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

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Hui lulxk sotlqtlity lu-conu's an .Xcault-inf' .. tnizxitio Nd Klarian clt-volion pt-rnu-att-tl tlu- curricultun uiult-1' tlu- organizcsl forin ol' Uur l.:ul-x' ol' Xl:-rcy Sotlality cstalilislu-cl lw' Sistt-r Nlary ,lanu-s, lQ.5.iXl., l'h,l7,, priiuwpal trout llkltmf llyl-l7. Sistvl' t-llit-Ctr-tl tlu- t':11uu1it':tl 1-Wflioii of at Sotlality unit atliliatt-tl with tlu- l'riina l'riinaria in lionu-. i-Xt tlu- tirst lYorlcl Sotlality llay nu-ctinff, Sistt-r hall tlu- school coiist-t'i'zttt-tl to 5 tlu- lnnnaculatt- Ht-art of Mary. l.att-r it was formally const-cratctl to tlu- S:u'rt-tl llt-art of ,lt-sus also, antl tlu- practict- of Night .'Xtllll'Zl- tion ancl const-cration ol' tlu- honu- strt-sst-tl. Sister Mary .lanu-s, lQ.S.fNl., ably coiu-rl with problems arising from an incrt-asing t-nrollA int-nt, lu-w clt-inznuls in t-Xtra-curricula plan- ning, aiul thc succcssful coorclination of sttult-nt anal faculty activity in an vxpalisivt- program. Sistcr crt-att-cl lu-acls of clt-partnu-nts :uul clc parttncntalizccl classcs in an t-tlort to inakt- tt-aclu-rs specialists in tht-ir own tit-lcls. llt-acl of thc- linglish clcpartinent, she intrculuct-cl a coursc in crcativt- writing, a school magazine, tlu- Cupola, and thc official stuclt-nt hanclhools. Complt-nu-nting tlu- alrt-:uly functioning t-Xtra-curricula prograin, Sister Mary Nlanu-s. R.S.M., organizt-tl tlu- guirlanct- clcpartnu-nt, introcluct-tl thc l'lact-nu-ut Burt-au, 'thc photog- raphy, st-wing, art. clt-hating, and foreign languagc cluhsg Italian ancl Gt-rinan wort- arlcletl. During tlu- cincrgt-iicy pt-riotl const-- qut-nt upon XYorltl XYar ll, sht- arrangt-cl for honu- nursing znul first aitl courst-s, for avia- tion and nutritional scit-uct-. I lixccllcnt in calihrt- was tlu- lc-cturc program plannt-cl hy Sister to supplcnu-nt class work. Such rt-putt-rl laynu-n as 'l'lu-oclorc Maynard, Baromu-ss clt- Hut-ck, Art-It-t-11 O'Brit-n, Mau- rice l.cahy, Frank bl. Flu-t-fl, Doran llurlcv, :mtl Paul Maguire shared Catholic thought. llishop l7raiu'is l'. Kc-ough, now :Xrclilvisliop of llaltiinort, conlcrrccl tliploinas assistt-cl ln' Monsignor Tlioinas Klcliitclu-n ancl lfatlu-r ficraltl Dillon, chaplain at tlu- tinu, lJl'lllL'ZllC4l to tlu- Sacrc-rl lla-art ot' -lt-sus in a solt-inn cnthroiu3nu'nt ccrt-inony, tlu- l':u'ult3 atul stutlt-nts rc-new tlu-ir const-t'ration to lliln 1-wry ycar in jzuiuary.

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