Mercy High School - Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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LI ent off e osslston Answer the phone The front door bell ts rmgmg, Someone IS on lme two uttk the mter tom ts buzzmg Student offtte asststants Merry s strong., rtght arm keep busx taking care of lmportant off1te dunes of ansvs ermg, phones taktng messages and greetmg usxtors after sthool 'md on Saturdzn s OFFICE HOURS Dxane Cadden Sue Greenwood Margo XY'arn11.k Keadx Atker and Donna Dooles staff the offue during, ap potnted hours Sister Mars jean moderates the group +-...N n or red cro F I N I S H I N C TOUCH Arlene Nollesaux setre tary Mrs ExaMxl ler junlor Red Cross moderator Duane Cadden vxce-presldent. Ter- ry Peralta presi- dent pack gifts. SEAMSTRESSES FOR THE NEEDY Susan Neal, Judy Alexander, Pat Mull-teen, Sonia Guttierez, helped provide the Red Cross with over forty garments. RELIVIING THEIR CHILDHOOD Red Cross members shopped for so xo s halr barretts marbles lump ropes amthtng., to deltght a ghxld s heart and fllled Christmas exft boxes to send ox erseas Thes painted heax enly fates on 400 tray fax or angels for hospttals and spent mam Saturday afternoons brmgmg cheer to orphans an shut ms KF? f u : Jai., , Aw- ' X s, Y A.. . -nsm , Q

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Ttme was when covered wagons rumbled oy er western plams to reach Calnforma or Bust' Amernca was sttll young when her statesman Calhoun fought for good roads and canals to serve the p1oneers Let us conquer space' he crned Mr Calhoun, take a look at 1958' Our frontter IS beyond the ocean now Mr Calhoun we re off to the farthest star We won t stop at a western state, str we ll settle on the moon' Gone, now are the one room school and the numbers slate you knew Here to stay are the science lab and classroom televtsnon Your coun try has grown up 1n the world m a hundred years II has grown out to touch new worlds tn the space of a few months We couldn t know and didn t know what this year would bring Yet by coincidence, we expressed nts mood of Space or Bust for our opemng dance held on October 4, the very day Sputnik ushered rn thts unearthly age' ON THE SCENE J3.CklE O Leary school photographer stghts an mtetestmg shot jackie s pncture of school cheerleaders at a game attamed a cernfzcate of merrt nn The Scholastrc Art Awards Contest T F' .fi SHIELD WRITERS Assistant Edntor Eltzabeth Dowd Edntor Mary Grxtfin Assnstant Editor Sue Donoghue, Associate Fdntor Judy Carle About five p m on weekends from September to Apr1l the staff would cross the T s on some copy cap the1r pens and clear thenr heads of commas and capttons deyour the last cookle the moderator always prouded to keep them goxng and head home The Shxeld neyer left thetr heads though as they found themselyes dreaming on Ideas for the next picture schedule or mentally rewrttmg a paragraph There were excmng moments too when new snap shots arrned and especially when those flrst page proofs came from the prmters' Fmally the book was put to press leavmg the staff to count the days untnl they could finally announce, It s here' - . ' 3 , . . , . W Y Y l ' K u - - vv ,'. . - rr . . u - ' fl' . V ' A , . . . f v . . ' Q ' v v W' 1 . Y l . . . . , 'J - ' . 1 Y , . nt A K , - .. , ,H t - Y , . . Y I xx .L X ' ! 3 , y 1, ,, 7 . ,, . V . - s , , . , . . r . , . , . , . - t v , . - .. .. - - , , , . , , , . .. . H

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WHAT'S ON THE MENU TODAY? Cuisine specialists - Mrs. Ora Dillon, manager: Mesdames Mary McHugh, Helen Phalen, and Julia Reden prepare appetizing lunches for hungry Mercyites. They thoughtfully put out cottage cheese and peaches, daily, for scale-watchers. PETE CAN FIX ANYTHING seems to be the general opinion when a door is stuck, when a window is broken, or when a stubborn locker just won't open. Custodian Pietro Perata, who also has a talent for cabinet making, displays a shrine which he constructed in after- school hours. employees ' M. v K . gm.. F, ii TINTING IS HIS HOBBY: Alexander Buksh, maintenance department, enjoys coloring photographs for his friends,