St Aloysius High School - Aloysian Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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CLASS OFFICERS Section 11-2 President . Frank Dolan Vice President . . William Connor Sec'y-Treasurer Henry Fryczynski 9 Page Sixty-eiglvl -:'I'lIE1933

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CLASS HISTORY SECTION 1 1-1 On September 9. we mounted to the third deck of the good ship. S. A. High School. Only one ladder now separated us from the fourth and final deck, senior year and graduation. The sky was cloudless and the sea so calm on our first day out of this new port, that we all thought a sheltered year was ahead for us. We were sailing on a smooth sea. what tempest could disturb the iuniors? Soon we found ourselves in rough waters, but we successfully rode the wave which caused the separation of the boys and girls of the third year. We of ll-l soon became accustomed to the quiet serenity of an all girl class with Sister Veronique as our First Mate. The sea was once again disturbed when we first attempted translating the oration of Cicero and memorizing the subiunctive mood of irregular French verbs. Next we braved the storm created by the turbulent events surrounding the death of Iulius Caesar and the storming of the Bastille. What a lull Algebra was in comparison to the difficult subiects presented by our Religion texts. As a hint of the coming winter was in the air and lessons were becoming irksome. the Iunior Crew decided to hold a barn dance. The boys under the girls' directions transformed our spacious ballroom into a typical bam. We came attired as milkmaids or as sturdy farmers and for many hours our waves of laughter rippled over the sea. When the Varsity played on the sports deck those members of the team from 11-1: Rita Dunne, Maryrose Kierce, Vera Mulpeter, Dorothy Smith, and Catherine Sullivan gave an excellent display of their skill in basketball. They were cheered to victory by Ellen O'Farrell of our class, as a member of the Cheerleading Squad. Toward Christmas the Publicity Committee sponsored a poster contest and Marice Butler, Catherine Fitzgerald, and Marie Hayes from the third deck were fortunate in winning prizes. A When classes ended for the Christmas holidays. the senior class invited all the underclassmen to the top deck where they gave an inspiring reenactment of The First Christmas. At the beginning of the new year it was decided that our annual enter- tainment would consist of three one act plays. Two were presented by the seniors and one by the iuniors. In The Florist Shop displayed the dramatic ability of Marice Butler and Catherine Fellmer as the happy-go-lucky shop girl, Maude: and Marie Nevins and lean Walliser as the fluttering middle- aged spinster, Miss Wells. We of 309 have treasured memories of happy and prosperous years on the third deck. Although we are still iuniors we are eagerly looking forward to our arrival on the fourth deck and our graduation. With the traditional luck of God-fearing sailors we shall reach the fourth deck soon and follow the course set by the present seniors who have proved themselves true and companionable shipmates. So to the Seniors setting out on the yet unchartered seas of life, we juniors bid Bon Voyage . AIAIYSIAN Page Szxty raven

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IUNIOR CLASS HISTORY SECTION 11-2 Anchors aweigh, me laddies! bellows our captain as he paces the deck. Fill that iibe! Trim the genoa! Helsman, point her nose out for the bounty main! Yes, it's true: our ship is under way. Two years of preparation have preceded this excursion upon the sea of life. Freshman and sophomore years have sped by, with the swiftness of a typhoon, and now on the last lap of our iourney, we sail to a goal shrouded in uncertainty. For somewhere out there, beyond the horizon, lies our destiny: and who of us shall venture to forecast it? All that has been accomplished now seems clearer. As insignificant freshmen and wise sophs , and finally, as heir apparent iuniors, our school work was, well, just a waste of time ---- something we had to do. Latin, English and French, what's their worth? Trigonometry and Algebra, oh, what headaches! But now. each fits in its place. All seem an integral part of the preparation for what we hope will be the culmination, the crowning point of our four years work. But our iunior year HAS been something to remember. Latin and French now being comparatively easy, we tackled Trigonometry with a will and conquered it in much the same way as we mastered all our other studies. Meanwhile the honor roll saw a goodly number of our names emblazoned thereon. But our activities were not confined to the classroom only. Art contests were held and we carried off our share of the prizes. Second place in the intra-mural track meet fell to our fleet-footed and high-iumping trackmen. Numerous berths on the basketball, baseball, and track teams were gained by our aspiring athletes. Then late in February our thespians donned the mask of drama in the annual school play and were a pronounced success. Naturally this is a record that we are proud of and it is one that must be maintained, but our iunior year is near completion. We sail on. The bowsprit of our ship plows deep into every oncoming wave but rises again iust as we meet every difficulty and take it in our stride. Our sails are filled with kindly east winds iust as our minds are imbued with the teachings of our faithful Sisters. United by our fraternity in the Sodality, we skim o'er sun tinted waters, guided by our Lady, Star of the Sea. Thus after ten months of plying the briny deep of scholastic knowledge, we look forward to the last lap of our iourney when we shall enter upon the grandest adventure of our school life, rejoicing in the realization that at last-we are Seniors! ' ' - AIAIYSIAN - , .. Page Szxty nzne