Cecilian Academy - Signet Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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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UPU WHIEH THE JU IUHS . .. The girls ol lhe Junior Class acguire a leel- ing ol new superiorily as lhey look forward lo being lhe seniors of nexl year, while lhey lake lheir places as lhe righl hand men ol lhe presenl senior class. Roslers are a lillle dillerenl lor lhem lhis year since lor lhe lirsl lime lhey are divided in classes. Some chose lo pursue l.alin and French lor anolher year, while olhers decided lo enler lhe European l-lislory and Spanish classes, Sec- ond year Algebra allracled many, while a lew delved inlo lhe sludy ol Economics. Slandard lor all were lhe courses in Religion, American l-lislory, and English. Two members ol lhe Sludenl Council, Anne Dully and Joann Ansman, were chosen lrom lhe iuniors lo acl as advisors. These compelenl girls see lhal necessary discipline is enlorced. As class ollicers, lvlary Lou Delaney was elecled class presidenl, and Belly l-lamillon was awarded lhe lruslworlhy ollice ol class lreasurer. For lhe lirsl lime, lhe iuniors made lhe Chrisl- mas visil lo lhe Sacred l'learl Cancer l-lome and helped in lhe delivering ol lhe gills and lhe singing ol lhe carols, The visil served as an in- cenlive lor lhem lo be even more lhanklul lor lhe privileges lhey possess. This year broughl lhree new members lo our classeblancy Leyburn, lrom Lower Merion l-ligh School, Maria Swan, lrom Sl. Ivlarys Academy, and Calherine Filzgerald, lrom Sl, Vincenl s an nex, Lillle Flower High School. One member ol lasl yearis class, l-lelene Alexander, lell lo al- lend Sl. Marys Academy. Nancy Leyburn and Calherine Filzgerald played enlhusiaslically on lhe baslcelball leam and showed lheir line itiofq ' u ! ln lhis informal group, lhe Junior C'ass is busily engaged Nalions and has explained il lhoroughly, describing lhe in a discussion of Thai all-imporlanl lopic, lhe Uniled funclion, members, and symbol. Belly HamiI+an reads Nalions. Each girl has lalren one organ ol ll-me Uniled as The other members of Tha hislory group lislen, 7

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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.