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

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Graduates

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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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1 . of We 5 f 'Y' MARYE ELIZA BETH AINSWORTH Born August 9, 1931 in Hazelhurs! Mississippi Entered from St. Edward's School, September, 1945 Sodality '47, '48, Glee Club '47, Latin Club '47, English Club '48, B-Square Math Club, '47, B'Square Math Club Secretary '47, Commercial Club '48, National Honor Society '48. Bm rrere il la my fmrfy given To mle ber rbarnlr, I'd fall lhem heaven. ALLENE LUCILLE BALLOU Born june 28, 1930 in Little Rock Arkansas Entered from St, Patricks School, September, 1944 Sodality '45, '46, '47, '48, English Club '47, '48, Commercial Club '47, '48. The fair, the rbarfs, and urrexpreuiue she, Kyfl if X W MARY LOUISE ANDREELLI Born October 19, 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri Entered from St. Patrick's School, September, 1944 Sodmlity '45, '46, '47, '48, English Club '47, '48, Le Cercle Francais '47, Le Cercle Francais Secretary '48, Latin Club '45, '46, Commercial Club '47, '48, B'Square Math Club '47, Glee Club '-15, '46, '47, Glee Club Treasurer '48, Chamlnade Club '45, 40, '47, Chaminade Club Secretary '48, Press Club '47, Press Club President '48, MOUNT Editor '48, Quill and Scroll '48, Rocket junior Cheer-leader '45, Rotket Var- sity Cheer-leader '47, '48, MERCIAN stall '48, Tb: rirllle nf ber llrely lanky Exwlr ibe l7r'e'r101zv iluuu. KATHLEEN ELIZABETH BALLOU Born june 28, 1930 in Little Rock, Arkansas Entered from St. Patrick's School, September, 1944 Sodality '45, '46, '47, '48, English Club '47, '48, Commercial Club '47, '48, AIw4yJ lnufbmg, always gay, Helpr ur lhrang 1 Ibex: loilrome day. MARGRET ROSE BAKER Born November 20, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan Entered from Horace Mann School, San Antonio, Texas, january, 1946 Sodality '48, Latin Club '47, Commercial Club '-IH, English Club '-48, Our Lady ot Merry Chapter of the Legion ot Mary '48. Tp Euan' Iyer um Ia lore her. ANGELINE DOLORES BEDNAR Born September 6, 1928 in Slovac Arkansas Entered from SS Cyril and Methodius School, Slovac, Arkansas, September, 1944 Sodality '45, '46, '47, '48, Latin Club '45, '46, Commercial Club '47, '48, English Club '47, '48, Bio-Chem Club '47, Out Lady of Mercy Chapter of the Legion ot Mary '47, Our Lady of Merry Chapter ol the Legion of Mary Treasurer, '48. P1'rm1ire ir vmsl given when lbe leaf! if raid