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

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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

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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

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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.