Alvernia High School - Alvernian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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PAGE THE ALVERNIAN Members attend tenth anniversary reunion. Alvernia Ladies' Pluxiliarg A RETROSPECT CATTERED through all the countries of the land and standing as monuments of intellectual genius and human tenderness are the structures of wood and stone, fashioned by unselfish lives that time marks in bold relief. Viewed even through the shadowy veil of the Past, the deeds of these men inspire generations with admiration, courage, and loyalty. Such are the deeds of the Alvernia Ladies' Auxiliary, these kindly benefactors who returned to Alvernia on October 4 to keep tryst with the ten silver years, glorified by the dull red of toil, sanctified by the crystal whiteness of prayer. A lavender haze of memory tinged with golden glints of glory wisps itself about those years from 1924 to 1935 in the annals of the Alvernia Ladies' Auxiliary. In that first beginning of a Greater Auxiliary, a group of zealous women mutually formed the nucleus of the large organization that, at its zenith, numbered 1,000 members. They pledged themselves to aid the teachers in making Alvernia the best place next to home, where a patriotic heritage, a religious atmosphere, and an incen- tive to continue studies would be tinged with romance-a romance of noble womanhood. Among the major organizations at Alvcrnia none has kept a fairer vision, none presents a surer record of God's blessing than her Auxiliary, which has made such rapid growth in the short space of ten years. THE LONG FILE MOVING SLOWLY DOWN THE AISLE DURING RETREAT, WHEN EACH

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C rx-un ALVER,NIANi Marie Kioebge, Olive Kottkc, and Mary Ann Schorsch examining homes in Pamphville. 'Pamphville MONG the best methods for the defense of Religion there is none more suited to the present age, and none more efficacious than the Press. The Press is the work par excellence. lf there was reason for Pope Leo to advocate the matching of the Catholic press with the secular in his day, when conditions were not half so fatal to faith and morals as in the age in which we now live, what would he declare if he were living? Realizing that Alvernians are living in an age when everybody reads and when editors and authors write what people want to read, the Literature Committee, under the leadership of Mary Berry, encouraged the support of the Catholic Press during February by erecting Pamphville-the villa of pamphlets. Sodality headquarters were magically transformed into a delightful village, with winding roads, devious paths, running brooks, and charming homes akin to some fairy suburb. Each dream house with its occupants represented the home of famous characters from famous pamphlets. To inspire Sodalists and to acquaint them with the true culture and philosophy found in Catholic literature, the Literature Committee also launched the project of a Gallery of Living Catholic Writers. Along the wall in room clippings containing biographical and bibliographical data, letters and photographs, believed that if students' the books on the library 106, the committee posted and original manuscripts and autographs. The committee interest in worth-while books cannot be aroused by seeing shelves and publicized on the bulletin board as good reading, perhaps the personal Contact with the authors might bring about the desired effect. PAGE 'I Ol FORQET 'rl-nw Wnnrr avian THE 'row' IN 'rms swamp niuvr. NEVEQr SENIQRS.g gg 5

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THE ALVERNIAN PAGE 103 Program by Vincent Micari, skilled violinist of the Alvcrnia Conservatory. Alvernia Ladies' Auxiliarti tContinuedJ With its progress must go the name of its noble president, Mrs. Catherine Bastian, the faithful guardian who lit the smouldering ambition of her co-workers and flamed it into action on that calm Wednesday afternoon, September 24, 1924, when, after touring the new building, she expressed to Sister M. Loyola, then principal, her wish of organizing a club that would be a vital thriving force in the activities and general well-being of thc school. In silver-misted words that build future fairy-tale castles, new members read in the minute book, how, during 1924 to 1925, Mrs. Catherine Bastian, Mrs. Rose Lux, Mrs. Elizabeth Geib, and Mrs. Mae Hank solicited members from parishes located within the geographical boundaries served by Alverniag how on Dedication Day, May 3, they were busy about many things g how they sponsored and directed social functions, the receipts of which, today, whisper their tale in the form of furniture or volumes in the library. With her quiet courage and the flawless backing of her band of associates, Mrs. Catherine Bastian indomitably crossed the first milestone and hopefully lcd her cohort into 1925 which loomed significantly, for, during this year, with Sister M. Archangela as adviser, the Auxiliary contrived plans for equipping a valuable and efficient literary laboratory, which, with its complete furnishings and 5,000 volumes, bears silent testimony of the organization and its jewels of sacrifice. OFFERED T0 THE BLESSED MOTHER A SPRAY OF EASTER LILIES OR A YELLOW ROSE