St Elizabeth Academy - Churingian Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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gttctaltgy Just zz zlob of red here and a little yellow there. These are the words of a real artist-SISTER CLEOPI-IA. Besides giving her pupils a finer appreciation of art and beauty Sister donates much time and contributes many skillful ideas toward making our boys over there happy through her contributions to the Red Cross. Latin and French are SISTER MARY THERESE'S specialties. With characteristic calm she unravels the intricacies of Latin word order and con- structionsg With genuine good cheer, the enunciation and pronunciation of French phraseology. SISTER REMIGIA is famous for her Do, Re, Me, Fas. There is music in her voice and step. Those lilting melodies hummed by members of the chorus and the selections rendered by her music pupils are fine examples of Sister's untiring efforts to make this a more musical world. SISTER AMANDA guides the faltering steps of the little third and fourth graders along the troublesome paths of reading, 'riting and 'rithmeticf' SISTER AGNES MARIE gladly ministers to the tiniest need and want of the junior division of resident students. . Under what better care and guidance could the tiny kindergarten tots be placed than that of gentle and kind SISTER BERENICE? She is like another guardian angel to them. From the smallest child to the senior class Sister is loved and respected. - There are many students who look back through the years and remember dear SISTER GREGORY who taught them their A, B, Cs, their numbers, and the unforgettable stories of the Christ Child. Sister Gregory teaches them to her little first and second grade pupils with as much enthusiasm and sincerity as she did years ago. History, geography, arithmetic, and those countless other things which puzzle fifth and sixth graders are in the capable hands of SISTER ALEXIA. Sister has disclosed the-secret of happiness to her pupils- Keep busy. Always interested and interesting SISTER MARY DOLORES is a guiding and helping hand to the seventh and eighth grade girls, preparing them for their great day-entrance into high school. , Toll-house cookies, cherry pies and other more practical dishes are the result of SISTER I.UCIA'S cooking hints. SISTER JOHANNA unhesitatingly straightens the rugged paths of knowledge for grade school pupils, giving a bit of advice here and a helping hand there. Above the clickety-clack of the typewriters, and the rapid motion of pencils can be heard the soft calm voice of MRS. CLARK HARDY, instructor in the commercial department. Her experience and ability are a great asset in preparing the students for the business world. To eager young students from freshman to senior classes MISS MARGUERITE BREWER has laid a firm foundation in dramatic art. Her experience and talent have been largely the cause of the Acaderny's success in both stage productions and oratorical contests. The name of MISS LORETTA RAPP has been linked with sports and gymnastics at the Academy for the past year and a half. Since Miss Rapp believes that sound bodies make for good citizenship, she endeavors to make her class and extra-curricular activities intensive periods of real physical training. Page Nine

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gtzcciuilty Throughout the year FATHER CYPRIAN EMANUEI., O.F.M., religion instructor and chaplain, has won the admiration and respect of the entire student body by his unlimited source of knowledge and fine sense of humor. If you .ring you will be happy, is the motto of DOM ERMIN VITRY, O.S.B., choral director of the Academy. He has given to the members of his chorus invaluable lessons in musical appreciation which they will carry with them thsough their lives. A shining example to every one of the Academy students is the quiet, charming MOTHER M. WILHELMINE. Her ways and manner are an inspiration to every Elizabethan. Her words of experience, too, are treasured as precious embroidery in the tapestry of life. SISTER PRAXEDES, the directress, is a kind friend, a solicitous guide and a wise counselor. In a word, Sister is a real mother to all, sharing the difficulties and multiplying the joys of upper and lower classmen alike. A knowledge of literature makes a person live more fully, a deep and sincere appreciation of the works of the great masters intensifies the cultural outlook of life and thus makes for abiding happiness. Such is SISTER AQUINA'S message as she smilingly goes from one class to the other showing her students how much pleasure and profit can be derived from the world of books. Coaching her famous debate team, teaching Cicero and Virgil, preparing students for oratorical contests, and presiding over the senior home room must be what keeps SISTER VENANTIA so busy, gay and happy. If any student has a puzzling English sentence or a particularly confusing history date, SISTER CHRYSOLOGA has the answer. For her junior classes Sister links American literature and American history together in a most interesting fashion. The literary works of the English authors ranging from Chaucer to Chesterton are interestingly analyzed by SISTER MARY LOUIS. She keeps the freshmen wide-eyed as she explains the fundamentals of the Lingua Latina and the sophomores tense as they read of the exploits of Caesar. Despite her untiring effort on behalf of the Tb1wingia1z, Sister always has a bright smile and cheerful word for everyone. ZKCIO-3 T ZKCI 'l' 30-2. Perhaps this looks a bit complicated to you, but SISTER MARY BERNARD teaches this, and many more like it to her senior chemistry class. Sister also has a collection of the best recipes which she teaches to the future homemakers of her home economics class. The great Greek gods, the Roman heroes, and the early pioneers all come to life as SISTER LOYOLA teaches World History to the sophomores. Sister also has a group of freshmen convinced that the Latin language is by no means a dead one. Whether it be the structure of the amoeba or paramecium, the movement of the planets or the best way to keep your pet goldfish happy, SISTER MARY LEONARDUWHI solve your problem in1either her biologyor general science classes. , .fy ---'fat I I ff, .nf mi f V4.4 I' ff! fl 'K -wtf A- ---!..'- . ff c. .riff ,fx ' For the latest war news or a solution to any of the many post war problems drop in some day on SISTER SOLANA'S American Problems Class. Under Sisters able direction these future leaders of the nation are learning how to better solve the perplexing questions of our great democracy. Page Eight 'J f?f76Ez75?f

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