Marymount Secondary School - Hiamead Yearbook (Tarrytown, NY)

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Retreat T is traditional to begin the scholastic year with a Retreat consisting of three days de- voted entirely to prayer, spiritual reading and conferences. The Retreat of '37 was conducted by the Reverend john A. Dixon, S. J. His man- ner of addressing the Student Body, of both Collegians and Academicians, was interest- ing, helpful and instructive, and his priestly counsel and advice remains engraved deeply in our hearts. The prospect of a Retreat-three whole days of absolute silence and recollection- is always a little terrifying to the average talkative student! Yet it is extremely edifying to see the fervour of the Marymount girls during these days. The Butler Memorial Chapel is never without a visitor to the Tabernacle of Divine Love. The lovely quiet beauty of the Campus in early Fall, seems in sympathetic harmony with the Students as, between the Conferences, they seek the garden paths, there to say their Rosary-com template at leisure the beauties of nature, or, when the truant sun breaks forth, sit down to read the life of a saint. We know that the memories of our Academic Retreats will ever remain with us in future years, and we hope that the good we gleaned during them for our souls' wel- fare will remain with us forever. KATHERINE MCDERMOTT, '38. The Feast of The Immaculate Conception MMACULATE! How I love that title of Our Lady! Each year, the quiet dawn of an early December day ushers in my favorite Feast of Mary, and as I recall this year's celebrations in Marymount, what a beautiful association links itself in my memory with that dear familiar name- Mary Immaculate. The fervent Novena of Benedictions which preceded the Feast was one of those spiritual treats which Marymount loves to provide for her children. Those words we repeated so fervently: Thou art all fair, O Mary, and the stain of original sin is not in thee sank deeper each evening into our hearts, until they blossomed forth therein into an increased love and veneration for the Immaculate Mother of God. When the soft, gray hours of day-break sped away, and the triumphant sun spread his majestic robes over the morning sky on the great Feast day, what happiness it re- vealed within the precincts of Marymount! Radiant countenances bespoke the joy in our hearts as we gathered round the shrine of Our Lady in our beloved Chapel. For some of us, gladness was intensified by the receiving of the coveted broad or narrow ribbon which signifies our admission into the Sodality of the Children of Mary or among those who aspire to this honored title. NVhen the brilliant sunset glowed beyond the Hudson, and the golden rnoon shone amid the evening stars, we saw in this heavenly splendor, the beauty of the Immaculate Woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. MARY WEIGEL, '38, Forly-om'