West Philadelphia Catholic Girls High School - Gleam Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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-r-4-1-E 61.6-carn IQS5 NDER the supervision of the Sisters of St. joseph come many and varied student activities extending from Freshman Day to Graduation. Among the most important of these are the four annual retreats, -rrf -two days spent in prayer, recollection, and conferences supervised by carefullyfchosen retreat masters. Again the Sisters see to it that the day-afterfday monotf ony of the school year is broken here and there by lectures on subjects entertaining and cultural. The Nlollipopfdelightsu of Freshman Day and the excitement of junior Week come in for their share of attention. The Christmas Play, the Senior Play, and the junior Play are all the results of their capable organization. In November comes the Annual Card Party and Promenade, involving many details. Class Day, with its cherished favors, and the Senior trip are memorable occasions because of their thoughtful planning. Graduation exercises in Convention Hall, the culminating point of the year, are, in themselves, an undertaking requiring long weeks of unremitting preparation and administrative skill. JANE CARR, '35, A BIXY EDWOMAL STAFF ACTIVITIES NVE DRAMATUU ENHLY Posr Seven

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'F-I-I-E C5L.-Ef-JZFYW IQ-D3 r wr ' 5 5 Sisiiia M. Rlll-X Gi-iumxsi Siwisii M. l:RANlTI'I.INI, Sisiiiz M. ST. l:l.UliI xv: Slsrriz Lf iiiix M.-nam SINII R Sisiiiz Slsil R SIQIIR M.-mn Rnsi M. Rus: IMMAr7l'i.A'i'l-. M. Ri-MNA Miiutrin-s M. DIVINI' Siiivvririui E N G L I S H DEPARTMENT Gnd uwwc il n-:lv nf lni'clincs.s. Of clniatis ami sims und lumix, But nnlclc not iinyllznig iit ull bu Ll'U71AlC7'fllltlS ivnrilx. Axxii HIMVSlI:XIv Iiizxxvii, rl' IS thc Sistcrs ul' St. .lwscph nik ffhustinii Hill in flnrgi- nf the English Dclmirtincnt who hring in XX'vsl fhiilinlif stutlcnts this wonder of wnrtls. Un thc prxlcticgil sith' thssu Sistcrs givc trziining in spnlxcn .intl writtcn umnwsiiinn. which tends tu dcvclup in the stutlunt this pmwi' in usu tht- lnothci' tunguc clearly :intl t'ni'ccflllly in thnsc cvvry day contacts xvhcn sh: is cnntinuailly hcing nitlgutl hy th: English sho spcziks nr writcs. But thc English Dcpzii'tincnt h.is Qmntlici' cqually iinpni' taint function to 1lCxlL1JlllII the studcnt with thc glnry ntl thnsc pcrfcct cninhinzitinns of words which wc trrin litcrf ziturc. Tho: fnilrfyuiir cnursc unrnlls thc scrnll frnin Chau- ccr tn Mzlschcld giving tn thc students m.igic uiscnwiits npcning widc to fairy lands fnrlnrnf' Thus NVcst Catholic studcnts are trziincd nut only fur cflicicnt work hut illfll for joyous lcisurc, MARY Lnx'ii'r'r, A33 Six r 5 AM

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-r-4-ie eeenm 1Q35 K L..L !f' Sisri-R SlS'I'liR M, fXfLNliS IsAHifL Sisripa Sisri-R Mliu,-ni Fiuxxcti-.s M. iAxl.UYSll'S CoNZAr:,-x M. CvIiRTRl'l1I-' Lr'.oNoRi1 Sisii-.a Miuuix Ciiiusii Sisriza M. Loi'is .ALMA Sisriaa M. josivii Bi4RN.uuuSisTiiR M. Rim TVTAl7l'Ll,INli PUBLICATIONS U twentiethfcentury high school is eomplete without essays into the puhlishing field and these endeavors fall quite naturally under the direction of the English Def partment. West Catholic sponsors the Reaper and the GLFXM. The former, a newspaper, is a monthly puhlication through which a student staff of editors, trained in the newsfwriting classes, keeps West Catholics little world apace with the events of the hour. ln this field a student may develop her talents as an editorial writer, a chatty columnist, a stat' reporter, or a cartoonist. The GLEAM, a literary magazine, is puhlished semi' annually. The midfyear numher, consisting of stories, essays, poems, and feature articles, is an incentive to the latent literary ahility of the student hotly. The graduation edition, with its pictures of students and numerous activities, is a memory hook for future years. Ever alive to new currents of thought, while holding fast the hest of the past, the Sisters of St. joseph chart the course of our puhlications. C.ixTHiiRiNri Ulla.-xiw, '35 Ezglit