Qu Appelle Diocesan School - Noster Annus Yearbook (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada)

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QU’APPELLE REGINA, DIOCESAN SCHOOL SASKATCHEWAN. YEARBOOK STAFF Staff Editor: Miss Joyce Kennedy Student Editor: Mavis Brass Advisers: The Sisters, S.S.J.D. Cover Design: Lynne Allison Advertising Accounts:Claire Scott Photographs:Sister Margaret Ann,S.S.J.D. Typing: Eleanor DeWolf, Helen Mason, Peggy Leach, Margaret Belcher, Carole Lovell, Barbara Riller, Darlene Lewis. Make-up: Margaret Ball, Shirley Dencker, Helen Dencker, Sylvia Sloan, Shirley Kirkby. N UMB E R 13 l

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Sister Francesca came to Q.D.S. to teach History in 1935» She made this subject an enthralling classroom experience. She was appointed Head¬ mistress in 1938. Her work was marked by care for detail, knowledge of the individual members of the School, thoroughness, honesty, loving perception of character, courage, and wise administrative forethought. Her sympathy was strong, and penetrated to the depths of any difficulty. It has been said of her, When you were with her, you were made to feel that you were the most important person that she knew. Her notes for Confirmation classes have been handed down, and are still used by sane of the clergy of this Diocese. SISTER FRANCESCA, S.S.J.D. R.I.P. March 3, 1959. To Q.D.S. girls of today, the name of Sister Francesca is vaguely familiarj they mostly realize that at sometime or another she was the Headmistress of the School. What they do not know is that they still owe much to that vibrant personality, who will always live in the memories of those fortunate girls who were in residence here with her, from 1935 to 1947. For ins tance, the good name that we enjoy with the Depart¬ ment of Education is largely due to her tireless efforts to raise our standards of scholarship. What we call Black Books were her institution, with fortnightly mark- readings. Our Q.D.S. uniform is well-known and usually approved. It was Sister Francesca who chose the familiar grey tunics and blue blouses in place of navy blue and sand ones. Her fostering care of individual girls made possible the prefect system which is a strong feature in our life. Ill-health, against which she had to struggle for twenty-two years, forced her to resign her work here in 1947, but she still was able to give valuable service at our Mother-House in Toronto, almost until the end, which came on March 3 of this year. At her first Chapel service as Headmistress, she gave the girls these words to serve as a motto as they began to work with her. The could serve as a motto for her whole life. Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. - Joshua 1,9. 3