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

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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

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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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