us 34 . . I 1 1 - I . . l . , . . I 1 . 1 - - - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 1 1 1 - - - 1 1 . . . . , , . . . . , , . . . . . , . - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - Q f , . . 1 K f ' . 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - - 1 1 - - 1 . I . I kr , 1:r5L,,j: I I I I ' , f. Ji I I If ll ' f 3' 5 I WV 5 I l ' f 7 in , ' - - - 11 I - II 1 , 1 K- A - r ,g A l J 1 J QQ . . ,-wwf' 'rf fl an . .af 2 Q - ' X L 'Q . . 1 1 are . . . . I W I , ' ' , l . wa, WV , . r . I . , , , , . . 1 . . - 1 , . I . . 1 1 1 . . . . , , . 1 1 1 1 ' - I I - 1 1 - - . . . . . , , . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 1 1 - I 1 '

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We attended the boat rIde sponsored by St Peter s Prep then threw ourselves whole heartedly INTO plans for the graduatIon program and Into crammmg for exams The Sunday of graduatIon fIlled us wIth a great surge of prIde as wIth roses arched hIgh above the heads of the graduates we took part In the ImpressIve ceremony Our Freshman year was over and although we looked forward to summer vacatIon we were even more anxIous for the comIng of September when we would be WISE old Sophomores SOPHOMORES September came and we were Sophomores We were dIsappoInted to dIscover that SIster Rose BeatrIce had left us although we felt sure that our new prIncIpal SIster Agnes CyrIl would become our fast frIend SIster MonIna our new moderator guIded us through the TIQOFS of a new language Our rendItIon of Because In French waS the peak of musIcal perfectIon though French wIthout musIc was somewhat of a trIal ny tImes the dIsmIssal bell at two fIfteen had seemed to forget the poor lonefy Sophss, gIlftIn In that dreary lIttle top floor room wIth nothIng before them but work We were also, pmvIfeged In ng an Amen Corner peopled wIth such notables as Anne Talty Matting Q'fGrady ind Angte CrIsmale sharIng rIngsIde seats for good l??l behavIor ln the months that followed yyy Hwed tha had stayed at home Instead of run nIng off to fnght Whether he twenty twenty mIles remaIns a mystery to lnItIatIng the Fres men w s e re Q We ha themmctyapg for mercy Happy dayl' What ere' md df5lb.of those darlIng lIttle cut up frogs left over from BIol gy at Ittle e erIme occa ned the one day that MarIta dIdnt order French frIes and thleen c touch r I ersxurst sandwIch Poor DottIe never dId get used to those s stools a d that ckled s evaweriiproved her downfall The talk of the year was Q IgSpanI Bice hIch wintkver Aywth a bang' lOr should we stay stampede?l ThIs gay egltraxiaganza was onlfpart offthe play t on by the SenIors our bIg SISTBFS In whIch the Soph Ord ThespIan abIlIt was reserift by Eleanor Hudak who stole the show In the role v polhceman j iw! 591 The holIdays breeze by them a eason s fu ams proved an Interest Ing topIc especIally sInce d Incl e Kud a a m lmmedIately after tha ry perIod ID es we res ed our typIcal lIghthearted ness and a few pIercIng stnon ' ha ver happene n Joan Poggn s French lan guage book? Where dId at IuIcy rIpe tomat land? Shucks nn Donovan mIssed agaIn' The fIre escape Idea was I nted our own t tle madc s Joan Cella and MarIlyn McAnerney LIttle Mary Bo as ore or less left ut In th cold as a result FIendIsh lIttle demons weren t they? French was not the only mystery In the class Can you remember the day when we started out wIth seven students and wound up wIth eIghteen? lThe closet held more than the classroom l A sIght of wonder to be added to the orIgInal seven came Into lIght In the person of Chns Burke seated In a gym SUIT and bobby sox oblIvIous to the unIform a Ceffaln Ann Donovan had hIdden In the closet Ah well all In a day s fun Easter was upon us In no tIme and our fIrst meetIng wIth the popular Professor Kolb took place Our concert followed and It was here that we experIenced the harsh FBZZIHQ of the spectators after beIng laughed off the stage followIng our much publIcIzed RussIan dance whIch was perfomed In flowIng evenIng gowns But our choral work receIved ready applause and once agaIn our heads could be held hrgh WIth the commg of June we looked forward to JunIordom and promIsIng each other to correspond steadIly durIng the summer months we parted 33 . I , . I , I . . I ' I I . . I . . , . , . . . I I W . . 1 . . ,, ,, . s llcc . . i . r Q I I ' . ' I arf' . Q if ,, ,, I Y' 'gggj SIESQQ H 1, I 3 gif . . . '. , I A 1 I Vrhk LEW I i -H fe 1 . B ' this day. Geometry carne alongjtoltro Q2 , e sti K can't Qgsaiv a trapesoid. ,aw L , I,, ,,N, 2 MEF ' 3- ' W I ,,.- A sf' I H . . -- .I.. .,,, ..,I , ,..r., f' ISF ' I . - 1 . . I E A s . m . . H eil ' QW I I - ' V- I -Ti A W ' - . .I . , Q I. jg' an r, I '19 ! . . I i E . . V . . I . . - ' ' r ' - ' ' - 1 1 . ' It - . . . in my I' i . - 6 I . . ' - 1 ' 11 -:V . A If H . . . l F v A ' 'V ll ' I , 1 - . 5 , I , I - - . . . . . . . , . , . . I . . . 1 - I , . . .t I I , I t t , .

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SENIORS Stately Senuors' Brulluant scholars' Head class' Well thats enough malarkey let s get down to brass tacks Welcome addutuons to our class were Suster Gabruel Therese moder ator who left the sunny sands of Long Branch just to teach us and Jeannue Gallagher who proved to be our gaun and St Al s loss Both entered unto the spurut of thungs wuth great vum and vugor Our class offucers had been elected prevuously but the best was yet to come when at the furst Scuence Club meetung twenty gurls turned un suxty votes for offucers They also turned un two dollars for breakage fee, whuch Marulyn McAnerney wull be unable to col lect at the end of the year and mught possubly have to compensate The thurd week of school was just gettung under way when we started on our well paved road of mustakes For example how could those fuve gurls have had theur puctures taken by the wrong photographer? Tryouts for our play and rehearsals proved to be great fun leven though Maruta Anne Dottue and Mac had the scenery fall on theml The auduence was enraptured by the per formance of Luttle Women Fortunately the confusuon prevalent on the stage was vusuble only to the players Unsought comedy was untfoduced unto the death scene when Aluce Bloom sauntered through the French wundouws not realuzung that the door was only a few unches away Twun huts of the evenung were Aluce Andrukutus and Joan Manuno who made very dash ung suutors Joan Poggu Joan Cella Manta Offurady and Dorothy O Bruen were the Luttle Women but all of us gave a truly stupendous explout of our talents After the play another surpruse was un store for us The school movue projector had ar ruved and we spent many hulafruous hours vuewung the stars of today un but parts of yesterday Not that the movues were ancient that us We came un touch wuth the st e once more when Chrustuna Burke gave her best un the Holy Name Contest The Catholuc ay of Lufe Followung our Chrustmas party held un the Lubrary amud the hularuty and the happy go lucky sensatuon whuch usually accompanues the furst respute of the year murth was extrava gently dustrubuted by us the Senuof Class and our well wlshers the faculty Wull we ever learn to wuggle our toes luke Suster Joseph Dolores un her rendutuon of Shortnun Bread l We wush we could go on Smulun Through Chernustry as Suster Ambrose dud to the melody of the same name The gurls un the other classes were lookung forward to Chrustmas whule the bug day for the Senuors came four days later Although ut was raunung ut fauled to dampen our spuruts when on the arm of our best beau and un the latest creatuons we stepped out of our cars and unto the Cotulluon Room of the Hotel Puerre The musuc was duvune and there wasn t a gurl who dudn t have a cunderella evenung After thus fruvoluty the thought of havung to come back to school after havung a mar velous vacatuon was traguc A pleasant unterlude to all thus braun rackung work of last munute crammung for the pop ular you know what was a senuor play on Communusm whuch we presented durung a Sodaluty meetung lt was meant to be a dramahc but turrued out to be a comedy wuth Kathleen tryung un vaun to pronounce Madame Kasenkuna and then puttung the Russuans behund the orange unstead of the uron curtaun The Seton Forensuc League agaun started a new pet expressuon Let s Charter a Bus Jeanne Gallagher excelled herself un oratory Atheustuc Communusm was much clearer to all who heard her Dotty O Bruen proved to be an able alternate March blustered un luke a luon unauguratung our Sprung Festuval of plays and Aprul went out luke a lamb takung wuth ut the memory of that truumphant evenung and the completuon of our tradutuonal retreat Thus year also occasioned the twentueth annuversary of our beloved Suster Ruta Agnes Say lt Wuth Musuc as the theme for Our concert wuth Dorothy O Bruen as dancer and Kathleen Repetto as soloust The curtauns not only closed on our unspurung performance but also on our last appearance for the Academy No debutante ever experuences the whurl of partues that we enjoyed before our farewell On the more stayed sude of our actuvutues we were honored by a testumonual dunner and Com munuon Breakfast Walkung under the unspurung arch of roses we realuzed that these four years spent at the Academy of the Sacred Heart were truly the best years of our luves We now bud farewell to these happuest years Susters and schoolmates classes and classrooms all are of the past only One remauns ever present He has blessed us wuth all the lught and grace of these joy ful four years After lufe s journey may we all meet agaun un Hus Sacred Heart' 35 . . . 1 1 . . . , T . , ' 1 1 1 . , . . . . . - 1 I . , . . 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