St Josephs Academy - Academy Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Semor Class History Filled with contiaence trorr our eiqhth Grad tr1u'r hs we entered St losephs Acaaerny in he 'oi of ninete n thirty six only to fir a ourselves in surroundings battlinqly stranqe ana new But soon the n Jness cnd strange ness left us as the older c asses took us under th ll hospitable wi as Vtforlx was hard but was relieved by excitinq extra curricular ac 1 f ties 'We oresen ed Gimme at Christmas tin e and stole c march on the other classes oy wi 1 1 ia the first prize in the Horse Show or the best oair of riders We entered our sophorr ore year tliea x 1th he rea zaticn hat we still had niuch to learn Car loss was in thc fro t ranks ot he Glee Club Study basketball tournarnent was held But we wer still the youth ot the school and humbly kept our places luniorsl What a uperior lQGl1t'1Ql The s niors aa us a aenqhttul er' er tainment in tloe Gyrn Atter hristrias we ret11rn d to ti a a oeautitul lounge cozy and cornforta le Many ot out che ished dref nts were realized we won the trophy troni the Fathers Club tor raslcetball prox ess ana we entered enthusiastically into social work by cannq tor the less privileaed children in some of our downtown schools W closea the X ear by entertaining the seniors with a dinner at the Cfatesworth l-lote' lt seems strange but the thrill ot being seniors IS not nearly so qreat as that ot being Juniors 'lirne passes too rapidly and the end rneans leaving dear old S I A a thouaht none ot us care to dwell upon We presented The Rose of Old St Louis for our class play ana loved it rnore and more as we wholeheartedly entered into it Aiice Marie Bub was chosen our cadet Colonel and Rose Mary Murphy our May Queen Now araduauon loorss ug before us what then? Diplomas in our harids tears n our eyes lurnos in our throats and a suns ot memories that will live in our hec rts forever Page 51x . . , , . - D , M - , J - Aff - ' l ' 1 ll Q ' . ' ' 1 l 1 ' ' ' ' . 1 ' ev 1 11 Y c l ' e' ' - dn, . ' , ' ' ' ' - ' ' t'1.i ' 1 4 c f H' ' 'ic - 1 ' c 1 cclf itll! 1 , . I . . 2 1 'o ' mf' 1 li ' I A cf - ,- , ' i V, f tu ' V Clubs and other school activities. We qave the older qirls a scare when the ' . s ' . 'e i ' ve l it - - - fs 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 c C . 11 1 et n c 1 ' M 4 .Y l . . Q , I . . . c , 1 ' l ' 1 A I.. 1, ,, , 1 , . ,, , e f ' 11 Y 1 i . i 1 . 1 - . 1. 1. -1 - c , 1 11 1 3 - - .

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lf Walls could talk l wonder what Words of wrsdom would fall from the bucks ot the days of yore or the aranrte of the present For one hundred and tour years now our beloved St loseph s Academy has seen youth come and ao and the story of each arrl that has passed beneath her care has been ot vrtal concern to the dear old Alma Mater Beneath the rugged exterlor and slde by slde Wrth the hlahest standards ot scholarshlp there beats a steady understandrna heart Whlch follows her chlldren 1nto the Wlder llte that opens to them when scholastrcally they have frnrshed the Work done beneath her sheltered care We the class ot nlneteen hundred forty W1ll prove no exceptlon to the thousands that have aone before us and each return to our be loved school wlll be Just another comma home Dear St loseph keep us ever your tarthtul chlldren Be Wrth us yet les We torqetl Hllll I HHH EHUUL

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Rose Mary Murphy Class Pres1df2-nt May Queen Cluos Frencn Press S I W A d clever full ol fun Cute on Known nd loved by everyone Kathleen Hanneiln VICQ Pres1dent Presldent Student Counc1l Clubs Lcxtm Press Study Glee Of our school on ochve member An d o n,1rl we wrll rememb r Mary Cathenne Kelly Secret ry Clul s Press Debate SIWA Student Councll Here s star tlf 1 wrll shme 1n ot mer l1IIT1G'I'l9I'llS Patricia Duggan Treasurer Clubs: Press, Glee, French fe 's 1: pesense to be fell nd knor. 1. ln darkness and in li 1.1. Page Seven Semor Class