Cecilian Academy - Signet Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE A ,.V, 0,- ,-New Tricia Hills and Louise Burgoyne wifh arT ediTor, Bobbie Morris. Many oT The splendid conTribu- Tions To The liTerary ediTion came from This class. GreaT inTeresT in currenT hisTory has been aroused in The members oi The American His- Tory class by Their parTicipaTion in meeTinqs oT local organizaTions. The CaTholic STudenT Forum was inauguraTed in The beginning oT The loresenT school year aT The requesT of The Reverend Edward Reilly, Su- perinTendenT of The schools of Philadelphia, lT has been mosT beneficial in presenTing The CaTh- ,.. Peggy Jo Richey. Joanne Ansman, Ther- esa Chieffalo, Connie Heelrin and Joan McLaughlin por+ray The Spanish cus- Torn, La Posada, commemorafing The search of Mary and Joseph for shelTer. The play helped The sTudenT assembly fo undersfand belfer The cusforns ol The Spanish Chrisimas. Pidured are our Two prize-winning Laiin sfudenfs, Mary Lou Delaney and Louise Burgoyne. Louise received firsT prize while Mary Lou received firsf honorable meniion for iheir Lafin Week essays- Lafin in Modern Adverfisemenfn. Bofh girls deserve commendafion. olic viewpoinT on viTal subiecTs and promises To do much in developing TuTure ciTizens who will be able To cope wiTh predicTed siTuaTions. Twice Nancy O Donnel was chosen as a sTu- denT leader in The meeTinqs oT The Foreign Policy AssociaTion held aT The Bellevue-STraT- ford HoTel. LaTin Tame came To The iunior class as a re- sulT oT The LaTin Weelc essay conTesT, FirsT prize was awarded Louise Burgoyne, while TirsT Honorable MenTion was accorded Mary Lou Delaney. Over live hundred schools parTici- paTed.

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BLE ll WELL IIHIJSE IIIJLUHS sporTsmanship and deTT playing in several oT The games. Maria Swan's voice is an added glory To Cecilian. GTher members oT The iunior class who helped Cecilian To baskeTball Tame This year were Bob- bie Morris, guard, and Anne DuTTy, Torward. Too, menTion musT be made oT Joanne Ansman, Con- nie l-leekin and PaTricia Shields. Cheerleaders Ann Monaghan and Terry Curcio deserve The palm. February I4Th, ValenTine's Day, will be a long-cherished daTe in The iuniors' minds. ST. ValenTine broughT Them Their mosT longed-Tor high school possessions-class rings. As MoTher ST. Ursula placed The ring on each girls Tinger, she complimenTed and spoke a Tew words To L. To R. BoTTom row: BernadeTTe O'Brien, Connie Heekin, Anne Duffy, Joann Ansman, Joan Callan, Nancy Leyburn. Second row: Pafricia Hills, Marilyn Granahan, Jeanne Thum, Theresa Curcio, Mary Broderick, BeTTy Hamilfon, CaTherine FiTzgerald. Third row: Ann Monaghan, Theresa her. Junior Week, a musT on The year's calendar, is enjoyed by all. Perhaps The mosT delighTTul phase oT The week is-no homework, no lessons To sTudy. Who wouldn'T wanT To celebraTe Junior Week? ParTies, Town, movies, dinners. weenie roasTs make up The week's acTiviTies. May Day This year boas+s oT Two juniors Tor leads in The opereTTa, MarTha. Louise Burgoyne and BeTTy l-lamilTon hold The Torch high wiTh Their delighTTul singing. Likewise, PaTricia Shields and Maria Swan have imporTanT roles. MenTion musT be given To Marilyn Granahan, our accompanisT. Members oT The SigneT STaTT Trom The iunior class are liTerary ediTors, Nancy O'Donnel, Pa- Chieffalo, Gerfrucle Dolan, Peggy Richey, Mary Devlin, Maria Swan, PaTricia Shields. Top row: Mary Delaney, Mildred Hemberger, JaneT O'Donnell, Nancy O'Donnel, Barbara Morris, Louise Burgoyne.

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Joan Scherer direcfs The Lafin play The Slave Girl as The Tamily Joan Canavin, Joan Lufher, and Jeanne Rab- biTT discover Through Bunny Hadden Their daugh+er, Claire Cisario. SIJPHIIMUHES The sophomore class This year can boasT oT being The largesT class. ln SepTeml:Jer, Mary McGill leTT To enTer Mercy Academy, while Joan Manning came To Cecilian Trom Mercy Acad- emy. In March, Theresa Morris came To us from PiTTsTon. No longer The younqesT in The school, The sophomores acquire ThaT digniTy and sophis- TicaTion ThaT go wiTh The upperclassmen. Whole- hearTeclly They sponsored The iniTiaTion TesTivi4 Ties on Hailoweien which were enjoyed by The enTire sTudenT body. LaTin Week saw The sophomores parTicipaTe in The many acTiviTies sponsored by The Classical SocieTy. They performed especially well in Their LaTin dramaTizaTion. Those who Took parTs were Jeanne RabbiTT, Alice Hadden, Claire Cisario, Joan LuTher, Joan Canavin, Anne Connor, Mari- l::eTh Sosna and direcTor, Joan Scherer. Biology sfudenis are Marie Lyons, Grace Scally, Joan Sfrenlr, Barbara Luke, Florence Barr. Agnes Gerdelman, Jane Gavaghan, Joan Gaffney, Geraldine Whifeheacl, Joan Manning, Yvonne Turchi. In The background are Alma Friel, Mary McErlean and Mary Cornely.