St Francis Xavier Academy - Xavier Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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(i. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 23. 24. 25. 30. 3. 4. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 14. 15. 10. 17. 18. 21. 22. 23. 4. 5. 6. 8. 11. 12. 13. Fl-r-nc- puts mustard on her ice cream. Sehr ditto. Rehearsal of “My Aunt’s Choice.” Delightful! Same. Visitor at Latin and French. We did “sehr gut.” Q. E. D. Ditto. Nous croyons to increase our knowledge of irregular verbs. Fair. Mary imagines she has “la grippe.” Cloudy. L-r- and F-n suffer from abnormal excrescence of the epidermis. Fair. Seniors very atteptive at rehearsal ? ? ? ? Ditto. Between dates and trains, we’re annoyed. Cloudy. Everything happens. Yes??? No??? Rain. Same as eighteenth. Fair. Excitement continues. Ditto. Excitement reaches its climax. Very ditto. Tears reign; excitement over; peace is restored. Same. We produce “My Aunt’s Choice.” A great success? Yes??? No!!! Rainy. Congratulations by the peck. Fair. December. Great disappointment. Ditto. Nothing happens. Tres ditto. Money has wings. Tres tres ditto. Who opened a jewelry shop? Why, R-ss—. of course. “Nuff Sed.” Dasselbe. Class suddenly decreased. Why!!! Rain. Holiday. Fair. Back to work. Ditto. “Half a loaf better than none.” Same. First snow-storm. Too good to last. Snow and Rain. Planning for Santa Claus. Fair. Common cry, “When’s school going to close?” Meme. One of our long days. Idem. We give full attention at singing. Ditto. Who asked for a “Dance”? Shocking! Shocking in Advent! Tres ditto. Who wishes silence as a Xmas gift? Sehr ditto. Coming near the end. Windy. Merry Xmas! Fair. January. New resolutions. Great things e’doin. Ditto. “Der Neffe als Onkle.” Certainly funny. Tres ditto. We see two of our former schoolmates, Sisters M. H. and M. S. Sehr ditto. Fun at Astronomy. Faces change when an “Exam” is announced. Tres tres djtto. Seniors surprise all by sight reading and monstrous voices. Dasselbe. Hope resolutions last. Idem. An experiment in Chemistry. Ditto. “Exam” postponed until to-morrow. Same. 21

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 CALENDAR Septem ber. Weather. 14. Confusion reigns, put up your umbrella! Fair. 15. We make the acquaintance of “Virgil.” Oh ! Dear !!! Ditto. 16. H20. Tres ditto. 17. Things run smoothly. Tres tres ditto. 18. Lessons five clays a week. Soon we plead for four. Sehr ditto. 21. We lose our beloved French teacher. Same. 22. Fl-r-nc- goes to wedding. Where’s L—r-? Me me. 23. K-th-r-n-, “please remove that raincoat!” Idem. 24. Pilgrimage to Chapel. Ditto. 25. Weather does not affect us. Cloudy. 28. “Class dues, please!” Ditto. 29. Al-c-, “please leave your umbrella at home!” Fair. 30. A long day. Ditto. 1. October. A new leaf is turned over. Sehr ditto. 2. We begin Physical Culture. Cloudy. 5. K-th-r-n-, “now wear your raincoat!” Rainy. G. Why was B-ss— M— late? Ditto. 7. Seniors cram at noon hour. Fair. 8. F-n wears red tie, K-th-r-n— green ribbons. Ditto. 9. Friday’s dance once more. Rainy. 12. Such gigantic intellects!!!! Ditto. 13. B-ss— D— sports new dress. Fair. 14. What makes cars late on a pleasant clay? Ditto. 15. Four-days-a-week plan. Tres ditto. 16. The clays seem all so happy! Sayie. 19. Ph-l-m-n- loves to study. Ditto. 20. Why does B-ss— walk to school? Tres ditto. 21. So many things accomplished! Rain. 22. “Books closed. This is recitation.” Ditto. 23. Seniors start their elocution. Fair. 26. Nothing happens. Good—bad omen? Ditto. 27. Anything for a free period! Sehr ditto. 28. Virgil is not so easy, after all! Tres ditto. 29. The clays are flying! Rain. 30. How many holidays this year? Ditto. 2. November. First report this year. Photograph contenances (?) Fair. 3. Eight present. Remainder excused to vote??? Ditto. 4. No one arose at 4 p. m. to see Venus. Tres ditto. 5. Nothing happens. Very ditto. 20

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1-1. “Exam” not so bad. Idem. 15. Great things accomplished in class meeting. Ditto. 18. Talking over Washington’s Birthday. Tres ditto. 19. M-y is now excused. The poor train! Rain. 20. Nothing happens. Fair. 21. A rehearsal. Very satisfactory. Ditto. 22. C-th-r-n- leaves to exercise her voice. Tres ditto. 25. Latin prose. “Who referred to Caesar?” Rainy. 26. Great excitement. Teacher skips round in Latin class. Fair. 27. Five o’clock every night! Ditto. 28. Half the term is gone. Idem. February. 1. A short month, and so much to do! Tres idem. 2. “What is Fl-r-nc- reading now?” Ditto. 3. “Who is trying to swallow the dictionary?” Tres ditto. 4. This is not leap year, so stop right now! Dasselbe. 5. A happy hour passed. Sehr ditto. 8. This is Monday. Where’s Bessie? Very ditto. 9. Who remembers the last period in Virgil? Rainy. 10. Brightest yet! Fair. 11. “Don’t forget Sunday night, girls!” Ditto. 12. “Where shall I meet you, Union Station?” Tres ditto. 15. Universal cry, “Who’s got her Latin Prose done?” Rainy. 17. Good! Two periods! Ditto. 16. Girls, you must get to work, only two more days. Fair. 18. Better still, a whole,—“mum” is the word. Ditto. 19. Seniors give a rare treat. “Rainbow Kimona.” Same. 22. Holiday. Tres ditto. 23. Of what use is Geology! Tres tres ditto. 24. Going home early seems good. Sehr ditto. 25. What would we do to Virgil, if he were alive? Same. 26. C-th-r-n- recites her part. Idem. March. 1. Reports delayed. Ditto. 2. Nothing happens. Tres ditto. 3. Books closed on 4th floor. Tres tres ditto. 4. No one got anything for Friday. Sehr ditto. 5. Disappointment in elocution. Very ditto. 8. Reports !!!— !!!—!!! Tres ditto. 9. One free period. Sehr gut. 10. Who is rushing the season? Same. 11. Al-c- dreams of what ? Fair. 12. No dance ! this is Lent !!! Ditto. 15. We make our “Debut” into the Alumnae by showing our generosity. Tres ditto. 16. The greatest “Farce” of the season, “Believe Me.” Tres tres ditto. 17. Holiday in honor of St. Patrick! Fair. 18. First lesson this week in ? Ditto. 'yy