Saint Ursula Academy - Scroll Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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fdifo rials --- Au'Revoi1' But ot Goodbye HE Class of 1946-bidding farewell-cannot st1'ike a tragic or saddening note. The happiness of the four years spent in St. lfrsula's halls far outweighs the minor tragedies experienced, Regret at leaving is more than tempered by the knowledge that we are not severing all connections with our school. Nlany will go on to hlary Klanse, and the great majority-wherever their future studies call them-will return to Toledo to live. So-a formal farewell can be for us no Gothic tale. VVC are sorry-true-that the four years are overg but the class of 1946 has a treasury its members can draw on-the richness of old memories. Klay these sus- tain us in close association with St. Ursula's Alumnae. And to the world. we say Lok l,'f'hVl '19-16 ' h' ' h ' 0 out. , 01 t L c ass of is coming to elp out in t e reconstruction to make ours a better, more peaceful world. -PATRICIA RICCARTHY '46 si g .-.. Toledo 's Cultural Advance ANY Toledoans are so busy looking to New York, Boston, and other metro- politan cities. that they fail to realize the many cultural advantages of their own city. To1edo's Nluseum of Art erected in 1901 is world famous for its collections of paintings, sculptures, glass, workbooks, and manuscripts. It engages the country's finest symphony orchestras, and on Sunday afternoons there are free concerts which are presented by different choral societies within the city. Art classes for children are conducted on Saturdays. Our beautiful Queen of the Holy Rosary Cathedral is the only Cathedral in the world whose architecture is plateresque, .a development of sixteenth century Spain. The Rose VVindow is twenty-eight feet in diameter--a huge but dainty rose. Above this beautiful window is a vast mural frescoe, depicting the Creation of the VVorld. The seating capacity of the Cathedral is twelve hundred. ln 1940 the building which houses the present Toledo Public Library was con' structed and is acknowledged one of the most complete and modern of its type. Accession lists show that there are 415,033 volumes in the Library at the time of this writing. - The Town Hall Theater, the newest addition to Toledo's cultural advances. is the only theater of its kind in Toledo and is devoted exclusively to traveling road attractions. The zoo, erected in 1875, with its thirty-three acres and eleven buildings. is internationally known as one of the largest in the world. Despite the fact that we are not the largest city in the United States, we have many cultural advantages to which we can point with pride. -IXIARILYN ROHEN 146 Page Twenty-lou:

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She knew she was going to break the date with Chris, and the sooner, the better. She caught him Thursday on his way to the art room. He was quite good in arty he had even sold some of his works. 'iChris, hey, Chris, wait a minute! I want to talk to you about something importantf' Hello, Suelll He turned and waited for her. Come into the art room with me. I want to get the key to the supply room before Sister leaves. Sue had to move quickly to keep up with the tall boy. HGoodness, Chris, what I have to say won't take long-, but somehow she couldnlt be curt with him. I know, but I've been wanting to talk with youd' She tried to break in but he went right on talking. I think it would be nice if we could get acquainted better before we go out Saturday. I wanted to take you for a soda and to meet my parents. but some- how I never could find you. You bet he never had a chance to nnd me, she said to herself. And what was this funny thing Hmeet my parentsn? VVell, she didnlt want to meet his parents and sheld tell him so right now. But would she? He was odd all right--if a nice odd. Sue fol- lowed him into the art room. Chris, I want to tell you about Sat- urday night. Golly, this was going to be hard. He held his brush in mid-air and was looking at her intently. He was odd, not at all like other boys. Older. somehow, Sue realized she wasn't talking-just st-aring. Chris broke the awkward pause. And I want to tell you about Satur- day. I'm glad I'm going with you. Sue. I had a hard time trying to bring myself to ask youf' He reddened a little. The boys she knew never would have talked like that. But none of the boys she knew had been born in a for- eign country -and had gone to school in :mother country or could paint or work or were quite like Chris. 'iThere's one thing, though, Sue. Riost of the boys are wearing tuxedos. I haven't any. But my father is happy to let me wear his good blue suit. Do you mind if itls a blue suit of my fa- ther's ? Of course, I don't mind. I donlt mind a bit. She knew what she'd done and couldn't help,it. 'lI'm glad. And another thing. You must tell me what kind of flowers to send you. In my father's country, a young man always sent Howers to the girl he was taking to a dance. Nly' father told me about the flowers-to send them, I meanfl Sue was silent for a minute. Nobody sends flowers to girls for this kind of dance, but she didn't tell him that. His father might be hurt if he didn't take his advice. and Sue knew how it was to hurt a parent. Besides, Chris was terribly proud. No, it wouldnlt do to tell him. It was so unimportant some- how. Sue slid from the stool, moved closer to watch him work. She touched his arm timidly a11d started for the door. Quickly, she turned back to the boy who was watching her, We'll have a lot of fun Saturday, Chris. And about that suit thing- you know most of the boys borrow tuxes from their fathers or older broth- ers. lXIy dress is sort of borrowed too!-it belonged to my cousin back East. Nobody thinks about things like that anymore. And as she waved good-bye, Sue suddenly knew it was true. Ki if ,ly fi I ,ig rmx ., g il s,:ff. is -1 ,, fill Q W 'ex af- ers, vff4,am2f' , 1 , 'f -12.343 +212 1 , ff- ,fa -ff I Q 6 Q L Q. . E if -. fs ik: i :rg - - iff,--v'g11'3',

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The Hope of the World O RESTORE as far as possible the honor of the woman's and the mother's place in the home: that is the wiatchword one hears now from many quarters like a cry of alarm, as if the world were awakening, terrified by the fruits of material and scientific progress of which before it was so proudf' Such was the keynote of the speech given by Pope Pius XII, in a recent address to the Christian women of the world. It is intended to impress upon the young woman of today the important role which she has to play in the coming years. It would seem that his message is most fitting for us, as most of us will some day have the responsibility of raising a family. VVorld XVIII' II has been the source of many social evils. Its aftermath has been to turn ours into a mechanistic existence, taking mothers from their homes to work in factories, leaving the children to be on their own. VVhat kind of a society is their generation going to develop? There must be something we can do to prevent this. First of all, it will be our concern to endeavor to restore the sanctity of the family circle, to make everyone realize that God is the most important factor in keeping this so greatly desired unity. In recent years it has become very evident that home life has been almost discontinued. Klost amusemeuts tend to lure the family from the home. The importance of this phase of Catholic Action is self-evident. If we sincerely desire to help straighten the web in which the human family is entangled, we must start with the home. Pope Pius XII has placed a challenge before the women of the world. VVhether it will be accepted or rejected depends in great part on the good will of the hundreds and thousands of fine young Christian high school graduates-the fixture mothers of America. -BETTY CTERKEN '46 Clmff and Wheat HE secular press, in its own way, claims to give its readers the whole, unpre- judiced truthg yet many of us are forced to read between the lines. Are you, the Catholic laity, able to detect the falsities in every instance? Can you expect to find the truth in these Communistic and Free-Nlasonary controlled and edited papers and magazines, which strive to attack the Church either directly or indirectly? For example, when the Red paper in hloscow accused the Church in her designation of Cardinals, of a sort of political policy, she made the front page. However, in a dispatch from the Vatican defending this accusation, the article was quite minute and found in a most obscure corner of the same paper. You ask what can be done? VVell, read your Catholic literatureg discuss current topics with the Catholic view. Express your opinions to the editor. Surely, if the editors of our secular press were confronted with letters from our Catholic laity they could not ignore them entirely. The Legion of Decency, which was organized to curb the production of indecent movies, has been very successful. This is just one example of what can be done. VVe have Christ's own words for it that He is the Way, the Truth, and the l,ight, Yes, Christ is the Truth. He founded His Church on this Truth. Where could we find a better source for truth than this Church founded on Truth itself? The secular press molds the minds of easily influenced persons, who read nothing else and thus form their opinion along with those who are ignorant of the truth, or choose to believe what they wish. The Catholic press does give you the truth as it is and does not leave you in doubt. Page Twenty-live