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

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Sr. Mary Eucharia Enrichment Thru Books, AVA And Music Music Appreciation was a new course and MISS BRENDA MOSCARELLA was a newcomer to the Mount. The course was open to all levels, given just once each week, and included all phases of music — from the classics to and including such recent and ‘different’ productions as the Rock Opera — ‘Je- sus Christ — Superstar.’ Go ahead . . . Talk if you want to ... No more silence in the Li- brary — as long as you are considerate of others who may need a bit of quiet! That was the new cry from Library doors and Libra rian's desks all over the country. Here at A M S V SR. MARY EU- CHARIA was leading the Crusade. With new film viewers, films and books she was advocating both group and individual study. In the Main Library music was provided as a background for study According to SR. EUCHARIA the increase in circulation was evi dence that these innovations were good. As the circulation in creased, there was more reshelving, taking of inventories, catalo guing and other work to be done. To take care of this SR. EUCHA RIA trained members of the Library Guild of which she is Modera tor, and these students devoted several hours to the Library each week. A filmstrip and cassette tape entitled ‘Using the Total Resources of a Library' was added to supplement the individual and small group instructions covering such topics as Circulation, use of Audio and Visual Aids, Catalogues. Readers’ Guide and other sources of infor mation and other phases of Library work. Since so many of us spent so much time in the Library we were lucky that SR. EUCHARIA had made it such a pleasant spot. Miss Brenda Moscarella

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The students in MRS. MILDRED FERRIS's Studio Art Courses were more enthusiastic — and productive — than ever in Cer- amics. They enjoyed creating beautiful, clever and or funny ‘objets d’arte.’ While it was frustrating to accomplish so much with her students and have so little on display in the studio, MRS. FERRIS realized that doing someTHING special for someONE special was an incentive resulting in the best possible work. So there was no hesitation — finished work was brought home — and given away. As always in her art classes, MRS. FERRIS’s students each ‘did her own thing!’ Oil or water color, pencil or pen and ink or scratchboard, pastels or finger painting, landscapes or seascapes, animals or flowers or still life, fashion design or portrait sketching could be found in some corner of the studio. Despite this already rich variety this year MRS. FER RIS added sculpture, modelling with clay and chip carving, and the results were original and beautiful. Stage Design, ‘FINE ARTS FESTIVAL’ in oriental characters, an A M S V ’ banner for the Mothers’ Guild Luncheon and Fashion Show were other contributions of MRS. FERRIS to the Mount. Mrs. Mildred Ferris Creativity In Studio Courses Objectivity In Lecture Courses By mid year SR. CONSTANCE MARY’s Art Appreciation students had learned that they were not expected to react to all paintings in the same way — and that SISTER was perfectly happy to have them respond favorably to paintings on her ‘rejected’ list, as long as they could give reasons for their reactions. Soon all were able to recognize dozens of paintings and the techniques of most of the great masters even from a detail or fragment. Then Sister tried an experi- ment Students pantomined certain well-known paintings — e.g. Renoir’s ‘In the Meadow,' Degas’s ‘Woman with Chrysanthemums, ’ Cot’s ‘The Storm,’ Sargent’s ‘The Wyndham Sisters’ and others. SR. MARIAN FRANCIS’S training was evident in many of the tableaux. SR. CONSTANCE MARY is also Moderator of the Yearbook. 30 Sr. Constance Mary

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No School Could Function Well Without A Staff Like This In the picture at the right are the five women responsible for the smooth running of our Cafeteria, and for much of the housekeeping in the school Building: MRS. GLADYS MOORE, whose daughter is now attending a Secretarial School. MRS. FLORENCE DAMATO, who has a son and daughter already graduated from College, and another daughter a Sopho- more MRS. MARY LOHMAN, Mother of two chil- dren and wife of one of our dependable Bus Drivers. MRS. JEAN VENEZIA, who has a son a State Trooper and a daughter, married to a West Point Cadet. MRS. BEATRICE VENEZIA, who has a son and daughter both College Graduates. Three of these women, surprisingly enough, are already GRANDMOTHERS!