St Marys Commercial High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Our number again decreased when Dorothy Reuter and Evelyn Nestor both dropped the course, and this made a total of 57 in the Senior Class of 1940. Within a week's time we had elected our class officersg Annette Goeddeke, Presidentg Jeanne Campbell, Vice-Presidentg Dorothy Kaczmarek, Secretaryg and Rosemary Wiemeyer, Treasurer. The first duty of the officers was to prepare for the Juniors' initiation. It was to be a nHard Timesn party and with the cooperation of all the members of the class we made it a great success. Even if the President did change the date on which Thanks- giving was to be celebrated, we were ready to do our share for the needy of Old St. Mary's parish. During the Christmas season, when everybody is shopping for gifts for Mary and Sue, we found time to take part in two processions. First, the Forty Hours' Devotion ceremonies, and then we took part in the Midnight Hass on Christmas Eve. Both of the ceremonies were very edifying and brought a little peace to this war-torn world And then an unexpected event took place that brought tears to our eyes and ulumpsn in our threats. After ten years as Pastor of St. Mary's Church, Father Hoeger left us to become Rector of Holy Ghost M,ssionary College located at Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania. He gave his farewell address to the parishioners on February ll, the ending of the Immaculate Conception Novena. But on the following day, he came personally to bid farewell to the students of the mission and of the commercial school, We welcomed Reverend Father Edward J. Knaebel, the new pastor of St. Mary's, during the annual retreat. The former National Director of the Holy Childhood Association is a sehoolman by calling, and will, no doubt, make still more useful to the city the splendid Commercial School, developed under Father Hoeger and the School Sisters of Notre Dame. His little talks during the retreat were centered around the lkss and its relation to the greet drama that took place on Calvary. Instead of the nend of a perfect dayn we had the end of a perfect retreat by receiving Holy Communion after which we all had a fine breakfast served to us in the dining room. we were so engrossed in developing speed in shorthand that we didn't notice that the end of March was already here and we still had Old Man Winter at our heels. April came and with the belated Spring weather we were apt to have a little nspring fever.n The month of May was ushered in by our annual Mothers' Day party. Although the weather was not perfect the party was one of the most successful ones held in several years. Our Mothers again had a little noonferencen with our teachers and after that enjoyed an afternoon of cards and bunco. Father Time flew swiftly by and before we realized it, the last and busiest week of school was ahead of us. We were

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the center of attraction and the envy of all the Juniors when they gave us our ClassDay. After a very delicious luncheon, we, the Seniors, bequeathed to the Juniors various bits of our property. Several speeches were given by members of the three classes and after that we went home to prepare for the festive occasion that was to take place the next day. The Alu nae heartily welcomed us into their midst with the banquet given at the Whittier Hotel in our honor. Then the day of days! June 93 Graduation! Fare- wells and promises to write and visit each other filled the air when we assembled for the last time on the morning of June 9. Our Graduation Mass was at 9:00, and in the evening we had our commencement exercises. It was a very beautiful and edifying ceremony as the Graduates, in their caps and gowns, solemnly walked up to the statue of Our Blessed Mother and there dedicated themselves to her for the rest of their lives. And then the final ceremony took place--the distribution of diplomas. Even though we had graduated on Sunday it made no difference for on Tuesday, June ll, we were told to have a good time as school children when we boarded the boat for Bob-lo for the second time to spend an enjoyable day at the island. Soon we will be assigned the leading character in the drama of our own lives. With hard work and an ambition to succeed we will be as successful in this role as we have been in the role of students of St. Lhry's. And when the final curtain is rung down on our lives in this world, may we enjoy an eternal stay in heaven.