Notre Dame High School - Stella Maris Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Notte Dame 4O— | | THERESA COMEAU | Ahn “Theresa, our Senior so witty, Makes all of us girls very jolly”. Theresa, a carefree, humorous, and ambitious gir! is one of the most popular members of our class. Without her friendly smile we would ‘find certain moments very monotonous. However, when it is time for school work, she changes from a happy-go- lucky to a very serious student. Theresa is a good scholar, always aiming at a place on the honor roll. She also has a great liking for good music. Her am- bition is to be a switchboard operator. Theresa’s activity and tact augur well for her future. Her friend- liness will be remembered by all the Class of ’45. 0 Class 4

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Notre Dame LO ape third and fourth year, students who desire to obtain a diploma must take the examinations set by the University. The papers are sent to the Uni- versity for correction and the student must make a grade of 70% in order to receive a credit. After successfully passing comprehensive examina- tions in Religion, English, Languages, Mathematics, History, and the Sciences the student is awarded a diploma. While the proposed curriculum of Our Lady of Pity High School requires certain subjects, it allows, however, sufficient latitude, to enable students to meet their interests and purpose and to begin their prepartion for a vocation, before they leave high school. Since 1935, Our Lady of Pity High School has graduated 183 pupils. it has prepared these pupils to continue their studies for the priesthood, the religious life, the college, the nursing profession, and the business world. William Joseph Dunn of the Class of ’39 is now studying for the priest- hood at the Marist Fathers’ Seminary at Framingham, Mass. Eleven of the graduates have embraced the religious life and have entered the Congregation of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts. They are as follows: Héléne Sampson Doris Carbonneau Loretta Boudreau Louise Coutu Alice Desrosiers Paula Marquis Pauline LaRoche Florence Denoncourt Marie Jeanne Petitpas Thérése Marquis Mary O’Connell Sister Héléna Régis Sister Henri Thérése Sister Claire .Elisabeth Sister Rose Cécile Sister Doris Marie Sister Thérése Edna Sister Marie Régis Sister Marie Bernadette . Sister Gabrielle Marie Postulant Postulant Next to the service of God, Our Country has claimed many of our grad- uates. mention: Corporal André Allard Corporal Bertrand Allard Wilfrid Benoit, S.M. 1 c Pfc. Joseph Bouchard Corporal Lester Briand T 5 George Carpentier A.M. M 3 c Corporal Amédée Fréchette Charles-Henri LaRoche S 2 c Anselme Ibefort-.s3 ¢ Among these valiant and courageous souls, we have the pleasure to Pfc. Raymond Marchand Pfc. Léo Martin Pvt. Richard St. Martin Corporal Arthur Trépanier Marguerite Costello, W.A.V.E. Thérésey Denoncourt. S»Pa27e Corporal Anita Lucille Pellerin béo. Cote. Veteran Several of the graduates are engaged in the nursing profession. Some are at the Massachusetts State Hospital, others at Carney, Mount Auburn, Cam- bridge City and Massachsetts General. et Class of 45

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Notre Dame bo ne Upon certification by the Dean of the Catholic University of America that the C. U. Examinations taken at Our Lady of Pity High School were equiv- alent to College Entrance Examinations, one of the graduates of the Class of ’44 was accepted at the Massachusetts General Hospital without entrance examinations. The Class of ’44 has set the example for future graduates of Our Lady of Pity High School by having two of its members pursue higher studies a Col- lege. Aline Chartier is now attending Emmanuel College and Jeannette Costin, Regis College. We wish Aline and Jeannette great success, and hope that their example will be imitated by many other future graduates. The Business World has claimed a great number of our graduates, and the important and fine positions which they hold today is a proof of the good training they received at Our Lady of Pity School. May this be an en- couragement to the present day pupils who are sometimes inclined to under- estimate the importance of a good and serious high school course. Finally, we have many of our graduates who have already settled in life and have be- come fathers and mothers of children to whom we wish the privileges that we ourselves enjoyed in our dear Alma Mater. We, the pupils of Our Lady of Pity High School are of French origin. Our parents, profound and loyal Catholics, faithful to the traditions of their ances- tors, demand that their children be taught the language of their forefathers, and appreciating fully the opportunity of a high school education are most eager that their children enjoy the benefits of a good education. Consequently, with the regular course of study prescribed for all paro- chial schools of the Archdiocese of Boston, the French language is taught in all the grades of the elementary and high schools. This, however, does not hinder the progress of the pupils in English or in other subjects. In fact, the pupils who speak and write French correctly, speak and write English equally well. Many of our boys who have gone to Europe appreciate now the advan- tages of knowning French, and in all the letters they write home, they strongly recommend to their younger brothers and sisters to continue the study of French, their beautiful language. We should consider English and French as twin-mother tongues and do all in our power to cultivate these two languages. As American Citizens we should know and be able to use the language of the country in its finest and best expressions, and, as descendants of the French people we should proudly say: “Conservons notre langue!’ “Aimons-la donc notre chére et douce langue francaise. Aimons-la avec passion car c’est une des grandes langues civilisatrices de l’humanité. Mais ne nous bornons pas a l’aimer d’un stérile amour. . Efforcons-nous de faire rayonner autour de nous sa beauté. Faisons-lui produire des oeuvres belles, salutaires et fécondes. Qu ’ici, comme ailleurs, elle soit par nos soins distribn- trice de vérité, de lumieré €t de progres.”