Elmira Catholic High School - Victorian Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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Elmira Catholic High School Annual EVENING SHADOWS W'hen at dusk I take my book and start to read, evening shadows steal o'er the written pages and obliterate the lines. Instead of turning on my little light, I sit and watch those shadows as they make their stealthy path along the pages- of my book and continue on to the farthest corner of the room. Then, I stop to wonder if life's shadows do not cross each one's path this way and close out the world and its miseries, leaving only darkness and solitude. I wonder if there does not come to each one's heart a feeling of peace and contentment as the day draws to a close and the flickering sha- dows softly come and softly go. VVhen one knows that he has come to the end of a perfect day, he goes back over the day's happenings and re- counts to himself the victories he has won, the trials that he has passed lightly by and the achievements made in his day's work. Each evening, I do this very thing myself. It has made it easier the next day to continue on life's journey. - Sometime, dear reader, you will feel a longing in your heart or a tug- ging at your mind and you will wonder how you'll satisfy that lonesome feel- ing. Take a book at dusk, dear, and watch the evening shadows steal along its pages and continue on their way to the farthest corner of your lonely room. Margaret O'Donnell '37 SENIOR MUSIC RACK John Arman .... Ann Battersby .... Olene Brusso .. . Thomas Butler . .. Phyllis Devlin . . . Ernest Fennell . . Robert Fouhy . . Lenore Gaffey .. Richard Hanley .. Frank Hartnett .... John johnson ....... Harry Lagonegro . Paul Lewis ....... John Lynch .... joseph Maloney . . . Angelina Mancini . Ann McCarthy .... Margaret McGough ............It'sThe Mood That I'm In Sidney Mitchell ...... ' Leo Norton .......... Margaret 0'Donnell Wlilliam Osborne .... Maryanna Peterson Rita Schneck ..... Paul Sheehan ...... VVinifred Tuberty . Double Trouble .. . . May I Have The Next Romance VVith You? Simple and Sweet Romance . .. This Year's Crop Of Kisses Is Not For Me Blame? My Heart just A Quiet Evening At Home VVith You Gazing Little Boy Blue . . . I'm A Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia ......,...................AmIIntruding? I'm A Ding-Dong Daddy From Dumis He Ain't Got Rhythm . . . . . . VVe're Back In Circulation Again Sm111n'Thru I've Got My Love To Keep Me VVarm Dear Dlary . . . Good Old Grgan Grinder Pete Go Happy-Go Lucky-Go Love That's Life I Guess . . . . . . . . .. Gee But You're Swell . , , I've Got You Under My Skin Trust In Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lovely XVeather, Mademoiselle Regina Kaminski '37 and Ruth Manning '37 i431

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Elmira Catholic High School Annual CLASS POEM Four years of high school life Have not made our spirits less.- f Nay, rather the strain and strife, Urged along by ceaseless stress, Has helped us. Pk PF YK PF Our work was play, or so we thought. Y W'e had no cares to hold us down, No troubles in our joys were brought To force upon our brows a frown To harm us. Pk Dk Pk Pk But now all that is over. The joys, the charms We held as ours, Left behind as we pass over, And here, at last, for these short hours There's just a memory to hold us. E. VV. Fennell '37 16.1.1-. PEACE-TURMOIL It was a beautiful summer day, in fact, one which poets would call a perfect day. I sat on the porch of a cottage admiring the beauty of the surroundings. In the sky, the sun blazed gloriously. Its light shone on the lake and gave it the appearance of so many glittering diamonds. The trees along the bank stood tall and majestically as they cast their reflections on the water. Far out on the lake I beheld a small sailboat, which was moving slowly along. Its white sail silhouetted against the blue of the sky added to this picturesque scene. Even the quick ripple of the water did not break the stillness of this peaceful day. Suddenly, all of this was changed. Darkness descended everywhere as the sun hurried quickly behind the clouds. Gone was my diamond lake and in its place were angry, gurgling waters which dashed fiercely against the shore. The once straight trees now swayed in rhythm with the wind. Their branches sagged as if ladened down by some heavy object. Looking out on the lake, I saw the sailboat tossing to and fro as it tried to gain headwy through the storm. I was dismayed as I saw the rain falling in torrents. Then, just as quickly as it started, it ceased. After the wind had quieted down, I walked out on the porch. There was no sun in the sky to greet me-only gray, dismal clouds. Branches of trees lay scattered all over the shore of the lake. The soft warm breeze had been replaced by chilly winds. As I gazed at the uninviting scene, I remem- bered that only a short while ago I had thought of it as a perfect day. Lenore Gaffey l37 I 4 7 l

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Sept Sept. Sept Sept. Sept Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. jan. jan. jan. jan. jan. jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar Mar Mar Elmira Catholic High School Annual LEAVES FROM A SENIOR'S DIARY 8-School opens. l7-Paul Lewis comes to school sporting a mustache. 24-Senior Class holds elections. 28-First class meeting. Senior Carnival planned. 29-Seniors measured for class- rings. Science club to be organized. 2-Sodality holds elections. 9-School looks forward to a three day week-end. Zl-Ann McCarthy gets drenched on the fire escape before classes. tAnd the sun was shining, too!j 23-Senior Carnival in Assembly Rooms. 30,-No school today on account of a Teacher's Convention. tYours for bigger and longer conventionsj 31-Sigma Theta holds Hallowe'en Dance at the Knights of Columbus. 28-Hartnett's Birthday again! 30-Senior Class chooses yearbook staff. Paul Sheehan chosen as editor-in-chief. 4-P. R. U. Leap Year Dance. And the girls paid the check! 6-HFirst snow. School's skiers start waxing their skiis. 10-Tommy Butler gives Ruth Manning an ink shower in English class. 18-Sodality Bee Hunt. 23-Atomic Circle gives a Christmas Play. 24-No snow for Xmas yet. 25- Aw, we know yuh, Pop! 4-Back to the daily grind. ll-Cramming of crammings and all is cramming. Oh you, Cicero! 18-Exams! 20-Regents ! 25-Did you pass? 28-Meet Harry Lagonegro, the new Thin Man fSonny was sick with the grippej l-A certain Senior arrested for driving with '36 plates on his car. 3-Seniors choose Nonie'y Galley and Joe Maloney as co-chairmen for the Prom. 7-Did we hear Angelina Mancini say that a mite box was a pennies for heaven box ? 10-So the Senior boys aren't smoking cigarettes during Lent. XVell that's nice. Oh, you say they're using pipes instead? 22-The Atomic Circle and the Chemistry Class journey to Corning Glass XYorks. Lagonegro gets a Hat tire right in the middle of a mud puddle. l-Seniors decide From to be May 20 in the Mark Twain Hotel. 4-XYas Tommy Butler's coat burned up! He'll learn not to leave lighted pipes in his pocket. 7-Spring is here! Mike Rhode, Bud Battersby and -loe Nolan gave Terry fthe Mac's dogl a bath last Friday. Mar. l2- Peg O' My Heart is named as Senior Play. Rita Schneck Mar. Mar and joe Maloney are to play leads. l7-lfverything looks green to me after seeing all those green dresses at the Delta Alpha St. Patrick's Day Dance. 7 lg-XYhy must I be tormented? Maybe you don't think I was tired in classes! i491