St Cyril Academy - Violets Yearbook (Danville, PA)

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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

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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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In a note wrxtten after she reached home Dr Husek sald 1n part I do hope the glrls llked my talk and that It d1d some good As for myself I enjoyed every mmute of It All the glrls were very graclous and lt was a pleasure to watch how well they conducted the entlre affalr As I told them and I slncerely meant every word of It I have never been w1th a group that showed more POISG naturalness and ablhty 1n meetmg people and actmg as hostesses And I have m mmd many college groups wmth whlch I have met At one of the SGSSIOHS a complete rev1s1on of the By Laws was submltted for the conslderatlon and approval of the membershlp Some of the most notable charges are Instead of the bxenmal reumon over Labor Day weekend Alumnae Home Comxng Day w1ll be held each year on the fxrst Satur day of October The term of Off1C6 has been reduced from 4 to 2 years The Off1C8 of correspond1ng se retary has replaced that of as s1stant secretary The Executwe Board has had 1ts dutles more clearly defmed and supplemented to meet the needs of a growmg organ1zat1on The elect1on of offxcers brought the followmg results Presldent Mrs John Valyo fHT1CkO 34? Garden C1ty N Y Treasurer MISS Mary Pekarclk 33 Woodslde Long Island New York Recordlng Secretary M1ss Concetta Pagano 51 Brooklyn N Y Correspondlng Secretary Mxs Evelyn Pagano 53 Brooklyn New York Sunday afternoon found everyone enjoymg barbecued we1ners and other p1cn1c spec1alt1es provlded by the alumnae In the late after noon the New York Chapter sponsored a Bmgo Party wh1ch was attended bv the S1sters as Well as the alumnae Through the courtesy of W1ll1am Butler of Cornerford Thea ters Scranton a fllm was shown entltled Pot O Gold To Messrs Valyo Hmtz Troy Rothwell Sromosky and Rackus are due slncere thanks for the flne sp1r1t of cooperatlon they d1s played not only durlng the Reumon but always They contrlbuted not a l1ttle to the general enthusxasm Next October Alma Mater Wlll be eagerly awa1t1ng another enjoyable reumon wlth her daughters if 94 , . ll ' ' v 1 . . . y . . . v ! 1 ' ' ' U .A . . y an . . . , . . . , , . . Vice-President: Miss Bernardine Zakutny '43, Allentown, Pa. ' 7 Y Y . u . , . , , . . . I . Q , - . .. , , V ' ' Ki Y A 7? v D ' ' l l ! Y Y Y I ' D , . .