Alvernia High School - Alvernian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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PAGE 116 THE ALVERNIAN Sfanding fleft Io riglzfj -Marguerite Blackburn, Lorraine Buckley. Sealed flrfl fo righlj-,Ioan Kaspari, Marcella Walker, Evelyn Stypcynski, Marie Heagle, Genevieve Healy, Virginia Loos, Eleanor Schaefer, Betty Hanley, Martha Duda, Cecilia Weidinger, Mary Spehn. Braille Club Prvsidvnf .,,....... . .... VIRGINIA Loos Vive Prvsizlvnf . . ...,.., MARY SPEHN Sr'c'rr'lary ....,. ...,... C ECELIA WEIDINGER E WHO are blind often say our greatest handicap is not blindness, but the ignorant attitude of the seeing public toward us. When this attitude is replaced by one of understanding and helpfulness, our difficulties are not insur- mountable. Learning to write Braille is a precious way to brighten dull hours for those who are shut out from the beauty of the world and many activities of normal life. This is an excerpt from a letter sent by Miss Helen Keller, one of America's prominent women, to the Alvernia Braille Unit. Accompanying this letter was a large portrait of herself and her instructor, Anne Sullivan Macy. This commendatory letter, in which Miss Helen Keller referred to Chicago as a sun in the world of darkness, revived the drooping spirits of some of the wielders of the stylus, who politely chided themselves for having neglected to transcribe many pages during the week. Even the most ambitious transcriber must sacrifice a moment of pleasure if she wishes to sandwich a sheet of Braille between her heavy scholastic duties and the already crowded schedule of extracurricular activities. Since its organization in 1930, the Braille Club has completed approximately 32,000 pages of Catholic reading material. Seventy books and pamphlets have been transcribed. LAST CHATVWITH A FAVORITE TEACHER, THEIR LAST VISIT WITH HIM IN THE CHAPEL.

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'rl-nz: ALVERNIAN PAGE ns Sftlfllliflx fluff In riglrfl-Betty Hamerly, Betty Gruber, Mary Kioehge, Minnie Schaefer, Marguerite Bradley, Doris Ruddy, Lillian W'aishwell, Florence Lubash. Swulnl rlrft in rlgbll-lflaine Hinske, Margaret lackner, Grace Wagner, Marguerite Blackburn, Marie Karlheiser. Che 'Booster Club PYl'.Yitll'lIf , DoRo'rHv RleoMoNo Vin' l'ra'xifl1'uf , BIQRNICIQ FISIIIAQR Secretary , , . , , lVlARIli REzANK.x 7lI'l'dSllH'V DOROTHY GROSSMAN HE Booster Club is one of the most active organizations of the school. It is composed of sixteen members, one from each home room in the school. They act as reporters for both of Alvernia's school publications-The Alvernian and The Gleaner. Every member represents the staFf in all booster activities. Under the leadership of Dorothy Redmond, president, the oflicers and members of the club have been true boosters. They have met faithfully every second Wednesdaty at three o'clock to report for their home room and to discuss the business of the publications. It is the duty of the booster to report the business transacted to her class. In this way Alvernia is able to give her Annual and Newspaper that personal touch, so diilicult to maintain in a large school. Special Commendation must be given to the boosters for the splendid and whole- hearted cooperation in the Patron Drive, conducted for The Alvernian. SOCIAL WITH THE JUNIORS, THEIR LAST TEA AS SENIORS WITH THE ALUMNAE, THEIR

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