Mount St Mary Academy - Mercian Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Glass XYAY infix IN '42, sixty-two Freshmen rather timidly hurried from one class to another: of course, a great many other things happened in '42, like the Fall of Corregidor and the London Blitz, but such events were of minor importance to the Freshmen. Getting init- iated into life at S.hI.A. was a job and a half but well worth all our trouble. That first year at the Niount, for most of us, was a whirl of learning the right names to go with the right faces, conjugating Latin verbs, making x and y equal something, pitching a basketball through a basket, tuning our ears for the right bell, and in general, trying to be like our upperclassmen. Evidently our Freshmen days hadn't discouraged too many of us, because September of our Sophomore year brought most of us back with smiles on our faces to start another year of intellectual research. We were older, more dignihed and definitely belonged on St. Niarvs Campus. There must have been a plentiful supply of vitamins that year, even if food was rationed, for we topped nearly every selling campaign that came along. By the end of our Sophomore year we were well on our way to being young ladies and had no more serious thoughts in our heads than boy friends, skirts and sweaters, and writing letters. As Iuniors, there was no doubt about our being full-fledged belles. We were discovering talents we didn't think we possessed and we were learning to use them. Our first days of frantically trying to get a few lines printed in the Mount and writing an editorial every night will stick with us as a reminder that the pen is mightier than the sword and much harder to manage. Something new was added to campus activities- the Queen's Ball, which met with our enthusiastic approval. Our main topic for noon-hour gossip was Hi. tory shoe rationing, V-mail, a skinny guy called Sinatra and a freckle-nosed one called Van Iohnson, and the new song, Don't Fence zlffe ln . Giving the Seniors a picnic at Willow Springs caused quite a few head- aches but inspired a Iunior program to raise money, which turned out swell, even if we do have to say so. When we left for the holidays 'last spring, six of us were in the National Honor Society, eight, Press Club, four, members of the basketball team, and others of us held various positions in clubs and other activities. We came back last fall to Finish our twelfth year of school and to be thefirst class to graduate here under peace-time conditions in five years. We were Seniors and the world was ours. Being Seniors, we had more responsibilities and more privileges-cam didates for Bazaar queen came from our class, as well as the queens and maids for the Subiaco-Catholic High homecoming game. We sent a Illount to press nearly every month, tramped the highways and by-ways looking for patrons for the MERci.ax and worked on the MERCIAN, itself for hours. Most of the clubs had a president and accompanying officers from our group. We shouted with joy when our rings came and posed for a picture at Shradersf We danced away the hours at a ball dedicated to us: we were feted at the Alumnae Banquet, Class Day, and the Iunior-Senior picnic. Our years have been long but they have been happy, because so much went into making each day better and more complete. Our brief history is a story many besides ourselves have helped to write and to those who remain here after we leave and to those who have gone before us, we owe a debt of gratitude. Our tears on graduation night will not be tokens of fear or regret, for our future can hold nothing too big or too frightening for us who have learned religion, honor, cheerfulness, and knowledge at St. 1N4ary's. -I. Ross

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LOIS ANN WILKIE Born Iune 7, 1928, in Memphis, Tennessee Entered from Mount St. Mary's Iunior High, 1942 Vice-President of Class '43, '44, Latin Club ,432 Program Chairman of Latin Club '44, Glee Club '43, '44, '45, '46, Chaminade Club '43, '44, '45, '46, Commercial Club '45, '46, Bio-Chem Club '45, '46, Press Club '45, '46, President of the Dramatic Club '46, Feature Editor of the Mount ' 6, Co-Editor of the MERCIAN '46, National Honor Society '46, Quill anld Scroll '46, Vice-President of the French Club '46, English Club President '46. She is a queen--more wonderful than any that have bloomed on Orient thronesf' FLORENCE VIRGINIA WEEKS Born May 2, 1928, in Wynne, Arkansas Entered from Pulaski Heights Iunior High, Ianuary, 1943 Latin Club '44, Commercial Club '45, Bio-Chem Club '46, B-Square Club '46, English Club '46, National Honor Society '46. Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts. ADDIE WRIDER Bom November 19, 1928, in El Dorado, Arkansas Entered from Holy Redeemer School, September, 1942 Re-entered from El Dorado High School, September, 1945 Sodality '43, ,44, '45, '46, Latin Club '46, Commercial Club '46, English Club '46, Our Lady of Mercy Chapter of the Legion of Mary '46. Flowers spring to blossom where she walles . . . PATRICIA THEREAS WYLES Born May 27, 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri Entered from Little Rock High School, September, 1943 Sodality '43, '44, '45, '46, Commercial Club '45, '46, Bio-Chem Club '46, I English Club '46. To-know is nothing at all, To imagine is everything. CATHERINE ZALOUDEK Born December 3, 1928, in North Little Rock, Arkansas Entered in September, 1942, from St. Mary's, North Little Rock Sodality '43, '44, '45, '46, Latin Club '43, '44Q National Honor Society '45, '46, English Club '46, Commercial Club '45, '46, Vice-President of Our Lady of Lourdes Chapter of Mary ,452 Secretary of Our Lady of Lourdes Chapter of the Legion of Mary '46. She bears unconsciously the spell of loueliness

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l 1 Class will WE, THE SENloRs OF MOUNT ST. MARY's ACADEMY, Class of 1946, being of sound mind and in an un- usually generous mood, do hereby, in this, our last will and testament, wish to dispose of our many treas- ured possessions fborrowed or otherwise, before our departure into that much talked of cruel place, the world. To our beloved SISTER MARY DOROTHEA, our Superior, to SISTER MARY MARK, our Principal and Sponsor, and to all our teachers, we extend our sincere affection, and our heartfelt gratitude for their unfailing interest and efforts in all our undertakings. To our dear Chaplain, MSGR. T. L. KEANY, we bequeath our appreciation for the spiritual assistance and advice given us daily, as well as the physical training program he constantly promotes. We trustingly leave in the hands of the Iuniors, our Mount and MERCIAN headaches, our tattered books and battered desks, and all the other privileges and worries that come with being a Senior, with sincere hope that they will care affectionately for them in the years to corfie. To other carefully chosen schoolmates we regret- fully depart with various individual assets 1n the follow- ing manner: Mary Ann Adams wills her one slightly used tie and likewise white shirt to Mary Iac Snider. Carolyn Bailey asks that her quiet manners and unexcited ways go to Iosephine Payne. Mary Ann Ball wants her carefree good nature and winning personality to be given to Carolyn Cypert. Mary Agnes Barre and Kathryn Probst leave their work on The Sodalixf' to Patsy Roe and Margaret Burnett. Margaret Blankenship, Mary Ann Cumnock, and Polly Gilmore leave their appreciation for the talent of the Freshmen basketball players to Pat Hein, Betty Pozza and Rosie Stuart. Billie Bowley leaves that famous before-dawn energy of hers to Anna Ruth Rankin. Theresa Bulmanski and Iackie Pruss leave their report cards to the Oswald twins with hopes that their splendid records will be carried on. Rita Call and Nancy Ferrell gladly hand over their ability for getting into trouble to Martha David- son and Sue Rothman. Ioan Chamberlain entrusts her carefully kept at- tendance record to her sister, Pat. Adelaide Chudy bestows her dimples upon Mar- garet Bednar. Pat Clark bequeaths her roommate to lane Keaton. QThe horse pictures, books, etc., go with her., Iuanita Clifft and Virginia Weeks hope that their places in Sister Mark's math classes will be well taken care of by Iackie Hayes and Louise Kochtitzky. Billie lean Dorsey wishes her love for the name Iohn be given to Betty Powell. Frances Downing gives her familiar giggle to Marie Urbani. Mary Therese Elkins leaves her bobby pins and curlers to Iennie Bornhoft. Shirley Elms bequeaths her love for shorthand to Tommy Hart. ,. Sissy Gaines wills her love for St. Mary's to Bonnie Aldrich. Marjorie Hartz passes her musical 'talent and beautiful voice on to Eleanor Rodwell. Sabina Hoyt asks that her frequent trips to Morril- ton go -to Mary Agnes Morrison. Dolores Ilgner leaves her interest in redheads to Ebby Biltz. Pat Iones asks that her pin-up pictures be left to grace the walls of Iody 'I-ownsend's room that she may sigh over them undisturbed. Carolyn Iudah passes on her fondness for good books to Mary Iean Miller. Carol Keenan hates to part with it, but always willing to help a good cause, leaves her red hair to Bobbie Hestand. Bernadine Kenney asks that her dunce cap and place in the corner be given to Mary Buiarski. -