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St. Paul's and Sister Conradine

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Guest 21-Feb-2014 03:51
In the fourth grade sr conradine said I was vain & told my mother to cut my long hair short. Of course the nuns knew Best.%%%'/'/$%-_-&$€$€£$$£$¥$¥$¥$£$€×^/$€$£'76$¥)) ₩)(!':
Guest 20-Jun-2008 20:57
YEAH, SISTER CONRADINE, THE MEANEST NUN I EVER MET.THE CLICKER, THE DAMN CLICKER.
THEN THERE WAS SISTER ROSEMARY ANOTHER MEAN NUN BUT DO NOT FORGET SISTER GERTRUDE.SHE PULLED NANCY RODRIGUEZ UP OUT OF HER DESK BY TAKING HOLD OF THE SHOULER STRAPS OF HER JUMPER. ONCE SHE SENT ME OUT OF THE CLASS TO SISTER CONRADINE, BECAUSE I ANSWERED HER BACK. SHE SAID WE WERE STUPID BECAUSE NO ONE DID THE MATH HOMEWORK CORRECTLY. I SAID I WAS NOT STUPID AND THAT SHE DID NOT TEACH THE CORRECT WAY TO DO THE HOMEWORK. THUS OUT I WENT. I HAD BEEN TO SISTER CONDRADINE SO MANY TIMES FOR OTHER THINGS, NO TIE, NO HAT ETC. ETC., THAT I DECIDED NOT TO GO BUT WENT HOME INSTEAD. MY MOTHER ASKED WHY I WAS HOME, I SAID THEY THREW ME OUT. SHE PROMPTLY TOOK ME BACK.
Ray Ramos 06-Apr-2008 18:57
A great picture of the old school block. I remember it used to be closed off for lunch hour.We used to draw a circle with chalk & put a top with no point in the center, & then take turns spinning our tops & trying to split the broken top.Each time you missed you put a penny in the circle.With upto maybe 10 kids you could make a nice score if you were lucky enough to split the top.That was back in 1951-52.
Guest 14-Mar-2008 16:02
To anyone out there that went to Holy Cross, my sister is dying, I am trying to reach
Gail Flaherty, Jane Commerford, and some of the other girls from her class
Please help me, thanks,

Patty Finnegan-Zaccardo, my sister is Candy (Julie) Finnegan-Lundin
please help if you can, she is not going to be here much longer.
Ivan 16-Sep-2007 05:33
Since viewing this photograph brought to mind another incident at St. Paul's. It involves two of my favorite nuns, Sister Loretta Marie and Sister Fredericka. I had Sister Fredericka in third grade and Sister Loretta Marie in 4th grade. Sister Loretta Marie hadn't been a nun and a teacher long. One day our class became unruly and Sister was unable to restore order. Sister left the room crying and the class continued laughing and cutting up. Approximately 3 minutes later, Sister Fredericka came into the room, gave us a look, and dead silence ensued. She scolded us for 5 minutes but it seem like an hour. You see, Sister Fredericka was battle-tested, approximately 5'3", stern (but fair), and everyone respected her. After telling us, "don't make me come back here again," Sister Loretta Marie did not have a problem with us the rest of the year. In fact, Sister Loretta Marie was one of the best, caring teachers in the school. Incidently, the worse teacher was Mrs. Keenan. My mother disliked her too.
Julio Rodriguez20-Oct-2006 19:28
Liz, thanks for the update, as you see she was very popular here in NYC. ... Julio
liz 20-Oct-2006 16:48
Wow! I went to Holy Cross Academy in Brookline MA from 1965-67. Sr. Conradine was there and she had a clicker!! I don't remember her actually hitting anyone with the ruler but she had it. She taught history. She would tell us how at night she would kneel and pray with her arms out from her side, continuing through extreme pain. Anyone else from HCA? I remember Sr. Conradine as a very unique individual with a dry sense of humor, very traditional nun. Been trying to track down Sr. Anselm and Sr. Jude Maria also.
Margie Holly Walsh 17-Oct-2002 01:30
Thanks guys for jogging my memory about former teachers at St. Paul's. Sr. Ellarita was my second grade teacher who now lives in Maryland. I and my mother, Mrs. Holly, 99 years young, still correspond with her at Christmastime. Sr. Ellarita never raised her hand to anyone that I can recall. She recently celebrated her Golden Jubilee (50 years) of being a Holy Cross nun. A little terror was Sister Norbert. I skipped from second to fourth grade and Sister Norbert knuckled my head so hard that it was banging against the blackboard because I didn't know the math (which I didn't learn having skipped 3rd grade). Eighth grade Sister Helen Bernard was a joy. Anyone remember playing volleyball with Sister in the classroom and getting "caught" by Sister Conradine via the new PA System? That was the end of classroom volleyball! More memories, anyone? Margie Holly.
Julio Rodriguez05-Aug-2002 00:27
Thank you Yolanda, Ivan originally took the picture and I inserted a picture of Sister Conradine. I wonder if she is still around, and, if she has seen her picture.....Julio
Yolanda 04-Aug-2002 23:12
Hi Julio,

I must commend you on the fantastic job you are doing in keeping our memories alive.
I have to say, what a surprise it was for me to see Sister Conradine's picture. I jumped
out of my seat. I was overwhelmed by her memories. My husband, Alex, was honored
by the sting of her yardstick several times. She truly terrorized us. Sister Conradine
walked around with a pair of scissors stopping the girls anywhere,(stairs, hallway, classrooms etc.) she would actually bring the skirts down and give us a warning on what would happen to us if we dared to take the hem up again.

Those were the days. Class of 1963
Julio Rodriguez15-Aug-2001 12:54
I asked Rita for the ditty she used to sing for the good sister, let me share her response (and of course she brings up pigeons):

.......Oh yeah, now it's ok for me to sing my song...but you didn't like it when I was
the FIRST to comment on this woman who terrified us as children.
......."Here comes Sister Conradine,
riding on a jelly bean, she's so scary and so mean, sorry...I don't remember
the rest...make something up."
.....By the way, has anyone commented on that clicker that she used to make us
stand, kneel, sit, etc. in church with? She also used it to silence us and
line us up in front of the school at noon time while pigeons did their thing
on unsuspecting children's heads...fortunately, I never got zapped.
Rita
Julio Rodriguez15-Aug-2001 12:20
I don't remember getting hit in grade school, definitely got hit at Power Memorial. Joe was in my class in St. Paul's, do you remember any corporal punishment in grade school?
Mickey 15-Aug-2001 04:21
I too remember Sister Conradine (5th grade, I believe) and Miss Keenen (6th grade), both of whom never spared the ruler. I probably hated history because of Miss Keenen. She would smack us across the knuckles for every wrong answer we had on our history quizzes. We would stand on line in the front of the room to receive our punishment. Are there any more St. Paul's stories or pictures out there? Sr. Modesta, anyone?
Bonnie Englett 14-Aug-2001 08:14
Thanks for this photo, Ivan. This is the view I remember seeing every Sunday when I went to church as I came from the projects. It brings back many fond memories.--Bonnie
Julio Rodriguez12-Aug-2001 22:44
This was Ivan's Original comment under this picture:
Looking east at the southside of 60th Street (June 1970) is the St. Paul Apostle building complex that included the school, the Sisters of the Holy Cross Convent, and the Church (in the far background at the end of the street). The Professional Children's School was just west of the school. When I attended St. Paul's, at the corner of 60th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, was a parking lot. Later, Miles Shoes built a factory which is now occupied by John Jay Criminal Justice College. That parking lot caused me to be late to school after the lunchtime recess. Sister Condradine caught me sliding under the parking lot fence after retrieving a baseball glove under a car. I got hit on the hands with Sister's clothing ruler that never snapped.