Notre Dame High School - Crest Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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We were 'old hands at attending Federation meetings but that year the big convention was held in Oakland a fact which distressed many of us as we hated to bother with one of those hick towns Along with our Sophomore status came the mighty privilege of attend ing N D s dances and we were known for our great response to many of them Still fresh in our minds IS the memory of our first Student Body Dance Mardi Gras We were really in the lime light when we won the contest for Mission Day Queen with our candidate Bev Reynolds The funniest thing that happened that year was the near catastrophe in the World His tory class when Mary Dean while nonchalantly chewing on a button started laughing at some witty remark Suddenly panic was rampant in the class and dire pleas for help were heard from Mary amid the confusion Fortunately Mary did not completely swallow the button and it was coaxed out after many vigorous slaps and much assistance Thank goodness we all lived through that second year in spite of all the Flat F warn ings and the many detentions for late comers Do not misunderstand us we loved every minute of it The Junior year ah we were the mighty Juniors upper classmen at last' With the Junior year we welcomed Mercy Baca Gloria T1naya and Eileen O Neil three lovely young ladies to grace our third year with their talents Speaking of talents we are remind ed of Josephine Mejia whose performance on the basketball court was sensational In the Junior year we reached the height 1n our capacity for class spirit with the new system of pennant awards for meritorious class action We walked off with nine that year We also won the contest for Mission Day Queen again with pretty Mercy Baca And 1n the field of dramatlcs will anybody ever forget Tish especially a certain scene dresses and old beaus' The topic of discussion that year was as you all know Emmett' Our cla s well remembers the day that Sister Roberta Julie made us write that 500 word composition on the subject As a result of our zesty class spirit the Legion of Mary was started that year We also won a pennant for the most cleverly decorated room during the pre Christmas weeks With the end of the year came a 'crown1ng tribute to the Seniors our Junior Sen ior Dinner Our theme was the Coronation for that was the Coronation Year As the year came to a close and the Seniors wept we Joyfully donned our Senior caps and dreamed of a future and final year within the Portals of N D At last that long awaited year had come' We were SENIORS' The new members who completed this class of '54 were Doretta Bistor with her friends Doris Schegg Jos ephine Welch Dixie Bender and pretty Diana Higgins who will be known for many years to come as J D As we look back on this happy year foremost in our minds 15 the Senior Consecration to the Sacred Heart in Mission Dolores Basilica The Mar1an Year also gave us the d1st inction of being the only class in the history of Notre Dame to be Called The Marian Sen 1ors Our dramatic talents were displayed when we gave the Senior Play Our Hearts Were Young and Gay The prom at the Fairmont Hotel was to all of us the lovel1est night of the year Naturally in our Sen1or year as in all our other years at Notre Dame w were noted for doing many crazy things An example of this is the day when June Blut carried a typewriter out of the room when only she was supposed to go out By the end of the year we were all well acquainted with our class teacher Sister Francis Loretto and with the word responsibility This is the summary of four happy years at Notre Dame As we bid goodbye to the dear Sisters and leave through the Portals of N D we will go our different ways But I am sure we'll recall forevermore our precious CLASS OF'54 Arlene Thomas Class Historian , H . , . . . l . , . . , . ll ' - ll ' ' ' ' - ' ! . a n' I ' . . . . . ,, . H , . , . Y . . , . , I a . . ' . . y ' - , . . . I ' ' ' uv ll - , . - . . , . ---- , . . , . . . . . . , . 7 7 I 1 1 - , . 1 . . , . Y . D , . . . . ,, . ,,-n-- . . ! which pertains to Marilyn Hood? Oh! The Junior Prom----such a special night, with new ' ' ' , , ll .ll S , . . , . . . . . , . 7 1 - I 1 1 . . , . . , . , - . Y . . , . . . , . ll ll . , . . . . . . . . . . . L . . - . . . . . H . ' ' ' ll ' 1 ,, . . . ' I ! U I . . , . , e . D , ' 1 ' 1 A II ' ' ' ll , . ' 0 9 Q 6 I I ! D !

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CLASS HISTORY THE PORTALS OF N D ,,f' QQRTHLS E55 Cc u6Yf 'W 'F W 13222 'f i,QQ2iH 'N 'THE RVUV' X, DJ 'x,, Wlth the passmg of Summer and the approachmg of Fall 1950 many former pup1ls of the e1ghth grade at Notre Dame Grammar School sauntered through the Portals of Notre Dame Hlgh School An a1r of superxorlty could st1ll be d1st1ngu1shed among us We had saxd goodbye to some of our old classmates at graduat1on tlme but there st1ll remamed the majorlty of our much loved frlends Carol Fletcher w1th her new shade of halr was seen comlng through the Portals w1th her fr1end Carole Gorman who had a new crop of freckles from the summer sun Next came June Blut who had just begun her famous walk Followmg her was Arlene Thomas already plannmg to have long ha1r for grad uatlon day Pat Doherty Joan Carroll and Ed1th Decker came next through N D 's Portals never dream1ng they were to be our Sen1or cheerleaders And then appeared our representat1ves from Henry Street Pat Curley and Audre Worrall Of course our two red heads from the e1ghth grade came back namely Noreen Morgan and Mar1lyn Hood Also stepp1ng t1rn1dly through the Portals on that f1rst day were more of our fam ous e1ghth grade graduates Maxlne Brose w1th her longt1me frlend Mellssa Meschery then followed Dlane Castro shy Carol D1etl1n Anne Watrous our artlst Barbara Raf faelll Olga Basso Rosemary Elb and Carol ' T1Sh Svat Durmg that f1rst year of h1gh school we rece1ved many new members Included were the two Irlsh lassles Mary Fltzgerald and Barbara Fitzgerald the class takmg a long tlme to understand that they were not srsters Then along came f1V6 more very close frlends Barbara Oxley Joyce Bork Betty Ta1t Joanna D'Am1co and Monabarrle Sheehan Of came our two laugh1ng professors Joan Regoll and Sarah Tagle Just when we thought our whole class had at last come together there arr1ved Margaret Rogers Ann Wmter Maureen Brady Sh1rley Stough Mary Lou K R B Johnson Jean Fahy Joan Fauss our pretty red head Bev Reynolds Joyceda Bode Frances W1lcox and Marle I..e1chtle Now the Freshman class was set Our egos were soon deflated when we found that l1fe was just not the same as rt had been 1n the e1ghth grade at Notre Dame Although we were not the h1gh 'n mlghty anymore we st1ll had a wonderful txme bemg the lowly Freshmen In the fxrst few weeks of that year came Mary Dean who has helped many of us to know more about the subject of horses None of us w1ll ever forget our f1rst retreat wxth Father Carroll S1ster Jul1e St Joseph has gone to teach at Belmont now but we are sure she carr1es wlth her from Room 12 the memory of the r1ng1ng alarm clock that went off so unexpectedly durlng class Before we knew It the year was over and we were no longer the lowly Freshmen e were now the asp1r1ng Sophomores The Sophomore year was such a d1stress1ng one We were no longer mere children but were rem1nded by Slster Mary that we were not qu1te upper classmen yet Oh well we had a lrttle consolatlon from our new classmates from south of the border that IS r1ght Mrckey and Thelma Hart To be w1th her frlends pretty Karen Hempel came through N D s Portals that year Addmg to the mtellxgence of Notre Dame was l1ttle Anxta Shamphan and from the sunny shores of Hawau came our Sarah Chang the ' terr1f1c athlete w1th that dCV111Sh glmt rn her eyes Mar1a Benett1 and Ga1l Myers brought more sp1r1t to our class that year 17 O N'- Q . l J l lf' I I . . . , . . . ,. - . . , . . , . , . , , u n , . b . , , . . - g . , , I . . , . . I , l I ' I ' . I 1 . , : . , . . . y . S . 1 . . , Q . , - ' I ' ll I I I ' . . . , . i . . . y . . , g . . . I . . : I I l I ' I ' ' course, there was the doctor's daughter, Barbara Bilafer. Then, through the Portals ' I . 1 I . C I ' I ' ll H ' I I I a u I I I ' I 1 , I v . l - ll ll , . ll ' ' ll ' ' ' I ' I , . . ' ' H ll ' , . . I I ' W ' ' . I I . . , - , . . H H. . I I . 1 ' . ' I I ' ll' ' ll ' ' I ' ' ll I I . H . . . H . . , . , .

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