College of St Marys of the Springs - Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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SOUTHWEST VIEW OF COLLEGE A RECEPTION ROOM

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ww NWI 1 ww ' pw! ji ,Wu f NMC N016 P ,Nui 1 Wig 5 RQIIIINII of SI. mdl'V'S Hlllllllldt flSSOCldIl0ll T FOI' l9ll N ideal June day, in l9l l, found many old pupils eagerly as- sembling in the halls of dear St. Mary's, to renew their school WWW WW friendships and repledge their loyalty to their loved Alma Mater. At half past nine in the convent chapel, the day's pro- gram was fittingly opened with a high Mass, sung by Rev. D. Pendergast, assisted by the convent choir. At the end of . , . the mass, a business meeting was called, presided over by the Wf Alumnae president, Mrs. Rose Leonard Byrne. Mrs. Byrne z, - addressed the members present, with her usual quiet charm, T welcoming in the name of the Sisters, all old pupils to the scene of their bygone school days. The annual election of oflicers was held, resulting in the re-election of Mrs. Byrne, as presi- dent, with the following assistants: First Vice President, Mrs. Mary Lawler MacNamee: Second Vice President, Mrs. Olive Leonard Roberts: Third Vice President, Mrs. Sophie Dill Burwell: Recording Secretary, Mrs. Fannie J. Harmon: Corresponding Secretary, Miss Madge McCarty. At one o'clock, a luncheon, charming in its appointments, was served in the artistically decorated dining hall, made more beautiful for the occasion through the efforts of the girls of nineteen hundred eleven. Mrs. Grace Henderson Orr, very gracefully, presided as toast- mistress, giving the following toast, written especially for the occasion: PNIOQIIQ When mighty Greece. in splendor bright, Held sway o'er all the Aegean Isles, Her fabled gods, in marble halls, Set high on proud Olympus' height. Gave forth their knowledge to the sons of men,--- 'Tis thus the legends say. Music there was, whose chords divine, Falling like dew on the souls of men, Made them to feel the joy again That comes of life and living. And too, there came from that same source, The mighty wisdom of the starry course, That gives to men the power to trace The myriad worlds through trackless waste. Or yet foretell upon what hour The sun shall slip his brightness off. And day by night be shom of power. 40 1 AQWX .lllif ' ' uv, . ,, .yro ' ' Xhpgk 'H-' Jvigfr' Wg

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N041 us II KNQQII pw!! V PWIC a NWI! f XW46 2 lzwlg WHA There, too, were taught the useful arts, The power of speech, whereby the hearts And minds of men may be so moved, That in themselves they see the things That other men have been and done,- The wondrous power of make-believe. And one there was. whose constant place It was, to so unfold the plot, That all might know each actor's part And all the story's sequence. So I, like Chorus, in the days of old, Stand here before you in that self same partg Our hearts shall here again unfold The drama of our early lives. To marlc each act and entrance here, Shall be my part, and you shall be The actors and the audience,--all in one. I pray you then, be ready, for the act is on. SCQIIQ l The first to come before you and to claim The sweet attention of your hearts and eyes. Is Madge, and she with magic skill and power Shall wave her wand and lo! behold! The mask of years shall drop away, A miracle shall come to pass,-- For age and youth shall so confounded be, By her strange, subtle power, That those whose years do bid them pause Shall be as children, in this very hour. untold Response to Coast--- Reminiscences of School Davs ml'S. mddQC 0'DOIllI2ll Cl7lIl1lllQS After all Alma lVlater's most careful training. I find myself prefacing this--which l hope to be my masterful effort-by a transgression against the usages of good form and against the canons of good literature. With an apology to Oliver Wendell Holmes for this parody on his celebrated alumnal poem. l rush madly on: ls there any old girl In this gay, giddy whirl? Ifithere is lead her out, With small fuss about: Hang the Almanac's cheat And the catal08UC'S Spitei Old Time is a Liar. H We're eighteen tonight. 41