w e N ^ Spring 2011
Extending the Mission
Volume 7, No. 1
of Mount Saint Joseph Academy and College into the 21st Century
www.ursulinesmsj.org alumnae.msj@maplemount.org
Alums fondly remember St. Michael Hall
a history class when they announced that John F. Kennedy had been killed,” ometime in 2011, 90 years she said. “We were all given after it was built, St. Michael’s special privileges and got to Hall will be deconstructed. watch the funeral and everything Completed on Sept. 29, 1921, on TV.” the ravages of time have made Stephanie Warren A’73 said the building unsafe, but the every inch of St. Michael’s Hall memories of the students who holds a memory. “I had a class studied there will never fade. in each and every room at some “I remember having biology point of my high school years. in the first room on the left,” said I can still hear the laughter of Patricia Gardner Griffith A’65. “It Sister Agnese echo off the walls was my first class of the day and of the downstairs room nearest my seat was in the front. When the gym on the west side,” we went in to class, there was a Warren said. “She loved to stump mouse in the trash can. The sister us with geometry challenges who was teaching handed the or algebra II problems. She trash can to me and told me to would smile broadly and click take it outside and kill it! I took her tongue, engaging us and it from her, took it out the front scaring us at the same time! I door, looked around to see if loved her classes. Between Sister anyone was watching, and then I Agnese and Sister Susan Kerr just set it free.” (now Susan White), I actually Griffith also remembers became a good math student and where she was on Nov. 22, 1963. managed to CLEP out of math in “I remember being downstairs in college. That was a happy event!
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Alumnae Weekend 2011 Schedule
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Note: All times Central
2-5 p.m............. Free Time (visit, meet, shop, relax) 4-5 p.m............. Registration in Center lobby 5 p.m................ Supper 6:30 p.m........... Evening Prayer (begin your reunion with God) 7 p.m................ Welcome Back Reception (snacks, sing-along, door prizes)
Sunday, May 15, 2011
7:30-8:30 a.m... Registration in Center library 8:30 a.m........... Business Meeting (make your vote count) 10 a.m.............. Class Photos (create a lasting memory) 11 a.m............... Reunion Liturgy (unite in prayer and song) 12:30 p.m......... Awards Dinner (delicious meal, more door prizes, annual awards)
“All of my thoughts and memories of St. Michael’s Hall are filled with academic challenges, engaging, thoughtful, encouraging teachers, and lots of good times with my classmates and other students,” Warren said. “I did a lot of growing up in those rooms and hallways.” Dorothy “Chris” Denniston A’65 said she can still walk through all of St. Michael’s Hall in her mind. “Enter through the front door and to the left is chemistry and biology class with Sister Ursula. To the right is health class with Sister Ruth Helen. Next is Sister Marie Bernadette’s history class, which was also the location for Sister Miriam Medley’s religion class,” she said. “Downstairs was Latin/ French taught by Sister Mary Catherine, and algebra/geometry by Sister Charles Emaline,” Denniston said. “In those days, we girls had no idea how these teachers would impact our lives. I went on to become a special education teacher and school administrator. Others in my class Continued on page 6
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