Marymount Secondary School - Hiamead Yearbook (Tarrytown, NY)

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.,...-4 George Washington's Birthday Celebrations HE annual George Washington's Birthday celebrations were held in the Auditorium on Thursday, February the eighteenth. The curtains opened to disclose Liberty, a tableau very successfully presented by Miss Mary Yankauer. She recited a poem, after which the entire Student Body sang the National Anthem and renewed their pledge of allegiance to the flag. Two plays were presented by the Dramatic Society to add to the evening's enjoy- ment. The scene of the first one which was entitled The Making of the Flag was laid in the workshop of Miss Betsy Ross during the Revolutionary War, and the second one Crinoline and Candlelight had for a ITl0St effective background, a modern mas- querade ball. The spirit of the festivities was admirably prolonged in a most colourful procession or rather grand march which was formed immediately after the final number-a stately minuet. Led by Jane Flynn as George Washington, it finally reached the As- sembly Hall. Here, dancing and games were held in which all participated, and later in the evening, refreshments were served. Bedtime came all too soon for our gay, colonial revelers, and yet it was with con- tented sighs that the laughing, happy Ladies and Gentlemen mounted the stairs. GLORIA NVATIQRBURY, '39. Fflffj'-lIi1IC

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The Christmas Tree E all know the old riddle: Which is the most far-reaching tree in the world? -and the answer: The Family Tree! Now I have often wondered if there is any reason why the tree that brings the most happiness to the world is the Christmas Tree. I wondered and wondered, until one day the proverbial little bird whispered this legend to me. Once upon a time, when Jesus was a Child, His good Foster-Father, who was a carpenter, wished to give Him a little gift for His Birthday. As he was very poor, he could not afford to buy Jesus a costly present, so he decided that, unknown to his Foster Son, he would make Him a pretty little wooden donkey just like the one His dear Mother rode upon the night that He was born. But alas! all the trees in the neighboring forest were too haughty to lend their wood for such a purpose. A donkey, indeed! Their very foliage quivered with indignation at the mere thought of such a thing. So, very sadly, poor Saint Joseph wended his way homewards. He was passing the house of a poor shepherd, when he suddenly felt his arm plucked sharply. Looking around, he saw no one and was about to proceed when he experienced the same tugging of his sleeve. He turned once more, and this time he noticed a slender, graceful tree with pretty, fluffy pine-needles on its branches. He stood gazing at it and then he saw a peculiar look in the eyes of the pine-needles, as though the tree were saying: Please take me to make the donkey for Jesus. So, Saint Joseph cut it down and carried it into his workshop. Soon he produced such a sweet little donkey that the Heart of Little jesus was overjoyed. Now Jesus was God and knew all things. He knew, for instance, about the proud trees in the forest who would not be made into a silly donkey, and He also knew why the pine tree had given its wood so graciously. It was because it had so often seen Him bringing the goodies His Mother had given Him, to the children of the poor shepherd who lived near the place where the tree grew. Now, jesus is never outdone in generosity. He determined that since the pine tree had given Him such happiness on His Birthday, that always on that day it would be the cause of joy to the whole world as long as His Birthday would be celebrated. This is why the pine tree is always chosen for our Christmas tree-the tree that brings hap- piness to all the world. JEAN MENQES' ,38- Gifts of an Angel Snow is an angel's cracker-crumbs- Rain is an angel's tearg Thunder, an angel's clapping hands- Lightning, his silv'ry spear. The soft, cool breeze at Eventide, Stirring earth's flowerets fair, Is also the gift of an angel- 'Tis the breath of an angel's prayer! JANE FLYNN, '37, Fifty-one