Mount St Joseph Academy - Yearbook (Brighton, MA)

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tion, and we soon detected beneath us September, 1938. No longer were we meek, little l'reshies but the tradi- tional sillv sophomores, endowed with a wisdom it would be improbable we would ever again attain. As strange as it seemed at the time, and despite our wild protestations, we were over- joyed to enter the dim halls we had learned to love so dearlv. Several new laces were peering out from the rows in our vision ol' 1938: visages ol' those who have and undoubtedly will make us proud we were their elassmates: our .Xrlington group, lidith XVeiser, and many others. Our pilot next allorded us some merriment as he pointed out to us our sophomore play. There had been no comedy attached to this serious ae- eomplishment at the time ol' its under- taking. It was, on the contrary, en- dowed with supreme iinportanee. Even the barn dance held Halloween night eouldn't obliterate our ex- pectant hopes lor the night ol' nights to arrive. Sweet triumph was ours on the night ol the perlorinanee. when showered with the congratulations ol' Xlarv XYilliatnson. Class Historian relatives and friends, we vehemently denied that it had been worth the priee of a ticket. XVe lailed to de- eeive the most eredulous and gullible ol' creatures, lor in our eves was a shining pride we thought. locked tightlv in our hearts. XVe pitied Claire Meflratli and Dorothea Mahoney, our two very, verv cultured linglish loot-

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X rf I that morbid cloud of gloom suspended over the heads ol' all the lreshmen re- lused to be dispelled. Barbara Holmes most embarrassing moment soon appeared within ottr range ol' vision. Barbara. it seemed. had taken upon her slender shoulders the solemn responsibility ol acquiring some cherries lor her lamished lriends. 'lihis was a rather precarious under- taking fraught with many dilliculties. but Barbara was very successlul in her exploit. Finding it immediately neces- sary to hide her treasure. she placed the cherries in the lront ol' her uni- lorm and bravely advanced into the tlassroom bestowing a cheery good- morning upon Sister. Then some- thing occurred for which she had not provided. She was called upon to re- cite, and with the countenance ol an ancient martyr she arose to the oc- casion. One by one like hail stones dancing oll' the window pane. the lruits ol' her labor slowly fell at her lieet. A long treatise was written by Miss Hulme on the subject ol just why cherries were unsuitable for a recitation period. Then a vision ol' woe was presented to us. Our homeroom Sister had been transferred and even though she still was installed at the academy. that could arouse but little joy in our heavy hearts. Time, however. is the great healer. and our paramount interest was the rapidly approaching retreat. The peace. the solemnity, the beauty ol' Father Frawley's simple sermons were indelinable. The freshman panorama next dis- played a day in May. XXI' could dis- cern Claire XYatson tracing and re- tracing countless unintelligible lines which linally merged into a map ol' Palestine. Claire was always the recipient ol' our rincerest svmpatliy but that could not convince her that her el'l'orts were unappreciated. lor it seemed that no girl in Freshman I3 had the laculty ol' remembering not to erase C1laire's work ol' 2ll'l. livery morning with her box ol' colored chalk our class artist was appointed to bring Palestine to the Acadenty. XVe were absolutely positive that somewhere in Miss lVatson's brain was lodged an indelible imprint ol' every' city, river. and mountain in the Holy Land. 'l'hen passed our long summer vaca- ,ffl I The Mount

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men ln yxhat thu tumul a hosttle, lgnolant Ireland lol to tlus day ll ts an nnpossxbthty for thun to dcternnnt undu xsluch ann thu nun to salt quald the pool dtltnstltss dog and ta Ruleat sped by on mngs and as lzastu xacauon tunnnatul and out lowly Hay Ptocesston became a thtng of the past, one thought predommatul Ill our young nnnds Exams' HL bent out mdolnltablt mulls to tht yatn attempt ol stulhng tn out uanunns a ytal s Lnoysltdg.,t tn '1 lux nights Only one thought Slhllllllltl us tlnough the llylllg days XISIOIIS of lllylllk days axsaltmg us Ill the summer months to come At last out trnals tndtd and our happy XISIOHS lnuged tnto ual mes unlors' Xs out plant paused abou the Star IQQQ gl sh.np pang nas once IIIOIL CXl3LlILlllLCl H.d out Inst tso ssful yeals non thtn places ILS annals tn a Hutt moment' It was Ill our lllllllll yeal that me became HIISIILSSCS tn the Inf. alt ol tap danunff but not xuthout an ox er abundance ol not, skmntd anklts, and HCIIIIIQIF backs Dllflllg the months of rehearsal, lubbmg alcohol sales must haye been boosted sky hlgh A customed to the lmght hghts and the adulatlon of apprulatlyt audiences, as uc puformul tn the jllllltll play, yu. solemnly behu Ld OIIISCIX es of the stage Ve had upon out hands IH early 1940 a mmor deteetlye mystely Fol many weeks Geneuue XVallaee had been baffled by the regular appearance ol threatening notes hom lhe Qecret Fl hnrtun of tht Rolling Bones Upon the surrender ok a ransom which Lon slsted of a box of Cenulue s delee pteearlouslyf Ill the balantt was lTlCI'Cl lullyf spared untor Retrtat came syuftlyf and the texts ol father lfnuxlu s thought pro Xfllxlllq SLIHIOIIS ulll num ht tradt cated lronl out nnnds and heal ts Exams exept by, then tnne relentlessly stalked past XVe an oke one mol nmg ftelmg wry forlorn, fol me utr: senlors and lt yx as out hnal XLZII at the Mount I1 lglo we WCIC ioluu busy I here were our photographs to he taken, class rings X SC 1-Xl I-ROXI IISH SFXIOR B0 XRIH-RS The Mount . 1- . in .i K 1. . K s- - ' - ,V v.s, .--'.- IA s s 'y ' Af s - t. A- v 1 1' A I 2 I . V V x ' . ' K. , . 1 , . , , , s -' . - s R U . , J.. , v . 1- 1 ' C ' . f ' v ' ' . 1 t ' li-- .,' V, V'-' . ' . '. ,, ,'. ,L f , .A sflvl. - ' K .' - .4 - .' table fudge, her hle wlnch had hung . , 4. , .' , . , - .i - ' -H. X V . , ' . ' A. , . In blip. ' -' ' ' in x 1' - ' - - - I' tin V I ' such '- 'ng . 5 . . -W. ', ,. ..,,.