Mary Manse College - Brescian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Above: Try this for size. Below: The finished product. But haven't we forgotten something? Oh, yes - sandwiched between all this gala rush, but not forgotten, were exams. Then the officers for the coming year were elected, and while the lower classmen pondered over the selection of courses during pre-registration, the seniors stood aside and crammed for the Graduate Record Exam. Then with the closing of May we again saw the chapel filled with girls in cap and gown, and the seniors, in whose special tribute we acclaim these festive oc- casions, were distinguished by the traditional hoods which they wore. After Mass on Dedication Day we gathered on the campus before the statue of Our Lady and sang her praise, and the seniors, led by their presi- dent, dedicated themselves to c'Tl1e Queen of May. Baccalaureate Sunday began with Mass in the chapel, attended by the seniors and their parents, fol- lowed by the Senior Breakfast in St. ,loseph's. In the afternoon the student body marched into the auditorium for Class Day exercises. Hwe are proud to announce the news to youu that Mother Superior turned the tassels of the lower classmen before the sad-eyed seniors. Out in the yard, though, the seniors were in their glory while raising the flag and leaving their perpetual mem- ory on campus in the form of the planting of the class tree. On Commencement Night the seniors knelt before our Bishop to kiss his ring and receive their much- cherishcd sheepskins. Now they are our 'gbeloved alumnae and-horrayl vacation is here! wages' 84

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MAY H mm s an - Mir Above: Preparing to entertain our mothers. Right: Weill eat at the lfreslnnan picnic. This happiest and most beautiful of months is one that each of us holds dear. Smiles are checrier and heads and hands busier as the school year prepares a graceful exit. To echo Sister Mary Lawrencc's words at the dawn of last mouth, wfhis last quarter will give you many of the happiest moments of your college daysf, activities galore divided our attention. First, there was High School Day, when the student body was hostess to the high school senior girls of the diocese. A tour of the campus was followed by a program and topped by refreshments in Brescia. Ahl those last: days held fun for us-and lots of it. A formal dinner in St. .losephis was at- tended hy the Resident Students. At the Mother-Daughter Party the seniors bowed out with The Closing of the Horse and Buggy Inna, in which they revived many of the acts which had thrilled the faculty and former students when, as freshmen. they presented C'The Opening of the Horse and Buggy Inn. Later the freshmen helped us relax and play at their annual picnic. And what junior or senior will forget the delicious dinner at the Secor Hotel and the prophesies concerning each senior given by their hostesses, the juniors. Afterwards, all of us floated dreamily across the dance floor with our escorts at the Junior-Student Council Dance. 83

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10:00 A.M 6:00 P.lVl 3:30 A.M 9:30 A.M COMMENCEMENT WEEK MARY MANSE COLLEGE 1948 Wednesday -- May 26 - Freshman Day Walhridge Park Thursday - May 27 -Formal Dinner in Honor of Resident Students St. Joseph Hall Friday - May 28 -Missa Recitata and General Communion. Student Body Celehrant, Rev. James J. O'Toole Sacred Heart Cllapel . - Breakfast Mary Manse Tea Room 10:30 A.M.-Dedication to Our Lady 6:00 P.M. Campus Shrine Saturday - May 29 -Junior-Senior Banquet and Dance Hotel Secor Sunday - May 30 10:00 A.M.--Baccalaureate Mass 11:00 A.M. Celehrant, Rev. Harold P. Chilcote Baccalaureate Sermon Rev. .lohn J. Vogel Sacred Heart Chapel - Senior Breakfast St. Joseph Hall 2:30 P.M.-Class Day Exercises Officiant at Benediction Rev. Florian .l. Stranlm Ursuline Auditorium Mary lVlanse Campus Sacred Heart Chapel Brescia Hall Monday - May 31 3:15 P.lVl. - Commencement Exercises 6:30 P.lVl. Conferring of Degrees, Most Rev. Karl .l. Alter, D.D., LL. D. Address, Dr. Roy J. Deferrari. Ph.D. Ursuline Auditorium Tuesday - June 1 -Faculty Reception Honorin Class of 1911-8 7:30 P.lVl.--lVlary Manse Alumnae Banquet 8:30 P.lVl.-Meeting of the Mary lVlanse 7:00 P.M. Alumnae Association Brescia Hall Wednesday - June 2 - Banquet Induction of the 1911-8 Nominees into Kappa Gamma Pi fPlace to he announcedj