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

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VISITATION COLLEGE On Monday September 20 1920 the College founded by Mother Mary Aqum was opened The students were given two rooms on the foul th floor overlook1ng the front campus After several days of planmng and arrang 1ng the g1rls new home was ready to welcome all comers From the vrctrola w1th the dancmg Scarecrow from Oz Peggy the stove brxght colored school and college pennants the large bookcase on whose shelves rested pon derous encyclopedxas and llght readmg books the old square piano wxth 1ts burden of all the latest ln muslc and magazmes the trophy cup the long study table the old fashxoned curtamed tester beds the gay cretonue hang 1ngs the pretty blue rugs the comfortable Morrls chaxr the cosy sofa to the chahng dlsh on the httle square table lt was a typxcal college room The gurls then met their future teachers and decxded on thexr courses which were Englxsh Mathematlcs Zoology a language and Logxc and Ethlcs The feast of St Thomas of Aqum March seventh was chosen as thezr own feast day Thls samt was chosen as thelr patron first because h1s lxfe shows hlm to be worthy the choxce of any student body and sec ondly ln compllment to Mother Mary Aqum On thls day the College g1rls entertamed the Graduates at an mformal supper whlch was followed by a short receptnon for the Slsters ln honor of Mother and a dance for the g1rls of the Academlc Department The College g1rls entered 1n wxth the Graduates ln all thenr athletlcs and soc1al aCtlVltl6S All the mvxtatxons that were sent to the Graduates 1ncluded the College g1rls So the year went on filled w1th many mterestlng school and soc1al events And now as the short year draws to a close the proneer College g1rls are hop1ng that next year and succeedmg years the ranks w11l fill unt1l our Alma Mater shall take her place of honor among the Colleges for Women The Graduates of this year xt IS hoped will help carry the torch whlch wlll keep the watchword VERITAS glowmg clearly to dlrect the footsteps of young g1rls down the long stralght paths of well guxded knowledge Ol1v1a Hxldebrand College I U U ADDRESS TO THE COLLEGE GIRLS ON THE F EAST OF ST THOMAS We are glad of th1s occaslon to express our heart s welcome to you our dear College g1rls and to tell you that your presence wlth us has added a new joy to our graduatmg year We welcome you 1n the name of our Alma Mater who takes you to her heart and dehghts 1n you as the fulfillment of a cherxshed hope as the promise of greater ach1evement We congratulate you on thls umque dlStlI'lCtl0!'l We envy you the happy pr1v1lege of sowmg as nt were the seeds of what ere long w1ll develop mto full blown flower and fruxt Grant that our College has a small begmnmg The xmportance of events and mstltutlons IS measured not by xmmedxate clrcumstances but by the greatness of that whxch they prophesy Lookxng through the vlsta of years we see the realization of today s dream a vast processlon of noble women gomg forth from the V1s1tat1on to every sphere of hfe women tramed m mmd and heart under the mspxra txon of the Angel of the Schools the great St Thomas Aqumas nn whose name you have baptxzed thxs infant College Today s dream Our Alma Mater s hope for the future? We doubt not that lt w1ll be reahzed Wlth the hght and leadmg of her chosen Patron the 30 n 1 1 1 , . . . , . l 7 ' ' CK Y! C6 99 ' 9 Y 7 , - . H . ,, . . . . 9 I 1 - o- ! 7 ! ! 7 1 , . 1 l . . . . . ' ! D 1 ! ' ' ! 7 . , . , - , . . . . . ! 9 , . 0 - 1 . . , . s s n a s 9 ' as as - ' 9 ' - T , . . . . , . 9 9 ! . ! Y ! 1 ! , . . . . . , Y , , . H , ,, . . 7 ' y . V D ' J

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V1s1tat1on College will glve to the modern world what It most needs Samtly scholars and scholarly Samts Agam we welcome you dear grrls we wlsh you the full measure of success m your collegxate course and hope that some of us w1ll be here to help you celebrate your next feast day Bernetta Hemp 21 E 1.1 THE STUDIO Van Dyke says that Musxc IS the Pentecostal speech of humanxty the language wh1ch all can understand The same IS true of art pamtlng sculp ture archltecture They are dlfferent forms of expresslon each tellmg 1n xts own way what the artxst has seen or xmagmed To understand a book one must first learn to read but all can understand a drawlng whatever thelr spoken language may be Pamtmg does far more than merely represent objects as they appear to the ordmary observer L1ke Poetry xt sheds a glory over the commonplace and reveals the hldden souls of thmgs The studxo the Art Department IS ln every educatlonal 1nst1tut1on the place which lovers of the Beautlful v1s1t most frequently to admxre and dream Our Studxo IS a delightful large room occupymg the whole north side of the fourth floor far away from the nolse of class rooms Enght large wmdows overlook the beautlful grounds 1n front of the bulldxng each framlng a charm 1ng pxcture of natural scenery Besxdes extenslve sky llghts let 1n llght from models for 1nsp1rat1on and study Along the west end of the room extends a large book case well suppl1ed w1th art hterature The northeast corner IS a tower alcove 1n whlch are a charmmg dlsplay of ch1na pamtxng and specl mens of clay modehng Comparatrvely few of the pup1ls of the school have tlme to devote to Art We Speclals who are pr1v1leged to mdulge love the work and become more 1nterested ln It with each lesson Everythmg about our Studlo IS truly mspxrmg we are proud of xt Ann Coleman Speclal Il Cl A VISIT TO THE STUDIO The sound of the happy talk of busy workers was m the anr as I stepped mto the large brlght room The glrls were all pamtmg elther at easels or at the long workmg tables Some were pamtlng xnterlors for conslderable work has been done thls year m that branch I started across the room only to stop the next moment mterestedly to watch here a tree grow leafy branches under the quxck strokes of a cleverly handled brush there a gondola come 1nto bemg on the dark waters of a Venetlan canal and a strange varlegated blrd appear on the twxsted branch of a queer old tree Then I saw a beautlful room furn1shed not wlth laborlous care expense and tlme but with the ease of deftly pencxled l1nes and well chosen colorful hues The flnlshed work next attracted my attentlon The drawlngs of mterlors and the pamtlngs showed not only the abllxty to draw well and accurately but a good sense of color and taste 1n the choxce of furmshmgs There were 31 If ' ' 99 xi . , . g . 9 4- , Y l fl' ' ' it 9? ' in , U . - . . , - 9 ' . . 9 9 9 ' l 9 . 9 , ' 9 9 . F ?. ,. . . . . , , . , - . , ' . above. The students are surrounded by works of art ln the varxous branches - y . . . l . , . , D . . . 1, y L. , ' . , . , . , . . , , 1 2 , Z Q - . u . , 9 9 9 3 n