St Marys High School - Blue Mantle Yearbook (Milford, MA)

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Social and scholastic activities filled the year to capacity. Several school dances were held in the assembly hall and five one-act plays were presented to appreciative audiences. In November the Believe in Luck? ’ The cast Mary Condry Edith ilrauss Vincent Goddard Marvalice Wrenn Classical presented, ”Do You Senior follows: Mary McKenna William McGrath Elizabeth Duggan Stanley Gac Joseph Murphy Roselie Lescoc Mafalda De Salvia Edward ' Galley POLLY’S HERO The cast follows: Ceceli cl Grant Joseph Wells Greta Chapdelaine Jeanette Koss Lawrence Heron V filliam Kennedy Arline Quirk Leon Osachuk The cast follows: Margaret Fahy Joan Tobey LITTLE WOMEN Anna Curley Anna Small In December the Senior Commercial presented: ONE GIFT ABOVl;: AI OTH..R Virginia St. George Charles Miller The cast follows: Helen Gordon Ernest Lemire William Hayes Fred Collins Constance Newcombe Marguerite McGrath Jean Fitzputrick-x- Betty Rooney x- f Ivc Dorothy Lucier Eileen McCarthy Bobby Gleason- ' and six in the gra .m «-Talent borrowed from grades mar school. The cast follows: Joseph Small THE BITTER END Irene Bessette Joseph Scannell Three debaters were chosen from our ranks this year. They were Margaret Fahy, and Cecelia Grant and Leon Osachuk as al¬ ternate . The St. Thomas Aquinas benquet held on the feast day of the great doctor of the Church was well attended by our class proving that athletics and dramatics v ere no obstacles to high standing in class.The following members of the class were Invited to the banquet; Kathleen Bardsley Louise Tosches Mary McKenna Alice Moroney Mary Collins Anna Curley Frances Cullinan Dorothy Lucier Leon Osachuk Cecelia. Grant and Margaret Fahy were eligible as debaters.

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The following members of standing and were at table; Helen Gordon Dorothy Lucier Frances Cullinan Louise Tosches Alice Moroney Mary Collins ’39 attained the required William Hayes Ernest Bouchard Constance Newcombe Leon Osachuk Mafalda DeSalvia Kathleen Bardsley Vife maintained and increased our representation in the Glee Club and Orchestra. V n;iile we had no class play this year, several talented members of the class, namely:Margaret Pahy, Anna Curley and Cecelia Grant took part in the school play, ’’It’s Papa Who Pays held in the Town Hall. The play was a great success. We had the thrill of taking part in the graduation ex¬ ercises of the Class of ’38 being members of the chorus. The mus¬ ic was exceptionally good on this occasion and will serve,we hope as a preparation for our own big day, June 23, 1938. So ended our Junior year and September 1938 we were back occupying the front seats in assembly an honor anticipated for the last three years. « Our teachers this year were Sister Piose Concepta • and Sister M. Bernadette in the classical subjects and Sister Eliza¬ beth Mary and Sister Immaculata in the commercial subjects. Athletics continued to outside activities. The follow! football squad; Joe Small Charles Miller Joe Scannell Eddie Beyer Jack Davoren Leon Osachuk Seniors admitted to tK Bill Kennedy play an important part in our g Seniors were accepted for the Stanley Gac Lawrence Heron John Eckersall William McGrath Dave Lynch Joe Murphy basketball team were; Joe Moore The following Seniors baseball team; Ernie Bouchard Bill Hayes Eddie Beyer Leon Osachuk played on the almost undCfbated Larry Heron John Eckersall David Lynch Joe Murphy

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Mission activities at the school were enkindled hy vis¬ its from various religious orders. Father Kao, a Chinese priest, gave an interesting talk on the missions of his country and told us of the sufferings caused by the war still waging between the Chinese and Japanese. After his lecture, he invited us to ask questions. One of the questions chanced tobe ' V hat • ' progress has Comr.iunism made in China?? ' Father Kao said that the Chinese people are devoted to their families and home life and that Communism does not anneal to them at all. He also said that the Chinese government is favorably inclined toward Christianity. The ‘ ' Jhite Sisters of Mary whose Mother House is in Af¬ rica lectured on the progress of the Church in that country. The work among the negroes is easy in comparison with their endeavors to convert the Mohammedans. The Sisters showed pictures to bring out the interesting phases of the missionary fields. Sister M. Coronato representing the Hary ' ' moll missions lectured on the missions in China, the Philippines and Hawaii, She showed pictures to brina home to us the difficulties under which — w the Church labors in these lands and also impressed upon us the necessity of supporting the missions. Early in April the elimination contest in preparation for the Oratorical Contest took place. Fourteen were selected to take part in the Contest which took place April 21 in the assemb¬ ly hail. One of the most enjo ' able assemblies of the year was the occasion on v hich Father Riordan presented Father Donahue with an oil painting of St. John and Sister Superior with a similar paint¬ ing of the Madonna. It was a surprise gathering and this added to the zest of the participants. Those present were Father Riordan, Father Donahue, Father Rupprocht, Father Collins, Father Kelley, the Misses Riordan and the entire student body. Sister Superior was escorted to the platform by throe members of the orchestra who played a lively march suited to the occasion. Father Riordan expressed hh appreciation of the work done by Superior and Fath¬ er Donahue in behalf of St. Mary’s. The recipients wore then called upon to say a few words. Sister Superior said a few words and withdrew leaving Father DoneJaue the width of the platform to express his sentiments, which he did in his accustomed way bring¬ ing a lesson of gratitude before us for our consideration. Le Cercle Francais” was organized this year as an in¬ centive to further interest in French and a Science Club was started with a similar motivo.