Sacred Heart Griffin High School - Dominicus Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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JL 'N Q f 4 FN A .' '5 V f f . 1 f 1 :1 il Wi il MARIAN ALVEY Springfield, I1lino?s Class llist11ria11. '27 I 1111111 tlzfulf so 'NV1-ll, l disagreeg l Cilllll see y11ur puiut at all. lt is like this 'illlil 11111' l11-lli ing St. Agues seh1111l. She was the 1111ly lfC1'Jl!llllL'2ll1 ill her 1'1111111. Zlllll she speut the eutire year trying t11 eouviuee the eighth g1'a1le that llllftllllg xxas, hy far. tl1e l1est 111111 1111 11resi1le11t. The suecessful electi1111 11f l'resi1le11t l'l2ll'fll1ljJQ a111l lXla1'i-1-X1111's 01lll'ZlllL'C i11t11 S. ll. .-X. as a lfreshie pruhalmly CllCl1lll'ZlgCCl l1er t11 turn her t1I'2lltlI'j' i11t11 11ther tiel1ls. At 11111111 1111 the first clay she was reseue1l hy several classmates f1'11111 llll Clll'IlgL'fl grmip 111' Si'IllUI'S. Mari- gxllll escaping llllllljlll'CKl. believed still that she was just as hig as any 111' tl1e111 illlll fle- siretl to show 'e111. lf lxlilfl-ixllll fails to argue l1er passage tl1r11ugl1 the 1111rtals 111' lflllllk' twhieli is very uulikelyj her literary genius will 11Ot 1111ly he a ticket 11t a1h11itt:111ee hut it will pr1'1e111'1- 1l1ilitx ill f11r her a h11x seat amcmg the Literary Lights. Sister litlllll, fllllflllfl hy Blariairs z lliology reeitatious, ll2lS a1lvise1l l1er to write a l11111k of Fairy Tales. Miss ,-Xlvey, h11wever. Sl7llI'llS the 11lea. Elllfl Irs 1'1111te11111lati11g a tl111r11ugl1 Slllllj' 111 l'syel111l11g5'. which will, 1111 ilOlllJi, offer matter for a hook 11f more serious nature. All great geniuses have s11111e failiiig--Mari-.-X1111's is her inability t11 he at Virgil K lass tor tl1e 'iH17ClllIlj.f exercise. flll the tirst day she Cillllk' 1111 t1111e I111' the eight 11'el11el1 class only t1'1 fiucl there was no school. lt may he that tllL'll aurl there she l'll'l'lllk'll that i1r1111111t11ess is useless. But how trivial will seem the tailings of her s1'h1111l days we hear of her success Ill later life. wl1e11 A hr11a1l Held 11f glory is open ffl 11ur ll'l1ll'l-gxllll. She may llC2lfl the list 11l .'XlllCl'll'2ly4 lmest prose writers: she may sway tl1e 111i111ls 11f illl1llS2lllflS witl1 her fll'2llOl'y1 sl1e may 11111 some clay represent class '27 in Congress. S1'1'l'7Ift'f?ll 1,5e1'1-11 1 Marian argues long. Her 1'1rat11rieal ability was first 1111tieeal1le uheu Bl:11'ia11 was Zllttllflr l

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rf ' Sas frm FN i,'i V? , 4 es. gn ai RUTH ALLISON Springfield, Illinois Assistant Art liditor, '27 Class Secretary, '27 I'll hofrnt jlfHl.',' The rustle of skirts, a mullled foot-fall, a mysterious whisper,- Julia. Klargarefs here. He careful of that note! lt is a case, And softly and stealthily Ruth steals away. An air of mystery pervades the place. The appearance of this deep-voiced, dark- eyed Senior hrings with it the foreboding that something is going to happen. She speaks not a word hut casts dark glances toward the bulletin hoard. After the usual appliance of the compact and an uncertain pat to the perfectly groomed hair she approaches the dreaded hoard and reads: linglish-XYednesday-l'ostpone lissays and work on .Xu- nualfl .X sigh of relief-Ruth's worries in the line of studies are oyer. Now she may ex- pound upon the more serious suhject of neighborhood gossip. Frances and Kathryn wrote notes today. It's a new crush l'm sure. They look mighty suspicious to meg-- and on and on. .ludging from these uncanny conclusions and oft mis-mated comparisons should we not prophesy a weird future for this mysterious Senior? Sure enough, she has planned her future undertakings as f'undertaking. Ruth has already found out just what kind of license is required for an ambulance. This profession has a yery special drawing card- she expects from long association with the dead to learn how to effectively haunt, after she dies, those poor unfortunates who in playful mood now dare to cause one hair to stray from its native auhurn course. lflrohably hecause here she learns ahout Muinmies and ancient Hll11ClCl E3lil11f,I,ii Ruth is fond of History. XVhen Sister informed the class that soon they would begin the study of Social Life, Ruth declared that she just couldn't wait until they would hegin to study Night Life. History class leads to association of ideas-our Barnyard Chorus i11 which Miss Allison is initiated as our mule. Said mule's uncanny hray makes us wonder if Ruth has some secret desire to revenge an unlucky memher of her history class or if she is attempting to frighten people to death for future ffundertaking profits. All during our high school years we wonder just what it is that Ruth has so deeply hidden from us. VVhat does this husy Ruth do? She is always busy hut certainly not with school work or anything so trivial. YVe must anxiously await the future to unfold these hidden mysteries. Sixtvrn

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Ji 1 ffx' ' ,fax HELEN BRUSEKE Springfield, Illinois HDUHW be dmndf' M,-we l all ma.: . ef- ' Xow just he good till l come. and don't make any noise. X'X'ith these instruc- tions Helen's mother left the shy lxalmy of the liruseke family to work out her education at S. H. A. 'l'his first venture forth from parental care was a hit tragicg Helen missed her mother's apron strings sadly. Indeed. so timid was she that when the first hell rang for ranks she found herself without a partner. All this, ot course, happened four long years ago. Helen still doesn't make much noise, hut now the partners are engaged for months ahead ot time. An ounce of prevention saves Miss Bruseke many an embarrassment. XYith three clean handker- ehiets in one corner of her desk a11d an aspirin carefully concealed in another, Helen is prepared for a day at school. Never would she feel quite safe without this Hrst-aid kit. One simply can't he eertain ahout headaches and faints, you see. But Helen doesn't use all her wise foresight just for her 'lownseltf' To save them from trouhle's deadly clutches, Helen admonishes the mischieffdoers with untiring energy, Since the juniors are the olijects of her special attention, we expect next year's Seniors to he quite perfect-like us. Prompt and precise in everything from giggling to paying her class dues, she might easily pose as Class '27's most practical memlmer, ln tact, we'd have to say all nice things about Helen were it not for two noisy failings: a mania for typing and a fond- ness for loud hosiery. The click, click of the typewriter must hold charms for Helen or else how could she produce so many perfect copies? The other failing creates every hit as much envy. One Monday she came to school wearing a pair that took her all Faturday to purchase. Vile have heard that Helen grieves not a little over leaving S. H. A. VVe wonder just what her lot is to he. 'XYhether she will he an economical little housewife buying her groceries at the l'iggly thecause you get morej or a happy little maiden lady wearing? gay hosiery, we aren't quite Certain. VVhatever it may he, Helen, we're inf terester. Ifiglllfm