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

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-,i111- H tll-1 if f 3, I FRANCES MIDDEN Springfield, Illinois E , E I I , lit L Y0u'ye all heard the tztle uf the 'l'orttri:e ztncl the ll:tre. XYell in our fahle, lfrzttiees is the tortoise. She is slow. hut she gets there first just the same. She eztme from St. .Xgnes in '23 in time for seliuol the very first day, they say. And at 7:30 tfeloek ever since, lfrztnees. with features :ts expressive :ts those of any ligyptian sphinx, ztmhles in for an eight o'eltwek class. Suleninly reniuying her emit, she hangs it on the top hook at the extreme right of the lneker. just helfww she deposits her hat. Then actually with- out ehanging zt muscle of her faee, 'fthey say she seats herself before her sliorthanrl whining in her sing-song yoiee, l studied until eleven last night: or I met Catherine! we went to the Xlztjestieg we clidn't get home until lute: l just didn't get to study. .-Xll of this you may take with st grain of salt. lt simply is not true. Xie eoulfl not itnagine zt catztstroplie or eatztelysm sufficiently terrific to prevent her aeenmplishment of yery molecule of every lessnn. XYhen aetuztlly nuhody else hzts :tn linglisli assign- ment. we hear, Hey Hidden! Got your English? .Xfter ample ti1ne fur considerzttion. lfrztnees drawls, l have zt little bit: it isn't anything like it should he. and then- Bless you! she unfolds pages :tnd pages of fine light script all slanting exactly from the upper right hand corner to the lower left. XYC give up trying to decipher it long before the middle of the hrst page: hut. no matter, it's all perfeet, when lfrzmees reads it ziltvud. Unlike the rest of her fellow typists, she's gut long. slim, perfect hands, which, togetlier with her daily, crmtimtous, patient, peek-peek-peeking has earned her the Typist pin and the offer of it position. Her knowledge is simply alarming in Physics. NYe :ire sure her exposition uf some of the principles would confuse Fztrarlzty himself. Then just try tu get lfranees tu reeord :tn inaccurate answer to a single detail of an experiment. UNO. we eztn't write it that way. So again and again we try. XX'hether in the end, we are greeted hy :tn explosion or beautifully perfect results she sing-songs, Now :tin't that the herriesln Sometimes, tlnmugli, lfrztnees surprises you. She tells 11 joke. True the situation is usually pathetic before the joke is all elueidated so the audience exm laugh. Then ton, she laughs at :t funny joke. lf you'ye ever been the pztinfnl witness uf one of lfrznnees' i-ahlmlelugieztl fits, you will testify that she can talk, She ramlmles on and on :thont nieces. nephews, neiglibors, friends, :ind then there's Eddie. the taetless fellow who greets her at 111Ost inoppurtnne moments. VVe :ire in douht as to whether lfrztnces will display those slim perfeet hands in the liusiness world. or whether she will decide to hide herself away in zx precisely fur- ' nished lzzlmorzttory and continue to confuse lfaradzty. hirly- Tfuu

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'Q-s ,L , CECELIA MARTY Pana, Illinois Assistant Prtwpltcry Eclittwr I1mr Milf-. ' if - 2 t V, V if I , 6, Q 'Q I if f is sig? Q - - ff Y Q-1 ff -.94 , lt. ns 4 1 I , -z f -ants! tl-il tht- 1:11-Qisc, tht- wtwtul, tht- stzttcly. incl-ts Us with :t lzuuli-lilac grim- that st-L-ins In stty ntcekly, UI am tit-cc-lin Marty frmn l'ztnzt. lllt-asc :tcm-int nu-3 l rt-ztlly uni xi nift- girl. Ypon arriving :tt S. H. ,-X., sht- twhtztinc-tl at rticnit on quiet lfilith Au-ittic ttf ztwiirl tht rzthlmlc and conlusion Caused lay thirtl fluur fivcttiiztlits. Order is l'lL'2tYL'11lS hrst law hangs rigirlly tipmt thc wztll. ln pc-i'st,m, :incl nmst t-stu-cially in th:tt mmit. not st thing ttlttst lu- nwry, Ht-r ahmlc is ahunrlantly cle-corzttccl with slogans, alt-cp :tncl ivliiltisupltit-ztl, that sht- thrusts on unwxtry lxystztnrlcrs. tk-il is tht- ntoclt-l of saintlincss for the t-ntirc scluinl. Ht-t' nuttin inust lu-, lla-Ltr ntl t-vil, scc no evil. speak no t-Vilf' for slit- cm-rtziinly chics livt- up to that cnclt-. .Xlwztys st- t'i11t1S. Vt-il woulrl Ellfl it iinpossihle to tztlcc anything lightly. Shi- has allways hurt stunctuu- just clrezultully and really clues owe ht-r an apology. XXX- lwpc ht-r lift- will nut ztlwztys ht- pliilnsuphy anfl apologies, At thc ht-ginning of tht- vt-ar, Ct-il ztfluiwtccl ztppt-iulicitis, XYQ think it wus :t stall tn cure limitt-sickm-ss. Nova-rthc-lc-ss, she lt-tt us ztncl wt-nt to ht-r lwinc tnwn tin' :tn OllL'l 'z1tinn, That finisltccl. hcr cycs flccirlctl to uct-tl attciititut. :intl sn she ziunt-xt-rl :t imir tif specs llocztusc nt losing so much sclmnl, sht- ltztcl troulilc with her lt-ssl-ns, zturl just 'Ttutlrlilt untlcrstanrl why ht-r grzulcs were so lnwf' XYh5', at l'z1nzt, sht- itt-wr 1't-cuivt-tl lt-ss ninety anrl new-r hzul to take scmcstcrs. lltiwt-vcr, Ccil hats lurztvt-ly m't-rcmnc :ill hcr pliysicul flirlicitltit-s :incl is ht-ginnin than ff It: 5 take un interest in things. Sho rcztrls point-s ztncl has cvcn :tttt-uiptt-rl writing smnc, lla-r rlztys :tt thc tournantcnt rt-nrlt-rcrl ht-r spt-ucltluss hir El flzty :intl nrigiimtccl sonic rt-snlv:-s lu lic an :ill-ztruuitrl athlete. ifcil. we arc sorry yiiur first yt-zu' inust lm your lust. llztrl you ctum- ycun' lfrcs l yt-ar, you coulrl he ttinr tunes :is tnztny nu-C things as ynu :irc nnwg nr, pt-rltztps, it is i hinztn u-art-r thc truth to say that we shoulcl ltzlvt- inwititt-fl hy yuur cxgtiuplt- :intl ht-on ltiur tintt-s lwttvr than wc arc now. Howcvcr that nuty lic. wt- are inclc-cel lnzttltc tn szty gztmfl-luyt-. Tlfirry-firm

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Ln' fr 3 aqii- f ' . ' WEE? MARGARET MONAGHAN V Springfield, Illinois Scveial lfflittwr Class l'rt-siflent '27 Class 'l'reasurer '20 'Ilfnit.v!, ' lli. Kirls! XX'ait a niinute, XYllL'l'C jun goin? XYas l stipjmtwsetl to help? Thus Margaret enters the rlaily rtvutine ttf sehnnl activities. liy taking twn steps at a tinie. she reaches the seetnirl tlnnr. llat. enat, lmtmks. anrl hunclles are julungetl intn the closet: the Fliiglit nt' stairs are again emirjuereclg hut xlZlfgilI'Cl+H1lOIlL',u she ean't he fonntl. She wasn't mi the rtitwf, l ltwkecl in the nnisie tlepartnient, l just Caine frmn the seenml tltror. l'll het l knuwg the Senittrs are liaving a party ttwiiiglitf' Then the basement or aurlitfwriutn is invarletl. Yes. there she is, inapping out plans antl appciiiitiiig emninittees. l think it'll gn over all right. clcvn't you? Uh well. it'll have to, now. Marg has fleeitletl that .'Xll's well that entls well. Swine rlays Margaret eunelucles that selwol is Much atlo ahtiut nothing . She saunters ahuut the first Fluor, with no sign of cares or wurries. Suflrlenly glancing at the elrtek, she lincls hut fifteen minutes tn prepare fur her three afternntun classes. l'he afternnnn terminates with niany sountl resolutions, anrl Marg' tries to set her niinfl nn stufly. Margaret eviclentlj' clues nut helieve in the prtwerh, .'Xeeuraey tirstg sjveerl later . ln typing Marg takes tests and increases flaily in her errors. XYhen Sister presents the Class with typing awarfls. Marg informs us not to worry ur fret, for she will get there yet. She is an lrishinan. anrl carries her wit ancl tenijmer, hzxntl in hanfl. XYhen one of our tlaily rcuunrls of nationality has etwnie to a elrwse. one can hear her tuine. lust let swine of thnse 'llutclnnen' emne arutintl here. :intl l'll tightg l'ni just that niatlf' On Nloiirlay nmrninggs she always set-nts tirecl, XX'e wenrler: hut we talk tu her only tive minutes when she exelainis. t'Oh Kirls, we just harl Z1 sjvitly time. Hee, he'S great, Then we unclerstanrl jieiteetly the reason fur her clrtwwsiness. All the erises in Margarc-t's life are tml sneeessfully hiclclen for nur present jiurpose. XYhether aeeepting 11 teael1er's repriinancl. etnicluetiiig clistmrflerly class-meetings, ur re- treating at the close nt a hattle, Margaret wears a sort of Nlona-l.isa sinile. iioulrl we fliserwer what that sniile conceals. we etwulcl perfect our picture. Tflirty-Tllrff'