Redemptorist High School - Almarre Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

Text from Pages 1 - 138 of the 1927 volume:

1 I v IL... '. 1'kfT,x..G'f5iflf5.LL.+' 41. 9- 1 N , V A 'fi-. Ll., .' - :DI7 LL 2? IM f-N ,fa f fi ' f 2 s - Q 9 , f in il 'H- -- - x X - Y:-'J G ' S'- T if ,P ir il U Gln illmarrr ' I Qrar Bunk I ii Q REDEMPTQRIST SCHOOL Ci Kansas City, Missouri iii 1922 1 X s li i is X 'K ff -N 3 ,I Kg 2 FORE WURD If, hlnd reader, 'fhe fra- grance of The vloxei seems 'x 41 . presenf befween 'fhe covers of Yhls booh, remember Thai herein are recorded The Thoughts of humble CHILDHOCD. Shoufd The scenf of The NX rose greek gon, perchance If Pr is The impress of iovehj ' - YOUTH. 3 Rnd are Hou fond of hhes? Thexj are here Yoo. Un- sullied MRIDENHOOD has 'touched 'fhese pages. I 7 v Hf gi, 15'-gf' -X r' -6- 5 s N K K1 5 x lx -JL r fe ' I 1 Fir .gag OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Holy Queen, extend thy power From thy fair and favored' shrine, On our labors, blessings shower, To our daily wants incline. O sweet Mother, ever help! Free us from all sin and sadness: Fill our hearts with peace and gladness, Sweet Mother of Perpetual Help. 51 i Fozlr re ' f-f 5 DEDICATION We, The Seniors of Re- dernpforlsf High, lovlnghj dedicaTe This pubhcahon of THE ALMRRRE To Yhe Redernprorlsf Faihers whose wise counsel has :guided us, whose svjrnpa- Yheflc undersfandlng has cheered us onward. We offer This as a Tohen of sincere grailfude and esfeevn for Their lnferesf ln our advancevnenf. f, , l -Yi' 'ii , 1 ,.,.. ,.,, A,,,.,, Y, 1 -4i:?L',f ff 155 Q99 5 1 Y .u, X OUR BISHOP RIGHT Ruvsm Prince of lhe Church, lxudirrg lo Lighl wilh Sirong yu! gentle, lion The rnilruzl Champion NU 'I-HOMIS F. LILLIS his pcoplcfs staunch dcfcndur firm and willing hand: -l1carlcc1', lender, of lfris failhful band. A ax A N N WWW- V- --,' -Yi-ff----v--A -- - ----- - --- --N -- 1 fn-A--U v- +--- i----- Y -M 4 f Q ff ww, f ' . x , , , S 5 FATHER J. J. GUNN, C.Ss.R nRW N S ' J . x F-:----.- i , il I 5411 wiv X , i ' X N X x N u Faculty REDMFTORIST FATHERS-Efhics and Religion. SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH-Instruoors in English Science, History, Mathematics, Languages Commercial and Music. 1 v Miss THERESA CARMODY-Household Art. Miss MATTIE INZERILLO-Physical Culture. Ifryl.t 4 'll -aim ,-.W . I I I I D f ix 17 I It lr tx, Y ,-,.-, h ' 'ill' .7 I W iv 'P - .xx lv!! A' I Q x ' 'BI ' ' I I' ' -- 1 I ' I I A R I , I II I I I I I I I I Y II I! 1 I I I I I I Z Ir I I I I I , I I U I I II I :I If I I I II , I I I .I ,I I-I I I I I I' 11 I If I .I I I f 1, I FATHER WM. CARROLL, C.Ss.R. Z IL I I 'I 1 I rw I Ikiw, ' I' .Vim i iv -4 n,, I REDEMPTOR ST CHURCH Ten 9 i W W' 3 'Zi J re 4 . 5. V Q - 5 ' 'cr ... O If M. r-4. .-. E O W S- rm Q E Q 5 I 1 Q : 'I 1: Q C .Q :- g'S E N I 2' ft Q 'Q M. 'S Q- Q lc I 4 5 Nm Q U: S1 YC 'T :- 2: 41. 'K Q :x :1 Q Q '1 Q za Cl. 54. E Sv. N1 O E ujqanoy fizfg 'fizugs Janau S5 x 4 V......-...J TN? , W ,Q W xg fxjfgy V 55 ,W ff 4, Yxmv W, W W WRX Rf Nj 2171 ffm' W W r 4 , W W. WW 'WW I WW 1, 'W 4 W 4 W W W 4 W W WW W 4 4 W I W W W 1' 1 4 W XW W: 5 5 W. V 'I W C I I W W W W WI WI WW W W 1 4 s 2 1 1' L 1 2 2 W 4 W W IL W xi? I resrdent NELLIE KEARNEY VICCPTCSIJCU1 MARY JOSEPHINE DAILEY Secrelary Treasurer ANNA MUSER MOTTO To Thxne Ownself Be True COLORS Orchid and Silver FLOWER Tea Rose 'xx W Senior Ciass O cers Twelve ffff 'f?! , A I X I, N fi? M 'I Y K if ff!! J WL N 7 f wk W WW MJ f f Ax Ki' so. Q u x . N x fy X N fgf .XY X. N HZ f ff Je wicks O x, in K- ' N, 'UNI 'Www FRANCES HAUBER Hvr 1firIu0 mnkcx hm' most ud- mired. Not in fhe clamor of the crowded sfre1'f,' not in the shouts an MILDRED SIPP 4' xffrhzves all who darvs be true. LUCILLE Nl-:STOR plnndits of fhe thrrmg, buf in ourselovex are triumph nnd dv- fmt. 4 I Fourteen I f fy-5-7.7, ff 1 .9 f Xi? 'N' ' ' I NIARY JOSEPHINE DAILEY Thv more' we know, the more svrmus 14-111 we grow. EDITH SCHROEGER Shi' was ra scholar and rr ripr' and good mle, exceedmg wwe, fair spoken, and persuading. i ANNA MUSER The joy of youth and hvrzlfh displayed, and ease of heart, hm' vzwry lool: vn'm'vyvd. ll O I I i V U I Tn C 'J . V - ,. ' K Fifteen ,,,.,-:,-f ..,m,.,,, ,,,... ..,4 ,, 0-.. 1, Y . h ,wp ,,,,R,,,, my 4 'GUI 0 N E.LLlE. KEARN EY Sympathy, szmshine, sincerity, all in fhee. ROWENA MOLING Courage, an indepewdeozt spark from Herwevds bright throne. By which the soul, stands raised, tri- L mnphavzf, high, alone. N N N V MARY WALLIS 1 The warmth of genial courtesy, the calm of self-reliance. I 1 1 , 4 , 11 11 1 Sixteen .,... 1 1 1 f oi 3 A li l V i w K I 5 K w m yi gg. vk Q--1- --U--..-...---o. . , -... f' oo W if -'Ln F ffshmv 'N :N il 1 ANNA BISHOP More than quick words do move rr 'll'0lI1Cl'I1,,S mind. JOSEPHINE KAMMERER Her looks do nrguc her rvplvff' ' with modesty. PAULINE FLAVIN Surcess in. life is a matter not so much, of talent or opportunity, as , of corzcerztration. and perse'uer- CUICQ. w x.N - N5 Q 1 :17' JL' 7 W ' ' 14- -L1 - - - - Y . . ,.,, 'i. 35----W V . AN- Sf' l'1'llfl'f' ll lk 'V We :cud her acc as one who , , P arm, CATHERINE CAULEY , ' ' f , reads a true and holy book. l HELEN BYRNE A gentle 'maiden in whose face are mmgled tenderness and grace. ELIZABETH CLELAND My crown is 'in my heart, not on my head. lg? E E-.c,,,,,,,,,-E,EW.Ewho if Eighfccn 4 K -L ....,- LLL! J I . 'M A ' 'X W 'iJ' A 'N 14 - Q , 1 I I LEONE MILLER I find un u'0r1Ith like fl quiet mind. MARY ELIZABETH DOLAN They are HFTPI' alone that are are-onzpmzied with noble thoughts. CATHERINE OSWALD III effort lies the purest mul of ' jog . I 1 .IXN if, LA S .'ViIu'trr I 1 i 1, gl if ii 11 1! 2 11 11 11 .1 1 1 1 ,. 1: ,, 11 11 11 1 17 IE 12 11 1 Y E ,1 15 11 A 1 If 11 11. '1 1 5 1 1 2 11 1 It '1 1 1 ff F WK I gl 11 11 11 11 1 1157, x1 4 ,Z f 11111 , ., I- S J JUSTINE SIEOE1. Checked fm Qllevzce but HCQVPI tamed for oprah ANNA YOUNG Her soul sincere, in action faith- ful and in honor clear. DOROTHY IVIAOERS In fl'Cl'I7ll.71g an artist, art hath thus decreed, to make some good but others to succecd. 1L,Ei...,,,.,,...,,,....,,1...,.. ,- , -.. .........,4.-. .-.. Tll'l'lIf.Ij 4, rx 1 r fe-A x X N , B - 'im - M 1 -A H ., i in L., . f -M - V -Aly U' x ,J , ' .S JNV4 ' u - fr, I Q I 5 F 'I . il 1: 2 GERALDINE BURNS ' She, hath rr kind word for czwry- , body. H l ,I 5 2 1 X 1 li i 'z X 1 AGNES GIBBONS l'mlfvn!n1ull fx rr pvurl of yrwul prima JOSEPHINH CLIFFORD Iivnflc' flmuglzls and mlm dv- I :T Sr, J I 23,9 fn 7 r L34 - V 7'u-1-nfy-mu' ff .E--TJlv7-f1W-- H1-----A----f-A - -'--- :' '- --I---------I----R ,hi If 2 4- , -it-, img, ,,-ng-'qw W V ,B V I I T ' ' ' I IAC A 0 X, Q13 I I I II II I I I I I I I MARGARET BENTLEY I Nom' 11111110 thee but to praise. I II V I I I I I 'r I I I l , 4 f I 'I ,I I I I I, If I . I 'I I 1 I I I MARIE STEWART The murl: of noble minds is to I 5 . 3: flNplI'f'. 1, I 5 'I I I! .X I I I I I I ! I I I I I E KATHERINE APPLEGATE I She doth little kiozdnesses which If most leave imdowe or despise. I I 1 , J I 4 I I I I I I Gi I I L.. -W A -A---A A 7'u'e'nfy-lwn HVQSC Z , GERALDINE MURPHY Her ways UTP ways of pleasant- ncfss, and all her paths are pearv. MARY FRANCES K1.Assx-LN Zeal and duly arc' lhimf. IVIARJORIR REDDINC. The mild expression, speaks 11 mind in duly firm, runzposcfd, resigned. ? - ' x V I-A1 Twrfnty-three K,- ffm, r , A A---h -A .4 ,- 5 ' 7' W -' v n. : A gc f m 1573 1 ' i Q 'fr lf 'Wil l 5 '5 REGINA DALY 'Tis only nolnle fo be good. wi Q' ELIZABETH RIEHLE If is11'l fhe site that comzfs. MARY AGNES FLANIGAN Sh? who plants lfiuclness gathews lfwv. 1 ,. ly T H65 4 A A , A,A,l A A M 7'1vr'11 fy-fun r l K-I J A ,, ,JP 4 - I 1, . ., i -g ...4... - ,..V -.43-s ,4- r if 'ws V' r L W r MILDRED DREY1-:R 1 Her glossy hair clustered o'er W a brow bright with intelligence, and fine and smoofh. 1 W E N ! gl i ALDA SIELEMAN No danger flflll7lfK her. N 4 MARY LEE BISHOP A TFOIII-U71 'mixed of fine elvmcnts. f ' i 4, 1 ZS i w Eff' .3---15: - --:W 'P - W- f T101 Mfg-jim' XTR HILDA N IEDHARDT Love all 'noble things, shun the base. MARY AGNES LYNCH Without sorrow, without care, with her laughing eyes, she's as true as fair. MADELYN NACHTMANN That which she will she does. i 1 6 P 'MX ...,.... , Twenty-si.1' EILEEN WHITESIDE Blewsed are the Happiness Hlllh' frs blessed are they uho know how fo shim on one s gloom :wth ir 1 '. ANONA MYERS B0 nobleg and the izobleness that lies in other 'men sleeping, but never dead, will rise' in nmjvsfy to mvef thine own. N.-I LAVERNA KRINGS 1h,!lIl1fff'l,Ill nmmzu in s Js hr Ill nr I 1111 is szmplu 1 Twenty-seven A, 1 w , ,I 'P r i V JI! K if Inj: , - is ,,, 3 C V' 1' h kin LZWSL 5' 'X , . it GENEVIEVE QUINN And r 1'c'ry Iifflv rlflisy in flu , grass, Innlrvd 1.11 hm' fnrff, ll xmflvfl In sfff' hw' pnsx. 4 I 1 1 +I? L 4 i li li E5 MARY JOSEPHINE IVIALONE ' III hw' eyes ll thought grew' wuwvf, dl'6'lll'IIfIl-U like ll drzlvn. 5 if 'N F. 1 Rx I N 1, HELEN CROWE Har blue eyes rvsenzblv fwm 5 stars in their lniyhfuess. SQ S I Y E 1 I If I ik ff .va-L.-. -4 nl!!-viglzf X f f ItoL1fes e My ships of life from of this happy shore Will sail away this hour. I set them free To plough Life s s orm waves. forever more ' And yet my heart is calm as calm can be Because I know my vessels frail and small Are given to Cod and safe within His care I ll find them on His shore yes there and all Will to their Mas er then their treasures lwear My fleet is not so small Eight ships I claim And each her title has. I give them now- My strongest bravest ship, Crace is her name' No wild or troub lous wave fears she to plough Her crew Faith Hope with Love of Cod and man The Virtues given in Life-Chrisfs healing balm, From Mother Church, her Sacraments. School Life. my second ship I call. Its worth I count next to Religions own. School Life has held such lessons! Nat alone of earth and earthly science, But of nobler Life, of nobler self, and all self might attain. My third is Aspiration All I trust To he in future years. All I have planned Of work I mean to do. My little ship, Coed Will, to all is dear, If slay be darlz cr clear, 'twill And her ever the same. My ship of Pe'ty Cares is wor'h its weight in gold. Farluearance with others: endurance of the Pain Cod shares out to each soul. Friendship is my sixth, a-ren. The love with willing help cf kirdred heart and hand Will surely meet a recompense above. When Helped and Helpers safe in Cod's port land. J 1 r i ae i' 'T' W ' X . N , 4 ff, f NJ s , S H ., , , 9 71 G ' 4 l I l Y I 9 And then, two little vessels, both 1 love: One, Trust in Cod, my life's own molto named, Thanksgiving is the other: this above Sends up my praise and Dhanlzs, for wild waves tamed And all that Life has held of gifts, Cod-given, 1'll meet my cherished fleet when Life is o'er, When 'cross the sea of years Cod calls for me, And in the clear break-wafer of that shore Amid my ships shall Cod's sweet welcome be. F Twenty-1zi1lc f Destmy Favonte Phrase Dlsposxtlon Nickname E ospxtal H tMrys -Gi v -'fu CSS D015 Yes I Zu Oh Ho Oh Oh T W she feels ho On -I -H U .- fs N4-V O Eiw .- 0 'U .- D S S E e M H have tim ddnt st lIJu ad floorwalker - Nl Hifi 0 E D a A izz lanig 3 KD:-lr-4 N,--E -5-as Wu 412232 41 Fly a kite 6 Y!! ho t s nothing to wrlte b -G +1 astlc .- ,- Q 4-1 U 3 pamst D A in Q? 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On July 4 of that year Very Reverend William Loewekamp, Father Provincial made an I--I -2- I-11 lilll '-' lllllilllnlullllll ll n1.1.v.m.'.'umw.av.:-as-E-H ll-ll-----i-!--!--I----IE? llllll-Ill---I------I It lnlunlllnll -.---I IH-IIIHIIII-E-: HHl-5-gg Illlllllllllllt lllllllllllllllh s s sl 'lll2 a - , lllllllllllllllllli 7 r 7-'la As WE WERE IN 1886 appeal for a parochial school. At once the members of the congregation sub- scribed 5800. Including the furniture, the building cost 5990. Father Cook, C. Ss. R., preached at the blessing of the building. A I 221' Thirty-one 'N 4 A 1 1 l retreat September 2-5 was made by the children to prepare them for study. The school was taught by two Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters Thecla and Hermina, who came every morning from St. Joseph Orphan Home. The following teachers, Sisters Blanche, Patricia, Annunciata, Blandina, Gabriel, Catherine, Eugene and Imelda were associated with the school in subsequent years. There were many difficulties to be encountered in those days. This part of the city was little better than a wilderness, as Broadway and our other well- paved streets were then unknown. In those days cows could be seen contentedly strolling through the shady lanes close by. Nowadays we must quickly detour lest the elegantly'outf1tted blue buses that speed along Broadway should maim or cripple us for life. In May, l889, the first communicants found it rather toilsome traveling to get to church on account of recent heavy rains. Five or six inches of mud i As We WERE IN 1898 and white slippers do not go well together. The only way out of the difficulty was to Pick up thy white clothes and walk. They could be seen trudging along to the school to don the finery which they had carried in large boxes in their arms. There was no dressing room, so the girls draped their coats of many hues over a chart of maps. This served the needs of the occasion. When all were ready, they marched to the church. Under the capable and zealous direction of the Fathers and the Sisters the school flourished and rapidly expanded in growth. As time went on larger quarters had to be provided and another school was erected at the corner of Hunter Know Linwoodl and Wyandotte. Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis, then coadjutor to Bishop' Hogan, laid the cornerstone July 3, l898, and blessed I 1 I A -Q 1- H W,-W ,--W...-... WA M-,, -?-.3T Aiilf--f Thirty-two k N f W9 r 'Rf' 1 ix 1 the building October 3 of the same year. This building was converted into the convent home for the Sisters two years ago. For several years the curriculum was limited to the grades, but in 1904 it was considered best to open the high school department, and to add one class each year so that the pupils who wished to carry on higher work might have an opportunity to do so. In 1908 there was one girl graduate, Miss Josephine Mangan. Three pupils graduated the following year, and two in 1910. Then the high school was discontinued, but was reopened in 1913. The fol- lowing year a commercial course was offered. From a total attendance of forty in 1913, the high school has since grown till it now has a daily attendance of two hundred sixty. Again in 1919, the enrollment was such that all could not be accom- modated in the school, and for the four succeeding years, the Fathers gave up the old chapel, which had been the first Redemptorist Church, to serve a twofold purpose of study-hall and classrooms. We can trace the progress of Catholic ideals and efforts, like silent currents, ever lengthening and widening with the advance of better facilities and higher standards, until finally culminating in the handsome structure, the model elementary and up-to-date high school which is our pride today. In 1923, Father A. Chapoton, C. Ss. R., drew up the plans for the building which we now occupy. Work was soon begun but in a short time Father Chapoton was transferred to another field of labor, and through the able administration of his successor, Father J. J. Gunn, C. Ss. R., our present rector, was dedicated Right with impressive cere- building cost about the vast dream became a reality. When the new school Reverend Thomas F. Lillis, formally blessed the school monies, after assisting at Solemn High Mass. The S360,000. We of the Redemptorist School think that it is one of the finest in the United States. The building has thirty rooms and is used for both the elementary and high school students. The fame of the work done at Redemptorist was soon broadcast-not by radio, though-and the school became recognized throughout the city. Our school is affiliated to the State University. Both classical and commercial as well as courses in Physical Education and Household Arts are offered. The teachers strive to cultivate the minds and hearts of those entrusted to their care and to develop in them the power to perform their duties to Cod and fellowman. It is commonly said that a school may be rated in terms of its student product. During these years many boys and girls have passed through the portals of Redemptorist School into the busy world: a goodly number have given their lives to God by following the call to the pri-esthood and the religious life, while others carrying on the good spirit of the school are engaged in' home duties or other social activities. We are justly proud of our school. This living monument testifies to the deep interest of the Redemptorist Fathers, who realize so well that the greatest asset to any church is its parish school, and who, regardless of sacrifice, have not spared themselves, but have provided every facility.for Catholic higher education, thus making our school second to none. ROWENA MoLlNc, '2 7. 1 Tga,.,- ' Thirty-three A -,mm-To Umma ZS Venit summa dies I Examination day! Even the appearance of the outslde atmosphere sends forth the dread foreboding for old Sol is obscured by dark clouds although day has well advanced from the Ocean Naturallv it seems like our Day of Doom Tantaene animis caelestlbus irae? Can passions so great be in the minds of the gods that such tortures should be inflicted on young innocent g1rls3 Thus say the walls of the passaged halls and they seem to close in around us as we pass through them allowing no means of escape from the inevitable doom lVl1rab1le visu Dux femma facti And indeed she is She arraigns us so that there is nothing around us but lovers of La France She then produces the paper which will have to be summoned from Hades if we expect to answer such questions One glance at the questions and Furor arma mmlstrat Serzlng our pens we take spite on the paper But Furor iraque mentem praecipltant It is impossible for us to think However the first question does not seem so bad We are a little consoled Adsplrat prlmo fortuna labori But such relief 15 short lr ed The rest of the questions takes our heart away Com fortlngly Edith says Osccu neque enlm lgnari sumus ante malorum O passi graviora, dabrr deus his quoque finem l 7 l ' , has been stowed away, only the gods know where. Truly, Virgil himself I 1 Thirty- f ou 1' Nevertheless, we all sustain the strain by Dolus an virtus, mostly Virtus. Now everyone is filled with joy, for we have survived 'the unspeak- able day, and all exclaim, O terque quaterque beati. In calmness and dignity, the teacher says, Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. ELIZABETH RIEHLE, '27, WHAT MY HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION MEANS TO ME' What my high school education means to me? Ah! that is difficult to say, but infinitely easier to feel, for have I not been thrilled by the stirring tales of Scott, Cooperg have I not laughed and cried with Dickens: have I not shuddered with Macbeth, marveled at Virgil, and have I not been awed by the grandeur of Milton? And so on, down the line of the masters of prose and poetry: I have wended my way, finding at every turn some new truth, some fresh marvel, seeing nature and eternity through other men's eyes? Through pages of history, I have watched the rise and fall of nations, the founding, flourishing and decay of empires, the passing of men and marvels, all bounded within the covers of a book. I have been, as it were, a spectator in a vast area, watching and waiting for the outcome of the struggle, while the gladiators fight the deathly fight, making the sands slippery with their life's blood. With thumbs turned upward, I plead, Mercy, O Caesar, mercy! With Archimedes, I have cried, Eureka, when after hours of intense application to the innumerable laws of science, I have clearly understood, as the scientists of old, the why and the wherefore. So I could go on indefinitely, naming the chambers to which my high school education has been the key, and I find that the walls rise higher and higher, as I proceed and find rooms beyond, deeper and more silent. I am filled with a majestic sense of awe for what I have seen, and eager desire to press forward, even though I find myself shrinking to the floor, as I realize how very little I do know. EDITH SCHROEGER, '2 7. gf usrc H tk C arms Music of all the fine arts is undoubtedly the most wonderful the most uplifting the most complete Music explores the most sublime heights and the murkiest depths of human passion and of human experience and transports the soul through the whole gamut of the emotions Imposslble life without music! Wlthout musics calming caress at close of day without muslcs soothing influence in pam without music s exhilarating buoyancy in Joyl It is a human help to safeguard the soul for it fills the fancy with fair bright forms t attunes the ear to sounds that are sweet the heart to impulses that are innocent In my opinion music deserves the appellatlon shaper of destmies For what man I ask you can calmlv contemplate any wrongdoing while listening to the immortal strams of the Moonlight Sonala9 And again what man can hear unmoved the war like measures of a Ch0pln polonaisei' When an mtense thrill or enthusiastic throb rocks the musician s mmost soul the waves of his melody arise in their majesty and fling their ocean like harmonies upon the awe struck ear In every man there IS a love an appreciation a latent desire of expressing himself by music in music and for mus.c. From all ages evidence of this IS given by every nation. The harp was another step in this curious cycle, the first string instrument. Some musician discovered that he could make a larger variety of sound by using two strings, and so another string was added, and yet another. The ancient Egyptians made many-stringed harps of beautiful shapes. From them we have received our knowledge of the virtues of a sounding-board as a means of increasing the volume of a tone. In all probability, the Hebrews learned from the Egyptians how to make and use harps. Evidence of their proficiency in this field of endeavor is given in the Psalms. The Assyrians, in the musical world, are renowned, especially for the invention of the dulcimer, from which the desired sounds were brought forth by striking upon the strings with hammers. The Greeks had a very extensive knowledge of music. Centuries before the coming of Christ the Greeks had learned to measure the intervals of a scale on a little instrument called the monochord. This .monochord was but a string stretched tightly across a bridge but it was a large.. step in the ascent toward the perfected harp. Later in history, the Irish people were considered the national leaders in music. From the Irish, the Italians. obtained a knowledge of harp-making, a profession in which they excel. But one need not search in the realms of forgotten ages to Find evidence of musical appreciation. Music itself is the keynote of our daily life, of our simplest joys, and of our most tender griefs. It is the strong tie that binds the home together, and so a vital factor in family life. It keeps the home life alive, and unites the family in that close harmony impossible without its inlluence. The first recollection of our childhood is our mother's lullabyg the last earthly echo, our funeral dirges. One might almost say that man is ushered into this world and out again to the strains of music. 55 I IR' ' ' 'L . ' ' - -1 i 'L!2 ',f- . 'Wi Qty f -V 1, f X, if . ,EQJQGY i H-SWIQJ. 3, f Qffg- .If , V1.1 . 1 I- s. 1 -Q - - ' v' 'f' ...S , 'ii' 'Y A 'X N... -. E Y NTT' V' J W 7 . 1 5, r N l 0 dis' U i s v i u , . . . . A v . . , . i . , . , . . . . . . , . . , . . H . ' . r 1 i I - - u , . . . . . N . . ,, s 1 ' 9 9 , ' 1 - 1 v v ,. . - . . , . i . v . , . . , . .- 1 1 v n Music has only reached to highest art, when it is wedded to Christianity. The organ, the voice of the Christian Church, tradition tells us, was invented by St. Cecilia. By the divine and celestial accents of music, the Church speaks her love and. sorrow, her faith and hope. As a painter, so also the musician has won undying glory only when the Church has inspired the ideal. MARGARET BENTLEY, '2 7. A I . fl 1 1 Thirty-five r ., e ' Y? i e fhwvi' f . ez- rf e ge 4 jg, If do-:if ' Q . V, SGI- rf ggi -f' If ! a I ' Uv 2 Z fu HW PW F ff ,M 2?-1. l 'a' Ej,28 We 3 0 9 f e r ? iii' fl 25' V 1ss0ur1 L 1 Sv Of all the stars that brightly shine ' In our nation's banner wide, r There is one we love above the rest, 4 ?' Missouri, our native pride. Since eighteen hundred twenty-one, . When first our great State came . Into the Union firm and strong And won its place and name. . 4h ?' She's always worked and strzven hard 3. For right to conquer wrong. And she's always kept her honor bright, For many a year and long. 2 We hope that she may ever be Our Nation's brightest star, 3 And no dishonor ever will 2 Her shining glory mar, -1' Our own loved State. Missouri. 5' ? MILDRED DREYER, '2 7. . nf ia. E3 ,I bkhk A-.rw 'M Nik AMW, L..L Thir ty-six VM r ne, N K 4 . w...,.- V - ..M., - x ur parents Our parents are too often taken for granted and little thought is given to things they have done and are doing for love of us They make sacnhces so that we may have the things conducive to our welfare They are ever solicitous ever watchful Nothing is too great an eHort on their part when our health and happiness is concerned No prayer of thanksgiving is complete without remem laenng the greatest gift of all OUR PARENTS ANNA Must-:R 2 7 ansas Crty Who upon this fair city could look for long and frown? Here in the Heart of America lies all our hopes and dreams Anal at the Gateway lo the Wesl our fondest Interest leems CATHERINE OSWALD 27 O Var1ous At et1c ACf7v7teS Pony Riding-Sophomores and Seniors Foot Racing and Cross Lot Running Certain classes making haste to be on time for class before last gong is rung Oh! Kansas City, Kansas Cily, my birthplace and my town, ur M Wrestling With X, Y, Z in Algebra. Vaulting-Free days. Swimming-In examination questions that can't be answered. Bowling-With the soap in lavatories, trying to remove ink stains from hands. Swinging of Dumbbells-Certain Freshmen's swaggering gait. Breathing Exercises-Inhaling and exhaling laboratory gases. Basket Balling-Of waste paper. Marching-Changing classes after each period. Running-Up and down columns in bookkeeping. Golf-Perfecting our shorthand strokes, especially the long ones. GERALDINE MURPHY. '2 7. fl Thirty-seven I Ji! . I A W Lf! A K1'ndIy Terror Oh, how we dreaded Physics Wllen we started it this year, But our enemy, it is no more, Is now becoming clear. The elements of mailer, The mass of gold and lead, We thought that we would never Cet these into our head. But all tlhese things no more Have such appalling terrors: We think we're making progress, And maybe fewer errors. PVe have large, weighty notebooks, In which we draw and write, And when we haven't Jinished We stay in Friday Night. CATHERINE CAULEY, '2 7. A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR STUDENTS OF PHYSICS Brittleness-Edith's nose on a frosty morning. Inertia-The class in Physics on Monday morning. Cohesion-lVlary Elizabeth Dolan and Catherine Cauley. Elasticity-Some people's consciences. Density of Solids-Wliat the teacher sometimes thinks about the class. Equilibrium-Hard to keep with so many lessons piled upon us. Density of Air-Talking in the corridors. ANNA MUSER, '2 7. Difference between motion ancl rest--Nellie's mind is in swift motion before and during our examination days, but she is perfectly at rest when after looking into her notebook she finds a clashing, Haming red IOZS. Physics Students Are Cood Barometers l. A rising laugh indicates the approach of a. fair period. 2. A sudden fall of the corners of the mouth generally prececles a storm. 3. An unchanging high spirit indicates a settled, harcl-working forty or eighty minutes. MARY JOSEPHINE DAILEY, '27. Thirty-eight I' 5- -li:-2 -.'v-V L. f '1 V '-1 f v- -:aye H, A ' ,T 'X ' lv ., 1 Y -4-2 ,A 11 19-1 10 2 3 . Z . 3. 9 3 - Q- 2 - Q 8 , 7 6 i---F Lmes to a loch While this timepiece attracts thy sight, Thy reason let it warn And seize, my child, the fleeting time That never will return. - If idly lost, no art or care This blessing can restore. 0 And Heaven exacts a strict account, ' For every misspent hour. Short is our longest day of life, Soon its prospect ends: Yet on that zlay's uncertain date Eternal years depend. i 1 1 FN' t t ' Thirty-nine , 'xx . - ' X f , s ,. . I ur ma ater H A7 .M H The days of our school life have come to a close, the time is at hand when we all must partjancl leave our dear Alma lVlater, our teachers and our pals. Our school has done her duty by us, for she has equipped us with the knowledge to follow our respective paths of life, and formed character in each one of us. And we, in turn, must try to be a credit to her. Now we are sad at heart when we think of soon leaving her, although we look forward to the happiness we hope to have in the world. Our futures may he filled with many trials and sorrows, but when we remember the teachings we received from dear old Redemptorist these difficult tasks will he made more simple and less difficult of accomplishment. We are most grateful to our teachers who have tried to instill in us right principles of living and conduct, as well as love of God and Country. The fleeting years will bring changes in dear old Redemptorist, but to us she will always be our own dear Alma Mater. MARY WALLIS, '2 7. PERCHANCE YOU DON'T KNOW You can always tell a Senior. For she is sedalely gowned: You can always tell a junior By lhe way she slruls aroundg, You can always tell a Freshman By her country ways and such. You can always lell a Soplfmore, But you cannot tell her much. MARY AGNES LYNCH, '2 7. lLvery class graduating from school leaves a gift by which it will be remembered. Our graduates of l925 have given a handsome clock so that we may have no excuse for not being on time. We are grateful that they have started the good work and wish to express our thanks for their thoughtfulness and generosity. May the succeeding classes follow their good example. 1 Forty 91. ,.,:g?Lf.1,......-h. ..v. -N -.., -.- ' 3 My 'EA 3 , . i 1 I R ? i I I i ur .Study H an b 3 1 l 4 Q Q i 1 1 f 1 2 i V. ' s 5 ? 5 , 1 , M, m , + ,mm ,W,M ,MmWm:mW iii? Fm'Iy-our' .sw r . 5 in W omance an arnmg Cotton Some people can be very prosaic about absolutely unprosaic things Of this type was Mrs Mowbray who always insisted on association romance and darnlng cotton It was to this association fatally impressed on her con scientlous and plastic young mind that Marjorie Mowbray attrlbuted the wretchedness of an entire afternoon which might otherwise have been the day of days Marjorie remembered well the process that had been employed in sowing the seeds of belief in the indissolubllity of the bonds which united romance and darmng cotton How often she had heard her mother say Now Marjorie if you insist on going about with holes in your stockings vou know that no man will ever look at you That is one of the first things a prospective husband notices whether or not this intended wife is neat or slovenly in her habits You have a much better chance of attracting young men if your stockings were patched so much that there wasnt any stocking left than rf they were full of holes But mother had been her xnvariable reply stockings take so long to darn and when they start to go they go any way You cant stop them Well you wont take my advice now but mark my words youll be sorry some day that you didnt And the raven never croaked more truly In the meantime Marjorie grew up Growing up took up a great deal of time because it meant as well growing out of certam childish ideas and prejudices However poor Marjorie did not outgrow the old belief in the mysterious connection between romance and darnmg cotton And in this failure to complete her outgrowmg process lay Marjorie s temporary undoing Maryorle had been at the Missouri State University two years when she met Bob Carew handsome clean and lovable Their liking for each other had been mutual and they were on the hugh road to the happy intimacy deeper than mere friendship when the incident occurred which nearly tumbled ruin in thelr path It was May and the air vibrant with the chatter of a legion of birds and heavy with the odor of springtime s lush earth stole all sense in a maze of rapture Marjories singing heart slipped through her hummlng lips IH to the high quiet of her room where the essence of out doors entered through the wide flung window Of a sudden her humming ceased Frantically she began to paw through the stockings in her open bureau drawer Pair after pair she unrolled slipped onto her arms for inspection and discarded The pile on her bed grew that in the drawer diminished Finally there remained but a smgle pair Almost prayerfully Marjorie slipped her hand into one of the pair Here tenseness left her I 1 1 - 1 H . . . . . - . . . 1 1 1 J . 1 . . , s u 11 - ' as - 1 s 1 1 11 , . . an 1 ' 9 1 1 1 1 - 1 u , . - 1 . . . . . , . 1 s - , - 1 1 1 . . . , . 1 . . , . . . . . . 1 1 1 - , . - 1 as - 1 n A life-saver to a drowning man! she breathed. I had almost forgotten about this pair. She was ready when Bob came to call for her, shedding a radiance about her which those who know themselves to be loved can claim as peculiarly Forty-two :Er 'L ' ' - ' vig. . I f sf? J. there sounded a sharp metallic tmkle at Marjorie s very heels Instrnctlvely she jerked her head about What she saw sent her heart downward with sickness She had dropped a hairpin yes but there where her slipper stopped ,Q W 4 K BX 'ng i i ' I their own. They sauntered .slowly in the directino of the lake. Suddenly and her stocking began to fulfill its office was a small, round aperture a hole in her stocking. Did you lose something? Bob said, solicitously. No, no, she said hastily, only a hairpin. In her heart there rose an agonized cry, Oh, he'll see it, he'll see it! They walked the remaining distance to the lake almost in silence. Inwardly, Marjorie seethed with misery. What if he should see? Why did this have to hapfpen today of all days? Why hadn't she darned that hole when she discovered it several weeks before? Why, and again, why? On the lake, they rowed for a wretchedly strained half hour, for lVlarjorie's mood soon communicated itself to Bob. Then, determinedly, Bob paddled the canoe to a tiny, tree-embowered cave. Now, Marjorie, what's wrong? Marjorie was plainly startled. Wrong? Why, nothing, Bob. What makes you ask? What makes me ask? Don't you know? Why, no. You mean to say you have been moody all this time for no reason at all? A confused red spread over lVlarjorie's face. Oh--I-have I been moody? I didn't know-, she finished lamely. Marjorie, his voice had softened, why, have I hurt you? lVlarjorie's heart jumped .with a strange emotion. No, oh, no, Bob, you have always been kind. Then what is the matter? Should she tell him? She had the perilous sensation of walking a tight rope. With an inward defiant challenge to herself, she made her decision. You know when I dropped that hairpin? Bob nodded. When I looked around, I saw-well, I saw this, and she turned her foot so that he might see the awful cause of her black despair. Bob was plainly bewildered. And, she hurried on, her cheeks a fiery red, mother always said -she used to say-well, she said, 'girls with holes in their stockings,' she swallowed painfully, that is, untidy girls - But Bob was laughing with hilarious abandonment. Oh, he choked, I know the rest-mother used to say the same thing to my sisters. Then he sobered suddenly. You funny little girl, he said, but his tone said, You dear, sweet little girl. I am sorry you have worried yourself like this, but I am glad it happened, for you have told me something I wanted to know. Told you something? That you cared. NELLIE KEARNEY, '2 7. Forty-three ' N s gal ii vii M ' X, C d 871 CIT SEPTEMBER l - '7 Threefold the stride of Time from first to last' Loitering slow, the Future creepeth- Arrow-swift, the Present sweepet!h- And motionless, forever stands the Past. 7-School doors flung open and Hello there: what have you been doing? or Where have you been keeping yourself? was everywhere in the air. 8-First touch of real school life. Old friendships renewed. I3-Blue Monday and still rusty. 20-Still reviewing in English, not saying we don't need it because? 24-Mercy! Will we ever learn Physics? OCTOBER- The sweet calm sunshine of October Turns the maple leaves to gold. l-Four weeks gone already! But haven't got used to the do this and the don'ts. 4-Back into the uniforms again. How fresh they look and what a thrill the Freshmen are getting out of them! I2-Columbus Day. So disappointed that the day was not observed as holiday. l3-Seniors held their first mixer and the result was the election of officers. 26-Semi-monthly 'meeting wherein the subject of class pins and rings were discussed. 30--Hollowe'en party at Hotel Baltimore. given by Katherine Applegate for the Senior Class. All reported a good time. NOVEMBER- ln rattling showers dark Noveml:er's rain From every stormy cloud, descends again. l-A hike from the end of Rosedale car line to Nellie Keamey's home was rewarded by a chicken dinner! Oh, boy! Was it good? 8-9-First quarterly exam. Dat dextram misero. ll-Armistice Day. At least one holiday. A tribute to Peace and to the memory of our heroic dead. Kansas City had an occasion to see and hear President Coolidge, who came to dedicate the Liberty Memorial. In the evening we welcomed Queen Marie. I6-Rcorded results of our first quarter's work. A meeting of the Seniors and Freshmen was held. Freshmen were required to wear green hair bows for the remainder of the week, and to abide by the Seniors' rules. 24-For the best essay of the Senior Class on the subject, What My High School Education Means to Me, Father Gunn offered a silver rosary as first prize, and a S5 gold piece as second prize. 25-Turkey Day. Our hrst vacation is at last here. Much needed days of rest. Forty-four -3.25: .1 ,f , aww k ..- m4--nM-i-m-- wma-gsm I 1 W My , V5 X r DECEMBER- I ln the depths of drear December When the While doth hide the Green. I 8-Feast of the Immaculate Conception-and a holiday. I7-Seniors received their class pins and rings, a sure mark of a Senior. l A Christmas celebration, with a Christmas tree and Santa Claus was enjoyed by all. I8-Our Christmas vacation begins. No school until January 3. Oh! I JANUARY- Come, ye cold winds, at fanuary's call On whistling wings, and with while flakes bestrew The earth. 3-First day of school in the New Year and everyone about as green as the Christmas tree. 5-Dr. Elliff, from Missouri University, visited the school. I0-Snap-shot day for the Annual. 4 15-A social meeting at the home of Mary Elizabeth Dolan. I7-Prizes were awarded by Father Gunn to Edith Schroeger, Catherine , Cauley, and Margaret Bentley for the best essays. IS-All class photographs taken for the Annual. I 22-Social meeting at the home of Mary Josephine Dailey. The first stages of a sorority discussed and brought about. - 24--First Semester Exams. ' F EBRUARY- The slanting sun of February pours Into the bowers a flood of light. 2-Reports of our first semester work. 5-Social meeting at the home of Geraldine Burns. First three pledges taken in the Sorority. ll-The school was honored by the visit of Mother Palma, Provincial i ' I Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and Sister Joseph Marie, Assistant i Provincial. i I I4-Hearts are trumps today. X.. I7-The members of the different classes of the High School were examined by Father Hayes and Father Keegan. Not so bad. ln the after- noon we had a school party in the auditorium. From the expression on each one's face, we knew all had enjoyed themselves. I8-A jolly gathering at the home of Frances Hauber. 22-Washnigton's Birthday-a holiday. Hurrah! The majority of the Senior Class betook themselves to the Newman Theatre. Afterwards they went to the home of Catherine Oswald, where they were delightfully entertained. Forty-five I 11 , X ' ,N ,uw .l , a W ns f-:Aj ' P , I 1 N4 Q, MARCH-Stormy March is come at last 5 Sororrty meetrng at the home of Rowena Nlolmg three more girls were ushered in as pledges I6--In the afternoon the matinee for The Cost of a Promise was presented by the Senior Class for the school children I7 St Patrick s Day in the morning A hollday In the evenmg the play was repeated for the general public And they that far from Erin roam ln drstant lands away Shall echo back their songs of home Upon St Patrick s Day APRIL Again the lnlachlnrds sing the streams Wake laughing from their winter dreams And tremble in the Aprrl showers 4 5 Third quarterly exams Will exams ever be a pleasure for us? 6-Now I shall rest me Reports of our exams April showersl 7 The Seniors paid a visrt to the Kansas City Star An Ideal trip an l so mstructlve But there is always something to take the Joy out of llfe We had to write a paper descrxptive of the wonders we saw and heard l l Holy Week Our annual retreat How these days of s lence stirred and yet calmed our souls Our resolutions are made and we hope we will be able to keep them I4 Easter vacatnon 26--Senior JUUIOT banquet So long have we waited for this day when as Seniors we would be entertained by the umors It has come and gone A Q The tassels of the maple flowers. i vote of thanks to the Juniors. They cannot be excelled as hostesses. lVlAY- Among the changing months, May stands confessed The sweetest, and in fairest colors dressed. 23-The Final Exams! With what throbbing hearts we Seniors face the last Exam, for it is to decide so much. How indifterently the Faculty look upon them, giving us the unsubstantial comfort, that if we have studied we need have no fears, and if we haven't, why, what should we expect but4 FAILURE! 25-Fairyland, my Fairyland! The school picnic at last! What a glorious time we had! 30-Memorial Day. Free. 3l-Class Day. No joy that is unmixed with pain. School days have a new charm now that they are so soon to close. JUNE- And what is so rare as a day in func! When the brooks send up a cheerful tune, And groves a joyous sound. 2-Exhibition of Needlework. 3-Conferring of Awards and Prizes for Attendance, Scholarship, and Typewriting. The end crowns the work. 5-Graduation. Dear School of our happy Childhood, we bid you a fond farewell. Forty-six . t - an-'N ft frm!-' - -df jail WFJ-.' f13,i'f' s . +5 lv 'Q 1 'WS' , R Rig' 'Ni G - T Cost of cz prom1'se PROGRAM Overture Bunch of Sham- , rocks ...... .- ..... Scfedy Scene I Mother and daughter Kathleen in the old home. Mother Machree .......... -------Vocal and Orchestra Saxophobia ........ Wecloefl Over the Waves ...... Rosas Saxophone SCENE II-One year later. Kathleen in New York Erin ............. - ...e......................... - My Own United States ....... - .......... .. .... .... l Senior Class SCENE III-The Royalton Mansion Violets ............................ - - - Gliding Swans Falling Leaves ...... ............... C l Orchesim SCENE IV-Magistrate s office Vocal Selections- ulia Fetter Mary Wallis Geraldine Burns Dorothy Corless Mary Emilie Flynn SCENE V-The Royalton Mansion Old Clory Selections ..................e....... ......... S eredy CHARACTERS Kathleen ..................,........... .... C allwerine Cauley Mrs. Connors her mother .... --- ....... Mildred S'pp Granny Gilligan .......... ..... ............ C e raldine Murphy Loda .............................................. can Irvine Zola fdancer ................................,.... Lucille Price Girls playing in the park-Frances Hauber Dorothy Magers Agnes Cibbons Elizabeth Rielile Mary Agnes Flanagan Mrs. Royalton fwealthy sister of Mrs. Connors ,........... Marie Stewart Fthel Royalton Catherine Oswald Lucille Royalton--H. lNieces of late Mr. Royaltonj Madame Felice French at- tendant to Mrs. Roy alton -----------Edi!l1 Topsy maid to Ethel and Lucille .... Mary oe Dailey Magistrate.- ...... Ceorge li ack Kennaley Guards '- ' ' l, james Riordan Messenger ...... William uinn he I I :J . , . c J - 1 J ' J c ' J c 9 f 1 I Q Q l Al Forty-seven f i'sfsia--1-- -Q afar' iff V L - W v x THE KANSAS CITY STAR As one passes the large Italian structure of red brick on Grand Avenue and lVlcCee Street, little do they realize what is happening on the inside. This large building is constructed of steel and concrete, faced with tapestry brick, and is the home of The Kansas City Star. Qften as I passed this building I had wished that some time I might have an opportunity to go through it and learn how our daily papers are made. This chance came when the Senior classwork included such a trip in the year's work in physics. Our examinations were completed on April 6 and to restore our normal condition we set out on our outing. The first room we entered in the building was the room provided for the want-ads, advertising and circulation departments. This is known as the business room and occupies a large area of the first floor and offers employment to hundreds of men and women such as typists and switchboard operators. The second floor is given to the editorial, news, society, music and other features. Here news from every part of the country is received, and a special telegraph office has been equipped for the convenience and help of reporting news. There are also private lines to various places in the city, such as the courthouse, fire department, and Convention Hall to avoid delays. One very interesting feature of the third floor is a library for the con- venience of the reporters, and also a sort of filing system of about forty' years of the daily Star. A broadcasting studio, known as WDAF, is something else which 'adds to the interest of the Star and affords many delightful and interesting programs to its listeners. And now as we cross to the other side of the building we come to the real output of the newspaper-the photo engraving and electrotyping depart- ments of the Star-which are the most delicate proccesses of the entire art of printing. These two departments represent more than one-fourth of a million dollars investment in equipment, and here all photographs reproduced in the Star are finished and made ready for the use in the pages of the paper. The type for the plates are laid by means of forty-three linotype machines and passed to the next room where huge cauldrons of molten lead form the plates for the presses from which to print, and after these are used they are cast again into the vats to be used again, thus every edition is printed from new type and plates. After these plates have been formed in the stereotyping room they are trimmed and cooled and are carried to the pressroom by means of endless chains of elevators. Each plate is kept an account of and is numbered. 1 ' The pressroom contains nine octuple presses which turn out about 324,000 5 papers of thirty-two pages in an hour. The paper is fed in the presses from 1 giant rolls of paper and comes out in two streams from the other side of the press, i cut into pages and folded ready to be conveyed to the mailing room, which last is not least in the completion of this great transformation. The news which an hour before had come in from New York and San Francisco, and which I had read on the automatic telegraph recorder was already printed on the evening f paper which on reaching home I picked up from my doorstep. . IVIILDRED SIPP, '27. l 4 i'r mf! A A Forty-eight n 1. ' ll nu, If - -1- 0 :ff fl. '-Ilwllff' REGRETS 1 stood in the hall of Redemptortst As the bell was ringing the hour And a girl came from her classroom With the look of a willed fewer I saw a sad reflection In the eyes that gazed at me And the tears that were falling fast Made a picture of misery For far m the hazy distance She could but dimly see The fun that she d be missing Since told to stay al three Along the long bright hallways Of our most famous school This lonely person wandered- She had missed her Latin rule And her heart was hot and restless For her life seemed full of woe Because of work still to be done Before home she could go Ross MARY WATERS, '28. ' I I APPRECIATION To the Faculty for its kind assistance and the interest shown in the publi- cation of our book to the classes for their co-operation to our advertisers, let loyalty be shown and patronage be given, to our photographer, Mr. Riederer, to our friends who have given donations, and to all who in any way helped to make the Annual a success, to our art' editors, Nellie Kearney and Dorothy Magers. Special thanks are due to Nellie Keamey for the invaluable assistance rendered by her toward the development of the book: otherwise it would have lacked many of the art features it now includes. Nellie has also secured the greatest number of ads. We thank her sincerely and say God bless our Class President. ' ' THE STAFF. , l , sm , X ' 4 f 1 Y 1 9 f ,wx 4 X fgffl L' I I forty-nine U , , .RN 5 ,S S 2 E 3 . 3 K E E Z 1 Z 2 4 E z n Q F I l I ! Y 1 i A i : I E E E I: Wi fi 2 ? 4 1 I 1 I n i S 3 4 Q i Q 5 E 1 , i Qfgjli 'lffzl BEATRICE BOHOMIL CATHERINE BOHOMIL ELOISE BRENNEN EVA BROWN EMMA BROWN DOROTHY CORLESS ELIZABETH CEDAR VIRGINIA DAVIES MILDRED DYCI-IE LOLITA DICKARD HELEN EAC-AN JOSEPHINE ELLSWORT TESSIE FLOOD CATHERINE HAYDE l'lELEN HARRINGTON H BENARDINE HUMPHREY MARY KATOSH COMMERCIAL CLASS WILMA KIEFER MARGARET KEMPF RUTH KENNALLY HELEN KENNEY HELEN LIEBST ANNA LINCK HELEN MARSHALL LILLIAN MCKEEVER CATHERINE MORRIS DOROTHY O'NEILL GENEVIEVE RoTH MARIE ROSELLI EVELYN ROBERTS FRANCES SCHUSTER MARJORIE SCHWINH ALICE TEEPEN EILEEN TIERNEY C is for the curves we've practiced every day, O is for the o-hoolz which was ever in our way, M is for the manual found ever in our hand, M is for the many hours we've tried so hard to stand, E is for the errors that we made throughout this year, Q, . .. f ', 5.14 E - fn., ' -.',, ',. 1 ORST R is for Redemptorist, which we love, honor and revere: C is for the class which we entered with a vim, I is for improvement which we hope and pray to win, .A is for accuracy, so important in our work, L is for the labor, love, and loyalty that we hope never to shirh. R. H. Qs. Away from the noise and cares of the city, So pleasing to the eye, Stands our school we think so splendid: Our Redemptorist High. Redcmptorist High School shall ever be, A memory to hold And I shall always strive to be Worthy of her Blue and Cold. LAVERNA KRINGS, Commercial, 1927 ' 1 Aram,-one -5 -I , :' .xfLiA.if W ' .,Q, 355. 11, I N L f . f X----2 . f lr . Q Y,,,,,,.,, , , Q .. , , Lf I , , X ,. 'f ONE YEAR HENCE c al'23 671107768 Can you form a mental plcture of a begrnner at a typewnter? Vrvrdly do I recall my first lesson how clumsy I was and how my fingers rested on any key but the rlght one And my thumbs! They were srmply uncon trollable Not satxshed wlth their place on the space bar they mvarlably chose a comfortable posltron on the keys causmg me much worry and annoyance Was I to be prt1ed3 I thought so anyway and lt was only after many hours of earnest practice that I succeeded m placmg my fingers where they belonged and ln consolmg my thumbs wrth the fact that they needed a llttle rest and would have to be satlshed with the place asslgned them Now that those days have passed and that I have succeeded m attammg a falr rate of speed I look back wrth pleasant thoughts of them They were anxious days too especlally when sllence relgned supreme ln the typfewrltmg room awaltmg the second that ready go would be called and then the flymg typewrlters would be heard for fifteen consecutxve minutes Drd that trme seem long? Not at all so anxious were we to carry off a gold srlver or bronze pm And then the awful stlllness when time was called and oh how we stood almost breathless awaltmg the report of our papers A glorious tnumphl Another rn added to our number! Hearty good wrshes from companions and a word o encouragement from the teacher These are memories that I carry forth wrth me from my dear Alma Mater and I only hope that those prwrleged to spend many days wrthln rts hallowed walls wlll succeed ln wmnmg more awards than we drd and that the Redemp tonst Hugh will ever be the radlant star llsted among the many schools now famous for speed and accuracy rn typewrltmg LAVERNA KRINGS Commercxal l927 ,asf .I I -gl Il , LJ v - lsr, . y E4 g . A ' ' ' T i a- -A M V I F ifty-two Q N X X k 'Q If ,- fx 5 'AJ +9 5-ibn. .N Ian S f- ., ur. ---- -W J .19 . .KT U--' -. f .W N gn -1 jp N M n ' J 1 E 5 5 E 1 5 Q e P 5 i R u 2 i 5 i s E r E F 5 E ,, I 2 4 2 1 E i 5 s I 7 R, 5 I J 1 s L K s 1 E 5 5 n H V, E l Q. E 'fy 2 .l.g'Q ,1 1 4. ' ' l 1'ffy-foul' L M -I. ,Nr sw-..t ffm- f- fv -fre' V ,, z.' .,- fig' 4,.. 4 .. , '.-f - ,a 1' .S H -.1 em as-ea x, ffl! ' JUNIORS Nickname Favorite Phrase Loretta Kelly ........... Loretta ...... .Ohl Ruth Cauley ........... Ruthie ....... Lord, help us Catherine Sims ......... -Simmy ,...... Where do we eat? Lois Rutledge .......... .Tiny ........ .Get it yourself Catherine Prothman ...... Products ..... .I'll bite. You sure are crazy Mary Catherine McMahon-Nan ........ -Tin ears Frances Carr ........... Fanny ....... .She sure is dumb Cornelia O'Donnell ...... Connie ....... Bla! Bla! Bla! Etc. 1 Teresa Kellerman ....... -Tessie ....... .Be quiet. Act your age , Anna Kellerman---.. .... .Annie ....... -Nothin' doing Margaret Mary Leahy .... Madge ...a... They think they're smart Isabelle Dolan .......... Issie ......... Don't be dumb Gertrude Spiegelhalter .... .Gertie ....... .Tell me. Tell me. Isabelle LaFalier ........ Izzie ........ .Don't ask me Mary Emilie Flynn, ..... .Shorty ......, From soup to nuts t Florence Brannan ........ Flo ......... .Hurry up! I-et me copy it 1 Bernardine Nielson ....... Denie ........ You sure are crazy Margaret McCabe ....... Mickey ...... -For the love of mud Hermenia Krameric------,Cranberry .... -I don't know Lucille Maher .......... .l-ucy- ....... How many more mniutes? Dorothy Brown---- ..... Dot ......... Oh! Applesauce Mary Martin ........... jenny ........ Now I'll be mad Rose Mary Waters ...... .Rosie ........ Look up the next word Mary Matheny ......... .Money ....... Where's my Crush? Julia Fetter ............ -julie ........ .Goodyl Goody! Oi, oi: my lady Agnes Dwyer ........... Aggie ....... -Such crust Mary Ennis ............ Emmie .,....- Where's the place? Catherine Hansen ........ Kitty ........ Don't be a fool ' Beatrice Fuson ......... -Bee ......... Don't be a heel Arlene Heath .......... ,Lene ........ .Give me one I Helen Cleary ........... Cleary a...... See here, girls! Ha, hag me, too Loretta Foley .......... .Lottie ........ Heck if I know G Kathleen Altman- - - - - - - - Margaret I-lennessey --.-- - Helen Barry --.--- Harriet Dowmey ------.- - Emma Louise Meagher---. Betty Stoerman - - - - Al. ----..--. . You big dumbbell Red ---- Berry--- -----Well, I'll be -- What do you take me for? Hattie ------- .You tell 'em Emmie ------ Blondie -----. . Well, I guess not My gosh! l I Fifty-five vi TT' -A T TL-X Q. . . Q., N-f, ,f A THE MASTERS OF' THE PAST Let our thoughts go back to the dim, forgotten years and listen to the minstrel as he trods along the dusty roads, sorrowfully playing the Deor's Lament and chanting Xvidsith. Soon he is interrupted by the song of the call of the sea, which the seafarer in quaint words and phrases sings for us. Beowulf comes marching home and receives great applause from the people. They hail him as their cleliverer, for he has rescued the marsh lands from the herce hands of the monster Grendel. But many centuries pass. We see Chaucer pondering over a quaint volume of forgotten lore and preparing the prologue for his Canterbury Tales. His successor, Edmund Spenser, rambles over the hills and dales of Erin for the Fairy Queene. Then Marlowe, rare Ben Jonson, appear and present their humorous works, but they, too, are for a time, forgotten, when Shakespeare, the commanding figure of the ages, greets us. Viola, Juliet, Portia, and Rosa- lind win our hearts, and from stern tragedy we learn life's lessons. Soon after the passing of this great man the king and parliament clash. But the conflict of these powers produces another grand master ohn Milton. This young man for six years makes visits to the haunted woods and interprets the murmur of the brook as it flows toward the ocean. After acquainting himself with the works of his predecessors he produces the epic Paradise Lost. Another man that meets us is ohn Bunyan. After many years of research he gave to the world the Pilgrim s Progress But we feel that Thomas A. Kempis in his Imitation of Christ has given to the Catholic Pilgrim a far better guide for the journey of life Thus far have we traveled in our unior year But by no means is our literary trip at an end Rather has it but begun During our Senior year we expect to again take up the tour which we shall continue even after school days are over ANNA KELLERMAN 28 THE IUNIORS My selection of the twenty six letters in the alphabet are u n 1 o r You know stands for y No other class can be more yoyous than we umors We are ever ready to give a pleasant smile and to spread sun shine wherever we go U Tlns letter just fits us Union is our best quality because the umors are always seen together N Nice and Neat yes thats the umors b IIThis letter added to t spells It and and we have our reasons to e t orations of Cicero when Rome was in her grandeur and we fought on the battlefields of Craul R Why of course Remembrance of Redemptorist TERESA KELLERMAN 28 - J ll J' ' 'I . - . . : J- - -.- - i 5? - 50 - . . ' . J - - l -W C I, ' ll ,Y ' .Il .,, . l T.. ' i t O-llt may begin the word Old, Yes, very old. We listened to the - i ' ' .. - I n l ' i Sf .W . r-, ,,,.,, - sms., we . ,r C ,- csc.. -. A Fifty-six I -avg? ww' Y 2 ,Q W 1, .eq , t v 3- '1y1'I:3ysl'l . FX no on fi m e-so-Q . X . 3 I 4 ily JSI? I A JUNIOR'S REFLECTIONS The day is done, and home study Falls on my burdened mind As I tahe out my boolzs for lessons The teachers have assigned. I see my books before me, N ot in visions of pleasure, but pain, And a feeling of dread comes o'er me That seems there to remain. - A feeling of dread and sorrow That does not belong to play: I And resembles pleasure only As the night resembles day. Come, write for me some Latin, Some simple Cicero: It will calm a restless feeling That only few can know. Read from my Modern History Of the kings of long ago: lt will bring to my tired spirit The rest that I long for so. Then my night shall be filled with pleasure And the lessons I've learned through the day Shall flash through my weary brain. And silently steal away. Ross MARY WATERS, '28, I' r tk' XA Fifty-seven 0 ----T tri! ' WONDER WHAT A LOCKER THINKS ABOUT Gracious, me, exclaimed one of the lockers on the east side of the Study Hall of Redemptorist High School, to think I am only two years old, and look at mel Ouch! What's that? Oh, myl Who's hammering on my lock? Oh, he hit me. I bet whoever is pounding on that lock will have my new gray coat scratched. I know. Perhaps that girl has lost her key. At last the lock is broken. Well, here she is. My, she is saying awful things. You can't find those words in Webster. Look at all the papers around my feet. She must think I am a waste paper basket or the pockets of her uniform, and the books on my shelves look like a dog's breakfast. Well, thank good- ness! She has what she came after, and guess what it was? A book? No. Guess again. Some paper? Not that, either. It was her comb. She cares more about her shingle than her books. Ouch! Look at the way she slams my door. But, oh, joy! She has to open me again. One of the teachers is now on the scene. My unfeeling owner was told never to close my door so hard, that she must be gentle in the way she treats me, and now she is trying to show my one true friend, the good nun, that she can be gentle. I wish the nuns would come around often. Maybe then, my dear little Miss would be more careful of my appearance, especially on the inside. I wait so eagerly for the time before the holidays, because then all the lockers get a fine overhauling. It's a grand and glorious feeling. Really, it is a blessing to be clean and not to hear some girl say, Look at my locker: isn't it a sight? Oh, well, I always know that every year I pass to a new owner, and perhaps some day in the far, far future I may be kept clean. CORNELIA O'DONNELL, '28. THE ,IUNIORS The funiors now to their work are gone, Immersed in books you'll ,rind them: Their brains buzz, buzz-all power in on For the heavy tasks assigned them. Let's study hard, said each sweet maid, Though all hope now deserts me, One final struggle for exams we make, One frantic efort to pass them. u Fifty-eight , . . , - V. '.:- , 1- ' 1: 'lg' .v , J , Yf V MX, ' + 5 . AS YOU SEW SO SHALL YOU RIP ln the fall of I925 The Art of Dressmakmg was introduced for the first time as a new department in our school In the beginning the number who wished to participate in the struggle of needlework were few but as time went on and products could be shown our number increased Two years are now offered the Erst being the fundamentals of sewing with a complete course in the principles of design Six garments must be completed for one year s credit the second year takes us further into advanced techmque that of fancy and tailored garments Four finished dresses are ll Y' If ' ll ' , . ' I , . f - , . . . , , . required for this year's work. The instruction of the work is given under the direction of Miss Theresa Carmody, who has labored unceasingly that we might be able to make the pretty things we desire. During the last of May we hope to have an exhibit and shall be glad 'to welcome each and every one as our guests, for we are even open to suggestions and criticisms. Help us to make this department what it should be. ADIEU TO THE SENIORS Farewell, dear class of twenty-seven, We'll miss your happy faces: But, lucky for Redcmptorisl High, We'1l more than fill your places. Jumons. ff' Fifty-nine , gp is P fi? xfllnts MARY JOSEPHINE POEHLER Teacher--If a man should eat a stick of phosphorus, what would become of him? Majority of Class--Don't know. Bright Katherine-That depends on how he has lived. Force is the property which belongs to the teacher, and application is the property which the pupils lack. Visitor-What are you now taking up in Physics? Pupil--Space. MARY JOSEPHINE DALEY. '27, One time I was glad to be down and out. When? -I After my first trip in an aeroplane. X Johnson, you look so gloomy. The terrible cost of living, old chap, constant bills for material, paint and shingles. Your house? No, daughter. Sweet are all things when we learn to prize them not for their sake, but for Him who grants them or denies them. 1 D 5- '--rf --if -' -r'-- Q!-ja-gw ua:-'flag'-' an-is S iffy W -Q K5 ., V' 'D 'Taka V fxiiiglig xi J I 4...,'Y fI 13 1i4 xv , X?X:3ixX'XBLLg. CLASS 4 If 1 ' VV A YI 1 ' Mmww' fy-Iwo fl A k,f-M'-Wood E E R' AME- in Nl 1 XVJRQJ N. SOPHOMORES NAMEs CATHERINE AUDLEY MARY BARBER MARGARET BAUMAN LOUISE BROSNAHAN SARA CURL ISABEL DALY BERTHA EUZBRUNNER MARTHA GLY NN ..------:i:::ii:Siiii:Dl CdIf1iflg Wm I MARY DowI.ING DOROTHY HARRIS .......... MARIE HousE .... ANNA HOULIHAN .... CERTRUDE HAGEL --- MARY HOPE HARDY- - - MARTHA HOGAN ...... ANNA MAE HOFFMAN .... IRENE JARRET ....... RUTH JUDAH .... FRANCES BOWEN ...... MARY ANNA CONNORS -- FRANCES BECK ........ JOSEPHINE KELLERMAN--- MARY LANE .......... DEI.oREs 'LAVERY .... JUANITA MCGINLEY--- MARGARET MUSER .... LEoNA MEINERS ........... MARYAELIZABETH MCNAMARA MARY MARY MARY MARY MARY AGN ES LEARNIHAN- - - KAE ORR ........... JOSEPHINE POEHLER-.. GRACE QUINN ....... FRANCES RoGERs--- MARIE RIEHLE ........ ESTHER SMITH ...... RUTH TRAVIS ......... TERESA STOERMAN ...... E MARY CATHERINE RYAN .... MARIAN ROBISON ........ CHARACTERISTICS Do It tomorrow Now or never Work and smile Don t hurry Argumen atzon Smzlmgly observant Takmg lIfe easy Excelsmr Don't bother Still as a mouse Escaping observation Ever ready Prize pedestrian in study hall Ever faithful Let me explain Sweet serenity On the defensive 1 have it Be brief Now, Sister Punctuality Hastening gymward On the alert Parleying Smiling and musing Trusty and true Ever sweet and always neat Possessions, like Gaul, divided in three parts: locker, desk, and at home Wide awake ' ' Gentle ever Example of inertia Standard time Looking up Helping hand Centrifugal force Studying magnetism Smiling in kilowatt hours Composing lay induction I Q42 I bc S I S ixty-three 1 wtf' LQ , 4-vii THE SOPHOMORES O is for Order that we follow at all times, U is for Unity, which fills every mind, R for Redemplorisl, the hes! you will ind. C is for Class, the second year high, L is for Loyalty, true blue as the slay, A for the Aims for which we all try, S is for Sophomorcs, the class with the pep, S for the Struggles lo keep up our rep. GERTRUDE HAGEL, '29. FRIENDSHIP True and sincere friendship is one of the purest and noblest characteristics of the soul. It is the natural and perfect harmony which blends souls, guided by similar standards, striving after identical ideals. Friendship is nothing else than entire fellow-feeling with all things human and divine. We could ask for no better example of true friendship' than that given to us by our Lord on Mount Calvary, by the greatest of all -sacrifices, St. john says, Greater love than this no man hath, than that He lay down His life for His friend. It is in the hour of sorrow and distress that we come to know the real meaning of the word friend, for it is in this hour that our hearts turn to friend- ship, and we wish to be comforted by one whom we hold dear. In the hour of gladness our hearts also seek our friends to give utterance to them, of the joy which our hearts contain. It is thus in grief and pain that we turn to that one whom we call friend. Friendship should be preferred to all ohter possessions, for there is nothing else which will help to raise us up higher than the love of a true friend. Therefore we should all strive to make friends early in life, but they should be made with the greatest care, for a bad friend will often drag us down. A true friend is one in whom we have perfect confidence, one who advises and assists us readily, takes all patiently, and yet remains a friend. If we would have a friend we must also be a friend, for friendship is only to be purchased by friendship. A faithful and true friend is a great treasure which we should strive at all costs to keep, for after God there is nothing so sweet as a friend. MARTHA HOGAN, '29, ,-.n-1, . rn--. Ju-svn ,lui llllilllll Sixty-four HQ ff as Xia I , I r ' x - 4 t v A ' ' ' ' f i, Ni ' A. -gi, If s gf ur riests Our priests belong to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. This order was founded in Italy in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Ligouri. The order has an illustrious history and has been of great service to thelchurch. True to the ideals set before them by the saintly Alphonsus, our priests are essentially and by their specific vocation a missionary society imbued with the apostolic spirit to preach the gospel to the poor. to seek out and bring salva- tion to the most abandoned souls. The church needs such men to carry on its work, to inspire, to vivify. and to energize its soul and spirit. Houses of the Redemptorist Order are established in nearly every country of Europe, Africa and far off Australia as well as in North and South America. In june, l832. three Redemptorist Fathers and three brothers landed in New York. In a short time they were laboring heroically among the whites and Indians of northern Michigan and Ohio. Wherever the Fathers went their first concern was to establish a parochial school and to take special care of the growing youth. ln I878 Kansas City was selected as a suitable site for an educational institution. The Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help was soon built and the Redemptorist parish permanently established here. Very Reverend Frederic Faivre, C. Ss. R., the superior: Rev. Fridolin Luette, C. Ss. R.: Brothers Andrew and James constituted the little community. So. through the many years that have passed since then, numbers of Fathers, too many to name, have labored zealously for the welfare of this parish. At present there are eight priests stationed here: FATHER GUNN, Superior FATHER CoNDoN FATHER POLK FATHER NEALON FATHER CARROLL FATHER ScoTT FATHER KANE FATHER KALVELAGE We are fortunate in having as our spiritual guides priests of exemplary culture, earnest and zealous workers, whose influence for good among the pupils has been deep and lasting. Our priests are our instructors in Ethics and Religion. They give not merely the instruction of the intellect, but stress especially the moral training of the heart. ' ' Their concern and care for us, their fatherly interest and guidance deserve our truest appreciation and heartfelt gratitude. MARY CATHERINE RYAN, '29. S-x P V s ,E s H Q51 Sixty-five THE SOPH OM ORES We Sophomores once were Freshmen Yes Freshmen once were we And though it s just a year ago We were as green as green could be lVe Sophomores now are Sophomores As by our name you see, And what we Sophomores now don't know, Was never meant to be MARY CATHERINE ORR, '29 LE' E G 211 THE ALMARRE Freshies, patronize the Almarre, Sophs,.you do the same: lmitate the funiors, -- For they certainly aregame. Remember the day is coming When you'll be .editors wise, And you'll want the patronage Of a school just twice our size. ESTHER SMITH. '29 THE FRESHMAN 'Neath the maple's friendly shade A little Freshie stands: The Freshie, tender maiden she, With soft and milk white hands, Holding tightly clutched her book, As hertemples throb and swell. In vain she tries to memorize. Not an answer can she tell. MARY KAF. ORR, '29 Sixty-six 9- M K' WW I . X X 5 .W il! 1,1 P' if TN 4 X .. 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Y- 'B vl- Q A ,K rf I Q, ' 4 x F RESHMEN MARY ELLEN BEHEN, Morning Herald MAUDE BROSNAHAN, Say it with smiles MARGARET BURKE, Favors learning by induction ALICE BOYCE, Electric motor MARY AGNES BRENNAN, Always pre- pared VIOLA BRITTON, Peroxide blond RUTH BLUNDON, Hurrying MARION COFFEY, Gently smiling IRENE CARR, Serious student DOROTHY CASSIDY, The Waldo Worrier IRENE CORLESS, Taking it easy GENEVIEVE CHONTOS, Checking up MARY COOK, Calm and cool MARGARET CLARK, Pensively ponder- LORENE LERER, Angel of industry VERONICA LEAHY, I don't think so HELEN MCCAFFREY, Sure to arrive MARY M C G I N N I S, Overcoming ob- stacles MARY AGNES MURPHY, The certain smile MARY ELIZABETH MURPHY, Be short M. DOROTHY M o N A I-I A N, Unknown quantity ANNA MARIE MADDI, Traveler from afar ROSEMARY MUENICH, Prima donna MARGARET MCGREEVY, Poetic, but practical FRANCES MARIE MCNAMARA, Jolly ing executive I ROSEMARY COMISKY, A meteor RUTH MCCORMICK, Starting again VERONICA CONNELY, Special speller LAVELLA NEFF, Never at workshop GLADYS DIMOND, A fixed star RUTH NEWLIN, Letting X represent JOSEPHINE D 0 N 0 H U E, Magnet for her at school Mary Agnes ROSALIA MERKT, Permanent wave CHARLOTTE DCWNEY, Quiet and calm MAUDE LANE, Active athlete CATHERINE DoUGI-IERTY, Studying ANASTASIA O'NEIL, Portrait painter Morse code HELEN MCDONALD, I came, I saw, I MARY DANAHER, Another molecule conquered KATHERINE EMERY, Pleasingly plump EDITH ANN O'LOUGHLIN, Welcome to MARY ENGEL, Ever faithful Missouri KATHERINE EVERSOLE, To the stars MARY OWENS, Negative notions GERTRUDE FEARON, Artistically in- LCRENE OWENS, Active atom clined MARY 0,SULLIVAN, Delsarte demon- BERNADINE FROESCHL, Buoyant force stration. SARAH FALKNER, Frictional electricity GENEVIEVE O'DONNELL, Wandering MARY LEE FRANCIS, Ever alert star MARY FLYNN, Fading away LORRAINE QUIGLEY, Future Paderew- CECILIA GIBBONS, Singing solos ski LOUISE GERARD, Producing book re- JOSEPHINE REDDINGTON, Good Con- ports ductor MAGDALEN HUBER, Spontaneous VERONICA RAAB,.Rapid reasoner answers ALICE RYAN, Always obliging VIRGINIA HOGAN, Quietly sure OTHELIA RYAN, In Lorine's Magnetic MARGARET HIGGINS, Magnetic field for field facts MARIE ROWE, With thoughtful air CLARA HOEDL, Energy of position HELEN RIEDLE, Always consistent THERESA HANRAHAN, Gaining mo- ROSEMARY SITTERMAN, Careless com- menturn posure ELIZABETH HAURER, Our molecule PETRONILLA SEIGEL, Eyes, brown as a MARY KREMSREITER, Looking up chem- berry ical changes AGNES STANLEY, Champion writer FRANCES KENNEDY, Storage battery HILDA SIELMAN, Regular adjuster A FLORENCE HENTGES, Not worrying HELEN STOCKINGER, Wireless waves 1 HELEN HUDELSON, Hoping ever MARY VIRGINIA SOEBBING, Always at it MARY ANNE KELLY, Quiet, but ready MARY WALKER, Uncle Sam's cuff but- HELEN MARIE JACOBS, Constructive tons climber MILDRED WEDEMEYER, Pal of mine HELEN GRAZIANO, Related to Shake- QMary Walkerj spear-e's Gratiano U5 CATHERINE WERMEL, Working wearily BEATRICE LAVIN, Modest Violet GERTRUDE WERK0wITz, Silent member ELINOR LISTON, Ready reader MARCELIIA WUSTEFELD, Attentive sci- HELEN LARSON, Station XYZ entist I W 1 'H 1 r A A A Sixty-nine I Juv 7-LX l .f T'1'1 , r K, W, . .. , ..,. 1 I ,swath Y .V A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ALGEBRA AND LATIN I Latin-Well, at last we shall have peace for awhile, as those noisy, care- less girls have left for the night. Algebra-Yes, our misery is over for awhile, but it will be renewed again tomorrow, and for many days to come. Latin-We should not think of the future, but only of the present. Algebra-That is true, but the way my mistress treats me and my ex- ponents. And, oh, the trouble she makes over my positive and more especially over my negative signs. Latin-Yes, and you should hear the way she pronounces some of my words. Why, really, it's a disgrace to my high dignity. This conversation continued until Science spoke up and said, Will you poor, disrespected, and abused people, as you think yourselves to be, ever go to sleep? With this order from Science, who was a larger book than either of them, they closed themselves up and drew the curtain for the night. MARY ENGEL., '30. FRESHIES' CALAMITY WEEK Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the great calamity .that happened this year. One night after school we started out, But Sister said NaI and turned us about. Into the study hall we went, And on each face a smile was bent. A dignifed Senior stood up to talk, But all the Freshies began to balk. She said afgreen ribbon we should wear ln the curls of our beautiful dark brown hair. Now, good sports, set out to win, We took our punishment with a grin. Seniors demand that to them we bow,' If we did not there would be a row. Well, I guess I'll end this tale so glum,' Only three years more and our turn will come. GERTRUDE FEARON, '30. If the ideas of youth have not an autumnal mellowness, at least, they have all the freshness and elasticity of spring. It is good and wholesome to talk with the young, not for what they may learn, but for what they impart. She knows not what she yet may do Who works, and to thigh aims keeps true. 1 x Seventy I-' .3 ,',?.!L , 4 , .7 , -' 'v '- :-r, . A A FRE.SHMAN'S IMPRESSIONS OF REDEMPTORIST HIGH SCHOOL A Freshman is always afflicted, it seems to me, with a very exalted opinion of her capabilities, which no one but she has discovered in her estimable self: but one who is attending Redemptorist High School has various reasons, I think. why she should feel superior, for the training there seems to develop in one's talents hitherto almost unknown. Our school is one of the bestlequipped in the country fat least, so I am told by one who knows, and when the course of studies given there has been completed, one is eminently fitted to take one's place in the world. I shall never forget my first day there. Rather timid, and not having made the acquaintance of any of the pupils attending there, as small as I am fand my stature is scarcely four feetl I feltfl had lost even some of that small share of height when I mingled with the crowd. The tragedy of enrollment over, we were ready for earnest work: and when I saw the number and size of the volumes I must study, I felt it would mean real work, but I have since found out very pleasant work, too. I am interested in all the subjects which I take-some, of course, more than others. Science is very interesting, if one is diligent enough to keep one's notebook up to date. Algebra is not so absorbing when one is continually confessing positive ignorance of positive and negative signs. Latin? Augustus would be flattered if he knew how scrupulously I follow his favorite maxim, Festina lente. As for Religion-If we do not know how to go to confession when Father Kane, our instructor, finishes with us we are hopeless indeed. One red letter day of my Freshman year I shall not forget. The Seniors called a meeting bold, and all the Freshmen were obliged to wear green hair ribbons as a punishment for being so fresh. My sole comment is, that when we are Seniors we shall have our revenge. Another advantage is the uniform we are obliged to wear. It keeps one from being continually wearied, searching the wardrobe, and making decisions as to which color and style of dress to be worn: and saves precious hours that might be wasted admiring the frocks of companions. I shall summarize our blessings by voicing the sentiments of my companions and myself in the words of Patrick Henry- We know not which school others may choose, but for us-Redemptoristl MARY ELIZABETH MURPHY. . in , Seventy-one K- ,e I K THE BELL Bell! thou soundest merrily When the clock strikes twelve: Haste ye lo the cafeteria, There'll be nothing left to shelve: A Noise and racket, wild hysteria Until satisfied are we. Bell! thou soundest solemnly Back to worh we go, Creeping slowly, warily, As if to meet a foe. Cheer up. comrades, work till three: Forward, quickly march-free, free! ROWENA Mouuc, '27. 1b v . vrs .a6 ' SL Z. f cz eterm -n- f 1' K K A ff ff., Y 7 95. i YV ff Y 4 'nl l , lr l y M Seventy-two cw GCIALS X 2 , w f fe w ,' .QM ' S X t19'ss -. 9 h I ' s N' 'I' X, be A gn' equal congratulation for the many activi- X I lla SOCIAL ACTIVITIES This school year socially was a success 1 6 I h r: ' in every event. All the classes deserve ' V ties which they sponsored. E October 28 the classes made their M social debut of the year at a masquerade Va N 'P 'J' party given by the promoters of the Sacred ul 4 ' ' M i Heart League. Everyone. gay with the .f ' '. . , I rx X. ' , . . . 5 Halloween spirit, furnished fun and ex- lv' i citement for the evening. And as will 'U'-is av :xx always happen when the Freshmen meet '44 in gatherings of their upper classmates, there was a slight sprinkling of initiation. Prizes were given for dancing and cos- tumes. Refreshments were served and the joy-makers went their merry ways. October 29 the Senior class was entertained with a l-lallowe'en party given by Catherine Applegate at the Baltimore Hotel. There were games, stories, dancing and every amusement fitting for the occasion. November l. A merry time was given the Senior Class by Nellie Kearney, the class president. Before we could enjoy a chicken dinner it was necessary we should earn it by a hike to Shawnee, Nellie's home. The girls all made a brave start by meeting and riding to the end of the Rosedale car line. From there we hiked, a long tramp, but very enjoyable. A pleasant surprise was afforded the girls in the afternoon by the arrival of Father Carroll and Father Scott. The next day found,' the hikers a little foot-sore and weary, but happy after their day's outing. February 22. If anyone should be in doubt concerning the unique decorations, which some of the Seniors have been wearing lately, they need not be greatly alarmed, for they are harmless little pledges for the Delta Phi, a social club which was formed by the Seniors in the early part of the year. The Seniors spent a very delightful afternoon at Catherine Oswald's homo on Washington's birthday, after much fun had been enjoyed at the Newman by those who were initiating the pledges. There were games, dancing, and prizes for all. The howling blizzard without did not cool or affect 'their merriment. February 29. The Commercial Class spent an enjoyable afternoon at a pre-Lenten party given them by Father Gunn. Every game and amusement which had ever gladdened the hearts of our prospective business women from their baby days was again played in our beautiful auditorium. Father Krieger, who was spending a few days here, was our very welcome guest. Seventy-fozrr C V 4 f X ,NV 5 JZ 'X , I - L- L. '1 4 ,..,. i ' ' U It 'xl 0 ' I.: ff THE ALMARRE STAFF ROWENA MOLING, Editor-in-Chief. EDITH SCHROEGER, MARY WALLIS, Associate Editors. NELLIE KEARNEY, DOROTHY MAGERS, Ar! Edilors. ELIZABETH RIEHLE, Calendar. MARIE STEWART, Social Nolcs. MARY JOSEPHINE DAILEY, Business iwanager. ANNA MUSER, Assisiani Business Alanagcr. 3' I Sc'III'IIlI -ffl! .l, at ,mei A JW r YW! P .,-sf , The Afmarre HAT more befitting than the title chosen for our lirst annual, edited by the students of Redemptorist High? AI l-Tili-l stands for St. Alphonsus, patron of our priests: mar, culled from Mary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, patroness of our parish: re, from Redemptorist Fathers, worthy sons of Alphonsus, who so generously sacrifice themselves in the faithful fulfill- ment of their great, noble work as missionaries and devoted sons of Holy Mother the Church. We, too, in our small way may be missionaries, and may contribute our share to the world's better- ment by leading lives that are noble, ever striving for the higher things, in order that our life work may bear the impress of the glory and greatness of our great models. May we be to others as a fragrant rose, not a troublesome thorn. With a kindly wish to our readers and a hope that our efforts may meet with their approval, we send forth our first copy of THE ALMARRE. W mt' '11 Seventy-six yr 'M C in C ' -b- ffA 7 --g ff' J YI I AQ-5 l Left to right, back row--Isabel LaFalier, Florence Hentges, Charlotte Downey, Virginia Hogan, Genevieve Roth, Cornelia O'Donnell, Helen Marshall, Magdalen Hueberg Miss Mattie lnzerillo, physical instructor. Front row, left to right-Catherine Sims, Alice Boyce, Margaret Clark, Maude Brosnahan, Mary Katosh, Catherine Emery, Clara Hoecll, Elizabeth Hauber. ....Jlllllll,,,-4,,, V l!QI ll Seventy-eight V 6 W W , QA, lk r Y' ff: - 7Iff.1-- V, fl' I Y YT 1 Il, Y i Ai Y Y T---T Y Basketoaff Owing to the enjoyable visit of His Royal Highness, the Mikado. from the Far East, and to several other important social happenings, basketball was not taken up seriously until rather late in the season. Many exciting games were then played during noon hours and after school. Enthusiastic crowds lined the bleachers to root whenever a favorite covered herself with glory. There is a great deal of good material among the various classes of R. H. S. and if scholarship marks are high we'll get an early start next year, and like the proverbial early bird, we'll get the worm. Chronic chest expansion afllicted the boys of the Grammar Grades, after winning a number of games from local teams. Encouraged by success, they became so keen for practice that they dis- ported themselves Knot on the village green , but, like so many huge postage stamps along the sides of the gym. Here they waited, wistfully watching the High School girls starring a fine game. When the bells called the girls to classes, a sigh of relief seemed to come all the way from the boys' tennis shoes and, without the loss of a second, they took places for their game. ln the early autumn Soccer for us! was their slogan, but they transferred their allegiance as soon as the baskets were in place. Many of our older boys are now students at De LaSalle and Rockhurst. so every game played between these teams calls forth positive predictions of victory from their respective adherents. School spirit runs high on these momentus occasions, and if the game falls on a school day, mortal agony is endured until the coveted permission is secured to get off to go to our game. As both teams cannot win, it is needless to state that the loyal defenders of the lost cause are very quiet next day. The scoring honors were given to Riordan and Beach. each having twenty- two points to their credit. Quinn and Liebst, the captain, came next with ten points. The hrs! Blue and White victory was against the Tigers. For the second victory, Redemptorist toppled the Rockhurst Freshmen. The third was the most exciting game of the season. The De LaSalle Freshmen were tucked away by the hghting Blue and White. The brilliant teamwork of the school team defeated the Karnes A. C., 23-7, as a fourth victory. The players are: John Kennaley, center: James Beach, guard: James Riordan and Billy Quinn, forwards: Robert Liebst, captain and guard: Daley, Cunningham, Steck, Healy, lVlcDonald, Malone and McFadden, subs. Mr. john- Lewis, coach, strove to make l927 a successful season and we all agree that he did. junior Lewis was our mascot. We want to thank Mr. Lewis for the time he spent with us and his interest in trying to make us good sportsmen, thus helping us onward to better manhood. When the picture of the Boys' Team was taken, considerable dilliculty was experienced in keeping straight faces, for when the photographer lighted the powder it went off like a skyrocket. However, the gym ceiling was rocket proof and we finally succeeded. ROBERT Llsasr, '3I. 1 l Z. Seventy-niizc BASKETBALL TEAM N I HELEN MARSHALL GENEVIEVE ROTH CORNELIA O'DoNNE1.1. ISABEL LAFALIER FLORENCE HENTGES MARY KATOSH KATHRYN SIMS 1 if Eiylzffy , ,, ,, 1'l A , , , fi - -W N , ,QXYAH l l BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM First row, left to right-Emmett Sleek, Robert Healy, Robert Liebst, john Lewis fmascotl, William Quinn, Bernard McDonnell, William Malone, John McFadden. Second row from left to right-J. Quinn Cunningham, james Riorclan, john Kennaley, james Beach, George Daley, John lVlcCaviclc, John Lewis fcoaclrl. N ' Eighty-one FAREWELL1 The time now soon approaches When we shall have to part And as a class to say good-bye With sad and aching heart And though we ve oft complained And widhed our school days o er We ll miss the happy cheerful times When we re a class no more. We ll miss our school and studies And the dear familiar faces A new and younger senior class Will be ln our old places But lho', dear school, we wander far From home and friends and you, May we in all things faithful be And to your teachings true. May we follow earnestly Each lesson and each rule, And may the Class' of '27 Bring honor to its school. MILDRI-:D DREYER, '2 7. ,www to -S f 5 stew-, 4 Nxvylk r 5 . SACRED HEART O Sacred Heart of jesus! in Thy keeping I place my life through all the days to come, When shadows of temptation round me creeping Shall strive to dim the radiance of Thy Home. Come what will, fierce winds or balmy breezes, Should victory or defeat my portion be I pray Thee, lzeep my heart, O Heart of jesus. Faithful and true to Mary and to Thee. I 8 V .......-........1l Eighty-two .mu -5 1 1 -1, 'iggvw -' at 1' f 11 1 AN g 1 W -byl- O, Holy St. joseph, in thee we confide. Be thou our protector, our father, our guide, 1 The flow'rs of our innocent childhood, we twine In a fragrant while garland to lay al thy shrine. l Pmiectcr of jesus, the Child all Divine: ' O, lend us thy aid, we are children of thine. W Be wiih us to guide and to help, lest we stray. Q Keep ever before us the prayer of today. I X ,fa W. 7 NU r Q 1 1 1 1 1 A S ' ' Y ,!g Eighty-three 4 1. 'X E' ff Q i ' H w IS' KX '7 r br, -Q1 r if B.-I 5 I . EEA ' - Y - fjpsig-'I Eigh fy-fowl r Isla AF mmf: '. - ' 2--A g '-. 't f f'm-:', ' ' '- -A 'U 1 I ,K5'fw'g,..af5-ff' -A ' I I-fy? 5443,-g.5fLig , N ' N , , F . I x . -3 ll, 4 0 , . EUGENE BECK JAMES BEACH QUINN CUNNINGI-IAM GEORGE DALEY ROBERT HEALY JOHN KENNALEY ROBERT KLEES ROBERT LACE ROBERT LIEBST GEORGE LALUMIERE FRANK MONGOVEN JOHN MCFADDEN JOHN MCCAVICK BERNARD MCDONALD JAMES OSTRANDER WILLIAM QUINN JOHN RIECHERT JAMES RIORDAN EMMETT STICK THOMAS TOBIN DOROTHY BRANNAN MARTHA BRENNAN HELEN BENKEE BEATRICE BUSHNELL ROSEMARY COFFEY XY! SEVENTH GRADE MARGARET CAULEY BERNADINE F EARON CENEVIEVE FETTER ANITA FRANCKE MARY I-IARLINE EILEEN HELM HEANNE IRVINE MADELINE JOYCE MARY F. KEATING KATHRYN LAFOUREST ROsE MARIE LYNCH MARY MULLER-THYM EVELYN MILLER MARY MONGOVEN MARY MONAGHAN MARGARET MCDONNELL ELEANOR NOLAN LUCILE PRICE ELIZABETH RIEKE JULIA SAVAGE ESTHER STANFIELD MARY SPIEGEI-IALTER MARTHA TI-IURMAN MARY VAUGHN FRANCES WATERS THOMAS MCNAMARA Eighty-five 4 J, 27-1 , . I -.. T .,,f9,'i - lf' THE SISTERS OF SAINT IOSEPIS The Sisters of St. Joseph comprise an order that had its beginning in France in the year l650. Still flourishing in European countries for nearly three hudnred years, it was not until the year 1836 that these excellent Sisters, with their power for good, came to America. ln that year six Sisters of the Order came from France and opened their first institution, in the village of Carondelet, which is now within the corporate limits of St. Louis, and for these eighty years the Mother house of the Order has remained here. The Superior General, who is the present Mother General of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the United States, resides in the Mother House in St. Louis. From the humble start made by these six Sisters, the Order has grown to a membership of more than two thousand. The noble deeds and influence for good of our Sisters, extend from ocean to ocean, and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. Their field of activity has grown from the small beginning until now they conduct successfully one hundred and fifty-eight schools, ten hospitals, seven charitable institutions and two deaf mute schools, one in St. Louis and the other in California. The course of Studies, in the various schools, ranges from the kindergarten up to and including collegiate courses. The high schools and colleges are affiliated with the various State Universities and other schools of equal rank. , The Order in this country is divided into five provinces, each under the general government of the central house. The central houses are located, one in St. Louis, which controls fifty houses or separate institutions, one in St. Paul, which is the oldest of the Provincial centers and has thirty-six housesg one in Los Angeles with its sixteen houses, and one in Georgia. The most southern house is located in Mobile, Alabamag the northern are those in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, while thoes in the East and West extend from the shores of the Pacific to the shores of the Atlantic. There are eleven houses and schools in Kansas City, of which the Sisters have charge, namely, St. Joseph Hospital, St. Teresa College and Academy, St. joseph Orphan Home, St. john's School, the Cathedral School, the Assumption School, the Visitation School, the Mexican, St. Elizabeth's, Holy Rosary School, and linally, last but not least, our own Redemptorist Grade and High School. ROBERT LIEBST. Seventh Grade. Eighty-sire . n X if , A 7----O ----w . ss 'ipaq-fi 'N THE SEVENTH GRADE CLASS At times when you are lonely, At times when you are blue.. just let the Seventh Crade Class Straighfen things out for you. I Each child's so bright and merry, And very brilliant, too, With highest grades, they pass exams, What more, now could they do? They're good at every hind of sport, I Win every game they play. l In merry fun and cheerful work Whey pass the time away. , Now tell me, who could be more fine, Who could at all surpass. In lessons, duties, jolly sports., The Redemplorist Seventh Grade Class? MARGARET CAULEY. Seventh Grade. T REDEMPTORIST l R is for RELIGION, which we practice so well. l E is for ENDING, when we hear the school bell. D is for DUMBNESS. but there isn't much. 7 E is for the ERRORS that get us in Dutch. M is for MEEKNESS of each gentle nun. P is for PERFECT LESSONS. and then comes the fun. T is for Troubles from which we woulcl run. O is for OPPOSITION put in our way. R is for RULES that we learn each day. I I is for the INK which we never do spill. S is for the SISTERS who show such good will. T is for TRUTH. may it all our hearts till. FRANK MONGOVEN, Seventh Grade. Nr y Fvwy yy I W y ' Eighty-seven fs? SCHOLARSHIPS AND WRIST WATCHES Betty Barker threw herself down on the little blue bed in her dainty little room and stared at the ceiling, with the tiniest of frowns between her eyebrows. Betty's graduation day was drawing near, and how she wanted a wrist watch for the customary graduation gift! But the wrist watch depended on her winning the scholarship. I want that wrist watch and I'll get it. Betty Barker, you're going to win that scholarship. Do you understand? Oh, gee! I want that wrist watch. I do. I+- lVlother! Mother! The scholarshipl I won it! How lovely! Mother just lmew her little girl would win it. And on graduation day you'll see what else you won. The wrist watch! Oh, Mom! Why, Betty, what is the matter? Betty slowly opened her eyes to find her mother anxiously shaking her shoulder. The little girl's eyes lilled with tears-only a dream. But dreams sometimes come true. This one did. JULIA SAVAGE, Seventh Grade. Who Who l'Vho Who W hy. WE IUNIORS are the best ones in the school, are the ones that ne'er break rules, are always in for fun, are brighter than the sun 5 of course, the juniors F ARE WELL, SENI ORS Who are the ones we'll miss next year, Who are the ones we hold so dear. The girls we see so smiling and gay Will soon from Redemptorist pass away. How we will miss our SENIORS! Such a band of happy girls, Each going out into the world, No one will ever take their place: No more such sweetness and such grace. Return once more and brighten our doors: Dear Seniors. MARY MATHENY. '28. 4 4 Eighty-eight p ,.r ,Vx 9 N ' ,,... , . J 4 .-A 'fp X! E f ST. ROSE OF LIMA More than three hundred years ago there lived in Lima, which is far from here. in South America., a beautiful little girl whose name wasblsabella. Her parents were among the first white people who lived in this city: they came from Spain. They named their little daughter after the great Queen of Spain, who had befriended Columbus. One day a beautiful rose appeared in the air above her as she lay sleeping in her little bed: her mother's heart was filled with joy. From that day the child was not called Isabella, but Rose. Little Rose was unlike most children. If she fell and hurt herself she would not cry. If anyone was rude or cross to her she said nothing, but suffered in silence. Our dear Lord suffered far greater things'foi iiis, she would say. Often did she pray to be kept from the sin of pride, as she was wonder- fully beautiful, and she feared that she would become vain. Very holy and pure were the thoughts which filled the mind of this lovely maiden. Her one great wish was to please our Lord and His Blessed Motherg and while she tried at all times to do this, she was ever ready to help her parents and her friends, and even strangers who might be in need. She did her best at all times, making her tasks easy by praying while she worked. Rose of Lima lived on this earth only thirty-one years. All through her last long illness she kept in mind the sufferings of Our Divine Lord: and while uttering His holy name, Jesus, jesus! she went to meet Him, Whom she loved so much and had served so well. St. Rose of Lima is the Grst saint that America gave to the Church. l-ler feast is on the thirtieth day of August. MARGARET MULLIN, Sixth Grade. FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS February is the month of birthdays. Not only Washington and Lincoln, whose birthdays are legal holidays in many places, and the good St. ,ValePntine. but several of our favorite authors were born in this month. Among these are Charles Dickens, Henry W. Longfellow. and James Russell Lowell. St. Valentine was a priest of Rome, who was martyred in the third century. He was a very kind man, who, during many years spent'his time calling on sick people and doing deeds of kindness. When he wastoo, old to make calls, he wrote letters to carry his messages. From this custom we keep St. Valentine's day as a time for sending a little card of greeting and cheer to our friends. . Like many other feast days, St. Valentine's Day is an adaptation of an old pagan festival. The early Christians selected the accustomed day of festival and filled it with Christian ideals to eradicate the pagan superstitions. They gave the old day a new, beautiful meaning. Joi-IN SHEEHAN, Sixth Grade. A jffz:-:V ,A A -A --my-Q -------.-- QLQB P n -1 I 1 , 'I 1 'HA 'Lu is . .Q 51 HQ 'hi .. fs 'R n I DI I J-Q 1 'sw I , 'N-f I l SIXTH GRADE DOROTHY SHERIDAN JAMES IRVINE ELIZABETH STERN JoHN REGAN . BERNADINE SPIEGELHALTER JOHN SHEEHAN EDNA MAE VITT THoMAs MCNAMARA LENORE WATERS FRANCIS TOBIN EDITH WALTERBACK BERNARD HUDNALL RosE WALSH ' MARY C. ATKINS WALTER BENTLEY DOLORES CONDON JOAHN CosGRovE MARY B. BAKER A CHARLES EAGAN RosE DowNs A FREDERICK FREY CoLETTE DAILEY THoMAs GERAUGHTY HELEN DAWSON PETER GLENOS ANNA GEORGIE JAMEs HARLINE JANE HICKERSON I IRVIN HUDNALL RITA HOFFMAN THEODORE KRINGS CATHERINE KELLY ' JOHN KLEES EVELYN JACOBS WILLIAM KALHORN MARY MCCAVICK JOHN MAYER EUGENE MURRAY JoHN MCNAMARA BERNARD QUIRK MARGARET MULLIN HELEN E.. PAGE ANNA RYAN MARY REGAN N inety-one E ...x xx ff , . 4 MY TRIP ABROAD On the beautiful day, June 26, 1926, we sailed on the S. S. Baltic from New York harbor and landed at Liverpool, England, in eight days. Uur party consisted of my father, mother, Cousin Helen, and myself. Soon after embarking, I began to explore the ship. I found that it had a large hurricane deck and three passenger decks. The sports on deck were soon started, and you may rest assured that I enjoyed them. The sea remained calm our entire voyage. Landing at Liverpool, we traveled by train to London. It is an immense city. Its population is about seven millions. The traveling coaches are much different from those in the United States. They consist of small rooms with doors opening out of the cars. In the streets of London the automobiles drive on the left. This seemed very odd to us. From London we Hew to Paris by aeroplane. We were informed that the British planes were the best, so we chose them. After leaving the flying field, we enjoyed looking down upon the country over which we passed. From the plane the small farms of France looked like a patch-work quilt. We were thirteen passengers, but no bad luck befell us. We reached Paris in about two and one-half hours and went to the Hotel Lutetia. The next morning we visited Notre Dame Cathedral and saw its famous rose windows. We also visited the Louvre Art Gallery. The arch of the gallery is so large that an elephant can go under it with perfect ease. The battlefields and the American cemetery were other points of interest for us. There we said a few prayers for our brave boys who sacrificed their lives for their country and ours. We saw where the Peace Treaty was signed at Versailles in the palace of the kings. We took our departure for Nice, stopping at Avignon, the former resi- dence of the Popes. Then we arrived at Nice and stayed there for a day. The following day we visited De Grasse, a place high up in the mountains. We learned that much perfume is made here. We reached the town by automobile, and found the ride along the mountain paths a most exciting one. Our party left by rail for Rome, stopping in Genoa to visit the birthplace of Columbus and the former home of our present Pope. We arrived in Rome at midnight. It certainly impressed me to be in the city with the Holy Father. The next day, Sunday, we attended Mass at St. Peter's. It is a most won- derful church. Around the tomb where St. Peter is buried is a golden stair, decked with candles and vigil lights. On the Holy Stairway can be seen drops of the Precious Blood of Our Lord, which He shed when He stood before Pontius Pilate. At the bottom of the stariway are two statues, one of Our Lord and Pilate, and the other, the Agony in the Garden. Both are master- pieces of Michael Angelo. Throughout St. Peter's are many altars, paintings and statutes. Much of the world's art treasures are here. In a few days we had an audience with the Holy Father. He had such a kind look and sweet smile that it made us happy to be so near him. We saw the Catacombs and Coliseum, so frequently the scene of Christian martyrdom. Around the outer edge of the arena the Church has built chapels. They are sacred places, hallowed by the blood of many martyrs. The return trip was enjoyed by every one of us because we were going to America, the best place of all. JOHN IVIAYER, Sixth Grade. Ninety-two M J 1 p w. ' IN 1 J N - ' 1 xx l L5 V ' M , Q F51 Nizmlg-1l1r'vc I l Q A F - - J ' vt 3 lt, THE QISTINE MADONNA ln our own public library of Kansas City in the Nelson Art Collection, is a beautiful copy of the world s famous masterpiece-Raphael's Sistine Madonna Although the mother of the artist died when he was a little child of eight, yet her loving and beautiful face was well impressed on his young mind. It was she that was his inspiration for the face of the Madonna. The large, green curtains which we see in the picture are those of his own studio. One day as he sat thinking over his picture and how he would paint it, the curtains seemed to part and between the two of them he saw the Blessed Madonna holding in her arms the infant esus The two figures we see kneeling so devoutly are those of St Barbara and Pope Slxtus the pope of that time. There seemed to be such a large empty space at the bottom of the picture. As Raphael was wondering what he would do he looked toward the window and saw two street boys looking in at him and his work. Though dirty and tousled they had the reverent and adoring gaze of angels. It was just what the artist wanted He put wings to those little boys and placed their cherub heads at the feet of the Madonna x C6 ' l J I . . i MARY E Doousr, Fifth Grade. MOTHER Never a sigh for the cares that she bore for me, Never a thought for the joys drifting by: Her one regret that she couldn't do more for me, Thoughtless and selfish, for lllather was 1. Oh, the long nights that she came at my call to me! Oh, the soft touch of her hands on my brow! Oh, the long years that she gave up her all for me! Oh, how 1 yearn for her gentleness now. Ever devoted, yes, that was the way of her, Counting her greatest of services small: Words cannot tell what this old heart would say of her, Mother-the sweetest and fairest of all. llx, A Ninrty-six l,.d1.. s.-tg g up . fl r ' X' A- x ,i ' 5 Xl mc ff if K-'Lx U 'P' W frm ' 1 5 1 W- 4 1 4 . -ff PQ S f N i uvfy-I I1 r1 L 1 9 I 1 i a J I 1 w ,U is r sf W X if r 'Qt A' lll'f.lj-fllll r ... - - W, I .,T, CIERARD BARNETT FRANK BAUER ROBERT BUCHHOLZ RICHARD GIER HENRY HUGHES JOHN KILLIGER JOHN KENNEY JOHN I-vANE JAMES LAGE JOHN MCCARTHY WILLIAM MALONE THOMAS MARTIN JOHN QUINLAN EDWARD RIEDERER LAWRENCE RIEKE CHARLES STANLEY MARY ELIZABETH BROWN ROBERTA COFFEY EDWINA CUNNINGHAM FIFTH GRADE JANE DUMORTIER EUGENIA CRANCKE HELEN GIBBONS BERNICE GRINDINGER ANNA MAY HARRINGTON LILLIAN LEARNIHAN MARIAN MEAGHER MARGARET MGFADDEN HELEN MUENICH MARGARET MONAGHAN MARGARET MARTIN MARY OIBRIEN JOAN PAGE MARY LOUISE PROLIST AGNES RYAN CHARLOTTE ROACH MARY BERNICE SAGE MARY STANLEY ANIELIA SCHAEFER DOROTHY THURMAN MARY LOUISE RILEY MA RY ELIZABETH DOOLEY THE CHILD'S UNIVERSITY The mother's knee is the child's university where all the virtues which form character are learned. No other person except the mother can make such a lasting impression on the heart of a child, for the simple reason that the child loves no other being in the world so much as he loves his mother. The lessons learned during childhood, during those years when, like soft wax, the child's heart is so plastic, so easily stamped, are never wholly effected. Happy is the child whose mother impresses on his tender heart, more and more deeply, the Image of Cod. JOHN KILLIGER, Fifth Grade. MY SCHOOL DAYS I was very anxious to start to school. I started at the age of five and a half years. Sister William was my first teacher. I made my First Com- munion when I was in the first grade. While I was in the second grade the priests were making plans for a new school. The new school was built while I was in the third grade. At recess we took great pleasure in watching the men building it. We were very anxious to move into it. The place I like the most is the auditorium, where we have gym and wonderful entertainments and plays. When I was in the fourth grade I was confirmed. I am now in the fifth grade. I am looking forward to graduating from both the seventh grade and the high school of Redemptorist. ANNA MAY HARRINGTON, Fifth Grade. I- L L I L-, Y? .Villefy-jim' ' I 1 1 THE SISTINE MADONNA In our own public library of Kansas City in the Nelson Art Collection, is a beautiful copy of the world s famous masterpiece-Raphael's Sistine Madonna. Although the mother of the artist died when he was a little child of eight, K 52, H 1 1 yet her loving and beautiful face was well impressed on his young mind. It was she that was his inspiration for the face of the Madonna. The large, green curtains which we see in the picture are those of his own studio. One day as he sat thinking over his picture, and how he would paint it, the curtains seemed to part and between the two of them he saw the Blessed Madonna holding in her arms the infant Jesus. The two figures we see kneeling so devoutly are those of St. Barbara and Pope Sixtus, the pope of that time. There seemed to be such a large, empty space at the bottom of the picture. As Raphael was wondering what he would do, he looked toward the window and saw two street boys looking in at him and his work. Though dirty and tousled, they had the reverent and adoring gaze of angels. It was just what the artist wanted. He put wings to those little boys and placed their cherub heads at the feet of the Madonna. MARY E. Doo1.EY, Fifth Grade. MOTHER Never a sigh for the cares that she bore for me, Never a thought for the joys drifting hy: Her one regret that she couldn't do more for me, Thoughtless and seljish, for Mother was 1. Oh, the long nights that she came at my call to me! Oh, the soft touch of her hands on my brow! Oh, the long years that she gave up her all for rne! Oh, how I yearn for her gentleness now. Ever devoted, yes, that was the way of her, Counting her greatest of services smallg Words cannot tell what this old heart would say of her, Mother-the sweetest and fairest of all. P' Q . Nhlrfy-six A 'W 9' , 1 , H Aw w Wu iw, i ii n p , ., r ,, n 1 M'wmLM r. . v fs., o if 1'iF,fE4willllflmmi Ii ' Wg' 'N H .gfifwillww-L41QlN ' 'li'iig1w',,Qill,lI '2+qi.rq!,wwiyMqM HW1!w ll w ' ' ' WMNvx'2' fi, H -,M Mila-,rmWlI0sl7ll 'l1iw2'i 'ii IWW ' wi w W FW W N W 'l'm'l NN Wh if i ,w .i,lr W W Y 'li l if ii i i i lil ' 41N ..lNN'1N!i ii ' ' Q w W' 7 W M M M in pf 'C C if A q , f X C ' l - A' :Yi I ' M 5 Vggei 3 1 1 ix, l Wm N 'V ' , it - 1- OUR CHURCH Our church, known as the Redemptorist or Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, is one of the largest and most beautiful in Kansas City. The altars. the communion rail, the pulpit, and the seat in the sanctuary are of Carrara i 'Nii marble. The altars reach almostlto the arched ceiling. We have new mosaic stations of the cross, which are set in frames of marble. They are the gift of one of our parishioners. lm, ' W The three entrances of the church are approached by steps, on each side My of which are large iron pillars, topped by clusters of electric lights. iw. Our church has a beautiful pipe organ, and on Sundays all the children ii at the Children's Mass, accompanied by the organ, sing beautiful hymns. The J church seats. about twelve hundred people. At many of the church ceremonies nl the church is crowded, for people from all parts of the city love to come to our i church. - Mr HELEN MUENICH, Fifth Grade. . JT -if r wi f WM' qw, , V Zilf fi ina .flififx ll r .. r i r H l N V r N H r HW! ur, L .H 'M N i hi W, , I . ' ' www lr 4' JI' v rub ur li mn' r ,N i N iw rl fi' y gp ' N 'inety-seven lilly l - Y F ' .---.- -W- M--ffZ.:.,,..Ql--.-Y... 1 'Q .xii x I f K' L H+-'-1-f ' f fr - --P' ' ' -' -M V -A V ------ M - '--esa:ns:n.zn-L Lia? -mln!-'Tf1'T11 l JK1' inviy-f'igl1f Mmmgwgirfwlqff Irlll. .I!f g,!DI'f:'IIIIr' 'I'f.1?,7ifV1IIQM ',,.,I1 1.5-In I'- NUTS WH'-' 2 'W mTI,' 'jW?5-f IT'T'!f1 '-lRFF 1iW'51'TIf5Ef'f5ffl 2'1fYffJF'f??7 'V'41.'iHf 'f ' 'W Mir' .E..,,7,,E I if f 'AE L . 5 W LQ EUGENE ARNOLD ROBERT BROSNAHAN ROBERT BROWNE DANIEL CAREY PAUL CONDON EDWARD CORLESS JOHN DAWSON RALPH DIETSCH JOSEPH EAGAN JOHN ENNIS FRANK GRINDINGER JACK HADEN ELMER HALE FOURTH GRADE VERONICA CAMPBELL MARY LOUISE CARR FRANCES CONNOR MARY PHILOMENE CONNOR VIRGINIA EACAN VIRGINIA GIER VIRGINIA CLENOS ALICE GRIFFIN BEATRICE HARLINE MARIE IRVINE FRANCES JACOBS ESTHER KEYES ESTELLE MONGOVEN JAMES HUGHES JEWELLE MUSLIWRGER LEROY MAGEE ELIZABETH O'BRIEN RALPH MCDONALD JANE O'GARA WILLIAM NEWLIN HELEN RECAN HEROLD OWENS CECILIA RYAN BERNARD O'I..AUGHLlN BARBARA RU1'LEDGE SELIG STERN NOREEN STANLEY VIRGINIA BARTON ROWENA VAUGHN HELEN VARELAS K LL - A M Nine ty-nine lic lx Ji LSI ,KAW ff! 'If A A , h ' I GATHERING WILD FLOWERS One pretty spring day my girl friend, Mildred, and I decided to go pick some wild flowers. We each took a basket with some lunch in it and started off. On arriving at the park we put our baskets on a large rock and began to gather violets. It was not long before we heard the twelve o'clock whistles blowing. We ate our lunch and then picked some more flowers. When we finished we arranged our posies into nosegays and took them to a nice old lady who was sick with rheumatism. She was so pleased to think we remembered her that she put the bouquets into a vase and appreciated them as much as if they were American Beauties. We were so glad to see how happy we had made our new acquaintance that we promised to bring her some more flowers. MARY VIRGINIA EAGAN, Fourth Grade. THE ADVENTURES OF A NICKEL I was sleeping contentedly with my brothers and sisters buried underneath the ground near thq St. Lawrence River. One day I was brought up to the surface by some miners. They called me ore. I was sent to a smelter. Oh. how hot it was there! I was melted into a burning liquid. When I cooled I hardly knew myself. I was a pretty bright metal. Nickel was the name they gave me. Uncle Sam bought me and sent me to a mint at Philadelphia where I was made into a nickel. I was put into a roll with many like myself and sent to a bank. One day an old fiddler came in and asked to exchange a dollar bill for five and ten- cent pieces. I was one of the willing ones to go. I stayed in his pocket for some time. Shortly after he gave me to a boy for delivering a package. I was so pretty and bright he disliked to part with me, but he became so hungry for some candy that he was willing to give me up. Later I was given to a little country boy. This was the beginning of my many adventures, all of which I shall not relate. I am glad now that I am resting in a little girl's bank. There are many of us and we have great times together. FRANCES CONNOR. Fourth Grade. Remember Rachel, said the lady to the new maid. There are just two things I insist upon: Truthfulness and obedience. Yes'm, said Rachel, and 'when you tell me to tell the callers that you are out when you are in, which shall it be, truthfulness or obedience? Kathryn fviewing a picture,-I-low realisticl It fairly makes my mouth water. Nellie-What? A sunset makes your mouth water. Kathryn-Great Scott! I thought it was a fried egg. Heard in a geography lesson: A cape is something to wear. An export is one who knows a whole lot. The cardinal points are: To love, honor and obey. One hundred .pf . 11 5.-. ::. .,e,.O-,. eo fig Y , .- .- ,W 4 Q Ill 1 l POP-CALLS I can almost hear you say, What is a pop-call? It is a short visit regularly made by someone whom you love and esteem. We, the pupils of the Redemptorist School, have them frequently. They have come to mean much in our school life, even though we may not have thought of them as pop-calls. Usually during the forenoon, the classroom door opens fif not already sol and the eager faces of the assembled children turn. A smile lights up each countenance. Our beloved Pastor has come in for a brief visit. These little calls are looked forward to by all of us. If due to overwork or other pressing engagements we are deprived of our guest, disappointment may be read on every face. After the usual greeting on a certain occasion, Father Gunn said, How would you like to have a free day? Simultaneously came the reply, Oh, yes, Father. Father answered, You may have two days this week-Saturday and Sunday. Immediately the excla- mation, oh--l was heard and our visitor departed. These little pop-calls have done a great deal to cheer and encourage our young hearts. Don't you think so? JANE O'GARA, Fourth Grade. THE CARE OF A BOOK No good citizen likes to see or to own dirty things. He always does his best to keep clean everything he uses. When his hands become soiled he can wash them, but when his book becomes damaged or soiled in some other way it cannot be made as good as it was before. So it is important that everyone who wishes to become a good citizen and to help govern the country should learn the first rule of cleanliness: Keep yourself and everything about you as clean and neat as you can. You can begin at this very moment by promising to take good care of the book that you are going to use for several years. Make a cover for your book, and write on the cover this promise with your signature: I promise to keep this book from being torn, soiled, blotted, pencil-marked, dog-eared and broken- backedf MARY PHILOMENE. CoNNoR, Fourth Grade. LAWS OF CONVERSE THEOREMS All Sophomores are smart girls, But all smart girls are not Sophomores. All Freshmen are Dumbbells, But all Dumbbells are not Freshmen. ISABEL DALY. How far were you from the correct answer? Two seats. George-What would you do if I gave you a thousand dollars? Jack-Count it. One hundred one ' 1 ! X 1 I na, 1 51' x I I q ' , x AACY' 3 , Y xii 31- 'T 437-G .1-ni::,i,,.,,,,, i?-- ...K .... - uni... ,... , - -.-M-.:i:.:a?:g r:4r': g ' ' ' W Om' hmzdred two M . 5, SI, e W I , 7 I, I IM A ll K 1 - :IW , MI- ' ,M ld ' 'M SI ,, . I' ' ,I ,, A , , I - . 'l' M lk l lr' ,, -L If I ,F it ,wk J, . V - - , H, M Sim, ' I 1 K .all I THIRD GRADE BOYS Ross ALLEN LESTER BARTON JOHN CONROY WILLIAM CosGROvE ROBERT CUNNINGHAM JACK DANSDILL EMIL F oLsE ROBERT GIER BERNARD GRINDINGER ROBERT GREEN RALPH LEIBST WILLIAM OSTRANDER MARTIN REGAN JOHN SNITZMIER ERNEST STORMS VINCENT STYLES GIRLS HELEN ASHE MARGARET BROWN MARTHA COOPER JANE CUNNINGHAM LELA M CUSHING MARY ELLEN CRUI-'F CATHERINE M HIGGINS MARY HUGHES JOY LOCKE JOAN KALHORN CATHERINE MCFADDEN HELEN O BEIRN JOSEPHINL O HARA AGNES RIEKE BEATR CE MARTIN LORRAINE RICE NICHOLAS VERELAS EDWARD VAN BUSKIRK JOHN WHITE HEAVEN Heaven s a place of eternal rest Where people agree like brrcls I a nest Everyone IS happy And everyone IS gay lt s the way In heaven Day by clay lt never rams In Heaven lt s the same way every day Phe sun IS always shznmg And the chrldren always gay We don t have to go to school All we do IS play MILDRED MCCABE ThIrd Grade Smart No who teaches It? Far better the storm and wtld wmd frcc Than Iclly Jrzftmg on a stagnant sea There was a young man named Teeclle Who wouldnt accept hIs degree He saul lt s enough to be Teeclle Wlthoul bemg Teedle D D One hundred three ,f. ,III .W I I If ,I ,I': 1' A, Ig. ' wI ff-A Ili I W! I ll 4: 215. - III ., ' Mg I KI A1131 Y , . . ' ' . 'n 5 I . ' IZIQ4 I Y I ' U ' ' T . I-Ii Tart-Did you ever take chloroform? .. 3 15? ik- .. I II' , . ' ll 1 . I f . . .. I , . . I 51' I , I FI'- il., Pi , I ml- MY W f t -, . .. 1.3 X lfw WHY I DON I' LIKE SCHOOL The reasons why I don't like school fill a tablet. The first and biggest is, I don't like to study. I would much rather eat candy, build caves, and play Indian and cowboy, but all the people older than me say I'll have to go until I'm sixteen or be a hobo. Well, the way I feel now I'll be a hobo or be going to school till I'm twenty-five or more. You see, even a tramp gets songs and rhymes made about him. and it must be fine to go traveling from town to town. But going to school isn't much fun. It's Robert, you're as slow as molassesg get your work doneg you'll be a good-for-nothing if you can't talk to folks and figure out things. School is all right for those who like it, but as for me every day I say, I wish I could find the fellow who invented it. ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, Third Grade. MARY'S PAL When I first saw my dog she was surely a dirty little puppy, because her mamma kept her in the furnace room. At first I did not think I would like her, but after she had a nice bath, she looked like another animal. She was as white as snow, with two brown ears that felt like velvet, a little brown spot on her back, and such a little bobbed tail, I could hardly find it. We named her Pal. One night she disappeared and was gone for three weeks. I prayed to St. Anthony to help me find her, and he clidg for one morning Pal walked into church during the eight o'clock mass, but she didn't stay there long, for someone took her out by the back of the neck. She is just full of tricks and always up to mischief. One day she tore a head of cabbage all over the dining room: another day she pulled a carton of eggs off the table and we had scrambled eggs all over the kitchen floor, but just the same, we love her better every day, and hope to keep her till she dies. MARY HUGH:-:s, Third Grade. A.--Have you anything for gray hair? B.-Nothing but the greatest respect. X. S.-He was driven to his grave. Y's.-Sure, he was: did you expect him to walk? NO-Why did God make Adam first? SO-I don't know, my lad, unless it was to give him a chance to say a few words. Old-Did you file those letters as I told you? New-I couldn't find a file, so I trimmed them with the scissors. T.-Can you give me a word like dangerous, meaning full of danger? P.-Yes, pious, full of pie. The thing that counts the most and costs the least is just a pleasant smile. One hundred four' ' f'5E f u. is 1--- 1 L I I .I I THE STORY OF A PENCIL Once upon a time there was a large tree in the forest. Some men cut it down then sent it to the factory to be made into something useful. It ,was then cut into small pieces and a hole was made into them. Each piece was to be a pencil. It was painted blue and green and some lead was put in it. The pencils were bought by boys and girls to use in school. RICHARD BREEN, Second Grade. MY PLAYMATES I have many little playmates. They are nice little girls. I don't like the rough ones. The boys have a side of the yard and they make snowmen and the girls make snowhousesf - JANET CAULEY, Second Grade. MY BABY SISTER I like Mary Janet. She likes me. We always play together. She likes to get up on the chairs and run. I have some brick blocks. She likes to scatter them around the floor. DICK HADEN, Second Grade. ROB ROY My name is Rob Roy: Mamma says l'm a fine boy. I work and I play Many hours each-day. . For all work and no play - Would make Rob a dullilloy. Ros' Rov, Second Grade. jack, Jack! Wake up! I can't. I 5 I amn't asleep. . I The whale gets in trouble only when he begins to blow. After the supernatural gifts of God, there are no more precious things in life than loyalty and affection. Freshman-Could you tell me which hand should he used in stirring tea? Senior-My dear! Always use a spoon. What part of the body is the scrimmage? I don't know. Why? I heard that George Riordan was hurt in the scrimmage. One hundred five ?'-'--'- - '-' '-'-U'-'-A M- - 'l'-- I JL--ul'Q+n-f-1u---- ,V 2 f -.f -wwf J. 1,-. 1 Q ,...s. 3- F I r i L L , ,.,m hl1'l1ul11Ir'r'f1'si.x' 8 I 5 1 , I-If I . 1:'z7,g-ff. 'I A' '..:'.,11ru'1fH?:f' I Y VV 1-I l , . - -2 N .Iv 'D J I SECOND GRADE RICHARD BREEN WILLIAM MAULDINC JOHN STANLAEY ROB ROY MUELBASH JOHN MCINTYRE LANDRY BRETINC KENNETH HARLINE BUDDY ALTENBURC CHARLES DORRANCE JAMES REINHARDT CARL RYAN ROBERT VAN BUSKIRK JAMES REGAN JAMES MARTIN AUSTIN HOFFMAN WILLIAM MALO MARY BEGLEY LAVERNE BUSHER JANET CAULEY MARY CATHERINE CONROY MARY CATHERINE EAGAN BETTY F EENEY JOSOPHINE HELDER LAURA HEIDER MARY CATHERINE HIGGINS MARGUERITE MARY HOPKINS ANGELA JOYCE MARY ALICE KENNALEY HELEN MCCAVICII MARY JANE NEWLIN MARY JOSOPHINE O'GARA GAYLE PAGE MARY CATHERINE ROACH DOROTHY SIPP STELLA EILEEN THOMPSON FRANCES CONNORS MARY LOUISE HEINTZELMAN MARGARET STERN NADINE YOUNG DOREEN KOSMOSKI MICHAEL ASH WILLIAM ASH WILLIAM CONNORS ROBERT JOKOBE DICK HADEN JOHAN WATERS THOMAS COSCROVE ROBERT MURPHY ROBERT GERAUGHTY FREDERICK MAROLD GERHARDT SCHROER BRUCE BOTKIN AGNES BEGLEY DORTHY BROWN EILEEN HEIDER MARY JOsoPHINE MURPHY F LORINE SECK ETHEL SECK I I One hundred seven r . 1 'Q 7 4 , ,Q Lf' W ' N i Y J n g 1? 'Nm kk lr' llf nlr11'4'1lr'l'y fy ' 1l1f Eiww,-It fling! l,:,4,B .N v . lg . , ,1,- 27, -.- ' 3: 1 I: - .3.r- v f - ffm-vw A ' IQ GI I I' R 1 K4 JN ' L, I I A PRIMARY GRADE ' MARY ELIZABETH ARNOLD VINCENT MCLAUGHLIN I CATHERINE BROWNE JULIA MARTIN THOMAS CALHORN JAMES MARTIN WALTER COURTNEY WILLIAM MCCAVICK I FRANCECS RACHAEL CUSHING MARY CATHERINE O'HARA BETTY JANE CRUI-'F CARLO PLOMMEL U MARGARET DAILEY BUDDY ROCHE NED FLYNN MARY FRANCES RIEKE I ELLEN JANE FERGUSON BERNARD REGAN J JEAN GRINDINGER BERNICE REGAN ROBERT GRINDINGER ELEANOR SIPP 1 WILLIAM EDWARD GRIFFIN RICHARD SWAB . HELEN MARIE HEINTZELMAN JACK SMITH A ROsE MARY HERMAN GENEVIEVE STORMs NELLIE HIGGINS MARY LOUISE SULLIVAN ROsE MARY HILLE MARY ELIZABETH VAN BUSRIRK JOHN JOSEPH HILL VIRGINIA VARELAS JOSEPH DAN HACKETT MARY VARELAS LARRY KENNALEY A MARY ANN WALLERSTEDT LEO LYNCH JAMES WOOD - - BETTY JANE LONG JULE WOOD I 1 WALTER LUTMAN LoIs MAE WHEELER ROBERT MCCARTHY MAURICE WHEELER WILLIAM MCGRATH NOURICE WILLIAMS MARY ANN ZIEGLER E28 A, I I I 'QA J One hundred nine Q . A ' 1 . - ' we ,x I ', 3 Eff t -. - MY KITTY I had a little kitten and she was white. Her name was Snowball. One night we went to the show.and when we came home kitty was glad to see me, but she was black, for she was in the coal bin. ELEANOR SIPP, First Grade. MY CAT My pet cat is yellow. He can catch a rat. Can you see my pet cat? My pet cat purrs. MARY FRANCES RIEKE, First Grade. DICK I have a pet bird His name is Dick. He sits in the swing. Every night Mother covers him up and so on Christmas he did not get to see Santa Claus Lois MAE WHEELER First Grade. FLIP A little boy had a dog. His name was Flip. He did many tricks. One day a man came and took him to a circus. He worked well and got money for his master. 1 NED FLYNN First Grade. 1--'f xl N FEE' One hundred ten ' TW V XF X ' J' AhUtvf1Ser5 xgx , To our Aduerlrs rs and Con 9? Irzbulors whose generous m LJ lercl has made lhrs publrca Iron of the ALMARRE possible we owe a Jeb! of grail udc 4 In affpreczalxon of whrch we 4 L asz cur rcade s lo pa romzc 196, cur ads ? ?, ,111 is as s ER V W Vlllllll III I H HHH! N W H1 I W I PH U N W H COMPLIMEN TS of the RYAN COAL COMPANY COMPLIMENT5 OF GREEN JEWELRY CO. Ask Your Grocer for o N a E z 1 g e r ' s Cakes for All Occasions IbN1H I i I W ST. TERESA COLLEGE AND ACADEMY Fifty-seventh and Main SISTFRS OF ST. JOSEPH E 8'!'andWalnut - Kaniiis City my gh lon tlmey ST P E Victor Service Jab:E,5.O'E,J2?.'3N 4707 r Q coMPuMENTsf , DF JOHN MAYER Q WHQ!!!lllllllllllllllIMIIIUWlllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllllllllllHUIIIIINIMIIOWIIWMWNIIIMINMIIIIIIHIINIINIMIIHNUHMMIWIIMMDUIHIIRUINUUIWWIINIHHIIUI .fi FE ll: f W. N P.. . v u P P 1 1 T! -1. 7' . Q , 1. .' 'v ,,' JV ,L M. ,, .15 A . . .54 ,wi ,. -Hi- fi? A 14.11 4 A Vx , ! 115 .J. .Lil J' ' 4' fl 'Qi .1 E ly if 1 kg if. rp .matt . .?.A,.':w5w H 1 Jr-4, ,Q ra v..i L, - ,. V -' -fe? 1 , . :Mfg 1 , T. FONTBONNE COLLEGE A Catholic Institution for the Higher Education of VVom en down Boulevard and Pennsylvania St. Louis, Missouri Sisters of St. Joseph YC Wllllllll ' W Nw 1 W WH! W MW 1 WVU NNW! W- MUHRRNNEWM V! wNUWW'M ,HWUN MN N U NH W N WWI W N HNHNWHWW MHHHN11 NU 4 Complimcnls ofa F R I E N D L NWN HUNNNNHNWNHWWNWH WWWNMN N NWN NH UHMM ,lNI1H'NH M x xl 1 N N WIIIIIU LOOSE-WILES 7 'O' miiiz you EXIT The Original Cake EQIQI' Candy Bar COMPLIMENTS OF HALPIN-BOYLE CONSTRUCTION CO Everything Is H o t sy-To tsy 1923 Main Street Grand 4477 ILES' COIVIPLIIVIENTS OF AMERICAN ROCK CRUSHER CO. 3700 Rainbow Blvd. Rosedale 1102 76th and Cleveland Jackson 1990 8000 East 11th Street Benton 2484 L! 1 COMPLIM ENTS OF A FRIEND A COMPLIMENTS OF W F MAYBERRY Mortlclan . lllllfllml IIMIUIIIIIIMIKIMIIIIIllllllllllllllmlllllllllIIIINMlIIInIIlIMIMI1IIIMllllillllIIllIIIIIIlllllillllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllilllwlll - , , ,, iw. umm-A ,v I w Hi? ' H1115-UQ -if-Iiziu Z ..?6'?5.i:, V' I 1 COMPLIMENTS CADEMY r ,ln 1 W 7 1 4 1 1 A v l 6 A 3 . 3 x. wh... f COM PLIMENTS OF MRS. HACKETT Complimenls of J. F. WARD Nllllllllllii IlIIIlIIII1IIEHIIHlllilUHlHIIIIHHHHHNIIIIIIIIIHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII - GRANT'S MARKET RALPH MONK, Butcher 3438 Broadway Hyde Park 0031 Compliments of WESTERN PHARMACY H. H. Small, Jr., Prop. Hyde Park 8840 43rd and Mercier GEO. MUEHLBACH 8z SONS Grocers 3215-17 Troost Avenue and 315 E. 55th Street M. MALLIN GROCERY 5435 Troost Avenue A FRIEND Compliments of the Broadmour Theatre 3444 Broadway .fr il - . Y -1 M, L5 'iQ D.,- rw., dn, , C , X A :tb 4, I.. KV A J 1 J . WL ' 'qv -A ,. . illlllllllllllllllllllllllIIIWWIIWIIWIWIWIHHHWWWIIIIMIWMMIMNMIIIlHMM!!IIIIINIIIMIMHIIIIIUIIIlllllllllllllllllIIlIlillllillmlllllllllllllllllllIlllllllhlllllllillmllilllllllllllllllll i 2 . E Wishing A Happyf and Prosperous Future to , THE CLASS OF 1927 A 5 E E lll1I1llIll'IlllllIlIl E E 5 The Juniors 2 E 2 2 5 . 5 GRADUATION GH-'Ts f' S E Lust year '1 som ez Watches, be-' Q E cause I sell for less E COMPLIMENTS OF ADOLPH HAPKE A FRIEND Jeweler IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIWIHI Ilmlllllilllllllllllllll oo eo FF t e :- E- ' W 5 IS! Illlllllllllllllllllllllllll g u C ompliments of 'nComplimcnlsof. K H MANSHELD LAND 5 J. .LKENNEBECKQ Y - .QZLOAN co. 5 . I 1 gfwllIIIllmlIllIlIIIIlllIllllllllllillllllllIIQMIlllllllllllllllIIIHIIII1IIllIIIIIIIIMIIlII1IIlIlllliihllllllllllllllllillllIIIIIIllmlllllllllllllllllllll IIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIKIIIIHI IIIIII Illllllllllllllllll lllllllIIIIIIIIINMIMHIIIIWIIIIMWIINIIIINOWIIHRIIC' , - 'vi ..,., ez, A ,, ,, q ' ' ' wr ,' .- ' fli- V' , i .fu SOUTHWEST LINEN COMPANY J. J. O'Gara Save on Your Household Linens BUY AT WHOLESALE Victor 7269 206 West 9th Street J. GEO. WIRTHMAN DR. THOMAS P. KEYES Reliable Druggist Dentist 3436 Broadway Free Delivery. H. P. 1443-1444 A. F. FLUCKE ' Wholesale and Retail Choice Meats Phone Harrison 2787 Stall 12, City Market Phone Us Your Order. We Deliver II I I II IIIIIIIIIIII I I II I I I IIIIII I II I I I IIIII III II I I IIIIIIIIII I II III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I I COM PLIMENTS OF ZARDA BROTHERS DAIRY C ongralulations CLAss OF 1927 from the FRESHMEN Compliments of the Flynn Brothers GLOBE THEATRE 13th and Walnut BEST WISHES Dr. Howard J. Mosier Compliments of a ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL Besl Wishes MAUDE AND Louisa BROSNAHAN IIIII IIIII II I Complimenls of JULES M. DUMORTIER SAND AND MATERIAL FOR BUILDING 3202 Summit OUR UNIFORMS Made by The Dean Jones Mfg. Co. Are liked land approved of our entire s c I1 o o I. lllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII lllllllllllllllllilllllHUWNHHN lllllWlllllllllllllllllllllll Illlllll IIIIV Hi IHH Will!!! WHEN lli E Best Wishes gflook Paint 8z Varnish Co. 1319 Grand Avenue, 1223 Walnut 518 Minnesota Avenue R 308 W. 47th, Country Club Plaza I V I WH Ill 1 I llll 1 H HN II IIIHIHIIH II llll I IIIH II I IHI!!IIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIII Compliments of THOS. E. WALSH 1112 Commercial Building Timothy Kelly 8z Son GENERAL CONTRACTORS We Specialize in JOB WORK 8.1 REMODELING 4036 Troost Avenue Phone Hyde Park 2646 Compliments of a ROSERY FLORIST D. E. Ellsworth Armour and Main Have You Tried C' MISS RIECKER'S Dealer in MAYONNAISE AND GROCERIES, ME ATS , FRUITS, VEGETABLES Phone Grand 3058 2900 Summit Street 5 J. H. FREED H. R. Bertram Faultless Cleaners 3107 Main Street Q Phone Hyde Park 2047 1000 Island Dressing? For Sale at Your Grocer Riecker Tea Room 3406 Main Street COMPLIMENTS OF MAGEE ELECTRIC CO. nav COMPLIMENTS OF SIEFERT BROS. HARDWARE CO. 1425-27 Grand Avenue PIERSON MARKET Co Always the Best Hyde Park 5760 3305 Summit IKIIII IIIIIlllllllllllllIll1IlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIII1II1lllllillllllllillllllllllllllllifllllllllllllilWill! ll l l HW MH llLHlllilllllilillllillllllWHlHHlllWl1lWHllllilllHHNNHNIHllIHI1lHH!l1lllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll II WESTERN EXCHANGE ,BANKS I 9th and Walnut CLAUDE S. JENNINGS Groceries and Meats Hyde Park 1058 and 8877 3125 and 3127 Main I I II II IIIIIIIIII I I I I IIII IIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIII II Il II I I IIIIIII I I I II II IIII IIIIIIIIII IIIIII III II II I II II I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ll COMPLIMENTS OF CROWE BAKERY Complimenls of CROWN DRUG STORE Linwood and Main Compliments of a FRIEND COMPLIMENTS OF DR. H. A. FRANCKE DENTIST S. E. Corner 31st and Main Hyde Park 4232 MANSON D. BELL J EWELER 8: OPTOMETRIST 1302 Main Street MADORIE 8z BIHR ARCHITECTS Kansas City, Missouri IIIIIIIII IlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIII I I III II IIIII I I I I II I III I I IIIII II IIIIIII I IIII II IIIII I III II IIII II I I II I III I I I I I IIIIII IIIIIII I IIII I I I III III Best Wishes for Continued Success Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J. STRAUB COMPLIMENTS OF Fairfax Arms Hotel 1208 Broadway COMPLIMENTS OF The Armour Cleaners and Dyers 3407 Broadway Telephone Westport 1270 CORRIGAN TIRE CO Edward J. Corrigan WM. McCAVICK 2750 McGee Trafficway Phone Harrison 3022 WILLIAMS MEAT CO. 312 Kansas Avenue 420 Kansas Avenue Drexel 4270 Victor 7690 Compliments of a F R I E N D IIIII I IIIIIII I I I I I II Compliments of Randol 8z Love Ice Co. Hy. 8313 3788 Washington Street Success to Our Seniors THE SOPHOMORES I III -mn1- I-.11 --un .fm X X, mf mv? vxrxio MAX: gxvxxxmxxx 0511 X8-Y mx NJC: GU, vQv..5Cxi1,f:5 'T Lg 2 1 I v IL... 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