St Margarets Academy - Dayseye Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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At St. Margaret's MAIN BUILDING In serene dignity, whether its mellow stone be festooned with climbing vines or glistening with ice and snow, stonds the old McNair Mansion, as the Main Building was once called. The nerve center from which the life of the .school has flowed for more than forty years, Old Main, holds a prominent place in the school day memories of every St. Margaret's girl. each link in a chain of days

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FOREWARD In his LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN, Geoffrey Chaucer characterized our school flower as the dayesye or the eye of day . In our yearbook dedicated to the model of all good women, we are gazing back over our years at St. Margaret's Academy to find each day linked to the next as so many daisies in a shining chain— —the friendly days of getting acquainted with teachers and schoolmates —the busy days filled with classes field trips, and assemblies. —the carefree days of parties, dances, picnics, games, and plays, —yes, days begun by prayer and hallowed by Retreats and by special days of prayer,- days which like the daisy with its golden heart, are centered in Christ and in His Blessed Mother. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1949

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like the daisy CHAPEL Here Christ is in the midst of us. His Sacramento I Presence is the golden center from which radiates the vitalizing graces which form His likeness in the lives of teachers and students. Through daily visits, First Friday Holy Hours, Lenten devotions, Retreat exercises, and special Rosary days, the golden thread of prayer life is woven into the fabric of school activities to give meaning and richness to each day. has a golden center