Academy of Our Lady of Peace - Villa Montemar Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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SENICDRS It was rather a frightening day in September. 1942, when our freshman class met for the first time. We felt our way along the new schedule establishing ourselves as typical freshmen. Qur first big move was to elect Alicia Dolan to represent us as our president. Following this came the never-to-be-forgotten three initiation days. As that was the last year three days were kept officially, we have never been able to seek our revenge iqittingly. Our production of lulius Caesar was long remembered because of the corpse which would move at unpredictable moments. Christmas found us with a Well established Yank Club fulfilling its mission with daily masses and prayers for Padre O'Mara and his men in the service. This resulted in our first attempt along musical lines when we changed uGive us some men who are stout-hearted men to Give us some Yanks who are hard-praying Yanksf, From this sprang the experience needed to make some reconversions on the popular iavorites of the day to praise the seniors at the breakfast we gave for them. The sophomore year took us down a notch. We lost some of the importance of being green, lost creatures. Things got a great deal more difficult: geometry proved a hard testing ground. This was probably the last year our school work got the necessary en- thusiasm to keep a large percentage in the HAH bracket. Donna Jean Conner was elected class president: through her help we managed to give the seniors a chicken-iw the-rough box lunch following their play, Daddy Longlegs. With pride and a feeling of Hat last, we took our positions as worthy juniors, elect- ing Jean Buehler our class president. Early in the year we ordered our pins, then our junior dresses. Vvhen they arrived, we knew what Hthis is worth waiting tor meant. Toward the end of the year we revised the old tradition and gave the seniors the prom While they conceded to give the necessary labor required for the first edition of Villa Montemar. Field Day in the middle of May saw our class sporting many favorites along athletic lines. Our class showed the school the meaning of real teamwork when we re- ceived the school championship in basketball. Being upper classmen was given a new significance when class day with its prophecies and wills made its appearance. At grad- uation, which was both a happy and sad event, we proved our good taste in liormals and with pride we lifted flower entwined canes to form the arch for the seniors. ' The senior year arrived sooner than we had expected. We found that being seniors terminated a wonderful part oi our lives. Autumn found us inspired with an unusual idea for the Catholic Book Week display. The judges liked our upoetry is the Stardust of Literature and presented us with first place. ln the Christmas play, O Holy Night, the seniors showed their dramatic ability. Qur social calendar was begun with a Weiner roast out by the swimming pool. The '46-'47 Club dances filled in week-ends frequently. Our three day retreat given by Father David Daze holds some of our most pleasant and penetrating memories. Those days spent with Christ and His Mother will be tort- resses in the days to come. February 25 was a red-letter day in every seniorss life. Ditch-day was one of those