Holy Redeemer High School - Campanile Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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A History of the Holy Redeemer ' Alumnae Association ON the evening of November twelfth, 1915, Father Franzen called a meeting of the Holy Redeemer graduates. The response was enthusiastic and the attendance gratifying, for nearly all who lived within the city were present. This marked the first reunion of the former students and it gave birth to those enduring sparks of loyalty and allegiance which have been kept alive even to the present day. After a secret Vote was cast by ballot the following were elected to hold office for one year: president, Miss Winifred Kerwing vice-president, Miss Bernice Baker: secretary, Mr. John B. Collins: treasurer, Mrs. A. L. Kent: historian, Miss Marietta Quinn. It was moved and supported by these officers that all graduates and post-graduates of Holy Redeemer be accepted to member- ship either honorary or active. A constitution consisting of six articles sub- divided into sixteen sections was drawn up and it was further suggested that the Alumni hold three meetings a year, one in October, another in early Spring. and the third at the Alumni banquet. In closing the meeting, Father Franzen said: The object of the Holy Redeemer Alumni shall be to promote social intercourse among its members: to keep in close relation with its Alma Mater: to preserve and strengthen her teachings and to advance her interests! However, the year 1919 marked a change in the personnel of the Alumni when Father Cantwell distinguished the girl graduates from those of the Broth- ers' School by forming two associations and naming the girls' The Holyl Redeemer Alumnae Association. It was also during this year that we became more closely affiliated with the Inter-national Federation of Catholic Alumnae. In December, 1921, a holiday dancing party was given by the Alumnae at the Elks' Temple. This was the first social event ever given by the Alumnae, and it was a tremendous success. When the Immaculate Heart Sisters celebrated the anniversary of their Diamond Jubilee, many Redeemer representatives were present at the pontifical high mass at St. Mary's Chapel in Monroe. In March, 1929, the Alumnae was re-organized by Father Elenz and new officers were installed. Miss Josephine Collins was elected president: Miss Angeline Benson, vice-president: Miss Eunice Petiprin, secretary: Miss Susan Schneider, treasurer, When a banquet was tendered to the Class of '29 at the Fort Shelby Hotel, two hundred members were present and the dance at the Book-Cadillac a year ago was considered a brilliant success, The card party at the auditorium, on February fifth, brings the activities of the Alumnae up to date. And thus' our review is completed for the present, but history repeats itself and well may it be so: for as each sweet girl graduate leaves Holy Redeemer to join the ranks of womanhood, she may have the assurance that there is a connecting link, binding her forever with her former classmates. That link is the Alumnae, and as a correlated whole, the Alumnae has become almost spiritually related to the succeeding classes, and, what is more, to the Immacu- late Heart Sisters who form the background of school day memories. R. Livernois '30, Page Sixty-five C fi A M P A N I 1 L E 6.54.1 ' l V5 sg X- ,Ami Ss X of . ' A . nl N u

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v vi-Y C A M P A N I L , rs-5 . 1 1 E rally , x lyx J ' ,J 1 ,-e '. Vi, -J 1 X lik IAN I , 1 1 1-.flill'fii.. 19111 . 1 111 ,R A 1 E k MM-AMN X ' LA i, x l fi. ,L f W. A History of the Holy Redeemer Alumni Association IN SEPTEMBER, 1917, when the Brothers of Mary of Dayton, Ohio, came to Holy Redeemer at the invitation of the Very Reverend Father Franzen, C.S.S.R., then Pastor, to organize and conduct a Boys' High School, the student enrollment was very small and it was not until June 1918, that the people of Holy Redeemer Parish were able to witness the first Commenceme-n-t Exercises under their jurisdiction. In that year, there was but one boy to graduate. However, the following year the number increased to seven and in June, 1920, nineteen more young men completed the prescribed course of study and were awarded diplomas. It also happe-ned, a little later in that same month and year, that a com- plimentary banquet was tendered this extra large class, by the seven young men that had gone before them and it was at this banquet that the idea was first made known, by the Very Reverend Father E. K. Cantwell, C.S.S.R., who was then Pastor, that an Association should be formed to keep these young men that had completed their High School career and those that would grad- uate i-n later years, united. Pursuant to this idea, a meeting was held in the Auditorium in October, 1920, with Brother Edward, S. M., then principal, presiding. Here officers were elected, committees were appointed to draw up a Constitution and By- Laws and other plans that were necessary at that time were adopted. Thus it was, that a new organization in Holy Redeemer Parish was founded: however, this Association was not singular in its nature, for a similar one was started some years before by the good Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the girls who graduated under their care. As a High School Alumni our object is to perpetuate among our members those hallowed memories of school days, to help one another morally and financially, to strengthen the bonds of friendship and finally to unite our- selves to our Alma Mater. With this object as our guide, we have grown from twen-ty-six members, to the present roll call of three-hundred and eighteen members. The Association now twelve years old has establishd a worthy precedent, and we feel that our organization will live on and expand as long as there is a Holy Redeemer Parish. With the addition of each graduating class, our Alumni is growing bigger and better each year and this is in a great part due to the aid given and the enthusiasm displayed by the Fathers and Brothers of Holy Redeemer Parish. We appreciate their assistance and advice and aim to profit by the encouragement rendered us. With the influx of forty-eight new and active members at the end of this scholastic year we can hopefully look forward to a prosperous and helpful as well as interesting future. J. REAUME '27, Page Sixty-four

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