Academy of the Holy Names - JM Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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L, ,l - Q. Y I . I 't ' , V X ' ' 7 ' .4 f I 1' f ' X 3 K l A 'JJ ,,i 'Yf-fa 1 lv Xl I Margie Dyer, flanked by Corinne Cortesi and Pat Connelly, in a scene from the Christmas Pageant. 6Ari5fma5 af From the first week in December, with the appearance of the Advent wreath until the last Merry Christmas, see you next year, Holy Names is pervaded with a special sort of Christmas spirit--one which embodies deep devotion, unselfish charity and happy prepara- tions. Bulletin boards, windows, and doors assume festive reminders of Christmas: classrooms become crowded with baskets and boxes of all sizes containing food, clothing and gifts for families less fortunate than our owng hurried conferences arrange for Christmas entertainment Sheila Stanton, as Santa Claus, stole the show at this year's Christmas assembly. Then the Sisters surprised the students with a movie. In the classrooms, after the movie. plans were made for the delivery of the Christmas food and gifts. Final holiday wishes were exchanged and once again the Christams vacation had begun. We shall never forget the beautiful days of Christmas at Holy Names. Page 22

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French Club Celebrates Epiphany e and lea gfoika Le Cercle des Etoiles, Holy Names' French Club is a very active organization. Its members meet in the cafeteria every other Tuesday afternoon to sing French songs, to learn about the culture of France and to converse en francais with their friends. The officers this year are: Linda Miller, president: Jill Boylan, treasurerg Mary Alice Stephens, secretary. The director of the organization, Sister Frances Marie, has done line work in making the meetings interesting. One of the most important events on the club's calendar was the Epiphany Party on January 6th, At this time La fete des rois was observed. The refreshments served were candy, nuts, coca -cola, and a special holiday cake, called Le gateau des rois . The cake was cut and, as is the custom in France, whoever received the bean became the King and whoever received the pea was the Queen . His royal highr1ess , Mary Alice Stephens, and her majesty , Carol Fox, reigned over the celebration. Everyone left the meeting with the traditional wish Bonne et heureuse annee et le paradis a la fin de vos jours. modern , .xduxihary Among the staunchest supporters of A. H. N. is the Mothers' Auxiliary. It is through the efforts of the members that we have many of our social activi ties. such as our enchanting Holly Ball. Another of its projects is the Star Shoppe. Al- though it calls for a lot of work and sacrifice, the mothers come through and every year is more suc- cessful than the last. This year, for the first time, the Auxiliary utilized our gym for the bazaar. The larger area offered the mothers an opportunity to have bigger and better booths and, as a result, big- ger and better profits. We would like to extend our thanks to the mothers for the wonderful work they have done in our behalf and in behalf of the school. .14 poem The school 's so gay! It's Star Shoppe Day-- The gym's decked out in bright array-- And as they leave the people say, My Christmas shopping's done this day! Mary Ellen Holohan ir' 25 23.8 15.-2 Y 9 .. - -A' . 1' .E 1 1 Z-

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jAere,5 uaic in fAe .xdir The Holy Names Glee Club introduced Christmas week with a truly stirring performance of Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols , a collection of Middle English songs. Sister Annette Teresa, moderator and director, also included several of the more familiar Christmas songs in the presentation, a Christmas gift for our family, faculty, and friends. The Glee Club was expertly accompanied by Janet Walton at the piano, Joanne Broderick at the organ and Mary Lee Noonan at her harp. Two entertaining groups affiliated with the Glee Club, the Achonaleers and the Tri -Angels, sang a number of enjoyable songs. A most stirring scene clirnaxed our Christmas offering. The entire student body caroled by candle- light as an awesome Nativity tableau was unveiled on the stage. The magnificent stage setting was possible due to the untiring work of Sister Francis Henry, Sister Frances of Mary, Mr. Ott, and our stage crew, Pat Ott, Brenda Reilly and Kit Temple. A special word of thanks is due to Sister Annette Teresa, under whose devoted direction A. H. N. fs Glee Club was able to give a memorable performance. At each rehearsal Sister gave entirely of herself so that our Christmas gift would be one of perfection. The Christmas Oratorio was not the only performance of our Glee Club but one of the many. Thus the I-Ioly Names Glee Club is a very busy and productive organization. Democracy, itself, is stressed within the core of our Glee Club in the fact that the members annually elect their representatives. This year they chose Rosalia Cardona, presidentg Sheila Vandercar, business managerg and Mary Pat Vandercar and Brigid Weiss, librarians. The foremost purpose of our Glee Club is to raise our voices in gratitude to God for all the innumber able blessings bestowed upon us--particularly the gift of song!