Academy of Our Lady / Spalding Institute - Summa Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Fr. Terry delivers an inspirational message through a mime performance to the song Mr. Bo Janglesf' Senior Neil Slevin tells the senior class his views on the retreat as Fr. Terry looks on. ,,. x

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Students Stop to Reflect, Celebrate Class of '87 Get Rings Months and months ago, when the Class of '87 were just choosing their rings, it may have seemed that Ring Day would never come. They were preoccupied with the huge number of choices that had to be made: Gold or silver? Sapphire or amethyst or diamond? How will I come up with the money? With all the choices behind them, the juniors finally got down to the business of celebration on Septem- ber 11. After attending a couple of morning classes, they walked to St. Mary's Cathedral for the traditional mass and blessing of the rings. Then they met at Confetti's for lunch and dancing. Soon the cycle started all over again with the Class of '88. Retreat Makes Us Think What's your favorite movie? Who in your group do you most ad- mire and why? Gathered into groups of five or six, students at the retreat pulled question such as these from envelopes labeled 'safe' or 'risky.' 'Safe' questions were ba- sically superficial, but 'risky' ques- tions asked students to take a chance and share their thoughts and feelings with their group. The 'riskylsafe' questions were only a small part of the retreat run by Father Terry Diefenbach, also known as the Trickster. He mixed mime performances to such songs as Mr. Bo Jangles and Piano Man with short lectures, films, and a large amount of student participa- tion. Between standing up to state what you would do in a situation de- scribed by Fr. Terry or actually get- ting up to the microphone to say what the retreat meant to you, stu- dents had little chance to be bored. Q! Obviously, Ring Day centers around juniors receiv- ing their class rings. The rings represent years the wearer spent in high school, as well as the wear- er's accomplishments in scholarship, activities, and athletics. l Junior John Kaufman accepts his ring from Sr. Marcia during the ceremony at St. Mary's Cathedral. tClockwise from foregroundb Sophomores Amy La Hood, Matt Miller, Mark Ludolph, and Craig Link discuss a moral decision as described by Fr Terry.

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Special guest, Lieutenant Governor Ryan, describes the effects of drunk driving. Spirited freshmen join in the cheering at a pep-rally. if 5 ii i QE Members of the varsity football team, Steve Maley, Ben Shea, and Charlie Callaway, get students support for a game against Richwoods. Bradley basketball star Hersey Hawkins visits Spalding prompting students to participate in the 1986 Mayor's Food Can-a-thon. i Q' !'