St Mildreds High School - Memories Yearbook (Laurel, MD)

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• • • MEMOIRS • • • JOHN ANTHONY ZALONIS And still they gazed and still their wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.” ACTIVITIES: President of Junior and Senior Classes, Editor of Newspaper, Yearbook Staff, Glee Club, Athletics, and Musician at Entertainments. Johnny FAREWELL TO ST. MILDRED'S HIGH Dear Classmates, now the time has come When we must say, Good-bye,” To friends and teachers, kind and true, To dear St. Mildred's High. St. Mildred's High, St. Mildred's High, Were sad to leave thy halls; For happy days, so tree from care, We've spent within these walls. We love the stately budding trees, We love the waving grass; We love the walls, the rooms and all We love each lad and lass. For four short years we've tarried here, Enjoying every day, That has been spent in work and play; Oh, how we wish to stay. 9

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• • • MEMOIRS • • • MARY JEAN STOUT She has daring fancies of her own.” ACTIVITIES: Yearbook staff. Glee Club, Tennis Club, Newspaper re- porter, and President of the Civics Club. Jeannie JAMES VINCENT TRIMIGLOZZI Lead me to some quiet and lonely vale.” ACTIVITIES: Choir, Newspaper, Glee Club, Confraternity, and Athletics. Trim MARGARET ESTHER TUTTLE Graceful ease and sweetness void of pride, Would hide her faults, if she had faults to hide.” ACTIVITIES: Prefect of Sodality in Senior Class, Choir, Tennis Club, Glee Club, Yearbook staff and News- paper typist. Tootles 8

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• • • MEMOIRS • • • HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1941 St. Mildred's High always has been in the front rank of the Educa- tional Institutions of the State. In order to retain and improve its position— as it has always done—the faculty and equipment consistently have been strengthened and bettered from year to year. Since the student-body of any school must function as an integral unit, we of the class of 1941, not only have seen these improvements made, but have benefited from them. 1937- 38 A class of seventeen freshmen entered St. Mildred's High School in the fall of 1937. Eleven of them had graduated from our Elementary School in June of that year; six came from other schools—both in and out of our state. All of us began our secondary school education with some trepidation because we had already begun to realize, after our graduation a few months ago, that our primary-school courses had only tapped the Fount of Knowledge made available to all students by our excellent educational system and that we were crossing a threshold beyond which awaited much hard work in, (to us), as yet unchartered and altogether new fields. Our fear did not last long, however, for we were quickly taken in hand by the faculty and, with their patient and capable tutelage, found our work not only interesting, but pleasant and beneficial to us in many ways in our everyday lives. So it was that we came to the end of the Scholastic year—and its accom- panying examinations—with a feeling that we had been greatly helped thereby. It should be mentioned, before going further, that—during this year—our high school, which always had been affiliated with the Catholic University of America, was recognized as an accredited secondary school by the State Board of Education. During the year, too, our class participated—with the other students of our school, in the Bi-Centennial celebration of the birthday of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, at Doughoregan Manor, the ancient seat of the Carroll family. The Drum and Bugle Corps of the Laurel Sons of the American Legion (al- though it included many boys not of our faith) very kindly cooperated with us and provided martial music for the occasion. Our school, then brought to direct comparison with much larger ones from the District of Columbia and from all parts of Maryland, received many favorable comments for the out- standing appearance and conduct of its representation. 1938- 39 Our class, Sophomores now, was so unfortunate as to lose many desirable members before the beginning of the scholastic year—certain of our good students moving to other localities or finding it necessary to attend other schools. This loss, however, was offset by the completion of arrangements which made it possible for children in Fort George G. Meade to attend St. Mildred's and, although none of them entered our Class, the enrollment of the school— considered as a whole—was above that of the preceding year. James Trimiglozzi had joined us towards the end of the first year. 1939- 40 The composition of our class changed during our Junior year, but the losses exactly equaled the gains—so our number remained unchanged. Those who joined us as Juniors were Marilyn Weaver, Charles Knox, and Edward Kennedy. We hope to be able to say they will graduate with us. This year saw the publication of the first Year Book” of our school—a work 10