St Mary of the Woods College - Les Bois Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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, xxx .5 ,.- .,.. ., ,,,,- . . ., . ' ---.' ' LES BOIS A ai ,fi Ia- 4 . , fa, es 5- 4- ,Ml 1 . great humility, we chose green and white as our class colors at the first class-meeting when Anita Rigali was elected President. Our motto, Launch Out Into the Deep, tells our ambition. We chose the dog- wood as our flower, not only because of its singular beauty and its color scheme of green and white, but also because of the prominence of its snowy branches in the forests about Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Al- ways respectful to our Seniors, we established the custom, which has since become a rule, of opening the elevator doors for Upperclassmen. Our athletic record could not be surpassed, for the Freshmen never suffered defeat, and the Upperclassmen wel- comed us into the College basket-ball team which won the championship from the Academy. We were no less successful in literary pursuits, for we published the first Freshman number of the Aurora, a feat so stupendous that it has never been attempted since! The Freshman Song, with which each Freshman class is presented every year, is ours. Other classes may claim it, and help the Freshmen sing it, but our interest in it is of a maternal nature, for we were the first to sound its notes in Guerin Hall. Our Val- entine party was the first of the many original and successful social affairs at which we have enter- tained our fellow-students. Dorothy Abell, one of our classmates, was a medalist of the Conservatory of Music, and so we had an active and prominent part in the Commencement exercises of our first year. We returned as Sophomores thrilled to be asso- ciated with the Upperclassmen, and glad to initiate another class into the mysteries of opening the eleva- tor doors. This was the year of the Diamond Jubilee which filled our hearts with greater love for our Alma Mater. We established ourselves as the class of poets that year, and Eulalie and Helen have been the school's poets ever since. With Gladys Keller as President the year passed quickly with the strain of the Sophomore English course, biology, chemistry, Latin, French and Spanish, broken by our Baby Party, walks to the cemetery, the discovery of China, and numerous other exploits. We were glad, the following year, to welcome Leona Hayes, Helen Harper, and Helen Dunnigan into our Junior class. Georgiana Beuret was elected President, and we passed through the Argumenta- tion happily. The year was one of strenuous work, just sufficiently varied by the light episode to give artistic contrast. When Georgiana left us we chose Gladys Keller to fill her place. We spent the recrea- tions of the next few months making wistaria blos- soms for our Junior party which our guests pro- ififf n ' T 'N' lrplp ' 1 c f N

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B Z2 42? a r im., in--M ILES BOIS GLADYS KFLLER EULALIE GEOFFRION P d t Vice-President HELEN HOGAN LEONA HAYES Secretary Treasurer Class Hzsiory UNE of the delights of this year is to comply with the custom long exist- ing, by compiling the re- cord of our four years at Guerin Hall. With pride we present it, and with the hope that it may inspire future classes to emulation. Commencement Day 1918 is drawing near all too quickly. We can scarcely realize that four years have passed since September 18, 1914, when we gathered together at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, the largest Freshman class which had entered Guerin Hall. The first few days of our College career passed quickly and in quite the ordi- nary way. There were the usual number of weepers, but we soon forgot them in getting used to one another, and in settling ourselves in our new home. Tactfully, we always remembered that we were Freshmen, and, perhaps as a sign of our ffl! M 'Wm T' To .- ...., ,. .f. vifv ' . . ...gt If If- ' S Alggu Fifty -eight

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. Xxx I E i ,e . ., g, , . H-, ,Q ., ,, ,,i '4,.,, ,, :i ,,-,m- LES BOIS A claimed one of the most beautiful and enjoyable entertainments in the history of the College. When we returned the next September it did not seem possible that we were really Seniors, but as we journeyed to town unchaperoned we began to realize the joys and responsibilities of Senior life. Gladys was chosen to steer our ship through this eventful year. Our Hallowe'en party, the first big social accomplishment of the year, and the usual bug- a-boo of the Senior Class, turned out to be an un- hoped-for success. November 25, our Feast Day, is the most memorable day of the year. We shall never forget the surprise dinner, so delightful, so good and bright and beautiful, tendered in our honor by the Revered Mother General, and the exceptionally lovely entertainment which the Juniors prepared for us. The brilliant picture of the festive refectoryg girls in their pretty evening gowns 5 tables and room appointed in our class color scheme mingled with flags, the songs, the toastsg the sweet wishes-all are forever safely stored in our hearts' treasury. The year has passed quickly with our work, un- usually heavy, and the necessary diversions of school life. One of the most impressive aspects of the year is that resulting from the war. Our every prayer and every activity, all our work, and especially our recreations have been mingled with the red, white, and blue. Our country and the welfare of our sol- diers have been deeply abiding interests with us day and night, and we did our best to help our Flag, while hoping to multiply in the future the little that we did. It has been, too, a year of brilliant literary achieve- ment. Always noted as the student class, we have added to our reputation by founding The Society of Letters and Fagots. In doing this we have tried to fill a long-felt need in Guerin Hall, and we hope that future classes will carry on the work with enthusiasm. The Annual Dance is over, our theses are written, Les Bois is almost at press, Commencement time is near, and soon the Class of 1918 will be history in Guerin Hall. But our four years here will never be history to us. They will be an ever-present memory, as will be, also, the ideals and aspirations of our school-days. Saint Mary- of-the-Woods, our Alma Mater! How proudly shall we say this in future years! And may we always be worthy that coveted title-Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Alumnae! i , -114 Sixty 7 fs D.- 1 ' -......i.'W . , ,.