Mayfield High School - Crossroads Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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TIW9 CFOSSPOOCIS THE CROSSROADS STAFF Editor: Lorelei Craig. Assistant Editor: Claire Sullivan. Standing, left to right: Ann FitzGerald, Diane O'Hagan, Ann Attwood, Joslyn Crilly, Lo- rena Jarrett, Julio Doleshal. Sitting: Mary Anita Wheolton, Claire Sullivan, Lorelei Craig, Patricia Duff, Margaret Buhlig. PgT tyt

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-I-I lQ CPOSSPOCI S She was indeed growing up , but she was also throwing away a gift that had been hers. She was a high school girl now. She had forgotten the charm of a child. Or maybe she now thought that that charm was a thing compounded of round cheeks and dimples and ringlets. Maybe she had already forgotten the secret of the spirit. ll wonder sometimes if the forgetting hurt her, as it was then hurting me.l Yes, Katherine had died, the Katherine I knew. The other Katherine, the half adult Katherine, I did not really know nor really care to know. She was dull to me and I to her. -Oh, terrible to say it-I dreaded, a little, meeting her on the street. I hated the mockery of what had once been a living, lovely thing. It was as well we went our separate ways. Katherine, my Katherine, was dead. Yet, there on the basketball court, she lived again. Just as she used to, she was playing beautifully, gathering to herself some of the romance of a jousting knight. Gallantry, gaiety, the lust for-no, more than that, the very essence of-adventure all Iurked in her action. Again I saw her as a member of a race of heroes, of demi-gods. It didn't matter much that our team was losing. Mortals may not contest with Olympians and win. That is a child's wisdom. Perhaps the mortals are fortunate to lose at such hands. The game was over. We had lost. There had been a kind of bond-the technical name is probably coordination-that defied defeat. It had been a mixture of skill and of spirit. The girl who looked like Katherine had been responsible. The time had come to say good-bye again, to go again along different ways. This time the parting was not sad. The girl was lost in a crowd of green gym suits. The crowd moved away. That was all. Suddenly there was a singing in my mind-the germ of something that suggested a poem. It had been a long, long time since poems sang themselves to me-almost as long ago as the time when I had first known Katherine. The words were repeating themselves: I love thee for the shadow that thou art Of one I lost so many years ago That just a hidden corner of my heart Guards now the flaming love I used to know. Yet I see in thy face-thy lips, thine eyes, That old and lovely image live again. I watch thee, happy in my swift surprise That such a perfect likeness should remain. In thee still burns that soft, enchanting fire That now has died within my childhood friend. O shadow, thou canst yet arouse, inspire The joy of which thy substance made an end. Comparing thee with Katherine-of the two, Thou art more truly she I loved and knew. -Patricia Duff, '45 Page Twenty one

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I9-45 The CPOSSPOOIJS foolzing gaclz Crossroads Diary as kept by the Seniors 1944 September I4 - Opening of the school - Tans clad in brown. September 22 - First edition of the Crier - Summer review. September 27 - Welcome party at E'lane McCaffery's - Splash! October 6- Mass of the Holy Ghost - Mayfield began the year with prayer. October I4 - Pet and Flower Show - Ferdinand sat and smelled the flowers. October I7 -Joey Luckie's talk - Contact! October I9- Hallowe'en Dance - Witches rode on batons. October 26 - Marymount game at Mayfield - A lasting friendship was begun. October 3I - Concert for Reverend Mother Provincial- Gone,alas,like our youth,too soon. November I l - Volleyball Playday at Ramona - lt rained! November I4---Volleyball game at Saint Andrew's - We are from Mayfield School. November 2l -Volleyball game at Anokia - Victory! November 28 -Volleyball game at Marymount - Where are the nuns! December 7 -Sodality Reception -.A thrice happy day for the Children of Mary. December IO-Alumnae Tea -The Bishop beautifully described' Holy Child Spirit. December Il -Crespi Club Concert - Tender hymns of gladness raise. December I2- Father Ryder's Lecture - We felt closer to Russia than ever before. December I9 - Christmas carolling - Lo, how a rose e'er blooming .... December ZI - The Christmas Play - Junior actors to the fore. December 22 - Sodality Tableaux - Pictures and poems. December 27-Christmas Dance - Candlelight - a fireplace - holly and mistletoe. 1945 January 8 - School reopens. January I7---Second edition of the Crier - Holiday gossip. January 20- School song written - Memory will keep you always with us, And back to you our hearts will turn. January 22- Fourth Senior Party for School - Skits, songs, and melodrama! January 30- Fourth Senior Outing - Birthday Celebration for Claire. February 7 - Flintridge-Sacred Heart Game - Basketball season begins with Victory. February I3 -Prefect's Feast - The hearts of your children, dearest Mother, overflow with joy today. February 20- Trip to Huntington Library - The Fourth Seniors celebrate Patty's and Lorena's birthdays at the Huntington. March 4 - Oratorical contest at Loyola - Does the Pope have a right to speak on peace? March 6-Marymount basketball game - By the court, by the basketball court. March 9 - Playday at Pasadena Junior College - Deflation! ! March I9 - Bishop's Concert- As the Holy Child, in welcome, turned to greet St. Joseph. April IO - Pride and Preiudice - Success! April I3 - Fourth Senior Week-end - Bathing and basking at Balboa.- May 2-Third edition of the Crier - New Building plans announced. May IO- Reverend Mother's Feast - Thank you, Reverend Mother. May l6 -Confirmation - Juniors choose Senior-Sisters as sponsors. May 20-Alumnae Tea for the Graduates - The beginning of the end. May 26 - Glee Club Luncheon - Singers Rewarded. May 30- First Edition of the Crossroads - Hallelujia! June 4 - Graduation - Page Twenty-Three