Cedar Grove Academy - Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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I f n I x U N I igffg Q. W .QF i'5 ' f - ' :Q l-1-of f ,QL I Q' H? - 1 , 1 'X ,SW I gn? fl, G74 .y g I7 Mfg' .1 f M f' A my mltrcrsff 4. Zfomf Dearest Graduates : Well do I remember a September day in 1913. when I welcomed to my heart a little group of new-comers. Among them were tiny Helen Puttman. her golden hair gleaming in the morning sun: Mary Schulte. a little braver than the rest. comforted by the presence of an older sister. and dispensing cheery smiles to her tearful companions: Kathryn Duclclo. her big blue eyes wide with fright: Esther Phelan. biting the corner of her little white handkerchief: chubby Rosemary Olberding. clasping tightly her motheris hand. Mary Healy. with her tear-stained eyes. was seelcing a corner in which to hide. while Victorine Ott. with quivering lips. repeatedly besought her mother not to desert her in this dreadful hour. Last was timid Margaret Brinlc. blushing crimson. as she was placed nfor the pre- sent... on a little red chair before the teacheris desk. Five years later there was added to your number a bright and smiling miss from St. Peteris Cathedral School. whom you all came to lcnow and love as Virginia McCue. The year 1918 also brought with it the additional gift of two amiable classmates.one of whom had come from the Academy of Notre Dame. Anne Hassett. and the other. Catherine Folcen, from St. Boniface School. During the next two years I welcomed Mary O'Hare of St. Lawrence and Patricia Sharlcey of Holy Family. Thus closed the grammar grades for the Class of '24. In that space of eight years. how time had transformed you from little children to tall young girls. in the springtime of life. on the threshold of High School. Page Ninelc n

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Www E Through Trials to tire Starsn QQQ2Q3 Vic T orine Ott Cat H erine Fallon Ma R y O'B1-len Lucille O 'Neil Helen P U ttman Mar G'aret Brink Mary O' H are Loret T a Reluer Ma R y Healy Vlrg I nia McCue Gr A ce Woblaen Lil L ie Mae Crause Alma Mes S ersclxmidt Pa T ricia Slmarlcey Catherine F O lien Eg T her Phelan Anna H assett Emma W E eley Mary S cllulte Ka T lxryn Duclclo Ad A B1-incl: Nell O'B R ien Ro S emary Ollaercling Page Eighteen VIRGINIA McCUE, '24

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At last the day arrived. which was the dawning of a new life. Time shall not dim that scene which I witnessed this September day of 1920. Vividly I can see you. on your first day in High School. olaviously conscious of the new dignity. but withal a little frightened and-bewildered. Waiting to he welcomed hy you as classmates were eight others. timid in their new surroundings. A larief exchange of introductions revealed the names of your future companions. St. Lawrence School had sent its honor pupil. Catherine Fallon. and from St. Williamis had come Ada Brinclc and Grace Wohlnen. Distance mattered not to Lillie Mae Grause. who came from St. Boniface. Cumminsville. Lucille O'Neil was from the Cathedral. St. Michael's School sent two pupils. Loretta Reber and Alma Messer- schmidt. and from the Holy Family School had come Mary O'Brien. A The timidity of the new-comers vanished hefore the cordiality of the teachers and the 'sold girls . and all were ready to settle down to mastering the hardships common to the first year of High School. But the taslc was not so strenuous after all. and before long you found yourselves victors in the first hattle of High School life. Encouraged and strengthened hy this victory. you were now ready to meet whatever trials and difficulties the second year might present. During the second semester your numher was increased when Emma Wesley. sweet and wistful. appeared one morning seelt- ing admittance to the class. As undergraduates. you welcomed another smiling. black- haired young lady from Sharonville. Nell O'Brien. Now twenty-three in numher. with the distinction of being the largest class in the history of Cedar Grove. you are about to leave the arms that would fain retain you. to go forth into a strange. uncertain world. your guide the principles I have endeavored to instill. And now. my dear Graduates. as I see you depart. I naslc God to inspire you with some great thought. some abiding love of what is excellent. which may fill you with gladness and courage. and in the midst of the labors. the trials. and the disappointments of life. lleep you still strong and serene... X '3 Your loving Alma Mater. Per MARGARET BRINK. '24. Pagc Tlvenfy