Blessed Sacrament Academy - Silva Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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tl I I'-IS P, Ed1tor1al It is with the desire of awakening cherished memories of happy days spent in our dear Academy that this little Silva is submitted to the press. Whether the material found herein is worthwhile or whether it is just love s labor lost we leave to our readers to judge. If this little book will make its readers heart swell with recollections of happy days sp nt within the hallowed walls of our Alma Mater- it it will awaken pleasant memories of happy school days and enkindle kindly thoughts of the institution and of the dear Sisters who next to God and our parents are responsible for the education we now enjoy- our efforts in preparing our Annual will certainly not be futile but on the contrary they will be graciously rewarded and thus a feeling of appreciation and satisfaction will be ours. We have an ulterior motive in compiling this Year Book and a hope for its success, namely: that the students of the Academy of today and in the future seeing the accomplishments of their pre- decessors might be urged to emulate their example. What has been accomplished in this little annual may not be a great deal, but at least something has been achieved. The tradition which the young- er students must continue is but slight, but at least there is a tradition established. 0 O fkl' -- fl' if 1 t at ' V ,- I 0 0 ' . 0 . . .. , ,, . ' N' I 0 . ' D I I I 0 0 N l -'X A Finally it is our wish for the sake of our Alma Mater that our successors should profit by our mistakes, improve upon our works, and, it possible, achieve perfection. -Margaret Mary Bradley Page Seventeen

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J. Class H1StOIY The pioneer days of the present '39ers were thosee of the Freshmen year. amidst new and surprising surroundings and peoples. we stood on the bottom step looking up at the one goal which all of us would strive to accomplish, knowing we would stumble ever so often, encouraged however, by the thought that one day we would reach the top. Little time was taken to become acquainted with one another, for we were soon known as the friendly class , and began to win notice from our upper class- men. Just when we were beginning to feel proud and important, our Public Enemy No. 1 namely the Juniorsj had to come forth with their old tradition of initiating. Scared stiff, and trying every means to avoid it, finally we acknow- ledged this tradition with dull apprehension. Our memories will never fail us in remembering this day! We could not be stopped however, from out-doing the other classes in our studies and socials. Some real leaders and eager followers were among us Freshies! With the return of another year, we filed into the classroom as the Happy Sophomores . With a whole summer's vacation behind us we were filled with brilliant ideas that had to be cast aside. since our program was studded with new sub- jects-Algebra, Ancient History and Spanish. COf all thingslj We were puzzled by these startling subjects that our spirits were somewhat dampened before the year even began. Knowing something had to be done, we unanimously adopted this motto: When you've reached the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on . From then we toed the chalk line . As Juniors we had only one thought in mind, We initiate the Freshies . What a grand affair we wanted this to be, And what joy we did get in seeing the newly acquired Freshies run when they saw us, We expanded under this exercised power, becoming the Cruel Juniors , and believe it or not we actually liked this terrible name of ours and laughed over the whole matter. English became our favorite class and Shakespeare our one and only . We drifted through The Tempest and The Merchant of Venice hoping against hope that maybe some day we might be a credit to our teacher. Now we are Seniors waiting on the topmost step for the signal to go forward when we graduate, for we find that there are other steps to climb before we can reach that bridge of eternal life. Our minds are centered on thoughts of the future, still we try to show bv good example and work that the one thing in life is the . N performance of our duties. We have made a Senior compact called the Compact of 39 , wherein we proclaimed ourselves everlasting friends and boosters of our be- loved Alma Mater: helpers and advisors to our under-graduates and steadfast partn- ers to one another. Wistfully we look back at all our little mistakes and triumphs and our hearts ache when we realize the happy days that composed our four years of high school are gone. We are standing at the end of the trail and are looking back at what has been the happiest journey of our lives. It is with reluctance that we say good-bye to our Alma Mater and take the other road that leads into the world. With love in our hearts we bid farewell to Reverend Mother, to B. S. A., and the dear Sisters who have helped us win our goal, and our parting resolution is to go forth, always keeping as our life compass, the standards of our Alma Mater. Beatrice Duffin '39 Page Eighteen