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

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l 1 LEFT: Y0u're in love, Charlie Brown! BELOW: Linus and friend write a letter. an 2. .1 Qui... f it e i fl: LEFT: Jill Liedl takes a last minute practice to settle her nerves. ABOVE: Sue Kirst and Rose Hejny give Mary Smith a quick touch-up. Neo-Renaissance Weekf9l la

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Girls experience a waken ing to lyfe Looking back and yet forward, the old and new merged in Neo-Renaissance Week. Each day announcements by S. Charlotte brought something different. Kites flew, cameras flashed and amateur artists, whether student or teacher, dabbled at the Paint Inv. The dramatists staged plays. Film specials such as Donald in Mathmagic Land and one on haikus. were noon-time treats. Verbum members also sold photos. Art students displayed their macrame and pottery while a special show exhibited the talents of their teachers, Miss Buechner and S. Charlotte. Concert Collage, I and II, on Wednesday and Thursday nights, gave the musically inclined their chance at possible fame. The experience of being re-born or awakened to all aspects of life was felt by everyone. 4, W Neo-Renaissance Week in became a part of the past that would always have a place in the present. rs... TOP: Two art students display their Neo- Renaissance banners in the main hall. CENTER LEFT: Gigi Ellingwood puckers up and gets down to work on her hot lips sketch, while Laura Stokes picks a new color. CENTER RIGHT: Winner of the best de- signed kite, Mary Sturm, shows off her proud beauty. Up, up and away with Archbishop Murray! RIGHT: Mr. Borsheim has an audience while painting his multi-colored sketch. 90fNeo-Renaissance Week I .. ,at J' x f 4 x as HX 2,1 . ,PS x K ,-

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'Really great' is the wora' for AMM'sj7rst Faire Day Faire Day, the culminating point of a week of re-birth, began what may be a new tradition. A presentation by the Minnesota Dance Company opened the festival. Under sparkling skies, scattered booths sold handicrafts, international delicacies and petitioned for POW's welfare. Girls feasted on French cinnamon puffs, ice cream, pizza, tacos Girls gambled away their pennies at Math Bingo in the cafeteria while choirs serenaded outside. Dramatists portrayed 'sWinnie-the-Poohw and English classes acted out ballads. In keeping with the theme of re-birth, an outdoor Mass celebration closed Faire Day activities. AMM joyously celebrated life and Home Ec pastries. In the Neo-Renaissance spirit, a number of sisters attended garbed in pre-Vatican II habits. with girls dancing the offertory and big, bright balloons reaching for the sky. ..it455.4f.,. 1 , ABOVE: Led by Carrie Cardinal, these modern dances performed for AMM on Neo-Renais- sance Faire Day. The main attraction was their dance to the song Classical Gas during the Mass held on that day. Even strong winds couldn't discourage the dancers. CENTER: Mary Riley takes a firm hand over her booth. Mary was selling plastic flowers of all shapes and sizes to anyone who had the money to buy one, while Pat Keiffer chips in. RIGHT: Mary Clare Stejskal sells her wares, otherwise known as pizza. Whether they had pizza back in the Renaissance period or not we'll never know. But we had it! 92f Faire Day wi. t a at '