St Margarets Academy - Dayseye Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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THE 1931 DAYESYE Senior American History AS the term of knightly training closes, the Maidens fare forth with the crest of knowledge emblazoned on their shields. Their study and research inspired staunch citizenship, and a deep love for their birthland. As a medium of diversion, slides on various phases of American History were often presented, and the New York Times Review was read in class. An interesting activity, which required much profitable research, was the debate on the Question of the Eighteenth Amendment. Those taking part were Helen Hames, Mary Hughes, Kathryn McGuire and Rosemary Holden on the negative side; and Margaret O’Connor, Mary Parker, Edna Mulcahy, Jeanne Ryberg and Ruth Owens on the affirmative. About the middle of March, the class chartered a bus, and attended a session of the legislature at the Capitol, and visited the Historical Museum. The trip was a most interesting one, and will long l e remembered as the most pleasant and profitable history day of the year. —Irene Gonier. [27]

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THE 1931 DAYESYE Modern History RIDING forth in quest of learning, a group of knightly Maidens came upon the -Castle of Modern History, where they found the Chatelaine ready to aid them in their search. She gave them books, volumes of history, of biography, and periodicals, wherein they might find the lore of modern times. She gave them papers to write on “What the Nations are Doing to Relieve Unemployment,” and on the influence of the music, art and literature of the lands from whence their ancestors came. She organized a Debating Club to discuss topics relating to the work being done by the class. She accompanied them to the Forty-Seventh Session of Congress, and to the Historical Museum, where, in the archives, they saw many interesting manuscripts. Later they were brought to the Walker Gallery, and to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. And finally she sent them forth rejoicing, with a new appreciation of the peoples of the earth, which they may use in the service of the King. —Audrey Haverland. I 26]

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THE 1931 DAYESYE The Latin Class THE opening of the scholastic tournament was heralded by the coming of a group of Maiden Knights, who, desiring to complete their education, stormed the gates of the Castle of Latin, seeking the gift of tongues. They read the several Orations of the incomparable Cicero, and that finished, they delved into his philosophy. They translated excerpts from “Dc Officiis, “Dc Scncc-tutc, “Dc Amicitis,” and the “Tusculan Disputations. It was well worth the effort in translating, to realize the close relationship of Cicero’s pagan philosophy to the Christian. As a last project, the classes, having obtained the Latin manuscript of the first radio message from the Vatican, given by Pope Pius XI, rendered the address into excellent English. Hence, the students feel richer by their contact with the Classics, and have awakened to the realization that the mastery of the Latin tongue is a step nearer to true culture. —Margaret Maag. 128 J