Benedictine Academy - Benedictine Yearbook (Elizabeth, NJ)

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Prologue he BCllCdlLfll1L bplfll 15 mamfested here .1 Benecl1et1ne Aeademy 1s not .1 state but rather IH 1tt1tucle It lb a Chr1st11n 1tt1tude filled w1th 1deals These lcleals are a means of perteetlon lf lb tow ard th1s goal of pertect1on thu the sp1r1td1reets us The LL1lIDlI111llOIl ot the Benedretme sp1r1t eo'nes to us by means of tr.1d1t1on the trad1t1on of many Bencdletme g1rls who l1lte ourselxes hue walked these fam1l1ar halls 1nd are to walk them Ill the future lt 1s further brought out by the scores of ded1eated women who haye gu1ded us tow 1rd the re1l1zat1on of th1s sp1r1t These 1deals are 1 means of perfeet1on 1t lb tow 1rd th1s goal of rerfectlon that the Splflf d1rects us Perhaps our flrst real assoe1at1ons of 1t e HUC wlth our welcome by the underclassmen They mstrueted us IH the ways ot the sp1r1t by the1r example on buses the1r enthus1ast1c fr1endl1ness 1nd the1r eord1al gen1al1ty Now lf IS we the QCDIOIS who promulgate thlS sp1r1t but ll ls 11ot we 1lone who possess 1t We pass 1t on to the underelassmen who and 1lthough we may ney er meet w1ll be affected by the manner 1n Wl1lCl'l we uphold th1s Bened1et1ne sp1r1t The Splflf 1n1y be heard ID the volces of the g1rls at prayer 1n the 1l1ssrooms If b1sltetball games and by the1r conduct at soc1al affa1rs You can hear 1t as the freshmen deehnes her Lat1n nouns as the sophomores rehearse for the glee club concert ID the squeals of dehght as the 1un1ors recene the1r class rrngs and last of all reHeeted 1n the eyes of the SCHIOF as she dons her graduat1on gown The sp1r1t IS a mystrfymg thmg We haye sard that 1t can be seen and heard yet 1t IS ne1ther Nl5lblC nor aud1ble It lb someth1ng wh1ch cannot be dehned 1n an CXPllClt statement but 1s redolent at the Academy It contams 1tself rn l1ttle th1ngs l1ke a fr1endly greetmg and 1n the larger m1n1festat1ons of fr1endsh1ps 1n the greatest realm of thought l-.nowledge and loye It ls d1lhcult for us who haye been so elose to th1s att1tude to llllilglfle eyer be1ng w1thout 1t tor 1t has become a part of our yery ex1stence The g1rls of Benedxctlne mrght express the Splflt as fa1th loyal1ty obed1enee and char1ty but 1n a greater measure they are just a few of the many urtues that eombme to produce the true Splflt After be1ng so close to th1s sp1r1t for four years and lnrng by If day by day If has become a part of us we are Bened1et1ne 1n mmd and IH sp1r1t What IS a part of us now w1ll eontmue to stay w1th us all our lnes 1nsp1r1ng us to assume the Chnstran att1tude 1n ey ery mstance of our l1y es 1n the future We haxe been enr1checl by the Splflf of our school and we bestow on the under classmen the oblrgatron of eontrnumg rt so that the future classes of Benedrctme Academy w1ll be fortunate also 1n haung the1r h1gh school years and those that follow enriched and mfluenced by the sp1r1t of Bened1ct1ne , S L , A n - h L K 7 l ' . T ' T I I 1 ' 1 . A ' ,S V I 4' ' Y 1 ' 1 I4 , . k - . - '- . 1 1 1 f f y' A K' 'K . .S '.' ' ' 'V ' - A ' - A ' 7' A ' ' l v .A 1 A 1 ' a D . A A xsvq 5 . 1 .V H Y. . 'A K . , . 1 , f e A l ' 'ff . ' A contmue to make 1t L1 permanent trad1t1on by passmg 1t on to those who w1ll come after us, ', 1 4 f ' ' . A I I 1 T 3 Y , . , . h ,. 7 . , 7 1 , , T 1 . . o , y V ,

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your flrlffmmf of jf. .Simi 'MJ Pdf? eiD86LC6l,fQ 0 l'600L fo 3' SISTER MARTHA MARIA U S R For thxrty years you haxe taught counseled drreeted and ID general helped mold eaeh class lnto 1 form a form drfferent rn rts aspects but the srme rn lts out come the Benedrctme sprrut In former years you hue tlught hrstory and Englxsh to classes whneh are now the Alumnae You nre able to rnelude m your bro raphy eprsodes rs senlor class moderator yearbools moderator and leader rn other actnrtres Your closeness to the gurls w rs eyrdent rn therr hlgh respect for your rderls When you assumed the posrtron as prmerpal of the Academy you con tmued to mamtam thrs relatronshrp and mxnaged by your assoclatlons to unclerlme the last three letters of your trtle pal There are many ways IH whreh you dld thrs Srster and we would neyer be able to enumerate all of them Though at tlmes our ap precratxon has not been eudent rt rs only because we begm to talse your quahtres for granted But we remember them agam each trme we put on our unrform W'e are proud to represent Benedxctme rn thrs uniform When you pncleeel our uniform you kept tn mrnd the wrshes of the glrls You ehose one whreh pleased the grrls and was typreal of Benedrctrne At one trme there exrsted at 840 North Broad Street the Mrddle House Today rn xts place stands a moclernly desrgned and equrpped burldrng Thrs you dxd for us You put up wrth the drlhcultres of elasses rn Saint oseph s and half sessrons to enable us to haye all the facrlltres possrble for our mental growth As the 5126 of each class has rncreased you depmed no one of the adyantages of a Benedrctme educanon by haymg Nfarran Hall renoyated We the class of 58 are the first ones to haye enyoyed for the full four years the benents of the new burldmg These tew examples express your wrllmgness to sacrifice for us Others, sueh as the lrbertres allowed us rn Washmgton, D C show your trust rn us These are the thmgs for whrch we want to thank you We hope that our retrons hue generally shown th1s ap preelatron nn the past But we feel perhaps the best ewpressron ot th1s gratrtude lb to dedrcate thrs book to you Srster tor the yearbook represents the work of the semors We offer all the trme and labor we have put mto rt to you rn the hope that rt wrll please you We hue taken the theme from your loye of eyery thmg Benedretme As you lools through the book you wrll see many Instruments whlch serye as monuments to you The most outstanding of these are the grrls because you made them so We wrll try to remam hung monuments to you always and brmg w1th us the sy rrrt of Benedletrne which you haye rnstrlled rn Sure: ze mt: If wake az I1Il0IUlt6N16I1I 011 Ibe 111161 Lflll ze bzle Mary ll nd Ilffdlj ordazz and Mary Hamlnh uattb mlb nzleverl I I I Q f . Ygii. liixtz Af . I L . .'ae3LTYm?es . - e 7 0 0 a gg25vy,g,,5a r DY' Q'-Vid' -. ' ffftliffigfffyi' r-, ' Y V - , , . , y - -A . ' - . , ' , ' V. , A . - - L Z , 4 . . L , , , . , , . y . t , ' . , ' - , ' . ' f V A ' ' A f x f A f I , , - Y , , , . , A L , A 6 , , , , , ,- y - - , s - , y S 12 - . Y ' A A - ' A. x Y . I . - v A f - .u v V 1' V' - . v Q - I Y V , ' ' . .Q , 4 V ' V L f A v S - f 1 1 I rl V Y 1 . . . A A 1 U A Q Y A K 7 L vp V . V. , , ' ' us, Y ' - . . . . . ' ff ' , f 41 .1 ' '- . 1 , . ' ' A, , . X I - h 7 . Y. . . H , 7 . -' - - ' v , , A , . y , A. . . 4 . , T . V' ' , A . .