Marymount Secondary School - Hiamead Yearbook (Tarrytown, NY)

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The Poetry Club NAUGURATED by the class of '36, the Cxford Poetry Club activities have been carried on with great enthusiasm by the Seniors of '37, whose efforts to produce original poetry met with well-deserved success. The fundamental objective of the club is to encourage students to take a deeper and more intimate interest in the great poetical works of the past and present, and also to become themselves more eflicient in the intrinsically beautiful :IFE of versifica- tion. Many contributions of original verse were submitted by members, to be repro- duced in this Hiamcad. XVC are particularly attached to the title of our club because of its signification. The very word Oxford summons up before the mind's eye a glorious galaxy of the literary masters of centuries. We have become familiar with the various colleges, and many of us are anticipating the happy day when we too shall walk in the venerable quadrangle of Oriel, hear the great bell that rings out the curfew from Tom Tower, and wander at leisure through the meadows of Christ Church. Our favourite college however. is Magdalen. I-Iow we should love to be there on May-Day morning, when the students from the top of the tower sing a Latin hymn to the Trinity, and afterwards several secular tunes according to custom, and perhaps more eagerly would we join their ranks as later they hie to I-linksey and other country villages for breakfast! Thus, even though they be shrouded as yet in the mists of imagination, the famous spires of the grand old English University city have directed our gaze to the higher ideals of man-ideals that have escaped from individual souls of exquisite beauty, and taken their flight through the world in song and verse. . We of '37 have sincerely enjoyed our year of membership, for it has made us truly appreciate and love the music of words. JANE FLYNN, '37, Sixty-six

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- 1 The Mission Club HE appeal from Priests and Nuns engaged in missionary work throughout the world, to help them to aid Christ's little ones, has rung pleadingly down the cen- turies. Does it always find a generous response in our hearts and in the hearts of all those who call themselves Christians? That is a serious question. To emphasize the gravity of this responsibility, a new feature was introduced into the activities of the Mission Club this year. Besides the making of First Communion Dresses which constitutes the traditional work of the members, each student was re- quired to write a lengthy speech on assigned features of missionary life and work. The results were more than consoling, and each week at Notes, or when the assembly of the Student Body presented a favorable opportunity, one of the speeches was read aloud to impress on us the necessity of our sincere and whole-hearted co-operation in this great work of the Church. A Mission Day was also held, on which the entire Student Body assisted at Mass and Holy Communion for the intentions of the Holy Father. During the past year, even though incapacitated for several weeks through severe illness, he has not failed to beg those of his flock who are able, to send assistance to the struggling priests in the pagan countries of the world and to redouble their zealous efforts. Interesting Mission magazines are among the most popular of our library periodicals. XVell-written articles in their pages describe vividly the conditions existing in foreign lands of pagan religions, where the poor, ignorant souls of the natives are imprisoned with the chains of superstition and idolatry. If by our prayers and active interest in Catholic Action we can alleviate these ter- rible sufferings of our fellow beings, we, who during the past year have gained a greater knowledge of the glorious life of God's missioners, pledge our undying love and fidelity to the Propagation of the Faith. MARY MCGAUGI-IEY, '37. Sixf jf-'fi W

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The Children of Mary HE Senior year of Academic life brings with it the realization of many long- cherished dreams and ardently desired privileges, but none so precious or dear to the heart of every true Marymount girl as the blue ribbon and silver medal which de- note admission into the Sodality of the Children of Mary. The beautiful feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady on the eighth of December, is the traditional day of Reception. In the quiet hours of early morning, Holy Mass is celebrated with all due solemnity. The Butler Memorial Chapel, aglow with the radiance of a myriad tall, tapering candles, and filled with the fragrant scent of late autumn flowers, opens wide the majestic iron-wrought gates of its narthex for the procession of happy Aspirants. It is not until evening, however, that the ceremony proper takes place. At that hour when stars begin to peep through the early December twilight, the chapel is once more a scene of reverent rejoicing, and as the privileged students, upon whom so great an honour is about to be bestowed, kneel to place their lilies in the golden vase at the foot of the altar, the organ peals forth ia triumphant praise. Once more has Mary opened wide her mantle of blue to take within its protecting folds her consecrated children. Once more does her Divine Son, during the Solemn Benediction which follows, raise His Sacred Hand to bless. And so the day comes to a close-a glorious close in the presence of Jesus Himself. Father Doumas, S.J., officiated this year and preached a memorable sermon. The blue ribbons and medals are but symbols of that great honour and privilege-to be Mary's own children, and we who have received them pray that we may ever be worthy of all they stand for-the purity of Mary's love. PATRICIA KENNEDY, '37, l Sixty-se van r 3.