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

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AS LOVE SEES The Masterpiece of God’s Creation—Our Parents! How tender in affection! How lavish in bounty! In our grief and sorrow, how consoling, how comforting! In self-sacrifice, how noble, how admirable! In our weakness, how indulgent! In loving protection, how angelic! In understanding us. how intuitive, how God like! The perfection of God's handiwork—Our Parents! Margaret M. Feeley OUR THANK YOU For the publication and success of “The Xavier Our grateful thanks are due:— To our Parents, for their loving generosity: To our Teachers, for their incessant labors: To our Associate-Classes, for their loyal support: To our Advertisers, for their substantial assistance: To our Readers, for their kind indulgence: To all of these, without anyone of whom the Jubilee Volume of “The Xavier” could not have seen The light of day. we say—Thank You! Class of 26 Alice J. Burke MARCH 12. 1851 Three score and fifteen years have passed Since that eventful day: Thank God, we have the Sisters still At dear old S. X. A. Margaret M. Case y TO MOTHER McAULEY O Ireland, thou blessed land. Where holy feet have trod: You gave us much, but best of all. This Uncrowned Saint of God. Elizabeth M. Smith SAINT ALOYSIUS—SECOND CENTENARY The mirror of obedience. The flower of holy innocence: The model to our growing youth Of charity’s sweet reticence. Mary E. Conley Page Thirty The Xavier

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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY I’m a strange piece of work; ever new, ever old. The wealth of my knowledge could never be told. The world's most prolific teacher am I, For my lessons are taught by experience dry. I've brought you into Elizabeth’s courts, Many times I've described Napoleon’s forts. With brave Washington I’ve acquainted you. With Betsy Ross and Lincoln, too. I’ve filled young hearts with glowing love For Martyrs, Saints, and their Lord above. I'll widen and deepen as years go by, My depths, like the sea's, will never dry; Until the end of time I'll flow, For I am History, you know. Margaret M. Casey WHAT MAY WE TAKE AWAY ? What may we take when we leave our school And careers begin to make? What may we take that will comfort us When our burdens seem too great? A kindly thought of the lessons taught By sisters dear and true: An earnest mind that will ne'er forget That right is the thing to do. A holy trust in the will of God. Firm faith, let come what may; A goodly share of true virtue rare We may take on our parting day. Biscilla M. Kenney SUCCESS One word at a time and the book is written: One step at a time and life's journey is done: And the golden ladder that reaches to Heaven, We mount by our Charities rung by rung. Dorothy M. Watt CARDINAL NEWMAN Adown the ages and forever, His works will end our widest quest. His spirit lead us. faltering never. Unto the highest and the best. The Xavier Helen M. McMichael Page Twenty-nine

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H X C5 ‘ Ci H i o 3 EDITORIAL STAFF Left to right: Margaret Mary Hanaway, Estelle Rose Bacon, Rita Catherine Larkin. Mary Veronica Bennett, Margaret Mary Casey, Margaret Mary McCarthy, Irene Louise Berger. Ida Martha Laurienzo. Elizabeth Marie Smith.