Academy of the Holy Names - Shield Yearbook (Rome, NY)

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l MELCDDY ' LAND Reqina Murphy yy 0 one Gurley MUSIC GRADUATES .is Regina Murphy Presidenf i r Lesmo. , Marlene b rg Casfeffer ' Beverly Escheetwv with Bcgrgde Vice-presidenf , X Brglil, Ann Mcca. Sevenfh i Roman Slwelsnd Helen seni W QFO- Delano' will Pre picture- kgwjgydjnir 32283322 missinQ hom a . Anne reC'lol' No school could ever seem complefe wilhouf soil sfrains of music , echoing 'rhrough ifs halls. Rome is noi' wilhouf her lalenl, for fhis l ' year we are proud To have Two of our classmales, Regina Murphy, '47, and Jane Gurley, '47, groduafing from Music, offer many years of concen+ra+ed sfudy. Four seniors and four sophomores, less ad- vanced bu'r nohe fhe less ralenfed, presenfed +heir Sevenlh Grade reciral, a s+one's +hrow from gradualion. ln 'rhe music deparlmenf, lhe Harmonic Circle, an organizalion of Music pupils under lhe direc- rion of Sisrer Flaviana, head of rhe Music Deparlmenr, was founded. Regina Murphy was chosen presidenf for rhis year. A Molher- Daughier Banque? and a formal dance were sponsored by This 1 . organizalion and made a success by rhe spiril and enfhusiasm of i+s Jeqfmine QUe 0l0 i members. Helen Ann McCar+hy Secrefary Treasurer W'

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Choral Class wilh Professor Mclvlahon in concerl' during lhe Chrislmas Season, Chorislers sing Benedicfion hymns of lhe closing service of lhe annual rerreaf. Songs of +he Gay Ninefies are sung by Choral Class ai' 'rhe Senior Class Play. Page 34 .5 Under lhe experl direclion of Mr. Mclvlahon, who has for five years diligenfly rrained and developed our voices, rhe Choral Glee Club of A.l-l.N. has prospered. Our choral classes pracrised fairhlully and This pracrice culminared in a Choral Reciral presenred December I8. Grear acclaim was our reward for diligence and palience. Al Chrisrmas Time, we len? our voices ro caroling for S+. Elizaloe+h's Hospiral and S+. Joseph's Orphan Asylum. As a conclusion 'ro a successful year, we made a broadcasr al a local slalion. ll consislecl of a full and varied program which won general appreciarion.

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FIRST DANCE, SENICDR PLAY Firsl' Dance , a Ihree-acl romanlic comedy by DeWiH Bodeen, was selecled as Ihe Academy ol Ihe Holy Names' Senior Play presenfed on February I6 and I7 in STI. Cecilia's I-lall. Casl of lhe play. which is sublilled, A Lesson in Romance. included I4 members of lhe class of I947. They are: Jane Waldron - Clare: Lucille Dion - April: Palricia Irish - Kale, Iheir grandmolherg Regina Murphy- Drusilla: Trudy Baynes- Eleanor: Pepifq Alba ond Kqfe :re Wiilcomed by Carol Rolslon - Florabelle: Jane Gurley - Rosemary: Ann Hollowood - Louisa: MUFGOCI1- Sophie Buiclco-Jacqueline: Therese Donahue-Mrs. Elizabelh Schuyler: Frances A Schraml-Murdock: Carol Ann Phillios-Kale, lhe cousin: Barbara Gifford I Pepila Alba: Shirley Brazil-Miss Coffee. The coslume play, has as ils Theme 'lhal romances of yeslerday, like romances ol loday, may begin al a girl's Iirsl dancing parly. ll conlrasls wilh humor Ihe manners ol loday wilh 'lhe manners of lhe Gay NineI'ies , when a girl demurely whirled her way across Ihe ballroom lo l'he melody of O wallz. The success of a girl's Iirsl dance depends a greal deal upon lhe man who is her parl'ner, remarks Cirandmolher Kale lo her modern grand- daughler in The openina scene of Firs'l Dance. The melhods used by grandmolher and granddaughler in cal'ching The man lhey love are remarlcably similar. There are no men in I'he play, buf all Ihe Iollc is aboul' men. and how o girl may win lhe hearl' of rhe man she loves. 9113 - :L .. The Gay Ninelies are depicfecl by Rosemary, Eleanor, Kale. Miss Coffee, Mrs. Schuyler, Jacqueline. Florabelle. Murdoch, Drusilla, Louisa and Pepila Alba. V . h The Prologue shows Aprl, Cirandniofher Kale reveals her rrue idenlily. Jacqueline 'Faces her sisfers who loolz Kale and Claire as The play opens in aghasl al her allire. modern sequence. slr lfilggie K Q