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

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.nyc ,N A We Alumnae Scholarship The Alumnae Scholarship for 1926 was awarded to Agiies Grady, a pupil of St. Agnes School. The Alumnae Association is now providing tuition for three students at S. H. A. It is the plan of the Alumnae to maintain four students each year, one in each class. The scholarship is awarded to the winner of a competitive examination given each June, and is open to the eighth grade girls of the Academy and the four schools in Springfield which are taught by Dominican Sisters. Sale ln December the Alumnae embarked on a new venture: we conducted a Ruinmage Sale, The funds in our treasury were slipping lower than our president thought they should be, and so she began to look about for a simple method ot adding a few dollars. Several members agreed to assist her with a sale, and the thing was worked up in just a few days. For two hours during the morning sale. business was very brisk indeed. and lett the tour salesladles in an exhausted state-but not too exhausted to compare notes, exchange stories, and laugh at the many funny things that had happened. Those same four ladies learned several lessons about S2llC5lll2lllSllllJQ and what is more to the point, dropped a tidy little sum into the treasury. New Year Reception The New Year reception. when Dominican Sisters are f'At Home to the Alumnae and friends of S. ll. A., was a lovely party. There were approximately a hundred callers during the afternoon. most of them remaining for some time to visit with the Sisters and other friends, Several alumnae from out of town were present, as were also a number of Sisters, former S. H. A. girls, who were home from their missions. The reception room was prettily decorated with ent flowers. lces and small cakes were served by S. H. A. students. VVe thank the Sisters for their hospitality. and we trust that they derive as much pleasure and enjoyment from the New Year reception as do their callers. Card Party just before the Lenten season opened. our officers sponsored a card party in the auditorium of S. H. A. lt was a successful affair and was much enjoyed by those present. There was a prize for each table. a dainty georgette handkerchief. Several ieople who were not fortunate enough to win one, purchased one or more after the party was over. The party. like the sale, added a nice little sum to the treasury. Garden Party People driving on VVest XVashington or Monroe Street. or on l,inc0ln Avenue on a certain evening in the latter part of July. beheld a scene that resembled a glimpse of Fairyland. It was the Academy campus, ablaze with multi-colored lights, and crowded with a happy. cheery throng of S. H. A. students, Alumnae and friends. The event was the Animal Alumnae Garden Party. Sixty .Sevfll

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il OKALUXWWEQ CONGRATULATIONS just a line to congratulate the Seniors of 1927 on this splendid edition of Uominicus. It is artistic and well balanced and very interesting. and compares favorably with any high school annual-none excepted. VVC are glad of the opportunity of having a printed record of Alumnae activities, and appreciate the space alloted to us by the editors. XYe congratulate you, and we thank you. COMMENCEMENT Un June fifteenth, 1926, the annual Alumnae meeting and banquet were held. A goodly crowd of Hold girls was present, places being set for one lnmdred and twenty-five, including our newly acquired members-the class of 1926. A very enjoyable banquet was served. 1Ve are most grateful to the :Xcademy Orchestra which played during the ban- quet, and wlueh so cheerfully responds to every Alumnae request for its services. To the servers. too, we wish to express our gratitude. Serving a banquet for one hundred and twenty-live people, and doing it promptly and well, with no fuss or commotion, is an art which truly deserves heartfelt commendation. After the banquet a program of toasts and musical numbers, with our president, Marie Hallahan, presiding as toast-mistress, was thoroughly enjoyed by all. As a climax to the banouet, all arose and joined in singing the Alumnae song, Our S. ll. A, and The Star Spangled Banner, to the able accompaniment of the orchestra. 1Ve were then marshalled into the assembly room, where we elected the follow- ing officers: President ,,,,, ,........ ...Grace Stewart Sheehan, '11 Vice-l'residents ,,,,, . ...... .Mary Howard, Jennie Otto, '19 Secretary '...... ,,..,,, ........, C a rmen Skchan, '23 Treasurer ............,... ....,.........,,..,,.,,..,...,.,.,,.,......... ll largaret Gaffigan, '18 After congratulating our new officers and promising them our hearty co-opera- tion, and expressing gratitude and appreciation to the retiring officers, we followed our leaders to the auditorium, where the retiring officers had prepared a surprise program which proved to be quite delightful. Then came the crowning joy of Commencement-at least for the Alumnae- that last informal hour when girls sit about in groups, the groups changing and inter-mingling from time to time, and the old and new times are discussed, each individual thinking her particular era the best of all. 'ADO you remember the time was an expression heard frequently, coming hrst from one group, then an- other, usually accompanied by gales of laughter. All in all, the 1926 Alumnae gathering was a very pleasant one. Our heartfelt condolence to those who missed itl May your luck be better in 1927. and may you IJC one ot those who is able to answer 'fPresent on lune fourteenth. Slxty .Six

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X at . Due to the efforts of a group of ten girls, the party was a success socially and financially. Any sueh affair means much effort and hard work for a few, but if the few are given encouragement and co-operation by the many, it is much easier for them, and they are repaid for their efforts. The Register Carrier Boys' Orchestra contributed their services during the eve- ning, and their music gave much pleasure. XVe hope our 1927 garden party will be as happy and successful as that of 1926. Helen Wittman Einig A sad event happened October, 1926. Helen VVittman Einig, member of the class of 1918, passed away, leaving a tiny baby daughter. Helen was one of Alma Mater's loyal children. ever ready to assist with any enterprise undertaken for the benefit of S. H. A. The Alumnae Association has lost a valuable member: S. H. A. has lost a friend. To Helen's husband and daughter, to her father, brother and sister-our Celeste-the Alumnae extend deep sympathy. THE SPIRIT OF S. H. A. Hark! ye of dormant loyalty. Awake! and help us to make a reality the dream of an inflrmary where those friends and teachers of long ago may spend in the company and care of their own sisters, and in the peace and quiet of religious atmosphere the twilight of their religious life, the heyday of which they have devoted to the loving, kindly care we all so well remember. Our promised 355,000 will indeed be but the proverbial drop in the bucketf' albeit a single tear, a happv tear welling up in the midst of those memories which ever present themselves with the jovful greetings and gladsome welcome of each recurring commmencement. Memories, not of the times that Sister So and So sent us to bed early because we stole green apples from the orchard, but rather of the lfzindly care bestowed upon us as we suffered from the allatoo-certain results of such youthful pranks, of her untiring, careful guidance through the humdrum ups and downs of everyday school life, and finally of her never failing interest in our failures and successes long after we have left our Alma Mater's sheltering care. Many are the demands upon us in these days of build and rebuild. Many are the causes which appeal to us with outstretched hands. crying to us even for the last farthing. But what, to us, could be more appealing than this? How often have we lamented that we are powerless to repay those saintly guardians of our youth? Ah! now that we have the opportunity to help-in a measure to make happy those waning years, vears when we gather father and mother into our homes there to brighten and make glad their autumn time with the youthful joy and happiness of our own little ones-let us not be found wanting, As we go to press amid the cheers and shouts of praise which are being show- ered upon the unconquerable Lindbergh, who with his 'fSpirit of St. Louis has accomplished the impossible, an inner voice whispers to us that we, with our USpirit of the S. H. A. may well nigh attain our impossible, our flight, our goal which is- not the praise and triumph of the nations, not the acme of personal ambition, but merely material replica of our heartful gratitude, the wherewithal to convert that ioyful tear into the pearl of great price. Awake, then! Arise! Ye are not dead but sleeping. Sixty Eight