St Rose Academy - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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FIRST CASE DNA CAVANAUGH walked down the tenement lrned street where children mingled wxth dogs She glanced at the sllp of paper m her hand 53 Quincy Street thlrd floor back apartment So thls was her first case' She knew the hlstory that Mrs Cooper had told her at the WVelfare Assocratron and when she had heard the story she knew that she wanted to help the ch1ld Randy Dawes The little glrl s mother had dled years before and for some t1me after wards the grrl and her father had been supported by the ASSOCIHIIOH Now he was gone and the buslness of findmg a home for Randy was one of the current problems of the organlzatlon She entered the hallway of 53 umcy Street but before she had a chance to climb the long flight of stairs she was stopped by the figure of a ch1ld standmg near the stalrway It was a thm gaunt l1ttle creature dressed m an rll Fitting smock Her stralght halr was shoulder length her eyes were too small and too closely set together and her polnted nose and chln gave her face a sharp hungry look Edna would have judged her to be SIX but Randy Dawes was all of nme years She looked at Edna without smrl mg but her manner was nelther hostile nor sullen Are you M1ss CavanaughP she asked Her VOICC was perfectly self composed Yes I am answered the young woman smllmg She hardly expected to End such a homely ch1ld for Randy l1ttle resembled the under prrvlleged glrl that Edna had pictured Im Randy Dawes As lf that statement was self explanatory the clnld Sald no more Hello Randy Look I se brought a doll that I thought you mlght l1ke I thlnk lt s dressed beautlfully From her purse Mlss Cavanaugh wlthdrew a da1nt1ly clothed llttle figure and held ll ton ard the ch1ld The glrl did not smlle Instead she regarded the w oman for a moment then finally accepted lt Thank you she sald polltely but XSltllOLlI emotlon X ou re C0fTllIlg wx 1th me to my aunt s house Tlnnk you ll l1ke that? Guess so The brevlty and lack of annnatron on the part of her small compan1on dns couraged Edna so that no more attempts for conversatron w ere made It was decided that Randy would stay with Edna Caxanaugh and her blmd mu mmm mo 1 h . . . . . . U . . ,, . , , . . ' ! 5 l i . . , . . . , ' : - Q 7 . Q , r - a y ' - ' v 7 , . a ' ' , . sf - n tl n - - ' 7 Y 7 ' , . ll Y YY Y - ' 7 KK Y ' ' ' 1 Y ' 7 ' . . , . ,, . . 1 T . , . , . . . . rt y Y 7 7 ' 4. 7 1 ' 7- v - 7 1 ' va tl w yy I 1 1' v v L T , 1 K , ,. 1, za ' '

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PANORAMA OF THE PRESENT HE water of the PZICIHC was sllpprng along the edge of the shore and as quick ly recedlng mto the vast depths The quletude whxch enveloped the scene was broken only by the ceaseless waves as they gathered momentum before hurlmg themselves agalnst a reef only to shther on to the margm of the shore On these very w IN es was borne a convoy of shrps steaming mto the Golden Gate Rxsmg IH the background lnlls of varled height and slze can be seen from their summlts one may gaze out upon the shnmmerlng blue or turn and v1ew a cxty spread out over m1les of undulated earth Thousands of people are elbowlng thelr way down the mam street automoblles fllrt wnth danger as they make a dash for a 9x4 parkmg space streetcar motormen mlss you by mches as they doggedly contmue thelr way down the tracks Now lf you look a llttle closer you wlll see that all along the waterfront there are soldrers pacmg to and fro keepmg endless guard over shrps that are moored IH the harbor If you chance to pass a meat store rn mud afternoon you w1ll srght a hne of jabbermg women and chlldren Waltlng for thelr e1ght pomts of meat Then too those autos you see have suckers on the wmdshlelds tellmg plamly whether they are for busxness or pleasure Some bunldmgs you pass are prled hxgh w1th sandbags neatly covered wlth planks The street llghts look as lf they have enormous gray 1ce cream cones placed upsnde down on them Then your eyes rest on a man no ll IS a woman who wears a steel helmet and welder s umform At hrst you cannot take your eyes from her but soon she becomes as famlhar to you as llpstlck and hngh heels You peer mto a back garden and see not chrysanthemums and dahlras but strmg beans and omons Yes thls IS the San Francisco of 495 She IS much the same and yet very drfferent Hou ever her heart has not changed for she stlll loves her tea dan sants and her quamt flower stands She stlll lox es the bustle of Saturday shop pmg Ex 1dently the blrds can see no change for they stnll warble thenr cheery greetmgs to early rlsers nn the resndentral drstrncts and graceful seagulls wmg mland over the clty Xvltll ll all a certam restralnt has come upon our city She knows that at nrght only a famt hght lssues from her hooded lamps because lf unnecessary 1llUl'l'1lI18Il0I1 bla7ed ll mrght mean the sllhouettmg of a shlp at sea makmg ll prey to the enemy San Franclsco realwes that ll IS to God she must look for protection for herself and for our country Fxen the crosses on the church steeples have a new sxgnlflcance they seem to pomt npxs ard to Cod m 1 con stant plea for a lust andumtmued peace lll 1 ts orld nom 'nt wir JEANAE I omsn CORKRAN 45 urn IHFNIX oss 1 , . V .V . . 4 . 1 1 1 1 1- 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 , . 1 .. V 1 1 1 , . c . , , . . . v. , . X 1 -- 1 V . - 1 1 1 . , . 1 1 1 ,. . . . . , . 1 - 1 1 V V . .. - I . V . Y A , I 1. . E . -. I Y V x 1 1 1. ., . ,'f 1 .. 1 . , . , , . . ..., . .1 .. -.

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great lunt unt1l a home could be found I he too perfett self eomposure and reseryt ney er broke down lNo matter what was done for her lt was always thank you and that was all -Ks the two sat tn the ln mg room one ey enlng Fdna happened to ask where the doll was Dldn thaye xt lost? No Broken? No Tlred of monosyllables and somewhat annoyed by the loss of the doll the woman sald sharply XVell then what haye you done w1th lt? I Gaye ll away to the httle glrl down the hall anet3 That was an odd thmg to do anet has many toys of her own She doesn t need your doll' If lt had been any other clnld than Randy to gnve sometlnng away Edna would have sard ll was sentlment that prompted her to do such a thmg but Randy was not a sentrmental ehlld Try as she mlght to get Randy to talk the Lllllfl refused and at last Edna gaye up Then lt happened' One day when Fdna was at work and Randy was at home wlth Aunt Pleanor the lllllldlllg caught Hre Fdna s Aunt Elly was IH her seventles and nearly bhnd She eertamly would have been kllled lf lt had not been for the tool and heroxe attlons of Randy The 1h1ld had led Aunt Elly down the burnmg stairs They had to go slowly for the elderly woman couldn t see but Randy made the h ualdous lourney and ney er let Aunt Flly know there was any danger Hours later when Edna had heard the story she erred Xvllll rellef and loy llow tan I ey er thank you Randy' she sobbed The ugly httle faee ht up and she laughed For the first tlme she sounded like my other normal ehxld She pllt her bony arms around Fdna s neck and hugged her Then at last Fdna understood the ehlld It IS more blessed to glye than to FCCCIXC But gn mg IS a real luxury and one that Randy had neyer been able to afford -Xlways she had to recerye charlty she had to be always grateful to another for all she had Now Fdna understood about the doll At list R andy h id a thmte to glue to hear someone say thank you to her to be tht I :dy Bountiful md not the charlty thlld It had been pride that m xde her so reserx ed and now equahty exlsted between the two Edna and Rlllfly were fflCllClS Iom. Iouxsox 43 IV F IXXENIX IHREE V1 V r Y V V v . V I ll VV V V V V - V' V 1 V 1 , . 1 V ' ' V ' V ' V . . 1 . . . . . V V V . 1 1 1 , . at - - VV V V V V , 1 1 I . rr V ' , - - V VV O ' U V V . ' V V V . 1 1 5 . . , ,, .. ' . . , . 1' ' D V V V V v. . . . , . - 1 . , . . 1 V . V V . 1 V . V ' ,V, . V ' V , 1 . . l . V v - l. VV . V - V V V , . . ' , . ' ' 1 . J x - 11 - . . V, . . . V V V V V V - A 1 V V V V V V . A , V V 1 . 1 . . - 1. VV , V V V . V V V V 1 1 1 1 , . , H .. ,, . . . V . , . , . . x ,1 1 1 ' . 1 1 , V ,V V , V V , V V 1 . 1 , . . 2 ' ' . V V. V ' 1 . . . . , . , . V V . . V , . -