Menard Memorial High School - Menardian Yearbook (Alexandria, LA)

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OLD' GXQSSES Lord of all he surveys, Brother Firmin, the little dictator of the Commercial classes, smiles in approbation at the perfect rhythm of his star typists. Parlez vous francais, Diary? lNeither do wel, so guess you're not interested in this group. Even though Spanish has been introduced into the school, Brother Lionel ruled sway over a goodly number of budding Parisians. Ah, what memories, this scene provokes, - broken test tubes, spilled acid and unexpected explosions. lt took Brother Camille all year to teach us that hot Bunsen burners can't be picked up with bare hands, but we learnedl A book of verse beneath the bough, well not beneath a bough, but in the library. Some of the fullest and happiest hours at Menard were spent under Brother Malachy's paternal care. And when we Came to the end of a perfect day a teacher, counselor and friend was always ready to listen, sympathize and help .... .

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fep jmfo and see how we spend the greater part ot our days at school, Diary. We all pay our morning respects to our Eucharistic Lord. Quite fre- quently at recess time, and after school, too, we visit Him l Whenever there's a controversy about the King's English, we, Seniors, consult Brother Jerome, our genial principal. ln Latin class, Father Conway, tries to pound the tive declensions into our heads. A weary task, but then, Diary, you know how Latin is l This year, Brother Carol, inaugurated a Public Speaking course. How do you like the first demonstration of choric speaking? These are times that try men's souls, and it you don't think explaining an algebra problem is soul-trying, you just have never been in one of Brother Patrick's math classes.

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Sodafify Slfiqkfiqlzfs were many and varied this year, Diary. O accept, Heavenly Mother, our puny efforts to make our lives better, fuller, richer and more pleasing to Him! Yes, our Sodality record book is closed again for another year. Between its covers the skits, activities, meetings, conventions, all the little personal things we don't want to forget are written. Varied are the activities included in the past year's work, the distribu- tion of Catholic literature at the military camps, Christ- mas card sale, carol singing, baskets and toys for the poor, frequent visits, lenten drive, parties, little sacri- fices, First Fridays, Sodality Sundays, ..... AT WORK AT PRAYER 14. 1-zu-q5',:::41q ,-,3, ,,, .,l