Immaculata Academy - Lilium Convallium Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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18 LILIUM CONVALLIUM y f g g s i J J nf - v: aj li ' xg LLJJ ll g 1f 2 SLJ ij Y gf' Jw! 5 455 3 4 ill- -f Pr. 4 + -H ,ilu .af f Lf ! 1 ' E friqugefi . X . 55 ' 5 Uk., ' 'Q X 1 ka. ,,,. -vtfsmvt Etlsug .u A Retrospect A bright, crackling fire dancing merrily up the chimney, sheds a golden glow around the room. However, the woman who sits before the fireplace takes no notice of the cheerful coziness about her. All thought of the busy world is forgotten while she looks over her book, My School Girl Days, and lives again those happy years of long ago. Long ago-yes, but, as remembrances come stealing back, the interval seems only a few days since that sweet time of girlhood. First comes the memory of teachers, those sweet, smiling personages, who radiated kindness and good cheer wherever they went. How they had aided and watched her every step both in her lessons and in the formation of her character! Her lessons! That thought wakes mingled feelings of joy, regret, and thanksgiving: joy at the benefit she had derived from them, regret be- cause, she now sees plainly, how she might have prepared them better, and thanksgiving because in ever keeping at them, trying, trying, trying, her character had developed the quality of perseverance. In fact, it was not the amount of knowledge derived from the lessons that had been of most benefit to her, but the qualities of her character which had been developed in the mastery of them. Often she had wondered which subject would aid her nl0St. She had soon learned the answer. It was religion. Religion had supported her in temptation and had been a guiding light to her footsteps, ever leading them onward and upward along the path of life. Her dear old schoolmates-where are they all now? It is fifteen years since she and they had walked forward triumphantly to receive their diplomas. She had delivered the valedictory. In it she had said: Our hearts have been trained to the right ideals, and the right sympathies, and the right motives, we must ever be keen and alert to weigh the scales between the good and the bad, the true and the spurious, the flawless and the faulty, we must ever follow the guidance of the inner light. What our work will be, we know not, but that there will be no idle souls we pledge our hearts and hands. She had pictured life, the world, her future, through a different glass from the one she now sees through. All had been colorful, radiant, pure, lustrous, But now? Then she had been looking through the glass of youthg

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LILIUM CONVALLIUM MARGARET WALSH Tall and dignified is Margaret. Her merry brown eyes are her chief means of letting the world know how she feels about things. It is of interest to note Margaret's eagerness to do much research work. She is accurate and cle- pendable and in the business world she is bound to be successful. BERNICE NOONAN Laugh and the world laughs with youg knock and you knock alone. This must be Ber- nice's motto, for she is never a knocker but an able supporter of every good undertaking. Bernice's delights include back seats, good things to eat, and many questions. Marty NIEI-IUESER Serene and unobtrusive, Mary is fond of all forms of fun and activity, except, perhaps, the strenuous half hour spent in the gym twice a week. Her genius is shown in her knowledge of Spanish by which she is always willing to help other members of the class. MAIKY BARNES Small, demure, and attractive are the charac- teristics of Mary Barnes. She tries her best in every study, and is notable in the com- mercial room, where she shows skill both in typewriting and in mending machines. Her agility in gym exercises gives her promise of success as a physical culture teacher. LUCILLE McGoonTY Lucile is a quiet girl, and very attentive in class. She sits silently throughout an entire recitation period, seldom volunteering an an- swer, but when called upon she has a ready reply that shows deep thinking and an alert mind. A cheerful greeting with a pleasant smile may at all times be expected from her. l' , I ill, . l i

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LILIUM CONVALLIUM 19 now she sees through the glass of reality with knowledge that comes from Contact with life. Yet it is wonderful to have had those ideals, those pictures, they are what had urged her on in those first trying years, they had sustained her as the passing of time brought a more somber view of lifeg they had developed and had been intensified by experience, and they make her present outlook nobler. They were youth, 21 dear and priceless gift from God. -MARY WILLIAMS, '26. With Pen and Ink fRondeauj XVith pen and ink those many themes Of childhood days and of our schemes, We wrote with nervous shaky hand, Then many times in vain we scanned, And murmured at how hard they seemed. Ah yes, how bright the visions gleamed Of our ambitions how we dreamed, And then we wrote our hopes and plans With pen and ink. But now far better things we mean To put on paper, and we deem, Among the greatest works of man, Ours too the test of time will stand, Though timidly we once began With pen and ink. -MARIE KLUGE, 'z6. Time The clock is ticking on the shelf And hours new begettingg The pendulum, dodging like an elf In the clock that's ticking on the shelf, Is always counting to himself The moments I'm forgetting. The clock is ticking on the shelf ' And hours new begetting. -BIBIANA MAHER, ,27.