Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School - Mitre Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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V XXII N 6 BISHOP McDONNELL MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN I' 1' f-vxq JUNE I948 Om Z, mane Lnhes whtspered lx xxe solenmlx pledged three dixs ot our enlor term to trod lt xx 1x Holx ll eek our l tsl retreat Ill B1 hop Rkillllll' tht helped to make II ill the more successful lhrtt daxx seem so sm tll tom pared to three hundred and xlxtx slx xet those daxx were o lull t tt thex xxlll nexer be lost ln obltxlon Our tlme was fflxen to sxxer to 1 r o s f tttm' to knoxx Hlm better lle felt a blt prlxtleffed because our last retrett had a marked dtlference Chrlst came to Nlemortal lrue He has been exer present ln our hearts but thls tlme He xxax there reallx and trulx under the presence ol the Holx Puchtrl t We tould xlslt Hlm 4 rch dax 'Xexer before was there sueh 1 deslre to go to the llltll torlum lhe assemblx hall suddenlx ehanved lt became the lbmde of the Porvlxer and the penttentx Our retreat masters Father ll arren Barrx and l ather I lmbert we will nexer forget The conferences the hetrt to he trt ttlk n d the chiractertxtlt chuckle are ours to be remenxbe d mostlx betiuse thex xxere shared x th Hlm lo knoxx Hmm to love Hlm more tht dld we promise thrlst ls we renewed our Btptlsmrl xows Orchnds breathed ln expectatlon lfxerx where the xolces ot Semors xxere heard lhe lil' nexxx hid ju t been announced 'lhe Promenade would be held une elexenth it the Root harden ot the Hotel lennsxl x init mustc bx oe Q arroll Simple xxords xet thex were the kex thit opened the door to tantasx to tht tlghth termers ll'Ill1l6'fllil6lW thelr exes llght up their xmlle broldtnx and their thou hts transplant themselxes lhls IN ll Our mxltatlons haxe been sent out and accepted Our formals haxe been donned and admlred hxerxthmg 15 ours lor thus one ntffht 'Ihe x irled colored dresses form a tlttmg raln bow is thex ire set aswxrl XIUSIL expresses what xxords cannot lt crettes 1 feelmg of exhilarating jox as couples form the pattern for the hlghll ht of the exenmg the Grand Nlarch The Senlor Llass of june 1948 lb lromenadmg The all lmport mt group plcturex are taken and before xxe know ll we re fldIlLlI1U to the somber stramx ot the last waltz It IN ox er Our dance has ended but our memories llnger on lt seemed that june eleventh would never come The questlons preparatlons md even the praxers were 1 prelude to an exemng that lax ln the fir futurc -XII too qllltlxlx the future llllW Nexer to lost the splrlt of our retrett tht xv rs our ferxent prix er ts xxe pliced the lllx m the mtdst of the bouquzl Gardemas beckoned txerx eve to come xlexx the HEIIIOTN on thelr tlrx The buds m bxllertnl sklrts hid blos xomed mto sophlstlcated prmts -XII dressed up exterlorlx all exerted lnterlorlx BlSl'l0lJ s x took Se lla ln t E - each helped to tmt the orthld a spftlal shade pf aff- ' v Fx' K i o i 4 eb yuh became todax md toclax xesterdav The ex cttement the laughter and just bemg together Forget me nots sighed could thls posstbly be L lass Dix ' The dtx s0 long anticipated bx parents frxends and facultx marked by the return ol our esteemed prlnclpal Nlonswnor ohn I' Ross and MII Ill xtrnde tlasses xxent on as usual until earlx lfter noon xx hen the ladlex ot the dax were serxtd an appetmnv luncheon bx the captble exenth term olflcerx hood old faxhloned trlend lmexs was the kexnote of the xxhole itlalr later when the Senlors retired to NlC'lll0I'ldl s Starlight Roof the ffxm fun md troltc began anew as our Sxxlnff Band supplied the dance tunes Remember the wax -Xntta Cunningham joan Henn Ruth Xlaxer and Nlarllxn Nlciombe sang thelr xpectrltles the beat of the pltno as jeanne X tnxo sped across the kexs the rhxthm ot dana lI1!,l0dI1 Dunleaxx and Nlarjorle Sweetman' Thex xxere all xxon derful just as thex haxe been for the past tour xears I'here IS alwaxs an endmg though Ihlx one came too soon We wanted more time to sport our new look more tlme to spend wtth the gxrlx But the sun xxouldn t co operate and the gardenlas were LJCLLOIIIIIH agam Thex xvanted to know lt thex cleserxed a plate IH Ihr bouqml XX hat xxould xou sax benlorg lllessetl xxlth the oratortc il ind musical xelec LIONS of the HCDIOYS' Rh IL must be I xtvns of bod x jLllJll6I1C6 are ex erx where to be found Xle the prlxlleved ones haxe so manx daxs to remember hoxxex er Llass Dax deserxes a place ln the upper four bracket ll ho xxere responsible for thls happiness to whotn should xxe direct our pralses' To our tacultx and sexenth termers-our smcere thanks xxe sax xt slmplx we mean It whole heartedlx Io our own eighth termers blorla xIcD0nnell Ann Ifltzpatrlck Irene Sokol Georgette Xlcljonald and -Xlma Lagberg xxe sigh ln appreuatlon tor helpmg Us rextew the past vlew the present and prevtexx the future Jeanne Xanvos recital ot Rhapsodx ln Blue dtd not xurprlse Us xxe prlde ourselves ID haxmg been xxell aware of our llttle lturbl lor quite some tlme now Thmkmg ll ox er we have been aware ot manx thmgs but now that all IS realltx we reallze that tomorroxx xx1ll belong to the past and the forget me not wrll haxe become an mdlspensable part of the bouquet PAGE I I' If fill V . . - 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