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

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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

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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

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