In looking at the Patrins of 1941, the first yearbook
of Notre Dame Academy, it is striking that all the seniors were listed as
belonging to certain organizations. Some
memory searching on blogger’s part surfaced the popularity of prayer
associations “back in those days”. Some
of the these will sound familiar to our senior alums (like blogger): Miraculous
Medal Assoc.; League of the Sacred
Heart; Co-Missionary Apostolate. Other
things these graduates were involved in were obviously more active: Student
Government; N.D. Band; Publicity Committee; Mission Committee; Co-Writing Project; Little Flower Club;
Gavel. Seniors performed service to the
student body by serving on one of these Squads: Assembly, Patrol, Cafeteria,
Usher, First Aid, and Recreation. Other
designations were a bit more mysterious: Marian Brigade and Twice Daily
Club. If any reader knows about these,
please let us know.
Another interesting feature of the 1941 Patrins was
the collage photos of the grads’ baby photos, a feature in the Tapestries of
recent years. These are two samples from
1941 year book, suggesting that they were taken around 1923.
By the way, and for the record, a patrin is a marker, maybe
a handful of leaves or grass, left by Gypsies, to guide those following after
them (this definition could not be verified aside from the year book note since
it seems to be obsolete). That seems a
fitting name for a school’s year book (or annual as we used to call them). As you may know, the year book was
discontinued in 1955 (lack of enthusiastic workers) and not revived again until
1974 with the name Tapestry, also a fitting name. With regard to the clubs at NDA today, there are 35 with an additional 13
activities that students can get involved in.
Life should not be boring around here!
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