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

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Gerlrude Barrett—it will not be hard to find Gertrude. She is here at the Mount every week training our girls to be as graceful as Miss Dodge made us long ago. Gertrude Bergin has a music studio in Los Angeles, and, of course, has Clare Gorman with her. Their fame is, indeed, far-reaching. Jeanette Caulfield—dear Jeanette has had a most successful career. She is one of the prominent teachers at the Rhode Island School of Design. Many of her famous pictures are now displayed in the Tildcn-Thurber Art Gallery.” Oh, Alice, said Olive, did we not all prophesy this in 1921, when we saw Jeanette’s etchings in “The Xavier!” Lucinda Cottam—Lucinda is at present in Lewiston 27 Marlborough Avenue. Should you drive along that avenue, you could not mistake Lucinda's home, for at a distance of many rods you would notice the large sign which reads—“Dr. Lucinda Cottam, Osteopath. Among the efficient nurses employed in Dr. Cottam’s office, the names of two are dear to us—Miss Mary Costello and Miss Margaret Sullivan. Helen Corbett—Helen's life work is readily understood, for did she not always redeem the class when the rule of silence was concerned? She is still living in the world of books—Librarian at the Providence Public Library. Olive Dana—Mrs. George Morgan, 1 35 Angell Avenue, St. Paul. We are proud of you, Olive. The Catholic Woman’s Club of St. Paul is indeed fortunate to have you at its head. Alice Donahue—Mrs. James Lowell. How singular, Alice dear, that you should locate at St. Paul, too. You must be a quiet inspiration to your parish. Mary Falvey—our “petite Marie ’ is now in Chicago, a dignified school-ma’am of five feet, seven inches. Among my pupils,” she writes, “none are dearer to me than little Bobby Brady and Dorothy Ellis the first, the eldest child of our old class- mate, Estelle Seeley, now wife of Hon. Charles A. Brady; and the second, the little daughter of another dear one, May Fife, now Mrs. Alexander Ellis. Catherine Fitzgerald—Catherine’s just what we always predicted she would be, a prominent lawyer. Her office is in Concord Building, Washington. And who do you think has an office in the same building and is engaged in the same work? “Why, Anna Taft, of course,” said Alice. “You are right. They write me that they are even now the friendly rivals that they always were at S. X. A. Clare Geraghty—Clare is still in Pawtucket. She has one of the most famous botanical gardens in the state. Do you remember how she loved botany? Eleanor Gorman—Eleanor is a kindergarten teacher in Lowell, Massachusetts. Oh, Sister, didn’t Eleanor love children!” Gertrude Haven—Gertrude is now known by the nom de plume Marie Mayler. She is in Philadelphia and really rivals Isabelle Clarke as a novelist. Margaret Harber—Margaret is the gymnasium teacher at the Pittsburg High School and enjoys her work very much. She hopes to pay a visit to St. Xavier’s some Friday afternoon to see if the girls there now do as well as we did in the days that are gone. Mary Kelley—Mary is the leading pianist of the great Orion Club of Boston. The Xavier” Page TtvenlyFive

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they who made Mercy College possible, the College Would always look to them for protection, for guidance, for encouragement. Sister Mary Blanche was sitting at her desk sorting mail on the morning our narrative opens. She raised her head and looked out across the beautiful landscape of the surrounding country. Truly, she thought, this scenery rivals the beauties of Switzer- land. Just see the hills bathed in their soft, half-purple, half-silvery haze, separated by that winding avenue so prettily arched with majestic pines! While she gazed at the beauty and appreciated it as though seeing it for the first time, she heard the toot of a horn and presently she saw a handsome Lincoln speeding towards the college. After a few moments, she recognized two of her old classmates, Olive Dana and Alice Donahue, the two who had been appointed with her to the Reunion Committee in 1921. She hastily summoned Sister Mary Naomi and Sister Mary Josabeth, and all three hurried down the driveway to welcome the dear girls. After the exchange of glad greetings, the five of '21 strolled about for a little while to enjoy the beauties of nature and to talk over old times. They soon returned to Resident s Hall, and to the Registrar’s office on the first floor of that building. Sister Mary Blanche was about to take down the first volume of registration when Alice ex- claimed,—“Oh, yes Sister, we love all the dear girls of S. X. A., but some other day we shall begin with 1852. Today let us open the record of the class of 1921. And as she spoke she reached up to secure the treasured volume. “You know it is now ten years since that glorious June, 1921, and our reunion is planned for August, 1931. Only six weeks to gather the girls together—but the preparations have been making for ten years!” Sister M. Naomi and Sister M. Josabeth had been busy arranging chairs at the long table and providing blank books and pencils for all. As Alice ceased speaking, Sister M. N.aomi invited all to “draw in.” ‘Oh, Sister, tell us where is Catherine Fitzgerald, Helen Phelan, Lil---- “I see, my dear, you are the same impetuous Olive as of old. Now let us save time by being somewhat systematic. The names are all arranged alphabetically (or acccording to profession) and we shall take them as they come. Each girl has her own section, and I leave plenty of space so that I may add something from every letter I receive. I think there is no detail omitted, for the class of 1921 has con- tinued true to its old principle of reliability. Every one promised to write to me once a year and so far the record is intact. Now we are ready—A—.” “Oh, Sister, what about Margaret Allen?” “Margaret is now in Detroit and is private secretary to the Governor. “Isn’t that grand!” “Agnes Ashworth, Sister? “Agnes is in Waltham. She and three others, Catherine Flynn, Lillian Byrnes, and Julia Walsh are teachers at the flourishing Elizabeth Mulvey Business College of that city.” “O----------h!” Margaret Mary Barry, as you know, is a professor at the Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. Page Trvcnty-Four ‘The Xavier

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They are coming to Providence at the end of this month, so I shall look for a visit from Mary. Lillian McCambridge—Lillian is now a fashionable Modiste in Baltimore. She always dressed tastefully so it must be a pleasure for her to design and make pretty gowns. Grace Mulligan—Grace has a position that gives her an opportunity of meeting Lillian frequently. She is head buyer in one of the large department stores of Balti- more. Grace often meets Mary McCaffrey, too. Mary travels as a representative for the largest Advertising Agency of the United States. Catherine McCaffrey---“Oh, we all know where Catherine is. Sister.” “Yes, our dear Catherine has given her life to its Giver. She serves God now as a nun in the Carmelite Order. Ellen Shields is at dear old S. X. A. She, as Sister M. Patrice, is vocal teacher at the Academy. Eileen Murphy—Eileen is on the high road to fame as a poet. She is living quite near Gertrude Haven in Philadelphia. Mary O’Connor—“Petite Marie’’ has devoted her life to the language she always loved so dearly. She is teacher of Latin at the Albany High School. Helen Phelan—Helen, too, has followed her natural talent. She is teaching elocution at the Montpelier Normal School. Mary Rosmond—Mary has a very charming little millinary establishment in Provi- dence. So for vos jolies chapeaux, allez a Marie. Mary Storin—Mary is the proud and happy mother of three darling little ones. She is now known to her friends as Mrs. Joseph Braintree of Pawtucket. Elizabeth Williams—“Oh, Sister, what has become of Betty, the baby of our class—always so full of pranks?” “She is now a nurse in Saint Agatha’s Hospital, Pittsburg, soon to be married, I hear, to a prominent young doctor of the city. “And so ’tis writ.” And Sister closed the book. “Oh, Sisters, what a splendid record our class has made! What congratula- tions we shall offer one another on August 15, our grand Reunion Day. I shall begin this very evening to notify the girls and I know there will not be one missing if it is at all possible for her to be present. We shall carefully plan the whole day’s program and shall lay much stress on the business meeting. Mercy College has now been opened three years, and though, as the Alumnae, we have done much towards its future, we have not as yet signalized ourselves for the College as the Class of 1921. But wait till 1932, the first Mercy College Commencement Day!” —Olive Dana and Alice Donahue Page Ttoenty-Six “ J'he Xavier