Academy of the Sacred Heart of Mary - Nytana Yearbook (New York, NY)

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IQ- The Athletic Association sponsored many new activi- ties . . . basketball intramurals found us fighting to the finish with the Senior champs . . . two tie-games and a final loss with exemplary sportsmanship. From dramatic interest in Our Hearts Were Young and Gay we turned to social interests in the Snow Queen Festival, loyally supporting our Gerry Tonry. The New Year brought additions to the junior Class . . . stimulated activity due to the approaching Sing . . . black-and-white for our prison theme . . . the day of reckoning and our defeat by half-a-point! Then the success of Pan American Day . . . our out- standing mission exhibit due to the success of the mission dance . . . the awe-inspiring Senior May Day. Our triumph at the CYO track-and-field meet and our acquisition of the coveted trophy . . . Senior rings finally graced our fingers . . . our junior Hop in the marine atmosphere of the Green Room. The un-sched- uled events of that year included the button scare proving our timorous attitude toward the insect world . . . the intruder as the forty-third member of a class of forty-two! The dark curtain of impending Regents cut off the sunny rays of fun . . . days later vacation sun shone benignly upon us basking in its tanning rays or dragging wearily on to summer classes. LAST Stop-Grand Senior Station! Supremacy, domination, mastery, superiority-we had attained it-we were Seniors! White Etons topped our bowed heads during the Mass of the Holy Ghost as we implored guidance . . . solemnity was soon lost in the whirl of activity as classes got under way and accumulated credits were frantically counted . . . in- novations included Fr. Seedorf's Thursday morning classes and the Seniors' early dismissal on Thursdays and Fridays. The journalists of '54 took over the pub- lication of the Mariac and the Nytana . . . sulfuric acid victims joined martyrs of the formaldehyde scent as Seniors invaded the labs . . . mad scientists were barred from the initiation committee as a safety pre- caution . . . the ludicrous appearance of the Freshmen . . . the entertainment of the Seniors and Freshmen. Columbus Day found the Senior squadrons executing a commendable cadence as we led the line of march up The Avenue . . . Msgr. Jeffers exhorted a contin- uance of our traditional mission support . . . the Mc- Cullagh jewel display elicited gasps from the on-look- ers . . . pep-rallies augmented school spirit during varsity games. .VK .4 -Q3 g s

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Summer renewed our jocular spirits and September found us freed from the galling yoke of Freshman lowliness. We learned our schedules included that notoriously unpopular pair, Caesar and Geometry . . . we had our Hrst bout with a modern language. Grad- ually we discovered that Latin was not as dead as they said, triangles were as much geometric as orches- tral and Si was not the answer to Parlez-vous fran- cais? October breezes swept us up Fifth Avenue in the Columbus Day Parade . . . we displayed the stance we had acquired through Miss Bisconti's Udiaphragmatic breathing. The following months found us laughing hilariously at Charley's Aunt . . . admiring the Senior models in the Fashion Show . . . pleasantly surprised at the introduction of new uni- form shoes and Eton caps . . . busy as bees as the Sing deadline drew near. The opening night we graced the stage as the people who stroll along the sidewalks of New York-the elite of Fifth Avenue, hoboes, sightseers, teenagers and even Miss Liberty, alive! because we tied with the Seniors, we felt gloriously triumphant and eternally grateful to Miss Castan. Skyscraper scenery was soon replaced by a Spanish background for Pan-American Day and later by an impressive pagoda for The Mikado. Between a safari to Wtishington on tour and to Sag Harbor on retreat, we fought foreign poverty with needles and threads in our mission sewing. Spring fever in no way stifled our mischievous in- clinations as we incarcerated a faculty member in the cafeteria closet faccidentallyj and introduced a half- period bell, surprisingly like an alarm clock! The pros- pect of Regents discouraged further capers . . . the worst was soon over . . . report cards displayed par- ticularly good religion marks . . . summer came and for some so did summer school! All aboard for junior Year! In September our newly-acquired airs left no doubt that we had attained the superior rank of upperclass- men in Academic society . . . Mother Gonzague was welcomed back as the new principal . . , the Columbia blue Etons for the juniors merited admiration from all . . . no more late room but . . . habitual violators of rules despaired with the introduction of the Stu- dent Council Court. The dread of intermediate algebra spread like a plague throughout the junior year . . . we pledged faithful attendance at the CYA Holy Hour each month . . . enjoyed the enlightening UN Forum with the Hon. Robert XVagner jr. presiding.

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lv. rf' vilwilv X-x Ili sf l 'T is 11' S gn-1 The stage became tl1e center of .ittraction after .1 I'LACOFLl-l3fL'.llKlIlg l3.1Z.l.lI' as props .llkl I'L'llC.lfS.llS l1er- alded .111 early Sing , . . bolts of IU.1gITlJll.1. chartreuse and black cloth i11tim.1ted tl1e spect.1cul.1r costuming of o11r production . . . knitting needles, pigtails, fans, boots and swords becatne the vogue . , . 111 tl1e end, however, we Asiatics we11t down before tl1e French after .1 well-fought battle. Post-vac.1tion days meant Clflili scholarship exams for tl1e .lITll3lIlOLlS few . . . for tl1e rest, tl1e d.1rk clouds of end-ter111s presaged the LlPPI'ULlClTllTg storn1 . . . soon decor.1tors were hard at work preparing for tl1e Senior S11ow QLICCIT Festival over which our ow11 Clare XY'.1lsh reigned supreme. Many ribbons awarded to tl1e ambitious science projects . . . trips to the UN Building, the Hayden l,l.lIlCI.lflLlIU and tl1e Museum of Natural History busied tl1e Seniors . . . tl1e Brain Trust of '5-1 began to reap tl1e rewards of tl1eir en- de.1vors as scl1olarsl1ip awards c.u11e i11 , . . the memor- able trip to Marymount gave tl preview of college life . . . the tl1rill of leading tl1e SHM squadrons up the green li11e on St. lJ.1I1'lCli.S Day . . . retre.1t during Holy XVeek with Father Reynolds, C.S.P. as master. The advent of May, tl1e magical month for Seniors . . . visions of loveliness as Seniors discarded navy wool for billowy pastel gowns . . . tl1e Coronation of our May Queen, Carol Fox . . . the crowning of Our Blessed Mother . . . tl1e blessing of our rings . . . danc- ing in the ballroom atmosphere to favorite melodies. The last few weeks with their host of memories- autographing Nytanns . . . perfecting our march . . . caps and gowns . . . Mother-Daughter Mass and Com- munion Breakfast . . . and, at last, Commencement, linked forever witl1 tl1e melody of Pomp and Circum- stance . . . unrestrained tears, palpitating hearts . . . a diploma XVlIll so few words for so many treasured memories . . . lifting our voices together for tl1e last time as we sang tl1e Alma Mater. Inq cg