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

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Physical Fitness is their business Three years ago, MRS. SHIRLEY McCOR- MACK, R.N. came to the Mount as our School Nurse. She’s been much more than that She’s taught Health classes she was a prize Faculty Basketball player at Hallowe’en and was drenched afterwards dunking for apples She has been our friend and confidante, and her wit and wisdom have made the worst cold seem quite trivial. When the NURSE’S ROOM was moved to a new location we soon discovered that the room didn’t matter — but the day did. The room was brighter on the days she was in than on the days she wasn’t. MISS MARGUERITE MRS. SHIRLEY MONTVILL McCORMACK. R.N. Another newcomer this year was MISS MARGUERITE MONTVILL and soon we discov- ered how versatile she was. Her Physical Ed classes were real workouts and exhausted us. but they were fun. When we went riding, skat- ing or skiing, she rode, skated or skiied with us. She played the organ, piano and guitar, and trained us for Guitar Masses each Wednes- day at Chastellux. She became Moderator of the Guitar Club and helped us plan Hootenan- nies. The old saying ’Love me. love my dog!’ was easy in MISS MONTVILL’s case, we all loved SNOOPY, her Alaskan Husky. You could discuss your ailments with MRS. McCORMACK anywhere as PAT KRAMER discovered. MISS MONTVILL and Sophomores KAREN KLEPPE. JILL HARTMANN. ANNMARIE CLEARY and PAT KRAMER 28

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The Nativity Scene in its early stages. Progress in art is evident and rewarding In no other course at the Mount was it possible for each student to 'do her own thing’ as it was again this past year in MRS. MILDRED FERRIS’s Studio Art Classes. This year she added metalwork to the oil and watercolor painting, the pen and ink. pencil, scratch- board. textile and fashion design, ceramics and chip carving she had taught so successfully in past years. Working closely with SISTER MARIAN FRANCIS and the mem- bers of the Dramatic Club. MRS. FERRIS has made stage settings that have added much to the effectiveness of the plays presented. This year she painted a stained glass Nativity Scene to be used as the setting of the Bridal Tableau in the Senior Christmas Fashion Show. At the left is a picture of the window at its halfway point. Below — the magnificent finished product. MRS. MILDRED FERRIS SR. CONSTANCE MARY The completed Nativity Scene. When MRS. MARSHALL moved from SKYTOP to her new classroom. SISTER CONSTANCE MARY moved into the old Typing Room for her Art Appreciation classes. Small as it was. it was twice as large as the room Sister had used for the past five years, and it was much brigh- ter too. As Advisor again for the Yearbook, Sister had few idle moments, but once again she found her staff most cooperative. They realized that a beautiful book required much time and hard work, and they were ready to pay the price — especially since this would be the last Year- book of the Academy. 27

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With registration reduced fifty percent it was decided that all sixty-six of us would be in the Glee Club this year. This was a challenge for MR. EUGENE JUDGE. Director of the Glee Club. He wouldn't be working with just the cream of the crop — with students with good voices who enjoyed singing. He met the chal- lenge and won! Most of the first term was spent preparing for AMAHL and the NIGHT VISITORS. The second term was busy too, preparing for the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the Academy and its final Commencement. There’s therapy in music and drama too MR. EUGENE JUDGE Moving Day for MRS. McCORMACK A Glee Club Rehearsalwith MR. JUDGE Although the first term was perhaps easier for SISTER MARIAN FRANCIS, since a repeat per- formance of AMAHL and the NIGHT VISITORS would be less difficult than staging an unfa- miliar play, the second term required much time, work and planning for the Anniversary Celebration. First there had to be research into the History of the Academy, then the organiza- tion of this material to form Tableaux, the staging, costuming and finally the combining of the two groups — the players and the sing- ers. to make a perfect whole the glorious swan-song of the Academy and of Cameiot. SISTER MARIAN FRANCIS MISS MONTVILL