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

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My Ly 9 Wl0i1,y Uplaiws fm g N fo the dies Niorssrcrslorr Tnomas L. Keanal Dear Graduates or the Ciass ot 1948: Aithough i iuiiy' reaiize that years roii on happy hours, when you kissed my tears away. in a serried coiumn, stiii it doesnt seem pos- from day to day, i thought that X was right, sibie that X am about to address a vaiediction but i was wrong. Oh, take me back again - to you, the members ot the graduating ciass where i beiong. Sing a cradie song to me ot 1948. it seems such a short time ago since and then, wont you tie me to your apron i saw you as neophytes, ciamoring at the doors strings again? What a comiort to know that ot Mt. St. Mary's Academy seeking admission there is a Mother aiways awaiting you at Home and orientation tor your iirst year or High Sweet Home. S0-X shaii not say good-bye, but Siihooi work. The years have passed so rapidiy tiii we meet again. that i can scarceiy beiieve that' you are ready R as m ho e and Ka H that some oi on 1 to drink a stirrup cup and to move on to ioin Wm' coma bagk hom? tg Sm ma Wm Clie! that iong iine oi graduates that extends from out mm paves on the apmjoi sactmce The the gates or Mt. St. Marys even to the gates VS. Y we h h A . 'a . Y IM Ma . X isters, o avetaug t you an trarne you oi Yamaxse' out ma ter ds 8 most a so weii must in time be repiaced by others iike hundred years oid and that means that many You Wpxo Wm Cam' on me wow oi me Leia or your predecessors have aiready fought the and Wm pn mek mm ass me wich to Dun ei good iight, have tinished their course, and hands Th. .Sme WE oi We mug., can have ciaimed the crown that awaits aii, who ' X ' ds 1 Q Ju 1 da px hp Q . iive their iives according to the specitications at east Sgnde O You .1 Von et we t C mms . or a Rehgious vocation. that have been drawn tor them by their teachers at the Mount. Others, and no doubt the mayority ot you, . , . . wiii be mothers ot men. it wiii be your iot You Me Svmadfdg at the dmc' doodfmg down to iive iives ot sacrifice as wondertui Mothers the course, awaiting the starter s signai. As have awws done Smve to be ,A Home woman you 'mek down She Hack everything Seems such as the one that was euiogized by Washing- ciear,but there wiii be obstacies in your path. mn Kwan in me -iouowm powm mbute You WM meet mama members Oi You mm which ang woman ma weiigbg ron? to ciairn sex, who wiii attempt to induce you to exchange im het gon oi mga .others as one KD the your birthright ot Christian womanhood tor pa h gi X Pi h . A k what they are pieased to caii the new treedom wo' ' W 0 ee 5' Ox mdw O XS Sa ' C emu - - ' ang that he teeis tor himseit' there is one to They wiii ask you to divest yourseives ot those P h H A . . b 'h th K wh. h Christian ideais that you acquired whiie a stu- W Om ig CCW XOY .ds ewes t an. .a . K' dem My Mt St Magis and they Wm ask You comes directg there is one who reioices in an- . ' ' . her's honor more than any which is one's to accept instead the new ideais that have ernan- Zinn me . ' . 3 re is one who ioses ati sense or seit QYQMA woman' so .med Say? and bade Wade in the sentiment or kindness, tenderness and er equai to man in aii things. This is not . y . .. Chdsdan Womanhooa bm a a an Cmkamie devotion to another, that one is woman. Yes, of at ' 9 5 ipiiieed, a reai Christian woman, an ideai St. ' ary's giri. Let this ideai or womanhood be There wiii be times when you wiii be soreiy your goai. I pressed by the pagan forces that .surround you, May Goa mess You, ma me BXCSSCA Moana, and on such occasions your minds wrii turn me ation OE out NYM MMM mae Ou gk to the harbor iights that burn in the Y Y g Y ' ount. You wiii see in Eancy your Prima Mater S- X standing there Eoiiowing your progress. You mage? WMS' wiii wish that you couid rush back and throw Y y yourseives into her arms and say, Tie me to MN ,wsop your apron strings again, X know there s room for me back on your knee. Bring back aii the new

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SISTER MARY MARK, R.S.M. Principal Dedication Because they so inspiringly illustrate, by their lives as Sisters of Mercy, the qualities indicated by the Mercy Shield, the motif for our yearbook theme, the Class of '48, with admiration, affection, and appreciation, dedicates the MERCIAN to Mother M. Fidelis, R. S. M., Mother Provincial, in honor of her Golden jubilee of Religious Profession as a Sister of Mercy, and to Sister M. Mark, R. S. M., our principal teacher, and Senior Class sponsor, as a tribute to her on her Silver jubilee as a Professed Sister of Mercy. The Staff offers fond and sincere congratulations also to the Silver jubilarians, Sister M. Damian, R. S. M., Sister M. Stanislaus, R. S. M., and Sister M. Ita, R. S. M., as we dedicate the MERCIAN to THE JUBILARIAN SISTERS OF MERCY

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