Archbishop Murray Memorial High School - Verbum (Maplewood, MN)

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Candle Club transforms wicks sand and wax into maslerpzeces Wall! 21 light? sparkle and color. ThCrl Candle Club Becoming more experienced iS where you belong. the girls attempted to master Making use of what was available, the finer aspects of wicking they transformed two coffee cans into a double broiler. Empty milk cartons, soup dishes, and even sand became the molds for the liquid wax. Crayons added to the wax gave the candles Wines . TOP: Are Kathy Ulrich, Ann Pecchia, Mary Poppert and Kathy Knajdeck busy trying to light somebody's tire, orjust a candle? ABOVE: Peggy Bussiere shows how easy it is to mix various chips of crayons in a milk car- ton and come up with a shining delight, RIGHT: lt was certainly worth the effort , exclaims Jan McMahon as she and patty Neid peel the containers from their candles. 30fCandle Club In a spurt of school spirit they sold their creations at the Spring Festival By the end of the year there were 51 freshmen who found club period the 'lightest' part of their week.

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To fill your time with happiness is a big order - and how do you accomplish it? Much of your day is taken by required subjects. You've pretty well mastered the basis e reading, writing and arithmetic. But how about you the individual? Your interests and abilities are different from those of even your best friends. Clubs are at least a partial answer. Once a week you are free - still in school but free to make yourself a little more you. Others will be found to share your joys, interests and life. And school takes the form of a miniature world, containing within it the potential for happiness.

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New club gives added ou tlet for ered tivity What is the appeal of making something yourself? Many Girls found this answer in the Handicrafts Club. Once an idea was fixed upon, the girls set out on an adventure of the senses. Media ranged from needlework, rug making, Dippity-Glas flowers and macrame to anything a girl was willing to try. Nature's palette supplied the colors. Even the most ordinary materials were transformed into objets d'art. Not everyone can be an artist, writer, or composer, but when a girl takes material and fashions it into an object that is attractive, she is indeed, an artist. TOP: Marcia Gressman creates a wall hanging by pulling yellow and blue tissues through a screen. When the piece of art is finished it will say, what else but , , . Love! ABOVE: Mary Schwietz is spurred on by the thought of how her finished Choker will look. LEFT: Pat Barrett, Ellen Auger and Cindy Loeffler make Dippity-Glas flowers during club. Handicrafts Clubf3l