Cedar Grove Academy - Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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mf 732g Sister lame 'e5jU5 V? y football player has Red Grange the business man J 5 X H Ford the oun ianist Paderewski and the 1 LPKAN CI'1I'V Y g P . as g.QV,fs Sophomore, her big sister. What better aim in life ,U msgs. Q . . .k,-v,A could we have than to strive to be as kind, generous, cheerful, and studious as they? It is remarkable that in a small group of fifteen girls those excellent qualities which have endeared them to all their school-mates should be so manifest. When we were shy freshies it was they who came to our rescue and bestowed their sisterly affection upon us. This year, too, the Class of '17 has evinced its leadership by a delightful Halloween party, an interesting program in honor o St. Thomas Aquinas, and by its untiring efforts to make the Cedar Grove pages of the M. S. J. profitable reading. Who of us would not be happy to possess Vera's winsome per- sonality, or the fine singing voices of Flora and Anna Marie, or Mary Louise's friendly smile which secures for her a place in the hearts of all who know her? Mary Horgan's sympathetic nature has chased away the troubles and sorrows of many a C. G. A. student, and we who aspire to become leaders might well imitate Helen Connell who, as captain of the Class ship for two years, is now bringing her to port with colors flying. Those of us inclined toward high finance might take as a model Helen Winters who, by her skillful management has been able to discount all bills of the Senior class. Verna's delightful music and Catherine Flannery's Gaelic wit scatter sunshine all over the place. Incomplete would be this list without thoughtful, studious julia Healy, whose quiet humor charms all listeners. Grace of the olive skin, black hair and sparkling eye, with the blue-eyed fair Camille, and the courteous Catherine Herbers might be termed an inse arable trio. Ever merry Marcella is always amusing a group of adjmiring friends with her novel experiences. Mary McGurk's readiness to lend a helping hand has won for her scores of friends throughout the school. Now do you wonder that we are proud to have these true-hearted girls for our ideals? Graduation day with its happiness and manifold joys cannot fail to bring sorrow in its wake, as we part from our big sisters who are bound to us by ties of sincerest friend- ship. VERYONE has some person as an ideal in. life. The Tl JCK Yi-i - . Q . , 0 , e .,n ll H - - - Little Sister Class, '19 17

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61' 7' 66Zl' OQKING back over the stretch of 277 Qgwxv l1fe's road which we have traveled f' here at the Grove, we see the years brightened at regular inter- ffdefi-WJ' vals by the steady glow of the road lamps of our annual retreats. For nearly two-thirds of a century Cedar Grove chapel has been the scene of many hallowed occasions, but the pupils have known no sweeter moments within its walls than those when they obeyed the Master's invitation to come apart and walk with Him . What strange joy filled our souls as we listened for three happy days to the learned exposition of the old, old truths so dear to the heart of the Catholic girl. Appraising in their true value the swift-passing joys ofthe world, we asked again and again, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life? Then love was strong, and when a gentle Voice from the Tabernacle asked for sacrifices we generously made them. The retreat of our senior year took on a newer and deeper meaning. We tried to garner graces for the long years ahead, and strove humbly to fashion our hearts after the Master's own., Now as school girls, our retreats are over, but we hope that their re- membrance will always be a lamp whose steady glow will light our footsteps on the road which leads to the gates of the City of God. Vera Leistner, '17 I9