1900-1920
St. Mary's Academy students in 1906. Lenore Daly standing far
right.
Loretta Sullivan (Mother Virginia) standing middle row center in dark
dress.
Girls in white dresses under the Sacred Heart
statue.
Grace Hammond Moss is standing second from left.
The 1910 addition to St. Mary's nears completion. The enlarged
structure easily beacame North Nebraska's largest building.
Our Lady's Grotto. Part of the grotto is still standing.
The statue of Our Lady is in front of the Parish Center.
"The Indian Maiden." DeMaris with feather headband left center,
Claire Biglin is the missionary and Helen Biglin O'Donnell as the
Indian Chief.
1930-1940
The 1933 Basketball Team. Back row: Coach Bill Beha, Francis
Soukup, Robert Biglin, Rev. Leahy. Front row: Eugene Gallager, Jim
Harty, Matt Beha, Ben Grady, Hugh Ryan.
Boarders in the Dormitory Alcoves.
The Basketball Team in their "Bloomers."
1940-1950
The bird's eye view of St. Mary's campus complex in the 1940's -The
West lawn gardens, the imposing Academy of over 70,000 square feet,
the parish rectory, and the St. patrick's Church.
May Crowning in the park 1941.
Con
Lessons in team work and team spirit with coaches
Jerry Grabiel and Father Brick.
Back Row: Maxine Golden, Jean Froelich, Alice Biglin,
Nanci Froelich, Lou Ller. Front row: Dode Wilson, Janie Froelich,
Patti Kaiser, Betty Gallager, Helen Kubitschek.
Sodality Reception in St. Patrick's Church, 1948
1950-1960
The cast of "Our Town."
Scrimmage of Campus, 1953.
Angelic in Grade school- The boy's choir at
Christmas Mass, 1951- Front row, left to right: Donny Bosn, Chuck
Froelich, Johnny Wanser, Larry Wanser, Johnny Bauman, George
Shoemaker, Dick Jonas, Jerry Hickey, Bene Jilg, Ronnie Jonas, Gene
Turner, Jimmie Richter. Second row: Ronnie Clark, Bartley Brennan,
Gary Holly, Bruce Weier, Jim Becker, James Hoffman, David Schaffer,
Bobby Doerning, Tommy Head, Jim Froelich, Matt Hynes, Gary
Elsberry, Larry Donohoe, Tommy Donohoe, Jack Sullivan.
"Waiting for a dance."
1960-1970
1960 Pep Club (Mardi is front center
cheerleader)
Sister Christiana
West wing domer windows.
The future class of 1964 in second grade, with Sister
Lucy.
Good times and good friends.
1970-1980
"The Fire of 1965"
She was an old building,
Her age was sixty-five.
We remember her distinctly,
So clear and so alive,
She was the stronghold of
knowledge,
she was the memories.
The years of joy and laughter,
And the years of sorrow if any.
Yes, she stood her many years,
Through thick and through thin.
We said good-bye with tears,
As the walls burned within.
I walked past her brick structure,
So many times a day.
And there she would be standing,
Ready to guide my way.
So many of us took her for granted,
As she helped us along.
But one look at her in flames,
We knew we had been wrong.
She was the school my friends
attended,
When we were all together.
But since that awful day,
All of this has ended.
Our beloved school lies in ruin,
I guess it must be that way.
It stood for sixty-five years,
And fell in one short day.
By Peggy Hammond Gray and Jeanne
Gallagher Reynoldson, Class of 1970. ( written when they were in
seventh grade, 1965.)
Sister Flores "Sor Flor" One of a kind!
Sister Mary Carroll, Principal, 24 years of service.
1980-1990
A happy victory! 1980 District Basketball
Champions with Coach Kathy Brennan- it was the second year in a row
that they went to state.
Mr. Bahrij with students (John is in the middle)
1990-2000
Speech Team in the "Green Bean"
The graduation class of 2000.