St Genevieves Academy - Le Flambeau Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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wxfr ----'ff' FV' 4 '-ff-PN-Lkwfxxzf X , Fr i i A dividual attention which endeared her to the hearts of so many people. Those of us who heard her paper on Love are not likely ever to forget it: and in her lecture on Margaret Fuller, she, a for- eigner, portrayed to us the ideals of American womanhood in such a way as to make us firmly resolve to live up to her mighty conception of us! During the first two years, the meet- ings took rather a social form, for al- though there is no royal road to learn- ing, Mother Deplanck knew how to di- rect the tottering young feet and more- over, the students were always ready to swallow down any amount of intellec- tual food when its digestion was further promoted by ice-cream and cake and the whole concluded by an enjoyable dance! But as the Society increased in wisdom and members, this refreshing element had to be eliminated. At each meeting a member of the Faculty and one or more students read papers. The open- ing paper of each year is given by the Reverend Mother and has always been extremely interesting. Particularly so was the beautiful account given by Rev- erend Mother Lorin of the foundation and development in France, Belgium. England and America of the Order of Christian Education. Mother Lorin has played an active part in many of the scenes which she described. According to the traditions of our club, no other paper is read at this meet- ing, but recitations and choruses com- plete the programme. Several of the nuns have generously contributed most enjoyable papers, but the press of their numerous duties in other directions makes it impossible for them to read quite as frequently as we should like to listen, in fact experience has taught us that our sister societies insist on their share of our dear nuns' attention. The lay-members of the Faculty, too, have been always courteous and obliging, and have helped us by their cheerful adapta- tion to our programme. A very pleasing feature in this club is the dramatic element. Most members of the Literary Society being also mem- bers of the Dramatic Club, we combine the two, at festive times, in order to give the spice of variety to our literary efforts, thus in addition to the usual deep papers we enliven our meetings with interpretations of famous plays and masterpieces. From time to time in the past two years, the students of the Lycee have joined us and given readings and selections in connection with their particular work, treating, when possible, subjects in French literature similar to those demanded by our programme. At intervals we have had lectures and readings from non-members. Among those who graciously consented to accord us these pleasures were: Rev. Albert Goetz, O.S.B., our chaplain, who gave a beautiful and instructive lecture on The Passion Play at Oberammer- gau. Sister Mary Leo, of St. Clara College, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, charm- ingly interpreted Tennyson's Lady of Shalott, and Mrs. Edward Dean, of Aldershot, England, gave a very inter- esting paper on General Gordon. During the early years of our So- ciety, the subjects under discussion greatly varied. We did not confine our- selves.to any special vein of literature, and very often the papers were complete

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F1 sf iltsthr QQ1.lmca1 ng Sp emi This is the club that we started To study untoward events, And widen the vistas of knowledge According to different bents. We've studied the Moderns and Ancients Who've written in verse and in prose, Our aims we have given no limit But culled wheresoever we chose. Our Club we consider the finest Existing throughout all the land And we, who make up its fine members Are the jolliest kind of a band! - A-A'-'A-'AAAAAA-A ---Y-A--:bc ll ll ll ll ll ll ll Might I give counsel to any young man, I ll 1: would say to him, try to frequent the company 0 of your betters. In books and in life, that is ll Ji the most wholesome society: learn to admire 4: rightly: the great pleasure of life is that. Note U ll what great men admire, they admire great ll 1: thinks: narrow lpirits admire basely, and U worship meunly. William Makepeace Thack- ll ll eray. ll ll ll ll U tlrw AAYF- --- YYYY -Km, YY-Y Y--JAiifll With this great idea before us and realizing that Heaven helps those who help themselves, we, the students of St. Ge-nevieve's, deciding to frequent the company of our literary betters, formed in October, 1910, The Hillside Literary Society. This is not a cosmetic society, that is,-we are not content with merely lay- ing on bits of knowledge, but endeavor to instill into the hearts of each member the greatest love for the greatest litera- ture of both ancient and modern times. At iirst only the College Students composed the club, but they, unselnshly wishing to admit to the advantages and pleasures of their Society, some of their sisters who had not yet reached that beautiful state-or shall I say, struggle? -voted the graduating class of the Academy eligible. The President is one of the Nuns, Madame MacSwiney, who is ever sure of the heartiest co-operation of Reverend Mother Lorin in every ef- fort to raise still higher the high stand- ard now claimed by our Society. Nor must we fail to mention the following as secretaries, each of whom has ably assisted: Miss Janie Jones, 1910-1911. Miss Sara Walker, now Mrs. Henry Dutton, Jr., 1911-1912. Miss Pauline Bivings, 1912-1913. Miss Marion Dewey, 1913-1914. Miss Nellie Zimmerman, 1914-1916. At our first meeting, held one balmy October day, in the little room at Hill- side, the memories of which are so dear to the hearts of all the old girls, our beloved Mother Deplanck read the open- ing paper, 'fDull Girls and Brightlf' She always encouraged and faithfully supported us, giving, in spite of her hundreds of worries and works, that in-

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