Academy of the Immaculate Conception - Pax Yearbook (Ferdinand, IN)

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NEGRO 0 The Negro Study Club spent this year trying to foster among the student group a love for the Negro. They have learned different points in the Negro's favor: lil The Negro has an immortal soul created by God and equal to ours l2i The Negro has not had the chances we have had l3i The Negro is intellectually and musically inclined. With these facts in mind they are prepared to face the world and all its absurd ideas about Negroes. As an achievement, our club presented a short play about the Negroes, Every night the members assembled in the Blessed Virgin room and prayed three Hail Marys for them. Among the girls taking part in these activities are: Leader . . . Lucille Wannemuehler, Scribe . . . Betty Schenk, Members . . . Alice Schroer- ing, Marilyn Ludwig, Catherine Eckert, Kath- leen Meyer, Doris Ann Rexing, Mary Elizabeth Rexing, Mary Ellen Hirsch, Betty Lou Schmitt, Anna Marie Becker, Dorothy Bullock. HOME MISSIONS 0 We studied the need of mission work here in America. To obtain additional information we wrote to the Home Missions at Glendale, Ohio and to the Catechists at Huntington, Indiana. To help the missions spiritually we offered Masses, Holy Communions, Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, Rosaries, and other prayers for them. As financial help we had a little mission bag in which we saved our extra pennies and nickels for the missions .... Lead- er . . . Doris Pohl, Scribe . . . Martha Wathen, Members . . . Martha Jean Voges, Millie Ann Gronotte, Eleanor Freilinghausen, Avila Bren- ner, Ruth Ann Baehl, Therese Ann Wargel, Dorothy Dethy, Rose Leist. Page Twenty-three M1'Ssi0n Sfualy Clubs fconf

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Mission Sfucfy Clubs I ATIN AMERICAN ' The aim of this club is to learn more about the countries of Latin America, their people, their religion and their customs. This year our group studied in particular the work of the missioners and the need for more mission work in these countries. This proved very interest- ing and helped us to become better acquaint- ed with our neighbors of Latin America .... Leader . . . Charlene Lents, Scribe . . . Loretta Vieck, Members . . . Claudine Lents, Patricia Mack, Rosemary Will, Shirley Deken, Rosemary Eisterhold, Bernice Hoffman, Mary Feldpausch. CURRENT PUBLICATIONS 9 This club has made Communism its special study. From the monthly publication of To- day's World and various other pamphlets we have learned the meaning of Communism, how it is spread and to what heights it has risen in our own country. We know that it is a problem which will some day confront all of us, if we do not do something to check it .... Leader . . . Flora Beckman, Scribe . . . Mary Caroline Seghers, Members . . . Judith Beckman, Rose Marie Kloeck, Alice Smith. MEDICAL MISSIONARY ' Our club studied about the Medical Mis- sionaries which are located at Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We learned their different works and their main occupation which is to care for and instruct those in pagan lands like Africa .... Leader . . . Doro- thy Clark, Scribe . . . Margaret Best, Members . . . Gladys Batliner, Corinne Schafer, Rita Ann Becher, Doris Jean Olinger, Virginia Mae Verkamp, Joan Meyer, Maxine Schafer.

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CHINA ' ln the China Study Club we studied about China and the different customs of the Chi- nese people. We have raised S15 which will go for subscriptions for The Catholic World for Catholic women in the Catholic University in Peking China. We gave a Chinese play for our achievement. But the greatest and most important of our works. was our prayers, which we said each day, for the Chinese mis- sions and missionaries .... Leader . . . Betty Jean Harmon, Scribe . . . Betty Mullen, Mem- bers . . . Bridget Ragan, Virginia Mayer, Doro- thy Borho, Iona Trainer, Betty Baumgart, Mary Ann Kiefner, Alba Meneghel, Ruth Sasse. LEPER 0 During ten meetings we completed nine picture books of the saints, which will be sent to the Lepers at dififerent foreign mis- sions .... Leader . . . Adeline Ambrosini, Scribe . . . Theresa Schnur, Members . . . Dolores Bodner, Dolores Woehler, Mary Jo Kavanaugh, Imelda Meny, Thelma Baumgart, Juanita Banet, Rosalie Hall. INDIA 0 India is a vast country with unlimited numbers of potential converts to the Catholic faith. Understanding of the beliefs, customs and laws of the Indians is necessary if we are to help them toward the truth. It was the aim of this study club to acquire this un- derstanding. Besides studying about and praying for India, we corresponded with some missionary nuns who are in that country. On one occasion, we sent them a sum of money that we had made by raffling candy .... Leader . . . Marie Gibson, Scribe . . . Jane Lee Shoaf, Members . . . Mary Elizabeth Seibert, Elaine Schenk, Inez Bradley, Therese Sweeney, Patricia Judge, Mary Skaggs. ission Siualy Cfufvs fcontj