Sacred Heart College - Gradatim Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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PROPHECY R-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-ing! Mr. Jones ' office. This is long distance calling Marcella White from Belmont, N. C. This is she. Marcella, this is Sister Stephen at the Alumnae Office, Sacred Heart. We are planning a reunion of the 1947 class, and would like you to write to the members of it and make plans for the event. It will take place on the twentieth of the month. Sister, that sounds wonderful! Get a pencil and paper ready, and I will inform you of their where- abouts — in case you don ' t know! Everything ' s ready, Sister. Start naming them ! Dorothy Robbins is laboratory technician at the Mercy Hospital in Charlotte. So she ' s still looking for bacteria? Yes, and Mary Santos is at the Mercy now, too, ordering all those nurses around. And Mary used to be so mild ! Well, one never knows. But. Sister, where is Ruth Craig? Ruth is in a hospital, too, the Memorial, in Charlotte. She is Head Dietitian You know, of course, that Therese Birkner married? She brought Tim Junior here to see us the other day. He is the loveliest child. Sister, I heard from Genevieve Trott last week. She is now head of the Mathematics Department at Columbia University. I have her address. Yes I knew that. Do you remember Lydia and Eloisa Diez? Lydia is contemplating marriage and Eloisa is teaching Home Economics very successfully in a New York City school. And— before I forget it!— try to contact Jeanne Gill, will you? She is, you know, a surgeon now, and is engaged mostly in facial surgical operations. I think I have her address, Sister. Now Jeanne can get the kind of husband she wants— either before or after! Good looks always did count with her. Carolyn Huffstickler is in the same field as yourself. She is now private secretary to the Secretary of the Interior. According to my list, we have everyone checked now except Rebecca Holton; and she is head of the Physical Education Department, Women ' s Division, University of North Carolina. That ' s one thing I didn ' t know, Sister; though I might have known Beckie would make good in her chosen field. I can hardly wait until the Reunion! I shall v rite my former classmates at once. Call me again, Sister, if I can be of any service to you. Goodbye! Goodbye! Marcella White, college sophomore Page Twenty-five

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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

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT After much deliberation and concentration and a good deal of gazing into the future, we, the sophomores of 1947, relinquish the following to our beloved friends at Sacred Heart Junior College. We make no statements relative to the soundness of our minds. These be strenuous times, and the recent exams took heavy toll of our mental efficiency. We declare, nevertheless, that the following is our latest Will and Testament. Article I To the Faculty we leave our grateful appreciation of all they have taught us by word and example and our assurance that we will ever retain a high esteem for, and a grateful remembrance of them. Article II To the students of Sacred Heart Junior College and Academy we leave the memory of us and the good example we so willingly afforded them. Article III I, Ruth Craig, will and bequeath my willingness of mind and body to go to the Abbey for Sociology Class to Chris Parker, who otherwise may be hesitant about climbing the steps to the second floor. To the girls in Room 201, Bebo, Peggy, and Betty, we, Eloise and Lidia Diaz, will our fixing talent. Girls, let us hear next year that you have won the prize! I, Jeanne Gill, leave to Betty Reed and Mary Powers my skill in passing all my biology tests. Of course, this bequest will not be of any use unless added to a good deal of application to the text and quite an amount of attention in class. To Lillian Katosek, I, Beckie Holton, will the time that I spent getting advertisements for the 1947 annual. This should give her an extra few weeks ' vacation next year. I, Carolyn Huffstickler, do will to Betty Jean Craig my technique in choosing that certain boy — Abbey vs. Carolina. I, Dot Robbins, being of as sound mind as I ever will be, bequeath to Kathleen Neilson my tattered and torn dictionary with hopes that she will know more about that which she talks than I with my extensive, arduous gesticulating. I, Mary Veronica Santos, do LEAVE!! To Laddie Shea, my roommate, I, Marcella White, do will my efficiency in giving encyclopedia daffynitions. My voice, once so strong but now weakening after two years strenuous use at the Abbey games, I, Genevieve Trott, do lavish upon any Freshman who thinks she can handle it. I, Therese Birkner, leave my endless list of anecdotes (which , at least, have enjoyed so much!) to Ernestine Russell. Here ' s hoping she ' ll be conscious of the points and not get pricked by them. Therese Birkner, Lawyer Witnesses: Kitty, our four-year-old, and her Teddy Bear. Page Twenty-six