Saint Ursula Academy - Scroll Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Good Friday and each girl could not help but feel the spirit of this holy sea- son. During the summer camps, the counsellors put on pageants depicting the lives of different saints, in which the children themselves participated. Such is the Grail--such is their spirit -the spirit of God. I can think of no better way of clos- ing this article than by quoting a typical Grail prayer-beautiful, courageous and Christ-like : Give us courage and enthusiasm Give us charity and unity. Give us the spirit of initiative' and origi- nality of thought. Give us a pure intention in everything and a deep love of the Cross. Give us thirst for souls. Deliver us from cowardice and the fear of making sacrifices. Deliver us from blindness towards the needs of our neighbor. Deliver us from deafness towards the inspirations of the Holy Ghost. War Christmas Christmas this year will he saddened with war, But we'll make it more holy than ever before. We'll forget for the while the bloody fray. And welcome the Christ Child on Christmas Day. Oh little Christ Child, please guide our wayf Make our Christmas a holy day. Peace on earth, good will to men May it ring joyously again and again. -PEGGY SURTMAN '43 'NX ffl S' af Qiffess 0 0 0 By this time people are looking at me and shaking their heads. Why? Well, just because of this article! So you know how old St. Ursula's Academy is? You don't? Well, Susie Straub informs us that it is eighty ye-ars old . . . Jean Zerbee says Hone hundred and fifty while Colleen Bayer states that it is about one hundred' years old. But truly, girls, our Alma Mater is seventy-five years old. Now for our second question-it hap- pens to be I-Iow many steps from the first floor to the fifth floor?y' Norma Dannin said I have no idea-I never counted them. Say, what are you do- ing?,' Sometimes I wonder myself! Dorothy lylurphy, sophomore genius, stated, I counted them one day, but I forgotf, Don't worry, Dot, I always forget at exam time. A concrete an- swer came from Pat Stalder, who said Hfiftyn. Quite close, Pat, the number is exactly eighty-two. Here's one that you could go wrong on: How many books are there in the library? Well, Mary Mahoney and Rita Rutherford both said 1500, while the answer of 600 came from Dolores Miller. A dozen, yes, a dozen roses to Jean Quigley, who said: Well, now, I'll tell you-about 4-l50. Very close, for when the tabulations were taken we found that 4523 books were recorded in our library. Do you know how many nuns are on the faculty? Lyda Venia thinks that there are 'lenough that we see them every place we gof' It seems that Jean- nette Tremblay and Evelyn Burroughs haven't the slightest idea. HYe gads, what a question to ask mef' came out of a person by the name- of Janet King. There are nineteen nuns on the faculty. Now, remember that! Well, if I don't stop, I'll be on the next page, so I take my leave-. -- GERTRUDE STOELZEL '43 14 THE SCROLL

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Me 6m 7 In Amen' EVERAL years ago, at a place called Doddridge Farm, about forty miles from Chicago,two Ladies of the Grail, the first to come to America, were intro- duced to their future home, one hundred and fifteen acres of beautiful land with twenty buildings and a swimming pool. VVeeds were as high as their heads, the cabins were all a dull, drab gun gray, the whole place was run downg nature had come into her own. But not for long was Doddridge Farm to remain in such a state, for the spirit of the Grail had entered its gates and a reformation was at hand. Founded by a Je-suit in Holland about twenty years ago, the Grail's aim and purpose is Catholic Action personified. They were conceived as-and remain- a lay group working in the lay aposto- late. They live together in community life but they work in the world. They dress in modern womenls attire and thus can penetrate every class and place. They are another instance of how the Roman Catholic Church has flourished for so long: by fostering religious orders suited to the times-the rule of St. Bene- dict in the fifth century, the Franciscans in the thirteenth, the Jesuits in the six- teenth, and now Catholic Action in the twentieth. The movement spread rap- idly throughout Europe. Withiii eight years of its foundation the Grail had spread from the country of its origin to Germany, England, Scotland and Aus- tralia. By 1937 the movement in Hol- land alone included some fifteen thou- sand members, all young girls who had been inspired and influenced by the Grail to live their lives in the Christian spirit. Thus, while there are thousands of active members in the Grail move- ment, there are only about a hundred and twenty women who belong to the Ladies of the Grail. This small group becomes the nucleus for the larger Grail movement. At the invitation of the late' Cardinal - BETTY CONLIN ,43 lylundelein, the Grail came to America -to Doddridge Farm. Their leader is Dr. Lydwine van Kersbergen, who, with another colleague, came' from Holland to start the movement here. The work of the apostolate began at once. Retreats were held, discussion days were planned, and all in the true Grail spirit. Soon about six American girls had applied for admission to the novitiateg while hundreds from every part of the country came to this Mecca of Catholic Action, returning to their jobs and schools with the love of Christ motivating their eve-ry action. For the past two summers the Farm has been used as a camp for Chicago's underprivileged girls. The counsellors are those whom Dr. van Kersbergen has accepted to live at the Farm for the en- tire summer, or perhaps for only a month or so, to supervise the children and to instruct them in the fundamentals of Catholic Christian womanhood. It is very hard to describe the Grail unless one has actually been under their influence. Their absolute and complete love of God is evidenced in every mo- ment lived at Doddridge. The-y not only have the faith, but they want to gi-ve it to others. Their ways and meth- ods appeal to youth, because they believe it is through the younger generation the Christian social ideal will be realized. Their program to make the Catholic girl Catholic includes every means that will bring home their point. For in- stance, at a retreat held several years ago during Holy Week, the girls actually lived it in their minds, as Christ must have lived it. The paschal lamb was eaten standing at one's placeg in memory of the journey of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land, a proces- sion wound in and out through the woods. A huge cross was erected on THE SCROLL 13

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A Name fins Anken . . . TOP ROW: P. Palmer, P. Schoen, P. lVIcCarthy, P. Brunner, P. Nlattson, P. Ursuline.', MIDDLE ROW: P. Stalder, P. Carstensen, P. Hanlon, P. Kennedy, P. St. Arnaud, P. Roller, P. Sanders, P. Carroll, P. Feak, P. lVIcDermott, P. Robie, P. hiauter, P. Mclxitosh. BOTTOM Row: P. Celusta, P. Resch, P. Surtman, P. Blake, P. Glennon, P. Fox, P. Pie-ree, P. Wilde. MISSING: P. King, P. Fritter. Out of the depths of the four classes of St. Ursula's a name that a few years ago was practically unknown has become most popular. In fact, ten per cent of the student body is called by this illustrious name - Patricia. The Seniors, heading the list, have eight in their class alone. Evenly divided, there are four in each home room. The Seniors, naturally, are the leaders of the school, the Freshmen, the new- comers. The Juniors and Sophomores, being neither green nor tops, believe in sticking together. Both have seven Pats apiece, five in Junior B and only two in Junior A. The Sophomores, more evenly, have four in Sophomore A with three in Sophomore B. Freshman B is very proud of its four Pats, but poor Freshman A has none at all. And last, but not least, comes the one Pat not yet mentionedg the Pat who outshines and overshadows every other one, the Pat who is a friend of all the teachers and studentsg the Pat who is envied by all because of her luscious black curly hair-is our precious Kerry Blue dog, Pat. -FRANCES STRAUB '43 THE SCROLL 15