St John Central High School - Centralite Yearbook (Bellaire, OH)

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io1uil1u1u111l1u2o14 T H E L A M P A D I S 'P 1101 ri ri 11:11:11: 11 1 ni 1880--1930 MOTHER ROSE Among the valiant Women on Whom rested at various times the re- sponsibility of guiding the destiny of St. John's School, no one is known more Widely or remembered with deeper affection and esteem by our par- ents and grandparents than Mother Rose, or Sister Rose as she was known to them. She was not the first superior, as is commonly believed. nor was she the second-Sister Silvia and Sister Crescentia, respectively, having filled that office before her, each for a short period of time. But from the Very beginning Sister Rose was so closely identified with the es- tablishment and progress of the school of which she afterward became the head, that few ever think of her in any other capacity. She lived in Bellaire for twenty-two years, during which time she gave herself whole- heartedly to whatever service duty or charity pointed out. Those Who knew her in those days declare that she had the heart of a mother for everyone, and that wherever there was suffering to relieve or grief to assuage, Sister Rose was sure to be there. With both pupils and people her name will ever be held in loving benediction. T. MURRAY, '30

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