Notre Dame High School - Saroute Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Page Twenty hxe Nufre Dante Lady took place nn our chapel Scenes from the llfe of the Blessed Ylrgm, beautxfullv presented ln tableaux, were gnen nn honor of the newly consecrated Our exqunslte, tradxtnonal Chrlstmas play, a cherxshed custom at Notre Dame, San jose, saw the enroll ment of the Semor Sodallty members as partnenpants For some of us thus was the last Chrrstmas, a thought grymg added rmpressneness to the occasnon Another cher1shed rnstrtutron, the Niay Day celebratnon, ow cs nts success to the work of Our Ladv s Com m1ttee, to whose care the general Commumon and subsequent breakfast, the songs and drllls of the mornmg and the lmpresslxe pxoeesslon and solemn coronatxon ceremony owe thenr perfectxon Evelyn Lgense Chaxrman of the Izueharlstxc Commlttee, has sponsored as a par trcular aetnnty the promotnon of dexotnon to the Fnrst Frxday Commun1on, followed by a breakfast sery ed nn the school cxfeterna On March ZS the beautnflul ceremony of consecratxon of the Handmaxds of the Blessed Smerament took place nn our chapel On thas oceasxon Rexerend Father Crnsel S gaye 1 touehmg and exquxstte talk on deyo tlon to Our Lord nn the Blessed Sacrament Book Week was mzrked bv a book drlye for Catholnc books for the school lxbrary The Cathollc Lnterature Commuttee, under the leadershnp of Eleanor Clark has taken charge of the subscrlptnons for the ueen s Work, as well as the sale of pamphlets on tnmely toplcs Much good has been aceomphshed by thns means wlth a speclal program of prayers and lectures on the subject of the lxfe work of each one of us The Mnssxon Commlttee, tctmg under the leadershxp of the Presrdent of the C S VI C jomed wrth the Semor Sodahty un sponsormg a general Chrlstmas party that secured toys and candy enough to fill snr cartons for Reverend Father Balfe s Indxans, at St Pauls, Montana Publ1c1ty, under Lucmda Fulham, ns one of the most lmportant factors of our werk The prmclpal duty of thus commxttee rs to keep an up to date bullet1n board,, w1th fresh rtems of mterest to attract the pupnls on therr arrxval at school 1n the morn mg Clrppmgs, notlces, and posters serve to teach as well as to please Above the bulletm board ns a further type of publlexty-our Servrce Flag, recordmg the number of pupxls from thus school who have consecrated thelr lrves to the hnghest kmd of servree, God s, and who are now enrolled rn vlrnous rellgnous orders We are happy to state that our forty elghth star was added this year, when El1Labeth Macke, an alumnt of Notre Dlme San lose, bectme 1 member of the NOVlIl3fC at Belmont W lre happy for her md glad to feel thtt our quott IS rapndly approachmg the half hun drcd mark As 1 umt the S S C hls taken ptrt ln more than one nmportant aetlvnty W were prnvlleged to reeclve an lnvltatlon from the Reverend Sisters of Charity at O Con nor SJHIIOFIUH1 to attend the Solemn Trnduum m honor of the Mtraculous Medal held rn thenr lovely convent chapel tn February We lttended m groups, the S S C omcers 1nd commxttee members ln one dnxsnon, the cltss officers rn another, and the Semors on the elosmg dn We were proud of our Notre Dtme unnforms and our blue rlbbons and medals as we were led to special pltces reserved for us before the beautlfully decor ated altar The most Important of our actrvltnes however, ns that of our annual conventlon, held here at our school nn order to afford other schools and Cathohc orgamzatnons too far from San Francnsco to attend the glthermgs there, an opportumty of vrewmg con certed Cathohc actnon The conyentron thus yelr was our thxrd, and we had the satxs faet1on of learnmg that rt was .1 grelter success than any formerly held here Repre sentatnves to the number of 175, from twentv orgamzatlons came, and twenty four student speakers addressed the group on topmcs of mterest to all present The subject . . . . x 1 , ' - A, , , , , , I , ' 3 I . v A wx D ' Y 'V V ' v ' , 1 ' - ' ' - N ' 1, . , - .1 . N . 7' V 3 I ' x Y A -I ' v A Y , ., . ., . ' ' I I rx x x l I I , - - Q V F- h V l I 1 Another week', observed under the auspices of the S. S. C. was Vocation Week, Y ' ' ' Y . e 1 X 1 , l K 1 Fl N' 1 X . I . e , , , , . ss . . ' ' , ' 4 . ' , . . . 4. ' A A ' . ' ' . e - r r -'. . , s 1 ' - 1 I . . . . V A I - . ' l I h V-

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Page Twenty-four Qmm..,1W.,H,.....,....,,..,.....,.,...,..Ww.l..W...,w,,.,...,.,W.ulwm.W-.m..,...,W.., ifuh-9 Banu? I....IIIH...II...,.m....l.,...mmH.11..I..H1..H..r.V,U-H....Hl.........W..HN............w...,...lgo ,. Students Splrltual COUDCII HE Students Splrltual Councll, estabhshed m February 1927, on the occaslon of Reverend Damel Lords flrst vnsxt to Cahforma, has become the most mfluentlal organlzatxon 1n our school Inasmuch as 1ts object 1S to tram leaders vsho wnll, upon graduatlon, be able to go out mto rhenr own parlshes to assxst 1n actnvltnes calhng for concerted C3thOllC actxon, the lmportance of such a work cannot be overestlmated Under the S S C plan, opportunity IS afforded for concerted actxon and for ln dlvxdual undertaklngs The Central Commxttee, consnstmg of eight members, dlrects the school actnvxtnes nn accordance wxth the arrangements made by the varnous com mxttees As 1nd1v1dual enterprlses, the committees undertook actlvmes nn wndely dnversxhed fields Under the dlrectxon of Leanore TUFCUFICI, Chalrman of the Apostolxc Commmt tee, groups of student workers offered thelr servxces to the teachmg Sxsters of San ose and outlymg dlstrncts to ald m the work of preparmg the chnldren not m attendance at C3Ih0llC schools for the receptlon of the sacraments of Holy Eucharxst and Confirma tnon Other members of the same commxttee have acted as orgamsts ln out of town churches St Cecnlna s Choxr, a group of sixty haxe sung ex ery month at St Joseph s Church, and durmg the Lenten noon day seruces as well Thls same choxr wnll sung the Gregorlan Mass, Cum jubllo, m honor of the Blessed Vlfgln Mary, at our Com mencement, ln June Our Lady's Commlttcc, the most nmportant of all the groups nn the S S C , under the leadershxp of Carmella Maxssoneuve, has sponsored several of the most beautiful actlvltles of the year On December 8, the solemn consecratnon of Children of Our , a u o , .. . . . . 1 . , .. . . . .. . t ' w .., . . V Y Y , . . , . . - V. . . . . r ' ,

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Page Txxentx sri Nutr: Timur for the dsx xv1s Catholrc Actron Thrs xxzrs drseussed bx the eperkers under the herd rngs the home, recreatron, organried Crtholrertx publrertx and other mrtters We x ere further prrxrleged to hlxe 15 spealeer of honor Mr lred Vfrllramx of Srn lrrn Crsco, xxho gene an rnsprrrng tllle on publrcrtx 'rnel Qrtholre nexxsp re xxorle re meetrng xx IS Conducted bx Bernrrelette De Nlrtter lresrdent of the S 9 C x lxo Ind been one of our offrcml delevates rt the Nrtronrl Conxentron held rn Chrer o rn 1930 XVe xxere xerx hrppx to be rble to xxeleome on thrs oeersron an enthuurstre eleleertrorf from XV.1tsonvrlle n Al7lllC1D1C the Srn Irrnerseo Conxentron l ld 1t St Iwrwtrux under te svrees of Rexerend Irther lorel S hrrnselt xxho hrs beeonre 1 nrtronrl he re throuteh hrs Jerl for Student lerdershrp We hrd rlrerelx reeerxcd from our Chre eo delegertes, Bernadette De Vlrtter inel Ilrfrbeth 'xlonrhrn enthrrsrfrstre reeounts of hrs xxeleomed the prrvrlege of meetrmg hrm rmrn S ne oi us xx ere rn the lrrct Xerr r hrs former xrsrt 'md rt xx rs xxrth qurte 1 thrrll tlrrt xxe renexxeel lcqurrntrnee xxrth the frrend of three xears ergo Our eommrttee members met wrrn rn 9111 lrrnr rxeo on 'Xlax 2, at 1 meetrng of officers to estrblrxh 1 eentril qroun to tunctron four trmes 1 xeer On the whole our S S C hrs been emrnenrlx s1trsf1etorx I hrs brourrht the members of the student bodx IIHO eloser contrct thrn mx other 0rg1rrZ1tron hw been ible to do It has dexeloped 1 tremendous 'rmount of lerdershro 'rnong the errlx 'md 'rs xxe hope, rt has srrmul1ted pretx 1nd 1 sprrrt of dex otron to our Holx Mother Church 1nd to the rderls of Notre Drme We hrxe been srngulrrlx fortunrte rn l rxrng rn the prxt student lerders 'LS presrdents xx ho hrxe erxen therr Lest for us Mix therr 5prrrt contrnue rn thrs noble cause' Qc l ,ge r r, , r r r lf R. r r rr We , .Q - - ,, V V - , , - . 1 B . . . . . K ... C B vy : X . . ' , . ' . 'irq ' Q . . 5 U' . ' ug 74 - ' ' L. ' ' I ' K L ' ' E 1' . it 1' ' '. g1'1'r' ' ' '. Tl 'Q , U' ' A ' . 4 5, L54 ' .. e. ., ,x' L 1 V,-x 11 , L Y rn r 11- 1 Y ' --A-' . U V'1 '- xrvl ' I . H 5x ' ' . re . . A . X' lr' ?tU'1 '.' X ' 73 , ' , ' , ' 1' 'L .A Q QU' ' I. e ' .H ' . . r 1' ' ' i gif 1 I A Q 'A . X A 1 Q . . I V Q i x A. work nmon r hifh school nu wils in the Ilnst. It xvrrs with frerrt 'ox' that we once more lv 2, r r A at 1 . ' ' kv' r K gh. . .or 1 . ' r or ' ' .' t . ' I S ' reg' h .g. :jr It ' , r 1' f . K J . - . ' . K ' A '. g I' .. . , ' , . ' . Y r , . S . v ' L - A my Q. ' 1 vi ' Y 1 Y ' 'V 5 v ' y - K iv ' 1 1 A r. r Lv, xr K L- 7- t I' .H V' K ' r ., -, ll fit., ad? l Bmmf W lr: