Bishop McGuinness High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Helpers Jane Burke and Susie Costello are busy setting up show-window displays, while other Art 'I students work on lettering Artists Continue Creation his year art students learned many new and interesting facts under the dir- ection of Sister Mary Stephen, O.S.U. They were taught that art is essential to the whole range of man's industry and that it is fundamentally constructive and creative. It is the faculty of producing a new crea- ture, an original, capable in its turn of moving a human soul. The artist is an associate of God in the making of works of beauty. Artistic creation does not copy Gods creation, but continues it. The aspiring artists used numerous media in creating this year. Collage, rub- ber stamp design, tempera, scratchboard, pencil, pen and ink drawings, pastel, and watercolor were a few of these. They also studied the masters of art and their crea- tions from different periods in history. An important element the students learned was using their free time in a profitable way. This knowledge can be Carried with them out into the world and be put to use in an advantageous manner. Singing along with Sister Salome, chorus director, are these first hour freshman and senior choristers getting tuned up on Climb Every Mountain from The Sound of Music. This was one of the selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein productions which set the theme For McGuinness' second annual choral day held in March. Five other choruses participated. 28

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Wi- bn m - M., il Future iournalist are busily proof reading the galley for the next issue of the Chi Rhoan. In the foreground are Becky McCarthy, Gloria Rubac, Sidonie Stepson, and Stephanie Monson. Journalists Voice MHS News he rapid clatter of a typewriter, the frantic rush of harried reporters trying to meet the deadline, the smell of the newspaper fresh from the press- sounds exciting? Sure it doesg but this is far from all that goes into the twice-monthly publication of the Chi Rhoanf' the voice of McGuinness. The learning reporters and tri-editors Diane Bartlebaugh, Mary Borelli, and Sharyn Mack under the supervision of Mrs. Ann Teague, staff supervisor and instructor, poured sweat and soul into publication, trying to present it as the truthful, living record of McGuinness life. The responsibility of the paper is alternated by the fifth and sixth hour journalism classes. Along with the credit for publication goes the difficult, dirty work of copy reading, headline writing, proof- reading, and, of course, the folding of more than 800 issues, And just when the class thinks the papers in bed, itis time to start work on the next issue. Mrs. Teague's sixth hour iournalism class scan their latest issue of the Chi Rhoan.

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,, W K... X Rita Dowling Charles Biscoe Robert Vann Norma Boyer hould a wandering student happen to venture down a little corridor by the auditorium, he would be in for a delightful surprise. Behind the heavy double doors of Room 30 resides the Music Department of McGuinness High. Rodgers, Hammerstein, breath control, and enuncia- tion are familiar words to the students under Sister Salomes expert guidance. Almost all scores are learned in four-part harmony, and this is only the beginning. Students learn to pronounce each word in exagger- ated tones, where and when to take breaths, and how to listen to others to keep pitch. It is obvious that work goes on in the Music De- partment and the result is choral productionswith a professional air. The Christmas Contata, for example, was the dra- matic sung story of the life of Christ, featuring soloists and the entire chorus. Much can be said, too, for a stunning performance of Cinderella The final 'musical event' of the year was the Rodgers and Hammerstein choral day which was hosted by the McGuinness chorus students. This program featured selections by individual guest schools and, at times, the entire group. Choristers Sing and Sing