Sacred Heart High School - Golden Book Yearbook (Waterbury, CT)

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A TALE OF FOUR YEARS CHAPTER THE FIRST September 8, 1930 is a sacred and memorable day for us, be- cause it was then that Sacred Heart High School for the first time opened its arms and embraced us as its students. We started our higher education with Holy Mass, at which we saw both the pastor-Father Fitzgerald and our new principal- Father McTeague, as they helped us begin our year aright. The next step was into a land of higher education and Sister Reginald's words of welcome lifted the loneliness from our hearts. We were conducted to our session room, where we registered and received the books which would be our constant companions during the year. September 24, then it was that Mercy Day was observed at Sacred Heart. It was a beautiful and inspiring party. We be- came acquainted with Mother Catherine McAuley and adjusted our- selves to the life at Sacred Heart. On that day we all were happy, the Sisters, because it was their special feast day, the girls, because it was an opportunity to help the Sisters welcome us newcomers, we were all elated now that the grace of Mother McAuley enveloped and blessed us. An informal affair, just for the students, was scheduled for October 31. We made a glamorous appearance in our various colored costumes. Our great expectation was realized in November, when we donned our new uniforms for the first time and assembled for our trip to Hartford. We visited the courthouse first and after wit- nessing a case we were addressed by the well-known Detective Hickey. Our next stop was at St. Augustine Novitiate. How cor- dially we were welcomed! How generously we were served! How considerate Mother Aloysius as to us all. The chapel, the singing, the Rosary Garden, the green-carpeted grounds are a few of the delights that linger stilll. St. Thomas' Seminary is far too lovely for mere description. Bishop McAuliffe's kind greeting, his generous description of every niche and corner of the chapel made us realize what an important and energetic man he is. He kindly gave us permission to examine every part of the Seminiary to our hearts content. What a sur- prise awaited us in the dining hall, for there we were served with delicious home-made ice cream and cakes. This enjoyable visit ended with the Bishop's blessing. Our last stop was at Hamilton Heights, where the girls and Sisters greeted us and we left with lunch enough to serve a fam- ished army. At six o'clock we arrived home tired, but oh so happy, after such a glad day. Just before our first reports, the Juniors surprised us with a de- lightful old-fashioned comedy, and shortly after, we observed Mother's Day.

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Mary Bannon Eleanor Bergin Agnes Coakley Evelyn Daigle Eleanor Donlon Olive Dumouchel Alice Fleming Lucy Guerrera Florence Berger Jane Budzin Rose Byrnes Catherine Carroll Anna Champion Pierina Ciullo Ruth Creem Agnes Dillon Loretta Dillon Thelma Blower Mary Jane Boyle Esther Brown Mary Burns Mary Butler Adeline Dupre Betty Emerson CLASS OF 1935 Catherine Harmon Rose Harmon Ruth Lynch Doris Malone Evelyn McCarthy Margaret McNally Anna McNamara Marion Munson Marie Nolan CLASS OF 1936 Betty Doyle Una Doyle Margaret Emerson Lillian Eustace Flora Gambino Mary Geoghegan Bernice Hackett Rita Kennedy Margery Kopp Theresa Marsele CLASS OF 1937 Genevieve Pepe Teresa Santora Josephine Secola Loretta Shannahan Mary Shea Rita Sullivan Esther Sullivan Beatrice Synnott Helen Miller Constance Minnervini Cathleen McNally Marcella Neverdauski Alice Prior Frances Riley Louise Riley Helen Sheehy Louise Synnott Esther Pazzaglini Angeline Abbondandolo Margaret Errico Georgianna La Pointe Stephanie Rinaldi Flora MacDonald Alice Mercier Dorothy Miller Marguerite Nardozza Mary Jane Rotella Catherine Shea Josephine Shea Rosemary Stenson Elizabeth Neverdauski Mary Taylor Margaret O'Loughlin Virginia O'Neil Jane Theroux

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The Senior Class- ofiiciated at the Christmas exercises and en- tertained us with a play depicting the spirit of the season. We were now used to the daily routine of Sacred Heart. Wed- nesday and Friday we had Physical T-. Every Friday we had two hours of Drawing. Every two weeks we had a literary club meeting -Father McTeague presiding. In February we had our three days retreat with Father 0'Brien as our retreat master. Each day we heard Mass and received in- structions. On St. Patrick's Day we planned a rose garden and we dressed in pink and green to carry out the color scheme. On May first we had our annual ceremony in our Blessed Mother's honor. Surely she smiled on us and bestowed a choice blessing on the girls, gathered in the cause of her love to express their devotions. The C. U. A. exams came oh May 18, and stayed for a long week. This year for the first time the Seniors gave a remarkable class play with Sister M. Reginald as coach. We all enjoyed their presentation of Whatsoever Ye Sow. It was a fitting close to a memorable year. CHAPTER THE SECOND ' 4 Refreshed and eager, as a result of the happy summer vaca- tioin, thirty-eight spirited sophomores assembled in the second-year room on the first day of school, September, 1931. The school year began quietly and earnestly, but it was soon evident that Old Man Depression , who was just then beginning to show his fangs to most of us, was destined to snatch away many of our former school pleasures and privileges. On October twelfth, we wistfully sacrificed our much-awaited trip to Hartford and brave- ly turned our thoughts toward the joys of Hallowe'en and Thanks- giving. At our Christmas festivities, we sadly missed the Tree, but were happy in the thought that the Infant Jesus received all these little sacrifices as brilliant gems, with which He will some day array us in heaven. Ten days of breathless, glorious Christmas holidays, and we were back at our posts, awaiting with mingled dread and appre- hension, our Mid-Year Exams. !After these unwelcome but inevita- ble visitors, we entered joyfully into our annual retreat, which ,to our great pleasure and advantage, was preached by the Rev. James Sullivan. While we were still enjoying the aftertastes of those beautiful days of Retreat, our hearts were stunned and saddened by the news that our beloved principal, Rev. John McTeague, because of ill health, was to be taken from us. If prayers were to any avail,