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

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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

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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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SR. MARIA TURIBIUS SR. MARGARET O BRIEN SISTER TURIBIUS with some of her Sophomore English students Left to Right, CHRIS LAMBERT. SR MARGARET O'BRIEN MARY E GOETZ. CINDY BOLTZ. JILL HARTMANN. JEANMARIE MANEY and VALERIE CLEARY teaching Spanish IV SISTER MARIA TURIBIUS was Sophomore Class Advisor again this year. Because there were only three English classes. SISTER was alone in the English Department. In her cours- es she included both classical and modern perspectives. Among the classical works stud- ied were Oedipus Rex and Prometheus Bound. A new text was used for the course in Modern Literature — Insights: English Literature. Stu- dents in English 11 studied Recent American Literature. In all grades special focus was put on creative and journalistic writing. As a result The Courier of which Sister was again Advisor was better than ever this year. Pleasureful and profitable involvement was the aim of all Eng- lish courses. A newcomer to the Mount last fall, SISTER MARGARET O BRIEN replaced SISTER EUCHARIA as Librarian. She was also named Moderator of the Glee Club and soon realized that this involved much more than being on hand each Monday afternoon for Glee Club Rehearsals. The first program presented was AMAHL and the NIGHT VISITORS at Christmas and SISTER shared with SISTER MARIAN FRANCIS the time consuming task of provid- ing costumes for those who were in the play as well as those in the chorus. Before coming to us SISTER MARGARET had taught Spanish, and she was asked to assist MRS. KELLEHER and teach SPANISH IV. since MRS. KELLEHER was including Italian as well as French and Spanish in her program. 23