Good Counsel College - Vestigia Yearbook (White Plains, NY)

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for the Fashion Show which was given for the benefit of the Missions. Various committees took a keen interest throughout the year in promoting devotion to Our Blessed Lady. This winter a snow-bound Campus was decked with various snow images which the students had modeled. A Sophomore, Mary Ford, was awarded the prize for her statue of Martha Washington. Verily we thought for a time that Hawthorneis famous snow image which came to life would become a reality at Good Counsel for Martha VVashingtOn seemed to graciously make her curtsey to us as we passed On the Way to classes. Along with the development of our mental faculties we have been well trained to take our place in the social world by reason of the experience gained by the various social events given throughout the year, dinners, banquets, the Fordham Glee Club dance, the Spring dance-whose note of refinement leaves an indelible impression. Early in the year we were introduced to Reverend Mother Mary Compassio as the new Superior of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion. The Sophomore class extends to you, dear Reverend Mother, its prayerful wish that the hand of God will hover over all your undertakings and that He will give you His choicest graces to complete your arduous tasks. Commencement this year had great significance to us. VVe were privileged to make and to carry the Ivy Chain and to present it to our beloved sister class, the Seniors. The beauty of the event overshadowed its tinge of sorrow as the president ofthe Student Council, Rita Cashin, bent to plant the ivy as the emblem of the love 'of her class. We feel that we are close to the Seniors who leave the hallowed grounds of Good Counsel this year. Yes, Seniors you go but you leave traditions which will be as a benediction to those who come after you. Tearfully we see you march from these venerable walls and familiar scenes but the bonds of the present are golden. May the recollection of happy days spent together brighten your pathway. Ever remember that the lips and hearts of those Whom you leave behind will always throb for you in a melody of prayer. -FLORENCE JONES OFFICERS FLORENCE J ONEs . . President FLORENCE DOYLE . . Vice-President MARY FORD . . . Secretary JANE HUGHES . . Treasurer 80 -, vEsTlGlA19a4 I

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n THE CLASS OF1936 To Good Counsel's chain of good will and love the Sophomores humbly offer their link that t.hey may be united with the former students of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion. Good Counsel is now home to us. A year ago the greetings of gentle Sisters bade us welcome and the spirit of love so prevalent among Good Counsel's stately halls seemingly reechoed the same Words throughout the year. Bonds of friendship have united us as closely to the traditions of our college as is the delicately tinted ivy which wreathes its green mantling over the pillars and walls of the buildings on the Campus. Truly, through the guidance of our teachers, the Sisters, who so patient- ly guided our timid steps through our Freshman year, we have become thy faithful daughters forever, O blue-mantled Lady of Good Counsel. Thus the Class of '36 has come back in that brilliant latter part of September when the glory of luminous blue in the heavens and the splendors of bronze, crimson, and purple in the autumnal foliage wrap the Campus in colorful ecstasy. We were very happy as we knelt before the altar of God on the first day of the new school year and felt certain of the Master's loving glance and approval. The long year of the Freshman approbation is over and the Class of '36 finds in the Sophomore year of its college career, its mental and moral possibilities just blooming and coming to first fruits. Investiture took place early in the year and We were filled with joy to have our tassels turned to the Sophomore side of our academic caps. For the second time, too, we were privileged to hear His Excellency, Bishop James E. Kearney, give an inspiring address at this momentous event. Under the leadership of our class officers, namely, Florence Jones, president, Anne Lawlor, Counsel Representative, Mary Ford, secretary, Jane Hughes, treasurerg and Florence Doyle, second vice-president, we have continued to be an active class. An old-fashioned barn dance given on October thirty-first for the Missions proved to be a remarkable success, financially and socially. Our versatality is shown by the outstanding number of Sophomores who have lent their musical talents to the Glee Club, and Orchestra. Truly the Goddess of Music must have a special interest in the Sophomores for again their talents have been combined to further the success of the Orchestra. Members of our class rivaled even upperclassmen by their oratori- cal abilities in the Preston Debating Society. Marie Eckert, a Sophomore, was one of the three speakers representing our college in the debate in which we were victorious between Good Counsel and the College of Mt. St. Vincent. In the scientific field the interest and ability of the Sophomores have helped to develop the newly-formed Science Club which has as its president one of our number. Florence Doyle. Then too, may I mention the Sophomore representation on the Prestonian staff? Our class was well represented on the various committees '79 VESTIGIA 1934

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