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

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-5xx -il'-4'f'iX'l5EillllllilIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEIZEFB-1 lic G L Ii A N I N G S 'mesa:alinmmnnmulnulllllrusiisufxis'M f e IQ BTG 'ic IEIIKQT-.Ni PII E : : E E E : .. : E : E E .xp in 'A 3 CLASS HISTORY COMMERCIAL I Vacation having rolled off the calendar, our minds once more were filled with thoughts of school. This bright September morn found IS green Freshies in the Commercial Class of S. L. A. We entered upon our new studies with mingled joy and fear. We were awkward, as all beginners are, but a few weeks of earnest work proved to us that the Com- mercial Course would be both interesting and practical. Everyone of us liked Shorthand, Typewriting and Bookkeeping from the very first. In November we attended a Business Show at the Chicago National Exhibition Palace. Here, We had the great fortune of seeing the World's Champion Typists, Mr. Tangora, Mr. Hossfied and Miss Friedman. As a proof that the Commercial Freshies are hard workers, we all obtained our elementary diploma for Typewritingg moreover, several received their cer- tificates from the Underwood Typewriter Company, and our proudest boast is the fact that three of our class, won their bronze pin for speed and accuracy in typewriting and another won her silver pin in the April test. The Annual was the biggest topic of thought and conversation. We had to do our bit in making the first a great success. So, to swell the funds, the Com- mercial Class presented to' the entire school a Business Play and a Comedy. It was so well received and appreciated, that we took it to be an augury of our book being the Prize Annual of 1926. Our success during our first year is most assuredly due to the inspiration and devotedness of our teacher. And also to our kind friend, Miss Stewart, we shall be everlastingly grateful. Our happy Freshman Year will soon be over, and June will crown many happy days and pleasant hours-a 'crowning that will be but an opening on to the vista of Graduating Year. ADELAIDE PASS, Commercial, ,27. I 42 ?Txfla'1F454'7i'2. p-'Lin i'QIIIIIEIlIlillllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIlIIIlllllllllIIIIIIIIHIIllIIllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllI!lIllllllllllllllIIIllllIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllilillillllllE .'6:l'fQ .f- 1' D ' x

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s st as'-1fexam21u1mnlmumlmulmslzexesssra' G L E ,x N 1 N ts s X ,aagafsggmuinniuuuiluilllllllllrsesssue-r1-1-: , Q MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS History as it folds back its glory-crowned scroll, in recounting Faith's awaken- ing in the wilds of North America, reveals among other noble names that of our Venerable Mother Bourgeoysn. She was an outstanding figure among those missionaries who planted the seed of Faith in the hearts of the savage Indians who inhabited North America. She was a most valiant woman, a pearl beyond compare, of whom the world knows but little because of her characteristic love for obscurity. When we read her life and get an insight into her noble character, we do not wonder that she was God's chosen one to launch upon the most daring educational innovation that the world has ever seen-the founding of the first uncloistered teaching community of women in the church-The Congregation de Notre Dame. It seems significant that Marguerite Bourgeoys should be born and baptized on Good Friday, April 17, 1620, for it is said of her: In Calvary's soil Marguerite grew, Close by the Blood-stained Tree, And from the pierced Heart she drew The glow of Charity. Marguerite was endowed with Godis richest gifts,-intelligence, docility, and fervor, mingled with a super-natural love for humility and mortification. She was one of God's chosen souls set apart for some special work in His vineyard. From her earliest years Marguerite loved to gather her small companions about her and teach them to work and prayg and, when, at the age of twelve she lost her dear mother, her heart was seized with a strange loneliness which, try as she would, she could not escape, and thus her zeal for teaching and helping others was greatly increased and intensified. H The void made in Marguerite's heart by this great loss, deepened with the years and in her attempt to fill it with God's love, we see her going about doing good, bringing joy to the sorrowful, help and guidance to the weak, consolation to the afliictedg and peace to the dying. lt was then that Our Blessed Mother, beneath whose blue mantle Marguerite's orphaned soul had found refuge, smiled upon her with the smile of predilection, which Marguerite saw not until a vision was accorded her. On Rosary Sunday, 1640, Marguerite took part in a procession in honor of Our Blessed Mother and while pausing to salute a statue, the figure of Our Lady became transfigured and cast a look of wondrous love and tenderness upon the kneeling girl. The hour of grace had dawned. Marguerite's heart was transformed and raised to new heights of sanctity. A Her sole desire was to die to self and live for Christ, her Blaster. Drawn by divine grace, she strove to follow the mysterious call that sounded in her heart. Vain were her efforts to obtain admission into the Cloistral sanctuary of the Carmelites and Poor Clares. In 1653, Paul de Maisonneuve, Governor of Ville Marie, came to Troyes to visit his sister, a religious of the Congregation de Notre-Dame. These dear sisters pleaded earnestly with him to have an active part in evangelizing the New World 44 U 1:2 'J 'Z'-Y.',:-H1911ifllllllillllillllllllllllllllIIIIII.llIlllllllIIIllllllllllIllllIII!lllllllllllllllllllllllIINIllIIIllIIIlllIIilIllllllIlllllIllIIIlllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllillliilllll!k 'Gi s f 9 D