Alverno High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Sierra Madre, CA)

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P 9 Theresa Barcelos receives her scroll which officially lnducts her into the student body. Sister Madeline and members of the is gt,- Student Council distributed scrolls to each freshman at me induction. ,N rw 4 A dozen thoughts and feelings run through the minds of the freshmen as they sit, ready for anything, during the excitement of the induction. Only five freshmen were actually chosen to answer the questions. 20-Freshmen Induction .ff

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W A Slice On Thursday, OcTober 29, on A The Terrace, There saT four lone pumpkins. AT 44:45 a.m. a large crowd gaThered, in- Tensely looking on as The class officers hurridly carved The pumpkins which represenTed Their class. People conTribuTed personal arTicles To enhance Their class' pumpkin, such as haTs, earrings and glasses. When Time ran ouT The pump- kins were whisked away for The judges To make Their decision. Finally The choice was made and The Junior Class won firsT prize. The pumpkins were dis- played aT The Halloween parTy ThaT evening To help creaTe The proper aTmosphere. QMaryalice Pederson gives a warm wel- come as she rises from a caskeTT used only once by a liTTle old lady. Hixiz y viuxiz EN A ANTXTAN . O . xg 4 Holly McAliisTer and Mandy Downer give a slimy qvasolinej recepTion. The Two were among The many GAA members who puT TogeTher The HaunTed House. Halloween- 19

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Mixed EmoTions ConfronT Freshmen On The eve of Freshmen Induc- Tion few frosh dreamed of The surprises The nexT day held for Them. One freshman com- menTed laTer, I looked for- ward To Freshmen lnducTion because of The exciTemenT and The rumors abouT Throwing us in The pond if we didn'T memorize The hisTory of Al- verno. On The morning of The big day, Ocfober 27Th, a cou- ple of girls awakened To find Themselves being kidnapped by Their senior big sisTers. The lucky IiTTle sisTers were Taken ouT To breakfasT and broughT To school in Their pajamas. LaTer, following a regular Mon- day schedule, The annual ceremony Took place. Seafed in fronT of The enTire sTudenT body, many freshmen had mixed emoTions abouT whaT was going To happen To Them. The frosh were welcomed by SisTer Madeline and upper class officers, Then The much- feared quesTioning abouT The school's hisTory began. Names of a few freshmen were ran- domly drawn. Melinda Neh- dan, Sarah Van Wickle and Yolanda Lennox were among several girls who were Terror- ized by The sfudenf body offi- cers who were asking The quesTions. Sfanding before The whole school, The vicTims nervously Tried To answer The quesTions. only To be jeered and shouTed aT by Their friends who waved signs reading: In The pond. I ThoughT I was go- ing To be picked To answer The quesTions. and I was afraid l'd geT Thrown in The pond, said a relieved STephanie Brkich who was noT chosen. All of The freshmen received scrolls made by Their big sisTers, wel- coming Them as official mem- bers of The sTudenT body. The ceremony concluded wiTh The freshmen leading The singing of The Alma MaTer. Lafer The IiTTle sisTers joined Their senior big sis- Ters for an informal luncheon. The Freshmen Class seemed di- vided in Their opinions abouT The TradiTional lnducTion. Kelly Enrighf said, I wasn'T scared, l had sophomore friends To help me ouT, while Vicky Gloria commenfed blunTly, I was scared! Some of The girls con- fided ThaT They were disap- poinTed in The lnducTion. As An- drea Falvy puT iT, IT wasn'T scary To me, I don'T Think iT Turned ouT To be all ThaT iT was builT up To be. Whafever Their feelings, mosT of The girls agreed ThaT Freshmen lnduc- Tion will be someThing They remember for a long Time. 1 T ,pw Q, Y f F I I ef' 4 Theresa Urda, Rosanna Russo and Carmen Mollica playfully menace The freshmen aT The induction. The ThreaT of Throwing freshmen in The pond is a Tradifion. Freshmen Induchon 21