St Marys High School - Tower Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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X- . -fgx, m :frm N V c few.,-f ...f fm! flllass nf 1928 From the Boys' Viewpoint During the month of June, when everyone is doing his or her best to make the few remaining school- days both pleasant and profitable for the Senior Class, when the preparations for commencement exercises are being concluded, and everything is being done to make the final event of the school year a big success, little attention is given to the Junior Class. But, after the ceremonies are over, and congratulations and good wishes have been extended to the graduates, we begin to realize that next year's graduating class will be composed of the present Junior group. It is then that the questions arise: Will the Junior Class worthily represent our schooli- Will it uphold the prestige which the graduates have established? Will it be another stone in the strong wall of success built by previous Senior Classes? These questions can readily be answered if we but look into the past and see what record has been established by the future class of Seniors during their third year. lf the record shows a high mark in discipline, obedience, scholarship and thoughtful- ness, combined with a firm loyalty to school, we may rest easy in the assurance that, as Seniors, the class will adequately represent the school. VVe will know that the ex- ample set by such a group is worthy of imitation and that the affairs entrusted to them will be capably managed. ln the Junior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty- seven the above essentials of a successful Senior Class are not lacking. The Class takes pride in the fine reputation it has established, not only the third year, but also in the first and second year. When the Class of '28 entered the portals of St. Maryis High School, a 'class of purpose and high ideals came. As freshmen, we were timid, backward and afraid, but through our timidity and back- wardness we saw for ourselves what was expected of us. And when examination time came 'round we also found out what was demanded of us in our daily class work. With these two thoughts in mind, we completed our first year most success- fully. As Sophomores, we began to possess a mild feeling of pride and independence. We saw in the new freshman class, failings which we had outgrown. So we strove on and on, and not in vain, endeavoring to make ourselves worthy to be students of St. Mary's. Thus our second year drew to a close with a more encouraging future. Nineteen hundred and twenty-seven found us Juniors. Through our undying interest and hard efforts, we were well worthy of the title. We had, indeed, won a name for ourselves, a name to be proud of in the years to come, a name to be cher- ished, not lost. We have cooperated in every way we possibly could in making each and every undertaking of St. Mary's a success. In all activities we have been able to hold our own. In an academic way we have earned recognition, in athletics-ah! that speaks for itself. Just look at the lVI's proudly worn on Junior sweaters, and see who cheered the Blue and Gold to Victory. Less than a score of years after our graduation, the word success will be obso- lete, but when people wish to use that expression, they will say, f'St. Mary's, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-eightf' JAMES SCANLON, '28 RAYMOND YOUNG, '28 Q-I f 2' A at Frm . N gg Q .Q . Q X Page Fifty-seven

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Q V 1 s Y W 5 1 ,L 9 V . K 'K 'K .7 1. 'o 'ff I t 4' f Hlnniur Qllass Ciiisinrg fls it appears to the Girls The beginning of our history as a class, carries us back to the fall of 1924. On the opening day of that scholastic year, the auditorium of St. Mary's High School was filled to its capacity, with a crowd of enthusiastic boys and girls. An atmosphere of excitement pervaded the hall. Students from previous years greeted each other with hearty handshakesg honorable Sisters smiled a glad Welcome to their former pupils, and here and there amongst,the old ones were scattered frightened awe-struck freshies, who seemed to be without friends. But wait! From various whispers we gathered that this distinguished looking man who had just en- tered, and had such influence over these enthusiastic boys and girls, was none other than the Reverend Father Hynes. Under the capable direction of Sister Bl. Deodata classes were assigned and the school year of 1924-25 was in swing. ln the beginning of the course, things seemed rather strange to us, and all attended diligently every day. But that was before the real work began. By and by some fell by the wayside, and some fell among thorns , because they found other things that were more engrossing than the daily routine. But those who remained, courageously adhered to the straight and narrow path which leads to graduation. The following fall we enrolled as Sophomores, entering into all the activities: social, athletic, religious, and academic, with increasing vigor. We had begun to appreciate St. lWary's. After the first month of arrangement and readjustment, we went on with our work more peacefully, and it was not long until our humble band blossomed into no less an illustrious body than the Juniors of 1926-1927. Our third year at St. lVIary's has brought home to us more forcibly than ever before, the realization of what our school work means to us. How futile it would be, to try to explain here all the advantages and blessings that our high school training implies. We are growing perceptibly 'fbetter and better with each month we spend at school, and it is our earnest desire to say to Reverend Father Hynes and Sister M. Deodata that, even though we seemxirresponsive, and even ungrateful at times for the environment they have worked so hard to construct for us, that we begin at this, the close of our third year, to know more than'ever before what is the value of our school hours, and what will always be their value inithis varied, intricate thing we call life. Everything has been so invigorating and so pleasant that we enjoy the feeling of being Juniors, and look forward to our Senior year with satisfaction. We are happy to say that our stay at St. lN'lary's is not yet finished. Next year, as Seniors, we promise to take up the work of the school, and carry it on to a better and more successful conclusion than has even been reached by the previous classes. -CHRYSANDA REIDY, '28. 7 ,U FN 5. 'J X, X 6, Q X Page Fifty mne