Cedar Grove Academy - Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Father Tlamomion Sunshine or rain, every morning at exactly twenty minutes before six by the clock on the chapel wall, the figure of our venerable Chaplain can be seen coming up the walk which leads to the side entrance of the Grove. This walk is known by young and old as Father Plamondon's path. On the fourth of No- vember, 1916, Father Pla- mondon reached the six- tieth milestone of his priestly life. A celebra- tion as rare as it was beautiful marked the event. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Charles E. Baden, director of Fenwick Club, was host on this occasion to a score of Father Plamondon's in- timate friends among the clergy. The Reverend Iubilarian was celebrant of the High Mass, and His Grace, the Most Reverend Archbishop, honored the occasion by his presence. A cause for great rejoicing was the reading by the Arch- bishop of a cablegram from the Holy Father in which he bestowed his paternal blessing on our beloved Chaplain. Father Plamondon is in his eighty-fourth year and is the oldest priest in the diocese. During his sixteen years of devoted service at the Grove, never was it known that Father Plamondon was a minute late for early Mass or for evening Benediction. Ever young at heart, he is keenly interested in everything pertaining to the school, and no event is quite complete without his genial lpresence. The yearly First Communion scene at the Grove, when white-robed Chi dhood receives the Bread of Life from saintly Old Age, has ever been an impressive picture. In future years the thoughts of the class of '17 will often stray back to this dear old Friend who holds a unique place in the hearts of all at Cedar Grove. Camille Voelker, '17 7.1

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51' zfibzzfe from tba .Alumnae QQ ME seventy years ago, and seventy years is a long time in the history of a city which itself has stood but a century, E when America was riding in calm prosperity, and .all things that were done were done well, the main building cp of Cedar Grove was begun by the Revered Mother Margaret. Today it stands, not only as a monument to her, but to that time when walls were walls, thick and strong, and rooms had space enough to breathe in. Age has brought to the school not decay, pit vlyisdognl culture. Trarldliltiolps llgave gigown up arlpunlil its wall? 1 e eauti u ivy vines. e oo s are rown wit t e usage 0 three score. years and ten, the trees are gnarled with thegweathering of a life time, the desks are friendly with that friendliness which comes from years of association with our kind. Now, the spirit of all this must pass. The days of Cedar Grove as an Academy are over, and the new idea, Cedar Grove High School, comes to take possession of the site. In keeping with the spirit of courtesy and love which the old has striven to teach us, let us welcome the new, and out of our ex- periences try to make its beginning just a little less difficult than such beginnings usually are. Thatgwe are the generation who have loved the beauty of the old regime, shall not make us hostile to the potential powers of the new. After all, though the holding will be theirs, the makings and the memories are ours. We are the ones who thumbed the books, we are the ones who wore the desks, we saw the trees row strong, grow old. Certain things are inviolably ours. The ok? monogram, the May processions, the graduation ceremony with the tiny maids, the beautiful medals, the never-to-be-equalled diplomas, all these pass with the name, Academy. As for the rest, the tuli tree, the gates' that never close, the lawn in May, the warmth inside ona December morning, above all, the wise ministrations of the beloved teachers, we give these to the coming students as a mother gives her jewels to her daughter, and in the same spirit we say to them, We hope that they will give you as much joy as they have given us. Hold them very dearly, for they are precious things. Mary Eleanor Whitehead, '16 10

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Alu illllvmnrmm VSV-N053 ORROW enshrouded the Grove on filed' 05 the mornmg of December zo 192.6 A VOICC we loved had been st1 led J gatherxng on the campus young vo1ces gay w1th the joy of the Chr1stmas Splflt were suddenly hushed as the sad announcement Slster Mel1thon 1S dead was passed from group to group The older students whose F1rst Commun1on day at Cedar Grove had been made more memorable by the tender pathos of S1ster Mel1thon s golden notes of song hastened to the chapel where they begged God s gentle mercy for the repose of her soul Durrng her twenty nrne years as teacher tt Cedar Grove S1ster Mel1thon was the chosen fr1end and confrdante of hundreds of her pup1ls I-ler ab1l1ty her earnestness and her zeal for souls unrted to a grac1ous personal1ty made her l1fean1nsp1rat1ontoall Sheknewandchemshed the fine old trad1t1ons ofthe school and loyallx tr1ed to pass them on to younger genertarons She was la1d to rest 1n the hallowed peace of the convent cemetery at Mt St Joseph where the b1rds forever s1ng sweet requlems May God grant ren eternal to ber mul' ' 0 I J VKX-ff' xca Q, , klxlu'-iff . 1 forever. As the pup1ls were , , ' 1 7 o , a Q u , 1 2.1