College of Mount St Vincent - Parapet Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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clothing for the poor . . . daily reci- tation of the rosary during the month of October . . . monthly Sodality assemblies, urging Catho- lic Action and Mary-like lives .... Propagation leaflets and ten cents a week or four payments of a quar- ter each . . . cake sales and outdoor picnics for the missions . . . the look of silent wonder on the faces of the officers as they kneel in the chapel . . . all this a manifestation of the love for our Lady by her Sodalists at the Mount. SODALITY OF 'l'l'llE BLIESSIED VIR! IN VIRGINIA DQNAIIUE, President F.-xv CALLAHAN, Vice-Presidmt LucILI.E Lorrus, Secretary AIIIIRIQY GREGORY, Treasurn .14 Ir KLM, 0 'I' 52' ', ' gpmy A I 4

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X N' ' Q- THE CHIME OF 'rms TOWER BELL, calling all to work and to pray . . . the silvery tinkle of the chapel bell announcing the presence of Him . . . girls in white veils . . . the gen- tle chant of the novices at prayer . . . the quiet hush of the chapel during a between class visit . . . Sophomores in virginal white car- rying our Lady's daisy chain . . . the reception of new members in a special ceremony . . . the generous spirit at Christmas time, with more than a hundred gaily wrapped packages for orphans and food and

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NEW HORIZONS oPEN12D FOR Us with Eng- lish 311, the vital Newswriting course. . . . What did you slug that? we kept asking each other, hypnotized by the sound of our new vocabulary .... Through heads, to headlines, to features and interviews, we progressed, until one day in February we chose Alice johnson editor of the traditional junior issue put out for the Prom. Following this successful though brief whirl in journalistic society the 1947 staff withdrew for but a trice, then made headlines and history with an extra! for the first visit of our president, His Emi- nence, Francis Cardinal Spellman, after he was made cardinal. And Hnally we were editors .... New columns, new cuts, CR pins for all. We loved it every moment . . . loved think- ing up interesting features on everyday matters around us, loved headlining, though unit space wouldn't stretch, even for usp loved seeing those precious brown packages arrive from the Little Print and watching eager Cso we thoughtj underclassmen snatch up the shiny copies. . . Now we love memories . . . memories of whimsical sessions, spent putting an issue togetherg 'of coming in at 9 when we weren't due for class until 25 mem- ories of praise from the faculty for what we had enjoyed doingg memories of splendid co-operation and deeply-felt gratitude. V Our last Record went to press in De- cember. And back into our hearts for use whenever we think of it went love and memories of the time when we 1. .Ak were editors. . . .