Ursuline Academy - Servian Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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aw. S29' My dear Graduates: At this joyous season of graduation you are preparing to embark on a new adventure in the life that awaits you beyond the sphere of school days at Ursuline, and, like all young travelers, you are eager to begin your journey. Meanwhile, your teachers, classmates, and friends at Ursuline gather about you to offer fond messages and practical advice. What is the supreme message your Alma Mater would leave with you amid the joys and activities of commencement? It will be a brief but comprehensive one, which you have, we trust, already engraved on your hearts. , The Latin tongue, with its strong sense of realities, has furnished us an expressive Word of seven letters, which serves as the motto of all Ursuline students. Serviam, I shall serve, with all its implications of loyalty, unselfishness, and lofty striving will prove an invaluable watchword for your entire life. It will be worthwhile to recall briefly the symbolism of the Serviam banner you have seen so often and which you have worn in miniature on the jacket of your school uniform. First, it bears a field of stars which symbolize elevation and the lofty heights of Heaven, to which you aspire. These stars are not arranged at: random but in the form of the constellation Ursa Minor, recalling our Patroness Saint Ursula, who reminds us of purity, of struggle, of heroic effort. Ursa Minor, commonly known as the Little Bear, guides you to the polar star, the fixed point by which travelers may always be able to keep to the right path. Dear Graduates, your fixed point is your Ursuline education, your polar star which should prove an unfailing light to guide you during the whole of that life which is opening before you. Your emblem bears the crowning symbol of the Cross, from whence comes all good, all grace of Redemption, and all hope of future glory. The final word, Serviam, per- meates the whole tradition of your Ursuline education. I will serve Christ, the King includes all possible worthwhile service to God and man. Your Serviam slogan, then, with all its noble implications, is my parting reminder to you, dear Graduates, as we confide you to the care of Our Lady of Prompt Succor who has so lovingly watched over your play, your prayer, and your study during your years at Ursuline. Our same gracious Lady will be waiting for you in loving expectation at the end of life's journey. If you have, with her help and intercession, been faithful to Serviam , i..e. , devotedlo the service of her Divine Son, lshewill recogniz you as one of her very own, as she welcomes her Ursuline children Home, to the eternal reunion in Heaven. With devoted affection, and the assurance of the continuing prayer and loving interest of all your Ursuline Mothers, I am, dear Graduates, Ever faithfully yours, Mother Teresita Rivet, O. S. U. , Prioress Reverend Mother M. Teresita, O. S. U. , - Superior Mother M. Columba, O. S. U. , - Assistant Superior Mother Sebastian, O. S. U. , - Principal Mother Margaret Mary, O.S.U. , Bursar, Teasurer Mother Berchamns, O. S. U. Mother Gerard, O. S. U. Mother Blanche Marie, O. S. U. Mother Joan of Arc, O. S. U. Mother Canisius, O. S. U. Mother Kathleen Marie, O. S Mather Mother Cecilia, O. S. U. M. Claire, O. S. U. Mother Loyola, O. S. U. Mother Pierre, O. S. U. Mother Deborah, 0. S. U. Mother Raphael, O. S. U. Mother M. Dolores, O. S. U. Mother Ruth Marie, O. S. U. Mother Mother Mother Elizabeth Marie, O. S. U. Evangelist, O. S. U. Francis Regis, O. S. U. Mrs. Gerald Hubbell Mrs. Harold lVIiller Mrs. Raymond Mock Mrs. Margaret Payne Miss lVliss Miss Miss Mrs. Mrs. Sylvia Probst Eldemira Sabi Irma Smart Suzanne Talbot John Blanchard Marietta Fabacher Miss Elise Cambon Mrs. Robert Gay Mrs. P. R. Gilmer, Jr. Mrs. George Hathway

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