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

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1-1-1- MARY PHILLIPS Springfteld, Illinois joke liditor Athletics, '27 tflass 'I'reastu'er, 'lo '-riff, 7wnL'. ' KL E 'fav fllllx f f Qf,zZfg L1 ,N 1 YS' ur :xi M' --Q 5 Nearly every upheaval in the world's history has produeed master men. lt is tnore than likely that S1ll'l1lQllClfl'S name will go down in history as a result of a great eataelysm woman. Un ,Xttgtist lo, NOS, two great events were heralded . . . . y, the Xigger Riot and the arrival of Mary l'hillips, I'erhaps it is the pathos and humor of this night that is reflected in the sunshine and shadow and the birth of a master in the uewsptpert n'tmel of Klary's disposition. VYe may eharitahly trace mueh that is violent or queer in Mary to her stormy advent. W ller fear of frogs and other lahoratory animals may have its origin in the nervousness caused hy the din of that first night. llerhaps, too, the red that Mary saw A Haines of the lxttrning homes blazed forth later into the fiery temper that is one of htt proud possessions. lf it were not for her lrish aneestry, we might attrilmute her red hair to the same cause. Sinee we must hlame heredity for something, we sha ' for the sandy hair, the hlue eyes, the goodly supply of freckles, the wit and humor. :nc he mischief ntaki ll '. 4 . then in the ll hlame it t l t e Mary is sometimes sad. Uftentimes she seems to he sad just heeause she is sad. Other times, and it is mostly the other times, she is sad ahout shorthand. lt seems as nearly as we eau gather that her teacher does not think Mary's handwriting is so very expert. She even has gone so far as to term it Chinese. Now, that makes Mary just a hit gloomy looking. There have heen times, too, sinee we knew Mary that she instigated a reform. llireful portents foretell such periods of reformation: a lifeless gait, weary with recently assumed responsibility, a determined expression that would he tlignihed: a eontraetion of the voeal chords that annihilates Mary's onee hearty laugh and at decided improvement in shorthand. Hur classmate looks resigned and explains t th't' when one is 't Senior, one must he serious, The llarkest llourf' they say, 'Comes t ,f. just before the dawn. ln this ease, the saying is certainly true, for after the darkest shadows of Mary's dignified resolutions eomes the lvrightest sunshine of her disposition. Our Riot is destined to he a master woman in the atmals of Springfield. just what profession she will master we have not yet deeided. That profession, whatever it may be, we leave to a bright and promising future: we are proud to claim just Mary. without reforms. Thirty-Fifvf

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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

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JL fs. A A4 KWH KATHRYN RACHFORD Springfield, Illinois Secretary and Treasurer, '25 Y111l'1I learn A It il Alas! Kathryn is. we fear. possessed hy the restlessness and vanity of our Age'f. lf the stopping place is not to he home or school, she is eyer alert to start. Her in- 'variahle response to a hg'Ul1lj,1N proposal is All right! l.et's go, l think l can get the car. And whether the destination is jacksonville or just around the corner, she is or time to the minute with the Essex. She is prompt and all actiyity at our dances. Little did we dream that Kathryn possesesd so many hidden antics. XVords fail to descrihe the alarming manner in which she heayes into perpetual motion at the first jazz discord. .Xt each syncopated crash she gains speed and volume. Siii'giing' and hillowing she plows through the sea of more timid spirits. Xor does that Dreamy XYaltz calm the tempest of her actiyityfno, the poor partner is dragged through the same series of lunges as the chords of a fox trot produce. Matter set in motion, they say, requires sufficient matter to stop that motion. VVC have never found matter enough to hinder Kathryn's action on the dance floor. She eyen fails to recognize the strains of Home Sweet llomef' octopus-like she gives a few solitary maneuvers on the threshold hefore departing. The next morning about a quarter past nine. an almost prim, matronly Senior lakes her place in the classroom. Our sedate classmate tfor the lady in question is Kathrynb does not suffer her tarfliness to ruffle her dignity. ln fact it has hecome such a frequent occurrence that she regards it as part of the daily routine. XYhen we expect to see a tardy slip. Kathryn displays a few hair pins and a pack of stationery. The former hecome a necessity when growing tresses are being tucked under. and as to the latter-well, stationery is just a part of Kathryn: without it she would he at a loss to while away the weary hours of school life. Judging from her correspondence we duh Kathryn a Lady of l.etters, hut she flatly refuses the honor with 'fmy amhitions run along the teaching line, American History perhaps. Lady of Letters, Dame Teacher, or whatever may he your title, Kathryn. we wish you success. 7'lf1r1y-Six