St Scholastica High School - Scholastican Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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SCHOLASTICAN 1931 i 1' W IM '3 ii 'i QM M i l m: N1 '1'. W ix t , .v-M'iiil .. W 'i i . ll4iiulq'vy' l'l THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE The theme of your Annual, iiLiAHegrof calls quite naturally for the musings of your elderas II Penseroso. There is some pathos in giving a parting message to those who for years have been the objects of much care and solicitude. LiAllegro so ine stinct with the joyousness of life has little patience with the slow philosophising of 11 Penseroso, At your age there is perhaps nothing to which you are so keenly alive as to your sense of freedom. It is your priceless treasure and you are rightly resentful 0f the slightest encroachment on its possession. Freedom implies liberty of choice. You rejoice as never before in this liberty by which God has ennobled human nature. And yet there is a limit within which this freedom is exercised and you do not resent the restriction. It is not within your power to choose unhappiness. Man may err frightfully in choosing what he believes to be happiness, but whether true or false, the innate desire of his heart is happiness. All his restless striving is toward this goal. Apropos to your theme let this fundamental truth be your sign post. Carlyle made a striking statement which embodied the wisdom of his old age. He had learnt lifeis great lesson which I pass on to you as my parting message. It is as follows: WThe older I grow, and I now stand at the brink of eternity, the more comes back to me the sentence in my catechism which I learnt when a boy, and the fuller and deeper becomes its meaning. iWhy are we on earth? To know God, to love Him and to be happy with Him forever in eternity? i This is the only way that leads to happiness. There is no other, and fortunate are you, who begin life with this conviction. MOTHER M. IMELDA Page sixteen

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FACULTY REVEREND MOTHER M. IMELDA ..................................... President SISTER M. CECILIA ................................................. Principal SISTER M. ALCUIN ................................... Spanish, Latin, Geometry SISTER M. ALOYSIA ...................................... Commercial, English SISTER M. ANNELLA Applied Music SISTER M. ANASTASIA ..................................... Latin, Typewriting SISTER M. CELESTINE Art SISTER M. CLARth .............................. r - ..English, Cookery SISTER M. CLAUDIA ............................................... Librarian SISTER M. DOLORES History, Mathematics SISTER M. ERMENILDA Sewing SISTER M. ESTELLE English, French SISTER M. ESTHER ............................................ Social Science SISTER M. GABRIELLE ........................... English, Economics, journalism SISTER M. HYACINTH ........................................... Mathematics SISTER M. PATRICIA ..................................... Science, Mathematics SISTER M. SYBILLE ........................... String Ensemble, Music, Harmony BETTY V. BOYLE ............ .- Physical Education WILLIAM H. CONLEY ............................... Public Speaking, Debating JEAN WEISENHORN WACHTEL Dramatics Page fifteen SCHOLASTICAN1931 x Wk x x X x

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SCHOLASTICAN1931 WW 'Ew?iiip'i'i'wiWemi ' i'l Vi iii 1 i t '1 l I ADMINISTRATION The establishment of the Junior High School marks a noteworthy step in the scholastic career of St. Scholastica. To meet the added requirements of this branch Of learning, the faculty was necessarily increased. Additional classrooms and lab oratories were opened on the third floor. During the course of the year, both the senior and junior high sections were entere tained by prominent lecturers and speakers, welleknown in various vocational helds. These aids in the choice of a suitable vocation were in conjunction with the thorough study of careers and vocations undertaken by the junior high branch. At assemblies for both junior and senior sections held each Wednesday, interesting and educational talks were presented about journalism, library work, home economics, advertising and social work. Ventures in creative dramatics, undertaken by the junior high school were es pecially clever. Interesting phases in history, literature, French, Latin, social science and even mathematics were vividly portrayed. Enlarging upon the scope of its curricular activities, S. S. S. introduced classes in publicspeaking under the direction of Mr. William Conley. Through the med, ium of these educational meetings each girl was permitted to display her oratorical talents. In the meetings of the debating society, students were allowed to test and to develop their oratorical powers. It has been due to the guidance and untiring efforts of Sister Cecilia that St. Scholastica has taken such strides both educationally and socially in the past year. She has set a goal for the students and by her kindly encouragement has aided them in the attainment of this goal. At the Close of this very successful year, filled with happy memories and worth while undertakings, we breathe a blissful sigh of contentment and await eagerly the coming year in which to try our skill and attempt many new ventures. MARGARET SIMON, 32. Page seventeen