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

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Glass Calendar SEPTEMBER 4-School reopened with registration of inquistive Freshmen. SEPTEMBER 5-Sophomores registered and exchanged vacation thrills. SEPTEMBER 6, 7-Iuniors and Seniors registered as upperclassmen. SEPTEMBER ro-Ofhcial opening of school with Mass in the chapel celebrated by Msgr. T. L. Keany. SEPTEMBER 14-Mary Ann Lucas elected president of the Senior Class. Rita Call, Rita Lynch, and Gretchen Vogler were chosen as other class officers. SEPTEMBER zo--Mrs. I. B. Finley, newly elected presi- dent of the P.-T. A., held the organizationis first meeting of the year. SEPTEMBER 21-lean Sweeney, Prefect of Sodality, held the first meeting and announced Bernadine Kenny as Vice-Prefect, Mary Ann Lucas as secretary, Mar- jorie Meehan as treasurer. SEPTEMBER 24-Students enjoy gala Mercy Day. SEPTEMBER 25-Iohnnie Ross and Mary H. Thomas selected co-editors of the Mount. SEPTEMBER 26-Work began for October issue of the Mount. SEPTEMBER 28-Sister Mary Imelda organizes English clubs for upperclassmen. Meetings to be 'held each Friday. OCTOBER 2-Home Nursing Course began with Mrs. Alberta H. Iudah as instructress. OCTOBER rr-First issue of the Mount came out, marking its eighth year of publication. OCTOBER 22-Mr. W. E. Calender visited the Mount for the Hfth year to launch the Magazine Subscrip- tion Drive. NovEMBER 8, 9-A.E.A. Convention was held with some of the Mount faculty attending. NovEMBER rr-Winding up Book Week, Rev. I. G. Laughlin spoke at assembly, on books in general. NOVEMBER I4--Mr. and Mrs. Leo Krebs entertained the Belles with a tip-off supper at Hank's Dog House. NovEMBER 15-Bio-Chem met for the first meeting of the year. NOVEMBER zz-Grade students held music hour to honor St. Cecilia. NOVEMBER 26-MOUDC St. Mary's held its annual Bazaar sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. DECEMBER 5-Homecoming Royalty was entertained at a dinner at the Marion Hotel. DECENIBER 6--Bazaar Queen and Maids were an- nounced during a dinner given in their honor at the Albert Pike Hotel. DECEMBER 7-Emma Lou Seamon was crowned queen at our Annual Bazaar Ball. DECEMBER 21-SCh00l dismissed for the Christmas holidays. z IANUARY 7-Back to school with hearts filled with many good resolutions for the New Year. IANUARY 17-The first meeting of the New Year was held by the National Honor 1Society. IANUARY 18-A play, entitled Be A Little Cuckoo, was put on by the Iunior Class. IANUARY zr-25-Mid-term exams-Burning the mid- night oil was a not uncommon sight during those anxious days. IANUARY 28-A brand new semester was ushered in. IANUARY 31-Patricia Clark won Honorable Mention in Fifth Annual Science Talent Search, sponsored by Westinghouse Electric Corporation. FEBRUARY 2-Sodalists began five first Saturdays in honor of the Blessed Virgin. FEBRUABY 4-Sr. M. Carmelita, R.S.M., supervisor of schools conducted by the Sisters of Mercy of St. Louis Province, visited the Mount High School and grade school classes. FEBRUARY 7-The students toured America via slides with Dr. O. L. Heitt as lecturer. FEBRUARY 12-Mr. W. E. Calender, Curtis Publishing Company agent, presented Emma Lou Seamon with a plaque for outstanding accomplishment in the October magazine drive. FEBRUARY 15-Patricia Clark, Patricia Mulholland, Martha Rauch, and Iohnnie Ross took the annual Pepsi-Cola scholarship test. FEBRUARY zo-Sodality reception was held with Msgr. T. L. .Keany presiding. FEBRUARY 21-Students attended the anniversary Re- quiem Mass, at the Cathedral, for Bishop Fitzgerald. FEBRUARY 27-Navy films, based on actual occurrences, were shown to student body. MARCH 1-fKathryn Probst was elected Senior Ball Chairman. MARCH 9-A program was presented for Msgr. Keany, Mount chaplain, in honor of his feast day. MARCH iz-The Commercial Club presented a play, entitled Third Degree. MARCH 13-The Belles again participated in the State Basketball Tournament. MARCH 13-Lieutenant Iack Rhea presented a movie. entitled Arkansas, to the members of the Science Classes. MARCH 16-The Webster College Scholarship Exami- nations were given to a group of high ranking Seniors. MARCH 19-Eric Sorantin presented an evening con- cert sponsored by Mount St. Mary's Music Depart- men at Mount St. Mary's Auditorium. MARCH 21--The first of the Spring recitals was held by Patricia Clark. MARCH 26-The Le Cercle Francais Club closed a suc- cessful year with a Spring luncheon. APRIL 17-zz-Out for Easter holidays. APRIL 26-Our gay and never-to-be-forgotten Senior Ball! APRIL 29-Sister Mary Mark, our beloved principal, celebrated her feast day. MAY 1, 2, 3-A three-day retreat was held with Fa- ther Henry Hoppe, O.P., as master. MAY 3-May Day celebrated with the crowning of the Blessed Virgin. The evening was happily spent at the Catholic Hi Senior Ball. MAY 8-Quill and Scroll initiation. MAY 15-Class Day program was presented by the Seniors, and the MERCIAN was distributed. MAY 16-Iunior and Senior picnic! MAY' 19-Baccalaureate Sunday. MAY 26-The Seniors were admitted into St. Mary's A Alumnae Association at the Alumnae Banquet. MAY 28-Graduation night! A night mingled with smiles of happiness and tears of regret marking this night as one never-to-be-forgotten.

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Glass lpropliecy To MARTELLO and TI-IOMEY and I-IOYT, too, You can safely go if you want to sue, They'll win your case in the wink of an eye, These practicing Portia'si' have really gone high! RITA and NANCY, two damsels fair, On Broadway have become quite a famous pair, Doing steps of the most intricate sort, They've danced their way into every heart. VVe find ELMS and KORDSMIER working away just as hard as they can, for the WPA, They're executives though, so don't get upset, They'll be running the organization yet. CLIFFTS and WEEKS have won recognition As remarkably learned mathematicians, The most difficult problems, to work they know how, They deserve a big cheer, right here and now! PAT WYLES, or so the storyis told, Is running a home for ladies old, The care she gives them is great to see A finer nurse there never could be. IOAN CI-IAMBERLAIN, a successful lion-tamer is seeng Audiences say that her act is just keen. She shares her honors with FRANCES DOWNING Who's become quite prosperous for her clever clowning. Happily married to Bill, we Hnd our TILLIE, And right next door are Muller and MlLLIE, The girls have cooking and cleaning and mending to do, But they're happy as larks all the day through. Two great scientists that you surely know, Are MARAK and MEEI-IAN, now all aglow, 'Cause they're the first to discover a way To make 24-carat gold out of straw and hay. To get on the stage was just a cinch, l For KATHRYN PROBST and RITA LYNCH. These lovely girls have gained renown As the greatest actresses that can be found. CAROLYN IUDAI-I, now dressed in white, Practices surgery by day and night, She's known throughout all the land As the medical carver with the steadiest hand. BULMANSKI and CATHERINE run novelty shops, Where the wealthy buy diamonds and pearl-handled dust mops, While DOLORES and ARETA just across the street, Are making a fortune with cosmetics elite. MARY AGNES and MARY ELLEN are successes we hear, Their names are known both far and near, To the tired housewife they played good neighbor, And invented a robot who does all the labor. FRANCES, MARY TI-IERESE, ADELAIDE, and IRENE, With their 54 children live quite serene, Yes, their talents to an orphanage went And many busy, happy hours there they've spent. SISSY GAINES, MARIORIE MORRIS and our CLARICE Have now a set of twins apiece, They're as happy as I could ever tell Proving that married life is just swell! The radio's on and what's that we hear? A dog's bark, thunder, and a train whistle clear? It's MIRIAM STEELE, the sound-effects man, The best we've heard through all the land. PAT IONES, now this is sad to tell, Is writing away in a padded cell, That the '46 MERICAN is finished she doesn't know So she's working on it still, as fast as she can go! The vision's gone, the mirror is blank, VV'e've seen that these girls will really rank, Success and happiness for all we see, And we sincerely hope that that's what it will be! -PAT IoNEs

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THE BELLES OF ST. MARY's They are staunch, they are truej Loved Alma Mater, they are loyal to you. Q 'The YSELLES Hs Students