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

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as au' P5 Inv my C5 1 FVIQ VO XXII No 6 BISHOP McDONNELL MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN N Y JUNE l948 Um 3 af 77Zemafzoe4. Lilies whispered 1 we solemnlx jDl6Clf'CfCl three daxs of our senior term to C1od l xx is Holv XX eek our last retreat ID Bishop s Realmnv this helped to make ll ill the morc successful Three daxs seem so small com that thex will never be lost in oblixion Our time was given to Ciorl XX ho in return ixe to some peice of mind to others thc sxxcr to 1 er and to sm f th o cttmc to knoxx Him better XX e felt a bit prixilef ed because our last retreat had a marked difference Christ came to Xlemorial True He has been ever present IH our h arts but this time He was there reallx and trulx under the presence of the Holy Eucharist XXe could visit Him each dax Nev er before was there such a desire to go to the audi torium The assemblx hall suddenlx changed lt became the ibode of the I'org1xer and the DCDIICHIN Our retreat masters Father XX arren Barrx and I ather Lambert vxe will nex er forvet The conferences the heart to heart tilks and the characteristic chuckle are ours to be remembe cd mostlx b cause thex were shired with Him lo know Him to love Him more this did we promise Christ as we renewed our Baptlsmal xows Orchids breathed in expectation Fxerxwhere the voice ol Seniors were heird 'Ihe bw nexxs had just been announced The lromenade would be held june eleventh at the Roof Cxarden of the Hotel lennsx th it opened thc door to fantasv Strange hoxx some xxords effect some people Xlentlon lrom to the cighth termers lmmedlatelx their cves light up their Slllllt lmroidens and their thoughts transplant themselves Ihis is it Our invitations have been sent out and accepted Our formals have been donned and admired l'xerx thlnv is ours for this one night The Xafled colored dresses form a ntting ram bow as thev are set aswirl Xluslc expresses what words cannot lt creates a feeling of exhilarating jov as couples form the pattern for the hivhllght of the evening the Grand Xlarch The Senior Class of june 1948 15 Iromenadlng The all important Group pictures are taken and before we know it we re danclnv to th somber strains of the last waltz lt is ox er Our dance has ended but our memories linger on lt seemed that june eleventh would never come The questions piepiritions and even the pravers were a prelude to in evening th it liv S Xexer to lose the spirit of our retreat this xxas our fervent prix er as we placed the lilx in the midst of the bouqurt in the far future -Xll too quicklv the future became todav and todax vesterdax The ev citement the laughter and just being together l 4 Q each helped to tmt the orchid a special shade Gardenlas beckoned exerx exe to come view the Semors on their dax The buds in ballerina skirts had blos somed into sophisticated prmts -Xll dressed up exteriorlv all excited mteriorlx Bishops s f the tow took SQUID Dax in t ff f' -ff ,yrwkv-. 3 2 ' ' MR 'fly Forget me nots sighed could this possibly be Class Day The dtx so long antlclpated bv parents friends and facultx marked bx the return of our esteemed principal Xlonslgnor john I' Ross ind Wllflllllh strife Classes went on as usual until eirlx ifter noon xx hen the ladies of the d ix xx ere serx ed an appetmng luncheon lax the capable seventh term otncers Csood old fashioned friend lmess was the kevnote of the whole affair Later when thc Seniors retired to Xlemorial s Starlight Roof the Qc m fun ,md frolic began anew as our Swing Band supplied the dance tunes Remember the wax -Xnita C unmnvham joan Henn Ruth Xlaxer and Xlarilxn XlcCombe sang their specialties the beat ot the piano as jeanne X anxo sped across the kexs the rhx thm of danc ing joan Dunleaxx and Xlarjorie Sweetman' Thev were all won derful just as thex have been for the past tour xears There IS alwaxs an ending though This one came too soon XXe wanted more time to sport our new look more time to spend with the girls But the sun wouldn t co operate and the gardenias were beckoning again Thex wanted to knoxx if thex deserved a place in thf lmuqufl XX hat would xou sax Senior? blessed with the oratorlcal ind muslcil selec tions of the Seniors A ll must be r swns of bod s jubilence are everxwhere to be found XXe the privileged ones have so manv daxs to remember hovxexer Class Dax deserves a place in the upper four bracket XX ho were responsible for this happiness to whom should we direct our praises' Io our facultv and seventh termers-our sincere thanks we sax it simplx we mean it whole heartedlx To our oxxn eighth termers Czlorla XIcDonnell -Xnn Fitzpatrick Irene bokol Georgette XIcDonald and -Xlma Lagberg we sigh in appreciation for helpmg us review the past view the present and preview the future jeanne Xanvos recital of Rhapsodv in Blue did not surprise us we pride ourselves IH haxlng been well aware of our little Iturbi for quite some time now Thinking it over we have been aware ot manv things but noxv that all is realitx we realwe that tomorrow will belong to the past and the forget me not will have become an indispensable part of Ihr bouquet PAGE I . l .. 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cvzemwl lo be called a Lads oh sshat enchantment thts tttle ascrtbes the worths bearer Chtsalrs blos soms tn man Uentle af fecttons are assakened tn the chtlds heart and tn Ueneral the whole world melts at tts mere mentton Vs hat ts thts charm thls exclustse htrthrtght of a woman ' Xl ebster descrtbes a lads as the mtstress of t household Bu thts 1 not potent enouvh to at tract the adtntratton of the untsetse Another tttrtbutes the tttle to a woman of soctal dtsttnctton 'Ihts too tnadequatels defines her The search termtnates wtth a truls noble betng A I adv ts a bread gtser, om who nurtures all that ts good and wholesome But the woman of todas has forsaken her honor She has fallen tn step sstth the modern trend of realtstn ln her attempt to con 'giaaaame an Ihe secret of the Isutg possesses mf I, nultz fabls I um a thzld to suddf n 'woman grown I am ll bud to sudden blossom blourz Graduates noss we re women we re blossoms and we are the possessors of a secret I'hat secret ts our kes to earthls and eternal happtness Ihts ts our secret though we are svomen chtldren must we rentatn though we are blossoms buds must we become St Therese a chtld and fatrest of earthls buds was a terrthc blow to the C atholtc svorld a gentle push to the tatholtc world Terrtfic because she had somethtng great to sell gentle because she cloaked that somethtng great tn glowtng terms Therese had Our satnt deltsered her message her sales talk to emperors statesmen doctors lawsers mothers, laborers prtests nuns And noss graduates she s deltvertng her message to sou Lose Lose Love Not the senttmental lose that ap pears capttsates charms then passes awas But the consumtng compelltng tters lose A lose that mtkes pelts hurts st tgvertnsf 1444? Utd sou get sour rtng set' ll hotn do sou thtnk sou ll ask to the Irons' Are the regents sers hard' 'Ihese questtons secnted to electrtfs the sets atr we bretthed ts tan and tn lttgh sptrtts we returned last September for our last sear tt Xlemortal But oh how qutckls that sear passed As l stt here wrtttttg ms anteths st gleams proudls on ms ftnger tns Prom has all been arran-fed for tnd thc regents are all thtngs o t e past But ls tt retlls tttue to sts good bse to thc fun of our wonderful sears' lt seems as 1f tt were onls sesterdas sshen I took the l6sI for Xlemorttl sstth a quaktng heart and unstetds hand ssondertng tf l ssould ptss thc exam and attend thts be tuttful awe tnsptrtng school ssould l eser bc part of these gatls ltugh tng carefree gtrls' lhcn suddcnls l dtd become one ot thot gtrls Dtd sour heart Jump the ssas mtne dtd upon recetstng the good news after weeks of nersous ss ttttng' lltd sou ssorrs about Iattn socabulartes tlgebratc cqu tttons tnc' those spcec hes tn I tttlc T heater as tnuch as l dtd ' PAGE 2 I I stnce herself that ltfe ts dull and etnpts she has repudtated all the dreams and senttmentaltttes relesant to her nature She has gtsen sustenance to nothtng ot salue hastnff placed too much emphasts on the sctenttttc order and too ltttle on the Dtstne I'here ts no longer a sasl arms ot los els creatures to be placed upon pedestals for all to admtre ind mutate No the I ads cltsappearecl wtth the ads ent of the Atomtc Age 'lhat s sshere sou C atholtc Htgh School Graduates step tnto e scene X ou must brtng her back to the world mtnus none of er pres tous splendor and ht h tdeals Dont be too surprtsed tf e task pros es easter than sou expected Women are ttred trs ng to outdo men tn bchastor Cusltlms and atttre and are watttng or someone to take the lead A hopeful though sltght tndtcatton of thts fact ts resealed tn the hearts approsal of the New look l'rtlls and ruftles are replactng the hard ntanntsh clothes of not so long ago T rue thts ts but a tntnor detatl but tt ts an ads ance tn the rtght dtrectton Prose sourstlj a Lads ttrst Let the law of clemettcs presatl upon sour tongue seek true wtsdom so th tt sou mas tn turn tm part tt to others lJo not obltsttte all ftnt tss but cotnbtne sour charms ind talents VK hen sou stretch forth sottr hand to execute these charms let esets man boss tn respect K latm your lnrthrlgltt' tie Dae? Jolts a Itos to bear A lose not alone for ohnns across the street but for esers ohnns ind csers oannte tn the whole svtde world Be chtldltke Onls chtldren know wtld Jos and unendtng bltss Dont let those conung sears of ltstng tn the world dts gutse sour chtldltkeness lt s all too beauttful to htde We were born to plas tn God s sunshtne How tragtc to draw the heass dusts curtttn of stnfulness about Us Stas tn bod s sunshtne Be chtldren alwass Vs e ll brush twas four prectous sears sshen nrst we clutch that dtploma tn our hands Ihts ts whtt tt sstll mean lt wtll mean that we must sltp from the hands of the Qtsters Although God alone can measure thetr sacrtflce tnd desotton set we hase ssatched amazed and tnsptred bs them lt sstll metn that the compantonshtp of other Btshops gtrls sstll be snatched from us X et we wtll bear wtth us the frutts of that compantonshtp and be stow those frutts upon others along the path of ltfe lt wtll make others happs as tt has made us 'No need to crs to fear to hestttte leastng Nlemortal There ls so much to do l'our prectous sears hase taught us one prectous secret e world ls watttns' for Lls lt nt ds u lt needs thtt secre 0'Z60f6'Z Bu tt s tll oser noss and all l htse left ls a mcntors A mem ors thtt sstll retnttn cscr const tnt tn tns hetrt A mctnors t at tntc sstll ncscrcrtsc A ntcmors o fun prtser studs tnd ose tll crowded tnto four Ulortousls happs sears 'Now thtt good bscs must be sttd l ttnd ms throat ttghtentng tn ms cscs rstng o ttn ttc c s lo I tther Ross l c 1 onls let ms respect tnd complcte tpprectatton shtne from nts eses sts tt ss t t to o o ms c lo nts ,rate tdstsct tnd subjcct tc tclters down through the tertns must tlloss the osertlow ot ms hetrt to rcach ms sotce sshen l ttrttd to look btck tnto thosc w cer ul tat es thu sstll ttcser retlls lc tsc me l hope to be ab e to s 1 s u t ss ts ts to let them ktoss hoss much l s tluc thetr cotnptntonshtp dttrtng ms dass tt Btshop Nlcllonnell tnd hoss stnccrels l sstsh t od to blcss them tn t sers sp ct tl ss ts or still sott 1 INF N tlss tss remttn hc re ssttlt sou tnd sours N r- , I' 'll I , , I ' ' 1. . 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