Sacred Heart Academy - Gradatim Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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MARTHA ABERNATI-IY MOLVNT HOLLY N. C EDITH ADAMS HIGH POINT N. C MAEALDA BLACKWELDER CONCORD N. C SARAH BLAND GASTONIA N, C AVALONA CARTER CRANIERTON N. C THEDA DAGENHART BELMONT N. C GENEVIEVE DUANE CHARLESTON S. C. RUTH ELMORE BELMONT N. C. GENEVIEVE GREGORY NEWTON GROVE N. C. DORIS LEE HOPE MOUNT HOLLY N. C. CATHERINE JOHNSON BELMONT, N. C. NINETEEN THIHTY-EIGHT Page Seventeen S713

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lass Ilaistnrp Two years ago we began our Freshman year at Sacred Heart Junior Col- lege. At first we were hesitant and uncertain of our future, but our indecision soon vanished for we were young and this new venture held many possibili- ties. However, our first college days were not altogether encouraging. Teasing upper classmen snubbed our timid efforts to get in line and jeeringly called us Hfrivolous freshiesf' We could not understand them for we did not feel frivol- ous. Our hearts were filled with a determination to work hard and to pile the honors high. We resolved to make these complacent Sophomores realize that we were serious in our efforts to be praiseworthy students. We settled down to earnest work, and as the days dragged, or marched, or sped, according to our individual moods, our lives were being well-rounded socially, educationally, and spiritually. We really lived in deeds, not words and as a due reward we gradually lost our reputation for frivolity. Now and then Freshman pranks did cause us to fall back a few paces, but the relapses occasioned renewed effort and at the end the merits greatly overbalanced the demerits. As we consider the past, we look with amusement upon these slight violations of the rule. They must have been the lingering remnant of the childhood from which we thought we had long since emerged. Then there were the dark days, the days in which our small troubles seemed large ones, the days in which we needed sympathy and consolation. Those troubled times led us to Him who knows our every need, and kneeling at His feet we laid bare our troubled souls, and lol our problems were solved, our tears were dried: and we went forth with renewed courage and determina- tion. Once again the sunshine of happiness had replaced the shadow of sorrow. Relentlessly the hands of time checked off the minutes of our Freshman year and cast them into eternity. The last month was at hand. May passed in a whirl of activities, and our Hrst year of college was completed. One more page had been written in the book of each life. To some we said Au revoir forever: to others, for vacation only, for we expected to return. We did return: we were Junior College graduates. Once more we entered into school life with zest and good will. Old friendships were continued: new friendships blossomed, and side by side they grew in the garden of remembrance. Once again, studies and activities intermingled, each claiming its place on a crowded calendar. We have enjoyed all these things which fill a gir1's school life: we have been proud of our dignity as graduates, but as the year draws to a close we begin to understand the tears at which we were inclined to smile last commencement. At last we realize that the goodbyes must be spoken, the fond embraces must be made. We are filled with a strong determination to prove ourselves worthy of the expectations of our classmates and of our teachers. But we hesitate: we are reluctant to go. to leave Sacred Heart where Cor ad cor loqui- turf' Life calls to us: with one long, last backward glance-we answer. U Page Sixteen THE EHAIIATIM

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-I JEANETTE KENDRICK GASTONIA N. C. ELMINA LATIMER BELMONT N. C. WMM W ff My iam s PARKER a IELIZABETHTOWN, N. C. PAULINE RAY ASHEVILLE N. C. MARGARET SANDERS BELMONT N. C. MARGARET ANNE SEAGREN GRAND RAPIDS MICH. MADGE SPARKS BELMONT N. C. DELENA VAN PELT MOUNT HOLLY N. C. GERTRUDE P WATERS Page Eighteen LINCOLNTON, N. C. CLARICE WELLS MOUNT HOLLY, N. C. THCE EHAIJATIM