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

Text from Pages 1 - 192 of the 1969 volume:

W 'f Q5 md? l W W 'PHE' FIREBRAND 1hmi.ves.h its name from Dom-ihicah hemhlryl. The mother 'Sdirw,Dominichdreanmeeh that she gave hirfh notto th-rchihl, huz?no+1crclbfg'f-wdiflht fwhh. a flaming horfch chvried hihits mozhh set hre no the Jworhh Thlzzwytlze dag with the torch came to gy-rhhvlizeYthevh1ui'hing zeal' Saint Dominic. The .leigench Verhas' FIM? flhrhkms- T1flhh zz Burning B1'hhfh7, -Q exerhplihes.th,e .Dominican spirit of purswh andhdhissem4iruhivr1, tlflhthgh 1 h U16 Hrebrzzud DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF SAN RAF I K I MCMLXIX The Senior Class dedicates the 1969 FIREBRAND to SISTER PATRICK zflb' Wrebraud Editor .................. Associate Editor ..... Art Editor ............ Business Manager ....... Stephanie Barhoni Kathleen Bestor Kaye Bryans Helen Buxton Christine Collins Kathryn Descalso Paulette F1-aire Peggy Glockner Katherine Kirkovics STAFF ........LE1ll1'iC Lynch Mary Lou Bordoni .........Kathleen Gnekow .........Kathleen McNulty Nancy Krieg Jeanette Meecke Ellen Mintz Mary Pat Mohr Stephanie Parenti Elizabeth Ryan Bernice Spencer Suzanne Stella ILLUSTRATIONS Page Ex Libris- Kathleen Cnekow, Marian Kemberling Inside Cover San Francisco-Kathryn Descalso ..... 8 Windblown-Sister M. Joachim, S.1VI. . . 154-155 Horse-Linda Savage ...... . . 158 Face-Susan Sheppard . . . 162 Tree-Leni Lieberman . . 1644 Square-Bonnie Wmldtta . . 167 Puppy-Helen Buxton . . 169 Flowerpot-Rosalind McGrath . . 170 Family-Kaye Bryans . . . 172 Flowers-Virginia Smoot. . . 168 CONTENTS Editorial . . Senior Sketches .... 1968-lVIa1'y Lou Bordoni . Offering-Catherine Weiss . . . Once A Year-E. Rhonda Jeniiings . . Essential-John J. Savant . Sister Thomas-Ellen Mintz ..... Drezun-Poem-lVlary Prentice Lillie Barrows From Dominic to Alcott-Suzanne Stella . Plea-Catherine Weiss ...... Running-Catherine Weiss ..... The Lost and Found-Mary Kay Speakman Flight-Cynthia Mobraaten .... Berlranrl 1965- A Happy lVlemory-Suzanne Stella . Page 9 14 152 157 158 163 165 167 168 171 171 173 174 175 . ... V ' VI' I -7 .-Wir' 1 . ZH, . I. -iw' . W ., .Q :A X ' wp f I 1 ,- 31... -,'.I , - . if-17-.4 -Q 49 lu , 9, A jv ,Q ,v A .,,. .. .. 'f-. ',' .-Ai., . gg. ,sn fl 5 if-, 172' EDITORIAL Dominican College is ivory tower . . . an escapist society . . . totally cut oii from the reality of the world . . . isolated in a small community. Four accusations which are very common, very over-stated, but definitely not new. When you think about it, no situation is really new, what is new are those people who face the old situa- tion forthe first time. Consequently, it is not surprising to find these same accusations directed at Oxford University by a student-and argued by a college professor-both in the l930's. The name of the student is incidental, the name of the professor is pertinent: J. R. R. Tolkien, who has in the last few years been udiscovered by college students everywhere, primarily by way of the Hobbit and the Ring trilogy. In the l93O's, Tolkien commented: Not long ago-incredible although it may seem-I heard a clerk at Oxenford declare that he welcomed the proximity of mass-production robot factories, and the roar of self-obstructive mechanical traffic, because it brought his university into con- tact with real life. He may have meant that the way men were living and working in the twentieth century w-as increasing in barbarity at an alarming rate, and that the loud demonstration of this in the streets of Oxford might serve as a warning that it is not possible to preserve for long an oasis of sanity in a desert of unreason by mere fences, without -actual oiiensive action tpractical and intellectuall. l fear he did not. In any case, the expression real life in this context seems to fall short of aca- demic standards. The notion that motor-cars are more alive', than, say centaurs or dragons is curious, that they are more real than, say, horses is pathetically absurd. How real, how startlingly alive is a factory chimney compared with an elm-tree: poor obsolete thing, insubsitantial dream of an escapist. -J. R. R. Tolkien, Tree and Leaf. 9 Hfieal Life -these are Tolkien's key words. Just what is real?, he is asking. Is an automobile any more real than an elm-tree? ls something real just because it is ugly, just because it is new? It has been inferred by some that we at a small women's college are leading a fairy-tale life, a life which is, in today's jargon, Mont of itf' In an age when San Francisco State and Cal are surrounded by pickets and demonstrators and violence, Dominican is surrounded by trees, and grass, and peace. But are pick- ets any more real than trees? Is violence any more real than peace? The search for reality goes yet deeper-into education itself. The humanities too are accused of being irrelevant and passe, while the social and natural sciences, it is said, equip us to cope with society. This utilitarian philosophy is concomitant with the philosophy of those who find it necessary to be surrounded by all the udiscoveries', ofthe modern world in order to lead a relevant life. And yet, why should more emphasis be placed on the writings of todayls psychologists and social scientists than on the words of Homer and Aristotle? Universality is an im- portant Word to the argument for the humanities. If edu- cation is taken to be the search for truth and for the im- provement of man land if it is not taken this way it is because it has in the past years been forced into a very mechanical patternj , it seems to make sense that we profit from what other men have said on tmth and humanity, and build on what they have said, rather than throw it out in favor of only that which is written in our colloquial tongue, referring only to our individual, idiosyncratic qualities. I0 The humanist Douglas Bush remarked in a recent essay that HAdl'lIll1lStl'3l.Ol'S are commonly said to prize the solid and tangible virtues of the natural and social sciences and to look upon the humanities as a nice luxury for the carriage trade. He argues that the humanities are not luxury, but a practical necessity if men and women are to become fully human.', Bush adds that the humani- ties suffer since one cannot show by a graph their positive influence on a student, because 'tthe experience of litera- ture is an individual experience, and nothing that is really important can be measured. Each of us in the senior class has been given the ex- perience of literature. In an age where the major com- plaints against education have been that it is too umech- anizedw and loo ucomputerized, we have been given small classes and personal attention. In a World fighting to retain the concept ofthe individual, we have been treat- cd as individual students. It strikes me as sad that so many small liberal arts colleges are being forced to fight lor their existence when in many instances students are searching for exactly the education these colleges offer. All people are not the sameg likewise all colleges are not the same. Dominican is not Berkeley, nor does it try to be. Berkeley has things Dominican does not-that is an oft-repeated point. But what is not so repeated-Domini can has things Berkeley does not. And this is what must be realized. ,lust because our education is concentrated on something old-the thoughts, writings, music, art, and history of thousands of years-does not mean we are re- ceiving an old-fashioned, and 'tunrealistic'l education. In Jonathan Swift's Cullivefs Travels, Gulliver visits the city of Lagado, which is greatly influenced hy an Academy of Projectors. Gulliver is surprised to find the houses and the people in rather ragged conditions. It is explained to him that the uPI'0j6Cll01'S7, spend all their time developing Knew schemes for building, planting, etc., and at the same time disregard past achievements, assured that what is new is best, seeking novelty for the sake of novelty. The one man, Count lVlunodi, who has held out against the new methods and continued to rely on tradition, is the one man whose land and home retain prosperity and beauty. Dominican College is not a 'cpoor ohsolete thing, in- substantial dream of an escapistf' Rather it is a real place, full of people like Count Munodi-people who build on the old, adding what is new to the hest ofthe old, and thus steadily progressing from a solid foundation. Which is more real-the writings of men which have survived the ages, or the latest book analyzing our c'sick society? Which is more real-a picket shouting for free- dom, demanding that all else be destroyed until this free- dom is giveng or a tree, which slowly, hut surely grows, quietly exercising its freedom, and quietly preserving thatfreedom? L.A..L. I2 THE CLASS OF 1969 .Y , 'isa' MARY ANN BANNAN South Pasadena, California MAJOR! ENGLISH MINOR! ITALIAN December 1968 Graduate Attended Loyola University of Chicago, Rome Campus '67 F irebrand Staff '68 Gamma Sigma Community Service '68 Pennafort Secretary-Treasurer '68 Irish Club '65, '66, '67, '68 Carillon Staff '66 MARY ANN BANNAN Mary Ann challenges herself and her world. With Ugo Betti she believes that God has intentionally made us, not docile, for that He should find us useless . . . but dif- ferent from Himself and a little too proud . . . so that we may . . . stand against Him, thwart Him, amaze Him . . f' She will never be bored, will never fall prey to uhousewives' depressionf, for that would be both docile and useless. Success is her goal, and the supreme satis- faction of showing everyone is her forthright-not de- fiant-intent. Mary Ann shares much with St. Paul. Both see the World as the manifestation of God and, in the manner of St. Paul, Mary Ann relates her journeys matter-of-factly, for the experiences are astonishing in themselves. Fasci- nated by the past, Mary Ann spent a year studying in Europe, learning from the treasures of human civiliza- tion. The temple of Delphi, La Alhambra, and Mont St. Michel all attracted her equally. St. Paul's shipwrecks are rendered bland as Mary Ann describes being thrown into the Fountain of Trevi, or nearly being killed by the Mafia. While Mary Ann fancies herself a Don Quixote, she ac- cepts her Crusader Rabbit self. She will shock people, amaze people, and always profoundly stir them, and if she has her way, she will do it through her writing, whether it he her family history or uthe great American novel. I5 .sl STEPHANIE MARIE BARBONI Class President '69 Executive Board '69 Edgehill House Chairm Meadowlark Staff '68 Firebrand Art Staff '69 Petaluma, California MAJOR! ART MINOR! PSYCHOLOGY Community Service '67, '68 Special Events Committee '67, '68, '69 an '67 Publicity Committee '67, '68 International Students Club '66, '67, '68, '69 Italian Club '68 STEPHANIE BARBONI A delightful humor that is pleased to spring from Hicks Valley identifies itself in the whimsical comments and charmingly fresh antics of Stephanie. If life is continually entertaining, so is Steph, who approaches the world as an artist, with a kaleidoscope imagination and a facility for its expression. Steph's life is as colorful as Takahashi- full of flowers, warmth, brightness, and especially the new and the unusual. She refuses to be identified as a 5'type of person, and in turn does not shove others into ready- made roles. Every person must show his individuality as a human person, must do exactly as he feels, must make people appreciate him for his own talents, not because he is a member of a certain group. Steph's sensitivity draws her not only to people, but to nature as well. An excellent horsewoman, she might ride her mare Pixie for hours in the solitude of familiar hills, but she will eagerly return, anticipating the greetings and warmth of her family. Steph is gentle in voice and manner, but her gentleness does not mean pliability. She is not one to he led by others. Her capacity for activity is measured in hard work. Whether it be long hours in the Brown House or the short minutes finishing up decorations before a dance, she is there working as hard as she can. Steph makes it possible for others to enjoy the kind of life she loves- unknown to them, they are in her debt. I7 BARBARA MARY BARRY San Jose, California MAJOR: HISTORY MINOR: ART HISTORY Class Vice President '67 I . 1 C1 b ,66 Social Committee '67 U5 1 U . , Community Service 167 Drama Productions 66 BARBARA BARRY She hides her face behind long falling dark hair. Al- though embarrassed easily, Barbara can quickly regain her equilibrium by laughing and shrugging. The world with its antics will rarely find her depressed, so aware is she of the transience of any emotion or the ultimate un- importance of any event. She forgets continually, but her easy-going attitude assures all observers that it's of no consequence. Routines and rules had better avoid her path or cross it only at their own risk because Barbara would never attempt to keep track of something which she didn't consider important. Caring about people but never things, Barbara is sincere in direct confrontation, but her good intentions fade with time as she allows herself to overlook obligations for as long as possible, while still feeling guilty about the neg- ligence. People can have a decisive influence on her when they are present, but when they go her attention turns to a more immediate reality. The present is her world. She faces the future when it is the present and leaves the past for others. As easily swayed by an opinion as by a logical argument, she is eager to agree with someone she likes- most pleased if he is correct, and overlooking it if he is not. She is open-minded, enjoying the offbeat, and others who find most restrictions silly. I9 KATHLEEN ANNE BESTOR Eureka, California MAJOR: HISTORY MINOR: ENGLISH Firebrand Staff '69 Music Club '66 Community Service '66, '67, '68 Troupers '66, '67 Irish Club '69 Drama Productions '66, '68 KASS BESTOR As familiar as chairs, tables, cards and hair-dryers, Kass is a comfortable fixture of the North Wing smoke- room. She checks in no matter where shels on her way to or coming from-to trade news about old friends and their new babies, or to commiserate about classes and ill- functioning cars fher's is probably the 'gsickestfj At the earliest possible hour Kass dons her robe and begins the long p.m. siege. She can be an enthusiastic hostess fora smokeroom picnic one moment, and a mother nursing a friend through a cold or broken heart the next. There is a real sisterhood, a life-style common to the North Wing seniors and Kass sets this tone. She con- tributes the identifying marks-a phrase, a manner of speaking, even the Rod lVIcKuen philosophy of hurt and happiness. Kass is unselfish with her friends-rejoicing or sor- rowing with them. She is eager to be consulted on a new diet, where to go for dinner, or the style of a wedding dress. Although she is not a leader she creates an atmo- sphere and cohesiveness in her own group. Perhaps she will he most successful as an individual because she has been so completely a part of others. 2I MARY LOUISE BORDONI Vallejo, California MAJORZ HISTORY MINOR! ENGLISH Class Secretary '68 Meadowlark Associate Editor '68 F irebrand Associate Editor '69 Community Service '67, '68, '69 Keys '69 Schola '68 Spanish Club '66 Troupers '67 Young Republica IIS MARY LOU BORDONI Observant and sensitive, there is very little about peo- ple and the world that escapes Mary Lou's explorative vision. However, it should be noted that her sense of ob- servation fails her when it involves catching a joke on herself I A good sport, she does not hesitate to tell people that she is often tormented hy had horrible friends. She is quick to forgive, but she forgets little: an asset or a fault, it would be hard to say which. Moved by ideals, her actions are grounded in hard cold reality, they derive from a practical mind which gives a deliberate and precise bent to everything she does, whether it be making the best orange juice that Caleruega has ever served, devouring her Washington Post on a quiet Friday afternoon, or buying one more pair of Huncol- legiaten brown shoes-for next year Hwhen l'm working in the world. Mary Lou's character is shown in her writing-pre- cise . . . carefully thought out . . . perceptive . . . but a style all her own. There is just enough disregard for the definition of a sentence f Mary Lou doesn't always believe in a complete thought with subject and predicatej, to show her rather subtle break with convention. Mary Lou will argue for hours that she is not different, that she does not demand great things from life. But those who know her well disagree. She will never be flamboyantly differ- ent, but neither is she the type to marry the 'Choy next door. In her quiet manner, Mary Lou will find an Hun- ordinary niche in life. Or maybe it will find her. 23 CAROL LYNN BRUN S San Rafael, California MAJOR: SOCIOLOGY MINOR: PSYCHOLOGY Transferred from City College of San Francisco '67 CAROL BRUNS If a photographer wanted a good action', picture of Carol, he'd catch her bouncing down Guzmanis hall with one hand in her pocket, the other clutching her books, her blue eyes sparkling, and her face flushed. Blushing is her most outstanding physical characteristic. But, as Father Blank says, it's fun to tease someone who can laugh about it, and Carol has always been one of his chief targets. Her dry humor and good nature act as a magnet which attracts friends from every group in her class. There is never a party to which Carol is not invited. She gives not only her presenceg she works hard at contributing fun. In real-life situations, however, she is more apt to make game of earnestg in a crisis, she adds laughter and comic relief. Carol has an artist's eye for the beautiful. An amateur photographer, she is often seen stalking uthe essencev of the campus and snapping scenes typical and out-of-the way. The carefree side of her artistic nature is reflected in her attitude towards appointments or deadlines-cow stantly, she is apologizing for -not being in the right place at the right time. Somewhere Carol has a hidden source of self-discipline which enabled her to juggle 19 units and a correspondence course during her last semester. There is too a touch of the perfectionist. She is perhaps the only person i11 the history of Ethics who stops taking notes when Father Blank shifts into high gear-a messy page would to Carol he anathema. 25 - L KAYE ELLEN BRYAN S Casper, Wyoming MAJOR: ART HISTORY MINOR: HISTORY Student Affairs Board '67, '68 F irebrand Staff '69 Community Service '67 KAYE BRYANS The gracefulness of a newborn colt is caught in a slen- der form that stumbles and laughs-delighted that she's still a little girl, in jumper and knee-sox. A vulnerability, revealed in soft eyes caught unaware, attests to an open and romantic spirit, ,captivated by love-in theory or reality. When the occasion or her mood warrants, Kaye ap- pears elegant and stunning, attracting stares which she appreciates and dismisses. Pleased by an atmosphere which compliments her femininity, she responds with de- light to the manner of an older gentleman, or to a gather- ing of her parents' friends. Her aura of sophistication, however, is likely to be dispelled by a most incongruous faux pas, made acceptable by the charm of a deep blush. Never pretending to be perfect, Kaye tells the story later with convulsed laughter and the admission that only I could do it. 97 Bursting with pride at the mention of Wyoming, Kaye retains a flavor of the West in her natural and adventure- some spirit. Sensitive to her surroundings, she appreci- ates a lush Marin spring as well as the starkness of a Wy- oming Winter. This same awareness, combined with an easy creativity and taste for the unusual, is marked in her room, her appearance, and her ability to notice in others features which are not detected visually. Kaye unknowing bypasses the superficial in an awareness of essence which enables her to communicate graciously and sincerely. 27 FREDERICA TOWNSEND BUEL Sun Francisco, California MAJUR: 111sToRY Mmon: SOCIOLOGY December 1968 Graduate Carillon Stuff '65 W , , 5 Ccmmunily Service '65, '66, '68 21511, 68 hush Club 65,, 66, 68 Spanish Club ,65, ,66 Llterary Club 65 FREDDY BUEL Tall and lanky with a definite lope to her gait, Freddy is at once an easy and a demanding person to know. She embraces any new experience with enthusiasm, and laughs easilyg whispered conversations in the reference section of the library often erupt into hysteria, but Freddy's pok- erfaced expression will never belie the source. Freddy en- joys conversations that reveal and require a thorough reading of the daily paper. She is not impatient with ig- noranceg she just can't understand it. A very 'Lcampn life-style, but not just limited to the avant-gardeg her friends and interests are global. Travel seems the most natural supplement to her formal educa- tion, perhaps culminating with seminars on oriental art on the dark side ofthe moon. She has a wide and thorough correspondence, and even second-hand her knowledge of the worldis peculiarities has a definite Buel-inte1'preta- tion. Freddy has too much warmth fora blase sophisticate. A genuine respect for learning-all kinds-gives depth to her wide interests. She can chat with anyone about any- thing, for a while. And if the subject intrigues her, in a week sheill be prepared for a real conversation. Per- sonality history is F1'eddy's forte-she probably dreams of having Catherine the Great, Madame de Pompadour, and William F. Buckley over to dinner. 29 HELEN EILEEN BUXTON Ukiuh, California MAJ ok: ART MINOR: SOCIOLOGY Social Committee '67, '68 Irish Club '67, '68, '69 Fanjeaux House Chairman '67 President '69 Community Service '67 Secretary '67, '68 SN OOK BUXTON Snook's life is a satisfying balance between discontent and complacency. Add to this her belief that laughter is indeed athe best medicine and one soon finds that depres- sion rarely survives in an environment that includes Snook. Snook has the country girlis philosophy of early to bed, early to rise -this to the dismay of her roommate and bathmates who find her c'gentle voice an intrusion on their only morning to sleep in. But she hangs her head in genuine regret, says 'cl been bad, and almost at once is forgiven. Her plans often contain more madness than method but always result in pure fun. One such 'gmadv moment gave San Francisco another Miss Shamrock from Dominican. Although very much in the center of things she has a dif- ferent and candid perspective, she reacts with others like a squirt of carbonation. Snook's imagination and her re- ality are expressed in a splash of primary colors-basic, open, without guile or deception and consistently bright and optimistic. Her tall, loose frame speaks of the relaxed, comfortable attitude that draws people to her. This pied piper's charm is her spontaneity. With seemingly little effort she makes her presence known and enjoyed, for she is as unique as her name. Wherever Snook is, her mood is felt, and wherever she has been, she will be remembered. 3l SUSAN KATHLEEN CLIFFORD Boise, Idaho MAJOR: SOCIAL SCIENCES MINUR: ART HISTORY Community Service '66, '67, '68 YUUHS R0IJl1b1iU2mS TIS, '69 Irish Club '67, '68, ,69 Drama Productions '66 SUSIE CLIFFORD Completely feminine with unabashed f1'iendliness, Susie is sure to charm any female and fascinate any man. Children are openly attracted to her and she returns the affection with a delight reserved for things frank and beautiful, of nature and man. Susie,s judgment, though, very often leads her astray. She nourishes a special type of innocence that immedi- ately believes whatever it hears. Sunday-night stories are told with wide eyes to delighted friends - the stories slightly exaggerated, because her perception registers events in capital letters. Her ability to make each individ- ual feel himself the center of her attention wins her many an admirer. But her lack of ability to say uno backs her into situations which end in near-disaster. Susie is extreme-for better or worse. Her little girl charm inspires affection in her friends, because whoever is around her inevitably finds his spirits lifted. After she goes, however, a simmering count to ten may begin when it is discovered that so also went one's best sweater, last pair of nylons, or most vital cosmetic. Seemingly unaware of this extreme test of friendship, Susie later bounces in and goes unreprimanded, her own generosity being the saving grace. Susie extends an unquestioned love, whose whys and whcrefores exist only within her unstructured mind, inexplicable possibly even to herself. 33 CHRISTINE ELLEN COLLINS- San Francisco, Califomia MAJUII: AMERICAN CIVILIZATIUN CONCENTRATION: HISTORY MINOR! ENGLISH ggggjggggig1jfggSUf2f'68 Fifebfandstafffqg C1 as S Treasurer ,69 Ccznnmunityz SCILVICC '67 Executive Board '68 lush Club 67' 69 CHRIS COLLINS Chris is too good natured to hold a grudge. When her Irish temper Hairs, her anger vanishes quickly. Whether keeping books for the student body or keep- ing her room clean, Chris is an organized, tidy person. Her lists are notorious. She likes to see things in their place and has definite opinions as to where those places are. Be it politics or ballet Chris has her own, strong ideas about it. She is inquisitive and willing to pursue her in- terests. A native San Franciscan, she is proud of her city and has become a bit of an authority on the San Fran- cisco of yesterday-its houses and its people. Union Street antique shops are an ideal place to spend a Satur- day afternoon. Practically bent, Chris reasons out problems for her- self and others. While other seniors are caught in the dilemma of what am I going to dof' Chris has known for years-she wa11ts to attend Cal's library school. She seldom states an opinion without reasons to hack it up and is always fair in her decisions. Chris is jolly-ready to laugh anywhere at anytime. She enjoys and radiates lifeg those around her, those who know her are caught up in her happiness. 35 71 .gf YE - it ff 4 LOUISE ANN CORTOPASSI Madera, California MAJOR: HISTORY Mmon: EcoNoM1Cs Gamma Sigma , , 1 F uculty-Student Relations Board '69 Club 769 Pennafort House Council '69 fl-roupers 767 -68 Y69 Community Service '67 Treasurer 368, ,969 German Club 68 Costume Mistress '68, '69 Italian Club '67, '68, '69 -M5 4 A LOUISE CORTOPASSI Louise must have been born on a Friday because like F1'iday's child she is loving and giving? Her heart directs her actions while her head gives balance and wis- dom to her advice and decisions. Typical of this union of heart and head is her idealistic desire to use her theo- retical know-how to solve the problem of economic in- equality among people and nations. Louise feels for every person and in the same manner most admires 'Lpeople who feel. But her genuine empathy is tempered by wise real- ismg Louise is no Pollyanna. Raised according to traditional Italian fashion in the central valley of California, Louise brought to Dominican an appreciation of nature and a raft of Mold Italian stories and expressions. As she talks, Louise's face mir- rors her thoughts and her hands gracefully add emphasis to her speech, especially tales of an Italian homelife. It is easy to picture her at home in the kitchen of a ranch house. Only Louise can turn chicken into chicken caccia- tore or rice into a delicious pilaf-all in the Bolinas kitchen! Louise is devoted to informality and spontaneous fun. A trip to the ocean or to Bolinas is improved by an unex- pected drizzling mist at the moment of sunset. Easy-going and comfortable, Louise appreciates levis and a sweat- shirt, yet her affection for velvet demonstrates her quality of traditional femininity. She is a happy blend of intellect and emotion. 37 SUSAN JEANNETTE CROLFOOT Ukiah, California MAJ on: Am' HISTORY MxNoR: msromf Student Affairs Board '67 1 1 1 1 1 W.A.A. Board Treasurer '67 3I':grg3f'S?:ge?g'16918' 69 House Council '66 '67 D - 1 Community Servicr '66, '67 Drama Productions 66 SUSIE CROFOOT Susie is notorious for her lack of reticence. Her 'chi there and a friendly wave greet everyone on campus from roommate to cleaning lady to president. No situa- tion seems to embarrass her, and she relishes the thought of teasing someone-anyone. She has little patience with those unable to laugh at themselves, and if disgusted or annoyed by another's pretentious, she is quite likely to tell him exactly what she thinks. Susieis lack of inhibition shows itself more often, though, in a gay or joking manner which keeps those .around her amused while slightly shocked. Exacting towards herself, Susie's personal standards are high, and her approach is whole-hearted, whether displayed by a joy in life or a panic over exams. Capable, but postpon- ing work until the last moment, she makes friends feel lucky by comparison. Somehow her schedule is always worse, her requirements greater, her sources fewer. She is likely to stay up all night and still avoid studying. Most content in a group, Susie extends her hospitality to include acquaintances as well as friends. Generous be- yond the point of reason, she is likely to spend her time in pursuit of another's enjoyment, sometimes to the dis- may of the guilt-ridden recipient. Everyonels friend, she is deeply touched when others show her affection. 39 .v X528 l I MARGARET CABRAL CUNHA Piflilllllllkl, California MAJUM: SPANISH Mmmx: IlIS'I'1lli'Y Spanish Club '07, '68, '69 MARGARET CUNHA lVla1'garet is not the typical college student, in dress, manner, or ambition. She is not the type to be part of a loud, boisterous crowd. She is friendly in her quiet way, but prefers a few deep friendships to several casual ac- quaintances. But lVlargaret,s life at Dominican has not been a nega- tive one, merely absorbing knowledge and giving nothing in return. Rather, she has enriched campus life with the charm of her Portuguese heritage. Her Portuguese sweet bread will not soon be forgotten by anyone lucky enough to have tasted it! lVlargaret chose marriage the summer before her senior year, a marriage which tends, as she does, towards the unusual, for she did not marry an American hut a Euro- pean-a man from Portugal. Perhaps it is her Portuguese nature which makes Nlargaret seem so tranquil and con- tent: her quiet maturity giving a sense of old worldn peace and order. In a time when hard-rock music is popu- lar, her favorite songs are the Portuguese'Fado-tragic, songs of life and love. If Nlargaret could live anywhere, she would choose a place of places-isolated, quiet, yet full of life. And to those who have taken the time to seek her out, this is Mar- garet herself-a person among persons, isolated, quiet. yet very full of life. 4I KATHRYN ANNE DESCALSO San Rafael, California MAJOR: BIOLOGY MINOR! CHEMISTRY Day Student Representative '69 Executive Board '69 Social Committee '67, '68 Carillon Staff '69 Meadowlark Business Manager '68 Q Firebrand Stall '69 .' HA' , , wp 1, .V i I J J. -,jj , ,n Camera Club '68, '69 President '69 Italian Club '67 Science Club '66, '6 7, '68, '69 KITTY DESCALSO Kitty admits everyone into her life, expecting nothing in return but their acceptance of her as she is. Her per- sonality is pervaded by an unfailing sense of humor and quick wit which are as spontaneous and uncontrived as her actions. Without a trace of affectedness, she man- ages to combine the simplicity of the country with the complexity of a cosmopolitan adventurer. Kitty describes an exciting European adventure fwhich will invariably have taken place in Italyj as easily and nonchalantly as if it were her latest hike under the Golden Cate Bridge at dusk to catch a certain fleeting perspective in a photo- graph. There is time for everything in Kittyis life. Intermin- able hours spent over a microscope almost seem to supply her with energy for the remainder of her day, whether it be spent developing pictures, preparing her favorite ven- ison delicacy, or studying for an inevitable short quiz. Kitty is a doe1'. Her alacrity in undertaking almost any project is contagious and draws a vast circle of friends as incongruous as ber talents, refiecting her love of people and inherent need for them. Yet, Kitty con- stantly maintains a certain reserve beyond which even her closest friends cannot trespass. Within this reserve and guarded from transg,ression by her ready wit, lays a facet of Kitty yet to be discovered. 43 J UN E CRAMER FARSON Corte Madera, California MAJun: FRENCH MINOR: ENGLISH December 1968 Graduate Transferred from Macalester College '66 Gamma Sigma Pi Delta Phi J UNE FARSON June says that for her 'cthe going is the goal. This would seem to indicate that June is content to begin, on the contrary, it is in the fulfillment of her obligations as student-wife that she is outstanding. Her interests-including clarinet, sewing, choral sing- ing, ice skating and letter writing-are as extensive as the vast outdoors. While studying or teaching French dur- ing the Week, June may also be preparing for a weekend camping trip. She enjoys most of all the outdoors itself: walking along Muir Woods trails in the spring . . . sum- mer camping by the Big Sur . . . Stinson Beach in the winter . . . the Green Mountains of Vermont in the fall. June belongs Hjoggingn around a large country farm- house as well as or even more than gazing at an Andrew Wyeth painting, reading a Steinbeck novel, or listening to Baroque organ music. Her healthful complexion and constant cheerfulness tend to hide from associates her deep concern for present-day problems, especially world poverty, American complacency, and conservation of natural resources. Graduation means that gone from Dominican class- rooms are June's perceptive, quick comments on life and literature and her exuberance and discuss-ability. But for June graduation is ugoingl'-it is teaching, it is time for travel and leisure activities-and hopefully for the i970 Olympics. 45 PAULETT E CHRISTINE FRAIRE Fairfax, California IVIAJUIIZ ENGLISH MINOR! SPANISH Firebrunrl Stuff '69 Community Scrvicu '66, '67, '68 PAULETTE FRAIRE Like a marionette, Paulette laughs with her whole body. When she enjoys something everyone around her can see this manifestation of her delight. Unusually romantic, Paulette dreams of living in Paris, being a great author, visiting Greece. She loves the moun- tains and the ocean, good music and friendly people, Yeats and Queen Elizabeth. Paulette is not just a light romantic, her favorite period in English literature is the Romantic period, full as it is of imagination, deep thoughts, love of nature, mystery, idealism, disregard of conventions, but touched with melancholy and sadness. She especially likes to quote Coleridge-4'To be beloved was all I need,! And whom I love I love indeed. But Paulette does not live in the dream world in which so many of the Romantic poets seemed to isolate them- selves. She lives in a real world, full of necessities and obligations. And her practical side can cope with this world. Notoriously well-organized, she accomplishes whatever she sets her mind to, whether sewing, studying, or enjoying a good movie or bridge game. She is a person whose practical side makes her work hard for what she wants, but also a person who never forgets her dreams. Her immediate goal is to attain her credential. After that perhaps she will turn to living in Paris, being a great author, visiting Greece. 47 DIANE ELIZABETH GATES Picdmonl, California MAJOR: Am' IIISTUHY MINUH: SUCIULUGY Czuncru Club '65, '66 T1-nnis 'fcum '67, '68 Inlurnationul Students Club '68, '69 Young Democrats '68, '69 Italian Club '68, '69 Secretary '68 DIANE GATES Of very small bone structure, standing five feet tall, and weighing eighty-two pounds, Diane has the perfect appearance of a little girl. With her short brown hair and small freckled face, she could easily be mistaken for a living character 'from a child's storybook. Yet, despite the childlike appearance, Diane isa thoughtful little lady. Among her special hopes is to combine her sociology major with her nervous energy, and apply these to a nurs- ing career. Whenever Diane goes bouncing without warning into a friend's room, she is welcomed. Her excited and rapid speech can turn any conversation into humorous delight. The topic is unpredictable, ranging anywhere from skiing to tennis to El Greco. However carefree she often appears, Diane is a very conscientious student. Her free hours a1'e usually spent in the library rigidly following an organized hourly schedule of do,s. A Friday night movie is watched only when her schedule permits. To her friends Diane guarantees frankness. Often with- out thought she will abruptly state her opinion concerning oue's mores. But if she sees she has made a misjudgment, Diane is the first to laugh. This ability to laugh at her own mistakes, coupled with her uncontained delight over a long-sought accomplislnnent, is what makes Diane re- freshing. 49 n '- A. 'U' 4,Lallv7'Q Q , 1 ANGELA MARIE GHIRARIDELLI Petaluma, California MAJOR: ITALIAN MINUH: MATHEMATICS Class Treasurer '68 Community Service '68 Music Club '66 International Students Club '67, '68, '69 SCTA '68, '69 ltalian Club '67, '68, '69 Young Republicans '68 Treasurer '68, '69 ANGIE GHIRARDELLI Angie is not the ordinary rose-cheeked Italian farmer's daughter. Farm chores and tomato picking may be an important part of her home life, hut Angie's thoughts often stray from such practicalities. She is a dreamer, as her hazel eyes occasionally confirm. But rather than risk failure or disappointment, Angie keeps her dreams to her- self, preferring to follow the ideas of others. Angie admits that she lacks confidence. When faced with a choice, she is indecisive, hut once arriving at her decision, she adheres to the final judgment, and proves to friends that she can cope with any situation. And out of Angie's secret thoughts come very positive opinions, ex- pressed concisely and frankly when necessary. She nor- mally shuns controversial discussions, or averts them with each to his ownf, It is very seldom that Angie's thoughtfulness pushes her to the point of moodiness. Deep understanding and cheerfulness more often pervade her character. She al- ways reserves time to share a card game or an Italian dinner with friends. Her unselfishness makes 'incl' a dif- Hcult word to utter. Angie is famous for her ever-present smile and bright eyes, which sparkle all the more when someone asks her a favorite question: Does your family own Ghirardelli Square? 'lNo, she responds. We own Ghirardelli Triangle. 5l MARGARET HELEN GLOCKNER Lancaster, Ohio MAJOR! ENGLISH Gamma Sigma Pi Delta Phi H.0.0.D. Cup Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities Student Body President '69 Community Service Chairman '68 Class Treasurer '67 MINOR! FRENCH Executive Board '68, '69 Carillon St:-IE '66, '67 Meadowlark Staif '68 Firebrand Staff '69 Community Service '66, French Club '66, '67 Treasurer '67 '67, '68, '69 PEGGY GLOCKNER There are lists on her desk, lists in her binder, and lists in her books, all of which are probably supplemented by a super-efficient master list in her head. These lists remind Peggy about all the letters she's supposed to write, the appointments she has made, and the people she must meet. Possibly many of her colleagues will remember Peggy as the girl who achieved the coveted gradepoint and was chosen to apply for a WOOd1'0W Wilson fellowship. Others, however, will have the pleasure of enhancing that memory with the recollection of the fluffy-pink-robe Peggy, who worries about her Hstrangly hair which she Wishes were rich and flowing. They will remember her as the wife-to-be who hoped against hope to be skinny, and the student body president who really enjoyed her job. While she might need lists to remind her of certain things in the line of duty, Peggy does not need lists to remind her about friends. She naturally shares the joy and achievement of another and offers sympathy when a friend needs it. Peggy wants to bring as complete a person as possible to her future marriage. Honors and compliments have not just fallen into her lap during her four years here. She has worked hard, and she will continue to work hard, making relevant all she has studied, seeking a fusion of the domestic and the intellectual, to fulfill Within herself the woman she strives to be. 53 KATHLEEN ELIZABIETH GNEKOW Stockton, California MAJOR: ART HISTORY MINOR: HISTORY Social Committee '67 I . I C1 I ,67 Firebrand Art Editor '69 I 4 BJ d lt. ,66 Community Service '67 mm ro ut' Ions KATHY GNEKOW Efliciently impractical, Kathy so orders her life that she has freedom to follow her whims. Time is never wasted but is spent enjoying the absurd, browsing the unknown or delighting in the familiar. Content in museums and libraries, Kathy appreciates and quietly collects her im- pressions carefully. Later, her conversation is far from quiet as she shares her experience. Meticulous by nature, her surroundings radiate precise attention to detail. Although she lives among three of the more casualigirls on campus, Kathy's drawer, or Kathy's shelf are easily identified. Her daily ablutions are almost a ritual, for she can easily spend an hour applying creams, cleansers and make-up-all to preserve the 4'natural look. The style of Andrew Wyeth, her favorite artist, typifies Kathy's appreciation of the exact, the subtle, and the real. Many of Wyeth's admirers observe intuitive qualities in his art. Kathy herself possesses a certain intuitiong she is perceptive, understanding those around her better than they do themselves. She is able to filter the real from the unreal and enjoy both. Typical of this is her passion for the music and life-style of Bob Dylan: she sees the critical realism of his lyrics while she is amused with his fantas- tical manner. Irish through and through, Kathy's gentility is occa- '53 sionally punctuated by an lt makes me sooo mad. when she is confronted with absurd restriction. 55 Q f - -1 -H-----T Y' . f Z: ---41-Mfr, - - H '1-' 1 , ..-', - -Y ,- 43ij,g'- . mx .:.,... 'jg . ,, .Ink ,gp 14 If :JN 5:11 .5-.V -' .'7 ' i.?gi'gfi'L'1 'in 7 V' '. ' , t I Q :rf-aww . H, ul,'1iai: , -.1ii'l',f ax,,.- vxi,,,n, -. -. , M. U, Li H i-I., Ii' 4-'!'i:fl fi5'lTIA14F, , ,1yw43.y-III! 5 SUSAN VIRGINIA GROSS San Francisco, California MAJOR: BIOLOGY MINOR: PSYCHOLOGY Special Events Chairman '69 Social Committee '69 Executive Board '69 Community Service '66, '67, '68 Student Affairs Board '67 International Students Club '66, '67, '68, '69 Absence Committee Chairman '67 Science Club '68, '69 SUE GROSS Sue is 'fsugar and spice and everything nice. People may first be attracted to her fresh, feminine appearance, but they will become her friends because of what lies underneath. Her poised and reserved manner is some- times mistaken for shyness hut, actually, Sue is eager to he involved. Part of her everyday religion is concern for the feelings of others. This, along with her ucalm, cool, and collected nature gives her a head start in the nursing profession she has chosen to follow. Sue is not all serious involvement, there is also the part which wants others to enjoy themselves. She works at fun-co-chairing the dance decorations committee . . . managing special events . . . playing tennis or skiing. Sue doesn't let little things stand in the way of a good time. Hampered by a broken ankle for the junior prom, she made herself part of the dance theme-colorfully painting uAnything Goes on her cast. The fourth 'child in a family of ten, Sue is naturally at home with a large group of people. Whether' talking to children or adults, she loves to use her imagination to convince her listeners of her interest in the unusual. Her persuasiveness is dramatized by her unflinching facial expressions, and the only sign of discomposure might he a smile, which, if translated, would tell Sueis audience that life should be enjoyed for some moments of make- lielieve amid the many hours of reality. 57 CHARLOTTE LINDEN HAVEN Manila, Philippines ' MAJOR: HISTORY MINOR: ART HISTORY Special Events Committee '69 Ke ,69 Community Service '67, '68, '69 ya 1 International students Club '66, '67, '68, '69 Mum Club 69 LINDEN HAVEN One of the most meaningful lines of poetry to Linden describes something about herself: uThe woods are love- ly, dark, and deep. But l have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep. A talk, walk, or ride with Linden often leaves one with the feeling of gliding through a relaxing, almost melan- choly atmospbere. With such grace and quiet humility, Linden sometimes keeps from others the riches of her sense of history and her cosmopolitan background-- Europe, Greece, the Near and Far East. Happiness for her appears to be simple: horseback riding, a walk in Forest Meadows, volunteer Work, or the Symphony. It is levis and shifts, which is hard to understand after seeing her in the elegance of an au, duo, the national dress of Viet Nam. Happiness can be limited to a single Dr. Dill class, warmth, peanut butter, and bookstores. ' Happiness for Linden also involves travel and ambi- tion. She plans a trip home to the Philippines after grad- uation before settling down in San Francisco. But set- tling down will probably be only for a while because Linden has an international spirit. She sees the world as needing peace through understanding. To try to do something to fulfill our class motto-this is the promise Linden has to keep . . . although there maybe miles to go in order to keep it. 59 , PS U MELANIE HEALY San Rafael, California MAJ OR! SOCIOLOGY MINOR! SPANISH Social Committee '66 C . S . ,67 Special Events Committee '69 Ommumty ervlcc MELANIE HEALY Something old . . . something new-they will both appeal to Melanie, if they can prove to her that they are unique and thus demand her attention. The current something old is W. C. Fields' movies, and the usome- thing new is as fleeting as the fast, jerky action of the old films. Whatever appears before Melanie here and now is her current interest, but beware, it might have a re- placement tomorrow. Melanie will never become bored with her life. She makes things happen, searching out what is new in places and people. With her Wanderlust spirit she will travel anywhere, from Tahoe, to Los Angeles, to, most eagerly, Mexico. And somehow, her vacations are always a little more exciting. Possessing the ability to extract those who are 'cfull of life from all situations and people, Melanie always manages to meet someone who is different, someone new. One of Melanie's enduring interests is people. She not only takes from others, but gives them a part of herself too. One summer in Mexico was spent working for Ami- gos Anonymous, combining her sociology major and Spanish minor into a really applicable skill. She also shares with her friends-relating old flicks or new vaca- tions in stimulating detail. Melanie is young, filled with music, laughter, and fun, but also with a mature concern for the problems of others. Her everyday life could be punctuated by her favorite expression-'cWOWl 99 bl ELIZABETH ANN HEFFERNAN Stockton, California MAJUKZ MUSXC-VOICE MINUICZ MUSIC-'l llE0llY Student Affairs Board '66 Mudrigal Singers '66, '67, '68, '69 W.A.A. Vice President '67 Music Club '66, '67, '68 Community Service '66, '67, '68, '69 Secretary-Treasurer '68 Irish Club '66, '67, '68 Drama Productions '66, '67, '68, '69 LIZ HEFFERNAN The paths where she walked will never be the same. Her mini-feet have left their hard mark in the halls of Bertrand, Fanjeaux, and Pennafort-and none less than a small thunder has been felt in the halls of Angelico. For as long as the footsteps echo throughout the campus, so will the music she shared while at Dominican. Liz has more than a light-hearted 'csong in her heart : she rep- resents a depth and quality through her cherished art. What often appears to be 'chappinessn is in reality a quiet joy felt inside and expressed in notes of perfect harmony. The depth that her music manifests is felt in different ways-it is a depth of character that makes everything she does for others something that can he appreciated as a gift from her heart, a gift sincerely given. Not to be for- gotten are the hundreds of knee-slapping laughs she gives with her hearty Irish craving for fun. Speaking of Irish, her typical Irish temper ought to he mentioned-but a mere mention is sufficient. Liz is the Doc's daughter: fun, hard play, long thoughts, and a huif and puff for a good solid life, lived near the hone, and felt in the clouds. And what we knew and loved here is the prelude Liz played to that life. 63 MARILYN KATHERINE HULL Napa, California Muon: BIOLOGY MINOR! PsYcI1oLocY Transferred from Napa Junior College '67 Student Affairs Board President '69 Executive Board '69 Publicity Committee '68 Community Service '68 International Students Club '68 Science Club '68, '69 Secretary '68 MARILYN HULL lVlarilyn's frank opinions, expressed freely even to Father Blank, can be charming or alarming depending on the subject and lVIarilyn's mood. But even when they are most biting,,' they are seldom really offensive be- cause intense feeling and complete freedom are known to characterize all of Marilynis actions. And she is ter- ribly disappointed if she does not find her own sense of freedom in others. Perhaps because of this openness and her enthusiasm for life, Marilyn loves the Hgreat outdoors, especially Lake Berryessa, where the Student Affairs Board has no jurisdiction over levis and bare feet. The bounce of her loose blond hair and her pink cheeks evidence the zest captured from her 'ccommunication with Nature. She carries this briskness into all of her activities, even sew- ing and dieting. If Marilyn seems easily impressionable it is because she tends to find something good in everything and every- body. She has an open and generous heart . . . sensitive to the desires and needs of others. This is complemented by an open and liberal mind . . . experimenting in the biol- ogy lab, or discussing life in general. But the heart often rules, even when Marilyn is straining the capillaries of the cortex -emotion and feeling may take logic and prudence by surprise. Marilyn, though, would not have it any other Way-because she was Hborn freef' 65 MARIAN EVA KEMBERLING Tucson, Arizona MAJUR: socuu. SCIENCES MINOR: ART Ab C ' ' ' ' Eigffniagngglgntee 66' 67' 68 Community Service '66, '67 Student Affairs Board '68 Keys 69 in MARIAN KEMBERLING Marian is eagerness. She is enthusiasm. She is empa- thy. She is organization. Everything she does contains something of these gifts. And only with them comes the Marian everyone knows. Marian is eager to try new things. A new hair style. A new stain-removing remedy. She likes meeting new people. She delights in a new work of art. She is eager to he in the world of the present. The now of life. Marian is enthusiastic about being alive. You have only to hear her tumbling rolling laughter through an open Window to know this. She likes being with those she loves. Walking in the rain. Studying. Just being. Marian enjoys a crowd. She can sympathize with each individual in it. No matter the length of her acquaintance. She can be as happy as they are. Or as sad. And you know through her wide-open eyes that she means every word she says. She understands. She hates to see anyone hurt. Marian wants everyone to get as much out of life as she does. There will never be any gaps in lVlarian's life. Her eer- titude will not allow it. She is as organized as every hair on her head. For her, everyone should find his proper place. There he will find happiness. The vibrant kind. Marian's. 67 KATHERINE THERESE KIRKOVICS San Mateo, California MAJURZ HISTORY MINOR: SPANISH Gamma Sigma Sigma Delta Phi Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities Student Body Vice President '69 Religious Activitiei Chairman '68 Executive Board '68 Carillon Staff '66 Firebrantl Staff '69 Community Service Spanish Club '68 SCTA '69 , '69 '66, '67. '68 KATHIE KIRKOVICS Attempts at logic often ending in a burst of emotion . . . sophisticated interests combined with casual, natural dress and manner . . . favorite places: Europe and Men- docino . . . rereadable book list including The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and Winnie the Pooh . . . all indi- cate the complexity of Kathie's personality, which has a deepness not easily fathomable even by all who love her. In the positive sense of the word, Kathie is a dilettante. No other student on campus can more intelligently dis- cuss modern art, literature, classical music, foreign films, bridge, student government and life in general. And Kathie has probably just found the most in-ter-es-ting article on the subject and even remembers the issue number. Kathie is noted for her talent in speech writing ffor herself or for othersj and her mildly disorganized efiici- ency in student aiiairsg but her Huttering eyelids betray a dislike for the limelight. Unique, often hand-made gifts show Kathie's sensitiv- ity to each individual. With the capacity to 'crejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weepf' it is not surprising that history has relevance for her as the study of man in time -and that on the walls of her room Van Gogh, Bobby Kennedy, and Martin Luther King share preeminence. 69 NANCY TOCALINO K-RIEG San Rafael, California MAJ URI BIOLOGY MINURZ CHEMISTRY Gamma Sigma V ,- I b - , - , - 1 Student Affairs Board '67 bLif'nftfdL: i'f6g0' 67' 68' 6' House Chairman '65 vffslpuf .dim ,07 Meadowlark Associate Editor '67 Y Rvibfic n 167 ,68 Fifdbftllld S1aFf'69 Uffrejsuifr ,68 a 5 ' Italian Club '67 NANCY KRIEG Nancy's favorite work of art is lVIichaelangelo's David -probably as much for the name as for the artistic per- fection. Her husband David has been a great influence on her, helping to perfect her two most outstanding quali- ties: intelligence and femininity. Academically, Nancy would have been equally at home in science or the Hu- manities, and since marriage, her grade point has stead- ily improved and reached the zenith, 4-.0. Nancy, always meticulously dressed and always a lady, seems even more glamourous in a long hostess gown preparing a candle- light dinner for her husband. An Italian background may explain in part the Renais- sance fiavor which surrounds Nancy and gives her an al- most madonna-like mystery. There is womanly elegance in her china and ornately delicate silver, a Hair to her delicious dinners served with wine, impeccable taste in her choice of furniture, a gcntleness in manner and aura of gracious leisure which surrounds Nancy even in her busiest moments. There is a child-like quality in her gay giggle, her blushes in Ethics, her love of kittens and hot fudge sundaes. Innocence, excitement, femininity: this is- Nancy with the smallest things of life, in the laboratory and at home. This will be Nancy as an ambitious lab technologist and Nancy when David builds her dream house high on a cliff overlooking Monterey Bay. 7I MARY ELLEN LEONARD Stockton, California MAJOR: AMERICAN c1v1L1zA'r1ON CONCENTRATION! SOCIAL SCIENCES MINOR: ART HISTORY glsjsesgifrszffl 8? Community Seryicc 267, '68 , Drama Productxons 66 Treasurer 67 MARY ELLEN LEONARD Mary Ellen takes fun seriously. lt's fun to laugh, it's fun to be with close friends, it's fun to ski and to travel, it's fun to live vihrantly. But life is serious and Mary Ellen is aware of that too. While she claims sports among her special affinities, she finds equal enjoyment in peaceful Saturday after- noons in her own room, curled up under the quilt reading fairy tales. She delights in the fantastic and is fascinated and touched by delicacy and gentleness. While she is con- tent to be alone and to read, it doesn't take much persua- sion to tear Mary Ellen away from her haven of peace and quiet in favor of something more energetic. Just when you think you have Mary Ellen figured out, just when you think you understand who really lives be- hind the neat, attractive appearance and cheerful dispo- sition, you are sure to find out that there is much to learn about her. For good or bad, she has a personality that demands that people listen carefully and observe closely. Though her happy heart may lead you to believe that her character is an open book, a real friendship will re- veal that Mary Ellen is deeper than a Coke break or a splash of snow. 73 JULIE ANN LEONARD! San Rafael, California MAJOR! ENGLISH MINOR! ART HISTORY Community Service '66, '67, '68 JULIE LEONARDI With wide brown eyes, sable hair and expressive hands, Julie does not betray her Italian background. In keeping with that ancestry is her hospitality-Julie can turn even a bridge party into a gourmet banquet. Tradi- tional characteristics falter, however, in the face of her logic, her practicality, and her definite point of view. Julie's advice may sometimes be bittersweet but it is always appropriate and honest. Each activity Julie undertakes has purpose. She can deftly convey in conversation the importance of her pro- ject-of-the-inoment, enlisting her listeners' aid or at least their enthusiasm. Traveling is her love, and she plans a trip to Europe upon graduation, but Julie is a very real- istic doer here at home, whether she be studying, tutor- ing junior high school students, or working at the City Recreation Department. Julie can be more excited about chaperoning a high school snow trip than the teenagers themselves. While she is sensible by nature, Julie also demonstrates sensitivity. Her perceptive appreciation for literature, drama and art provide height and depth and give balance to practicality. Not usually ruflled, Julie does reveal a blind spot when an unwitting bridge partner fails to bid at the crucial moment. Julie's talent for making comfortable and interesting conversation proves that the art has not been lost. Each person is included and not one loses interest. The facul- ty's .fear that smokeroom conversation is monosyllabic is discredited by l'Jnlie-ismsf' ' 75 BARBARA THERESE LISTO-N Yorktown Heights, New York MAJUR: ENGLISH Mmon: ART HISTORY Transferred from Bronx Community College, New York '66 House Council '68 , , , , Social Chairman '68 Irish Club Q71 633 69 Community Service '67 Vlcepresldem 69 International Students Club '67 Young Democrats '68 BOBBI LISTON A whirling top, swift in movement but not in progress, Bobbi is always in a slow hurry. While she races to get ready for class or for a trip downtown, her impatient friends find themselves frustrated but laughing as she runs back to her room for one thing she has inevitably forgotten. Bobbi has learned to enjoy her own company and it is suspected that her endless hours of story-telling are pri- marily meant for her own entertainment. But her audi- ence listens and also enjoys. Her stories may sometimes be lengthy but they are never dull, and are always embel- lished with her special touches and insights into the ex- perience. Bobbi forever astonishes her friends with her hidden talents. She can quietly knit a baby sweater for a new niece or nephew, and the next minute jump up to give a quick demonstration in the fine art of dancing the Irish J ig. Or she can spend an entire afternoon drawing an onion from six angles. Bobbi is excitable and exciting. She is all Irish, be- lieving that life was meant to be savored and enjoyed. For the present that means dancing in a discotheque or talking ,til two. And tomorrow? If you know Bobbi you won't even hazard a guess. 77 ALVINA THERESA KAPUIKI LOPEZ Club Cu-urdinalor '69 Executive Board '69 Student Affairs Board '69 Science Club '69 Honolulu, Hawaii MAJ URS BIULUGY MIN! PRI CIIEMXSTIKY International S President '68 Secretary '67 SCTA '69 tudcnls Club '66. '67, '68, '69 ALVINA LOPEZ Alvina likes to think that she is all scientist, that learning is a process of living, observing and experiment- ing. Named after her scientist uncle Alvin, she seems to have inherited his interest. She Wants to be scientific in her approach and handling of everyday situations. The truth is that in looks and charm she is pure poetry. Per- haps Alvina is at the point where poet and scientist blend. She is, indeed, made up of different elements: a com- pound of Hawaiian friendliness and quick Portuguese temper. As she meets a stranger or greets a friend she is the quintessence of graciousness and, in fact, friendliness is her dominant quality. Yet her temper, like a chemical reaction, can Hare up at appropriate times. All it needs is that iota more of a solution to cause a colorful and ex- plosive reaction. Alvina can, in turn, he active or passive, a talker and a listener. Her interests vary from chemistry to marine biology, from Hawaii to the world at large, from her immediate circle of college friends to whomever at the moment engages her attention. Her conversation is more apt than not to proceed in an orderly way, a scientific procedure of axiom, experiment, and proof. To question and search, and then to produce logical answers is her theoretical approach to an unfa- miliar thing. In her search for the intricacies of life, how- ever, Alvina will bring the scientistis disciplined curiosity and the poet's joy. 79 MARGARET MARY DELORIMIER Salinas, California MAJUR: ART 1us'mnY Mmam: I-'RENC11 W.A.A. B ' d '67, YB V preSide2:r'6g m Meadowlands House Clliliflllilll '66 Treasurer '67 Madrigul Singers '66, '67 PEGGY DELORIMIER Painslakingly littering her life with lists and schedules, Peggy's lists are usually lost and her schedules are rare- ly kept. But somehow things do get done. She sincerely seeks simple solutions for complex problems, but is nev- ertheless able to adjust when she finds that reality offers none. Organizing herself usually presents a problem for Peggy. On the night before a test, she can be found in a smokeroom with her glasses slung low on her nose, books and papers strewn around her, and an agonized expres- sion on her face. More gregarious than scholarly, she thrives on activity-she is rarely alone. Her generous and companionable nature fills her time with weekend trips, dinners with friends, or just bridge and conversation be- tween classes. Peggy's charm and attractiveness make her an asset to any group. Always well-groomed, she gives attention to each detail whether on her own outfit or when helping another. Peggy's life seems to consist of multiple traumatic situations. Each is the worst at the time, yet in retrospect she is able to view them objectively. She learns from experience. As one of a large family, Peggy gained the ability to direct large groups of people with confidence. Whether' commentating a fashion show or planning the 4'Look- Alike contest for Dad-Daughter night, Peggy is always at ease. She will run her home or hoped-for kindergarten with graciousness. Self-assured and mildly sophisticated, Peggy communicates warmth. 8l LAURIE ANNE -LYNCH Santa Ana, California MAJOR: ENGLISH MINOR! HISTORY Gamma Sigma Meadowlark Assistant Editor '68 Who's Who Among American Colleges Firebrand Editor '69 and Universities French Club '66, '67 Executive Board '68 Young Republicans '66, '67, '68 Carillon Staff '67, '68 President '67 Editor '68 Vice-President '68 LAURIE LYNCH Laurie's life falls into place-not somehow, but by sheer dint of effort. Hence the well-deserved sense of sat- isfaction as deadlines are met. Half-classicist, half-ro- mantic, Laurie marshals her imaginative impulses, cuts out purple passages and aims at communication. She has managed to produce the Carillon and Firebrand with imagination and individuality, hut without loss of tra- dition. A journalist must be realistic, noticing the facts, and not the frills. Laurie usually complies with this image, but cannot help straying into a dream world every so often. Although ordered, her life is not without its undisci- plined areas-Sunday picnics, zoos, children's litera- ture, and shopping trips are pleasures that reveal much. Laurie's affinity for antiques is romantic, her taste in clothes classic. Villagered and Lanzed from head to toe, she is contemporary yet far from faddish. Laurie is charmingly refreshing-some say naive. She expects to have honesty met with honesty, truth with truth. A credulous Oh really is her response to the most fan- tastic statement. Realizing that she has been deceived her face pinks a shade Father Blank would relish. On the whole a conciliatory person, she is the means hetween abrasive extremes. Reluctant to be involved in arguments, her anger is vented on people and subjects safely removed. Neither Brother Antoninus nor William Wordsworth will ever know what a formidable foe they have. Laurie aims at the via media, she deserves the hap- piness that lies in an o1'dered life. V 83 THERESA ANNE MACDONALD Stockton, California Muon: ENGLISH MINOR! SPANISH Community Service '68, '69 Music Club '68, '69 Special Events Committee '69 SCTA '69 International Students Club '66 Spanish Club '69 ANNE MACDONALD Anneis gentle appearance and calm manner belie her exuberant warmth and spontaneity. Unobtrusively, she watches others dash by. Shyness is only skin-deep thoughg in conversation Anne bubbles with delight over all things alive. Literature and music are her pleasures for Anne values the essence and feeling of things? She relaxes while pouring over Browning with the musical poetry of Rod lVlcKuen in the background. Her passion for the senti- mental ballads of lVlcKuen, however, is in no way her sole mental therapy. Regularly she receives one dozen red roses-a morale booster much envied in Pennafortl Happiest wherever there are good friends, Anne shares her exuberant and imperturbable nature. Always willing to start a song or, better yet, physical exercises at mid- night, she is definitely impulsive. She is eager to go bare- foot at any opportunity. Anne plans her future home around big friendly dogs and little childreng she delights in quantities of both. Compassionate and warm, she is genuinely able to share the highs and lows experienced by others. 'GPeople- watch- ingi' has taught her much. Believing with Bacon that It is a true and miserable solitude to want true friends without which the world is but a wilderness, Anne thrives on her relationships with those she loves. Her world will never be a wilderness. 85 ROSALIND ANN MCGRATH Camarillo, California MAJOR! ANT MINURZ HISTORY Class Vice-President '69 Social Committee '66, '68, '69 Class Social Representative '68 Meadowlark Art Staff '68 W.A.A. Board Secretary '68 Community Service '67, '68, '69 Publicity Committee Co-chairman '67, 68 Irish Club '66, '67, '68, '69 ROZY MCGRATH Rozyas world is make-believe. twisted by reality and captured in art. She is touched by the World of practi- cality and the world of Winnie the Pooh, and balances the two with a unique and refreshing sensitivity. Peace and exuberance are a part of every experience that comes from Rozy's world. Rozy, caught between the mutability of life and the changelessness, is trying desperately to grasp the essence of each and, at the same time, to be able to explain the difference between them and understand the world God made this way. For every feeling Rozy has there is an opposite which becomes a part of the same wholeg both joy and sadness permeate her understanding of life. The joy of the daisies she paints is nonetheless tainted by the depth and sadness that is part of the dark earth. Her Wild Hare for the un- known, the barely possible and the excitingly daring is balanced by a deep awareness of what it's really all about. Rozy likes parties because they bring people together and give them a CllE1llC6 to laugh. And she wants them to laugh. A party is mined for her if she discovers a guest who is not enjoying himself as much as she. Solitude and enthusiasm, depth and frivolity, make- believe and reality are part of the world she creates and loves, and part, most of all, of her totally feminine and sensitive nature. 87 CONSTANCE ANN MCNOBLE Stockton, California MAJOR! socxowcv Mmon: HISTORY Publicity Committee '68 Irish Club '69 Community Service '66, '67 Drama Productions '66, '69 CONNIE MCNOBLE A humor, firmly rooted in the belief that nothing is sacred, finds Connie ready to embarrass anyone: she de- lights in the outrageous. Often improper, she evokes amusement by an unusual frankness. Connie's lack of personal vanity liberates an honesty which displays no mercy when confronted by pretense. Her humor is shared by means of a comment that penetrates to the core of its object, and presents an observation too true to be less than hilarious. Refusing to admit her own ability, Connie overwhelms her mind with logical and disciplined knowledge. Pre- ferring memorization to understanding, she amazes others by quick and accurate retention. Her self-discipline in coping with the dillicult or unattractive gives rise to a generous dependability where matters of importance are concerned. An intelligence registered in quick perception, and a practicality ever-aware of the underlying serious- ness of life are belied by big blue eyes conveying feminine helplessness and a disorganization that canit follow di- rections. Out of chaos comes an originality that coins imme- diately popular phrases, and a determination that finds Connie continually working harder than those around her. She grapples the immediate reality with an intensi- ty that nourishes worry. Though apt to ignore formality., she is aware of basic needs and responds with deep kind- ness and sincere generosity to a plea for help or a sad story. 89 KATHLEEN MARIE MCNULTY Saratoga, California Muon: ECONOMICS MINOR: SOCIOLOGY Transferred, University of California at Santa Barbara '66 Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities Pennafort House Chairman ,68 Firebranrl Business Manager '69 Carillon Staff ,68 Community Service '67 Business Manager '68 lush Club 68' 69 Assistant Editor '68 KATHY MCNULTY V There are exactly two places where you can find Kathy when shels not in class. In the North Wing smokeroom or on her bed right next door to it. Every half hour or so she commutes from one to the other. Kathy enjoys the camaraderie of the smokeroom as she does the privacy of her room. She can be the laughing exercise leader. Boisterous. Loud. Shrieking. Yelling her commands to her followers. Or she can be brooding. Quietly. All scrunched up under her light blue comforter. Her match- ing blue eyes peeping out at you. One hand slowly and deliberately tugging on her thick dark hair as if it were silk. But at the sound of someone's voice or footsteps in the hall, Kathy will shoot out of hed, throw open the door, and charge into the smokcroom. Forgetting her temporary mood. Eager to find out whatis new outside the walls. She'll stay there. Just talking and smoking. lVleasuredly. Contributing. You wonder how she gets so much so thor- oughly done. Until you learn her secret. Organization. From renovation nights to studying for finals, every- thing is Htted into a mental schedule. Known only to Kathy. Yet, if asked to choose hetween peace and panic, Kathy would, undoubtedly, with only a slight hesitation, pick the latter. For only in the smokeroom can you have a real delicatessen orgy with your friends and turn down il midnight oyster. 9I ,N 3? .r I ,, In I . I CHRISTINE ELIZABETH MALARIN Brisbane, Australia MAJOR I HISTORY Community Service '67, '68, '69 MINOR! ART Special Events Committee '69 Absence Committee '69 - , , House Council '69 2311, 69 Meadowlark Staff '68 CHRIS MALARIN Chris is the daintiness of Dresden china. From the whiteness of her face always highlighted hy her favorite red lipstick to the tips of her fingers always polished with a matching tint, she exudes a soft elegance not easily found in our era. And it is enhanced hy a hidden strength. Chris, cosmopolitan background has provided her with an open attitude. Matching the expansiveness of her be- loved Australia. She can easily see hoth sides of a story and sympathize with each. Yet in the end her final opinion will be based on solid traditional American standards. Even so, Chris is not a stick-in-the-mud. She'd gladly buy out Union Square if she could. Her secret wish is to be a night club singer although she honestly admits that she can't carry a note. Unconventionality has a strong attrac- tion for Chris, hut she does not let it control her. Chris reflects an age past. lf she could design her world to her liking, all men would wear tweed coats, smoke aromatic pipes, and have friendly dogs at their feet. All women would he feminine in the old-fashioned sense. Wearing not frills, but uncluttered lines. All houses would have hathtubs instead of showers. And Chris would be curled up in an overstuffed chair. Before a quiet fire. In a comfortable English cottage. Catching up on Time. 93 JEANNETTE KAY MEECKE Vallejo, California MAJOR! HISTORY MINOR: ENGLISH Carillon Staff '66 Keys '69 F irebmnd Staif '69 SCTA '69 Community Service '66, '67, '68, '69 Troupers '66, '67, '68, '69 Secretary '68, '69 Young Republicans '69 Italian Club '67, '69 Drama Productions '67, '68 JAN MEECKE ,I an belongs in the. classroom . . . carefully explaining a historical point to her students . . . enunciating each word precisely . . . her forehead wrinkled. As she draws the explanation out line by line, the wrinkles fade, one by one. J an wants to belong in a classroom - this is her niche. But she is not a person afraid to try other ways, afraid to go outside her niche to make sure she has chosen correctly. She was not afraid to leave Dominican for a semester at USF, and likewise she was not afraid to return to Dominican, admitting that this was her present niche, that this was Where she was happy. J an worries a lot, but she also laughs a lot. Her class- room will not be a strictly serious one. Her own laughter, which comes often and lasts long, will make it lively. This sense of humor plus a certain graciousness makes her a wanted guest-she is a good mixer at any party. J an wants her world organized and is upset if plans result in confusion. When she sets her mind to do some- thing, she does it. She is no procrastinator . . . unless, of course, you consider sleeping in to be procrastination. Getting up in the morning is one of her special trials. Jan's plans are realistic and one can be sure they will be accomplished. Yet, she has her hidden dream: to be a princess. And there is something just a little regal about J an . . . something about her erect posture . . . her love of formals and Grecian curls . . . something indefinable in her fastidious dress and manner that makes her stand at little away from the crowd. 95 ELLEN MARY MIENTZ Houston, Texas MAJOR: HISTORY MINOR! ENGLISH Carillon Staff '67, '68 Assistant Editor '68 Meadowlark Editor '68 F irebraml Staff '69 Community Service '67 Irish Club '66, '67 Young Republicans '67, '68 Secretaijy '67 ELLEN MINTZ There is an expression which says that the harder something is to attain, the more worthwhile its final attainment is. In a way, Ellen's friendship falls in this category. She is a hard person to know, and even after four years too few people have seen beyond her mini- skirts and sometimes child-like outbursts. But those who have opened the door to her personality have been charmed and impressed, although they have also at times been perplexed. Ellen is intelligent . . . and informed. She reads the newspaper over an English assignment with few regrets, and one of her pet peeves is people who don,t know what's going on in the world. Ellen's room wears her character. Sister Corita seriographs hang on the walls, characters from Winnie the Pooh occupy the beds in the form of hand-made stuffed animals, and the bookshelves betray a love of American history and literature. Her interests are contagious. One cannot be around her for long without reading an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. She would defend the author to his mother, the American public, and even Sister Martin. When Ellen is happy, the whole world can relax. When something is wrong-beware. Arguing with her is a chal- lengeg she is positive and can back up opinion with fact. Ellen is not everybody's friend. She is perceptive and sees deeply into a person, perhaps too deeply. But when you have won her friendship, you can start to enjoy her world. 97 MARY PATRICIA MOHR Alamo, California Muon: HISTORY Mmuu: ENGLISH Social Committee '68 Community Service '67, '68 Firebrurtzl Staff '69 Irish Club '69 MARY PAT MOHR lVla1'y Pat is a paradox of left over eighth grade skirts -too long, and cashmere suits- just the right length. Her personality is diverse. Snoopy and history co-exist- antly hold her heart and interest. Always ready to lead a smokeroom seminar the night before an exam or play a quick game of cards, Pat it is to whom all turn for a ruling from Chuck Goren in bridge and an interpretation of Dr. Dill in Middle Ages. Forever practical, quite often stubborn, but never flustered, Pat meets the little traumas of every day with a calm and unrulfled disposition. But her grave exterior is betrayed by an impish smirk which quite suddenly becomes infectious laughter. Occasionally allowing others to take advantage of her good nature, she insists that to do a friend a favor could never be an inconvenience. Afternoons and evenings find her at the wheel of her blue Cougar chauffeuring her friends on a trip to town for shopping or dinner. Independent and self-reliant, Pat's decisions are made without need of the reams of advice which abound in the North Wirig. Her own common sense proves quite suffi- cient in any situation. There are some who secretly wonder when Mary Pat sludiesg sleeping seems to be her favorite hobby. One can walk into her room at almost anytime and be greeted with a sunny HI-low-do!,' from a yawning figure just awakening from yet another nap. 99 VICTORIA MARGUERITE MONTAGUE Reno, Nevada MAJUR2 SOCIAL SCIENCES MINORZ ENGLISH Abserice Commiftee '66, '67, '68 I . h C1 b ,69 Publicity Committee 68 Social Committee '66 Community Service '66, '67, '68 ns u SCTA '68 Drama Productions '66, '67 VICKI MONTAGUE Vicki belongs to the night. Not to the darkness outside but to a room warmly lighted. The door closed. The cur- tain drawn. There ideas can be openly exchanged with her closest friends. These are the moments to be treasured. Not watching the hands of the clock. Not caring about them. The hustle and bristle of everyday living was not meant for Vicki. Yet she forces herself through the motions of schedules and routines. When she's caught with some- thing not finished on time, she panics. The World of order has played a cruel trick on her. She will pull down her chin with a jerk and cry out something close to a high pitched Aaaahhhhhl,' She will stare at you. One wrist raised and crooked over her head. A one-toothed index finger combing short frosted strands of hair. Maybe everything will get done. Somehow. Sitting like an Indian. Rocking back and forth. Hug- ging her teddy bear, Dreaming about home and her black furry dog Pogo. The hours go by. You get a lulling sen- sation that nothing could bother Vicki. But things do. Long skirts, pushy people, the results of Vatican II, not having a tan. Vicki would gladly run away from prob- lems if she could. And many a wild plot hatched after two a.m., remain as a result. A nocturnal specialty. To elude the coming dawn. To hide from a certain. tomorrow. IOI i DONNA DEA-NNE MOORE San Rafael, California MAJOR! CHEMISTRY MINOR! MATHEMATICS Publicity Committee Chairman '69 Executive Board '69 International Students Club '69 Camera Club '69 Irish Club '67, '69 German Club '66, '67, '68, '69 Science Club '66l '67, '68, '69 Secretary-Treasurer '67 President '69 President '69 DEANNE MOORE Balancing somewhere between her worlds of prac- ticality and fanciful sophistication, Deanne radiates an enthusiasm virtually unmatched. ln whatever she does Dee is distinctly herself, punctuating every other sentence with a giggle and an excited, Oh, nolv Her ambitions touch on the bizarre, whether it is to travel to the moon or to wear a James Galanos original. Yet somehow one feels that Dee might just achieve them. Her sustained energy emanates throughout the campus. A scene from an ordinary day might find Dee in academic gown riding horseback and bearing the Dominican shield to announce Shield Day, or smocked and paint splattered tackling the immense task of renovating the Student Union. Deanne is unique. In true scientific spirit she passes late afternoon hours in the chemistry lab, subsequently rewarding herself for such remarkable endurance by a quick drive to Taco Bell. Those few free hours might also find her in her room, sitting cross-legged on the floor with scissors in hand, cutting out a pattern for her latest fashion which she would describe as just a little different and strictly me. Although she tolerates superficiality in others, there is a genuineness which distinguishes Deanne. Her most whimsical dreams eventually give way to definite and uncompromising goals of graduate school and achieve- ment in her academic field. I03 BARBARA ANN MORRISON Fountain Valley, California MAJOR! HISTORY MINOR! ENGLISH Publicity Committee '67 , Social Committeo '66 Zgglgsfglub ,66 Commumty Service 67 Drama Productions '66 Irish Club '66, 67 BARBARA MORRISON A San Francisco sopllisticate or a Southern California beach bunny, Barbara changes her image with the ease of certain taste. Aware of fad and fashion, she never hesitates to be diiferent or daring. She suits her own style, relying on the self-confidence of being well- groomed. At ease with herself, she is able to make others com- fortable by a warm interest and friendliness best ex- pressed in a realistic humor. Any situation is under con- trol and can be enjoyed, at least privately, by the objective recognition of the ridiculous. Barb entertains by the mim- icking rendition of a recent experience, managing to engage her audience by hilarious facial expressions. Her eyes may light at a suggested dare but she avoids trouble by confining her antics to a dialogue or a silliness that achieves effect by astonishment. Barb's light and personal humor is never dull, though often impractical-her most impossible wish is to grow her own frosted hair. She canlt keep appointments and her actions express dislike for a schedule. She is, though, apt to use her time constructively, and will accomplish what she must while also finding time for important mat- ters which pamper her femininity. Regularly found on Pebble Beach, Barb loves the sun and an outdoors look but shuns any athletic activity. The best dressed skier, she is likely not to ski, but will undoubtedly delight those who do. I05 CATHY N AQHIGIAN Stockton, California MAJ URI AMERICAN CIVILIZATION CONCENTRATION: HISTORY MINOR! ENGLISII Social Committee '68 Italian Club' 67 Community Service '66, '67, '68 Vice President '67 Keys '69 Drama Productions '60 CATHY NAHIGIAN There is something dark and beautiful about Cathy, there is a depth of character that is complex and confusing sometimes. Cathy is quiet and perceptive, independent and intuitive. She makes dreams inside, builds castles, and fills them with her special understanding of what love is. Cathy is characterized by a deep concern for those whom she considers important. Never seeking the lime- light, she is content to be just a little outside the main- stream, observant and sensitive. She is shy on first meet- ing and perhaps for a long time after that. Cathy is not quick to open up to anyone, but rather careful and de- liberate in choosing those who could truly be called friends. Temperamental? Only to an extent, resulting from something inside of Cathy that will not allow her heart to be involved at times. When life gets to the point of only questions with no seeming answers, Cathy is frustrated by the frivolous and becomes at times too sensitive to the lightness of others who are not so concerned with the seriousness of life and the problems of today's world. But Cathy's moods are usually kept beneath the sur- face-only those very close to her will know when she is disturbed. Others see a bright person, with a flashing smile, big brown eyes, and a hair ribbon to match every mood of every day. It is only when you get inside Cathy,s world that you find out what's really happening there, that you hnd the Cathy who is loyal and sincere, dark and beautiful. l07 HSI' W, Q p 5 is ffmlgg -il THELMA M. NISSEN San Rafael, California MAJOR: HISTORY MxNoR: ENGLISH Transferred from the University of Washington THELMA NISSEN One could call Thelma Nissen an opportunist-a per- son who takes advantage of a situation to his or her own enrichment. She has done that with college-made the very most of it. Dominican has been a delightful and rewarding ex- perience for Thelma. Returning to college after nine- teen years, she expected to be a Hlonern but found both the students and faculty warm and outgoing. More im- portant, Dominican found an optimistic student eager to contribute to the college community. Gregarious, she is a good mixer and regular fellow in a different sense than was George Babbitt. She has met others on their field and adapted easily. With Thelma there is no com- munication gap. Free, open, candid, exchange is the by- word. She makes the transition from wife and mother to coed without losing the grace or enthusiasm of either. A wide field of interests testifies to her exuberant spirit. MI love vacations -camping, resorts, beach house, hik- ing or traveling into see all the worldvj . Her more local interests are football, parties, skiing, Rachmaninoff, and a strong concern for today's young people, that they do not grow up absurd.7' She is an unusual person: without a forbidding facade she has shown us the importance of appreciating an ed- ucation, the value of hard work, and the return received for extending oneself beyond the necessary limit. Domin- ican is lucky-it has known one of the nicest opportun- ists. l09 MAUREEN ANN O'CALLAHA-N La Habra, California MAJOR: LATIN MINOR: Hlsronv Community Service Chairman '69 Irish Club '66, '67, '68, '69 Executive Board '69 Music Club '67, '68 M eadawlark Assistant Editor '68 Social Chairman '68 Community Service '67, '68, '69 Young Republicans '67, '68, '69 MAUREEN O'CALLAHAN The Latin language is built on simple, basic founda- tions but with forms and derivatives to fit an elaborate structure. Maureen is built the same way, with basic, home-grown fin an Orange County citrus grovej beliefs, extended by exposure and experience. In four years Maureen has tried different Ways of life and points of view working towards the formulation. of her own. She has been a part of the community, open to its influence. From being close to people, she has learned the value of the individualis potential. Finding this, she was led to the field of special education in which she hopes to bring encouragement to handicapped children. Maureen's goals, though important, are not always uppermost in her mind. A social animal, she joins in a picnic, wing party or a coke runn to relieve the pressure of half an hour's concentrated study. Ethics' finals and other shared misery are occasions for lavish affairs re- sembling an Irish wake. A frequent visitor, she will drop in and Within the instant become involved in your current problem, gladly wading through the stormy seas of deliberations, and en- joying the ride almost more than the safe arrival at a decision. Maureen has developed her basic personality and one can be sure that her concern, sociability and generosity will always remain, but her complete structure, with all its derivatives, the synthesis of all ber influences, remains to be completed by just living. SUANNE ELIZABETH O'HARE Monterey, California MAJOR: SPEECH MINOR: ENGLISH International Relations Club and Madrigal Singers '66, '67, '68, '69 M.U.N. '66 Troupers '66, '67, '68, '69 Irish Club '67 Drama Productions '66, '67, '68, '69 SUANNE O'HARE When the curtain has fallen on our four years at Do- minican College, Suanne O'Hare will not be forgotten. Her love is the theater, and there has not been a musical or drama production which did not include her work, whether she was claiming the spotlight or working behind the scenes. Suanne feels that she has grown much in the past four years. She has come to more of an appreciation of the theater as a whole, and less of a desire for the limelight. She now wants to share her appreciation with others. through the lVlarin Shakespeare Festival for the present, and through high school teaching in the future. Unlike many she knows what she wants, and she is not waiting until graduation to start working for it-she has always been working for it. Suanne is a girl who was never really caught up in the full swing of college life- she was always content and happier to be a little apart from the utypicaln college atmosphere. Because of this she is often misunderstood, but though she is sensitive to the reactions of her audience, she is not afraid to be a little different. Suanne has developed a unique role for herself and remains consistently in character, she is not a follow- er. One suspects that Suanne sees deeply into a person. She is an actress herself and she knows when another per- son is acting, sees what another person really is. If she could rewrite the script of life, loneliness and unhappiness would be deleted, along with closed, un- friendly people. If all the world were a stage, Suamle would be in her element. II3 STEPHANIE LOUISE PARENTI San Francisco, California MAJOR: HISTORY MINOR! ART HISTORY Wl1o's Who Among American - , S Cslleggs Snag Universitges ?3:Zia?1Zag:EIi6g6 tu ent 0 y ecretary ' - - , Class President '68 Commlfmty Servlce 67 Executive Board '67, '68 SCTA 69 1' STEPHANIE PARENTI Long walks, people who love, laughter and little broth- ers-these are the things that appeal to Steph. She is a person who is nearly impossible to describe because too many good things sound trite and contrived and bad things just do not apply. A combination of the Tliinker and the Listener, she is always willing to attend to someo11e else's problem, though she keeps her own inside. Her nature is seasoned with a dash of the romantic and an impulsiveness that leads her to splurge on new clothes or talk someone else into splurging. San Francisco is her favorite city and her home, and Union Street is her favorite part of it. Eyelet dusters, cafe au lait, cameos and ice CICLIIIIQ her favorite things rellect her personality-a little paradoxical and always intriguing. Responsibility does not scare Stephg she has proved her capabilities as a leader. 'Yet she is a quiet rather than charisniatic leader, disliking controversy and debate over what is to be done, upset if her actions do not wi11 approv- al. And although she has often been placed in the lime- light, she is much happier doing a quiet good job behind the scenes. Steph could never be a politician. She sees too much good in people and is too kind herself to ever hurt others. Perhaps that is why those who know her ap- preciate her for what she is-a loveable, loving person. Il5 MIKELL CECILIA ANN PEACOCK Los Gatos, California MAJOR: SPANISH MINOR: ART Attended San Jose State College '68 g:EggieE?g:gng::Ilgl'tee ,69 Internationyal Students Club '69 House Clzlairman '69 gf1?h.CiUg1 61? ,67 ,69 Commumty Service '67 pdms U ' MIKIE PEACOCK Mikie is a girl who forges ahead to the new. She does not wait to see what lies around the next corner-she runs to meet it head-on and enjoys it, every bit of it. She knows how to make the most of the moment, how to enjoy being with a crowd, how to enjoy being alone. Mikie is activity: rainy days don't mean depression, but long walks, the beach is not for passive sunbathing, but for running along the shoreg trees are not just for appreciative gazing, but for climbing. Mikie lives in the world of hard rock and folk music, splashy colors, and Rod McKucn. Traditional skirts, sweaters and knee socks do not belong in her ward- robe. Mikie is much more at home in levis and mini-skirts. And her rough loomed poncho is a familiar sight on cam- pus. Here special idiosyncrasy is rings-her hands usual- ly display several. Mikie's love of Edgehill shows the 'Gbeing alone part of her nature. She is at home in her chaotic room, with all her stuffed animals, who are often joined by the Edgehill cat. And too, she is at home in the old-fashioned living room, watching TV, and working on some new handicraft. Life for Mikie is not to be organized, planned out for every moment. It is to be full of surprises. No matter if surprises mean confusion. Mikie's confusion is the type to be penetrated, explored and enjoyed. II7 SHARON MARIE ROSE Alamo, California MAJOR? SPEECH MINORZ ART HISTORY Firebrand Staff '68 Troupers '66, '67, '68, '69 Community Service '66 President '69 Irish Club '69 Vice-President '68 Keys '69 Young Dembcrats '68 SI-IARGN ROSE Sharon is ever-changing-her moods are extreme. Her joy is completely unbounded and releases itself into leaps in the air accompanied by irrepressible laughter, clap- ping hands and a beaming face. Depression finds Sharon sitting in her room for hours pondering her problems and carefully working out their solutions. This task accom- plished, she returns to the smoke room ready for an exer- cise session ora hand of bridge. Given to acting on sudden whims, Sharon will suddenly decide the North Wing smoke room lacks Christmas spirit, will connnandeer every jar of paint she can Hnd, gather her friends, and set them to work, paint brushes in hand. The result is a myriad of angels, candy canes and snow- men, the piece de resistance being her own Rudolph the lled Nosed Reindeer. Later in the evening she will touch down to earth to study for an impending final. But, she's really much happier viewing the world from her vantage point somewhere in the clouds. Born to a family of sentimentalists, Sharon positively adores dogs, children, and horses. The sight of one or all three will generally draw a long sigh. Finding joy in the very small things, she saves her worry for large problems. All efforts, from speech projects to the St. George Play, are whole-hearted and successful, and her approach to what lies ahead will be no less vigorous. II9 ELIZAIBETH ALICE RYAN Eureka, California MAJUR: ENGXSII MINOR: I11s1'uRY December 1968 Graduate Meadowlark Assistant Editor '68 Firebranrl Staff '69 LIZ RYAN By your own soul, learn to live, Though men thwart you, have no care, Though men hate you, have no fear, Hope your hope, dream your dream, Sing your song. Bob Dylan Liz lives by her own soul with confidence and inde- pendence. The giant and solitary redwoods of North- western California, Lizis home, have left their mark upon her character. A sensitive person herself, she understands and demands much of the people in her life. Her own per- sonal honesty and simplicity become her requirement of others. Loving the unique and out-of-the-way, she treasures the town of Solvang, the anthology of Mother Goose, and her collection of single lines of poetry or the choicest literary images. Always a connoisseur, Liz chooses fine china, a new dress, a book, with the same caution and deliberation with which she would choose a friend. 'Tm not a joiner is her description of herself, for Liz refuses to participate in the frivolous or the artificial. Instead she values the real people in her life: her family, her fiance, and her close friends. Like Alice in Wonderland, Liz is candid, perceptive, and genuine. Many will not experience her uniqueness for they will not have taken the time to read between the lines. I2I MARIE AGNES ST. MARTIN Sun Rafael, Californian Day Student. Representative '68 Executive Board '68 MAJ UR: SOCIOLOGY MINOR Z FRENCH Cummunity Service ,66, '68 MARIE ST. MARTIN Marie is a straight-faced surprise to all who meet her. Her jokes can keep her friends in hystcrics while her own face remains completely deadpan-moving not a muscle. Marie can lie an audience as well as a performer. She loves to meet new people and lie around old friends and prefers socializing to studying any day. lVlarie's wit is not the only key to her personality. Everyliody's character is a collage of different elements, but few persons can claim such a wide cross-section of interests as she. To look at her you think petite . . . or feminine. But the same girl who loves to try out new make-up, curl her hair in ringlets, or polish her nails, is also at home at the steering wheel of a half-ton truck. Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet keeps Marie from her part-time job as a postal truck driver. If you're observant, you may catch sight of her battling the Fourth Street traflic some late afternoon. Then there is the Marie who canit let go of her attach- ment tothe Beatles. She is as avid a fan today as she was five years ago and her taste has moved right along with theirs. Marie is like psychedelia in a way: for out of the wild, colorful, and crazy design comes a message that only a Marie St. Martin personality can express. I23 ELIZABETH PURCELL SCARPA San Francisco, Californian MAJOR! SPEECH MINOR 2 ENGLISH Class President '67 .- 1 y , Exegutive Board '67 ylfiilag-ilr'ib,626',6f97',6?58 Soc1a1Comm1ttee '66 D , , - ,U Y- T Community Service ,67, ,68 rama Productions H, 11, 18 LIZ SCARPA Early each morning Liz sails into the North Wing smokeroom with a loud, '6Hello, mah friends. Thus easily does sl1e shift from her life as a housewife to her life as a student. Liz is not a young wife who is also going to school but a young woman going to school who also happens to be married. And somehow in the shuffle neither career is slighted. Liz finds merit in the conventional but often questions its absoluteness, as evidenced by her insistence on having a chocolate wedding cake. fAfter all, she likes- chocolate cake.l Valuing an exchange of opinion she is self-assured and informed, remaining firm in her position. But her open and relaxed manner rarely puts others on the de- fensive. Liz doesn't argue, she merely discusses, for her greatest fear is that she may someday see the world as only black or white and lose the ability to consider op- posing views. An inordinate passion for anything purple, for Glenn Yarborough, for head scarves, and for Georgette Heyer novels makes Liz's life an amalgam of simple delights. Dramatic to the bone, she is always in some production or another, behind the scenes or in front. The Lizzardv is a girl with places to go, people to meet and things to do, but many will be repeat performances, for her life has already been one filled with traveling, interesting people, and unusual experiences. Irish and Lebanese by birth, Italian in name, she meets the world with the luck of the Irish and the protection of the North Beach mafia. l25 ROBIN LOUISE SHIPLEY Arnold, California MAJOR: ART MINUH: ENGLISH Transferred from Wcst Valley College '66 Art Guild '69 President 69 Secretm, 169 Meadowlark Art Editor '68 , y Community Service '67, '68 Keys 69 Irish Club '69 ROBIN SHIPLEY t Robin is a whirlwind. Small. Unpredictable. Quick. She likes movement. Living as fast as she can. She dashes oll to class and the cafeteria as if somewhere i11 her child- hood she had learned that to keep up with the bigger kids she would have to walk as fast as her feet could alternate. So she darts down paths with her coat U.l1lJLIlllO11Cd and her purse slung over one shoulder banging an almost steady beat. I Motion is life. To be free. To be able to step on the gas pedal with as much pressure as she pleases. On an open road. To lope through a wooded gully and a grassy meadow. A sturdy horse at her command. For Robin this is to live. Constantly changing. Her attention span is not long. She admits this candidly. When she shops she splurges. Gaily going from o11e little specialty store to another. Completely engrossed in what shels examining. For that moment. From a painting miniature to an avant-garde shift. A momentls intensity is the important thing. From this, her love of Michelangelo. Robin can be stubborn at times. When she tries to clarify her philosophy for someone who doesn't quite see her point of view, she seems authoritative. She races headlong into an explanation. Serious. Her brown eyes 011 fire. When she speaks, she's right. Her position under- stood, she softens. Moves on to other things. Different from those before. Newer. l27 ifw ifiliii , . JRJECPE ' El -wif- ,'.-'JH' ,dig 1.-'.Q 1' .. , ,Et-1-.' 5 H- ,J 1,4 4Qgivd.,',g,5 , f r W T-fo t 2 -- F- MSI' . ' fgm 1SQQl ,v LT'-1' Qui: L. waht. + , ri' 411 'IL , ur i J I Jr li' it ' A111 J I: it 1, . 1 -C I fr 31 '1 . ,' f -.vt . v 11, L 43, SHIREEN MARIE SILVA Walnut Grove, California MAJOR! AMERICAN CIVILIZATION CONCENTRATION! FINE ARTS MINOIIZ SPANISH Sigma Delta Phi Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities Social Chairman '68 Class President '66 Executive Board '66, '68 Social Committee '67, '68, '69 Pennafort House Chairman '69 Community Service '67, '68, '69 Keys '69 Madrigal Singers '66, '67, '68, '69 Spanish Club '66 Drama Productions '66, '67, '68, '69 1 7 fw 'M 'Z-f SHERRY SILVA Sherry, the little girl from Ria,,, is composed of the same spirit that makes colors bright, that makes sun shine through rain, and that promises gold at the end of the rainbow. Life shows through her happy face and her optimism lightens the midnight conversation and the day-to-day endeavor. Comfortable with tradition and silent through change, Sherry spends her energies in making every moment live, making smiles seem the thing to do when all seems grim to others. She serves with the Warmth of sincerity, she listens with a sometimes too noble ear, and she enjoys working because she never forgets to laugh. A life char- acterized by a splash of exuberance and enthusiasm brought her to the forefront of friends and fun while at Dominican. There is not a committee or an operetta that has passed Sherry by in the last four years-and it is doubtful that there will be many in her future community that will not include her gay and generous spirit. Sherry can dream a dream, hope while others despair, love when it seems impossible. Idealistic and just a little old-fashioned, she makes every moment important to herself and those around her. Sherry is special because she is a whole parade by herself, a person who can shine her way through any day, unaware that sometimes the rain must fall. I29 MARILYN YORK SPEEG Creenbrae, California MAJUIKZ SOCIOLOGY MINOR! PSYCHOLOGY frunsfcrred from Cullegc of Muriu.'67 MARILYN SPEEG Marilyn is a curious blend of the Southern belle and the Women's Equality advocate. To look at her and to listen to her is to gain the impression of fluttering eye- lashes and ruflles. But there is a touch of Scarlet O'Hara in Marilyn. Although her forceful femininity and charm have attracted a string of beaus from Texas, her native state, to California, she is not a submissive person. Mari- lyn knows what she wants and will not let anyone, even a man, stand in her way towards attaining it. And like Scarlet, Marilyn is no struggling damsel, as those who have sailed with her can attest. Cenerously including many friends in her Saturday outings, Marilyn automatically considers her guests her crew. She is as happy in cut-offs and a sweatshirt, teaching her partners the rudiments of sailing, as she is sitting in Bertrand teaching a new bridge player the basics of that game. Underneath her feminine wiles is a quick and logical mind and a certain determination about everything she does. Marilyn is family-oriented: a career in social work will not stop her from caring for a family and a home of her own. Marilyn's southern accent is her major tie to the South. With a slow drawl she offers her frank opinions. Her 'gTara is the state of Texas, and her dream is to return there . . . to a colonial-style house . . . to the life of the Southern belle. And since tomorrow is another day, maybe tomorrow, Marilyn will do just that. l3I 'F ' '- fnw 6 6 Y--QQ L - ,jf JV ma.-p' 1 i . wju'J : Q 1 La w -'i1lLgjw: - A riff- 'Jnf'w1L'.E' R4bf ' MjJ,,, n 1- ,.. 5 , J-7-. 2 ,. .mf ,Q 1 V+ ,UTTW 311,45 7 ,gn y ..1 - NJ .pw- v-,I Ein fwnl v H in 1 w ll , L'. r 1 .T- 'fl'r ,,.' .Nu 1 u,'.v', E2 - X LIL -15 , ln, ,Q 4 I A. . Qi: : -Q If 1' f I . ji fill f BERNICVE LILLIAN SPENCER Stockton, California 'VIAJHRZ AMERICAN CIVILIZATIUN CONCENTRATION! HISTORY NIINUNZ ITALIAN Student Affairs Board '69 F irebranrl Staff '69 Community Service '67 International Students Club '66, '67, '68, '69 Italian Club '67, '68, '69 SCTA '68, '69 President '69 Troupers '66 Young Delnnuralts '68 BERNIE SPENCER If she didn't consider herself too '4shy,', Bernie would always be in the midst of a lively uhappeningf' She loves drama and excitement. In children, especially in her nieces and nephew, Bernie sees life and activity, and, if she were able, she would establish her own school just to enjoy children's questions and answers. Bernie is drawn to both a life 'of activity and of peace- ful reflection: working, dating, and fun in L.A. have their attraction, but she also dreams of a quiet retreat to the islands of the South Pacific. ln the privacy of her room, with her goldfish only, Bernie may often be found making paper mosaics, reading Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Langston Hughes, writing 'cweird stories, or prac- ticing modern dance . . . with background music some- times from the classics, sometimes from the Supremes or Brazil '66. Constantly exercising the L'woman's prerogative, Bernie will go out to dinner fully intending to order a salad, decide on chicken, and settle for av cheeseburger. But in the more serious matters-her studies and her beliefs-Bernie is not easily swayed. Aware of the pres- ent, often seeming more current than the newspaper, meditative about the past, expecting much of the future, and afraid only of bugs-this is Bernie. Seldom moody, she could have named her goldfish '4Sunshine after herself. l33 .IOANN SPILLANE Pauific Palisades, Culifurniu MAJOR: ART HISTORY MINOR: FRENCH Class Vice-President '68 Meadowlark SMH ,68 Suciul Committee '66, '67, '68 - - Student Affairs Board '66 lush Club 67 JOANN SPILLANE Jo is obviously of the sun and sand she loves. The California girl, she manages to retain a summer look throughout rainy winter months, to extend her favorite season by anticipation and by the reluctant relinquishing of sandals and short flowered shifts. Remarkable for an organization that produces an ever- handy list and that finds eachitem later checked off, Jo is known to be considerate because her good intentions flower under thoughtful supervision. A never empty mail- box answers the stacks of letters she continually sends. Holiday cards go out by the dozens, the result of Jo's care to preserve friendships combined with a sentimentality that would be laughed at were it less sincere. She is captivated by babies, and often herself expresses a child- like excitement which produces a sudden scream, start- ling or scaring those unfamiliar with her extreme re- actions. Even when not necessarily relishing the occasion, Jo is capable and poised in a social atmosphere-a sharp contrast to the panicked reactions that find her in a closet, unproportionately scared by the knock of authority. A timidity that won't voluntarily speak in class and dis- likes being the center of attention, easily accepts a repri- mand while eyeing an exit, thinking only of being gone. Gullible and completely unconvincing at pretense, 10's disposition is revealed by an impish look that develops into a grin and laughter that fades brilliantly into her white smile. I35 SUZANNE JEAN STELLA San Francisco, California MAJ ou: 1-:NcL1s11 MINOR: HISTORY l n-sinnun Class Adviser '68 Student Affairs Board '68 Executive Board '68 Firebrctnd Staff '69 SUZANNE STELLA If Suzanne had lived in England, her favorite place, during the nineteenth century, she might have been re- membered with Lord Byron as one of a unique species- satirical Romantic. Suzanne can out-Wit and out-trick almost everyone, even her teachers. With poetic sensi- bility she gives attention to the littlest things around her. ln fact, her most cherished possessions are tiny nic-nacs and Joan Walsh Anglund sketches. lntensely aware of the smallest problems, her own and those of friends, she has shared advice and understanding with almost everyone on campus-especially with the Bertrand Belles, class of '69, and with the class of ,7l. Creative in all arts, Suzanne even has innumerable styles of handwriting. She prefers to spend her time writ- ting, drawing in pen and ink, or contemplating-making her ufirst impressions, which she insists are always true. Individualistic and independent, Suzanne loves to be alone. Paradoxically, she fears loneliness. She hides every tension and frustration. She fears every tomorow. When Father Blank vacates the bench close to the Convent patio, Suzanne may be found there trying to slow down the pace of life while she remembers a T.L. for someone. And as Suzanne takes that Whig, scarey step of gradu- ation, her class might well return a T.L. maxima cum laude. She made us think, feel, and love a little better and a little more. l37 JOANN F IORINA TORLA1 Stockton, Califomia MAJOR 2 ITALIAN MINOR! MATHEMATICS Gamma Signal Club Council Secretary '69 Religious Activities Committee '67 Community Service '68 International Students Club '68, '69 Italian Club '67, '68, '69 President '69 Treasurer '67 House Chairman '66 SCTA '69 Young Republicans '68 JOANN TORLAI JoAnn greets each morning with a Cheshire grin, re- gardless of weather forecast or the number of problems to be faced that day. And her grin often flashes through- out her well-organized day. To the casual onlooker, Jo- Ann appears the happy-go-lucky type. But happy-go- lucky often indicates carefree and rather hang-loose, un- derneath, JoAnn is neither of these. Her system is to plan aheadg she takes advantage of her self-developed organi- zational talent. Constantly on the go, she approaches school projects and extracurricular activities confidently, with the idea of doing the best she can. Those who know ,lo best are familiar with another side of her Italian nature-a rarely expressed moodiness, often an occasion for comic relief on an extra-tense day. An atmosphere of silence in contrast to one of loud verbal explosions indicates that .lo's sensitivity has been aroused. Her candid comments, sometimes tactless, are never- theless spontaneous counterparts of her honesty. A wrinkled nose is a signal that JoAnn is in deep thought. With a few moments to herself Jo may perhaps be motivated into contemplation by her favorite song, Al di Laf' and the dream of a perfect World. However, when wrinkles fade, so do Utopian ideas. For, in the last analysis, Jo rather likes reality. I39 GAYLE -MARIE U-BHAUS Mill Valley, California MAJOR! SOCIOLOGY MINUII2 SPANISH Cummunily Scrvicc '00, '67, '68 GAYLE UBHAUS Gayle may be petite, however, she is anything but a small person. A sociology major, her world-view is not limited to her physical locality. Her interests are likewise all-encompassing. But she especially enjoys a vital at- mosphere: skiing, dancing, parties, and people full of life. Because of her lively nature Gayle was aptly named. Like the weather phenomenon, she is here, there, and everywhere-seemingly all at once. She is often glimpsed speeding around in her green sportscar . . . never failing to keep an appointment . . . usually arriving a little late. Yet amidst the whirl of her many activities she retains her private life with her family and closest friends. The warm gaylef' of course, is a herald of Spring- time! The season is known to have arrived when Gayle announces that she has 'Lbeach in her soul , then she may be found playing football in the surf or constructing sand castles, accompanying her activity with peals of laugh- ter. Her spirit of fun is as contagious as her laugh itself, affectionately described as a cross between a donkey bray and a hyena giggle. When she spies a glimmer of humor in the worst of situations her amusement is in- fectious. And yet there is a serious thoughtfulness about Gayle. Part of the fascination she invokes is the mystery of what she is really thinking . . . Getting to know her is a fresh, enjoyable, and endless experience. I4l MADELON ANN WA-LSH Creenbrae, California MAJOR: SPANISH MINOIXZ ms'r4mv Sigma Delta Phi Amigos Anonymous '66 President '69 Spanish Club '69 Community Serviur- '66 President '69 MADELON WALSH Madelon is an ardent student. Leisure is a luxury rare- ly indulged, for between classes and a part-time job she feels there is little enough time for schoolwork. So, she keeps late hours and demands quiet from her family, although she cannot resist a disturbance from the baby, a playful Siamese kitten, now and then. Madelon has a passion for anything Spanish or Mexi- can-it rules her life. After spending a summer in Mex- ico with Amigos Anonymous, she chose Spanish as her major, and plans to become a high school Spanish teacher. I want to do more than just teach the language. I want to clear up a lot of misconceptions about the people and the culture. Superficiality is Madelon's first hate. She likes to get to the heart of the matter and can be somewhat philo- sophical. She has the ability to judge things objectively but can't help being a sentimentalist. Tears come easily, often to her embarrassment and frustration. Although she doesn't have time to do as much social- izing as she'd like, Madelon is a friendly, expansive person who loves a good party. Many of her summer weekends are spent at Lake Berryessa where she swims and waterskis, where there is the leisure she deserves. Madelon demands order in her life- she has eaten lunch with her grandmother every noon since freshman year, she has made this a part of her day. But she also demands a happy spontaneityg in spite of her sense of order, she faces the world with a carefree outlook. I43 MARY ANN WHITE Orinda, California MAJUHZ AMERICAN CIVILIZATIUN CONCENTRATION! SOCIAL SCIENCES Publicity Commitee '68 Irish Club '67 Sucial Commitee '66, '67 Muclrigal Singers '68 Community Service '66, '07 Drama Productions '66 MARY ANN WHITE Calm and elegant, tall and gentleg a face often en- hanced by a wide and sparkling smile. Mary Ann pos- sesses all the grace that makes people call her sophisti- cated. She belongs to country homes and fox hunts, to expensive restaurants and designer clothes. Mary Ann is a lady in the true sense of the word. She never need search her way into society, society will seek her out. But Mary Ann's air of sophistication sometimes buries her quiet simplicity and child-like qualities of daisies and Heidi. When her day is over and she can return to the privacy of her room, put on a granny gown, and climb into her bed, she is even more Mary Ann. Content with crossword puzzles, a child's edition of an old favorite, and surrounded by tiny framed pictures of those she loves, Mary Ann smiles inside. Though she Hnds serenity and happiness in being alone, her more predominant affinities are for the social situa- tion Where she can share thoughts and smiles with friends. She is ever-willing to go shopping in the city, out to din- ner, and, most of all, home. A woman close to her family, she is most secure and satisfied when sharing their com- pany. Mary Ann's ambitions are quiet, but will carry her far. Her love for those close to her radiates from her own beauty. And the family who inherits her closeness and deep love will inherit a wealth of happiness. I45 V -QQ PF '1 , mf' V j '. Q Q. , ! Q' ' 'f 'F' I K 1 .fir M -1 Q W ' ' N 1: 4, , 1, , 5 , ff K ' 1 . 3 if yi U. If , ij . i qx -. .. p'pj'- -, fl A' ,. ,J qi 4. S 4 ., 'Ting' 4 4 ffl' , QANI . . J 'ry Jn. A 7 A: is . In L I-V fu. hzjvirl , 1:',,i 4 I Y K Q : . 3 W A ig, .'fJ, ebay EY -iv , ,L ., ,I mf Maru. ,rf X, . , ,, -- ., , I L- ' -if - .lg , , A v ' I ' ' a fx N 1 F X , .491 I 1 1 xi: I' L s N r ' fffftf . ir., Az, H3 11 . 'T in I , L r U , I xx ,S .il. El . v x Veritas STUDENT BODY OFFICERS PEGGY GLOCKNER President KATHIE KIRKOVICS Vice President MARILYN HULL SAB President ANN STELLA Treasurer ELEANOR NELLE Secretary H .u'i---- 111'- W I I! Roz MCGRATPI STEPHANIE, BARBONI LINDEN HAVEN Ist Vice President President 2nd Vice President MARY ELLEN LEONARD CHRIS COLLINS Secretary Treasurer CLASS OF 1969 'o. 4 0 YZ in -gt ,iz rf, N 'DJ J I if-.1 .ff 4. lg Q JAN GILBEAU SUE SCHMID MARTHA OLIVARES Secretary Treasurer lst Vice President ANNA PIERINI JANE ENGLER 2nd 171:66 Pl'6S1:dE7l.i Pregidgng CLASS OF 1971 .Q .ff ' 1 41. - - v Ev-bi,-v x F get ,. rr ffx 4 'V - -,JH 0 - ' -1 3' .ze ' 'X - Q GQ -f'Vf!',,,- .ri -.gf Q , , ' In 3, 59. 1,5 1' Mi., Nb, 'J '- ff Z -gil! v if N -I 1 A 5 x,.,,3,:wf.fQ ,gfffby H-' ' -- 'f'-'51 . -H' vw . . 2- , Q A . N l N, '1 1 h ' af- 1- ,, - f - Q: Ib lg 14625 1 A .. Vx- Nu, 4 ,Q 'P '.,-.' 1 ,'ba,s3'A' wi I. QTY 'L-,. 'jg'-.' ' , - 'uv'-ff, Y Q 3.1 . v'.rsw . Q ' ,, 4 'my' ffblg 'bl 1 , ' fv 'Z'.fJ 35? - .- -iw, ' v'.--dnf 'ff' -.. -A v. N. ' f,., -. Q K-' ' ' ' fx- bf , s ,,' 515- .f 1, K -N -I pix '- - N ,WA A .w ' A A - Magi,-,.:I. .geuw - 5 - ,G . we ,4 ,4 ,gg I, JW.. , I U ,L vw. - fx , T- 1' A ., I ' x ' ' .N,, . xN'v'x r' ..,.,kN P 'H ff? 'HV V' - .. .T . . . 1 - 'xr 'li'-fl Q 5 :.-fs 5' ' :fly 5 .,i..i1z3 '-fyzg 19 - . m, -. wi , ,2- ' W n iw. '. M5312 ' rms: ., xg' ,535 ' -2-2. . T132 A ' ' 'JUN I ,WX Q y qi, :R A-I J. au: W A rx I 'rf -' . 1 1 , ri' H ., Lfbff - 'X w' ,. .1 - pr. A-2 .v , fx XA , '-.4 '52 5 Ar .c. ,i lf. -X 'CK A' Ke- A X KX 'X fu A pr N - i - . , 7 N I. 1 -1' ' Ixl I Fil I Hi' I 'Sli-1 ! 3 - X ' KAY QUELLA KEKRY DALY 1 N MARTY IVIERKLE Secretary Isl Vi1,ePresidenI Treasurer 'x ,, SANDY MIC!-IAEI, X! X CHESCA PIUMA President 2nd Vice Presidenl CLASS OF 1972 1968 Everybody died last year. Robert Kennedy, my aunt, Martin Luther King, Sister Thomas. Some were expected. others came as shocks. Each one brought a sense of loss. People gone forever. Not appreciated enough until too late. And then it's worse. Of course Perky was different. A little yellow canary locked up in a shiny gray metal cage. A delicate creature whose job was pleasure. It takes a while to know people. You have to know something about them. You have to know how to talk to them. You have to know so much that only comes with age. With animals all that doesnit mat- ter. A child can start a friendship without a single word. I was eight years old when I found him under the Christmas tree. A little yellow Hull that started chirping and rolling into a grand song the minute the sunlight tried to find him. He hopped back and forth between the two highest wooden bars with an occasional Hing on the swing inbetween. His shiny black eyes peered at me. He was so happy. I sat there half the day. Just watching. Playing the popular Perry Como records for him to accompany. He loved them. So we named him Perry Como with the accents on the last syllables. It seemed to fit his dainty diminutive size. But over the years he got to be known more casually as Perky or just plain Perk. He didn't care. It was fun taking care of him for a while. Changing his water. Giving him seed, egg cakes, and sometimes a little scrap of crisp green lettuce. Perk took his weekly baths on Saturdays. He would stubbornly demand his privacy. Not one tiny taloned foot would get near his oval blue l52 plastic cup until everyone was out of the room. Five minutes later he would be jumping around eyeing the sat- urated newspapers beneath him. Wanting me to change his bathroom back to a living room with a white gravel rug. At night I carefully covered him with his own red and yellow cotton sheet. His head missing. Just a funny shaped ball next to his cuddle bone. Perk loved summertime. He liked being hung on the side porch with the pink hollyhocks waving with the wind right outside his front door. He enjoyed having us around him all day. Singing to his heart's content. Not having to live forthe clock saying three. I guess it was about four or five years later that things began to change. It became a chore to check him for food and water every day. It became a real effort to hang him outside. Mostly I just forgot. I begrudged him the time I had to spend with his bath and his floor. He sensed this and deliberately antagonized me by waiting half an hour before deciding to splash around. Well, I had more in- teresting things to do, people to see, places to go. The usual story. High school came and went. Taking care of Perk was no longer a chore. It became a habit. Mechanical. No feel- ing. If he didn't lake a bath in live minutes. Tough. No bath for him that week. If he wanted to be diity it was his problem. Apparently he liked the idea. Sometimes he co- operated. Sometimes he didn't. As soon as I walked in the door after school he'd start chirping. This was the signal to get the egg cake out. I moistened it and slammed it into its special little yellow cup. After a while I didn't l53 even go through the door. It got shoved between the bars. Perk's cage lost its shine. It was just a dull prison. His clear plastic seed and water cups got cloudy because I didn't scrub them anymore. Sometimes I'd forget to put his cover on. The next morning I'd feel a little sorry and remember to do it the next night. Feathers werenlt every- thing. Through all this Perky would still sing. He began ac- companying the sound of running water and food being fried instead of music. His hearing was going. His hops and jumps got a little slower and fewer. He didn't use his swing anymore. I learned that a canary is old at ten. That came as a jolt. I never really gave much thought to anything get- ting old when I was eighteen. I began being nice to Perk again. I started thinking about him. He could do any- thing he wanted now. Old age was a generous excuse. Even though be stuck his tongue out at me when I would do something for him. I worried about who l54 g would watch him when I went away to school. I was made many promises, but I learned that you can't trust mothers and brothers for everything. I'd walk in the door on a Friday afternoon and head straight for Perk. His water cup was nearly always hone dry. It probably upset me more than it did him. He survived every time. Then his feathers started to go. Not just molting. He soon devel- oped a bald scrawny neck which he valiantly tried to hide from me. Protecting me from its ugliness. I knew he was going to die soon. Arthritis had set in. He couldn't get up to the high bars. He couldn't straighten his legs. They turned white and scaly. Not strong enough to land on. He huddled between his food and his water. No more baths. No more singing. I saw that the room didnit get too cold. That his blanket was left on during the daytime as well as night. He just hunched over the wooden bar all day. Staring. Accusing- , ly. At me or anyone an there. One evening late last l55 May. It happened. I walked through the doorway. Started toward the cage. And then I saw what I had known I would finally see. The perch was empty. I refused to look at his floor. I just couldn't. I gave myself up to panic. I was scared, but I knew. I ran for my brother to see and to confirm. And then I cried. Cried like I hadn't cried for any person or friend. I sobbed because Perk had been one longest. My parents laughed at me. He was only a bird. This is life. Start getting used to it. I got mad and screamed words I don't even remember. My brother was different. Surprised by his big sister's behavior. Rather awed by my ranting. He tried to understand. My one consolation. He took command and told me to find an empty stationery box. I thought of the white tissue paper on my own. He gently took care of what I didnit want to see. And then we went outside. It was still sunny, but the wind was cold. I kept thinking about how much I wanted to get back inside. We got a shovel from the tool shed. I knew exactly where I wanted. Under the old acacia' tree. Pro- tected by a pile of used railroad ties and a barbed wire fence. Across from the side porch. It is not an alluring place, but I played house there when I was little. The ground was covered with dead leaves and soft. The somber little ceremony was over in a few minutes. We paused. My brother with complete respect for my mood. And then we went back into the house and had dessert. The next day I cleaned the cage and moved it down to the basement. I sighed and swore I'd never have another canary. It couldn't be the same. I automatically think of I56 Perk when I walk into his room still. And find it cold. I never go across the yard to the grave. I can't. And what good would it do! He was only a bird. Perk missed my twenty-first birthday party a few weeks later. I was glad. MARY LOU Bonnom '69 OFFERING One day when I am out-running the wind blowing smog in from the grey city and my feet crackling note-book paper fblue-linedj, blown candied-apple wrappers tossed off-hand fharbingers of autumnj : when the sky is twilighted electric and I run in that aimless way, running fast to express whatever it is inside that has been dangling me on a string, 1,11 run 'round the corner smack into you, and, halted, will extend my open, empty hands slowly. Knowing the time when I shall be made still with shame I write this for you that a smile will cross your face and you'll he pleased awhile. CATHY Weiss '70 l57 dx AW! ' I I , if A' V I 1 v 4 H. 'fl 'W X if w 1:11 - '51, , ,x , - L A 1 ,. . J 4 I 'fx I 'MX up ,, 1 Q' . .MSU fi PY ,y 1 xii - .xv - f-if b. r 1 1 1 if r-.ff f v ,H A, .1 K 7 we..- 4:51 . 0 Y 1 g I I f 3 11 ' .. A I 1 1 ,ms 1 if f 1 1 4 ONCE A YEAR It was early evening just before the night air became too cold. Into one of the narrower streets of the city, a horse and hansom cab trotted close to the cool darkness of the taller buildings. The old horse was freshly combed and brushed, her cream mane done up with red ribbons in true-love's-knots. She trotted gently and fiuidly, flicking her tail in time with her painted hoofs. The carriage was thoroughly waxed so that the mahogany gleamed in the dark, catching the gas-lamp highlights. Inside, the scar- let horse-hair seats were worn smooth with regular brush- ing. The curtains were full enough to provide privacy to the passengers. The spokes of the wheels spun with 'deli- cate balance under the weight of the old man sitting on the top of the cab. Its old driver wore a suit of blue satin and brocade, with a fine beaver hat set squarely on his white head. He wore soft blue gloves and kept his high boots polished. Under his nose he had carved a handlebar moustache, the ends of which he periodically twirled be- tween his fingertips. He often pictured himself worthy of becoming the queen's royal coachman. He led the cab through the cool darkness of the side streets onto the city's main plaza to find business for the evening. Since tonight the Concert was to be performed in the Hall that faced the square, the old man hoped to earn many fares. He circled the square, chose one of the out-going avenues, and began his circuit of the town. Soon he was hailed by a man and his wife, who were obviously on their way to the Concert. He waited for them IS9 to mount the carriage. Solemnly, he looked to either side. When they were settled, he turned the horse in the direc- tion ofthe Hall. By now the square was crowded with other carriages and people milling toward the Hall. The old man wound round the building, slipping in front Atnihe entrance. De- scending from the coach, the gentleman placed a coi11 on the driver's soft-gloved hand. The piece shone and glinted in the bright lamps of the square. Swinging around the square, the hansom gleaming as the moon rose from the surrounding hills, the driver drove on in search of a few of the many people who would be attending the Concert. He answered a hail by a well- dressed young man, wearing a rose in his lapel. He was ordered to the square. Tonight there would be proiits! The old man was think- ing that perhaps he could buy a new hat. His old one was all right, but he could see signs of fraying at the place on its brim where he tipped his hat. Perhaps this year he could even buy a new coach and hire another driver. Perhaps he would earn a lot of money for another horse as well, for tonight was Concert night. He and his horse were getting old and his thoughts turned to an easy re- tirement. But tonight anything was possible. As he turned into the square, the young man ordered him to stop at the dark green house at the corner and wait for him. The young man left and returned with a bright young girl, Who blushed as the gentleman led her to the cab. After helping her ascend the carriage, he told the driver the name of a street on the far side of town. The I60 old man perceived that not everyone was going to the Concert, but then, a fare was a fare. Half an hour later, the old man reached the street and asked for further instructions. After a long pause, the gentleman answered with a command just to ride around town, but please, away from the crowds. Quietly the old man clucked to his old horse with the red ribbon in her mane. Wheii the evening was over and even the Concert-goers had gone home, the driver drove back to the dark green house. The young man tossed him a coin. It lay heavily in his palm, the glint was dull with age. The old man put it into his pocket, pulled his coat closer about himself, and slowly headed for home. E. RHONDA JENNINGS '71 l6l ESSENTIAL I am surprised that what is essential is like sand: We are forever sweeping it from the crumbling temples of ou 1' own invention g Squinting ou 1' eyes when it's thrown up in our facesg shaping our castles, our fallible ramparts, out of its quintessentially ephemeral marrow. What is essential is shifting, mysterious in moon-dunes, irreverent upon the hallowed tomlms of saints and pharoahs. What is essential is what the bleached bones of the oldest mammoth shuffle down to, under the glHCiCl'S,, the 1'lVC1'S,, and the winds' attrition. What is essential is sand. And, deep in its teeming and fathomless core, some miracle of seed and stream and heaving of incessant storm. JOHN J. SAVANT 76 I 2 -.X if b x xgf, f vm ' S R1 s wf N7 ffJ' gG'-- 32.4540 X., 1 If law, :-.1941 iii' WK ' - wffaf' U ' ' - : Q 53? 527: :!':?'- 5 2, T S s. I64 al SISTER THOMAS I came to Dominican because of the treesand Sister Thomas. I first met her on a rainy day in March of my senior year in high school. She talked to me as though it were the most perfect day she had ever seen. As we walked from the Motherhouse to Meadowlands to Guz- man I saw the campus to its best advantage-through her eyes. The trees were a much more special green from that point of view. We stood by the piano in Meadowlands and she told me about tea dances, now mixers, and the girls Who had met 4'their young men in that parlor. In Guzman she picked up a F irebrand, because hadn't you written that you enjoyed English and would like to work on the pub- lications? It was the 1954 F irebrand and she flipped through the pages telling me about each girl. Now that I remember it I am awed by her memory, but that day it seemed that all people must be, quite naturally, that gracious and interested. Sister Thomas was genuinely universal-she saw and learned and loved all the positive elements in life. When something was missing or wrong she mended it. There was not one person or occasion that was not in some way involved with her. She was 'atuned in to each separate frequency. She pursued all her interests with enthusiasm and discipline and the rewards of that life- style have benefited all of us. What she gave was an absolute regard for human dig- nity as intended by God. We have learned from her the l65 necessity for each person to deserve his own dignity and respect that of others. Her presence bred an unconscious harmony and balance in every group. Warmth, sensitivity, charity and propriety were the qualities she tried to cultivate in her 'nlassiesf' These seeds were sown at the eight a.m. assemblies every morn- ing and the Dominican uimagev bore fruit under her care and guidance. A woman has an obligation to a productive life and Sister Thomas was educating women to this end. This education was not merely learned by rote g it was lived. It was a vital education, as active as her mind and heart. Her concern was not merely a token, it was the shuttle that wove together every thread of experience and per- sonality. For the first time the Alumnae Association will need name tags-no one else can remember, unaided, each member. And no one else can remember a popcorn party at Bolinas, long hikes to Chicken Point, and a suc- cessful senior recital and create the concordant atmos- phere for each individual. For so many Sister Thomas was Dominican. Sadly, too few of the current students knew her and consciously equate her person with the institution. But she is what we came here for. Her generosity, sensitivity, selflessness and love are the reason we sing at Shield Day, go caroling to Santa Sabina, and cry at graduation. We have all caught a little bit of Sister Thomas whether we know it or not. ELLEN MINTZ '69 I66 DREAM-POEM I hold three gem-stones in my hand, Carved like scarahs. Light from a high cathedral window Strikes down upon them. I say to the little girl at my side: 4'Look! How the sunlight makes the carved lines glow Pliosphorescent gold l Like the first light of spring on Telegraph Hill Or Westminster Abbey. Come, let us take them out into full sunlight And see what happens. S0 we go out on the steps into the sun- Ancl the stones turn only dead and drah. MARY PRENTICE LILLIE BARROWS l Iflxdtfff mf FROM DOIVIINIC TO ALCOTT I had a Wonderful idea, but it cropped up just a little late for Leg Con '68. fBecause that's where I would have expressed it if it had hit me in time.j Let's change the name of the Firebrand to Little Women. QDO I hear applause?j F irebrand : it's such a forboding-almost overly dignified name. And it only includes the seniors- they're the only ones who are too tired to fight, too old to care what their yearbook is called just as long as they graduate, and so terribly thoughtless and uncreative when it comes to a question of including the other classes. So I think it's a fine idea to change the title to Little Women. Then We,d be forced to include all the little D.C. women. I-low quaint! The photographer would be swamped with requests to take pictures. Wed have to include the powder-puff football teams, the home-ec dis- plays, the riot squad, the rallies and dances--oh, just everything that's such a vital part of college life. And character sketches would be a ball to write. It would give the editor and staff something to keep them busy if we had a sketch for every little woman instead of only eighty torch bearers. But we would have to have a theme, a back-drop, some- thing to hold it together. Louisa May Alcott used the Civil War. And I don't think that's a half-had idea. With all the hat1'ed and violence that surrounds our campus fbut never really touches even in slightest wayj, we ought to he able to work up some sort of civil unrest - nothing really serious, just a little something for atmosphere and l68 effect. So the way I see it, we've got the Amy's, the Betlfs, the lVleg's and the ,Io'sg we'll work on a bloody backgroundg and all we need is a Louisa May Alcott. But I'd warn you: don't even attempt it without a Louisa May because it just might fall flat. SUZANNE STELLA '69 AWA 7 G vfi 9 'G .QI PLEA describe my being I or nothingnessj compass my whole land my halij draw a tangent to my vortex frule my lined lifej Chart my symmetry fmy even oddnessl plot my life fwith your instrumentl take me from the test tube fbrealc the beakerj allow me the innnity of another dimension CATHY WEISS '70 RUNNING A walked challenge is accepted. Slowness slides into speed of up and over cracked sidewalks bouncing the joy of a sun running in cadences drugged with green spiraling through branched leaves bursting this one last store of delirium. Exhaustion dropping on coolness. CATHY WEISS '70 I7I ,411 xi N' 9 M if LX - IG THE LOST AND FOUND Absolute zero QKelvin, my love, Kelvinj-heads or tails on this one was impossible. Have you ever walked a long, long way alone? Walked so far that you don,t even think about your arrival be- cause you are so alone, so within, so yourself? lt's being lost to everyone, to your SELF, lost in thought. Have you ever wondered about your mind? About what it does when you are consciously living. It becomes clut- tered wilh the small, petty musings of unhappy people. Bigotry, a lot of that, but mostly just lack of caring about each other. Have you ever wondered about your mind? About what it does when you let it roll on? A11 the filminess of hate and hurt is blown away. And you find that the every- day world becomes a world of Hmoons and Junes and ferris wheels. Mostly this happens on a long, long walk. Alone. At night, on the beach, or during the day, in the hills, minds are thrown open to unknown directions and dimensions. Songs are written in moments like this: moments of total freedom, to involvement, total universality. There's a Word, ectoplasmic, spirit materializationg that's how to describe a long, long walk alone. So I walk. Lost to the world, found within. MARY KAY SPEAKMAN '72 I73 FLIGHT fOn the death of a professional iceskaterj Sweet bird of youth, your passage short and swift Was talent's gay and brilliant gift of death. Your silver wings fell silent, without lift, And gored the earth-a bright and fiery cleft. Kaleidoscope of blue and orange light, Now gray and dusty ashes without life, The mercy angels scorned you on that uightg No more the winged blades' competing strife! CYNTHIA MOBRAATEN I74 BERTRAND 1965--A HAPPY MEMORY fwrizten for Bertrandfs goodbye partyf, May 19662 Bertrand was a new beginning. ln a way it was a lonely beginning. The loneliness was felt through 47 girls crowd- ed in a room. It was felt above the screaming, through the smoke. It was felt because this wasn't what we expected- this simply wasn't college, or so we thought on August 30. Why do the lights have to be out at l0:30? Why no ca- pris? Study-from 7:30-9:30? What, or should we say, who, was the immovable force who prevented any ex- ceptions? Sister Marie Jeannette, O.P. ran Bertrand Hall, the place we could not quite accept then. Why no walls, Sister? Aren't we paying just as much as the Meadow- lands girls, or even the Pennafort girls, for that matter? In this early stage we really thought walls would make a difference--walls were a part of the college hoarding we had heard about. Schedules grasped tightly in hand, we passed the first few days almost alone--only accented by an occasional forced, overly polite uhello, where are you from? It was so obvious that the lounge was a camouflaged class- room. ln this lounge there didn't seem to be the strained uhi, where-are-you-from atteniptsg it was more or less the hi, where-are-you-going-next-year? idea. lied pen in hand, we marked and poured over our trusty little handbooks at that first housemeeting under the direction of Sister Jeannette. After listening intently to Sister laying down the law for a hall hour, we left the lounge scared to death. I think this was the night we I75 all filed to our rooms with the minimum of noise-save only the 4'under-the-breath comments such as: this is sure going to be one ........ of a year, 44. . . slave driver . . . , I can't wait to get out of here. As the days and early weeks passed we were either getting numb to the place or we were 'Ladjustingv-I really don,t know which it was. But things began looking a little brighter. Bertrand wasn't the Hilton, but it wasn't quite the dump it was August 29 either. Personalities began taking shape. Shels the one who gets all the phone calls. She's a debutante. She's the one who's nuts about campfire girls. She's the one thatis always in trouble. Shels always got a date. She never has a date, etc., etc. Conversa- tions began getting a little broader than HI hate it here, don't you? As the weeks turned to months, we learned a lot about getting along with all different kinds of person- alities. Sister Jeannette was taking on a different light too. Before we knew it, We were leaving for Thanksgiving, and then came finals and Christmas. Joan Walsh Anglund says that Christmas is a blessed time . . . of love. I think that we could feel the truth in this statement at Bertrand during Christmas time. We felt close then. Close in lots of ways. Remember that night we sat in the lounge making Bertrand a home-adding the spirit of a Christmas tree. That ghastly looking tree helped make Christmas a blessed time at Bertrand-a blessed time of love. If anyone had told us on August 29 that we would be excited about returning to Bertrand after Christmas va- cation, we would have said they were nuts! But nuts or I76 not nuts-we missed Bertrand. Oh there were lots of rea- sons we thought we wanted to come back, but we really didn't know how much this last semester would mean to us. Spirit seemed to grow deeper. We were a little more content to stay here on weekends! ltls funny, but without even knowing it, we had made Bertrand a real home. Saying good-bye is. going to be hard. lt's like a family splitting up: even though we'll be living together falmost all of us anywayj , we are leaving the old sod, so to speak, where we began a new life. We're leaving behind the one a.m. picnics in the bookstore, the water fights in the pink bathroomg we're leaving behind the sun-porch that was completed in mid-winter, the hot plate, and the two out- of-order T.V.'s. But I think most of all WC,1'C leaving be- hind that certain someone who the Holy Spirit guided to the oddest places at the oddest times. We'll miss her be- cause she cared. It will be sad on Friday because we won't hear UGOOD NIGHT, LADIES, but 1'ather uGoodbye. SUZANNE STELLA '69 fErlitor's note: Bertrand was abeginning, and leaving it was the end of one phase at Dominican. The story was reprinted because the feelings expressed are still valid. Now we are leaving a whole school - friends, teachers, buildings. We are leaving a way of life and it is hard to believe that we will not return in three months. Be- cause somehow, a place gets to you, often in spite of yourself, just as Bertrand got to 47 girls in our fresh- man year. Saying goodbye is going to be hard. j I77 ZS W' W W ei a r v W Q PATRONS Mr. and Mrs. Bernard J. Bannan Mr. and Mrs. William D. Barboni Mr. and Mrs. James R. Barry Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Bestor Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Bordoni Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bryans Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cabral Dr. and Mrs. John E. Clifford Mr. and Mrs. Edmund T. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cortopassi Mr. and Mrs. John W. Crofoot Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Dahl Mr. and Mrs. William F. Descalso Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Fraire Dr. and Mrs. John M. Gates Mr. and Mrs. Emil A. Ghirardelli Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Glockner Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Gnekow Dr. and Mrs. Alvin J. Gross Mr. L. Haven Mr. and Mrs. John F. Healy Dr. and Mrs. James J. Helfernan Dr. and Mrs. Sidney R. Kemberling Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Kirkovics Mr. and Mrs. Aldo F. Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Lopez Mr. annd Mrs. George S. deLorimier Dr. and Mrs. James L. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. William McGrath Mrs. Jeannelle McNoble Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McNulty Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Meecke Mr. and Mrs. John M. Mintz Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Mohr Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Montague Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nahigian Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. 0'Ca'llahan Mrs. Doris M. O'Hare Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Parenti Miss Mary-Louise Peterson Mr. and Mrs. James C. Purcell Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Shipley Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Silva Mr. and Mrs. Kermit V. Speeg Mr. Edward J. Spillane Mr. and Mrs. Claude V. St. Martin Mr. and Mrs. G. Joseph Stella Mr. and Mrs. George L. Tocalino Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Torlai Mr. and Mrs. William P. Walsh Dr. and Mrs. Don P. White Li