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

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Ugcljlizl A haven ot peace and contentment. Yes, these words may well describe our little chapel overlookino the ever beautitul campus ot Mercy. Here a tew moments oi each day are lovingly dedicated to Qur Lord and Savior, lesus Christ, to bring to Him all the joys and sorrows ot our hioyli school lite. l-le listens with loving and tatherly interest to our prayers and petitions. Qur many prayers tor peace were answered when Our Blessed Lord gave us victory over our enemies and peace among nations. We leave this lovliest ot all places with deep love, new hope and new inspiration for the future days yet to come. As we bid farewell to our dear Alma Mater there are many events of our school days which we will not remember, but the lovely little chapel and our daily visits to Christ, Our Eternal Kino will always hold a high place in our lasting treasure ot memories. -to

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Ufam 1717155601 On a beautiful day in early September, l942, Our Blessed Lady lovingly smiled down upon the 31 eager, excited young maidens who for the first time passed through the portals of a high school dedicated to her honor. Cn that day Mother of Mercy welcomed us as her green yet lovable freshmen. A feeling of security was offered to us in the form of our Hbig sisters, whom we loved and respected as our ideals. The fun-rollicking day of initiation which they presented to us is one to be always remembered. Patched dresses worn inside-out, pigtails, tin curlers and oddly matched shoes and anklets were humiliating, yet so amusing. Our class set about choosing a mission project and adopted St. Philomena's Parish in the basin of Cincinnati. One of the highlights of our mission labors was the skating party we sponsored in order to raise funds for our adopted parish. At Christmas each of us brought a small toy for the small children of our mission. Surely we shall never forget their happy, glowing faces when at Christmas we visited them bringing with us our own Santa Claus laden with numerous gifts and surprises. To climax the year we presented our big sisters with a garden party complete with Carnation corsages and a tiny hatbox containing a lapel pin in the form of a little crocheted bonnet. Before we knew it, September had again rolled around, bringing us back to Mercy as sophomores. We had lost 6 of our original members but this was well compensated by the 59 new members of our class. As a result our class was divided into two homerooms. Both classes however sponsored a theater party for the benefit of our missions. - Our second year at Mother of Mercy was climaxed by a picnic at MacFarland woods given in honor of the senior class. God blessed us with lovely spring weather which helped to make the day a memorable one. Before one could realize it we had become luniors. We were then 88 in number, having lost 8 girls and having gained 12. Again the two lunior classes demonstrated their fine spirit of cooperation by sponsoring a dance in honor of the senior class. None of us shall ever forget the planning, work and enjoyment that made our Ulanuary lump such a grand success. And of course one of the most important events of our lunior year was the selecting of our class ringsesymbols of four years of study, work and fun. Scissors, pictures and fashion magazines also played an important role throughout the year, for with the aid of these and our vivid imaginations we fashioned for each senior a yearbook of treasured memories. ' The climax of this happy year was the never-tosbe-forgotten lunior-Senior prom at Hartwell country club. Page 14