St Dominic Academy - Dominica Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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CLASS HISTORY N September 10 1933 the thurteen orugunal members of the Class of 1937 assembled to begun theur studues at St Domunuc Academy lt seems only yesterday that we stood un front of the school watchung the confudent upper classmen on the porch renewung old fruendshups and at the same tume keenly unspectung us the tumud freshmen When the school doors opened we mounted the steps and crossed the threshold to be ushered to the room on our rught by a pleasant smrlung nun who was to be our home room teacher Here we were untroduced to four gurls who we were told would funush theur courses the January before us but as members of the Class of 1937 would receuve theur Duplomas wuth us Durung the followung weeks we became acquaunted wuth those unfam uluar subjects Latun Algebra and General Scuence We also met our beloved Monsugnor McClary whose warm hearted welcome was the funal touch un makung us feel at home un S D A The Freshmen soon settled down to study and to struve for exemptnons un the mud year examunatuons The Senuor Halloween party accompanued by unutuatuon was a very enjoyable feature Next we masqueraded as wautresses un the Freshmen Tea Room at the annual bazaar Every effort was put forth to make thus event a huge success for a holuday was promused and to a Freshman was not a holuday a coveted reward? Our furst Chrustmas vacatuon as hugh school gurls passed all too quuckly Examunatuons were fast approachung' Oh the suspense' We survuved how come quute educated we no longer called the scuence laboratory the kutchen nor the gymnasuum the garage At the begunnung of the new term our numbers were uncreased by the advent of Dorothy McEntee and Marue Parle Untul the Retreat durung Holy Week whuch was guven by Father Bouheus S J we were busuly occupued wuth school work Practuce for graduatuon at St Patrsck s Church found us gazung up at rocks and cluffs over whuch we must needs clumb before reachung the summut three years hence lnttle dreamung that when we beheld the landmark we should not welcome ut Successful examunatuons followed by promotuons ushered us forth to a gloruous vacatuon When we returned un September gay young Sophomores we found that Dorothy Freeze Bernuce Kennedy and Loretta Kung had uouned our ranks We all dud not pursue the same studues Whule some of us learned un the Latun class that Caesars Gaul was duvuded unto three parts and un the Buology class that a grasshopper us not terrufyung uf loud out on a dussectung pan the others were untroduced to the untrucacues of busuness aruthmetuc and commercual law The enture class assembled for French however where lufe was made more unterestung through our untroductuon to Iuu and the Three Bears lt was decuded that o school sodaluty should be formed and un due tume T enty t o I I , . . . . I I I ' I . l . 4 I - I b I I I , . . . I . . - I I I ' I - , , I . . . . . I ' I I I ' l . . I . l I ' ever, as Freshmen will, wuth many prayers and much cramming, Having be- ' I ' ll . 11 ' ll II I I ' 1 ' V ' I ' 'I . . . . . . , , I ' I I I , . - II I ' ' II ' I I . . . . . ' I I 4 - ' - I 'II Il II I W - W