St Margarets Academy - Dayseye Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Item 6. To the Juniors we, the outgoing Class oj 1920, will the racks in the hall, hut we advise said Juniors not to seek refuge there between classes. Item 7. To our Sophomore sisters we will our surplus common sense, and our ability to grasp and master the most difficult of subjects. Item 8. To our little Freshman we present the tablet of rules and regulations of St. Margaret's Academy, knowing full well that they will not only preach but practice the forementioned regulations. Item 9. To the Student Body we will this time-worn refrain, 'Wot Prepared, “My Book IVas In the Fire. Item 10. Florence Full and her assistants will to the Juniors the pleasure of handing out the folding chairs to the green and awkward freshman prior to the genera! assembly. Item i 1. The Sailors will to the Student Body the skeleton of the Hall piano; may its pleasant sound ring forever in your ears. Item 12. 'The outgoing Class wills to the faculty the honor of graduating thirty-eight intellectual girls well equipped in the armor of knowledge and ready to uphold the standard of their beloved Alma Mater, St. Margaret's Academy. Item 13. The Class of 1920 wills to the Class of 1921 one thousand hours of strenuous labor on next year's annual. IVe, the Class of 1920, on this date of June 9th, at St. Margaret's Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, do hereby sign the above as our last IF ill and Testament.

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.V T. M A K C, A A F T S A C A I) F. M Y M i n n e a f o I i j, M i n n. CLASS WILL Ink . Hoy Irene Procter 3Be, the (Cinss of 15320, of St. Margaret's Academyy being about to leave this sphere of learnings being in possession oj normal mind and memory and understandings do make and publish thisy our last M ill and Testament y hereby making void all former Hills and Testaments by ns heretofore made. Item i . To Mother Clara we bequeath the memory of a Senior Class that were proud to have the honor of welcoming her into their portals of learning. It km 2. To the Student Tody of St. Margaret's Academy we give our superior intellectual powers and grant that they will use them to the best advantage. It km 3. To the Juniors we bequeath the title of Seniors, andy fully realizing that this honor has been their aim from their first day of high schooly we feel certain that they will discharge all the duties incumbent in their new state of life cheerfully and obediently. The following are among the important duties: 1. A wavSy or at least most of the timey obey the order of “Silence iti the halls and chiefly in the Study Hally thereby meriting the good graces of Sister Alice Irene. 2. Acquire the love of Poetry and particularly the Art of Sonnet writing. 3. Sever forget that the standard of St. Margaret's Academy is upheld by the courtesy and obedience of its members. It km 4. To Elizabeth Duvall and Beatrice Elujfy Dorothy Jane Danaher and Trances O' Ha Horan y will their desks in the Study Hall, f rom said desks many amusing incidents can be witnessedy a soy they afford conveninece for honorable exits. Item 5. To anyone wishing the honor, Anna Delaney and FJnora Diehl will the privilege of passing the music folders. 24

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u •S' T. M .7 li (', .7 A' A 7 .S’ .7 C .7 I) li M Y :: M i n n c a p o I j, M i n n THE SIM KI T OF PATRIOTISM AT S. M. A. Clara Watters MKN in the spring of 1917 the lTnited States launched its first Liberty VV l oan Campaign, as a means of financing the great war, St. Margaret’s Academy was prominent among the schools which heeded the nation’s call. The Academy recognized in the purchase of Liberty Bonds, a plain patriotic duty, and in accordance with this view the school carried on an earnest propaganda during all the I .iberty 1 .oan drives. As a result of this zealous promotion, all the classes of the Academy pledged themselves to the undertaking, and through their untiring efforts five Liberty Loan Bonds were bought and presented to the school. Two additional bonds were presented by parents, who took this way of showing their recognition and appreciation of the work done by St. Margaret’s; making a total of three hundred and fifty dollars given to the cause of Liberty by St. Margaret’s Academy. An active part was taken in the Red Cross work by the girls, who not only contributed money, but also their time in sewing refugee garments. The War Chest came in for its share of about twenty-one hundred dollars. During this year of peace the students have reached out helping hands to the Red Cross and other organizations which are caring for destitute children in the devastated lands of liurope. It is consoling to recall that every appeal has been answered by a response. I low generous the individual response, we may not know. This we do know, if there was anything wanting in generosity, it was not the fault of the school but of the scholars. The last appeal made to the girls of 1920 was in the interests of the Irish Republic. With our mite to this call went our hearts’ warmest sympathies, our fondest hopes, and our most fervent prayers that President De Valera’s wishes for Ireland may soon be realized.