Mother of Mercy High School - Mercywood Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Cfam attato 1y In September, 1940, twenty-six timid, shaking girls entered the doors of Mercy for the first time to become the Class of 514. 19-14 seemed centuries away, and yet it seems that only yesterday we donned baby bonnets, one black and one white stocking, and were officially initiated by our Big Sisters. We caught the mission spirit of Nlercy; our task was that of helping the little Children at Blessed Nlartin de Porres Mission in Lockland. 'We provided them with Clothes for that wonderful day when they received their Eucharistic King into their hearts for the first time. Our Garden Party, planned so carefully for our Big Sisters, had to be rearranged somewhat when i I'he Rains Came? and we had to move inside. However, with a three-piece orchestra providing the music, we danced our troubles away and sent the Seniors on their way with the memory of a wonderful time. When we returned in September for our Sophomore year we found that we had lost one of our number, but had gained four new Classmates, giving us the happy total of 29. We were, to he sure, just what our name impliedeuwise fools, but we had our serious moments. XVe worked hard for our mission in Hickman, Ken- tucky. At Christmas we sent huge boxes of clothes, stuffed animal toys, and candy filled stockings, all made in aftereschonl sessions at the sewing machine by the Class of 31-1. We won the Blission Stamp Drive and for the remainder of the year were the proud possessors of the h'lission pennantt Due to war conditions and probable delays in obtaining rings. we chose and ordered our Class Rings so that we might be sure of having them the following year. We planned a lovely picnic as a farewell tribute to the Seniors, only to be rained out,, again. But though the weather was clamp, Our spirits were not, and the picnic,, in the cafeteria was a success in spite of it all. The first event of our Junior year was the arrival of our Class Rings. XVe had just about forgotten what they looked like through the summer, but when we saw them again, they seemed more beautiful than ever. We immediately began our Mission work by re-establishing the Delta Sigma CA S. M. C. Unit at Western Hills High School. In April we sponsored a very successful play, r'Follow Thou Men .in which the Delta Sigma Crusaders tool: the leading roles. We showed our Page 8

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-Ftvmwrvi'www-r www. -.--V-..w m patriotism by making scrap books, book marks, and afghan squares for the Red Cross, and by working at the local Ration Board on registration days. The year was high-lighted by our Dlother hlacAuley Assembly, our St. Patriekis Day Card Party, the making of the Seniorts Year Books, and the Iunior-Senior Prom. Our Senior year saw many changes at Blercy. We welcomed two new members to our own Class, and made many, many new friends among the underclassmen, as Mercy opened her loving arms to some two-hundred new girls, and took them right to her heart. Each Senior adopted her own little family, as she-took four uLittle Sisters under her wing, and as in most families, was soon wandering how she could ever have been happy with just one. We initiated the Freshies by knighting them in their paper hats and wooden swords as they spread their paper cloaks over imaginary puddles for their Senior nqueens.U We took up the responsibility of publishing the school paper and the Annual. Under tVlary Lou,s capable direction and Audreys business management, we published Gleanings monthly. For the first time, the Bowling League became a strictly student activity, under student management, as Elaine-took over the job of organizing teams, keeping scores and averages, and all the other little Uheadaches that go with managing a Bowling League. Our Class Play, nShuhert Alley broke all attendance records at Nlercy with a full house both nights. But with all our activities, we were never too busy to remember our own Indian B'lission in Chinle, Arizona, and we dressed dolls and sent candy and toys for the little ones there at Christmas. On June 1, 19-14, thirty-one dignified young ladies will walk through the halls of lVlercy together for the last time. Gone will be the days of gathering around the piano and singing our hearts out; gone the days of dancing in the lobby instead of eating a leisurely lunch; of basketball and football games together; gone those heated discussions in sociology and English classes; and the daily mad scramble to make the 3 O'clock bus eall of those little things that made Our days at Nlercy such happy ones. But sad as we may feel at the thought of leaving Nlercy and of leaving each other, we are comforted by the thought that this is not really KtGood- bye,U but merely HTill we meet again; for with Mary, the Nlother of Miercy, ever before us as our model of perfection, and armed with the teachings and ideals of Mercy, we are confident as we march into our Land of Hope and Glory? that we shall all meet again in eternity. Page 9