Academy of Mount Saint Vincent - Chastellux Yearbook (Tuxedo Park, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1969 volume:

ACADEMY OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT TUXEDO PARK,NEW YORK Life Is Mathematical V The Fundamentals of the OLD Math are part of its essence. There are the PLUSES and the MINUSES, the MULTIPLIERS and the DIVIDERS. PROGRESSION and REGRESSION. Like the “NEW Math Life is constantly developing new concepts, opening new vistas, reaching out to new horizons . . . 3 We Came Here New to It All Four years ago we came to the Mount as young and timid Freshmen, our minds and hearts and souls potentially rich and fertile fields. To our parents we owe an unpayable debt. They were the first to plant the seeds of knowledge, love and goodness in each of us . . . CURRICULUM 16 Administration • and Faculty SENIORS 32 UNDERCLASSES 64 SCHOOL LIFE 80 Organizations and Activities DIRECTORY 114 INDEX 116' CONTRIBUTORS 118 Before we came to the Mount the seeds began to develop, tiny blades pierced the surface of the field, and leaves began to appear. Now the MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES became more evident. The PLUSES were the interest of our teachers in each of their students, the warmth of new and lasting friendships, the necessary storm and wind of challenging assignments that had to be and could be mastered . . . Many Things Attracted Us to the Mount MINUSES were apparent too. As we became mature we lost our childish ways, acquiring in their stead poise and charm, without ever losing our love of fun. We were less dependent on others as we developed self-confidence — a PLUS replacing a MINUS. Now MULTIPLICATION became evident. We were like young trees, with new branches, new leaves, new blossoms, multiplying rapidly as new friends added joy and richness to our lives . . . as assignments mushroomed, taking their toll of time and concentration if we would achieve our goal of excellence . . . and as Clubs and Extra-curricular Activities enriched our after school hours and even our weekends . . . 10 DIVISION, too, played its part. No longer could we be self-contained and contented . . . As we became more and more aware that because of our American and Christian heritage ours is a tradition and an obligation to share . . . to divide with others . . . our special gifts of Leadership, Talents, Time, Money . . . All ... in a spirit of love . . . „1� li J M '' PROGRESSION was not only moving one notch higher on the Totem Pole of classes, but moving on from Chastellux to Harris Cottage and on to Marian Hall and finally to Renamor. We noticed REGRESSION too. As the years passed we came to see things in their proper perspective. Things that seemed so big and important in Freshman Year we realized now were only trifles. 13 Like the New Math, all through our High School years we continued to develop new concepts. Since a living organism is characterized by growth and change, new vistas opened up before us as we considered the future and chose a college, a field, a career . . . We were reaching a new horizon as our Graduation Day drew near . . . 15 CURRICULUM LIVING LIFE COMPLETELY HERSELF GUIDANCE COUNSELOR providing the warmth and sunshine needed by every Mount student to develop and grow . . . training us as young trees need to be trained . . . giving our days direction through well-planned schedules . . . analysing our potential and providing essentials needed for growth and maturity . . . MATH TEACHER warning us with her delightful sense of humor “Knowledge maketh a bloody entrance!” lest we expect to learn without a struggle . . . FRIEND sharing dreams with us . . . opening new and wonderful worlds to us . . . continuing her interest in her students long after graduation . . . TO YOU . . . SISTER MARIA ASSUMPTA we gratefully and affectionately dedicate our 1969 CHASTELLUX We were Sophomores when SISTER MARY PERPETUA COLLINS came to the Mount as Superior and Director. She brought to her new assignment warmth, enthusiasm and unusual “know-how” and “can-do.” During these three years Sister has accomplished wonders with the financial backing of The Fathers and Friends of the Mount and The Mothers’ Guild. The Language Lab. the new. completely equipped Typing Room, the re furnished Audio-Visual Aid Room. the Red-Carpeting of Renamor . . . are just a few of the tangible evidences of all that Sister has accomplished for the Mount. There are intangibles too . . . Sister s constant urging to all of us to live up to our motto — NOBLESSE OBLIGE developing our physical, intellectual and spiritual potentials. We are deeply grateful for all she has done for each of us as Educator and Friend! Thank you. SISTER PERPETUA . . . MRS. FLORENCE MacBAIN is Sister Perpetua s Secretary. The efficient and smooth functioning of the School Office, with all its unpredictable demands upon her time and talents are her re- sponsibility. How beautifully she measures up! 17 Religion The RELIGION Department at the Mount continued to move forward following the inspiration and changes suggested and approved by Vatican II. SR. THERESA GRAVINO. who has an M.A. in Latin from Fordham University, is presently a Candidate for a Master s Degree in Theology at Manhattan College, and is Chairman of the Department. She is assisted by SR. MARIA ASSUMPTA. SR. RITA GUSHUE. SR JEAN MclVER. SR. BARBARA SROZENSKI and SR. MARIAN SETON In the JUNIOR Religion Course Team Teaching was used for the first time, correlating Religion with English and History. The experiment was very successful. In Renamor. REV. HENRY J. ANDERSEN. S.J.. was again Chaplain and acceded to three requests of the Sisters and students: 1) Mass was celebrated in the vernacular. 2) facing the Congregation, and 3) there were afternoon Masses during Lent whenever the schedule of extracurricular activities permitted ► At the right, the upper picture shows FATHER ANDERSEN giving Holy Communion to SR. KATHLEEN NORA. The middle picture shows FATHER ALFRED SOKOL. S.D.B . Chaplain at Chastellux. and the bottom picture shows FATHER ROBERT UZZILIO. S.D.B who replaces FATHER SOKOL on Sundays and Holydays 18 At left: SR. THERESA GRAVINO teaches Religion to the Juniors as part of the Team Teaching Program . . . SISTER is also Moderator of the newly formed GUITAR CLUB, whose principal objective is preparing a variety of hymns for the Guitar Masses which are celebrated almost monthly. Above: REV GEORGE McGRATH. Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Tuxedo, is Chaplain of the Fathers and Friends of the Mount and arranges his schedule to be available to assist in the distribution of Holy Communion at the Academy whenever the number is too great for one Priest to handle, as at Masses when the entire Student Body is present. 19 English The dynamic approach of SR. THERESA COURTNEY (pictured at the right with JANET FRYNS) makes English interesting to all groups, but she is also able to assist students on a one-to-one basis to overcome special hurdles. (Perhaps her enthusiasm for sports helps!) SR. MARIAN SETON BALS (above) is Chairman of the English Department She is assisted by SR. THERESA COURTNEY and SR. MARY JOSITA. and also by SR. MARIAN FRANCIS, who is responsible for Dramatics. We have already mentioned the fact that the Team Teaching Experiment in the Junior Class involves ENGLISH as well as Religion and History. This is the second year of SR. MARIAN SETON’S successful GREAT BOOKS program, which appeals most to Honor Students. 20 The major production of the Dramatic Club in the first term was PRIDE and PREJUDICE.'' That of the second term was PETER PAN. Besides coaching these two plays. SR. MARIAN FRANCIS (pictured above with NIKKI and KATIE) conducts regular classes in Dramatics, and in Film Study and Film Making. Under SR. MARY JOSITA’S direction and leadership the LIBRARY and AUDIOVISUAL AIDS have expanded and progressed until the unit can now correctly be described as a MULTI MEDIA CENTER. SR. JOSITA is pictured at the left. 21 Languages This year's BIG project for the SPANISH DEPARTMENT was the two week trip to Spain during the Easter Holidays, arranged by SR. GERTRUDE MIRIAM. Chairman of the Department. Thirty students took advantage of the opportunity Below they are seen examining their tickets which were distributed three weeks before the trip. Another FIRST this year was the establishment of the NATIONAL SPANISH HONOR SOCIETY which will be referred to again in the SCHOOL LIFE section of our book. Sr. Gertrude Miriam Three wonderful things happened to MISS ROSE CAMILLE GENTILE (at left) in the autumn of ’68. First, she became Chairman of the FRENCH DEPARTMENT at A M S V second, she received her M.A. in French from New York University with Honors — (Sister Perpetua anticipated this) — ; and third, she became engaged! Miss Rose Camille Gentile Sr. Theresa Gravino Last year at Easter twelve members of this year s Senior Class were members of the group that travelled to ITALY on a tour arranged by SR. THERESA GRAVINO (above). Chairman of the LATIN DEPARTMENT. Five of these Seniors were fortunate enough to be able to be included in this year's trip to Spam. At the left — Seniors who went to Italy last year. Science Both SR. BARBARA SROZENSKI and SR. RITA GUSHUE are newcomers to the Science Department of the Mount. Both have, however, brought to their new assignment contagious enthusiasm for the field of science. In the Freshman Physical Science course SR. RITA GUSHUE attempts to provide for a development and an understanding of basic concepts in chemistry and physics, and relates these concepts to meteorology, space science, astronomy, geology and oceanography. Above: SISTER BARBARA prepares to take a blood smear from SHEILA O’TOOLE S finger for a demonstration of the method of “typing blood. The Junior Biology course, taught by SR. BARBARA, is an inquiry into life — from that of the tiniest amoeba living in a pond to that of the astronaut orbiting the earth or the moon. Science and technology go hand in hand and the Seniors to whom SR. BARBARA teaches Chemistry are constantly aware of the interdependence of the two fields. Not even Honor students find the course easy, but all find it interesting and challenging. In October the Science Department sponsored an Assembly Program at which MR. GERARD DAVIS of the Atomic Energy Commission gave a demonstration of the great potentials of atomic energy for industrial — and peaceful - purposes. At the left MR DAVIS is shown demonstrating the possibilities of an Atomic Reactor. and Mathematics Sr. Maria Assumpta Sr. Jean Mclver SR. JEAN MclVER was again Chairman of the Mathematics Department and was assisted bv SR. MARIA ASSUMPTA and SR. RITA GUSHUE. Once again the intricacies of the • new'' Math were presented to the students, many of whom found even the • old” Math difficult. The Math League continued to function, with members of all four classes participating. SR. MARIA ASSUMPTA was the Moderator of the Senior Group, with CANDICE EVANS (pictured at the left at a meeting of the participating schools here at the Mount) as Captain. SR. RITA GUSHUE was Moderator of the Junior Group, with MARY BURKE, a Freshman, as its Captain. History Sr. Kathleen Nora Sr. Marie Francesca Sr. Mary Aquinata Two new members were added to the Faculty of the History Department this year: SR. KATHLEEN NORA, who is its Chairman and SR MARIE FRANCESCA. The continuity in the Department has been provided by SR MARY AQUINATA. The aim of the History Department has been to develop well informed and critical thinking young Americans. The courses have been based The study of the way our Western heritage developed is a fascinating pageant. This year SR MARIE FRANCESCA taught the Sophomores Modern World History and presented them with the challenge of reading both original and interpretative material. In the picture at the right. SR. MARY JOSITA is helping MARGARET VENNING locate some information. on the philosophy that students learn by doing and that they remember best what they discover for themselves. Therefore readings, reports, panel discussions and films are an integral part of every course, and in a special way. of the Team Teaching Program in Junior year. Two History Courses were open to Seniors. SR. KATHLEEN NORA taught the Afro-Asian Course, stressing conditions in under developed portions of the world. Thar research and reports proved to these Seniors that thae are no simple solutions to these problems. The second Senior History Course is centered around Problems of Democracy. It was taught by SR. MARIE FRANCESCA wt o included the problems of Prosperity. Leadership. Racism and American Foragn Policy. This group profited by a Field Trip to New York during the first semester to visit the Criminal Court and witness the trial of a real case At the right SR. FRANCESCA enjoys something amusing that has happened in one of her classes. American History is the field of the Team Teaching FVogram and is taught by SR. KATHLEEN NORA and SR. MARY AQUINATA. The course includes five major topics: The American People. Government and Politics. American Economic Life. American Civilization and Foreign Policy. SR. MARIAN SETON covers the related fields of Literature and SR. THERESA GRAVINO. those of Religion. At the left: NIKKI SMITH. NIKKI BOTTARI and PAT TORIELLO pause for a moment — perhaps to digest some of the new information they have been acquiring through their research. 27 If doing her own thing” applies to any group of students at A M S V it does to those who are taking Studio Art Courses with MRS. MILDRED FERRIS (above). A skillful artist and craftsman in many fields herself. MRS. FERRIS is able to supervise so many different protects being created simultaneously in every corner of her busy studio that no two students seem to be working in the same media or at the same type of craft. Although MRS. FERRIS has designed stage settings for plays in other schools (including The Sound of Music) this year for the first time she designed one for us for Pride and Prejudice, and. assisted by MICHELLE MOLINARI and ALIDA INGANAMORT. in a few short weeks completed the beautiful garden scene shown above and at the right. 28 and Art Appreciation An Elective open to all students of Grades 9 through 12. Art Appreciation is taught by SR. CONSTANCE MARY. In October these students and art students in MRS. FERRIS'S Studio Art courses took advantage of the once in-a lifetime showing of the Italian Frescoes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. STEPHANIE MINAHAN'S broken foot didn't keep her away. She came, rented a wheel chair, and with VALERIE YOUNG and DEBBIE WALKER pushing the chair from gallery to gallery saw all the others did — in a more relaxed way. Left: Members of the Art Appreciation Group listen to a tape recording. Another Group Mr. Carroll Lambert Any student interested in music may |Oin in the Glee Club which meets under MR. LAMBERT'S direction once a week to prepare for a Christmas and Spring Concert each year. MR. LAMBERT also has a group of private pupils for vocal and or piano lessons. Sr. Mary Aquinata Besides her History Courses SR. MARY AQUINATA teaches a course entitled CLOTHING. This covers the fundamentals of dressmaking, and is made practical by the application of the principles and skills learned in the making of First Communion dresses and slips for children in underprivileged areas. In the picture at the right Sister is helping MARGARET TREHY master a new technique. This year MRS. MARSHALL included courses in Notehand and Personal Typing as well as Business Typing and Shorthand — the secretarial courses included up to the present. She felt that the new courses would assist college bound students in taking notes and typing assignments. At the left MRS. MARSHALL is checking ALIDA's assignment. 31 Physical Education The health and proper physical development of the students of the Mount were provided for by the Physical Education Program planned and conducted by MRS. MARION HESSION, Director of the Program, pictured at the left, assisted by SISTER TERESA COURTNEY, whose enthusiasm for the sports program is evident in the Athletic Club of which she is the Moderator. This year, perhaps for the first time, the Professional Nurse at the Academy was not a Sister of Charity. She is MRS. JOHN A. SHEPARD, R.N. and is pictured below, alone and with Barbara Brady and Linda Russotti. Fathers and Friends OF THE MOUNT entertained their daughters and Members of the Faculty at a Luncheon at the SWISS CHALET in Ramsey, New Jersey, on the fifteenth of February. It was the first time that the Luncheon, an annual affair, was held away from the Academy, but the centrally located Chalet, the well-served dinner and the musical entertainment provided, all added up to a perfect choice. FATHER WILLIAM McDEVITT’S talk on teen-agers and their parents was well-received by both groups. The picture at the right is the center portion of the Speaker s Table. BARBARA FEDIGAN. BARBARA BALDWIN. MR. GEORGE BALDWIN. Chairman of the Luncheon. FATHER GEORGE McGRATH. Chaplain of the Fathers Club. FATHER WILLIAM McDEVITT. the Speaker at the Luncheon. SR. MARY PERPETUA and MR. NORMAN VANASSE. At the Faculty Table, in a clockwise direc- tion, are: SR KATHLEEN NORA. SR. MARIA ASSUMPTA. MRS. MILDRED FERRIS. MRS. LYDIA MARSHALL. MISS ROSE GENTILE. SR BARBARA SROZENSKI. SR. MARIE FRANCESCA. SR. RITA GUSHUE. MRS. FLORENCE MacBAIN. SR. MARY JOSITA. SR. CONSTANCE MARY and MRS. MARION HESSION. SENIORS Those Were the Days, My Friend — We Thought They’d Never End BARBARA LEE BLAIR RAMSEY, NEW JERSEY I'm looking for the real, the great, the absolute - a dawn that is the morning and not the end of night. CCD 3 Class Officer 3 Vice President 3 Dramatics 4 Forensic League 2, 3, 4 .Treasurer 3 President 4 Glee Club 2 Great Books 3, 4 Human Rights 3 Literary Magazine 2 Math League 3, 4 National Honor Society 3, 4 SEPTEMBER '65 . . . Forty-seven new Mounties . . . outwardly bold but inwardly quaking ... a new adventure for all of us . . . NICOLE MARIE BOTTARI PELHAM MANOR, NEW YORK What wisdom can you find that's greater than kindness? Athletic Club CCD 3 Class Officer 1, 2 Vice President 1 President 2 Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4 President 4 Forensic League 2, 4 SLAG 1 Sodality 1, 2 Student Council 2 YCS 4 34 BARBARA TRACY BRADY HO-HO-KUS, NEW JERSEY Good sense and good nature are never separated. Athletic Club 4 Class Officer 4 President 4 National Honor Society 4 Student Council 4 YCS 3, 4 Yearbook 3, 4 . . . Algebra, English, Latin, World Culture, Science . . . each a chal- lenge to be met ... a hurdle to be vaulted . . . Th« Great Escape! Per mission to drive to school was again 1 of the Senior privi leges and a dozen of us used it frequently. JAMIE is pictured here with MARY ELLEN and B08BI. frequent pas sengers. lUUlllMi: The Class of '69 coming up in the world! NIKKI BOTTARI tops off the tall story of FIELD DAY '68 . . . Will any of us ever forget Sister Magdalen and Sister losita and their skill in handling us? ... or Sister Maureen Teresa's The very WALLS will answer! . JOAN ANN BRADY ROCKAWAY BEACH, NEW YORK Her heart has learned to glow for others' good and melt at others' woe. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3 Manager 3 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Officer 3, 4 Treasurer 3 Vice President 4 Dramatics 1 Forensic League 2 Glee Club 1 SLAG 1 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 3, 4 CATHERINE ROGERS CHISHOLM RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY Life is what you make it, and she lives it well. Class Officer I Vice President 1 Science Club 3 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 3, 4 Yearbook 3 . . . Then there were: the three-day Retreat . . . the Cardinal Farley Cadets . . . Jesse James . . . Mary Lou and her demerit slips . . Crazy Foam . . . CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN . . . SHEILA PATRICIA CULLIGAN GLEN ROCK, NEW JERSEY With cheerful heart and manner, among us she is a friend to all. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball Varsity 1, 2, 3, 4 Captain 4 Volleyball 2, 4 Class Officer 2, 3 Secretary 2 Treasurer 3 Dramatics 4 Glee Club 1, 2 Math League 3, 4 School Paper 2, 3, 4 Editorial Staff 3, 4 Science Club 3 Sodality 1, 2 Student Council 4 Yearbook 3, 4 DEBORAH ANN CURRAN NEW YORK, NEW YORK O world, I cannot hold you close enough. CCD 3, 4 Literary Magazine 2 Sodality 2 Along with the joys - the PLUS-ES - there were the sorrows - the MINUS-ES - and among them MISS MAXWELL'S departure tc become a Dominican! (Even as a nun she continues to be a Physical Ed. Instructor.) Will the REAL Twiggy please stand up? MICHELLE. LINDA. MARY LOU. CAROL and DENISE smile (and squint) in the spring sunshine. CAROL ANN Dl CARLO HARTSDALE, NEW YORK Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Audio-Visual Aids 3 Vice President 3 CCD 3, 4 Forensic League 2 SLAG 3 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 3, 4 SEPTEMBER '66 . . . WHAT? SISTER LAWRENCE gone? . . It was hard to believe . . . the year had started with a MINUS . . . hut there was a PLUS too . . . SISTER PERPETUA had come as our new Director . . . LOIS ANN DIGNEY HO-HO-KUS, NEW JERSEY Never quiet, never still; life's a dare, if you will. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Cheerleading 3, 4 Class Officer 1 Treasurer 1 Sodality 1, 2 HEATHER ANNE DOHENY ROCKAWAY BEACH, NEW YORK She is active, stirring, all afire; she cannot rest, cannot tire. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2 Class Officer 3 President 3 Dramatics 1, 2, 4 Glee Club 1, 2 Great Books 3, 4 Literary Magazine 2 Math League 3, 4 National Honor Society 3, 4 Treasurer 4 School Paper 2, 3, 4 Editorial Staff 3, 4 Sodality 1, 2 Student Council 3, 4 President 4 Yearbook 3, 4 . . We welcomed the new Freshmen and were no longer at the bottom of the pile . . . This was the year of the SUPER SPOON . . . Chicken . . . MARY LOUISE DORMAN RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Varsity 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1, 2, 4 CCD 3, 4 Class Officer 1, 3, 4 President 1, 4 Secretary 3 Dramatics 2, 3, 4 Literary Magazine 2 National Honor Society 3, 4 President 4 School Paper 2 SLAG 1, 2, 3 Sodality 1, 2 Spanish Honor Society 4 Student Council 1,4 40 Secretary 4 Yearbook 3, 4 Although she's standing. DENISE is more relaxed than either STEPHANIE or DOLORES. All three know the bell for the fifth per lod has rung, but the re action of each is differ ent. DENISE - Late? Well we’re excused. STEPHANIE — Late? Good! We ll miss the quiz. DOLORES - The bell? Big deal! Go ahead, shoot another picture. . . . Geometry . . . World History . . . and Latin (what AGAIN?) . . . and those REGENTS!! DENISE DUVALL HILLBURN, NEW YORK “She writes with wisdom, speaks with ease, and conquers every task ' Athletic Club 4 Dramatics 3, 4 Forensic League 2, 3. 4 Secretary 3 Vice President 4 Glee Club 1, 2, 3 Great Books 3, 4 National Honor Society 4 School Paper 2, 3, 4 Editorial Staff 4 SLAG 1, 2, 3 Library Council 4 Sodality 1, 2 Spanish Honor Society 4 Yearbook 3, 4 8 RITA CARROLL DWYER NEW FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT “A little mischief by the way, A little fun to spice the day. Athletic Club 2, 3, 4 Riding 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 2, 3, 4 CCD 4 SLAG 2 YCS 3 Yearbook 2 . . . More basketball games . . . and we kept on losing — . . . ALICE IN WONDERLAND — better, but still not BEST! MARY AGNES EDWARDS RADBURN, NEW JERSEY She knew now where she was going and she said to herself, 'There is no hurry. I shall get there some day.' Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 2 Dramatics 2, 3, 4 Forensic League 2 School Paper 2 SLAG 1, 2 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 3, 4 The magazine that LIZ. DOTH. RITA and DEBBI are sharing seems to be open at an interesting page . . . OOOPS ... a new dimension — CULTURE — the opera LA TRAVIATA at the City Center and a Piano Recital here at the Mount with HERMA MENTHE, a gifted octogenarian, playing for us DOROTHY ANN ELLIOTT ROME, NEW YORK Not that I love work less, but that I love fun more.” Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Riding 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1, 2 House President 2 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 3 This had to be posed — the grins were typical, but the quiet and the location lead us to believe the positions of JAN. PATTY, CATHY. MARY S.. BARB F and MARY E. have been arranged just for the camera and ended |ust as the photographer exited SOPHOMORE YEAR WENT BY - quick like a bunny! CANDICE EVANS UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NEW JERSEY “For I have miles to go and promises to keep before I sleep ' Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Secretary 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Varsity 2, 3, 4 Hockey 4 Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4 Dramatics 4 Glee Club 1, 2 Math League 3, 4 Captain 4 School Paper 2, 3, 4 Managing Editor 3 Editorial Staff 4 Science Club 3 Sodality 1, 2 Yearbook 3, 4 BARBARA JOSEPHINE FEDIGAN RAMSEY, NEW IERSEY “What's an ounce of mischief in an ocean of goodness?” Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1, 2 Dramatics 2, 3, 4 Math League 3 Sodality 1, 2 Spanish Honor Society 4 SEPTEMBER '67 . . . The GROOVIEST year!!! . . . Upperclassmen at last . . . we welcomed Freshman sisters . . . accepted new responsibilities . . . KATHERINE MARY FITZGERALD WATERTOWN, NEW YORK Life I love you . . . All is groovy. Athletic Club 2, 3, 4 Cheerleading 3, 4 Riding 2, 3 Volleyball 3 Dramatics 2, 3, 4 Forensic League 3, 4 Glee Club 2 Sodality 2 YCS 3 ? JOAN MARIE FITZGIBBON RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY She was made for happy thoughts; for playful wit and laughter. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Varsity 1, 2, 3, 4 Hockey 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Officer 2, 4 President 2, Vice President 4 Dramatics 4 Glee Club 1, 2 Great Books 3, 4 Math League 3, 4 National Honor Society 3, 4 Vice President 4 Science Club 3 Sodality 1, 2 Yearbook 3, 4 . . . We faced Math II, History and Bio with courage . . . and the future with clearer (?) thoughts, thanks to those HELPFUL ELIZABETH ANNE F O X career reports . . . HATBORO, PENNSYLVANIA Keep smiling . . . it makes people wonder what you've been up to. Athletic Club 2, 3, 4 Riding 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 2, 4 Science Club 2 SLAG 2 In this picture and after the Albertus Magnus games were the few times the three musketeers. SHEILA, CANDICE and JOAN were seen without smiles . . . School weeks became HEAVIER and LONGER and weekends became LIGHTER and SHORTER . memories of Saint Patrick's Day are still green CARMEN ELENA GONZALEZ SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR So full of mischief, fun and glee, yet bespeaking true sincerity. Athletic Club 3, 4 President 4 Basketball 3, 4 Varsity 3, 4 Co-Captain 4 Volleyball 3, 4 Science Club 3 VCS 3, 4 Yearbook 4 JANET CECILIA GORMLEY RAMSEY, NEW IERSEY A girl to whom has been given so much of earth, so much of heaven. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Officer 1 Secretary 1 Glee Club 1 Science Club 2, 3 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 3, 4 . . . MARIAN HALL was a special chapter in lunior Year . . . with its fire escape ... 2 a m. coffee — and Frank's food . . . and SISTER IOSITA again . . . In the spring of '68 skirts reached their mini est and on Fridays when uniforms were not worn by boarders. SARA. CHRIS O’CONNOR. SUE and CHRIS GRAHAM led rather than followed the trend. CHRISTINE ANN GRAHAM CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK 'Success is yours if you strive for it. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Riding 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 3, 4 CCD 3. 4 Dramatics 1, 2, 4 SLAG 1, 2 Sodality 1, 2 ... Sr. Theresa Courtney gave the team the boost it needed and we began to WIN basket ball games — piling up PLUS-ES in athletics as never before ... '69 became the Varsity with URSULA as our mascot! MARIE JULIA H A G E BEIRUT, LEBANON The power to do great things, generally rises from the willingness to do small things. Athletic Club 4 CCD 3, 4 Glee Club 2, 3, 4 Human Rights 3 SLAG 3 Sodality 2 Spanish Honor Society 4 YCS 3 Yearbook 3, 4 Assistant Editor 4 ALIDA LOUISE INGANAMORT HO-HO-KUS, NEW JERSEY Congenial to our hearts her natural charm - more than all gloss of art. Dramatics 4 Scene Painting 4 Science Club 3 Sodality 1, 2 ... 4 score of us spent Easter in ITALY enjoying our first flight to Europe . . . Our school rings were here for us when we returned, a warning that our days at the Mount were now numbered . . . SUSAN MARGARET KENLON UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NEW JERSEY A keen sense of humor, a clever mind; personality and charm are in her combined. Athletic Club 4 Riding 4 Dramatics 4 Science Club 3 Sodality 1, 2 Spanish Honor Society 4 YCS 4 JONI. MAUREEN and SUE envy HEATHER, the girl with the freshest mouth in town! LOVE IS BLUE, our Ring Hop (HOP, not PROM - HOPV was a night to remember. . . and even more memorable were the parties after it . . . MAUREEN MARGARET KOSCH WVCKOFF, NEW JERSEY Oh, there’s such a lot to do, and such a lot to be. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Officer 2, 4 Vice President 2 Secretary 4 Dramatics 3, 4 Forensic League 3, 4 Glee Club 1, 2 Great Books 3, 4 Sodality 1, 2 Spanish Honor Society 4 Student Council 2 SUSAN VIVIAN KRAUSE WYCKOFF, NEW |ERSEY The lass was ever a rover, loving and laughing and tree. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball I Riding 1, 2, 3, 4 CCD 3 SLAG 1, 2 Sodality 1, 2 UPPER SADDLE RIVER. NEW IERSEY I agree with no man's opinions; I have some of my own. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3 Varsity 2 Volleyball 1, 2, 3 Dramatics 3, 4 Forensic League 3 Human Rights 3 Math League 3, 4 National Honor Society 3, 4 School Paper 1, 2 Sodality 1, 2 Yearbook 3, 4 Editor-in-Chief 4 . . CINDERELLA — we tried harder . . . we could only hope to win in '69 — one more chance . . . our last . . . JAMIE CHRISTINE KREHER BARBARA LATRECCHIA FRANKLIN LAKES, NEW JERSEY Her ways are ways of pleasanlness, and all her paths are peace. Athletic Club 3, 4 Cheerleading 4 Science Club 3 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 3, 4 SEPTEMBER '68 . . . The beginning of the end . . . final decisions about colleges . . . preparing to face the world outside Tuxedo Park . While BARBARA L. LOIS and SHARON browse through a brochure on • creativity.” BARBARA B. is in another world, wondering what his name is! NIKKI. ALIDA and MICHELLE are wondering — and shall we three meet again? If not soon . . . then when?” ... a year from now we wouldn't be returning ... we cherished each event as a last-for-us at the Mount . . . next year we'd be at College DOLORES DIERDRE McCABE MAHWAH, NEW JERSEY The reason firm, the temperate will; endurance, foresight, strength and skill. Athletic Club 4 Volleyball 4 Dramatics 3, 4 Forensic League 2, 3 Glee Club 1, 2, 3 Great Books 3, 4 Human Rights 4 National Honor Society 4 School Paper 2, 3 SLAG 1, 2, 3 Library Council 4 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 4 Yearbook 3, 4 STEPHANIE ANNE MINAHAN TUXEDO PARK, NEW YORK Gentle in manner, firm in reality. Class Officer 2 Treasurer 2 Dramatics 3, 4 Glee Club 1, 2, 3 SLAG 1, 2, 3 Library Council 4 . . . Nursing School . . . working . . . or — who knows — if we got lucky — even MARRIED! MICHELLE PAULA MOLINARI WYCKOFF, NEW JERSEY She has often healed a heart that's broken, and made a friend sincere. Athletic Club 4 Basketball 1, 2 Volleyball 3 Class Officer 2 Secretary-Treasurer 2 Dramatics 4 Scene Painting 4 Science Club 3 SLAG 1 Sodality 1, 2 s CHRISTINE MADELINE O'CONNOR WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK She has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 4 Dramatics 3, 4 Treasurer 3 Glee Club 1, 2 Human Rights 3 SLAG 1, 2 Sodality 1, 2 L . . . The tempo quickened . . . the SENIOR PROM at the Pierre . . . graduation dresses chosen . . . acceptances from Colleges . . . our FASHION SHOW . . . our CLOSED RETREAT . . . Our RING DAY was made especially impressive because of the Mass cele brated by REVEREND JOSEPH STEGLIA. Michelle Pyka s cousin, at which we received Holy Communion under both Species. Mass was followed by the blessing and distribution of our rings and by a luncheon with the Juniors as hostesses. DENISE MARIE O'KEEFE RAMSEY, NEW JERSEY A smooth and steadfast mind, gentle thoughts and calm desires. Athletic Club 1, 4 CCD 3, 4 School Paper 2 Science Club 3 SLAG 1, 2, 3 Library Council 4 Sodality 1, 2 the trip to Spain . . . the Alumnae Tea . . . the lunior-Senior Party the Mass and Luncheon for our Parents . . . the Senior Barbecue . . . MICHELE MARIE O'TOOLE MAHWAH, NEW JERSEY A good laugh is like the sunshine. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 2, 3, 4 Varsity 2, 3, 4 Hockey 2, 4 Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4 CCD 3 Dramatics 2, 3, 4 Vice President 4 School Paper 2, 3, 4 SLAG I, 2, 3 Library Council 4 President 3, 4 Sodality 1, 2 MARY ELLEN PONESSA MAHWAH, NEW JERSEY She spoke only words that were good, and obliged everyone that she could. Alhlelic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Varsity 4 Hockey 4 Volleyball 1, 2 CCD 3, 4 Class Officer 4 Treasurer 4 Dramatics 4 Math League 3 School Paper 3, 4 Editorial Staff 3, 4 SLAG 1, 2, 3 Sodality 1, 2 Yearbook 3, 4 ... as BIG events loomed up on the calendar, the day-to-day schedule remained about the same ... we appreciated our SENIOR PRIVILEGES . . . but wished they could be MULTIPLIED . . . ___________________ MARY JO POPE STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT She reads much, she is a keen observer, and looks quite through the deeds of men. CCD 3, 4 Class Officer 4 Secretary 4 Forensic League 4 Glee Club 3 Great Books 3 Science Club 3 YCS 3, 4 ■Th«re'� one in .very crowd! - but this crowd at LOVE IS BLUE seems to have more than its share. . . . We enjoyed RENAMOR and its pool . . . driving up to school (SNOW WHITE) and to the hockey field and tennis courts . . . and permission to smoke (If) . . . MICHELLE MARYA P Y K A BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY The music in my heart I bore, long after it was heard no more. Athletic Club 2, 4 Volleyball 2, 4 CCD 3, 4 Class Officer 1 Treasurer 1 Dramatics 1, 3 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice President 4 House President 3, 4 National Honor Society 3, 4 Secretary 4 SLAG 1, 2 Sodality 1, 2 Yearbook 2, 3, 4 LINDA JOAN RUSSOTTI SADDLE RIVER, NEW JERSEY 'Sometimes serious, sometimes gay, always ready to work or play. Athletic Club 4 Basketball 4 Varsity 4 Class Officer 1, 2, 3 President 1, 3 Vice President 2 Sodality 1, 2 Student Council 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice President 4 Yearbook 3, 4 . . . The LITTLE THINGS meant a lot . . . bicycling and endless walks . and hard-to-keep diets . . . telling fortunes . . . typing and notehand . MARY MARGARET SHIELDS WYCKOFF, NEW JERSEY Always happy, lull of fun, not disliked by anyone. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Class Officer 3, 4 Secretary 3 Treasurer 4 Great Books 3, 4 Math League 3, 4 Sodality 1, 2 Spanish Honor Society 4 YCS 3, 4 NICHOL SMITH BEACON FALLS, CONNECTICUT I dream of a life, and live in a dream.'' Athletic Club 2, 3, 4 CCD 3 Class Officer 3 Vice President 3 Dramatics 3, 4 Glee Club 2 House Vice President 4 Student Council 3 VCS 3, 4 . . . fires in Chem Lab ... a missing hamster . . . those MAGNIFICENT Religion classes — from which all of us learned a lot . . . At the Atomic Energy Assembly in the fall. MARY SHIELDS was chosen as the class guinea pig (bravest?) to receive enough volts of electricity to produce unexpected results. This is how she looked as static electricity passed into her hair. SARA LOWELL STARK RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY Her joys are many, her cares are tew.'' Athletic Club 4 Basketball 4 Riding 4 Volleyball 4 JUNE FIFTH . . . the partings were sad . . . SAD? - HEARTRENDING! . . . only one thing made farewells less gloomy . . . Charlie Brown s gang had just celebrated Hallowe'en at Renamor. and instead of the • morning after the night before” it was a case of the night before the morning after Sally (KATIE). Snoopy (SHARON), Charlie (JAN). Linus (JULIE), and NICKI hostessing. PATRICIA GIOIA TORIELLO HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY I know a place where dreams are born . . . so come along with me to Never Never Land.” Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Riding 1, 2, 3, 4 Volleyball 3 Glee Club 1, 2 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 3, 4 . . . the thoughts of our CLASS REUNION in five years at the NEW YORK HILTON . . . JANICE ELIZABETH VAN NORT AKRON, OHIO The ability to get into mischief — and the luck to come through with a grin. Athletic Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2 Cheerleading 3, 4 Captain 4 Riding 3 Dramatics 2, 3, 4 Sodality 1, 2 YCS 3, 4 DEBORAH ANN WALKER SADDLE RIVER, NEW JERSEY For they can conquer who believe they can. Athletic Club 1, 2 Riding 1, 2 Glee Club 1, 2 House Vice President 2 Science Club 3 S L A G 1 Dramatics 4 All these happenings AND SO MUCH MORE . . . The years were numbered hut the memories were uncountable . . . There are some things we could never forget KAREN ANNE WILSON YONKERS, NEW YORK ' Four years had gone by - FOUR YEARS of happy days and sad days . . . often at the time it seemed that the SAD outnumbered the GLAD . . . but now - looking back - it seems that ,EVEN THE BAD TIMES WERE GOOD . . . VALERIE ANN YOUNG HARRINGTON PARK, NEW |ERSEY Short we've known you, new you've come, But many and warm are the friends you’ve won. Athletic Club 4 Dramatics 4 Y C S 4 Juniors 3-1 SISTER RITA GUSHUE Class Adviser President CHRIS JORDAN Vice President CAROL GORDON Secretary CHRIS MURA Treasurer MAYRA GUERRERO 3-2 SISTER THERESA GRAVINO Class Adviser President JOYCE PARISI Vice President LAURA MAZA Secretary and Treasurer CHRIS FEE It was KATHY CLARK'S birthday and we persuaded her to pose with the stuffed animal some classmates had given her Behind her are. First Row: MAYRA GUERRERO. STEPHANIE ORYSHYN. JANET WENTZ and DEBBIE BOYELL. Second Row: LAURY DOWD. ELLEN POLLOCK. MARIANNE ANGEL. ANNE BUDIN and CHRIS MURA. Above: Reactions differed as the Juniors watched the demonstrations of the possible uses of Atomic Energy at the Science Assembly. MR. GERARD DAVIS conducted the demonstrations. SR RITA GUSHUE. Adviser 3-1 Kneeling in front: BONNIE OCHOA. RACHEL PANIGUA. CAROL GORDON and CHRIS JORDAN. Standing. First Row: DONNA GAMBARDELLA. CINDY DE VITO. CAMILLE ARONOWITZ and JUDY KRUG. Second Row: NORMA VANASSE. TERRY STUDLEY. PAM NIXON. PEGGY FORD and CHRIS CALLERY. More Juniors Spirited, friendly, talented, adjectives that describe the outstanding qualities of both Junior classes. Two groups in Freshman year, combined in one in Sophomore Year, they have again been separated in Junior Year. Their finished pro- duction of MY FAIR LADY in Sophomore Year, their participa- tion in ALL extracurricular activi- ties (including Summer-in-the- City), their support of every drive for money (including selling themselves as “SLAVES” to raise money for the Missions), food, clothing — are typical of the generosity, ingenuity and unity of this very special class! These are some of the Juniors who hope to be chosen for the 1970 Yearbook Staff: JANET MARGARET. JOYCE. NANCY. ELLEN and MAYRA SR. THERESA GRAVINO. Adviser 3-2 SR ASSUMPTA, teaching Math to a group of Juniors: Row at left: JANEY. LIZ. PEGGY. TERRY and LAURA. Next Row: CAROL. DEBBIE and PAM Last Row: RACHEL, TESSIE and NANCY. Front Row: LAURA MA2A. MARIA RODRIGUEZ. NANCY STIX. JANEY D ELIA. LIZ IORIO and CHRIS FEE. Second Row: DOTTIE CELLA. KIM WHITE. MARGARET VENNING and SHEILA O’TOOLE. At the Christmas Party at Renamor. the Juniors enjoyed a relaxing moment: CHRIS. PAT. CINDY. LIZ. MARIA and JUDY, and in the background NANCY. First Row: ELLEN CONVENTE. VANESSA MICCINELLI. CLAIRE BRADY and B. J. BECKETT. Second Row: JUNE GABRIEL. MARGARET HALPINE. NANCY COX. LINDA MATULEWICZ and JOYCE PARISI. 6? Sophomores This year the SOPHOMORES are separated into 2-1 and 2-2 but the same warm spirit and enthusi asm. the same potentiality for leadership, the same love of fun is found in both classes. This was a group that found it hard to stand still even long enough for a picture to be taken Seated: BARBARA BALDWIN. MARY CENSI. SUSANA PEREZ and LESLIE FERRARI Standing: JOANNE KARK. JANET FRYNS. CATHY MARTIN. SUE KEANE. RONNIE SALERNO. PAT NEWMAN and ADRIENNE O BRIEN ADRIENNE is amused as JOANNE displays three greenbacks Was it lunch money. or contributions for some fund? Relaxing with cards after lunch was new in the Cafeteria this year BETSIE. DEBBIE. JOAN. CATHY and RONNIE, with PAT. almost completely hidden by BETSIE started it. but the novelty soon wore off and the cards no longer appeared This group was more solemn than usual too. Kneeling: FRANCINE ABBADESSA. JAN KREHER and LOUELLEN MULLIGAN. Standing: KATHY KIERNAN. MARY POCZABUT, ROSEMARIE DALY. JO ELLEN GRUYTERS. MARIANNE Dl CARLO. ROSEMARY BROOKS. BETSIE O’CONNOR. FRANCES BERNACK and CASEY SCOTT. ■ More Sophomores SR. BARBARA SROZENSKI Class Adviser. 2-2 CLASS OFFICERS 2-1 President - BETSIE O'CONNOR Vice President - FRANCINE ABBADESSA Secretary-Treasurer — RONNIE SALERNO 2-2 President — MARY LENNON Vice President - ELLEN PETERSON Secretary-Treasurer — JOAN CARROLL JULIE HARRIS, as she appeared at the Dramatic Assembly in the spring. JULIE has been active in the Forensic League and represented the League in the Fine Arts Festival in May. A closely knit group! Kneeling in front: DANIEL BOCHET. PAM PRIAL and KATHY SMITH. Standing: JOAN CARROLL. JULIE HARRIS. NANCY MAXWELL. MARY LENNON. DEBI RYAN. LESLIE FERRARI and JOAN CASEY DONNA MEYER was just one of several Mounties who spent a few weeks during the winter months wearing a cast and manipulating crutches. Holy Mass was celebrated for the Sophomores in Marian Hall on the day of their February ••Happening. The Celebrant was FATHER THOMAS HICKS. The participants included, standing: ROSE MARIE. MARY. SISTER RITA. NANCY. MARGARET. BET- SIE. MARY. JOANNE. LOU- ELLEN. SUSAN. KATHY. FRAN- CES and DONNA. Seated: DAN IELLE. KATHY and DEBI The Sophomores in Chastellux planned a CHRISTMAS PARTY for the Freshmen. LOUELLEN demonstrates how one of the games is to be played while SAM. PAT and JOAN (standing) and CATHY. BUNNY and DEB-BE (sitting) watch. The rest of 2-2 Kneeling: MARY MULVANEY. ROBIN FAGIN. KATHY O’REILLY and PAT ANDERSON. Standing: MARGARET JONES. ELLEN PETERSON. MARGARET TREHY. SUSAN KERR. DONNA MEYER and ELLEN BALVO. Freshmen It is sometimes a bit difficult to form a judgment about Freshman Class, just as it’s difficult to decide what kind of a plant is pushing its first shoots up through the earth. There is one interesting clue, however, about the present class . . . There is a familiar ring to their names . . . sisters still in school, or — in most cases — already Alumnae of the Mount . . . BANNON . . . BURKE . . . EDWARDS . . . LOUGHLIN . . . O'TOOLE . . . PEREIRA . . . SCAFURO . . . TUTHILL SR. MARIAN SETON Adviser 1-1 Top Right — Freshmen listen attentively during an English Class taught by SR. MARIAN SETON Center Right - Both Freshmen Classes come together for Religion, and since SR. BARBARA teaches it. classes are held in the Science Lab. Right — Lunch Period for Sophomores and Freshmen is the fifth period and by that time they are “STARVED! Almost completely hidden. MARY BURKE tries to express with words and symbols the results of the discussion she and her group have just completed at the • HAPPENING- in February. This group of 1-2 Freshmen is usually a smiling, happy group — but this was just before their lunch, and they were hungry' Seated: DEB BE DE CURTIS. CATHY CORCORAN Standing: MONIQUE PERIGNON. PENNY PATOUHAS. KERRY TUTHILL. KELLY SMALLEY. ROSEMARIE OTTOMANELLI. SUSAN MARA and A. J. WARREN. 8.1« RITA McKENNA was one of the first members of the newly formed Guitar Club. These are some of the 1-1 Freshman Class: ADELA YUNES. CATHY BANNON. MARGARET EDWARDS. PAT O'NEILL. BUNNY MURTAGH. CAROL SMITH. ALICE JUMPER. PRISCILLA PERRY. JULIETA PASQUEL and TARA GAHERIN 73 And More Freshmen SR. THERESA COURTNEY Class Adviser. 1-2. Below: Before Christmas. SHARON WALL discussed certain phases of the Jewish Religion with the Freshmen. This portion of the interested group includes: RITA McKENNA. MARGARET EDWARDS. KATHY BROGAN and PAT O'NEILL. CLASS OFFICERS 1-1 President - CATHY BANNON Vice President - ANNE COYLE Secretary - BETSY RALSTON Treasurer — EILEEN LOUGHLIN 1-2 President - ALBERTA SCAFURO Vice President - LAURIE BOHRER Secretary — RITA McKENNA Treasurer — CECELIA O’TOOLE At the right: PRISCILLA PERRY, one of the Freshmen who went to Spain at Easter, describes the entrance of the toreadors and bulls into the ring at a bullfight the group had attended. One of the bulls leaped over the wall — something which happens only once in perhaps forty times. At the left: BERDIE (ALBERTA) SCAFURO. in a ballet dance she did at the Fine Arts Festival m May. Below: Standing: JACKIE KUNBERGER. CAROLYN REISCHL. KATHY GREGERSON. RITA McKENNA. SHAREE FREEMAN. JOAN RAEDLER. SUSAN KEANE. CATHY PETERSON and MARY BETH McCORMlCK. Seated: CECELIA O'TOOLE. ALBERTA SCAFURO and MARY BURKE. Behind The Scenes TUXEDO PARK is a residential area, which is so restricted that one enters it through a gate . . . one at the north, or, more rarely, one at the south. Just outside the Park is the homey little village of Tuxedo, and it is from there or other nearby towns that our personnel travel each day to take care of the housekeeping needs of the Academy. With three large Residence Halls — mansions — and a school building ... the cooking for a hundred resident students and another hundred day students who may wish to buy their lunch in the Cafeteria . . . good workers are indispensable. There is an interesting fact about most of the women who work for us — a fact that is often true of small, closely knit communities like ours . . . many of these women are related to each other. (continued on the following page) MRS. BEATRICE VENEZIA. MRS. GLADYS MOORE. MRS. JEAN VENEZIA. MRS. FLORENCE DAMATO — Lindley Hall MRS. MARY ROSS Lindley Hall MRS. JULIE SANDAK Lindley Hall MRS. ANNA JENC. MRS. PAT IAZZETTI and PAT'S son MRS. JENC - Marian Hall MRS. IAZZETTI - Renamor MRS. IDA MASTRIACO Lindley Hall MRS. EMMA MATTHEWS Chastellux MRS. MARGARET KLEIN Renamor MRS. IDA KESSLER Chastellux BEATRICE VENEZIA and JEAN VENEZIA are sisters-in-law, and MARY ROSS, who has been a kind of “substitute” this year, filling in when we needed her, is a niece-by-marriage of BEATRICE . . . JULIE SANDAK and EMMA MATTHEWS are sisters ... So are ANNA JENC and JEAN ZRELAK . . . ANNA is also PAT lAZZEHTs Mother, and is pictured with PAT and PAT's young son. We have not included pictures of the MEN who are such an impor- tant part of our personnel, and who are skilled in so many fields . . . who drive our busses and trucks and cars when necessary (many of our Sisters drive) . . . who are carpenters and electricians and painters and gardeners . . . MICHAEL HUDOK and JOHN LAZ- ZO who have been with us longest . . . EDGAR MORIN who was our Bus Driver, DICK LE BARON, responsible for our gardening and OMELRON who helps him . . . JOHN HUGERTH, who came to us especially for outdoor work, but who has been especially valu- able as a Bus Driver . . . and FRANK BALS, one of the newest of our men, but a careful mainte- nance man and a carpenter with infinite patience ... a perfectionist. The ACADEMY could not function without these won- derful men and women . . . MISS RUTH O'BRIEN Chastellux 77 Fathers and Friends of the Mount At the first meeting of the FFMm the fall of 68. MR. JOHN FEDIGAN. the new President, presented the retiring President. MR. JON KARK. with a gavel, a symbol of appreciation for his leadership and enthusiasm during his year in office. In the picture at the right. MR. WILLIAM LENNON, the Secretary, reads the minutes of the last meeting as MR FEDIGAN listens attentively. The 1968-69 projects for the Fund-Raising Campaign include Carrels for the Library and Equipment for the Art Studio. MR. JAMES KREHER. SR. MARY PERPETUA and MR JON KARK. watch as MR JOSEPH TORIELLO. Chairman of the '67- 68 Fund Raising Drive, seals the envelopes containing the unopened winning In January two members of the F F M were singularly honored at a Ceremony in St. Patrick's Cathedral, by their elevation to the rank of KNIGHTS of MALTA MR. VINCENT IORIO is shown above with his wife and •LIZ. a Junior at the Mount, and his son. Vince Junior. 78 tickets that have just been drawn from the drum at the right. The exterior of the School Building was faced with the funds. MR. JOHN MULLIGAN is shown with his wife and LOUELLEN. a Sophomore at the Mount, and J. B. his son. Members of the Faculty and the F F M attended both the Ceremony and the celebrations and Dinners that followed. At the right — The pause that refreshes — before and after each meeting. In May a Mass was celebrated in the Chapel at Chastellux for the living and dead members of the F F M by REVEREND GEORGE McGRATH. their Chaplain. In the pic ture are MR and MRS. KREHER. MR VANASSE. MR. FEDIGAN. MR. KARK. MR. LEN NON. MR. TORIELLO, MR. O'LEARY and MR IORIO. After the Mass the group drove up to the' Auditorium, folded the last tickets for the Sweepstakes. MR. VANASSE spun and spun and SPUN the drum. FATHER McGRATH drew the first. SISTER PERPETUA the second. MR. KARK. the third, and other Fathers the other winning tickets, which were placed, unopened, in envelopes which were sealed and brought to the Dinner Dance that evening, to be opened there, when the winners would be announced. The Mothers’ Guild The LUNCHEON and FASH- ION SHOW sponsored by the MOTHERS GUILD was the first of several Mount functions that was affected by a snow-filled winter. The day was so snowy and the roads so icy that only the bravest souls reached their destination. Despite this fact, the affair was a financial success. Attendance at MOTHERS’ GUILD Meetings this year has been unusually fine. Perhaps the student participation and demonstrations is one explana- tion. Whatever the reason, hav- ing so many responsive mothers is gratifying to SR. PERPETUA and the OFFICERS, especially to MRS. COX, the President. No Mother leaves a meeting with- out experiencing a certain esprit de corps — school spirit from a parent’s viewpoint ... a feeling that you’re glad you and your husband chose the Mount for your daughter! MRS. O'CONNOR, Secretary, reads her report of the last meeting. These are the OFFICERS of the MOTHERS' GUILD for 1968-69: Seated: MRS. DENNIS O'CONNOR. Secretary. MRS. HARRY COX. President. MRS. WILLIAM BROOKS. Treasurer, and MRS. CARMINE PARISI. Vice President. Standing: MRS. RENE SBATH. Assistant Treasurer. (MRS. LAWRENCE BRADY. Corresponding Secretary was absent when the picture was taken.) Interest and Fun were added to the meetings of the MOTHERS’ GUILD and the FATHERS and FRIENDS of the MOUNT when a group of Sophomores in SISTER MARIAN FRANCIS’S Dramatic Group demonstrated some of the techniques they are learning Directly below is the group performing for the Mothers' Guild. At the bottom left we see the reaction of Fathers and Sisters at the Fathers’ Club Meeting. At the right. MR. LENNON has agreed to participate — good sport that he is — and is pretending to give his daughter MARY a lesson in skiing. SCHOOL LIFE God Is Love was the theme of the HAPPENINGS in February . . . The Juniors spent the day in Chastellux with FATHER JOHN BALS conducting their Day of Recollection . . . The Sophomores were in Marian Hall with FATHER THOMAS HICKS in charge, while the Freshmen were in Lindley Hall with FATHER THOMAS KEARNEY to guide them along paths new and unfamiliar to most of them. Name tags were HEARTS for the February “Happening.'' SR. BARBARA and SR. JOSITA planned and arranged the day for the Freshmen in Lmdley Hall. Small groups were assigned to various corners of the building for discussion and the Sisters and FATHER KEARNEY went from group to group to help where guidance was needed. Mathenals were provided to create posters to give tangible expression to the results of the discussions. The Sophomores met in Marian Hall, and Holy Mass was celebrated in the Dining Room there. Colorful Banners had been made, featuring the theme of LOVE, and were hung from the walls of the room. It was a Guitar Mass, with ROSEMARY BROOKS and JOAN CARROLL playing the guitars, and of course the theme of the songs chosen was again LOVE . . . SR. RITA GUSHUE and SR. JEAN MclVER planned and arranged the day for the Sophomores. FATHER BALS had chosen as his theme for the day The Impossible Dream. and after his first Conference the Juniors sat on lounges, chairs and the floor of the Reception Room to listen to the record — some for the first, others for the tenth time. After Mass and lunch, small groups formed for discussion. (One of the most earnest was the group of Latin American students at the left). At the close of the discussion period all met again in the Reception Room to report results. FATHER BALS listened and then added his own final comments. Student Council School Store, an Open Assembly, Exam Exemptions, Spring Semi-Formal, and to end it all. Spirit Week which included next year's elections (for the first time in Junior Year), an Assembly for the unsung heroes. Class Plays, Teacher Recognition Day, a Computer Dance, were among activities suggested by students and followed through by the Student Council. Holiday spirit, too, was kept alive by celebrations for Hallowe'en and St. Patrick's Day. The leadership of the Officers — HEATHER DOHENY, President, LINDA RUSSOTTI, Vice President, MARY LOU DORMAN, Secretary, and BOBBI BLAIR. Treasurer — and the earnestness of the Councillors — Seniors — BARBARA BRADY and SHEILA CULLIGAN; Juniors - JOYCE PARISI. CHRIS JORDAN, CAROL GORDON and LAURA MAZA; Sophs - BETSIE O'CONNOR. MARY LENNON, ELLEN PETERSEN and FRANCINE ABBADESSA; Freshmen - CATHY BANNON and ALBERTA SCAFURO. plus (our theme is mathematical) the guidance of our new Moderator, SR. KATHLEEN, are what made this year's Council unique. 82 Student Council Meetings were usually held during the fourth or fifth period. For those whose lunch period would be at this time permission was given to bring lunch trays to the meeting. This explains why some students are eating in these pictures. The picture at the left shows Seniors following Student Council directives for St. Patricks Day — Everyone must wear green — or perform at the Irish Assembly. Two Honor Societies The National Honor Society The Elizabeth Seton Chapter of the NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY was established at the Academy in 1966. Outstanding character, service and leadership, as well as above average scholarship, are requirements for membership. Once the scholastic requirements have been met and established, members of the Faculty are given a list of these students and are asked to evaluate each in terms of the three other qualifications. On the basis of these evaluations the members are selected. In the three years since its establishment, the N H S has had three Moderators. Because SR. MARY JOSITA had worked with the first two, she was well qualified — and, as always, willing - to help the newest Moderator MISS ROSE CAMILLE GENTILE, to whom procedures were unfamiliar. In the picture directly below are the six Seniors chosen in their Junior year for the honor of membership. They are: BOBBI BLAIR. JAMIE KREHER. HEATHER DOHENY. MICHELLE PYKA. JOAN FITZGIBBON. and. at the lectern. MARY LOU DORMAN. President. The occasion was the Investiture Ceremony for the three new Senior Members and the five new Juniors. On Wednesday. March 26th. at a Special Assembly Program, three new Seniors and five Juniors were admitted to membership in the NHS. The Seniors - at the right - DOLORES McCABE. DENISE DUVALl and BARBARA BRADY. The Juniors - JOYCE PARISI. SHEILA O'TOOLE. CHRIS MURA. LAURA MAZA and ANNE BUDIN. After the Ceremony, refreshments were served to the new members, their parents and friends, and members of the Faculty Above - SR. THERESA GRAVINO has fallen under the spell of CHRIS MURA'S beautiful baby brother (Chris is looking over the baby's shoulder.) SR. JEAN MclVER is standing behind LAURA MAZA La Sociedad Honoraria Hispania Sr. Gertrude Miriam In the fall of 1968 the Manuel de Falla Chapter of LA SOCIEDAD HONORARIA HISPANIA was established at the Academy. The purpose of this National Spanish Honor Society is to recognize high achievement in Spanish and to promote continuity of interest in Hispanic studies. It is governed by a National Council and has a National President. Vice President. Secretary and Treasurer, and publishes an official Newsletter. The Initiation Ceremony took place at the Awards Assembly on Monday. December 15th. The first group of students to be admitted to membership is pictured below, with SR. GERTRUDE MIRIAM. Moderator of the Society. Only students who have had an honor average for three semesters are eligible. Three of these members were fortunate enough to be included in the group that visited Spain at Easter — MARY LOU DORMAN. JULIE HAGE and DENISE O’KEEFE - and therefore had an opportunity to test their ability to converse in Spanish and to enjoy and appreciate Spanish culture and customs. In a clockwise direction: SUE KENLON. DENISE O’KEEFE. MAUREEN KOSCH. SR. GERTRUDE MIRIAM (seated at her desk). MARY SHIELDS. MARY LOU DORMAN. JULIE HAGE and BARBARA FEDIGAN. 85 The Forensic League Under the leadership and because of the training of SR. RITA GUSHUE, Moderator, and SR. MARY JOSITA, Co-Moderator, the Forensic League is up-and-coming. In fact we might almost say has come! Three Juniors - ANNE BUDIN, PAM NIXON and CHRIS MURA — and a Sophomore — JULIE HARRIS - have already won trophies (CHRIS, two of them), and added prestige to their school. Before the year has ended it is likely that there will be further trophies and honors. At one of the Fall Meetings of The FATHERS and FRIENDS of the MOUNT, CHRIS MURA, pictured at the right, (with MR. JOHN LENNON, Secretary of the Club in the background) gave an interesting report of the Summer-in-the-City Project, in which she had participated. SR. MARIAN SETON, SR. ANDREA DRAKE and SR. MAUREEN THERESA had organized this program, interesting some of our students and those of other areas. The Sisters and students lived in one of our Convents on the East Side of Manhattan, conveniently unoccupied for the summer, and traveled to the west side each day to work with a group of disadvantaged children. The training of students to be articulate and convincing is one of the aims of the Forensic League and the results prove that it has been achieved. Above - SR. RITA GUSHUE. far right, and SR MARY JOSITA, at the left, relax together in the Library as they examine the first trophies won by PAM and CHRIS. The Library Council THE “NOW” LOOK is in today’s library ... No longer does the Librarian gaze through her pince-nez and enforce silence. Instead the Library is a place of study, of easily-accessible Audio- Visual Aids. The A-V Room is as much a part of the Library as the Reading Room is. Whether it’s quiet study or a symphony you’re after, our Library can supply it! This year the “Library Council has replaced SLAG. With SR. MARY JOSITA. our Librarian, as its Moderator, the Council has helped transform the Library into a Multi-Media Center. All courses this year require some knowledge of basic library skills and members of the Council have taught these to students unfamiliar with them. These Councillors have mastered the techniques themselves and have taught others to use the visual aids and the miniature language lab in the Reading Room. The Juniors have flocked to the Library in greatest numbers this year, because of the Team Teaching Program. In connection with this experiment these students have been allowed free library periods for independent study in Religion, English and History, the fields included in the program. The small number of reserve books available for these fifty students created a problem. KATHY CLARK, PAM NIXON and TERRY BYRNE who are Juniors themselves were aware of the difficulty and cleverly solved it. They made tape-recordings of the assigned pages of several of these books so that they might be available to a large number of students at one time, making it possible for assignments to be completed on time despite the handicap. MICHELE O’TOOLE was President of S L A G in her Junior Year, and of the Library Council in Senior Year. Other Seniors in the Council include: DENISE DUVALL. DOLORES McCABE, STEPHANIE MINAHAN and DENISE O’KEEFE. Dramatics In her plans for the DRAMATIC CLUB, SR. JEAN MclVER. its Moderator, included five interesting phases: 1. The Yearly Play (this year PRIDE and PREJUDICE) 2. The Christmas Pageant and Choral Speaking Groups 3. Scenes from famous plays for a Dramatic Assembly 4. Scenes from PETER PAN for the Fine Arts Festival (with the hope that the players will be able to go on tour and bring the play to Homes for the Aged, Orphanages, etc. 5. A Cultural Program to introduce members of the Club to Plays, Ballets. Concerts, etc. The Dramatic Club provides a knowl- edge of real dramatic art and an oppor- tunity to learn acting, directing, making up, scene designing, lighting and all other facets of the field of drama. In the picture above E. J. BYRNE is applying techniques he has learned about make-up as he gets CHRIS ready for her part. Abo - Each of the scenes was well done, and it was difficult to choose a favorite. The introduction of a short ballet into the Ballroom Scene added an interesting touch. CHRIS JORDAN trained the dancers. SR. MARIAN FRANCIS (at left) was again Dramatic Coach at the Academy. In the spring of '68 PRIDE and PREJUDICE was chosen as the play to be presented in the fall, the cast was selected and given the summer months to become familiar with the play. Boys from DON BOSCO and other nearby High Schools were chosen for the male parts — a first which made rehearsals more interesting and the play more realistic and perhaps for that reason even more successful. The Officers of the Dramatic Club were: NIKKI BOTTARI. President; MICHELE O'TOOLE. Vice President; CHRIS JORDAN. Secretary and Treasurer. We have referred earlier in our Yearbook to the scenery painted by MICHELLE MOLINARI and ALIDA INGANAMORT under MRS. FERRIS’S direction. SR. JEAN deserves mention too. for her direction of MICHAEL HUDOK in the construction of the French Doors and the platforms. Above all. the Club owes an unpayable debt to both SR. JEAN and SR. FRANCIS for the weeks and hours both spent, locating and making the perfect costumes for each of the players. The Courier It was not dissatisfaction with the work of the TRIBUNE PRESS, but rather one phase of the mathematical theme of our Yearbook — Progression — that led SR. MARIAN SETON. Moderator of The COURIER, our school paper, to change printers. Sister had become aware that many High Schools were finding photo-offset a less expensive and quicker way to produce a school paper, and decided it would be wise to experiment. Both SR. SETON and the members of the Staff soon discovered that there were both advantages and disadvantages to the new method. Copy could be typed to fit certain areas, and “left-rule’’ was easy. . . . “right-rule” was not. Pictures could be cropped to fit certain areas, but couldn’t be “blown up” — and the quality of the original photograph had to be above average. Variety of type for headings could be obtained by using the new Artype and similar devices, but arranging them required much skill and patience. In many ways, The COURIER has had a very profitable and successful year. The COURIER has been an important phase of school life, providing the news and information which add so much to the development of school spirit. The Senior members of the Staff were DENISE DUVALL and MICHELE O’TOOLE. They were assisted by a group of Associates from the three other classes: Juniors: KATHY CLARK ELLEN CONVENTE NANCY COX STEPHANIE ORYSHYN JOYCE PARISI ELLEN POLLOCK CHRIS MURA and KIM WHITE Sophomore: MARY POCZABUT Freshmen: CATHY BANNON MARY BURKE CHARLIE GUARIELLO and ALBERTA SCAFURO Glee Club The COURIER reported: “There it was. thick white stuff swirling in the wind. And there we were, unable to reach school. And there they were, too . . . all the families and friends who had been looking forward to our annual Christmas Concert . . . snowed out of the Mount.” What a disappointment! The Concert we had been preparing for since September — cancelled! True, we gave it the following Tuesday at a special Christmas Assembly — but it wasn’t the same. MR. CARROLL LAMBERT again directed the Glee Club, and SR. THERESA GRAVINO was again its Moderator. NORMA VANASSE. a Junior, was its President, and MICHELLE PYKA its Vice President. Both NORMA and MICHELLE sang at the Father-Daughter Luncheon in February . . . NORMA, a duet with JANET WENTZ. MICHELLE, a solo. After the Christmas holidays rehearsals were begun for the Concert which will be part of the Fine Arts Festival in May. Songs will include selections from Tchaikovsky and Mozart, as well as such popular songs as The Impossible Dream and You’ll Never Walk Alone, both of which seem to have a special appeal to the teen-agers of this decade. 91 Yearbook “Our Yearbook’s the best yet . — a trite phrase, but this time it’s true! Turn the pages and admit it! Each year’s staff aims to make its yearbook better than the last — we’ve left next year s class quite a job! Color pictures, later deadlines and more pages all added up to make our book different. We found a perfect combination to be the fresh ideas of the staff and the experience of our Advisor. SR. CONSTANCE MARY, and our Yearbook Representative. MR. EVERETT ARNOLD. All members of the Staff are pictured on these pages except BARBARA BRADY. DOLORES McCABE and DENISE O’KEEFE Y C S and C C D In the wake of Vatican II, students at the Mount are manifesting an even greater aware- ness of their social obligation to others. This was manifested during the summer by those students who spent weeks in “Inner City.” During the Year, YCS (Young Chris- tain Students), their enthusiasm sparked by SR. BARBARA their Moderator, collected food for the poor at Thanks- giving. and through their “Have a Heart, Give a Gift project were able to provide Christmas gifts for children who would not otherwise have had a visit from Santa. The pictures above and at the right are of the Christmas Project. Below are pictures of girls carrying cartons of food collected for Thanksgiving din- ners for the poor. During the year there have also been several fund-raising projects for the Missions and collections of clothing, books and toys for the poor. This year it was SISTER REDEMPTA of the Sisters of Christian Doctrine who prepared the Juniors for their role as Catechists. SR. GERTRUDE MIRIAM was again Moderator of the C C D Program. The earnestness of the teachers instructing their young charges is evident in the pictures at the right. Most of these children are from nearby homes, and the groups are very small — sometimes it is a one-to-one relationship — since the levels of previous instruction vary from child to child. There were many times when their role as catechists prevented these Seniors from taking part in other activities which they might have enjoyed more, but they were aware of a “first things first obligation and either sacrificed the other choice or squeezed both into the afternoon. A large group of Juniors attended SR. REDEMPTA’s Wednesday morning class, and will be well prepared to teach Christian Doctrine either here at the Mount or in their parishes at home. Catechists not pictured above include Seniors — JULIE HAGE. MARY JO POPE. MICHELLE PYKA. ano Juniors - ANNE BUDIN and CHRIS MURA - Dances DANCES at A M S V were as varied as usual this year, ranging from the glamorous SENIOR PROM at the Hotel Pierre in November (HEATHER and MICHELLE were the Chairmen) to the Computer Dance in the Spring, which was the source of much fun and a few surprises. The JUNIORS chose Saturday. May 10th for their RING DANCE and decided to hold it in Marian Hall instead of the Auditorium. We hope it will be as successful as ours was . . . Remember the theme? “Love Is Blue”! One of the best attended dances of the year was the one sponsored by the newly formed LIBRARY COUNCIL. The Committee, pictured on the next page, brought to the dance the same enthusiasm, careful planning and hard work that characterizes their work in the Library. Even financially the dance was a success! They broke even! At the right — Seniors and their escorts return to their tables between dances Left, center row of pictures — a mem- ber of the band at the Library Council Dance . . . next — an injured toe isn't funny, but a snap- shot of it is . third — preparing for a dance is fun — but how few sign up — and appear — for the Clean Up Squad! Far left — DEBBIE and John Left - The Dance Committee: DOLORES McCABE TERRY BYRNE KATHY CLARK MARY MULVANEY ROBIN FAGIN STEPHANIE MINAHAN MICHELE O'TOOLE THIS YEARS BASKETBALL TEAM has had another exciting season. We finished with nine wins and six losses, with SHEILA and CARMEN as Captain and Co Captam. Under the able direction and with the skilful coach ing of MRS. MARION HESSION and SR. THERESA COURTNEY, the Varsity placed third in the CYO League, despite stiff competition, and was un- defeated in the non-League games. At the season s end CARMEN GONZALEX was voted the team's ' MOST VALUABLE PLAYER” Basketball DATE OPPONENT 12-12-68 THEVENET HALL 12-17-'68 ALBERTUS MAGNUS 1- 9-69 JOHN S. BURKE l-14-’69 BROADLEA 1-20-69 •LADYCLIFF 2- 6- 69 ALBERTUS MAGNUS 2-17-69 HOLY CHILD 2-20-69 BROADLEA 2-27-69 SAINT LUKE 3 3- ’69 JOHN S. BURKE 3- 5-69 ROSARY ACADEMY 3-10-69 •HOLY ANGELS 3-18-69 ROSARY ACADEMY 3-20-69 •RESURRECTION 3-25-69 •SAINT GABRIEL NOTE: All belonged to the C Y At a rare moment, the varsity poses for a group picture. Standing: JANET. DOTTI. B. J., CLAIRE. CAROL. MARY LOU. CANDICE. MARY ELLEN. JOAN F.. JOAN C.. MICHELE Kneeling: EILEEN. LOUELLEN. SHEILA. CARMEN. JUDY and LINDA. 98 Scoreboard PLACE SCORE HOME 32-2 AWAY 29-43 HOME 32-24 HOME 15-12 AWAY 24-21 HOME 24-38 HOME 29-19 HOME - 32-17 HOME 31-34 AWAY (snowed out) AWAY 25-27 HOME 33-19 AWAY 38-39 AWAY 26-21 HOME 29-21 League except those marked with an Right: MARY LOU accepts a well deserved piece of orange from SHEILA, our Captain, while LINDA and MARY ELLEN enjoy theirs. JOAN and CANDICE watch the half time activities while waiting Below: As SUE waves down a potential customer. MARY and HEA THER display an assortment of candy to spectators entering the gym. MRS. HESSION and SR. THERESA COURTNEY plan their strategy for the HOLY CHILD vs. MOUNT game. As the plan is successfully executed, they seem pleased with the results. We won the game with a score of 29-19. 99 REMEMBER 0 Most Gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who sought your help or fled to your protection was left unaided . . . VICTORY WAS OUR CRY Below: CARMEN shoots from the foul line as SHEILA, number 5. positions her- self for a possible rebound. Above: The Bench, consisting of SR. THERESA COURTNEY. JEAN. JANET. EILEEN. MICHELE. LINDA. MARY ELLEN, and LOUELLEN marvel at the ease that is character istic of CARMEN'S shots. EVERY TEAM NEEDS PEOPLE to support it. This year our twelve cheerleaders, led by JAN VAN NORT, Captain, and Ellen POLLOCK. Co-Cartain. were at every game, and with their GO. FIGHT. WIN” and -VICTORY” cheers, provided the necessary spirit to win each game Thank you. Cheerleaders, for a job well done! Our Cheerleaders Seniors JAN VAN NORT Captain KATIE FITZ GERALD BARBARA LATRECCHIA Juniors ELLEN POLLOCK Co-Captain “MARIANNE ANGEL CINDY DE VITO CHRIS FEE Sophomores DANIELLE BOCHET JAN KREHER PAM PRIAL Freshmen CHARLIE GERACI JACKIE KUNBERGER •Voted the most valuable Cheerleader 101 ft These Pictures Are Worth 1,000 Words 5 r 102 We’ve Found Our Place in the Sun Four years Motivated by the thought Of a goal . . . Step by step Assuming responsibilities Accepting challenges Growing in love through Communication Sharing joys and sorrows Conquering problems . . . Watching, listening Thinking, and asking Developing a full life . . . Achievement — not without Struggle Finally, success . . . Acceptance into a college A career A place in the sun . . . We Won with OLIVER “Please, sir, . . . MORE!” Year after year we had hoped to win FIRST PLACE in the Play Contest — but we didn't. This was our last chance. We were determined to win. We chose our play and our cast carefully, and NIKKI SMITH as our Director. OLIVER had tremendous possibilities, and BARBARA BRADY could play the lead. SARA STARK would be a perfect FAGIN. and with NIKKI BOTTARI and HEATHER DOHENY and more than half the Senior Class in it, we COULDN’T lose this year . . . and we didn't! 108 Barbara Brady Sheila Culligan Rita Dwyer Candice Evans Katie FitzGerald Alida Inganamort Sue Ken Ion Sue Krause Mary Ellen Ponessa Michelle Pyka Sara Stark Jan Van Nort r “Fashion Portrait”, the annual Senior Fashion Show. was held on May 2 In keeping with tradition. ours was the best ever! 109 . . . and Suddenly It Was June! t .i. pt • 9 al rjT + In our Class History we referred to Commencement and to the farewells that would spoil the joy of that otherwise perfect day. Weatherwise, overcast skies matched our moods. So threatening at three o’clock were the black clouds that SISTER PERPETUA alerted JOHN HUGERTH to have the bus ready to bring us from Lindley Hall to the Auditorium. Fortunately it did not rain. The Exercises followed the traditional Mount pattern of beauty and perfection . . . qualities that don’t just happen. Under the skillful direction of SISTER MARIAN FRANCIS and with SISTER ASSUMPTA present at rehearsals for the last time and SISTER KATHLEEN present at them for the first, the final pattern finally assumed shape and acquired smoothness and ease of execution. Rehearsals had an informality reminiscent of “OLIVER.” It was difficult to imagine that we could look so much like Oliver’s companions in the Almhouse or Fagin’s pickpockets on Wednesday. and be so glamorous on Thursday! But then we had chosen “CINDERELLA” as our Junior presentation in the Play Contest and this was a Cinderella-like transformation! ill More . . . Our Program opened with a song “Let There Be Peace On Earth.” Then DENISE DUVALL gave the welcoming address in her usual gracious manner. REVEREND DANIEL A. PEAKE. M.A., Guidance Director of Archbishop Stepinac High School, read the names of those awarded special honors and of the Graduates. The awards and diplomas were presented by His Excellency MOST REVEREND JOHN M. A. FEARNS, D.D., S.T.D. “Somewhere” was sung and the Valedictory, with BARBARA BLAIR expressing so well our thoughts, followed. This was the last time that we would ALL sing “Alma Mater” together. and this realization gave new meaning to its words . . . ••Memories sweet will rest in our hearts As we walk in pathways apart . . . Dear Alma Mater, beloved thou art!” BISHOP FEARNS in his brief address to us. contrasted our exercises with those at Annapolis, which he had attended the day before. Then he suggested that, since our Commencement was taking place on the Feast of Corpus Christi, we could claim the title of 112 CLASS of the BLESSED SACRAMENT, and he appealed to us to make devotion to the Eucharist an outstanding characteristic of our lives. So timely and meaningful were his remarks that a Father of a graduate told him after the Ceremony “Today my fourth daughter graduated from the Mount, and this was the finest Address I have heard.” Love of God and love of Country have been instilled in us at the Mount. so it was appropriate that the Exercises would close with The Star Spangled Banner. Farewells began just as soon as the Recessional had ended, and we had joined our parents, relatives and friends. We appreciated the congratulations and tributes but . . . many of us would never meet again. That is one reason for a Yearbook — to give each of us a lasting record of these WONDERFUL YEARS OF OUR LIVES . . . Already we were beginning to look forward to that Reunion at the New York Hilton five years from now . . . Good bye . . . Adios . . . Adieu . . . ALL mean the same — God be with you! 113 Index SR. THERESA COURTNEY 21. 74. 99. 100 SR. MARIE FRANCESCA 26. 27. 32A SR MARIAN FRANCIS 21. 89 SR. THERESA GRAVINO 19. 23. 66. 84 SR RITA GUSHUE 6. 7. 16B. 25. 32A. 84. 86. 87 SR MARY JOSITA 4. 16B. 20. 26. 32A. 84. 86. 87 SR. CONSTANCE MARY 32A SR. JEAN MARIE MclVER 6. 25. 68. 84. 89 SR. GERTRUDE MIRIAM 22. 85 SR MARIAN SETON 20. 72. 90 SR BARBARA SROZENSKI 16C. 24. 32A. 70. 94 Lay Members MRS. MILDRED FERRIS 11. 16. 16B. 28. 32A MRS. MARION HESSION 32. 32A. 99 MISS ROSE CAMILLE GENTILE 23. 32A. 84 MR. CARROLL LAMBERT 30. 91 MRS. FLORENCE MacBAIN 17. 32A MRS LYDIA MARSHALL 31. 32A MRS JOHN SHEPARD. R.N. 32 Religious at Chastellux (no photographs of these Sisters are included in the Yearbook) SR MARY LYDIA SR. MARITA MARGARET SR. JUDE MARIE SR MARGARET ROSAIRE ADVERTISING 120. 121. 122. 123 CURRICULUM - cf. ACADEMICS supra DEDICATION 16D FATHERS and FRIENDS of the MOUNT 32A. 78. 79. 80A MOTHERS’ GUILD 80. 80A PERSONNEL 76. 77 SENIOR DIRECTORY 114. 115 STUDENTS 117 Boyell. Deborah 12. 65. 66 Brady. Barbara 32. 32C. 33. 35. 53. 59. 106. 107. 117 Brady. Claire 67. 98 Brady. Joan 15. 32C. 33. 36. 51. 94. 103. 104 •Brogan. Kathleen 74. 75 •Brooks. Rosemary 69 •Budin. Anne 65. 84 •Burke. Mary 11. 73. 75. 90 Byrne. Theresa 97 •Callaghan. Joan 75 Callery. Christine 65 •Carroll. Joan 69. 71. 80C. 98 Casey. Joan 12. 71 Celia. Dorothy 67. 98 •Censi. Mary 69 Chisholm. Catherine 2. 15. 32C. 33. 37. 44. 122. 104. 109 •Clark. Kathryn 65. 90. 97. 123 Convente. Ellen 67 •Corcoran. Catherine 72. 73 Cox. Nancy 66. 90 •Coyle. Anne 72. 75 Culligan. Sheila 15. 23. 32C. 33. 37. 47. 59. 83. 92. 108. 107. 116. 117. 99. 98. 104 Curran. Deborah 32C. 38. 43 Daly, Pose Marie 69. 70. 91 •DeCurtis. Debra Beth 71. 73 de la Guardia. Maria Isabel 11. 22 D'Elia. Jane 66. 67 •DeVito. Cynthia 32D. 65. 67. 101 DiCarlo. Carol 15. 23. 33. 38. 39. 59. 95. 104. 105 •DiCarlo. Marianne 69 Digney. Lois. 8. 32C. 33. 39. 53. 87. 94. 121. 104 ACADEMICS 16 ff ACTIVITIES Organizations and School Life 80 ff ADMINISTRATION SR MARY PERPETUA. Director 16B. 17. 32A. 79 80A SR MARIA ASSUMPTA. Assistant Director 15. 16D. 18. 25. 32A. 66. 103 FACULTY Religious SR MARY AQUINATA 26. 30 SR KATHLEEN NORA CASSIDY 16B. 26. 32A. 83 •Abbadessa. Francme 12. 69. 82 •Anderson. Patricia 71 Angel. Marianne 65. 80D. 101 Aronowitz. Camille 65 •Baldwin. Barbara 32A. 69 Balvo. Ellen 71 •Bannon. Catherine 73. 82. 90 Beckett. Barbara 67. 98 Blair. Barbara 15. 32C. 33. 34. 35. 82. 84. 94. 107. 102 Bochet. Danielle 71. 101 •Bohrer. Laurie 71 Bottari. Nicole 23. 27. 33. 34 . 36. 54. 89. 107. Doheny, Heather 5. 15. 32C. 32D. 33. 38. 40. 59. 82. 84. 93. 96. 107. 116. 99. 102 Dorman. Mary Louise 5. 23. 32C. 32D. 33. 38. 40. 59. 82. 83. 84. 85. 92. 95. 99 Dowd. Laury Lee 65 . Duvall. Denise 2. 8. 32C. 33. 36. 41. 84. 85. 92. 104. 105 Dwyer. Rita 15. 32B. 32C. 32D. 33. 42. 43. 87. 101 Edwards. Elizabeth (1) •Edwards. Margaret Mary 73 Edwards. Mary 32C. 42. 44. 107. 117. 121. 104 Elliott. Dorothy 32C. 43. 123. 104 •Indicates that the Student is a Yearbook Booster (1) absent when class picture was taken 114 Evans. Candice 5. 15. 23. 25. 32C, 33. 44. 47. 59. 92. 107. 116. 99. 98. 103. 105 Fagin. Roberta 71. 97 Fedigan. Barbara 7. 23. 29. 32A. 32C. 33. 44. 45. 85. 107, 116. 103. 104. 105 Fee. Christine 67. 101 Ferrari. Leslie 69 FitzGerald. Katherine 8. 15. 32D. 33. 45. 62. 87. 106. 101. 104. 105. 109 Fitzgibbon. Joan 5. 15. 32C. 33. 46. 47. 59. 83. 84. 92. 107. 99. 98. 104 Fonalledas. Tessie 66 Ford. Margaret Ann 65. 66 Fox. Elizabeth 32C. 33. 43. 46. 87. 123. 102 ♦Freeman. Sharee 2. 5. 11. 75 Fryns. Janet 6. 69. 100. 98 Gabriel. June 67 Gaherm. Tara 73 Gambardella. Donna 65 Geraci. Charlene 75. 80D Gonzalez. Carmen 5. 16A. 32C. 33. 47. 83. 93. 107. 100. 98 Gordon. Carol 65. 66. 82. 83. 98 Gormley. Janet 2. 9. 15. 32C. 33. 104 Graham. Christine 12. 32C. 33. 48. 49. 95. 107, 104. 105 •Gregerson. Kathryn 75 •Gruyters. Jo Ellen 12, 69 •Guariello. Charlene 64B. 90. 101 •Guerrero. Mayra 22. 65. 66. 81. 94. 101 Hage. Julie 4. 5. 32C. 320. 36. 49. 59. 62. 91. 92. 107. 116. 104. 105 Halpine. Margaret 67 Harris. Juliana 70. 71. 88 Inganamort. Al.da 16. 28.29.31. 32C. 50. 54.89. 121. 104. 108 lorio. Elizabeth 66. 67. 78. 120 •Kiernan. Katherine 12. 64C. 69. 71 Kosch. Maureen 33. 36. 51. 85. 107. 117, 103. 104 Krause. Susan 32C. 33. 48. 52.87. 107.102.103. 104 Kreher. Jamie 10. 15. 32C. 33. 35. 52. 84. 92.93. 103. 104 Kreher. Jan 64B. 69. 101 Krug. Judith 6. 65. 67. 98 •Kunberger, Jacqueline 75. 101 Lattrechia. Barbara 15. 29 . 32B. 32C. 33. 53. 121. 101. 104 Lennon. Mary 71. 80A. 82 Loughlin, Eileen 75. 100. 98 •Mara. Susan 64C. 73. 80D Martin. Catherine 69. 75 Matulewicz. Linda 11. 67 Maxwell. Nancy 71 Maza. Laura 67. 81. 82. 83. 84 •McArdle. Kathleen 11. 75 McCabe. Dolores 2. 32C. 33. 41. 54. 84. 97 •McCormick. Mary Beth 72 •McCrea. Susan 71 •McKenna. Rita 73. 74. 75 Miccmelli. Vanessa 11. 67 Minahan. Stephanie 29. 32C. 33. 41. 55. 94. 97. 103. 104 Molinari. Michelle 15. 16. 28. 29. 32B. 32C. 33. 54. 55. 89. 114. 121. 104. 108 Mulligan. Louellen 12. 69. 71. 79. 98 •Mulvaney. Mary 71. 97 Mura. Christine 16B. 65. 84. 86 •Murtagh. Mary Alice 71. 73 Newman. Patricia 69 •Nixon. Pamela 16B. 65. 66. 86 O’Brien. Adrienne 69 Ochoa. Hilda Maria 65. 81 •Jones. Margaret 71 •Jordan. Christine 65. 80C. 83. 88 Jumper. Alice 73 •Kark. Joanne 69. 71 Keane. Susan (S) 69 •Keane. Susan (F) 75 Kenton. Susan 8. 32B. 32C. 33. 50. 51. 85. 107. 99. 104. 105 Kerr. Susan (1) •O’Connell. Catherine 75 O’Connor. Christine 14. 15. 33. 48. 56. 102. 103. 104 •O'Connor. Elizabeth 69. 71. 72 O’Keefe. Denise 23. 32. 38. 57. 83. 85. 118. 104 O'Leary. Patricia 29. 67. 101 •O’Neill. Patricia 32D. 73. 74 0 Reilly. Kathleen 71 Oryshyn. Stephanie 65 O’Toole. Cecelia 11. 75 O’Toole. Michele 15. 32C. 33. 57. 87. 97. 100.98. 104. 105 O'Toole. Sheila 24. 67. 84. 96 •Ottomanelli. Rose Marie 2. 73 •Palacino. Joanne 75 Paniagua. Raquel 11. 65. 66. 81 •Pansi. Joyce 66. 67. 80C. 82. 83. 90 •Pasquel. Julieta 4. 73 •Patouhas. Penelope 2. 73 •Pereira. Lillian (1) •Perez. Susana 64C. 69. 80C •Perignon, Monique 73 •Perry. Priscilla 73. 74 •Peterson. Catherine 75 Peterson. Ellen 71. 82 •Poczabut. Mary 69. 90 •Pollock. Ellen 64B. 65. 66. 90. 101 Ponessa. Mary Ellen 3. 5. 16. 23. 32C. 33. 35. 58. 59. 92. 93. 95. 107. 100. 99. 98, 104 Pope. Mary Jo 15. 23. 32C. 33. 58. 59. 94. 107. 104 Prial. Pamela 71. 101 Pyka. Michelle 32C. 32D. 33. 38. 59. 84. 92. 96. 118. 103. 104 •Raedler. Joan 75 •Ralston. Elizabeth (1) •Reischl. Carolyn 2. 75 •Ritter. Dianne 75 Riviera. Rosa 13 Rodriguez. Maria 67 Russotti. Linda 15. 32. 32C. 32D. 33. 38. 59. 60. 82. 92. 98. 99. 100 Ryan. Deborah 69. 71. 97 Salazar. Laura Rosa 66 •Salerno. Veronica 69 •Sbath, Dianne (1) •Scafuro. Alberta 82. 90 Scott. Katherine 69 •Seward. Elizabeth 75 Shields. Mary 23. 32C. 44. 60. 61. 85. 107. 116. 99. 103. 104. 105 •Smalley. Elizabeth 73 •Smith. Carol 73. 91 Smith. Katherine 71 Smith. Nichol 27. 32C. 33. 61. 62. 87. 107. 104 Stark. Sara 15. 32B. 33. 48. 62. 107. 116. 117. 104 Stix. Nancy Jane 66. 67. 91 Studley. Marie 65. 66 Tonello. Patricia 16A. 27. 32C. 33. 106. 107. 116. 117. 104. 105 Trehy. Margaret 30. 71 •Tuthill. Kerry 73 Vanasse. Norma 32D. 65. 91. 105 Van Nort. Janice 15. 32C. 32D. 33. 44. 62. 63. 94. 114. 101. 102. 105 •Venning. Margaret 26. 66. 67. 80C. 97 Villalon. Sandra 81 Walker. Debbie 16. 23. 29. 32C. 64. 114. 121. 104 Wall. Sharon 13. 32C. 32D. 33. 53. 62. 64. 87. 107. 101. 102. 105 Warren Alexandra 73. 80D •Wentz. Janet 65. 66. 80D. 88. 97 •White. Kimberley 61 Wilson. Karen 32C. 33. 64A. 104. 112, 108 Young. Valerie 29. 32C. 33. 64A. 123. 105 •Yunes. Adela 32D. 73 •Indicates that the Student is a Yearbook Booster (1) absent when class picture was taken. Directory Barbara Blair 60 Glenmere Terrace Ramsey New Jersey 07446 October 4, 1951 Nicole Bottari 425 Monterey Avenue Pelham Manor New York 10803 March 13, 1951 Barbara Brady 152 Ackerman Avenue Ho-Ho-Kus New Jersey 07423 February 3. 1951 Joan Brady 309 Beach 91 Street Rockaway Beach New York 11693 August 12, 1950 Catherine Chisholm 685 Terhune Road Ridgewood New Jersey 07450 July 20, 1951 Sheila Culligan 119 Berkeley Place Glen Rock New Jersey 07452 July 27. 1951 Deborah Curran 2021 Pacific Avenue San Francisco California 94109 December 7, 1951 Carol Di Carlo 90 Lakeview Avenue Hartsdale New York 10530 July 13, 1951 Lois Digney 49 Brandywine Road Ho-Ho-Kus New Jersey 07423 October 28. 1950 Heather Doheny 304 Beach 90 Street Rockaway Beach New York 11693 July 12, 1951 Mary Lou Dorman 363 Grandview Circle Ridgewood New Jersey 07452 July 12, 1951 Dorothy Elliott 720 N. Washington Street Rome New York 13440 March 13, 1951 Candice Evans 12 Jan River Drive Upper Saddle River New Jersey 07458 December 11, 1951 Attractive models made it difficult to choose our Graduation dress . . BARBARA. CHRIS. KATIE, SUE, A LI DA and MARY ELLEN shown here were just a few of those who modelled. Denise Duvall 54 Fourth Street Hillburn New York 10931 March 9. 1952 Rita Dwyer Candlewood Corners New Fairfield Connecticut 06810 September 11, 1951 Mary Edwards 6 Bancroft Place Radburn New Jersey 07410 July 20, 1951 Barbara Fedigan 20 Timber Trail Ramsey New Jersey 07446 April 28, 1951 Katherine Fitz Gerald 7237 Gotham Road Watertown New York 13601 April 16, 1951 Joan Fitzgibbon 230 California Street Ridgewood New Jersey 07450 October 18, 1951 116 Elizabeth Fox 642 South York Road Hatboro Pennsylvania 19040 March 18, 1950 Carmen Gonzalez 85 Av. Nortey 1 Calle Poniente. Col. Escalon, San Salvador El Salvador, C.A. February 26, 1952 Janet Gormley 24 Rose Avenue Ramsey New Jersey 07446 March 31, 1951 Christine Graham 366 Bedford Road Chappaqua New York 10514 June 1, 1951 Julia Hage P.O. Box 591 PortAuPrince Haiti January 25, 1951 Alida Inganamort 1 Birch Lane Ho-HoKus New Jersey 07423 February 5. 1951 Susan Kenlon 28 Echo Ridge Road Upper Saddle River New Jersey 07458 September 22, 1951 Maureen Kosch 368 Rodney Road Wyckoff New Jersey 07481 May 15, 1951 Susan Krause 416 Meer Avenue Wyckoff New Jersey 07481 June 12, 1951 Jamie Kreher 47 Weiss Road Upper Saddle River New Jersey 07458 August 11, 1951 Barbara Latrecchia 367 Longbow Drive Franklin Lakes New Jersey 07417 April 29, 1951 Dolores McCabe 116 East Crescent Avenue Mahwah New Jersey 07430 April 12, 1951 Stephanie Minahan East Lake Road Tuxedo Park New York 10987 May 13, 1952 Michelle Molinari 333 Meadowbrook Road Wyckoff New Jersey 07481 September 29, 1951 Christine O’Connor 26 Gedney Esplanade White Plains New York 10605 January 5, 1951 Denise O’Keefe 17 Garden Street Ramsey New Jersey 07446 April 14, 1951 Michele O’Toole 8 Armour Road Mahwah New Jersey 07430 September 13. 1951 Mary Ellen Ponessa 104 Highwood Road Mahwah New Jersey 07430 March 12. 1952 Mary Jo Pope 117 Club Road Stamford Connecticut 06905 July 1. 1951 Michelle Pyka 874 Avenue C Bayonne New Jersey 07002 June 9, 1951 Linda Russotti 28 Woodfield Lane Saddle River New Jersey 07458 August 23, 1951 Mary Shields 670 Laurel Lane Wyckoff New Jersey 07481 September 29, 1951 Nichol Smith 311 Bethany Road Beacon Falls Connecticut 06403 December 7, 1950 Sara Stark 141 West End Avenue Ridgewood New Jersey 07450 January 31, 1951 Patricia Toriello 97 Lincoln Street Hackensack New Jersey 07601 December 28, 1951 Jan Van Nort 1191 Sunset View Drive Akron Ohio 44313 June 24, 1951 Deborah Walker 7 Old Farms Road Saddle River New Jersey 07458 May 20, 1951 Sharon Wall 2120 West End Avenue Pottsville Pennsylvania 17901 October 12, 1951 Karen Wilson 15 Dale Street White Plains New York 10605 January 19, 1951 Valerie Young 265 Main Street, Apt. 314 Ridgefield Park New Jersey 07660 September 24, 1951 117 Contributors SPONSORS Private Mrs. Charles E. Austin Mr. and Mrs. Jos6 Alberto Gonzales Mr. and Mrs. Vincent lorio Mr. George M. Kerr, Jr. Mr. Jerry Miccinelli Mr. and Mrs. John J. O'Keefe Business Chisholm Realty Corporation lorio Construction Company SPECIAL PATRONS Private Mr. and Mrs. John W. Culligan Fathers and Friends of the Mount Mrs. Josefina de Giner Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Graham Mr. and Mrs. Antoine I. Hage Mr. and Mrs. Carmine A. Latrecchia The Mothers' Guild Mr. and Mrs. Jose Perez Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Toriello Business Fabrica de Jabon Oliva Farr-0 Products Rockland National Bank (Suffern) Rockland National Bank (Tuxedo) Sahler's Contracting and Building Corporation Scarborough Apartments, Inc. Mr. Frank J. Inganamort The Tribune Press Tuxedo Park Association, Inc. Tuxedo Park Pharmacy, Inc. PATRONS Private Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas A. Bottari Mr. and Mrs. William Brooks Mr. Lawrence Doheny Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Dowling Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Duvall Dr. E. G. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Evans Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Fitzgibbon Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Hage Dr. and Mrs. Murray Jones Mr. and Mrs. Jon Kark Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Keane Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kenlon Mr. and Mrs. James Kreher Miss Jamie Kreher Mr. and Mrs. L. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Ponessa MICHELLE. DENISE and VALERIE were three of the Seniors who visited the Exhibition of the Florentine Frescoes at the Metropolitan in October Dr. and Mrs. John D. Van Zandt Dr. Norman Wall Mr. Edwin S. Young Business Abates Florist Avon Products, Inc. James J. Brown Co., Inc. School Division of the Campus Shop Eddie Kay for Eggen Private Laundry 118 Tuxedo Gulf Service Station FRIENDS Private Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Abbadessa Mr and Mrs.William Cantasano Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Carroll Mrs. Henry Chisholm, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Culligan Miss Heather Doheny Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Doonan Miss Mary Farrell Mr. and Mrs. John J. Fedigan Mr. Raouf P. Hage Anonymous Anonymous Cordially Yours Duvernoy Bakeries, Inc. Gibling's Footwear Mahwah Beauty Center Sealfon’s in Ridgewood Sloatsburg Hardware BOOSTERS Mr. and Mrs. George Baldwin Mr. and Mrs. E. Cabeza Mrs. Calleo G. Frances Cooney Mr. and Mrs. John Gozzati Mr. Jack Culligan Mr. Terry McConnell Miss Mary Lou McGonicle Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Newman Charlotte Poczabut Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pollock Alek Pyka Anita Pyka Jan Bogusz Pyka Mrs. Theresa Salerno Scherer and Company Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Schwenzer Mr. Donald Stix Mr. Edwin Weaver Miss Charlene White OUR THANKS TO ALL OF YOU YOU HAVE MADE ALL THE E X T R A S IN OUR DOLORES McCABE played and the GLEE CLUB sang at the Fine Arts Festival in May BOOK POSSIBLE . . . Mr. and Mrs. George Hart Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Keane Mr. and Mrs. Vincent McCabe Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O’Connor Mr. Joseph Pope Mr. and Mrs. Zygmunt Pyka Mr. and Mrs. Philip Russotti FRIENDS Business Miss Liz Doheny Mrs. Elizabeth Doonan Gregg and Heather Doonan Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Duvall Dr. James A. Fitz Gerald Mr. John Flood Mr. Patrick Garvey Maria Theresa Gonzalez Miss Lorraine Herbert Miss Cathy Jones Miss Margaret McCarthy A SPECIAL COVER . . . COLORED DIVIDER PAGES MORE PAGES SECOND COLOR IN THE OPENING SECTION 119 Business Contributors MR VINCENT IORIO of the k rk Construction Company. Inc. of Mount Vernon, is shown in the picture above with MRS. IORIO and ELIZABETH, a Junior at the Mount. MR IORIO is one of the most active members of the FATHERS and FRIENDS of the MOUNT. His services to the Church have been recognized too. In January he and MR JOHN MULLIGAN. Father of LOUELLEN. a Sophomore, with a few other active Catholic Laymen, were elevated to the rank of KNIGHTS of MALTA in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Under the skillful management of MRS. GLADYS BRENTNALL. the Rockland National Bank in Tuxedo has been remodelled and redecorated For months the services of the Bank were continued in temporary quarters nearby. On May first the Bank was reopened, and the following day MRS. BRENTNALL explained some of the changes and the expansion that had taken place to LOIS DIGNEY and BARBARA LATRECCHIA In countless ways the Tuxedo Park Association has shown its friendliness toward the Academy. MR. IRVING LIVINGSTON and MR ROBERT LA BURT are pictured at the left with MRS. MARSH, as she demonstrates the techniques required in operating the complicated Bookkeeping Machine which is an important part of the equipment in the T P A Office. Two Mounties — MARY EDWARDS and DEBBIE WALKER watch the operation with interest. MR. GALLI and MR FLAGIELLO have gradually expanded the services of the Tuxedo Park Pharmacy to provide for the needs of a growing suburban community, and also for the tourists driving along the busy highway on which it is located MICHELLE MOLINARI and ALIDA INGANAMORT are no strangers to either MR. GALLI or MR. FLAGIELLO. What has MR. GALLI said at this point to provoke the smiles? ‘For Brunettes only . . . perhaps? BILL SAHLER'S role in Sahler's Contracting and Building Corporation is an active one. and although we regretted that neither he nor his Father was at the shop the afternoon DEBBIE WALKER and MARY EDWARDS visited it. MRS. ELIZABETH PORWITZKI. the Company's Secretary, explained some of its expanded services. Building supplies, hardware, paints and brushes are all available for Do-it- yourself homeowners. Business Contributors Continued MR HENRY L. CHISHOLM of the Chisholm Realty Corporation, Inc., has been a loyal supporter of our Yearbook for five years - from the time ANNE came to us as a Freshman, until this year, when CATHY will be graduated Those who recall CHASTELLUX 1968 will remember that ANNE was its Editor in Chief. We will miss MR CHISHOLM'S financial support next year, and that of MRS CHARLES AUSTIN. ANNE'S and CATHY'S maternal Grandmother too. We are grateful to have had it for these five years. The Rockland National Bank in Suffern, patronized by the parents of many Mount students in the Suffern area, has added its moral and financial support to our 1969 Yearbook VALERIE YOUNG and PAT TORIELLO visited the Bank to say thank you. They arrived just as MR. ROBERT DAVENPORT, the Vice President, and PENNY MENZIE one of the tellers, were in the process of locking the huge vault for the night It was iust a few years ago that the MARTINS bought The Tribune Press. Evidently business has been successful They have just moved to a new location and were still getting organized when DOTTIE ELLIOTT and LIZ FOX arrived to pick up the programs for the Fine Arts Festival. Examining a folder already printed by the Press are DOTTIE. LIZ. MR and MRS. GEORGE MARTIN, and EDWARD, one of their most skilled and versatile workers If flowers are needed for a special occasion we call ABATE’SI They supply flowers for our Chapels in Chastellux and Renamor for all Feasts, and frequently in between. MR. and MRS. ABATE are shown with TERRY BYRNE and KATHY CLARK. Juniors at the Mount, who are among ABATES most regular customers. y (far gratitude to fabrica- do Jabort mi + and fart— if Product Business Contributors who were either SPONSORS or SPECIAL PATRONS of our Yearbook were invited to take advantage of our Pictorial Advertising. Problems of time and distance prevented our obtaining photographs of FABRICA de JABON “OLIVA a detergent factory owned by the family of CARMEN GONZALEZ in San Salvador, and also of FARR 0 PRODUCTS the stationery firm in New York providing most of our stationery supplies. We have substituted for pictures the acknowledgement at the left. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS itative, and ir Consultant mtless Itudios for our id GERRY As we reach this final page of our Yearbook, our mathematical theme is once again evident. We thank all who have ADDED to its success LESSENED our problems and anxieties MULTIPLIED their services and contributions SHAPE with us our CHASTELLUX 1969 sh to thank especially: MARY PERPETUA, our Director, MARIA ASSUMPTA, Assistant Director. every member of the Faculty, for their cooperation, sup- oft and encouragement ' THE YEARBOOK STAFF £ i r-,f V v v jr - V '- • ■v .Jf yjs ■ V'ct vv. sefemsaM : SV •: v-4 • v. , «•. j - •V i • V' , MlT ■•Q w ■ ■ ; -'• v r. i? . 'J ' •« % .4 •i ? £ivJ'' « ! .■ '• V- i v— -'T— X Sr.4.Jr --! ’x, . . . vii . • V • r - . % a wm “ • • v Ke jF£,S :£ I'Vv- x ‘ -«v ... '•• • .V 'v. «, « - - ,r' sr fiO i . v? 4 '■ , Jr «. • -7 1 _ � •« 4 7. • ?; fs . f ': ' KJ7i Vi � '- k 6� -