St Joseph Academy - Sajoscript Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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SANDALPHON Class Poem DIARY llIARG.xRn'1' Donn Graduate The perfume from Nature's frail censers Which swing in the breezes of May, Ne'er carried a lovelier message Than pulsed through Life's harp strings Each strain told the harpist a story, That promised a future so fair, And far distant star world re-echoed Each theme of love, sorrow, or care. The lilt of life's young tender springtime Sang songs of earth's happiest years, But laughter that rolled on like wavelets Oft died midst the low moan of tears. Then Loyalty, fair and e'er royal, A passionate, glorious strain, Brought joy to the heart of the harpist, So exquisite was the refrain. Now low came a sweet lovely message, As soft as the coo of a dove, VVhich whispered as onward it traveled, Love God, He is Good, He is Love. Some deep minor chords then resounded, Each vibrant with fear or with pain Concealing oft life's bright horizon By clouds that grew sullen with rain. Anon in a fairy waltz rhythmic Came Gratitude, comely and shy, Close followed a measured andante And Faith, with bright torch glided by. Again ere the harp ceased its playing, 'Twas stirred by two martial refrains And Honor and Truth, valiant soldiers, Marched on with their glorious trains. The harpist, our own Alma Mater, Who thus to her children e'er sings, Has taught us, may hers be the glory, A life song of beautiful things. today page one hundred forty one

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SANDALPHON 10. Elizabeth McDonald would like to have Frances Heir distribute her rare collection, including hymn books, erasers, chalk, Latin text editions and tablets. 11. Mary Brennan wills to Geraldine Wheat her record for punctuality. 12. Doris Shannon inherits from Marie NVinkel her dignity and school- girl complexion. 13. Meldreth Moore gives Margaret Gale her Websterian Vocabulary. 14. Geraldine Zack transmits to Constance O'Brien her winning smile that she may increase her many friendships. 15. Mary Catherine Green wills her curls to Helen Hughes. 16. Elizabeth llinterschied leaves her prestige as the youngest graduate to Catherine llennessey. 17. Virginia Ilarold bestows on Anna Katherine lleim her grace and aesthetics. 18. Catherine Lyons, after balancing her scientific knowledge, wishes liosina Deinlein to succeed her in the Class of '27. 19. Alice Blair transmits her dramatic ability to Catherine Joliffe. 20. Martha. Thone gives her love of athletics to Marion Cassady. 21. Gertrude Dehner donates her artistic ability to draw straight lines and rounded curves to Selma Fraas. 22. Mary Rodenfels willingly gives to Margaret Gaffney her luck Cgood and badj in recitations for which she hasn't studied. 23. Dorothy Young wills Lucille O'Harra her position as guard on the basketball team. 24. Mary Jackson bequeaths to Emma Alibrando her religious fervor. 25. Margaret Ziegler inherits Lucille Fuller's wavy tresses. 26. Mary Ritchey willingly bestows her carefree disposition on Esther Colange . 27. Mary Korn receives the linguistic record of two hundred fifty words a minute from Mildred Burns. 28. Gertrude Ansel wills her strong determination to her sister Grace. 29. Margaret McDevitt is very fortunate to be included in the will of Agnes Dunnigan who bequeaths to her her admirable equilibrium. 30. Elizabeth Enright bequeaths her love of English Classics and her slow- ness of speech to Alice Killilea. 31. Lucille Fulcher inherits Mary Louise Ca.rroll's reticence. 32. Catherine Cummins donates her whys and wherefores to Resina Falk. 33. Coletta 'l'ebben wills her sympathetic heart to Margaret Weiland. 34. Eleanor Maurer bequeaths her vocal ability to Eleanor Harding. 35. Catherine Weiland confides her love of ease and comfort to Hortense Cannon. 36. Louise Packard is perhaps the luckiest girl in the 'l'hird Rhetoric Class. Elizabeth Rath gives her a share in the earth and sky-a water wa.ve and a sunny disposition. 327. And finally Margaret Jennings leaves Mary Henne, her reference books on wills and testaments. In witness whereof, we, the Classiof 1926, the testators, declare this to be our last will, and hereby revoke all former dispositions made by us. tSignedj SENIORS. Per M. Jennings and E. Rath. page one hundred forty

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