St Louis Academy - Academic Log Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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7: .a 4 li u 4 05:x -Shi'-'XYZfi1lilllIIIllllllllllllllllllllllaIEFSZ-iii G L E A N 1 N H S 12'-IiiHIElllllllllllllIIlIIIllIlIlIlIi!EiIEL'Z'-'Pnrfusd P next day we were due in the middle west. After completing our work here, we could not leave without inquiring about an old fellow student, Eleanor Zuiker, who had entered the Milwaukee Convent in I925. We were received at St. Francis, Convent by the Reverend Mother Superior who informed us that Sister Mary Joseph fElenor Zuikerl was now stationed in Boston and was doing wonderful work in the Commercial Department there. We told Mother Superior we were pupils from St. Louis Academy, and immediately she went for her first assistant. To our great astonishment we found this dignified religious to be Margaret Kolosh, the most peaceful member of the class of '26. Rose Skupinski and Pauline Genis, were also in God's service, dressed in the garb of Sisters of St. Francis. We hardly recognized the former, for she was no more the quiet and shy Rose we had known at S. L. A. She was now teaching a class of 50 first graders and seemed very happy with her darling little tots as she called them. Pauline has the role of Sacristan. We doubted her identity also, for the round shoulders had disappeared and we now witnessed a tall, graceful religious under the name of Sr. Mary of Sion. How thoughtful it was of Pauline to choose our teacher's name!! May she resemble her in more than name! Business was soon transacted in the Capital of Wisconsin, and we turned to- wards the sunny land of California. We had seen and heard enough during our last few days to supply topics of conversation during our long journey. Our next stop was San Francisco. A large poster in the window of our hotel informed us that a famous exhibition was going on. We managed to steal a few minutes to visit it. On arriving we noticed all the people grouped around one particular picture which had been selected as the Masterpiece of the year. The artist entered, and all eyes were turned towards the door. As Dorothy Jagmin stepped in, we rushed to her with our hearty congratulations. Although she was a slender, graceful figure now, she still wore that well-known smile. She was just as good- natured as in the days of yore. We expected Dorothy would turn out to be a wonderful artist for she had often surprised us in school with her celver designs and sketches. On our way back to the hotel we bought a newspaper and turning to the society column we saw the picture of Marie Kopf smiling up at us. Her engagement to the Duke of Blankshire was the event of the social season. The wedding was to take place the following day. We arranged our plans so as to be present for this occasion. It was a gorgeous affair and after the ceremony we managed to have a few words with the bride. When we spoke to her, her face lighted up with smiles for her happiness was unbounded. And whom do you think attended as her bride's maid? Marie's friend and classmate, Delphine Cimoli. We spoke to her too, and found out she had not changed in the least, she still possessed that gay, cheerful disposition of her school days. The day was doubly memorable for Dolly , for her engagement was announced at the Wedding Breakfast and soon she too would be a smiling bride. Our business finished, We left for Chicago. On arriving home, I found several letters awaiting me. My attention was drawn to an envelope on which the hand- writing seemed familiar. On opening it I found the missive was written by one of my old classmates, Genevieve Beemsterboer. It was an invitation to a Literary Entertainment given by her pupils of Cleveland High School. After taking a few days' rest, we decided to visit our beloved school and teacher. Being Saturday, Mother had a' few leisure hours and this gave us an opportunity of having a pleasant chat with her. We were indeed surprised to see that another attractive building hadbeen added to our Alma Mater. There were now two teachers for the Commercial Class, for the number of pupils had more than doubled since IQ26Q instead of 34, the class now consisted of 75 students. Mother St. Mary of Sion is still the head of the Commercial Department, and we found her 39 0 d ft1fU5'iZ-2.':-'Lit 'IllIlillllillllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIllllllllIllIllllllllIIIlllllIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIlllllllllIllIlllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIllIIIIIllllllIIIIIIIEIIIIEIIIIIU f .lzJN. .f 'f-GLF-:D

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5 Nx f f'K 2EH3!LlllliIlllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIEIEFSZAZS ll I, If A N I X G S iki?-1'-iiHIEIIIlllllllllllllIllIIlllIIl!i!E?fE5'X1r'P-Q, lf C AN APPRECIATIGN We, the Commercial Class of St. Louis Academy, take this opportunity of expressing our heart-felt gratitude and appreciation to Miss Mattie G. Stewart, whose sympathy and devotedness have been the inspiration of many of our best endeavors, and will ever serve as an incentive to greater strides towards the pinnacle of success. CLASS PROPHECY Ten years have now elapsed since I left S. L. A. When I applied for a position as a traveling saleswoman for the Gregg Publishing Co., I was fortunate enough to obtain it and was sent to the branch office in New York. There, a pleasant surprise awaited me. My old friend and classmate, Minnie Hoogervorst, who had been employed there for some time, was to take the same route as I. Corn- plying with the request of the President of our firm we obtained an interview with the manager of a large publishing company in Washington, D. C. The manager being absent, we were asked to wait a few minutes. In the interim we had a few minutes' conversation with his secretary who proved to be none other than our old class-president, Gertrude Vlaming. The next day we turned southward to Florida and on the train I had a nerve- racking tooth-ache. When we arrived at our destination, we made our way to the nearest dentist, where we were received by the doctor's assistant. Her face lighted up with a smile which we immediately recognized as that belonging to Marie Witteveen. After several positions as a stenographer Marie had decided to study dentistry, and she told us she loved her new work from the very moment she started. It did not take the doctor long to relieve the pain, and we then continued our business. We had not gone far when our attention was attracted by a group of young ladies alighting from a street car. All appeared gay and jolly, but one in the group seemed to be the center of all the fun. To our surprise, we found her to be Catherine Beemster, our lively classmate. She had put on a little more weight, but this did not prevent her from enjoying life. She told us that she spent the winters in Florida as her father was now a prosperous real estate man. It took several days to finish our business here and then we left for Wheeling, VVest Virginia. Here we learned that Lucille Ryan and Clara Prystalski were splendidly situated in a publishing concern of this city. We managed to get a few minutes' conversation with them. They had risen to these stenographic positions together, and we noticed that the friendship formed at S. L. A. was still sincere and true. After supper we decided to relax a little and for diversion went to the State Civics Opera. To our amazement we recognized in the character of the famous Marguerite , S. L. A.'s best soloist, Jennie Urbanik. Unfortunately we could not devise any means of having a chat with our mutual friend, Jennie, for the 4 38 Li Qc: 4 ihfassfgQIlmlenlisllllllllllllllllullllnmnmmnllumllnummmmnumlnnmliliIumoulmnlluulmumunmummumlunumunumuuszmsnun i.'fi'ea ff-I is zu 4

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.i --7'ftTQ'1ZTiH21IIlllllIllIllIlllllIIIIIIIIEIIEIQSZ-iiio G L E A N I N G S iEI?-1169iHIEIIllllllllllIllIllIIlIlIllllifE?IE!'X'-'P to be the same kind and loving teacher. She was very proud of her suite in the new building. It pleased her too, when we told her about all the girls and their positions. There was only one,-Anna De Laurente, whom we had not chanced to meet, but Mother was able to give us some information. Anna held a good position as a dictaphone operator for five years, and then had become Mrs.-. She is now living in a comfortable little home in Gary, Indiana. We were anxious to have news about our friend, Miss Stewart, and Mother told us that she no longer paid her much appreciated visits to our old school, but was holding a very prominent position in New York. We took her address, intending to arrange our time to call on her on our return to the home office next week. This would compensate but a little for her many visits to our class during our last school year. VVe left S. L. A. at four and spent the following day visiting our friends. Mon- day morning found us on the train for New York. We felt We had done splendid work for our firm during this business trip, but we appreciated as much, if not more, meeting all the graduates of '26. CATHERINE SCHUIT. 40 U 6 4 CI 'I l':. f'lSf. 4 llIlliillllillllIIIIlIllllllIllllllllIIIlllllIllllllilIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllilllIIlIIllllIlIlIII!lllllIIlll!IIlIllllll'llllllllllllllllllillllillllll S '6l : .f V D .Q 1 C - ' --af. .a-- . x.A!z..2.'.-.