Our Lady of Mercy High School - Mercedes Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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-if The outstandmg career of a champxon .vwzmmer I5 presented ar encouragement to would be record rmasbers Bv- Ehampzvn Cell Her Sin y HBE UU you pant as you wearxlw l1ft your drrppmg body out of the pool Gosh but consldermg my meagre seventeen years that 1snt so bad Well while you re gettmg your second wmd may I tell you the story of another famous swimmer: Havxng been influenced by some of her fellow sw1mmers Charlotte Boyle was finally persuaded to enter the amateur swrmmmg races held at Brrghton Beach near New York Motrvated by dire fear the young seventeen year old l1terally swam for her l1fe At last she reached the fimsh lrne only to find no one near her but a l1ne of swlmmers behmd her Thmkmg another race was bemg swum she asked a nearby reporter who had won the race Incredulously the newsman stared agape at the g1rl who had just came wlthm two seconds of the worlds record predlctmg that one day the young swlmmer would be a champ1on There was another rmpressed spectator at Brrghton Beach that day too He was the famous swlmmmg coach Lou1s De B Handley who lost no t1me 1nv1t1ng M1ss Boyle to swlm for h1m at the Natlonal Womens Llfesavmg League where he coached After a lapse of 1nd1f'ference Charlotte Boyle finally presented herself to Coach Handley who began to rev1se completely her amateur stroke He trred to teach the young swxmmer the conventional four beat crawl but adhermg to her record of astomshlng feats she couldnt learn the four beat crawl but mstead the SIX beat crawl Now the latter of these two crawls was contended to be physxcally lmpOSSlblC by experts but Coach Handley proved otherw1se through h1s protege Charlotte Boyle Under rlgorous mstructxon from Coach Handley a champion was finally pohshed and PERSONAL INTERVIEW By Pat Hoy, 46 ready to conquer exrstmg records One after another was conquered until the score rose to over 50 natronal and rnternatlonal swlmmrng champlonshlps accredited to Charlotte Boyle Dur1ng her champ1on swxmmmg career Charlotte Boyle met Ethelda Blerbtrey To gether the two constxtuted an unsurpassable team For three years every record was held exclusively bv the two speedsters no one beatmg them but each other Crmcs were at a loss to pronounce the better of the two for as soon as a dec1s1on had been made the other teammate would conquer two or three more records So laurels were equally shared by the two After swlmmmg m Honolulus Centenary Celebration where they were presented to the Duke of Kent and Pr1nce of Wales the record smashers Boyle and Blenbtrey declded that Honolulu was a swimmer s haven so there they would remam But the Amerlcan Olympic Commlttee had other plans for the 1llustr1ous team whrch finally persuaded the two to rep resent the U S at the 1920 Olympic games to be held at Antwerp Speclal mstructxons ln marchrng were gnven the representatives pre paratory to the maugural parade Each con testant clad in a speclal umform strode brlskly 1nto the flag bedecked stadxum at Antwerp to stand at attentron faclng the kings box, as released doves bearmg whlte streamers flew to the kmg s box hovered there for a few mo ments then flew off Then the tense grueling games began the strenuous beats seml finals and finals through which the Ameneans emerged the proud prxze possessors Cllmaxmg therr European sojourn lt was the honor of Charlotte Boyle and Ethelda Blelb trey to swxm rn a prlvate exhrbxtlon before the 7 1 1 7 cs ,, . , . . . ' 1 . ' . . H y V . - 1 1 - 1 11 ' 1 ' ' ' ' . , - cs - 97 ' ' ' ' 9 . 0 - I 7 , . , 1 , . . 1 - 1 , . . , . . . . , . 1 , . . . . 1 1 1 . . . , - 1 , . 1 ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 1 ' ' . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . , . . . , . - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' . , . , 0 '- . , , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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stood before her mother and brothers and s1sters m order that they m1ght pass yudg ment upon her appearance Everythmg was satlsfactory To Mrs Rourke espec1a1ly her youngest daughter made a charmmg plcture clad 1n her gay dress her blonde curls tum bhng over her forehead I must go now Mommy announced Patty lmpatrently Or Ill be late All rlght dear agreed her mother as she klssed her httle daughters cheek God bless you And Mrs Rourke who was sentrmental as well as pract1cal shed a tear as her daughter left for her first party It was but a short walk to MBIICS house and Patty set out rn the gayest of sprrrts clutchlng her grft t1ghtly IH her hand Ahead of her she recogn1zed two of the fifth grade glrls also hurrymg to Mane s home Patty ran softly up behmd them hopxng to announce her presence wxth a loud Boo' She never earned out her plan She remem bered afterwards her one thought as she ran on t1p toe up the street I m go1ng to a party' Im go1ng to a party' Im go1ng to a She heard her name and stopped Well she sazd she was com1ng But she never comes to partres She hasn t anythmg to wear She s com1ng to this one Then she ll probably wear that same horr1d yellow thlng she wears to school most every day of the week And her present to Mane lt ll be as cheap as rt can be bought She mlght better not come at all Thats no way to talk Jean Patty cant help It 1f she s poor Thelr angry volces faded away For a mm ute Patty stood st1ll qu1te st1ll Then she turned and began to run She net er stopped unt11 she reached her own front steps Her dreams shattered her longmgs r1d1culed there were tears rn her eyes that she could not shed In one heart breakmg mmute she had learned that poverty does not mean merely domg wxthout thxngs but also contempt and r1d1cu1e and ostrac1sm She knew rt wxthout understandrng If Someday someone would explarn to her that she could rlse above her poverty and take her rlghtful place as many had done But now for the first t1me lt was not an unfortunate c1r cumstance It was somethrng to be ashamed of The ldeals of l1ttle ch1ldren when dashed to the ground cause revolut1on III httle hearts Bud her oldest brother was standmg on the steps when she came runmng up the walk Bud who would graduate thls June only to go to work Bud who had referred to todays party as Patty s Debut wxth a rather cymcal note 1n hrs vorce beneath lus humor No party? he demanded curlously She tr1ed to brush past h1m He clutched her arm glanced at her face and stood asrde to let her pass Once rnsxde the house she started up the stalrs but tears bhnded her eyes so she could not see and she stumbled stood up agam Then her mother was at the bottom of the steps Patty' What s the matter? Her eyes cleared for a mmute She was on the seventh step how many UITICS had she counted them' She stared at the worn carpet Down there was her Mother Her Mother would always be there Patty' one word anxlous fearful lovmg The tears tears of rehef rushed to her eyes agam as she ran down the starrs mto her Mother s waltmg arms A Sprmt A swlft dash Then loommg tape Vlctory then fatxgue 6 JOAN CARNEY . . . . - Y - , . . . , . 7 .- . . . - . . , , . , - - . at 97 ' ' ' 1 1 3 ' - ce 1 77 ' ' ' ' 1 1 ' ' st ' 11 ' ' 1 1 ' ' - 1 sc ' . 11 ' . 1 1 . , 1 , 1' n - 1 , . if fl if if O 0 . 1 1 . , - I 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . , - 1 1 - 1 cc 77 ' - , . . - - as 79 - , . , . - at 37 ' ' . . - ' 1 1 . - ac 1 - ' ' ' . . , 1 - 1 ' 77 ' ' . -. ... - , . - .. .- 44 - - 17 , . u ' 7 . . ' 17 at 1 97 . . . u 1 ' ' 11 ' . . as 1 ' - ' - 1 0 'T' Q . , . . 77 u 17 ' 1 a ' I , .1 p cc 1 1 ' 1 ' - - . . , ,, . . . . . . - , . . . . . 1 1 . , ,

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Kmg and Queen of Belgium Then back to the States they came to leave more broken records m thenr wake True SYVllTlIH1I1g was thexr love but nevertheless expert as they were xt was stzll a tough grmd to stay on top to keep out domg theu' own rec ords EYC1lIlIlg and colorful was the llfe they led extensxve tras el encouragmg promlsmg swlmmers like the xoung johnny Wlesmuller and as ever smashmg records But finally Charlotte s heart was snatched by a young newspaper man and the tvs o u ere mar rred The team of Boyle and Ble1btrey was spht 1n favor of the great career of marnage But where IS thls great Champlon now and what h ppened to her you ask Well her mar rled mme IS Mrs Henry Clune the mother of four sons two of them twlns She IS now l1v1ng 1n Scottsvllle New York supervxsmg her home Has she gnven up her swlmmmg career? Indeed not' Mrs Clune IS now svum mmg rnstructor at the Genesee Valley Club and every week mana es to swxm her regular half mxle So lf you re lookmg for romance travel excltement color and fame and zf you have the ab1l1ty Champlonshxp swlmmmg IS lust the career for you If you doubt my word I guarantee Mrs Henry Clune fnee Charlotte Bovlej would change your mmd Last Nlght s It snowed last nlght The sxlencmg chunks of deep plled wool Drowned out passmg cars and watchful dogs And steeped the whole world In the stlllness of ant1c1pat1on The glowlng street lamps hooded 1n vs hlte Cast thelr hgh s dlmlv through the mos mg screen Frlendly trees their protecting arms out stretched ox er 8 Her Way of the Cross She was so small and frazl and sweet And when they played thezr eyes would meet Those eyes that sought to make thzngs fun Although for hzm there was no sun When the other chzldren romped and shouted And our lzttlc darlzn C7 zed and pouted Up he d jump and try hzs best T o mal I 67 srmle that was hzs test And sometzmes when the weather was bad They d szt znszde and 'watt for Dad And when he d come, he d be so gay They d thznk zt was a sunny day Often the hours dragged so slowly by That I d pray to God to make them And though I knew He heard my prayer I sometzmes thought zt wasn t fan That she alone should bear such pazn For hzm eternal goal to gazn For blzndness zs a dreadful plzght And overcomzng zt a fight Especzally for a seven year old To whom realzty s so cold And though she lzfved her days quzte gravely She always bore her burden bravely And all that remazns of a chzld of sefven Is a seezng eye dog and an angel zn heaven KAY SCHEULER 47 Snowfall Wore thxck overcoats of the ermme from above Thls mormng we woke to a sparklmg world That ghstened and shone m the bright ravs of the sun Thus brlsk crackling alr playfully slapped at our faces As vs e crunched through the drifts of the deep pnled snow FRANCFS GR xx r ' , ' cc 97 . - Y . . V , , . , - . o - , .L I , - 9 . . V - . , . , ! 7 . . .. 'V ' U, ,' , ' , fs J . . . , - ' , , r 1 . a . 1 pq -7 1- ,I l , , .L . - . . 7 l ' V 7 7 v F , . . . , . . 7 . . , , ' 7 . . . , , , . . ' 7 3 ' 2 - , - fly- L . , , ' ' a u , :- n u p , w , , 1 . a c , . y - . . . . . 7 , 7 7 3' o ' 9 u . , s ' , . . Q . ' Q on , I 1 0 u u n ' , . . 7 . , . . I ' 7 - . ' v . ' 7 ' 9 - 9 7 9 A 1 ' L ' . , ' a r I , '