Ursuline Academy - Traces Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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TO HEAVEN had one The drrector who had not believed rn God Elfega Caballero C1355 of 61 fell on hrs knees to adore God He was converted Once upon a trme a long trme ago a boy named Pancho was born Pancho was a very happy lrttle boy and he loved hrs parents very much This happrness drd not last very long When he was four years old a tragedy struck hrs home Hrs parents dred of pneumonra He was no longer happy He was sent to a home for Homeless Boys Pancho drd not know very much about God but he knew that anythrng that happened was because God wrlled rt to happen DID GOD WANT hrs parents to d1e'? He could not understand thrs He also knew that God lrved rn the sky rn a place called Heaven and that rf you asked God for somethrng He would grve rt to you rf rt was good for you Hrs parents were good to hrm but how could he get to Heaven to ask God for hrs parents? He thought of a letter that he had seen rn the office of the drrector of the Home It sard Arr Mall on the envelope Who else but God could lrve rn the au? He decrded to send a letter to God He told thrs to the drrector only the drrector only laughed and told Pancho that he was foolrsh The man drd not belreve rn God In sprte of berng laughed at Pancho wrote the letter rt was poorly wrrtten I-le was only frve How could he do any better? He addressed rt TO HEAV school paper He wrshed he could send a letter on paper made of gold He sneaked out at nrght and marled the letter On hrs way back to the Home he began to feel bad Who was he to ask God for any thrng'7 The next mornrng when the marlman came to prck the mall up he notrced a letter that drd not have a stamp on rt He took rt to the postmaster The postmaster opened the letter and read rt This rs what rt sard Dear God I am berry lonly and I want my mommy and dad dy It let you haf em for lrttle wrle and now I wan em bak Tanks Pancho God was very pleased wrth Panchos lrttle letter Pancho had proven to God that he had farth rn Hrm The postmaster was full of tears when he frmshed readrng the letter He sent for the marlman that brought hrm the letter and asked hrm where he had wrrtten the letter Pancho fmally admrtted that he had wrrtten it and warted for a punrshment Instead the man and woman hugged hrm and asked hrm to be therr lrttle boy He was very happy and so were they They had always wanted a lrttle boy and now they and they all lived happily ever after Thrs story proves that God wrll answer your pray ers rn one way or the other He may or may not grve you what you ask for We have to trust rn Hrm and leave everythrng up to Hrm for whatever He does rs certarnly the best SKETCH OF EVENING Laura Rodrrguez Class of 60 As Iwalked down the avenue the drm street lrght cast my own shadow rn steel grey before me The last of the sun s rays beamed soft and golden meltrng rnto the pale blue sky A farnt mrst lrke a frlmy verl enshrouded the scene as far as I could see The crrckets flddled a chrrprng accompanrment to the coorng of a few sleepy prgeons Here and there a baby erred a sparrow twrttered a puppy yelped Approachrng my yard I became aware of the vague smell of fresh cut grass mingled wrth the refreshrng perfume of dew sprrnkled roses These are the characterrstrcs of my nerghborhood on a peaceful huge somethrng nerther vrsrble nor tangrble but ex rstrng all the same I stood srlent for a moment not wantrng to break thrs lovlrness I dared not move for fear of drsturbrng the blrssful calm Thrs I knew was lrfe at IIS peak beautrful breath takmg and perfect GOD S LOVE Suzanna Ramrrez Class of 61 Last nrght after supper I went rnto my room and looked out the wrndow at a beautrful sunset It was so awe rnsprrrng that I wrshed Iwould never forget rt My thoughts went out to God who rn Hrs rnfrnrte love created all those thrngs to make us happy and to make us realrze the wonderful thrngs that He has done for us and the love wrth whrch He has done them The colors were red whrch make me thrnk of God s love and of the blood Chrrst shed for us next orange blended the red and the yellow whrch re mrnded me of the ma1esty of God Lrttle by lrttle the blue became black and those beautrful colors whrch I had seen a moment before drsappeared now to lrve only rn my memory EN. He was ashamed to send God a letter on plain fall evening- I C0U1d feel P6306 about me like 3

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fCont'dj THE EXISTENCE OF GOD So Lf the athersts won t belreve that there rs a God tt ts solely because thetr foolish prtde prevents them from acknowledgrng the truth whrch reason can prove MUSIC MARCHES ON Pamela Martrn Class of 61 Every generatron for about as far back as you can remember has had tts own specral type of musrc This type of mustc expresses tn some way the spectal problem or problems facrng the people of that trme as poltttcal tensron or Just somethtng to be new and dtfferent somethrng to break away from the regular monotonous pattern of gorng along wrth the crowd The Charleston for rnstance became popular about the begrnnrng of the depressxon Durmg those prtrable txmes of hunger and sufferrng they needed to have some way to let go to take theu' mrnds off the desparrrng condttrons of the country So they found a means an orrgmal krnd of musrc and danc mg Not Just a worthless krnd of musrc but a mean mgful absorbtng krnd that told everybody tn the world Just how they felt and what they were gotng to do about rt bea rt And of course we know they drd beat rt for the depressron passed Just as everythrng else rn thts world does Wrth the passrng of the depressxon and the Charles ton there came a perrod of dreamy waltzes and tangos No partrcularly specral krnd of musrc Just very very pretty Thrs perrod resembles the one before the storm Then wrth the unexpectedness of a ragrng hurrr cane rnterrupttng a stlent nrght there came the Sec ond World War And close upon rts heels was the Irtterbug The Irtterbug came rnto berng to match and relax rn a way the stram of polttrcal tensron so hrgh dunng the early 40 s The Irtterbug the same as the Charleston came along as a sort of spontaneous reactron to dtstress to grve people a way to let off steam Just as any krnd of mustc ever to be started wrll one way or another Wrrh the endrng of the Second World War the Korean War and the Irtterbug there came a rest from startltng musrc for three or four years And then wxth the suddenness of and probably the same terrlfy mg effect to some people as a clap of thunder Rock 'n Roll and the mixed up age of rockets and moons is upon us Of course ALMOST everybody ltkes Rock n Roll because tt fulfrlls the wants of the modern mrnd as far as enJoyment and newness are concerned But Just as naturally as the changrng of seasons occurs and trme passes Rock n Roll wrll also pass It has to because musrc rnevrtably changes accordrng to the wants and needs of the subconscrous mrnd whether real or rmagrnary Who knows the next trme a new style of musrc rs introduced there may be nothrng but cosmrc space rays hopptng along to the beep beeps of future Sput ntks Tl-IE ENCHANTMENT OF MOONLIGHT Lupe Ramtrez Class of 58 The sun has settled and the creatures of the nrght have taken over the small crtcket rubbrng hrs legs the bullfrog croakrng and the frrebugs showmg off therr trny lamps All rs srlent and many of the houses are dark Only here and there can you hear a baby s cry a car screechrng and the closrng of a door Stealthlly a radrance comes mto the scene It rs the moon rnrtratrng a show of enchantment that starts at dusk and ends at dawn The t1ny droplets of dew on the leaves sparkle when the moonbeams dance on them Everythmg seems to come to lrfe the huge oak trees become sentrnels of the forest the daffodrls are the marden beautres and the nocturnal anrmals the spectators A hush comes over everythrng when Allessandro Srmplecrrc ket the conductor taps hrs wand on the old oak trunk He taps rt agam and starts the sym phony Ten crxckets clothed rn tuxedos play the vrolrns a small June Bug plays the make belreve prano and the sophrstrcated Lady Bug starts her song She starts srngrng gorng hrgher and htgher and grves out wrth a screechmg notse' The next act rs Just about to start when everyone notlces the moon gotng down and the enchantment recedtng The rnsects and anrmals go back to thetr natural mode of lrfe and the forest seems ttself agarn The moon wrthdraws for another nrght but wrll re turn for many wondrous nrghts to come ' 1 . , . , . . ' . , , , 1 . . . . , . I f , , , n I '- ' 1 9 I . . 9 1 I 1 . g o 1 ' 1 ' 1 . . .. . . - D . . , ' ' 1 ' 1 .- '. .. , ' , . . 1 1 ' . ' 9 n . . 9 1 , - : ' I V 1 o 1 . , , . , - 1 - , , . . ,, - .. l . , g - 1 P . ' u 3 . , Q o 1 - ' ' I - ' . . - , - 1 .

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efrvspevf We the Senror Class of 1958 berng of sound mrnds do bequeath the followrng To the Freshmen three more wonderful years at Ursulme the mvolvmenrs of Geometry and Brology To our Lrttle Ststers the fun of plannmg next year s Junror Semor Prom the Joy and responsrbilrty of berng upperclassmen To the Junrors eatrng rn the Seafoam room the l'8SP0l'1S1bl11Il8S of Semor dom the varrous cures for Sentoritrs and the Joy of lCC6lVll'1g the Semor rmgs and drplomas To the Faculty peace and quret rn the halls and classrooms our deepest gratrtude to all for therr patience and devotedness SENIOR DESTINY Magdalena Camero Comrc Strrp Wrrter Elva Cardenas Parrsh Chou Drrector Dranne Cortez Anesthetrst Judy Doyle Ambassador Extraordinary Lots Erstetter Bookkeeper Laura Estrada Dean of Women Ana Marte Estrello Lrbrarran Lresel Fussman Lawyer Rose Mary Garcra Pharmacrst Margaret Garza French Teacher Mary Margaret Gonzalez Saleslady Rose Mary Guardra Dancmg Teacher Corrine Herrera Au Hostess G Nell Herrera Parish Organrst Myrna Joiner Fashron Designer Celra Laurel Mother Prvspecf SENIOR DESTINY Mary Ann Martinez Nurse Irma Mendoza Mrssronary Rose Mary Olxvarrl Model Yvonne Patrno Actress Theresa Pena Buyer Mary Theresa Perez Medrcal Technologist Rebecca Resendez Secretary Francrs Rrhn Housewlfe Evangelrne Rodrrguez Socral Worker Lxll1eRodr1guez Novelxst Jean Sada Commercral Arttsr Vrrgtnra Saenz QUEEN S WORK Co Edrtor Josephme Sandoval Red Cross Worker Ann Stover Catechrst Yolanda Tobras Beautrcran ?areuf.:'ll Memorres memorres some sad some gay Yet throughout our school days one gleammg ray From frrst grade to erghth grade made brrght our way And now leads us onward to the Eternal Day The famous poet Shakespeare once wrote Partrng rs such sweet sorrow And so tt rs that the class of 58 are now begrnnmg to realize the full meanmg of these ever famous words The sorrow of leavrng our Ursulme Mothers and this dear old burldrng whrch has seen more than a century of trme pass rs mrngled wrth the happmess of the expectant future whrch ts soon to unfold before us Although the future has many troubles and Joys and hopes and fears m store for us we shall be able to endure ALL because we have been prrvrleged to recerve a Catholrc educatron which wrll most assuredly be the source of our strength rn years to come Throughout our years at Ursulrne we have learned to do all that we do for Jesus through Mary We ve found that our Lord and Mary have studred and played wrth us Jesus and Mary walked on the stage with us the nrght we received our long awarted class rrngs they wrll walk wrth us on Class Nrght and They wrll recerve wrth us our graduatron drplomas But Jesus and Mary won t leave us on graduatron nrght oh no' We shall trod the path of lrfe tn Then footprints and why? Because some of us wrll be motherrng our famrlres others wrll be nuns teachers and socral work ers but ALL wrll be helpmg the FUTURE Amerrca to become a GREATER Amerrca because of our Ursulme trammg and because of havrng learned to do all for Jesus through Mary And so it IS that wrth tears rn our eyes we depart from our dear Mothers and Ursulme Ursulrne Ursulme we know where to frnd The path that wrll lead us to heaven rn ttme For our Mothers have taught us and taught us qurte well That happmess lies tn each heart where God dwells And that rf we lrve ALL THROUGH MARY FOR HER SON Our ETERNAL COMMENCEMEN T wrll surely be WON. I I . 2 . . . . , ' I I u ' ' vu- - , - - . ' . . . ' I I . . . . . . - . . 4 , , I I . . . . , l ' I I I - - - . . . - ' . 1 - . I I I I I N . . ,, , . I . I I n , . . . u I , I I r I ' 1 - , - . . . . 0 ' I I , . . . . . I I ' I . . . . . . . - - I I I I ' ' ' n n - - 0 , I ,, . . . I 1 1 I I I - - u lv