Saint Ursula Academy - Scroll Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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and every art were distributed with all due ceremony. Reviewing these pro- grams, I was not a little impressed: French embroidery, lace making, tapes- try weaving, manuscript illuminating, and last, but ever so important, stock- ing darning and bread baking, headed the premium lists. I wondered if I could qualify for a medal in some sub- ject, but I am sure those girls would certainly have put me to shame in the bread baking contest, not to mention the art of working with a needle and thread in stocking darning fashion. Yes, there were awards and there were awards. The most coveted, and properly so, was that given for excel- lence in the study of the science dealing with the realms beyond the sky-Chris- tian Doctrine. It is there that He abides, and Ursuline girls of the last century were shown the way to His Kingdom through this study. This most desired of all merits has come down through the years as a prize to be sought, and today no less than then, we seek it avidly. Quiz Sessions The public examinations were looked forward to with fear and anxiety. The Bishop was present and he could and did ask any question on any subject and call upon any girl to answer it. I'll wager many .1 girl sat waiting for her name to be called so that she might prove herself and her school to the hierarchy. But with such a wide range of subjects from which to choose, any question, even the most facile, would have frozen me to a permanent place in my chair. just as I had prided myself on a perfect understanding of ye old convent school of the late l800's, lo and behold! what do I find! Confusion takes pos- session. Query reigns supreme. There it was: had I been a senior in 1878, everything would have been so simple. With my own eyes I saw it-twelfth graders were learning to count to a thousand and to write Arabic numerals just as far. Words of three letters were to be mastered in spelling by mid-term. On the other hand, first graders were occupied with such brain teasers as mathematics and logic. It just did not make sense. Figure it out I must-and I did. The solution was quite simple- just a wrong way Corrigan method of specifying grade levels: twelfth grade was considered the first and the most importantg therefore first grade, twelfth grade, twelfth grade, first grade. Thinking I had spent enough time in examining these old records, I was hieing myself thither when I discovered that reminiscence still had me in its grasp. I wondered when the Ursulines had transferred from the old convent to the new, and what brought about the existence of this library anyway. Back l went to the bulletin and found my- self lost again in its pages. Migration to Collingwood Realizing that sameness is stagnation and that progress is salvation, as was so appropriately stated in the Golden Jubi- lee souvenir booklet of 1905, the Nuns made plans to branch out. Their ex- pansionist aspirations found fulfillment in the purchase of the property on Col- lingwood Avenue-a glory to modern architecture. The progressive spirit moved rapidly and it was not long be- fore adequate equipment was installed and new educational trends incorpor- ated. The Nuns, ever mindful of the counsels of their foundress, Saint An- gela, marched on with the times, serv- ing humanity in a manner befitting Christian educators. Today, no less than in those early days, each Ursuline graduate owes whatever success she has attained, or will attain, to the ideals ineulcated by those first Ursuline teach- ers-a heritage to be cherished by all who follow after. The clang and clatter ceased. The dust cleared away, revealing only the mounds of bricks where once stately edifices had been. My friend and I turned away, and as our minds were once more occupied with our little worlds, we knew our reverie was over. Only memories remained for those who long ago practiced their vows and watched Christian education mature in the home of their choice-the Cherry Street Convent. 6 THE SCROLL

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