St Rose Academy - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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earnings and the small saxmqs of Irer parents She xxas 1 talented art student ind all her time and effort xx ere spent in xxorkrng toxx rrd 1 Goal He Irad dated her a ftxx times in tolleve but only r Itxx times because she xx as too quiet shy and there xxas such a differ ence in then soeral positions Recently he had heard that she had rtlnex ed Irer ambition she xxas xxorkinq for the leading fashion magazine of the country Surely she didn t Cfrxe up that just to be a WV A A C 9 Not after all those years of struggle' IN hat did you do before you lorned the YV A -X C sf I xx as eonnec ted with Style maffazrne Mr Carx er And through patriotism you lorned the Army' There xv rs rn embarrased srlente for a moment before she said, rather un surely xxor d to use for my feelings I guess I xx as ishamed to be earning the amount of money I xx rs xxhen I could have been doing something xxortlr xvlnle I lust tan t explain Mark switched off the radio So Nlary I llen had temporal ily grx en up that xx Inch meant most to Irer to take on the same iob Ire had no use for xx h1Ie Ire became a public hero Guess it s her business, Ire said slrruggrng his shoul ders Somehoxx I feel slightly heehsh To soothe his conscience Private Mark R Thompson took the Mutual Press Medal for Heron Action off Ins urrrforrn and put rt nrto rn envelope rddressecl to 'r certain YN A A C Perhaps slre s almost as responsible for it is I rm And for the first tmre in Ins years Mark R rymond Thompson gaxe sonrtout tlst tredit OAN Ionxsox I3 rf? PAGE NI M EN IX SIX 1 A ' K I ' .I 1 .U 'D mf I ' I I 1 Q 1 ' ' ' , ' ' '1 1 D . u D V I Q n an r l A L n , . . 2 X 1 --I K- ' . ' 11 I .K - I don't know if you would call it patriotism. Patriotism is too noble a I E . I 5 Ll. ti 'I V. 1 I . ' . . ' 1 R 1 I L RL ' ' ' ' . , . .. , . ' 1 xx I Af -K Y A-V s s .sk-s - I ' I v v. v I L -J A I at I,

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BEHIND THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN RIVATE Mark R Thompson yawned as the reporters left True he enjoyed the pubhcrty he was gettmg to the pomt of lovlng lt but stnll bemg the current hero of the natxon dld have 1ts dlsadvantages He had not recovered enough to go back xnto actrve servlce so for a tlme l1fe was one bormg vacatlon made up of photographers and mtervxewers He was not unaccustomed to thls A few years ago when he was chosen all American tackle hrs prcture was III ex erv magazme Later he agam made the papers when he became engaged to Lors ames the soc1al1te and agam when the engagement was broken off Now Mark R Thompson was xn the papers once more this tlme for kllllng and capturing a group of enemy soldlers True he had asslstance and when he remembered It he gave some credlt to the men but to the world as a whole and to Mark R Thompson especially Mark R Thompson was the hero He leaned back 1n the chalr at the rest home and thought of hrs early llfe rn the Army Inactlve servlcel Typrng' Of course when the Army reallzed 1tS mxstake of puttmg such a man as he lll such an unlmportant posltlon they removed hrm He wondered who the fool was sw ho was at hrs desk now Prob ably someone who could not meet the physlcal and mental requlrements ofthe Army He reached over and turned on the palr of earphones YVhat a novelty lt would be to hear a dance band agam' Howes er there wasn t any muslc on the two statlons hrs radlo was hmlted to Instead there was some patrxotlc program on the airwaves Wlth angry I'CSlgll21ll0ll Prnate Thompson llstened The mam event on the program was an lntervnew wlth a number of XV A A C s Prlvate Thompson groaned XVomen rn the Army' He hstened only out of CUTIOSIIY Strangely enough the program was comlng from Camp where he had served as a typlst The announcer began And now th1s young woman You are a XV A A C who has been sent here so that the soldlers can go 1nto HCIIVC serv lce aren t you? Yes Mr Cary er YVe YV A -X C s have been asslgned to th1s lob Her XOICC was the type Mark expected to hear It wasn t made for radxo and ll repeated the hnes dutlfully but wlthout CIIIllllS1'lSI11 The xonce ss as fannhar howex er If he Could only place lt' Nou xx here IYPISIS here Many of us have dlfferent jobs but we all know that for every one of us here there IS a man released for combat flghllllq It IS our duty as patr1ot1c Mary Ellen Gardener' I lke a flash the name and face came to hun She seemed the type who would be He hadn t known her well She hxed on one sxde ot tom n he ln ed on the other He moved ln flze Crowd of school she was a nonentrty Her people u Cl e poor and she got to college only through her own P-KKE TWENXTY FINE . . , 1 ! s 1 V , . , . , , ' 1 ' Y .I , , I ' 3 Y V V . , . . . . k . , V V . V , ' V ' ' - V - V r . , . . . . . , . y . A l T at ' , O . . . . A. . . . . , ,, , . V ra V - - - 1, - 7 ' V 7 , . . . .I . . . , . . V , V , 1 . . , . - ' V V 3 N . . . V V V V K - ' ' 1V s 1 l I K I - , . V V V V n - I n 4 I I 1 . V V , 1 . -

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HAPPENINGS OF THE YEAR September 1, 1942 Openlng of our Senlor X e n XX e renew ed our frlendshlps September 4, 1942 Our Semor llIlg5 arrned' September 23 1942 Flrst Student Body IIICCUIIU of the year xx as called to order hy our news Presldent Betty C olhns October 9 1942 Freshman Day Pour plays entertamed us later the Bxq and Ilttle DISICTS had refreshments 1n the cafeterla Dancxnq lolloxs ed lll the 'lllfll torxum October 10 1942 Domnncan lllgll School held annual playday Compctltne sports gnc pleasure to all November 25 28 1942 Thanksglvxng xacatlon On the followmg Monday some Qglrls ICUII ned to school ruth sunburned faces but gay smlles December 5 1942 The SCDIOYS held the trad1t1onal Supper dance XVe enloyfed the mnslc Del C ourtney at the Palace Hotel December 7 1942 A program was gn en tod ay ln COl1lI1lCI1l0I'lIlOll of the patrlots lll Pe irl Harbor December 10 1942 December 11, 1942 Santa ylslted S unt Rose and bronvht ws 1th her presents and candy December 13 1942 The tradltlonal un1or P1 om xx as held at the Salnt Francls Hotel There was fun for all xx ho 'attended December 16 1942 Sophomores pranced llhfllll shots mc, thclr cl iss pins December 20 1942 School closed for the tuo weeks C hrlstmas X'lC2lIlOI1 December 28 1942 Mld term examlnatlons preceded by SCIDI annual nlghtmare ss 1th mid lllglll 011 December 31, 1942 anuary 4 1943 Xwltll the SCIDIS ox er ex eryone enjoyed the New X ear anuary 19 1943 l ec ture on Flennsh Art at the C urran Theatre anuarv 23 1943 After a XISII from four student nlnses one ot them Mary Helen C sul 49 uc all gaxe serxous thought to the nursnw IDTOfCiSlOll February 13 1943 Valentlne Dance nn the Assembly Hall PSC l- INFNIX SFX!-'N T . 1 l l . 3 ' ' X ' n ' . ' '15 '. ' I' ' 9 . l. ' l . J -, H .lr 4. . 1- H l . ' la l . ,A l ' . c l' , , ' t ..1 ' 1 , ,' . ' L , . 9 ' ' ' ' - T . ' .' t of I ' . 9 V ' Y' ' 1 ' ' ' 2 ' ' 3 2 3 The Christmas Play' hy' the lJI'2lIIl1lllC Cllass was enjoyed hy' all. V. . Z. 6 V. H ,, I P Y Y I n I . 1 f 2 ,J if V ':. ' '. 3 V. - , V . . V . . V. H . . , ' V ' -J V 7' at - u V V V V - V v r 4 I J , , 5 '. A . I . . ' . J , , vh t W l . . .. . l f 1 ' Y . . ., 4 If , -, 7