Academy of the Holy Angels - Angelus Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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THU 193?- ANCELUS Fir»t Row Right Evelyn Murdock, Dorothy Helm, Eleanor Kennedy, Annamary Blanchard. Valdex Mulli gan. Julio Pe«er»on. Second Row Right Hetty Kortwenglcr, Ann Louise Reese, Mary Kay Foley, (lettevieve lleinlein, Evelyn Niescn, Rose Carroll, Hcrnice Ellin. Third Row Right—Jusphinc Cassidy. Mary Craig, Betty Roche, Margaret Docrflcr, Jayne Rauen, Marguerite huger. Second Row Left—Anna Marie Cleary, Betty Jacobson, Rhoda (ampin'll, Kathleen Murphy, Barhara McCarthy. First Row Left Imogen? him:, Mary Deft. Betty McMahon, Regina Parent, Marcella Ruff, Mary Storch. Junior English Class HAIL to us. Jolly Juniors! Eutopians. we like to call ourselves. Hail, and Farewell. Our first happy year at our lovely New School is nearing the end. and we are almost seniors. English being the only class in which we all meet, it was here the camera caught us. Our study in English brought us back years agone. to the beginnings of our English literature, and the manifold historical influences that shaped it. Our first specific study was Beowulf, that most ancient and most interesting epic. At first we thought it would be wearisome: but the more we studied it the better we liked it. It gave us a valuable insight into the social, political, and ethical ideals of our Germanic ancestors. It awakened a sympathy for the somber mental cast of the Saxon and the Teuton, fostered by the sterile soil, the dreary climate, and the short, bleak winter day. whose twilight fell at mid-afternoon, and cast its shadow on the morrow. The Teuton's love of home and kindred, and especially his respect and loyalty to woman, won our admiration. But we were glad to pass from this tragic epic to the sweet, beautiful allegory of The Pearl. We then went with Chaucer to the Tabard Inn. and enjoyed the wit and humor and sarcasm of his Canterbury Tales. On. on we sped over fields of literature, through the Renaissance, the Age of Shakespeare, the Age of Milton, and the Classicists. Here we changed our course, and having made a careful study of Shakespeare, his life, his London. f 28 ]

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THE 1932 ANCELUS SENIOR DERATE Lrfl to Right—Gale Reynold , Ro c Marie Caron. Mary jcuen, Mary McCarthy, Arline Miller, Nancy Stafford Grace Crawford, Jeanne McCaffrey, Mary I'rndcrgaM, Rosemary Purinton. In Keats we found a tropical garden of poetic flowers, laden with rich perfume. But we turned from them all to listen to his Nightingale. In Scott we looked back across the centuries to the farewell salute of the Castle cannon, when James rode cheerfully forth to his death on Hodden Field. In Tennyson, we saw The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks. We wept with him for Hallam when God's finger touched him. and he slept. and we heard the Moaning at the bar. when we put out to sea. After enjoying the romantic fields and lakes and glens and the songs of larks and nightingales, we came to the borderland of the Victorians. Then to the present day, through Current Literature. the Scholastic and late anthologies, we heard singing souls vibrating to myriad delicate harmonies, which soothe and satisfy our every mood. In this wonderful literary legacy we shall find a balm in illness, a comfort in sorrow, soothing voices in loneliness. We closed our Senior English year with a four weeks course in Journalism, which seemed like leaving the gardened landscapes, for the hum of the busy thoroughfare. —Grach Crawford, 32. —Jfannf. McCaffrey. '32. [27 3

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Tin 1932 AN CELL'S JUNIOR DEBATE Standing—Rhod.i Campbell. Ann Maria Cleary, Barbara McCarthy, Mary Kay Folcv. Sitting—Betty Jacobson, Regina Parent. Betty McMahon. Mary Craig. Evelyn Murdock. Louise Rce c. Betty Fortwenglcr, and Betty Roche. his theatre, his plays, we gave three weeks to an intensive study of Macbeth. We first read it rapidly for the story, then acted the parts in class, and learned many familiar passages. Then half of the class went into research among the students and critics of Shakespeare, to prove that Lady Macbeth was the more guilty, while the other half researched to prove that Macbeth was the more guilty. The five on each side who had the best material debated the question. Resolved: That Lady Macbeth Was the More Guilty. Mother Eugenia. Sister Leo and Sister Annunciata acted as judges, and pronounced a draw. Mother Eugenia, our Principal, was so pleased with the debate that she wanted us to give it again in the Auditorium, and invite our parents and friends. But we were so busy with our “Angelus that we could not find time. On the Affirmative Team were Marguerite Luger. Betty Jacobson. Regina Parent. Rhoda Campbell and Betty McMahon. On the Negative. Mary Craig. Louise Reese. Betty Roche. Betty Fortwenglcr and Mary Kay Foley. Barbara McCarthy acted as Chairman. When both sides had given their testimony. Ann Marie Clarey gave the “Sleep Walking Scene to strengthen her side, and Evelyn Murdock gave Macbeth's Confession of Guilt in Act Two. Scene Two. to help her colleagues. Many, many other things we did in English, but we cannot tell you now. —Marcella Ruff. —Evelyn Murdock, '33. [29]