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

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xwlc :wif , WIC . :Wil . guy: . swf swf r ww your p llittle miss Goobergrabbler at St. marv's Little Miss Goobergrabbler left her home in the sunny South to live at St. lVlary's where it snows, and blows, and rains for six months every year, When she entered on Sep- temher ll. l9l l. she theught She W0t-ltd never find herself in such a big place, but when all the girls got in, there wasn't any too much roorn for her. The first great trouble there was making her bed and dressing her hair. With the prefect's help, she soon learned to smooth 0Ut the wrinkles and tangles. Of course she got homesick, but she swallowed her tears, for she did n't want anybody to know. It seemed to her hCllS Were fttl8h18 att the ttme 'c0nvent'bells, school bells, door bells and 'phone bells-it all made her think of a piece in her Language Book, about bells, The man that wrote it could write more about bells, if he lived at St, Mary's, Geehergrahhlel' get three things at SCh0od-squelchings, deductions and measles. She deserved all the squelchings, although she did not feel them so very long and did not get so very many. Deductions hurt on Assembly Day, but this was soon over. Perhaps, though. when Little Goobergrahlvler is Mrs- Somebody and brings her little girl to school and somebody tells about those deductions, they'll Count hard. Measles hurt worst and lasted t0D8C5t- Eight Gifts had to Stay ill H Ct-ark Y00m and have measles for two weeks. The red- Ctel' they sol- the maddet' they felt, until they were mad all over. But they found there are some nice things even about measles, for everybody was good to them and they got the best of everything. Reading, writing and arithmetic are the same North and South, but some teachers are more particular. Little Goobergrabblefs Writing when she came was enough to scare the witches, but after she sat up to the desk and made rolls of smoke and rows of strokes and other things on a hundred sheets of paper, she got l0O per cent in writing. Although she hated the failures and the work, success came at last. By this time she had learned that everybody has to work hard if he wants to get along. The Sisters are always talking about character. Goobergrabbler hopes hers will soon be formed, as she would like to know what she will look like when she gets it. They say it is all inside, but it will show in your actions. The books don't say anything about it, but there's many things besides studies at St. lVlary's-there's dancing parties, plays, concerts, musicales and especially there's retreats. Perhaps these things make character some way without just saying so. Little .Miss Goobergrabbler was eleven when school opened in Sep- tember: when it closes in June she will be twelve. The longer she lives, the wiser she gets. MILDRED SWAF F ORD, Sixth Grade. 1 slr' 5' ' f:-1191 ' X S sl 50

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N N' WV' V' ,,Q1,f+r.,,, .pxqbgl-5-lsviv +evff+N,. . + -?fJ+k,.. e.J+w59+ -iff+N,.5+e15f+ws-f+Qf+wv +-ew-'+R Hlumnae notes The Columbus Chapter of the Association held three highly successful meetings during the year just closing. The first was a delightfully informal gathering at the home of Mrs. Minnie Brent Anawalt, the evening being devoted mainly to the discussion of Italian art. In the second, which occurred in the month of December, Miss Mary Marzetti was hostess and entertained her guests with a programme of appropriate Christmas song and story, an espec- ially charming number being a recitation by Mrs. Gilmore, of one of the tales of her talented daughter. The third, an open meeting to which two hundred invitations were issued. was a musicale held at the home of Mrs. D. W. McGrath. All the selections were rendered by members of the Alumnae Association and were not only thoroughly enjoyable, but really fin- ished and artistic performances. The Columbus Chapter is certainly doing its share in foster- ing a spirit of comradeship and loyalty. The Alumnae Association extends its warmest felicitations to the following members who were married during the past year: Miss Edna Kearns to Mr. Ralph Edgar Moeser, Miss Louise Vance to Mr. Ralph Wheeler, Miss Florence Hudgel to Mr. Frederick Antrim Caskey, Miss Marie Brushart to Mr. Edward Russell, Miss Lucile Bishop to Mr. Joseph Baker, Miss Maybelle Murphy to Mr. John A. Alburn, Miss Anna McNulty to Mr. I-lenry Keiner, Miss Marguerite Stump to Mr. Ralph Laning, Miss Geraldine Ritson to Mr. H. Bingham Ballou, Miss Seraphine Kane to Mr. John Flanagan, Miss Dorothy Irvine to Dr. F onsa A. Lambert, Miss Elsa Eick to Mr. George Carenbauer, Miss Virginia Swearingen to Mr. Edward S. Thatcher Jr Miss Nellie Lamb to Mr. Chester Sherman, Miss Hilda Koos to Mr. Peter Lannaii and Miss Edna Shiel to Mr. Perry Christler. Congratulations are likewise offered to the following members, whose homes have been made brighter by a wee baby boy or girl, Mrs. Dolly Griffin Sherry, Mrs. Helen Lane Gar- nty, Mrs. Faye Christy Bigelow, Mrs. Florence Schilder Mutchler. We sincerely regret the deaths of two members from our circle. namely: Miss Agnes Miller of Lancaster, and Miss Mollie Magruder of Columbus. The latter was among the first pupils at the academy in Somerset and her beautiful life ro cl th h ' had been in noble and efficient hand p ve at er early training s. The annual meeting of the Association for l9l2 will be held on June, the tenth. g MARY M. Drrrois, '08, Rigs' QTY iw f T L. X fvs' f 49

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uf jwll will Wulf , NSW U NWI! e jwll i WW 7 N444 UN fllllllldl RCIYQGI This year the three days before Palm Sunday found us in retreat, and certainly no time 'could have been better chosen for prayer and meditation than these three days pre- ceding that sadly-joyful feast that heralds the passion of our Savior. Our minds and hearts turned easily then to things spiritual, and we felt a ready zeal to practise what was enjoined. Silence, of course, was profound, and it was indeed edifying to see a hundred or more merry, if not noisy, girls so sober and recollected. Father M. J. Foley, O. P., conducted the exercises, and it is our belief that had the Sisters searched the world over they could not have found a more interesting or more sym- pathetic instructor. He seemed to know and appreciate the temptations which a young girl continually meets, and, in his conferences, always had the right word in the right place on the ways to avoid these pitfalls. There were four conferences daily. and though of all thirteen delivered, no two were alike, all centered on one theme: To be good is to be happy. None were long enough to be tiresomeg in fact we usually drew a disappointed sigh at the close, so short had the time seemed. It is safe to say there was not one girl present who did not come out of retreat with a firm resolution to correct her faults and do all in her power to attain the stand- ard of womanly virtue held up to her by this zealous and broadminded Dominican Father. Former pupils who attended the retreat were: Misses Margaret Anawalt. Bernette B0ylan, Mary Magruder, Marie McGrath, Neva Newark, Helen Robinson, Mary Morath, Gertrude Connors, Eileen Connors, Gertrude Rauch, Nellie McGowan, Evangeline Wol- fel, Mary Brosmer and Stella Lawler. HELEN LEWIS. ' I 3. 1-1- . ullll'0l'll1S Come aid me. Muse, this day to sing The banishment of everything That us did individualize. Apart from lineaments and size. That liat who would ever guess That made us uniformly dress? . Necks high, sleeves long, skirts amply wide Dame Fashion's laws quite set aside. Yet troubles were not ended there, Next came the orders 'bout our hairg Rats scampered off and hid away ln exile 'till Commencement Day. Initiated only knew How on each head long curls soon grewg The metamorphosis was done: Our student body was as one. Time was when we each other knewg Now we must stop to ask. who's who. For everyone looks yust the Same- We thank our stars weve each R Hamel GRAcE Tl-IIMMES, 'I 3 51