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

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.c. 'U T -. X ACADEMY GIRL BECOMES MEM- BER OF ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION Academy welcomes alumnae. g my 2 - ' - T 'T I. 9 Prosidenl GERALDINE SEXTON Vice-President MARY MALONTY Secrefaries GLARE MARIE AMHRTIN MARY AGNES McGRATH Treasurer MRS. F. E. NEERMAN When The Academy Girl leaves her Alma MaTer on GraduaTion Day she does noT lose all conTacT wiTh her Tormer Teachers and classmaTes. Through The acTiviTies oT The Alumnae AssociaTion she is lcepT in Touch wiTh Them. Among The TirsT oT These acTiviTies during The pasT year was a delighTTul banqueT given on CommencemenT nighT. Then during The summer a garden parTy and geT-TogeTher was held on The Academy grounds. Again on New Year's Day The Alumnae gaThered in The ConvenT parlors Tor Tea and a chaT. The associaTion also sponsored a rare TreaT Tor all music lovers-a program presenTed by The noTed French harpisT, Marcel Grandiany. When we, The Class oT l94O, malce our pledge aT loyolfy To The Alumnae aT The annual crowning oT our Blessed MoTher, may we do so wiTh The earnesT prayer ThaT we may Tollow worThily The example oT Those who have gone beTore us, remembering ThaT a loyal alumna will always be a True Academy Girl. Page 48

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ACADEMY GIRL ENJOYS SPECIAL PROGRAMS F th L d I p Y yh Reverend Daniel A. Lord S J a er or ns ires ou The Academy Girl is graleful lo her Bishop, The Mosl' Reverend James A. Griffin, for giv- ing her lhe opporlunily lo hear lhe noled Jesuil speaker, Reverend Daniel A. Lord, al fhe Diocesan Cafholic Youfh Grganizafion. Fafher Cain, a brolrher of Sisler M. Mal- Thew, vividly described for us scenes he wil- nessed on board The fared, sform-Tossed ves- sel, Presidenl l-larding, on which he relurned afler a lour of Europe. l-le also lcindly answered many of our queslions aboul warring Europe. On April 23, +he Academy Girl had lhe op- por+uni+y of allending a concerl given in The Cenlennial Audilorium by +he celebraled French harpist Marcel Grandiany. Reveren d Thomas M. C FCS I'C1I'1 IG diany, Fren hh p f l

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GAIETY MARKS JUNIOR PROM ge 49 Tulips ond windmills in on old Dulch gorden, lovely froclcs ond lovely girls wi'rh lheir hondsome escorls provided o delighllul piclure of goiely of The Junior-Senior prom on Moy I7. The Junior Closs esloblished o precedenf by being The Tirsl closs ro give o prom lo which young men were invifed. The evening before The prom The Juniors served o delicious bonquel in honor ofilhe Closs of '4O. lf foo wos in on old Dulch gorden selling. An inleresfing progrom ol song, donce, ond lun followed. Among The numbers mosl enioyed were, lhe Senior's losl will ond leslornenl ond Jrhe Junior's prophecy. For lwo delighhcul evenings we, lhe Seniors, soy on eornesl +honlc you lo Sisler Vincenl de Poul ond +he Juniors.