Sacred Heart College - Gradatim Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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G R A D A T I M 4 4 n w ii Dar ' s sumpin Yas, Sister, dar ' s sumpin. I ' se been ' round dis heah school now fer fo ' or five yeas. I sees chillun come an I sees em go. And ebry time one comes I says to myself: Now. Jane, sumpin s gwine to happen to dat chile She ain ' t gwine to leab heah jis lak she is now. She ' s gwine to grow. Well, any youngun ' ll do dat. She ' s gwine to study some and larn some — Well, dat ' s what she ' s been sant heah for — She ' s gwine to play some — God bless her soul, I hopes she play er lot. But all de time she ' s doin ' dem tings, dar ' s gwine to be sumpin er wurkin ' on de inside ob her. She ' s gwine to git so she kin grab holer her temper. Dat waggin ' tongue, too. will be holt. She ' ll grin all de time. Dat box her ma gwine to sen ' her. why. she ' ll jes ' nachally run round an ' gather up her frien ' s and. like a ole hen what ' s foun ' a worm, she ' ll give ' em some ob dem eats — she ' ll quit sayin ' bad tings agin ' de oder girls er de teachers. An ' she ' ll be, ebry now an ' den, a-sneakin ' into dat little chutch ober dere. Yas. Sister mam. I says to myself dat all dese tings are gwine to sho ' happen to dat chile. And ebry time I mak up my mind to watch an ' see what ' s a doin ' all dese tings. An ' I watches an ' watches; but I kaint see nuttin. ' But nuttin ' kaint do all dese tings. I knows dat. Es sho ' as I got dis broom in my han ' , it ' s sumpin, yas ' m. sumpin. When I ' se er sweepin ' dese halls, some times. I ' se jis crbout plum tuckered out a worrin ' crbout my lazy, good-fur-nuttin ' ole man. I is worrin ' lots and my heart is erbout brake, when, er long comes dat little ' un I seen cryin ' wid horn sickness here las ' week. She comes up er skippin ' an ' er grinnin ' and she ups and says. Howdy, Jane. Hab er Milky Wave. yas. take half. I ' se got plenty. An as I takes one she grins and looks lak it makes her happy jis to gib ole black me a piece ob candy. Den Bye. On her way she skips. Plum happy. Sister, how dat child has changed! Dat sumpin what ' s er ' round dese walls has sho ' been er wurkin ' on her. Dem little shoulders ez riz up. Dem legs is a movin ' faster. Dem brown eyes is er sparklin ' like de stars. Sumpin ' s doin ' it. Sumpin ' s done teached her to mine her manners. Sumpin ' s done led her to be nice to her frien ' s. Sumpin ' s made her just glad to be er livin ' ; an ' sumpin ' s made life plum glad dat such er sweet chile is alive. Sumpin. Sister, an ' I ' se curious to know. Yas ' m, I ax ' d one ob dem big gals what calls dey sefs Seniors, what it wuz aroun ' heah dat done such big wuck on de chillun. de big uns and de little uns. She kinder grins lak, an ' say: Jane, its de atmosphere ob de Cademy Atmosphere. Lordy. Sister, honey, how does de lak ob me know what dat is. So I up an ' axes her ergin an ' den she say Atmosphere means Environment. But. Sister, I gits mad: case I tinks dat gal is er callin ' me by some ob dese new fangled cuss wuds. When she sees me er gittin ' riled up. why. bless her heart, she splains dat environment is de sumpin ' I been lookin ' fer. She tells me dat it means ebry ting what is eround de chillun in de school: de dormitory; de dinin ' room; de study-hall; de gym; de play-groun ' ; de gals; de Sisters: de Chaplain: an ' what she call culture, an ' den, her eyes done git kinder dreamy lak. as she say. low and sweet — Jane, it means most of all God. who is here all de time. All dese teach us gals to know God, to serb Him de bes ' we kin all de time. An ' when we is er serbin ' ob God we is er keepin ' ob His commandments, dem Ten what God Page Seventeen y %

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G R A D A T I M Cletus Wacchtcr, step forward. For some time after your graduation from a school of design, you will act as a model in exclusive clothing establishments. Later you will work hard upon original designs. After much labor, they will be successful. You will make trips to Paris regularly for new ideas. In a few years you will have the center of fashion removed from Paris to New York. Your sweetest triumph will be a portrait of yourself hung in the recreation room of Sacred Heart Academy and a statue raised to you in Louisville. Kentucky. Hazel Wells, step forward. Thou art last and yet shalt be first. ' Ere long the world will lose its attraction for you and you shall heed the Divine Call. Yours will not be the task of soothing the suffering. Nay, the world will know you not through your hidden life. The closed doors of the Carmelite Convent will swing open at your touch. Yours will be a joyous life, holding communion only with your Spouse, spea king only to Him from the depths of that warm, courageous heart of yours. Truly thou art last and yet shalt be first. The witches fade from view and naught is left but our own thoughts. Was it a dream? Maybe not. Maybe . . . Oh! Cui bono? MARGARETTA GOLLNER. Prophetess. Bridge Club Left to Right: Cletus Waechter, Theresa Montksanti, Harriett Bush, Mary Louise MiNOBE, Alma Parker, Josephine Thomas, Margaret Middleton, Beverley Fox, Mildred Harris, Sarah Sanders, ROSLYN KraVITCH, FRANCES AnCELO, Jfl.IA HARRIS, OlIVE I I E N ESSE K , BETTY ChADWHK, Page Sixteen r)

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I % i m GRADATIM done writ on stone an ' gib to Moses — den we is cr lubin ' God an ' our neighbor as oursefs as the Good Book say. An ' Jane, to do dis right we mus ' use up all dat God gibs us. We mus ' make our bodies strong and healthy by playin ' lak Sister tells us. She knows bes ' what kinder play we need. An we mus ' make our minds study to larn geography, ' rithmatic. an ' bookkcepin ' an ' histry. Den. too. we mus ' larn to serb God right; an ' good manners, an ' fair play, an ' to be er good sport. All dese and den to lub God — to lub Him all de time. Jane, dats de sumpin you ' s cr looktn ' for. Dats de sumpin what ' s er wurkin ' on us gals all dc time. But. Sister, honey, dat gal ' s er boarder. Yas ' um. she dat big happy gal what says she ' s gwine to be cr nuss. I tinks. may be. case she ' s a boarder, she just ain ' t right in her jedgments. So I jis grunts an ' still keeps er lookin ' . when, bless yo ' heart, who comes er long but dat long legged gal from Mt. Holly, de ones what ' s cr actor in all dese shows ' roun ' here. So I axes her all crbout it. an ' sho ' as yo ' born, Sister, she tells me jest zackly de same what dat boarder done tole me. She wuz so kind an ' so sweet when she tells me all erbout Environment at de Cademy. Now, Sister, scuze me fer talkin ' so long, but I wants you to tell me if dem gals wuz er speakin ' de truf. Is de sumpin what wurks on dese chilluns at dis Cademy an ' makes em all ober agin into sure ' nuff ladies, is dis sumpin dat Environment what dem gals been tellin ' me erbout? Is it. Sister? I ' se anxious to know. Yas ' um. I is an ' do you reckon if I ' d larn some more ' bout dat sumpin I could take some home to my five little kinky-heads? Do you reckon when dey runs to meet dey mammy tonight dat de sumpin wat ' s aroun ' dese halls would go wid me an ' hep dem to be good an ' sweet and smart lak dese gals. Sister, honey, will I tell my little pickaninnies to look fer sumpin? — Marjorie Venning. % Page Eighteen