St Rose Academy - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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----il GOLD AND WHITE fic-Q--- -T Tragedy For three long days they stood there, And gazed with unseeing eyes: No ardent look passed between them There arose no gusty sighs. Her heart beat not with excitement, To her no court he paid: For he was a Plaster of Paris, And she was a Marble Maid. CATHERINE PARKINSON. is Helen Sullivan:-Sister, Sister, have you heard from St. Charles? Sister:-Child, do you know what you are talking about? Helen:-Saint Charles' School, I mean, Sister. 284 ?-- tells us that the Hierarchy of the Church is the vestments, Smart Girl! QS! At our Senior Dance some boy was heard to remark: I don't mind rings on my fingers, but I don't like 'belles' on my toes. if When Rosaria was taking the Xmas toys to the orphans she must have been going pretty fast as a traffic officer asked her: Young lady, do you know anything about the traffic laws of this city? to which Rosaria responded, Yes, a little. Can I help you? QM In Sister Efs Room:- Don't scratch your pen on that desk-use your head. QS! Farmer:-What are you doing up in my apple tree? 4 Corliss Nolan:-Believe it or not, mister, I just fell out of an aeroplane. In English Class:- Sister:-Cxive me a sentence with the word A'sanctuary in it. Ann Hurabielle:-Sanctuary much for the good mark this month. A scientist recently asked. A'What use is the head without brains? to which Lenore Arias replied: Ult serves to keep the ears apart, anyway. if ulmagination Test Imagine the auditorium being crowded after Sister announced that it wasn't obligatory for the girls to attend the lecture which would be held after school. Imagine the embarrassment in the Latin Class the day Mary Lins didn't remember a rule. Imagine Sister's surprise the day Mr. Berger didn't have a tardy list for her. 7 9 Eighly

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GOLD AND WHITE EHIND her dainty finger tips She faintly whispers phrases: She smiles. she dimples prettily. And lovely eyebrows raises. Thus a joke begins its life And thus another quip Has started on its journey far. Sped on from lip to lip. CATHERINE PARKINSON. Seventy-nine

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l ---f-,534 GOLD AND WHITE y3f-:---l-- Imagine the intense disillusionment the day Margaret Gibbons didn't know who was absent. Imagine Elizabeth I-Ienne not knowing the memory passage in German. Imagine Sister's delight the day all the girls in the Spanish room knew the page. Imagine how the college professor who was out after butterflies felt when little Mary O'Looney asked: Are you the dog catcher? 254 Graduate:-Will you pay me what I'm worth? Employer:-I'll do more than that, I'll give you a small salary to start with. is One day in Chemistry the lesson was on potash. Immediately a hand was raised which denoted that one bright child had information to impart. C?j asserted she knew all about potash. They used it in her own home. Yes, Mother even used it as a cake frosting!!! Sister was very much surprised as that was the first time she ever heard of potash being used for a cake frosting. The next day very much abashed, CU said meekly: Sister, please, I meant pistache. 34 First Freshman:- My sister graduated with a hundred and three degrees. Second Freshman:-'AIS that possible? First Freshman:- Yes. She worked herself up into a fever on commence- ment day, 154 Barber:-Is there any particular way you'd like your hair cut? Freshman:-Yeah. Off. if Agony Haunting, staring into my soul, As slowly sleep came to me, Moving, passing from this earth, Nothing but darkness could I see. What a feeling-to know one is dead! Things were black all around me. What would next happen then entered my head, All this my untold misery. Trying to move was all in vain, Firmly was I held down fast By some unseen power, All I knew- This could not last! n What's this? A vision do I see? Now the light is coming, no doubt, I shuddered as I opened my eyes, At last my tooth was out!!! Eighty-one