St Cyril Academy - Violets Yearbook (Danville, PA)

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The lecture W111 be glven by S1ster M Seraph1a SS C M whom many of us know well as an excellent and 1nsp1r1ng teacher Slster has a Masters Degree 1n Psychology and IS at present head of the Sacred Heart Remed1al Read1ng C11n1e ln the W1lk6S Barre area In terest 1n the type of work S1St6T does w1th chldren IS so general that surely we shall be more than eager to recelve f1rsthand 1nformat1on on thls 1ntr1gu1ng subject A d1seuss1on perlod w1ll follow Plans for the luncheon of course rest wlth the Luncheon Com m1ttee But dur1ng the meetlng a uggest1on was made about enter ta1nment whlch I am passlng on to you Any alumna who would 11ke to contr1bute to the entertalnment Wlth e1ther muslc or song IS eordxally muted to offer her talents to the Commlttee Furthermore 1f anyone would llke to have her chlldren present a number or two I assure you they Wlll be more than welcome Wr1te your response to M1 s lVI1ldred Mlhallk 103 Montgomery Street Shamok1n Pa Tourmg the New W1ng WhlCh many of you have no doubt seen r1s1ng ought to brmg us great Joy and sat1sfact1on Joy that at last Alma Mater IS expand1ng her faC1l1t16S to accommodate the greater numbers and Sat1sfact1on that the alumnae both as 1nd1v1 duals and as a group have contrlbuted generously and magmflcently to 1ts real1zat1on I dont suppose lt ever happens 1Thank Godl that our Asso 1a t1on IS wlthout a good representatmn among the HOVICQS and postul ants That IS why a v1s1t to the NOV1tl3t6 IS always welcome and re ma1ns one of the h1ghl1ghts of the Reunlon The evenlng W111 see us at a grand get together s1ng1ng and dancmg and play1ng games IPYIZGS w1ll be provlded by the New York Chapter! And before we know It and certa1nly all too soon well have come to the end of a perfect day Home Com1ng Day' Our f1rst' No busmess th1s tlme yet a f1ne balance of sp1r1tual 1ntellectual SOClal beneflts IS yours for the takmg Br1ng your husbands by all means and let them share the Joys of the day w1th you In the near future you w1ll recelve a personal 1nv1tat1on to meet all your old fr1ends and make new ones to bask once aga1n 1n the sunsh1ne of Alma Maters gen1al smlle and to exper1ence once aga1n How bl1 sful sweet Alma Mater W1th1n thy shelter to l1ve Where heavn and nature unlted The1r lovehest b1eSS1ngS to g1ve Ill be seetmg you then Smcerely 105611111118 Valyo 34 Pres1dent 92 - . , . . ., , . . 1 ' -1 - - W X 5.1 1 ' - 'V' Y 7 I S 1 - y X RQ n 1 ' 1. . ' , N 1 N' t - v S D . .V . .,, . 1 1 1 ' A 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 -J . , . n. - N .. V -J' 1 . ' ' 1 . . , 1 N - 1 1 1 - ' 1 1 1 . , . . . V U ' sl , s , . . . . . ,, s. . , . 1 7 ' 1 . v , , P s .

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resent us at the Federat1on of Cathollc Alumnae Conference held 111 Hershey Pa She attended It at the cost of much personal mconvenl ence we know and brought back an 1nsp1r1ng report Among the recommendatlons made was that we present a book to the Autographed Book Collectlon at Slsters College CathO11C Un1 vers1ty of Amerlca Our selectlon was blovenske rehole v Amerlke whlch Dr Hrusovsky graclously autographed for us M1 s M1hal1k has also been appomted to serve as chalrman of the Luncheon Commlttee for our flrst Home Comlng Day October 6 1956 The cholce of the other members IS left to the chalrman Before launchmg 1nto plans for the Home Com1ng Day I should l1ke to tell you about the receptlon of 33 sen1ors 1nto the Alumnae Assoc1at1on the afternoon of the 15th The ceremony was held as usual 1n the aud1tor1um 1n the presence of the faculty the student body and many guests Among the latter were seven alumnae The offlcers preslded I'eC9lVlIlg the semors pledges of loyalty and welcom 1ng them 1nto the Assoc1at1on A speclal feature on the recept1on program was a plano con cert presented by Glorla Fendrlck 54 now a mus1c major at Mary wood College Qcranton Pa Wlth her was Mlss Annette Klta a frlend and classmate who played the clarmet Both glrls showed great talent and sk1ll and dehghted us w1th thelr fme selectlons They surely must have been an 1nsp1rat1on to the young muslclans ln the audlence The alumnae afterwards entertamed the new members at a soc1al held 1n the recreatlon room Around the punch bowl we made new frlends Whlle munchlng cookies rozkg. torta and an assort ment of t1d b1tS l1ke popcorn and nuts As we W1Sh6d to make the occaslon as memorable as posslble we presented each senxor w1th a colorful nosegay as a concrete souvenxr from her b1g sxsters Judg 1ng from the general satlsfactlon dlsplayed and expressed I would ay A good t1me was had by all And now back to the Home Comlng A tentatlve program has been drawn up as follows 9 00 Holy Mass Breakfast 10 30 Lecture Subject The Chlld and the Testmg Program 1 00 Luncheon 0 00 Benedlctlon and Rosary QF1rst Saturday! 3 30 Tour of New Wmg V1s1t to Nov1t1ate 6 00 Buffet Supper 4 0 Socxal 91 h , . L 1 ' ' I ' 1 - , , - - Y - . N, , . . ' 3 - v , . S v v - ' Y + ' 7 , -. . . . . . , ' y . . , . . 1 1 N' 1 - 1 N c.. , . N . . . . . H V Y,, 'V v v - , . ' W v ' as ' ' xv A 1 - v cc ' H s , , fx. ' ' ' V1.0 -

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Hls Excellent-5 with Rev Joseph Smarsh chaplaln Dr Stephanle Husek, guest speaker, and M Mlhallk M Rgmsza and M Nalex anko officers of the Alumnae ASSOCl2ltl0H Eleventh Alumnae RCUIIIOII Once agam Alma Mater s doors were opened wxde the welcome mat was put out and a grand recept1on was planned for her daugh ters on Home Coming Weekend Some forty loyal alumnae from the states of OhlO V1rg1n1a New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsyl vanla and Washlngton D C VlSlfBd her durmg the s ason SIHCC thls years was a busmess reunlon the ma1n ISSUES were the electlon of offlcers and the rev1s1on of the By Laws H1s Excellency the Most Reverend George L Leech DD J CD honorary presldent of the Assoclatlon was guest of honor at the banquet held at Plne Barn Inn Guest speaker at the banquet was Dr Stephame O Husek professor of hlstory at Georglan Court College Lakewood New Jer sey In hlghllghtlflg the chlef events of Slovak hlstory she demon strated conv1nc1ngly that one lS rlghtly proud to belong to the Slovak natxon Hls Excellency corroborated her assert1ons by recalhng h1s own pleasant assoc1at1on w1th the Slovaks both ln lrus boyhood and IH later l1fe The alumnae undoubtedly saw another app11cat1on of Shakespeares To thy own self be true 93 1 1 1 , . . . . . Y . ,. . , . , , . K . . . . y v . , . - - Q . . . , . Q . W , . V Y - - -. 1 1 v ' 1 s ' . . . . . Q . . M , . ., .. C . , . . . . . v 9 ' ' ' - 1 - 'v u - 1, x X , L . V . , , Q r v ' . a r r at , 77 LJ bv q n n