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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PAGE 118 THE ALVERNIAN Top mu' flvfl I0 Viglrll-Violet Schutt, Mary Schowalter, Lucille Grothus, Lucille Preucel, Mary McGonegle, Rita Brach, Bernice liisher, Jeanne LcFebvre, Rosemarie Tomasik, Regina Kielizynski. S1't'0llil mu' Neff In rigl1HfArletta Noll, Grace Thesen, Lorraine Cavanaugh, Marie Pechousek, Mariorie Kouch, Madalin W'ex, Marion Duhnsen, Margaret Hahn, Eleanor Schaefer. Tliiril mu' Ilrfl in rigbljfhlary Spehn, Genevieve Healy, Mary W'right, Genevieve Spehn, Lucille Bolens, Ilvelyn W'alinski, Gertrude lwick, Rita Kloss. Fruzrlli ram' Klffl fn riglilj vhloan Kaspari, Rita Kucharski, joan Glenicki, Dorothy Grossmann, Elaine Hinslte, Kathleen Cummings, Viola Schuh, Marguerite lflting. Athletic Association HE Alvcrnia Athletic Association ended its ninth year of activities with an active membership of seventy-five girls. The association is the established athletic society at Alvernia. It is an organization which promotes all sports in the school. Its purpose is to foster interest in athletics and to present to the students these activities in the light of their highest ideals. Membership is open to all students but active membership is granted to those who earn points by participating in the major sports of the school. The major sport group includes basketball, baseball, volley ball, and traclag and the minors are swimming, goliing, and tennis. The othcial association honor for 1000 points is a blue and gold chenille letter Af, The Athletic Association is governed by an executive board headed this year by Geraldine Mangan, presidentg Gertrude lwick, vice-presidentg Mary Spehn, secretaryg Viola Schuh, treasurerg Evelyn Wiilinski, business managerg and Sister M. Clemens, moderator. Miss Agatha Rausa, an Alvernia alumna and a charter member of the A Club, has been at the helm for the fourth year as director of physical education, and guided the student managers in arranging the year's program of athletic competition for all the classes. THE CLIMAX! A LONG STREAMING LINE OF THE '35 GRADUATES, ROBED IN WHITE,