Sacred Heart College - Gradatim Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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G R A D A T I M Last Will and Testament State of North Carolina. County of Gaston. City of Belmont. ESTELLE W. CUDDY Attorney -at -Lau. ' We, the class of 1935, being practically insane, due to examinations, and feeble of body, due to hard work, do declare this to be our Last Will and Testament- Any other writing here- tofore or hereafter purporting to be our Last Will and Testament is null and void. ARTICLE 1 To our Directress we express our appreciation for her unfailing sympathy, her tact and sense of humor, that have enabled her to help us through so many difficulties. ARTICLE II To our faculty we wish to extend our thanks for their perseverance in instilling knowledge into our heads and the desire to be virtuous into our souls. ARTICLE III To the Student Body we bequeath our love for S, H. A. and the Sisters We sincerely hope that they will value it as much during their school term as we have learned to appreciate it at the close of ours. ARTICLE IV I. Marjorie Venning, do will my influence over the members of the faculty to Roslyn Kravitch. who needs it. I, Margaretta Gollner, do will my ability to reach home quickly every Friday afternoon and every holiday to Nancy Underwood and Annie Martinez of Guam. I. Sara Sanders, do will my ability to get to English Class on time to Loretta Diggle. I, Cletus Waechter, do will to the President of the Class of 1936 my executive ability and best wishes for success. I. Mildred Harris, do will and bequeath my charming disposition to Mary Soule. I, Hazel Wells, do will my position as school comedienne to Edith Adams. I. Harriett Bush, do will my bedspread and my superfluity of avoir-du-pois to Margaret Middlecon. I, Betty Diggle, do will my savoir faire to Dorothy Freeman. I. Jessie Tatum, do will my scholarliness to Olive Hennessee. hoping that Olive will use it more than she did this year. I. Estelle Cuddy, do will my inability to refuse to do any task or fill any office that no one else will do to Betty Chadwick. We, the Catechists. do will our religion classes to the Class of 1936, hoping that they will be able to carry on our work and find it as interesting as we did This will having been determined, drawn up, and signed in legal manner, is hereby authorized by us. (Signed) The Individual Members of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-five. ESTELLE CUDDY. Class Counsellor. WITNESSES: Barbara Rushing ALMA PARKER Page Thirteen

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G R A D A T I M : To the Class of 1935 I WISH THEE WELL I wish thee well ! May all thy days be fair and bright Each vesper set in mellow light, And calm and kind be every night — I wish thee well! May all thy ways be sweetly strewn, And grace e ' er cause thy heart to bloom. And all thy deeds be virtue hewn — I wish thee well ! I wish thee well! May starfields from the highest blue Pour blessings down as gentle dew Enriching thee in heaven ' s view — I wish thee well ! And if the sky an incense rain On thee, poor thurible of pain, Oh may thy heart burn all as gain — I wish thee well ! I wish thee well! And with our tainted nature ' s Pride To place before thee as a guide I call on Jesus Crucified To wish thee well ! That thus a life be lived and led Not thine, but Christ be in thy stead. Tis thus I have forever said — I wish thee well ! % The Chapel Here indeed seem Heaven ' s uates ajar. Page Tiuelve

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GRADATIM Senior Class History Just four short but full years ago we entered Sacred Heart Academy for the first time. For some of us it was our first year at boarding school, in fact, in some cases the first winter away from home. After we had sufficient time to recover from our homesickness, we began to look about us. and finally came to the conclusion that there were many changes to be made and. as we were about the most important people around, we should be the ones to make them. How- ever, before long the SENIORS informed us that dear old S. H. A. had gotten along very well before we came and could get along just as well now that we were here, and furthermore, we were made to understand that as far as Fresh- men were concerned — well, they rated a little less than nothing. We recovered from this great insult in time to enjoy the many activities of the school and before we knew it we were Sophomores. As Sophs we regained some of our enthusiasm of the previous year. But just when we were feeling our importance to the highest degree some very unkind person informed us that the word Sophomore meant foolishly wise. How- ever, we soon drowned our sorrows in our studies and the many, many social events of the year. The time passed quickly and soon we were Juniors. We had entertain- ments of all kinds, made the basketball team, and gave the Junior-Senior Banquet (which we thought just too. too lovely). Then came commencement! How silly we thought the Seniors were, crying all the time. When WE are Seniors there will be no tears. We ' re going out to conquer the world. Didn ' t they realize that they had actually received their diplomas? And now we are SENIORS! We have enjoyed the Senior clubs, privi- leges, and social activities, but. as the time grows nearer for our graduation, we can understand why there were tears last year at commencement. We have lost our enthusiasm to conquer the world and wish only to go out into it and prove ourselves worthy of the expectations of our teachers and classmates, and worthy also of the name of Children of Mary. We leave, as most Seniors do, sadly and gladly; sadly, because we realize that we must part from those we love dearly — our Chaplain, the Sisters, and our schoolmates: gladly, because we are proud to have had the honor of having the Sisters of Mercy as our instructresses, both in educational and spiritual matters, and because we have had the privilege of living, these past four years, in close contact with Our Creator. May we always remain close to His Sacred Heart and to His Blessed Mother. Harriett Bush. Historian. %