Academy of the Visitation - Crescent Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Well my lands' You are Ralph Copeland R Who dxd you thmk I was? Why the jewlsh Rabbl of course They had a hearty good laugh over lt all Slster was transformed 1nto er own graclous self and returned wxth her newly drscovered fr1end to the parlor there to meet Gertrude and the real Rabbl ACT II Whlle Gertrude and the Rabbl were s1tt1ng m the 1ns1de parlor warttng for the D1rectress Slster X entered and seemg Gertrude thought that the young man accompanymg her was her nephew Ralph she greeted hrm enthus1ast1cally Slster X Welcome our own dear boy' Ctakmg h1s hands ln both of hers J The Rabbr looked surprlsed confused at thrs rather gushmg receptxon Gertrude S1ster' He rsnt Ralph He IS Rabbr Cohen Cpresentmg Slster X Q S1ster X Cwlth abated enthuslasmj I am pleased to meet you At th1s pomt the DIFCCIFESS and Ralph came upon the scene and found themselves partxclpants rn a verxtable Comedy of Errors Bernetta Hemp 21 THE PLAYROOM MIRROR A JUNE REVERIE I wonder lf I m growmg old? I never felt before As I feel now to see my gxrls Go out the Convent door They were a Jolly llvely set The best I ever had I hope they ll all come back thls fall I shall be very glad To see thelr brlght young faces when In front of me they stand I ve seen them m the mornmg when They feel so lnght and gay I ve seen them ln the1r mlddxes and Thelr bloomers start for play I ve shown them how they look thelr best In dark blue umformed They ve stood before me consclously In Fmery adorned Many a party I have seen And many a costume too Of falry dancer clown and wxtch Of varxed make and hue But there IS one thmg that I do, And thls I l1ke the best, 21 S , .4 99 .. , . . C , n ' ' va S , H - - vs .. , , . h l If ' Y! , . n ' 1 9 s 1 , . H ,, . . . .. , . ... ' ' H . . , . . ,, . - ' ' , xc u 7 ' ' - ' as as s L , I I r il . , . y 1. , . , . . 1 , . . . . , . , . , . , . y s 9 9 1 y

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A COMEDY OF ERRORS Time Saturday Afternoon Place Visitation Academy Persons The D1rectress Sister X Gertrude Copeland Ralph Copeland and Rabbi Cohen ACT I Miss Gertrude Copeland a former pupil and a friend of the D1rectress had a handsome young nephew Ralph whom she wlshed her to meet Ger trude was also deeply mterested in the Rabbi Cohen and she determmed that both should v1s1t the Convent Accordingly she telephoned one morning to the Directress saying that the Rabbi was in the city and that he would call at the Convent that afternoon at 2 00 o clock At 2 00 o clock Sister was summoned to the parlor to meet as she thought the ewxsh Rabbi no card havmg been presented and no name having been announced Gertrude had previously told her that the Rabbi was a wonderful man superbly endowed w1th magical power over all whom he met With this 1n mmd Sister approached the stranger with her cold calm d1gn1ty at the top notch determmed to adequately represent the Community before the Hebrew sage whom she smcerely desired to meet At the Hrst glance how ever she was dlsconcerted Never had she seen a gentile less like a jew than was thls man and her surprlse told unfavorably upon her manner Would you like to see the building? Sister asked I will gladly go through your beautrful Academy he answered and the tour through the house began From the parlor the D1rectress took her guest to the Science Hall This was a fairly easy matter to dlspose of and they passed on to Blessed Lady s Oratory which was a more difficult problem owlng to the supposed per suasxon of the visitor He seemed most attentive and reverent however while Sister explained 1ts purpose Evidently the gentleman too was ill at ease he had not anticipated such versation d1d not flow readily When they came to the Chapel the strangeness of the situation deepened To Sister s great amazement her visitor took Holy Water and blessed himself upon entermg genuflected devoutly and knelt for a minute in prayer What can all this mean? thought the D1rectress in utter bewilderment as they walked along the corridor in silence after leaving the Chapel They must have converted th1s man else he IS very broad minded doing in Rome as the Romans do He IS certainly a queer Rabbi so fair and so gent1le looking I wonder what I can start conversation on now? At last she remarked You were born in Germany were you not? Oh no I was born here But you were educated in Germany? I have never been in Germany CS1ster thmkmg to herselfj Am I dreaming all this? I m sure Ger trude told me that Rabbi Cohen was born in Germany What can this mean? When they arrived at the studio as they were lookmg at the paintings something called forth from the young man the remark that his mother had been educated with the SISYCYS on Cass Avenue The mystery was solved Whatl? Your mother'? educated' wxth Sxsters'? R Certainly haven t you ever heard any of the Sisters speak of Mary Southern? 20 U 9, T I g l 1 9 . y . . . , 9 9 ' ! ' Y ! ! , 7 . , . . - ' I ! , , . . . . 7 I 7 Q ' 9 ' , 1 ss , ' ' ' n - ' if ' ' 77 , - c u . y l , . i . . v . Q ' 5 ? , , : ' ' a frigid reception. Things were strangely inexplicable all around, and con- . , . . . . D . . . ,, ! ! U . ,, . . . ' ! 7 . . . . U , . . . . , . . 1 ' 9 . , , ' !9 CC ' . 19 sa , l as , . 7 Y ' ll . Y? ll ' 97 . . . . . ,, . . , , . . ' 91 l I 1 S , u 1- L1 . , 11 . . C.: ' 3 ' ' 99

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When sad, in front of me they stand, Hankie to red eyes pressed, Discouraged, homesick, very blue, My true self gives the test. I show them how unnatural Is thelr so downcast look Sweet faces surely such as the1rs Should ne er a shadow brook Thus I see them as they pass by So dxfferent all so dear' September really seems to be The best tlme of the year Helen Thompson 21 VI V WHO WAS ALARMED7 You should have seen us Thursday' Off by ourselves grgglmg and whxspermg you would have thought that we were plannmg something ter r1ble a mldmght feast or a luke prank We were xndeed consprrmg but nothing so dramatlc That night xn the Dom we watched for our oppor tumty and so we could not retnre to our rooms We sat around Sxster each havmg somethmg very xmportant to say and all beggmg her to let us stay up just a mmute longer At last our awalted chance came as one of the Grads left her room We stopped talkmg at once and cast at one another an mqulrxng look readlly mterpreted I wonder lf she took xt home? Hardly had she dlsappeared down the corrxdor when I Jumped up and ran to the room she had just left It was m darkness I groped around and soon touched somethmg cold A second and the terrlble deed was done' Rush1ng back to the laughmg consplrators I reported my success We all went to bed soon after but not to sleep Shall I ever forget those long hours as they rolled slowly on to m1dn1ght9 We were very txred but not one would go to sleep fearmg that she might mlss the excxtement that was sure to follow upon the consummation of our deed whose fateful hour was 2 00 o clock Are you sure you d1d lt rlght V1rg1n1a9 Yes' Do you thmk It w11l spoll her beauty sleep? Walt t1ll she gets you m the mormng' She wont fmd me' Say what tlme IS It now? Twelve Gee two more hours' Somebody wake me up when lt IS tlme A rattle of beads and a lxght step 1n the dxrectlon of the polnt of 1nterest mstantly put us mto a troubled sllence Soon after I hate to say It but 1t IS true Helen was at her nxghtly recreatlon talkmg and smgxng ln her sleep The clock m the hall struck one thlrty and we were all awake eagerly awamng the Issue of the tell tale hour Stxifened wlth cold and excltement we heard 2 OO o clock strlke We walted a second or two ln w1de eyed expec tatron then burst mto uncontrolled laughter Glrls the Joke s on us' Pearl or was lt SISICYD caught the alarm cloclc m tlme' Vlfglnla LaGrave 21 22 9 Q 1 7 9 s v , . - -..4 . ' 1 , - , 1 - J I ' ' ' ll V! ' s - ' as ' 79 - as 1 . . ,, . ' r as n ' ' 1 , T so ' ' 'P s . , . , . , . ' 9 9 ' 7 H . . . . . . ,, , . H U H . . . . ,, U . . . . ,, xc a n H . . . ,, , . on xr as . . . H , . . ' 1 1 , l - , , - u ' , . . . . , . H . . , . . , , . , . . . ,, . . . , , .