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

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WMuSic is ove in Search of cz ll70r0l 0 SYLVIA BECHER, a senior here al the Academy, received her music cer- tificate on December l5, l946. Her program was as follows: ADAGIO OP. 27 ....... . Beethoven LE TOURBILLON ........ . Maflei Sylvia Becher H'NDER NOT MUSIC l Reading . . Ann Bowling WHAT NEXT l CONSOLATION . ..... . Dennee CLOUDBURST . ...... . Grofe Sylvia Becher The address and presentation of certilicale was given by Rev. A. C. Schncl- lenberger. Sylvia wore a beautiful blue nylon over laflfeta 'formal and Ann looked charming in a blue marquiselle formal. The ushers, Lucille Forfwenclel and Alberta Voges looked very pretty in pink and blue marquiselfe. All four girls wore a single rose corsage, the color harmonizing wi'rh their formals. 5

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CLASS PROPHECY 0 It is 1957. Having sailed upon the turbu- lent Atlantic Ocean for days on end, my ship at last docked in the beautiful harbor of Rio de Janiero. A leisure walk through the plaza brought me to El Alberto Hotel and Cocktail Lounge owned by charming vivacious Alberta Voges, known to her intimates as Butch. Upon entering I beheld a strange specimen, presumably of humanity, sampling food by the carload. It proved to be Ann Bowling whose ambition to be a hobo was thwarted by her husband's having left her S70,000,000,000. We were ioined at our cocktails by Mes- dames Patricialle and Sylvianoriana, noted opera singers. Virginia Mae Welp, their personal hairdresser, who has been with them since graduation from Beauty College and Rita Meyer, a proficient typist, who takes care of their fan mail, awaited them in the lobby. The elevator girl, Mary Lou Bartley, had to make two trips because not more than ten trunks would fit in the elevator at a time. Mary lou did not mind, however, for she loves to be of service. Sitting next to us, reading the daily news, was Rita Mathias, who is a model for the Goldie-glo Shampoo Company. The front page featured an article on the famous por- trait painter, Claudine Lents, who is known as the Rembrandt of the 20th Century. Reading over her shoulder, we saw an ac- count of the visit of Lucille Fortwendel, world renowned traveler and lecturer on Psychology. To avoid having to buy a ticket to her lecture, we went directly to the airport to meet her. Her private plane came bouncing down the field, having missed the runway by 500 feet. lncidentally, the pilot, Emily Herr, will receive her license in several years. Drowning out the roar of the plane, there came a sudden violent explosion from a near- by laboratory. Upon investigation we found that Judith Beckman had blown up her ex- perimental station while trying to find a method of increasing erasers instead of decreasing them with use Ithe eraser she had used since ly nik? fszfurnfy Qjgvnyflff her Freshmen year in high school lasted only fifteen yearsl. We held our breaths in awe as a huge silver airliner glided smoothly onto the run- way. Hastily alighting the pilot reported to the ground commander the cause of his having broken the company's spectacular record of having all flights perfectly timed. He had had to wait forty-eight hours for a woman named Dolores Baumgart who wouldn't allow a take-off until her make-up was properly applied. The trim young hostess, Pearline Buechler, came to testify on his behalf. She succeeded in calming the outraged commander to whom she was engaged. We decided to drive away from the noise and bustle of the city. While we were en- ioying the scenery, the car gave a sudden iolt and the driver lost control of the car due to a fiat tire. Seeing a nearby farmhouse, we went there to call for a wrecker. Mary Jean Koetter who answered the door insisted that we stay for supper while her eldest son fixed the tire. She has a beautiful 400 acre farm and six boys to help her with it. Her hus- band is a cattle rancher who travels most of the time, so we didn't get to meet him. Mary Jean told us about Ethel Kippenbrock from whom she hears frequently. Ethel is now a concert pianist. She wrote about her friend Mary Lou Meyer, who is attending a well- known dramatic school in London. Her aspi- ration is to be a great actress. After supper conversation included talk of old times my companions had had, a tale of the strange country I must visit soon called the United States where they say, people drink, a supposedly intoxicating beverage known as coke which causes them to perform fan- tastic contortions to a wild music . . . boogie woogie, I believe. However I fear I must master a new language first. Now having enioyed the delicious lunch of beef and gravy I must hurry off to catch my atom-powered space ship back to Mars. In- cidentally you will hear more of these lovable characters in my latest book Swinging on a Planet . . . A Visit to Earth. Page Thirty-nine

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Sisters al: the A.l.C. 0 First Row Claudine and chm- lene Lents . . . Judy ond Flora Beckman . . . Betty Lou and Dorothy Borho ' Second Row Dolores and Thelma Baumgart . . . Jean and Alberta Voges . . . Rosemary and Betty Leist 0 Third Row Blanche and Jane Loubscher