St Catharines Academy - Mercian Yearbook (New York, NY)

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JU IDRS We the Juniors of SCA feel now, rather humble: for upon us the future of earth may depend. Next year we shall be seniors, and from thence shall wend our various ways - so no wonder we pause a moment to scan the roadway we have already traversed. Back we spin to Freshman year, when we were greenies. Goodness, the sisters must have thought us raw material - and yet, so full of promise! Consider sophomore year: we've acquired a bit of polish, but the job is not yet completed. Now, peer at our term as iuniors. Note the increasing maturity in our eyes, in our purposes. Here, we began first to realize that we, personally, had a real duty toward the world. Soon we shall be seniors, equipped, not only by the Sister's transmission to us of math, science, languages, and history, but by a true sense of values and a firm moral standard backed by Mary, to become reliable and useful citizens. There is much we owe to, and will not forget of S.C.A. The subscription drive, the canned goods race, the Christmas plays, land vacationli, the school musical with Mr. Hayes, Mr, Trayhy's Glee Club, the Mercy League, Sodality, McAuley Guild - all of these have formed an integral part of our stay at S.C.A. All the years have helped mature us, and given us a new perspective and too, filled us with the realization that we are to imitate Christ, on all occasions. We the Juniors salute you, S.C.A. 22

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JU IORS Sept. l2, l95O was a cool morning for so early in the season. The untimely weather caused eighty- two girls, scattered in several parts of the city, to reluctantly button up sweaters and coats over new S.C.A. uniforms and set out on a determined first day of their high school career in S.C.A. Many diversions followed. Our school ploy, the Thanksgiving food drive, Christmas celebration and our glee club. Conscientious study and perseverance caused the year to pass quickly, and before we realized it we were seasoned sophomores lauding it over the green freshmen, and acting very knowingly about everything and everyone in the Academy. Sophomore year also brought us Father Bernier and the C.Y.A. meetings which helped to round out our spiritual and social beginnings. Sophomore year also brought the splitting up of the girls into different courses which made our circle of friends even larger. After an exciting but somewhat short summer we again flocked to the Academy for another year and could hardly believe We were next in line for seniors. The days are passing quickly again and we are now engaged in diligently trying to copy the seniors and live up to the carefully set standards of our predecessors. 23