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

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IlllxlllllllllIlllllillllll IIEQQESISHGW G L 'E A N I N G S Q :-.giwggyl IIllllllllllllllllllllllllll e A lSiENIOR'S ,PRAYER Sometimes I sit and wonder In just the same old way, What each girl will be doing A year marked from that day. When each one will be stationed At a-task unseemingly fair, When each will be undergoing Her joys or perhaps a care. It is then that I start wishing That each will be well prepared, When they leave the dear old portals That they so lovingly shared. May their joys be outnumbered And their sorrows hidden from view, So that all- their undertakings WiIl'be sprinkled with honored dew. And even though the dangers Into which everyone will stray, Will probably be outweighted With the thoughts of S. L. A. But then there is a lull in-my dreamings Which prompts from my heart a prayer, Mary our Queen, our Mother, Guide us, keep us, 'neath thy care. BERNICE MCCORMICK, 26 WINTER He comes, He comes! Winter comes, then frost spirit comes! Let us meet him as we may And sit by the fireplace and with its light Turn his evil power away, And gather joser the circle around When 'ti as firelight dances high X And laugh at the shreik of the Ba ed fiend As his sounding wing goes by. ' ELEANOR LEWANDOWSKI, 27 A i H l! 'rl i S 3 K so 1 U : J L-. 'I llllll llll llllIIIlllllllIIIIllIlllllllllllllIIllllllIllIllIllllllllIllllllllllIIIIIIIllIIIIIIlllllIlllli!llIllIllllllllllllllilllllllilll!lIllIllllllllllrllllllllll Ill Illlll I Niki -y . , .h , ,, -. , .T 4 4 i - 1 I V, iii 'OX I :

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QF' Y OU T H some for ni their For youth is life insistent, life strained for' Conquest bound With eyes upon the hills afar and feet that Span the ground. To youth no word impossible no task beyond Her skill. Success may cheat, or failure mock resistance Tones her will. When earnest years have Bed and time has Broadened heart and thoughts And roseate dreams of youth's bright years Untiringly are sought. Though some air castles have fallen, and others Crumbled to dust, She looks with generous eye and heart, ' For conquer it she must. And who of you would give, your heart joys Or your tears For one all glowing vision of Youth's S Most buoyant years? EUGENIA L1 A-SPRING The blizzards are all satiate Winter's icy blasts have goneg Plans begin to vegetate And the seeming fickle sun Remembers to stay a little late. April showers too have done, And the raindrops have abated Reminding us that spring has come , And all Nature seems elated. - HELEN Smmoun, '27. i ,Q X ,xv .. vw Q lpiiiff ffl, ,,., .. .1 rf. IJ'-H-1' nazi .3 . SM. .lj fy T 'Y - 1 , , :gil ,V . ' sf S Fl U S 4 f - 73 l lin' ' l 1 l

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. 4, A G L E A N I N G S fi?-1'i9.HIhllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIQIRSIEZYX 'T+J,,f5L4:C6 ' ' mi. Q rl' THE IDEAL BUSINESS GIRL Sad is the day for anyone when he becomes absolutely satisfied with the work that he is doing, the thoughts that he is thinking, and the life that he is living! When there ceases to be forever beating at the doors of his soul a desire to do something larger which he feels and knows that was meant for him to do. This quotation may also apply to the Business Girl, for sad is the day, indeed, N when she becomes absolutely satisfied with the work that she is doing. It is her duty to give every moment of her time to the interests of her employer. As soon as she becomes satisfied with her work she ceases to be of use in the office, since she does not try to improve. Improvement is a great necessity for every steno- grapherg for if she does not develop she must lose the efliciency that she has. There is no standing stillg she must either progress or retrogress. Therefore the .. modern stenographer, must strive to improve herself daily. ' Another and very vital point in the business world is Punctuality . This - 5 reigns high in the eyes of the employer. A man may have a stenographer who is ' efficient, courteous and honest, but if she lacks punctuality all her other qualities - are as it were trampled under foot. What employer will tolerate a girl who ill- uses all discipline by coming in late morning after morning? Few, if any. And they are not to be condemned for it. A business man has said: I expect from my stenographer the same service that I get from the sun, with this exception: The artificial light, but I pay my 2 ' stenographer to work, six days out of seven and to be punctual. I also expect 5 her to radiate my office with sunshine and with sympathetic interest in the work ' K. I am doing. E ,Q It is the spirit in which one lives and works as well as the volume of the work, I that makes her profitable. She must be dependable, agreeable and courteousl E 5 Nothing so under-rates the value of a stenographer as a disagreeable .way of : ph Q 'P speaking. The voice with the smile wins the hearts of all, and cheers those, who f ' Q are in constant contact with her. The Ideal Business Girl does all her work-and does it well. Above all things,. E ' she does not have one eye on her work while the other watches the clock. This I W 305155 latter detail is one that is very seldom of any assistance to a business girl. s f 'Q'fgQf5,'3:.? If the girl who is entering upon a career in the great business world will faith- - Til? fully follow these simple rules, she will be a woman of Whom the employer will A have a reason to be proud. e ' fini Try then, Business Girl, to master your defects and to better yourself, for, I lf-,M 4 Sad is the day when we become satisfied with what we do and think. I ' .- ffn9:5E,'i MARIE KOPF, : Commercial, '26. - A I , if Gi.