St Margarets Academy - Dayseye Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Foreword I have tried with the limited material at hand to present an unbiased picture of the Career of the Class of 1923. 1 have prepared this paper with the utmost carefulness, writ- ing all the facts with an unprejudiced mind. 1 hope that the results are what they should be. namely, not giving you much more knowledge than you had before. Helen M. Natwick. '23 Introduction I SUPPOSE that the most important thing about the Class of 1923 in the first year is that they were not legally in existence until after the first of the next year when the class was duly organized. And I also suppose that I might do a little explaining about this article, that is. tell what its purpose is. if any. and also what it is meant to be, or else there might be some misunderstanding. Well. I might as well let the secret out now—this is a term paper, you know, one of those things that you lie awake nights about, but yet has to be done, or you don't get your credit. I have explicit directions right here how to write one. but they give everything one doesn’t want to know. Anyway, to make a long story short, the directions say to read a general account of your chosen subject, preferably in some encyclopedia, or something. Then it advises the writer to be sure to make her notes legible. Then it says. Get your material together and proceed to make an outline ' After that. why. the paper just naturally writes itself. I have followed directions carefully : I have my material together, and. as the above foreword states, it is limited. It consists mainly of three outlines kindly contributed by the above named Class after weeks of hard work, and a few themes written on class affairs. I also might say. that the principal material is Charlotte Stephen’s diary, procured after many weeks of pleading (not that she didn’t trust me, not at all.) So I am ready to begin my work. 121]

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Class of 1923 Elizabeth Henry .......... President Agnes Stanton.......... Secretary Catherine Lacy Vice President Priscilla Hawn..........Treasurer

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: r CHAPTER I. In retrospect, the most important happening of the first part of our first year was that terrible outrage, the Senior Party. These miserly persons actuated. not. as we the Class of 1923 thought, by a kind, sisterly love, but by a baser passion, that of a desire for—I hesitate to speak the condemning words —money, invited us to a party and we. all unsuspecting, in childish glee, attended in a body. But horror of horrors! Our pleasure did not last long. A curt voice at the door called out, Fifteen cents, please. Freshies went for days without their lunch and into their hearts crept the thought of revenge.1 But this crisis was averted by lessons which, every day in every way. got harder and harder.- Then came Xmas vacation, and school-days were over until January 3, 1920. We all felt just a bit more grown-up now, for we had been in high school for so long, so that, when on January 7. Lot a new kids entered school, among them P. Hawn, E. Parker and J. Hawthorne”:: we felt very superior indeed, and with great pleasure introduced them to their new tasks, which no doubt they performed much better than we did. But then we were much older and so could afford to procrastinate a little, for we were Senior Freshmen. Spring came upon as it always had with its attacks of spring fever. or mental laziness. But on March 2 we awoke to our new responsibilities, for on this day the Class was formally organized. St. Patrick’s day was chosen as a very suitable day for our first party, although the subject of parties was still a precarious one. ‘ But anyway this was to be our own party, so. of course, there need be no worry about admission prices. Needless to say. this party was a success as there were no Seniors around to mar it. On March 31 came that awful catastrophe, the big fire at St. Margaret’s. Mother Clara ordered two weeks vacation and we did not go back to school until April 1 2. Our school was not completely destroyed, but a huge chasm in the roof made the use of many of the class rooms impossible. And often one would seat herself on a chair on which the rain had dripped during the night. We had to go to the Pro for French, and oft did certain of our Sister Teachers insinuate that the number of blocks between St. Margaret's and the Pro and the time taken in covering the distance, were not at all in proportion.5 For the rest of the year we all enjoyed ourselves immensely in the parlor study-hall. The large windows were very handy and doors were always horrid anyway, so draw your own conclusions. These selfsame windows Ve«». Marie. Theme. The Ou e of the Freshman-Senior Feud, p. !. Absolutely not suggested by M Cove • Stephens. ( bailotte. Dicey of School Yects at S. l. A., p. 5. See p I. ch. 1. of this p.spci. ''Stephens. Op. Cil.. p. 8. 122]