Rosary College - Yearbook (River Forest, IL)

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THE FOUNDATION Our arrival at Rosary and the months to follow were a period of pre- paredness for the intellectual and spiritual building of our minds and bodies which was to continue during our college years. We came as strangers to a strange place, but w ith the help of our advisers, our Bit; Sisters, and the friend- ly uppcrclassmen. the ground was broken and we soon became a part of our pleasant surroundings. As the days passed, we realized the purpose of our being here, and set out to accomplish our goal. To make a foundation, masons and builders add stone to steel and use rivets anil mortar to keep them in place: so. too, the sisters and priests added knowledge, appreciation of beauty, and culture to our crowing minds with the mortar of religion to secure them in their rightful places. Thus, the founda- tion crew and took shape and gradually we began to rea lize the crear im- portance of our education. Yet it was the little things that made the difference in our attitude toward Rosary, that gave us that all-important feeling of belonging. Founder's Day introduced us to Father Matthew Kellev. and the Charity Rail brought us together in the Social Hall for the first time. Came December, and we found ourselves at the annual All-School Christmas Party with some of our classmates taking part in the entertainment. Soon after vacation we were faced with our first siecc of final exams, but gained rest for our weary minds during the retreat that followed. Before we knew it. the Mardi (iras celebra- tion was hailing the arrival of Lent. During that time we prepared our fabulous Freshman Variety Show, and its creat success made all our work seem worthwhile Then came spring and our fust College Day — we had Mass in the Quadrangle; then followed picnic lunches, baseball, tennis and just about every other sport our hearts desired. With beautiful weather as our only consolation, we studied for final exams which finished our freshman year. Yes, we could hardly believe that the year was over, that we had completed the foundation and were on our way towards building a future.

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TO OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY A rosary A chaplet of roses, a chaplet of beads Roses, queen of flowers For Mary, Queen of Heaven. Roses omnipresent at Rosary A constant reminder of you, our patroness, queen, model, our Mother Roses chiseled in stone, roses wrought in iron, roses set in tile, roses worked in blue enamel, roses set on a coat of arms, roses held in the Juniors' hands Rosaries in the Sisters' hands, rosaries at their sides, Rosary in their name. A chaplet of roses A chaplet of beads telling of joys, sorrows, glories The joys of a girl. The sorrows of a woman. The glories of a Queen: Told for centuries. Told in love and homage, Told in your name. In your name. Queen of the Rosary, We have studied and worked, prayed and played. Love, laughter, and tears. In your name. Queen of the Rosary We go, Catholic women armed with knowledge and wisdom and grace. In your name In the name of our beloved Sisters who have labored to give us these precious gifts Keep us, the Rosary girls, as you and they would want us. Kathryn Mahoney

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