Aquinas Dominican High School - Taquin Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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0UQI l'lIfl'LQl'lf iA8 Qing, tk? Qing 30 fAQ QI' if Art can be a labor of love. And here at work on the posters for the next event of im- portance, Publicity Chairman Barbara Bachtell with lean O'Donnell, Stephanie Carroll, and Elizabeth Bliss apply their art. With the spire of Saint Philip Neri Church as a backdrop, they brush their news to the Student Body. Every two weeks sixty law-abiding Aquinites attend the Representative Assembly and venture to express the Student view. Each room elects two girls to represent them. With the constructive guidance of the Student Council Moderator, Sister Mary Benevenuta O.P., the organization is functioning well and has a good start on the Road to Success. Active Student Council minds plot new ideas and programs in quick succession, in order to keep the department in the foreground and produce inspiration in leaders ot tomorrow. M. Tarsitano directs this committee, C. Iacques announces ideas to Student body, and the nimble fingers ot C. Hyland takes notes on the typewriter. C. Seuring, L. Tadrowski, and R. M. O'Connell listen attentively and offer worthwhile suggestions. Helen Muckian, Merit Award Chairman, meets with her committee and tabulates points to discover the twenty-five who will merit the Silver This prized possession is gained through vigorous participation in all extra-curricular activities. Each girl then receives in- dividual recognition as an A girl. - Patty McHugh 59

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u an jocfa . . Olga in omorrow 9 3 9 - me .gzaclenf Ciomnci l And what a beneficent rule it wasp helping the faculty in minor matters of discipline and really gaining a great deal of experience in leadership. Meeting weekly in Executive Council with Marion Holliday as the presiding officer, parlimentary procedure was practiced and mastered. In open discussion proposed projects were suggested and with the consent of the faculty, many of these objectives were realized. The above group when attending the Convention discovered that the setup of the Aquinas Student Council could par with any of the finest. branch of the Civic Bureau, is composed of volunteers from The Library Committee, a all homerooms. Assisting at the circulation desk, making out and delivering overdue no- tices, filing, mending books, and dusting the shelves are just a few of their duties. Chair- man lean Prebis presided at the Monday afternoon meetings, under the cheerful direction of Sister Francis Paul O.P. Classes are changing and how lovely it is to head for the fourth floor Where beaming faces exchange smiles. In the mural above, Saint Thomas, the guiding spirit of Aquinas, raises his saintly arms in benediction, as the girls in green file up and down the stairs. - Maureen Ward 58

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lwfing, eruing, guiabng . . .X4 agmaffparf in VOTING . . . Presiding at the election, Susan Cullen gives the girls the thrill of voting before the legal age and carries out the rules observed at the polls. SERVING . . . Geraldine Wall, Service Bureau head, calls at ease for a minute as she and her weary workers enjoy that pause that refreshes and well they should for their many hours of service so freely given, have shown results in a gym- transformed auditorium and in hundreds of other activities. GUIDING . . . With a view to the future while still holding on to the present, Vocational Guidance chairman, Mary lane Cox and her able assistants ponder through brochures and catalogues of colleges. Being thus informed they may pass their secrets on to other seniors. Many a later success in life may be traced to this new field of Student Council activity. 3 Mary lane Cox 60