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

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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'

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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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fr X K 1 fx A 'E ' 1 4 al LORETTA OTTO Springfield, Illinois Assistant Social liflitor l'v1l1'rr fll15'f Hn' ljfpw Hull 11' fnff lvl. liat. Clflllli a11d he 1llCl'l'j', for U1lIl0I'l'ONX' you may die, with slight lllt1tlllik'21ilUllS, is douhtless l.oretta's 111otto. Eat, not preeipitately, lllll i11 a lady-like fashion. always using tl1e correct fork Zillll spoon, Conveying the1n to and lroin tl1eir destination i11 a sort ot' reverie, showing her enjoyinent of every l'llUl'5Cl l1y a eoy little s111ile as if sl1e were flirt- ing witl1 tl1e string l1ea11s or other artieles of diet. Merry. never hoisterously so. wearing a perfeetly eontented All's well with the world look. l11 the study l1all sl1e healns henignly upon all hooks, not showing partiality for Zllly one lesson. Their eo11te111platio11 always seems to please her: unless. perhaps, 11po11 uneartlnng her shorthand. 21 net work faintly ripples l1er placid l1row, Ztllfl two tears overflow to course dow11 l1er cheek, l1e- having perfectly properly not furrowing the powder in tl1e least. She has always shown herself ingenious in foresecing a11d ren1eclyi11g anything likely to result painfully. One time sl1e found it ahsolutely necessary to change an ahsent mark on her report earrl so tl1at rlci1111estie ll2ll'Ill0Ilj' might re111ai11 undisturhed. XVC have two reasons for thinking that Loretta possesses a poetie te111pera111e11t. 'XYe know lllill hy eoi11i11g l1er own words. at least, once she composed a poe111 of two lines ahout Ull1Cl11 terrihle green heans witl1 strings o11 QCIIIU. Then hand i11 llitlltl with this positive ahility is just wl1at 011C would expeet, Zllj5C1ll-1lll1lCl6ill1ESS. lX'e have known her to furnish a neighhor witl1 El pe11 instead of a requested eoinpaet. One time at a typewriting L'X2lllll1l2lilOll, she announeed her readiness to begin long hetore the others were prepared. XYhen all started full fling on the test. it was found that Loretta had no paper in l1er machine. NYe would not have you hclieye that l.oretta is not aetive, She llZlS show11 signs of l1eeo111i11g a great writer. She practices IllllCll. .Ks a l:I'C3illlll?11l, she wrote at least six long sheets of yellow paper every night to tl1at inany l'lI'CSll1llC1l. ln l1er senior year. she has curtailed tl1e paper and Cll2lllL.fCfl its color to white. She has gained in eoneiseness and as for SCllliIllClll. she makes lllb in intensity what she lost in extensity . Rot desiring to d1sturl1 tl1e perteet Cflllillllllllly that has l1ee11 l.oretta's all these years, instead of hidding her 'iadieuf' we shall just gently hreathe Uau revoiru. Tlzirty-Four