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

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gladly offered for the safe return of her only son. a Cornell graduate, serving in Vietnam. He returned before Christmas. In October she returned to the Academy and added to her duties of Secretary and Receptionist the new one of Bursar. SUSANA KANE and ARLENE FERNANDEZ bring the Ciborium and Cruets to FATHER ROTUNNO at the Offertory Daily Mass was celebrated in Chastellux by FATHER ALFRED SOKOL of Don Bosco High School in Ramsey. Often students were pre- sent. especially on Wednesdays when there was a Guitar Mass. The Celebrant on Sundays was FATHER FLOYD ROTUNNO, also of Don Bosco. Below — MR. THOMAS O’NEILL Courses in Religion were taught by FATHER PETER MALET of St. Peter’s Parish in Haver- straw and by MR. THOMAS O’NEILL of the House of Prayer at Beacon, a layman. FATHER MALET’S aim was to make students know themselves and decide what direction they wanted to take. This involved commitment. To be fully a woman a person must be committed to the Person Jesus and His Gospel. A person had to know herself first; then with all the pain and struggle that growth and maturity en- tailed. she moved towards real commitment. MR. O’NEILL felt that he had found Christ, and in his classes shared his experiences with the students he taught, deepening their faith and broadening their knowledge through this sharing. 21

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It was a very good year It was a very good year Despite the fact that registration was down fifty percent school spirit was better than ever. There were forty- nine Seniors, this number including a group of Juniors who were accelerating and completing two years in one. There were just seventeen Sophomores who returned, although they knew the Academy would be closing in June and they would not be graduating from the Mount. No Freshmen were accepted. Fewer students meant a smaller Faculty, and al- though classes were smaller, there were sever- al changes in subject assignments. It was SIS- TER RITA MARY GUSHUE whose program was changed most. Although she continued in her role as Director of the Academy, SISTER RITA found — or made — time to teach three courses: Chemis- try, Biology and Math 12. This was the first time since our Freshman year that Sister had taught. Her classes were interesting and chal- lenging. planned to spur superior students to new heights, while providing for those who found Science and Math difficult. SISTER RITA pins her Student Council pm on SHAREE FREEMAN SISTER RITA did much to make our last year at the Mount — the last year of the Academy — a happy and profitable one. and we thank her for this. It WAS a very good year. It would not have been possible for SISTER RITA to combine the roles of Director and Instructor without the assistance of MRS. FLORENCE MacBAIN, her Secretary. Last spring MRS. MacBAIN was in constant pain. It was not until mid-summer that the cause was diagnosed as a crushed spinal disc. Surgery was followed by a long, slow period of conva- lescence. during which her hobby of rug-mak- ing was the best possible therapy and pain was SR. RITA MARY GUSHUE. Director

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New fields and a new librarian There were two Senior Classes and SISTER KATHLEEN NORA and SISTER MARIE FRANCESCA were there Advisors. Both contin- ued to teach Social Studies, but each added a new field to her program. SISTER KATHLEEN, a professional seamstress, took over the nee- dlework classes, and under her guidance stu- dents made dresses, pant suits, culottes — anything they wished — and all had a store- bought-look. As Moderator of the Student Council again SISTER KATHLEEN worked with SR. KATHLEEN NORA SR. MARIE FRANCESCA SISTER FRANCESCA helps MARGOT CELLA with her Math the Councilors as they planned seasonal get- togethers — at Hallowe'en. Christmas. Mardi Gras and Easter. With the Seniors she helped organize the Fashion Show at Christmas and those other Senior Functions — the Closed Retreat, the Senior Prom — and Commencement. SISTER MARIE FRANCESCA taught American SISTER KATHLEEN helping SUE KEANE History and Economics in the Social Studies program and her assignments required much independent study in the History Resource Center. To her program was added Math 11 which she enjoyed teaching and to which her students responded with enthusiasm. Involved in both social studies and Math, it is not sur- prising that Sister included a series of lectures on the subject of taxation in the first term. 22