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

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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

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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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French play, C hrislmas dinner highlight year for club members With thirty-five enthusiastic language students, meeting every other week and a teacher or two, you have the basics of the French Club. The club was made up entirely of sophomores until Ruth Diago, Brazilian exchange student, joined later in the year. Led by Reenie Marrinan, with Mrs. Smith for supervision they learned more about the French people by experiencing some customs of France. They celebrated Christmas French-style with refreshments of Napoleons, crackers with cheese and catawba wine. One group acted out T he Night Before Christmasw narrated in French, of course! In April, to support their treasury which had dwindled with the purchase of club pins, they put on a style show sponsored by Drewls and a school dance featuring The Reasons. Miss Chickett, subbing for Mrs. Smith, helped with these fourth quarter activities. TOP: Just to prove that even Murray is up on the newest styles, many girls sported hot pants for the French Club's spring dance featuring The Reasons. ABOVE: Playing different kinds of French games not only added more fun to French Club meet ings, but also gave members a better idea of what life is like in France. RIGHT: Mary L'Allier is the walking proof that fashion is the same in all languages. JZ!!-'rench Club