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

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SOPHOMORES As we approach iunior year, we look back with happy memories on our first two years in our already beloved S.C.A. The first day we were a large frightened group, scared of new subjects, wonder- ing what the new world would be like. After our initiation party, we learned that the seniors weren't the orgies of which we had dreamed. Instead, they made us feel at home and happy in our new school. Many activities kept us on our toes all year, our successful part in the canned goods drive, the Christmas entertainment, and Turn Back the Melody, a musical comedy, in which we starred in the chorus and skits. After we had finished our first year Latin, and lived through twg weeks of tests and suspense, we knew we had conquered the Gauls, too, and approached the next September eager, and with high spirits. The Catholic Press Drive started the round of new activities in our sophomore year and by Thanks- giving we were well on our way to becoming successful St. Catharine's sophomores. After the traditional Christmas festivities we began practicing for another successful St. Catharine's play. Our basketball team started to warm up and before we knew it the Regents exams had arrived. During that eventful week everything was hushed while the students transferred on paper the learning they had daily stored over a long period of time. The building we had learned to love so well, we knew we must hesitatingly leave, never to return. Since spirit makes the school we are determined to bring along that same spirit which must pervade our new building. 24

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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

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SOPHCMORES In September, 1951, the doors of St. Catharine's Academy were opened once again to a group of anxious, but uncertain freshmen. We could hardly realize that a summer had changed us from silly ele- mentary scholars -to young ladies of the Academy. As we were assigned to our classrooms, we could only guess, concerning the times awaiting us. We studied entirely new and different subjects - Latin, science and algebra. initiation, Christmas, and Retreat flew by in succession and before we knew it, our first school year had come to an end. When we returned to St. Catharine's in l952, we were no longer noisy freshmen, but sophisticated sophomores. We were assigned new subiects once again - French, world history and biology. Before long, we were preparing for our Christmas play. Next year, however, we shall be looking forward to being the first juniors in the new academy. 25