Sacred Heart College - Gradatim Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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College Sophomores LlDIA Diez Valdes Havana, Cuba Lidia is Eloisa ' s sister. She has been the possessor of the prize-winning room in Victory Hall for two consecutive years. She has dark hair, dark eyes, and an artis- tic aptitude that lends itself on all occa- sions that require the beautiful. This year she went to all the Abbey football games, ostensibly to see the team play, but we think Olan was the team in this case. Sodality (1, 2); Commercial Club (1, 2). Marcella Eunice White Seneca, S. C. Marcella, who knows that there is more to being a secretary than merely possess- ing the ability to take dictation, is, never- theless, determined to be one — and a good one, at that! If character and personality — and aren ' t they both tangled? — count for anything, Marcella will assuredly make a success of whatever she undertakes. . . . She has, too, a constant spray of boy friends and is the proud possessor of ten identification bracelets! Basketball (1, 2); Sodality (1, 2); Com- mercial Club (1, 2); May Court (1, 2); Class Vice-President; Gradatim Staff (2); Class Prophet (2). Page Twenty-three

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College Sophomores Genevieve Marie Trott Newton, N. C. Genny may be seen any week-end board- ing the bus for Newton. She is a good sport, a basketball star, and a very obliging young- lady, who happens to have a special apti- tude for mathematics. She it was, too, who constituted our one-man cheering section that boosted the morale of the Abbey players. Genny will be missed, so will her well-stocked supplies with which she returned on Monday from Newton. Dramatic Club (1, 2); Sodality (1, 2); Basketball (1, 2); Sacred Heart Echoes Staff (1, 2) ; Gradatim Staff (2) ; Writers ' Club (1, 2); Class Historian (2). Eloisa Diez Valdes Havana, Cuba Eloisa is one of our two excitable stu- dents from Cuba, both of whom practice the good neighbor policy. She has learned quite a bit of American jive, such as hubba. hubba with a Spanish accent. Eloisa is clever with both hands and head, and is particularly nimble with the article termed a thimble. She is quiet and un- assuming, and is a friend of all. Sodality (1, 2); Commercial (1, 2). Page Twenty-two

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CLASS HISTORY For the past two years we, the members of the Graduating Class, have been sailing over the waves of college life on the good ship, S.H.C. It is a great pleasure to bring back memories of that voyage: On Sep- tember 12, 1945, twenty young ladies enlisted for the two-year cruise We elected Beckie Holton Captain of the crew, Sally McNeil her assist- ant, Irene Lowe treasurer, and Dorothy Robbins secretary. During the first week or two aboard we were the rats in the hold and steered shy of those upperclassmen who controlled the decks. The days of the cruise were spent mostly in the pursuit of learning, but there were week-ends ashore that more than made up for the tumult of wind and wave. But even on the high seas there may be a Queen of Hearts ; and after Christmas and the semester exams, we sponsored a Valentine Party at which Therese Birkner attained this distinction. There was too ' further in the spring a May Queen, and what campaigning we did for her! Lucile Baddour ( Ridgy ) was elected, and made lovely rovalty Then came the day of the college banquet. We treated the Sophomores to the best treat of the year, and in doing so had a grand time ourselves After this dinner we danced for hours at the Captain ' s Ball. Then came Graduation and we felt a little sad because it was farewell time, but with the sadness was mingled a joy at the thought that now half the hardships of the voyage were over for us. When after the long leave ashore we resumed the trip September 1946 was already twelve days old. Our crew had grown smaller, but we had at last come into possession of our sea legs. and no lurch of the ship could make us feel the least discomfort. The Captain this time was Dorothy Robbins, the assistant Marcella White, Jeanne Gill treasurer and Beckie Holton secretary. Not many days out we sighted the good ship Abbey and were delighted to learn that many ex-G. I ' s had boarded it. The Introductory Dance between the crews of both ships was very enjoyable, and we found ourselves carried over the waves in so many enjoyable ways that we forget the tedium of the journey This year Dorothy Robbins was elected Editor-in-Chief of the Gradatim and Beckie Holton Business Manager. To Beckie came also the honor of Mav Queen for 1947. Our cruise was fast drawing to a close when we were given that much looked-forward-to banquet by the freshmen. It was a most lovely affair as was the dance after it. Then came— all too swiftly, alas!— the day of debarkment. The harbor lights were brilliant, indeed, and the crowds joyous ; but there are days when we miss the tang of the salty sea waves and the lullaby winds at dawn, and then we have an overwhelming desire to go down to the sea again. But, alas, there isn ' t a ship in sight! Genevieve Trott, college sophomore Page Twenty-four