St Mary of the Springs High School - Siena Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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,-5 ..,-..,- ,ltlfjljg S '. :QQ -EEE PMA-S-P-'-M7714 MJMHMD an 'S Y Y i Your Stage and Mine Today there are few individuals who have not had the good fortune at some time to witness the dramatist,s picturesque reproduction of life's joys and sorrows. VVe, too, have been among the number, having had our interest aroused to the highest peak as we watched scene after scene, act after act, even until the end. In a similar way, though perhaps not so dramatic, yet very much more realistic, do the students of St. lVIary's High witness such a spectacle, for every day we see a part of the great drama of Life unfold, which will never again be produced under the same circumstances. Not unlike the Morality Plays of Shakespeare's day each of our classmates personiiies a certain virtue though he may be unaware of the fact. Perseverance and Good VVill are seen in the Daily Mass attendant, while Class Spirit is evident, too, in his endeavor to raise the Class percentage. Another of these is brought to the footlights as occasion arises, for the ups and downs of school life demand that Patience play her part. If all her associates could only see the bright side of things as the drama unfolds what a stirring scene would be added to this play. Obedience and Industriousness enter and co-operate with our teachers in all their wishes and enterprises. Of course, there are such characters as Com- plaint, Iyndifference, and Self Will fwhat drama true to life lacks themil. Yet these members of the cast have but a minor part, for their influence is lost under the sunny beams of our Sense of Humor and Good NVill. These boon companions make school life pleasant for all and needless to say are the leading characters in our little theatre. VVe may again note the similarity to Shakespeare, who in many of his plays had a ufooln to bricrhten life's iathways. Truly we ma' sa' with him ea l , , l l All the worldls a stage VVhere every man must play his part, even though some may think themselves so unfortunate as to repeat with him And mine a sad onef, Just as the curtain is about to drop on this act of the drama our Seniors take the limelight for this is their last performance on this stage, as they leave schooldays to enter Life's school. YVe also take this opportunity to thank them for the fine example of good fellowship and school spirit they have given us. Though they are soon to leave us we know their memory will be held dear to every last one in the high school. YVe feel confident that the new class will endeavor to give us the same co-operation that has become so predominant during the past year. JUNE NIcHoLsoN, '30, 37

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-Y ia, . o Longer the Youngest YVe, Class '30, were branded as St. lVlary's Youngest in the last edition of the Amaranthine. But it is no longer so. Now we are considered by our fellow- men as the '4Smart Sophsf' ln February, l927, we began our Hrst step of the course, and were intro- duced into the Forest of Learning. As the young muskrat learns the edible plants, its enemies and friends, so we learned. As the young fox learns how to catch its prey and avoid its enemies, so we learned also. In February, 1928, we took up our second year of the course, which we hope to complete in June. Now in the midst of our studies, we are learning more about the paths of the forest, its occupants, their languages and ways, and how to work in unison with them. WVILLIAM HANF, '3ll. ' Our Sophomore Year The powerful magnet-graduation-draws us nearer and nearer to our goal. Under the competent direction of these officers, President. .... . .lVlarcellus Eisemann Vice President . . , . ,Geraldine Griffin Treasurer. . . ..,. Paul 'lander Secretary ...,......,......... . .Anna Schumick we have passed a fairly successful year. VVith only three studies some may think we had a perfectly easy time, but, with double periods it was often tiresome. Sophomore English, with its composi- tion and literature, Geometry, with its problems and propositions, and Latin, the enemy of every scholar, had to be taken seriously. lr ' ' as r - Strive and you shall conquer. VN e have striven and we hope to conquer. Eva HABAN, '3l. hip Ahoy! On January 31 the Arctic schooner landed in port with its Freshman crew after safely passing the Isthmus of Ancient History, the numerical Strait of Algebra and following the English and Latin coast on the wide ocean of Learning. On February l the crew embarked on the second part of the journey south as Sophomores. The blue and white banner, Excelsior, bravely floated over our ship. During the Hrst half, we safely passed through the terrific gales-quizzes. No mishaps were had with the black pirate ship-Idlenessg with shallow, reef- infested water-Laziness, nor with derelict, floating objects-lnattention. VVe earnestly hope we will do as well the second half as We did the first half. As we continued the short portion of our long journey southward, the Latin and and English coast, hitherto rocky only in places, became mountainous. Distances traveled through the day were calculated by Geometry. Now the ambitious crew is waiting for the day when they will enter Vacation Bay, happy and victorious in overcoming the dangers that lay along the Sophomore year and anxiously hoping for the day when they will disemhark at the equator-Knowledge. G. GRIFFIN, '3 1. 39