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

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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

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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

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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.