Alvernia High School - Alvernian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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PAGE xo4 THE ALVERNIAN Mrs. Bastian and her co-workers in the cafeteria. Alveruia Ladies, Auxiliarg fContinucdJ Precious among the golden events from 1925 to 1935 are the first and second Annual Mothers' Retreat, by the Reverend Leander Conley, O.F.M., when a large number of the members accepted the invitation to come apart and rest a littlen and knelt in prayerful intercourse before their Divine Friend in the Tabernacle. In- numerable rosaries must have slipped through their fingers for the success of their undertakings, for their homes, for the Alvernia faculty, and for the students - present, past, and future-who will while away many pleasant hours exchanging sweet con- fidences with authors in that priceless literary monument--the library, Linked closely with the social activities- the monthly card parties and luncheons where the ladies sipped their tea or coffee, interchanging comments on the happenings of yesterday or the plans for the morrow-are the educational programs, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Helen Redmond. Features which cooperated generously to further auxiliary interests are a concert by the Philip Neri Choir, Conquered and In the Service of the Queen by the Joyce Kilmer Playersg Sun-Upn by the Loyola Community Theatre Players, Happy Landingsn by the Holy Name Dramatic Club of Our Lady of Victory, and Jeanne d,Arc by Charlotte Crocker. Miss Paulsen, a reputed interpreter of Child Psychology, thoughtfully and pointedly discussed the Growing Child and Its Problemsvg the Reverend Leander Conley, celebrated Francis- can, The Relationship Between Mother and Daughter. CROWDS SWARMED TO THE AUDITORIUM ON APRIL 30 AND MAY 1 T0 WITNESS QUALITY

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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

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q--.s,,.-- FE!-i 11'i7.7Ei.iiii5iziii1Ii ff ' A glimpse of the gymnasium during a card party. Alvcrnia Ladies' Auxiliarg 1ConcludedJ To commemorate the seventh centenary of St. Francis of Assisi in 1926, the Auxiliary engaged Edith Marie Zahringer, an interpreter of Modern Literature, who told in musical verse the thrilling story of that beloved Troubadour of God. As the members turn back the leaves of memory, they find recorded in quaint design the beauties of St. joseph Convent, Milwaukee, where they were guests of Mother M. Stanislausg the pageantry of the dedication ceremonies St. joseph Convent, Campbellsport, Wisconsin, where the organization is commemorated by a stained-glass windowg the massive Chapel and Mission House at Technyg the simply yet impressive Chapel of Perpetual Adoraton at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein. In fancy the Auxiliary pictured, on October 4, 1934, the celebration of the tenth anniversary of its organization, former members looking down from the fretted win- dows of their heavenly castle, gazing at the busy cohort of workers, thinking of the tcn progressive years, and sending grace-winged prayers to the Master's throne for their associates on earth. And in two score years when the greater Auxiliary of Tomorrow returns to Alvcrnia for a real homecoming of fifty golden years, Mrs. Catherine Bastian will be for them an etching in silver memories, the present Auxiliary, a miniature in the ivory of sacrifice. ,,,a ,,,, , , ., . ,i e . . ,.,,,, ,,.. it Q R 8'DRll1'. v as New susfacr anew, 'ro sa-nz 'rx-ua: 1-mamsl on 'rslisltwg A -1 --A t -L A t .,t- M mt-sftfsezee-etwlr