Aquinas High School - Aquinite Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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IOHN MHRIE WHLSH Our Lady of the Assumption Such a blue inner light from her eyelids outbroke You looked at her silence and fancied she spoke. -Browning intra-Murals l,2,3,4g Dramatics 1,2,3. LORETTH HNN WHLSH St. Nicholas of Tolentine Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. -Coleridge Secretary 25 Cheer Leader 2,3, fCapt, 433 Intra-Murals 4g Dance Committee 3. ELIZHBETH BNN WI-IRD St. Helena's The moonlight cloud of her in- visible beauty Shakes from the torrent of her soul. -Thompson Art Club 1,2,3,4g Dramatics 1,2,3g Intra-Murals 1,2,3g Dance Commit- tee 35 Catholic Action Club IA. ELLEN IOSEPHINE WELCH St. Luke's You are not only good yourself But the cause of goodness in others. -Plato Art Club lg Dramatic Club 1,3,4g Propagation of Faith 2g Mission Circle 33 Catholic Action 3. GERTRUDE I-INN WHHLEN St. Raymond's A form more fair, a face more sweet, Ne'er hath it been my lot to meet. -Whittier Secretary lg Mission Circle 4 fSec- retaryjg Glee Club 43 Art Club 3g Dance Committee 35 Cheer Leader 2,3,4g Propagation of Faith 2g Latin Club 3g Vice-President 2. 51 ROSEMHRY BARBARA WILSON Si. Frances De Chantal Her hair, her manners, all who saw admired Oourteous, though coy and gen- 1516, though retired. -Crabbe Intra-Murals lg Dance Committee 5. N x f fx lv 'f

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xx xl fl 0 HNNE HELEN THHHNEY Littlc Flower Cwoodside, L. IJ The light upon her face shines from the windows of another world. Saints only have such faces. -Longfellow Orchestra 1,2,3,4gg Catholic Action Club 1,23 President lg Propagation of Faith 1,23 Biology Club 2g Latin Club 3. CORE. ELIZHBETH THNGNEY St. Simon Stock Her face was very fair to see, So luminous with purity. -Powers Newspaper Stall 3,4g Library Staff 1,2g Propagation of Faith lg Latin Club 33 Dramatic Club 2g Intra- Murals l,2,3,4. MBRY LOUISE TWOMEY St. Frances De Chantal IOHN PHTRICIH VHNN Our Lady of Solace Nothing is so strong as gentle- Mind Cannot follow it, nor ness, words Nothing so gentle as real Express her infinite sweetness. strength. -Dante A-St. Francis De Sales Dance Commi Art Club 3,43 Cheer Leader 2,3,4g Propagation of Faith lg Intra-Mu- rals 1,2,3,4g Dance Committee 3g Cheering Squad 1. f K' x X ttee 3. 50 CHRISTINE PHULINE TREFZ St. john Chrysostom Though she looks so bewitch- ingly simple, Yet there's mischief in every dimple. -M organ Art Club 2,3,4g Dramatics 1,2,3g lntra-Murals 1,2,4g Catholic Action Club 1,2g Biology Club 2. HNNEMRRIE MBRGBRET VERRIER Our Lady of Angels Can so fair a maiden lack? Maid so sweet should be com- plete. -Thompson Glee Club 1,23 Propagation of Faith 13 Dramatics 1,2,4g lntra-Mu- rals 1,29 Dance Committee 3g Cath- olic Action 1,2,3g Sewing Club 3g Biology Club 2.

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,vs l . ,, ik r, f y ...il tn l ,ii 5 HPORTY-NINERS A pale September sun, shining through the feathery autumn clouds, combined with the brisk morning breezes to form the perfect setting for a day of exploitation. Despite the invigorating atmosphere, however, our Forty-Niners were hesitant- what awaited them beyond the portals of adventure? Before them lay a vast unexplored territory, a misty future which was to bring new experiences and knowledge. To explore the unknown, to hoard scientia, and with these weapons to draw themselves and others closer to God, was their goal. Within the next few days the content of their proximate future revealed itself, when the lazy trail of prairie schooners witnessed the first of the many disheartening Indian attacks. Amidst the first notorious tribes to pay tribute to them were Algebra, Economics, Latin and that very fierce Merchant of Venice. Many a night was spent in vigorous preparation for what might present itself on the morrow. An early encounter remembered perhaps long after many others had been forgotten, was that of the weird ritual to which our Forty-Niners were invited by a strange tribe, the Seniors. As a tribute to their friendship the Seniors prepared a morbid entertainment, initiation as they called it, for our surprised pioneers. Fighting Caesar and tackling Geometry and B.A. were fast becoming part of the day's work. Oh, the many days spent in dodging Spanish and French! Would the heroic fight with Biology ever be forgotten? Many were the wounded but with diligent care most of them recuperated. Our Forty-Niners, by now accustomed to the obstacles of the enterprise before them, came to receive the events of the morrow with strategy. Many of the pioneers, feeling more at ease began to seek hobbies to pass the time. The athletically-inclined sought refuge in basketball, the artists organized, and musicians and song-birds combined, each adding to the harmony and culture of the now big happy family. Time ticked on while our Forty-Niners continued to make history. Play mingled with work and work, in its turn, pitched in to overcome defeat. American History, 52