Cecilian Academy - Signet Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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- iw 1 umm, 5 Vw.: 5511 Above: Members of ihe Music deparfmenf enioying ihe new Philco radio recording machine. Here Marilyn Granahan discusses a record wi+h Berenice Casey. Mary MUSIC HA H ITS One of The ouisfanding culiural advaniages ai Cecilian is The music deparhnenix Several limes during The year The members have a reciial in which each child displays fi Margarei Egan places a record on The machine while Marie Horgan selecis her iavoriie from The album Frances Dolan is holding. EH!-TH S... her ialeni ai The piano. This is an inceniive io The music pupil. Two of our accomplished musicians are Teresa and lrene Canusc.

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EIWEH ME T HY THE ST HE T EDU EIL A culTivaTed inTellecT, a delicaTe TasTe, a candid equiTable dispassionaTe mind, a noble and courTeous bearing in The conducT oT liTe. These Tamous words oT The greaT Cardinal Neu- mann sum up The general aims oT The Cecilian Academy. They are, likewise, in keeping wiTh The TradiTions upheld by The STudenT Govern- menT. This governmenT is an associaTion headed by elecTed oTTicers and advisors Trom each home room, ln This manner The sTudenTs are able To voice Their opinions in maTTers concerning The governing laws. AT The insTallaTion oT oTTicers, The rules are read beTore The enTire sTudenT body. These rules are composed by The oTTicers and The wise TaculTy, This meThod oT govern- menT by The sTudenTs has a greaT advanTage. lT gives These sTudenTs a sTreak oT conTidence ThaT enables Them To keep The banners and The spiriT STudenT Advisors checking on The rules before having a meeTing wifh officers. SeaTed: ElizabeTh Meyer, Barbara Schaeffer. Siandingz Anne, Jeanne, Joanne, and Pafricia oT The school soaring high. Each and every oTTicer on The board has an individual posiTion. The presidenT presides over' The meeTings boTh OT The enTire sTudenT body and The governing body. ln leave oT absence oT The presidenT, The vice-presidenT may resume The duTies oT The presidenT, During The meeTings, The secreTary musT Take The minuTes and read Them aT The nexT meeTing. She musT Take care oT all correspondence in regard To The Council. The Treasurer has charge oT collecTing The Tines. lT a sTudenT violaTes any oT The laws perTaining To The school a Tine is imposed. DeTenTions are held weekly by an oTTicer wiTh The assisTance oT an advisor Trom a lower class. IT is The duTy oT The advisors To keep order in Their respecTive home rooms and To reporT any misdemeanor To The oTTicer. STudenT OFficers: Mary Friel, presidenh PaTricia Fifz- gerald, vice-presideni, Na+alie SmiTh, secreTary and Car- mela Pascuui, Treasurer, reading The proceedings.

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X if? it Graclualion! Former graclualion pic+ures hold a cer+ain lascinalion for Theresa Kenny and Nance Reinharl as lhey compare dresses and bouquels. This piclure gallery of Cecilian graduales is a popular and well-lhumbed bool! especially as gradualion lime nears. Marianne Somers circles lhe dale, June first, which will mark +he commencemenl exercises of fhe class ol I947 al lhe Bellevue Slralford Holel. 35