Dominican College of San Rafael - Firebrand Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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MARIE VERONICA TAYLOR major: history minors: mathematics, education President Day Students, ' 47 I. R. C. Gamma Sigma

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EVA TAVERNA EVA is most at home in riding clothes, and happiest when riding her two thoroughbreds, Wikid Storm and Tank Corps. She wins blue ribbons consistently, and usually places first for jumping in horse shows. An easy person to know and talk to, she never seems to lose her temper, unless it is when some unfortunate person opines that horses are not intelligent; nothing is so certain to incur her wrath. A sociable person and always appreciative of a good joke, at which she laughs heartily, she is nevertheless impatient at any noise when she is trying to concen- trate. An excellent pianist, she has been during the past year an enthusiastic and capable President of the Music Club. She has found her practice teaching in- teresting and enjoyable. Apparently she has as much skill in managing children as horses. 63

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MARIE VERONICA TAYLOR f ARIE ' S most notable trait is her change of ex- 11 pression, without transition, from preternatural seriousness to a human, humorous smile. She concen- trates when the business is serious but she can relax. The concentration is fruitful but one suspects that she does not take her splendid record too seriously. For her, classroom material serves merely as food for reflection. Marie often remarks her preference for mathematics because its conclusions are certain . I might quote an eminent authority on that; he con- cedes that there are indefinables ... in applied mathe- matics; it might possibly be shown that Euclid ' s axioms are false. Marie has competence, evident when she gives a report at an I.R.C. meeting or a welcoming address to new Honor Society members. Her immediate future is to be spent in an elementary classroom; one is gratefully certain that at least one group of children in this sad era will be excellently taught. 65