Dominican Convent High School - Veritas Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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l i LILLIAN MACHADO True art is reverent imitation of God Confraternity President Student Council Art Club Secretary G.A.A. French Club Living Pictures Christmas Tableaux Time Out Staff Veritas Staff JEAN SILVEIRA A womanis strength is more potent when robed in gen-tleness Secretary of Sodality Confraternity Living Pictures Business Stai of Veritas Proctor JOAN LEE VAN HOUSEN Nearest the throne itself must be the footstool of bumilityv Confraternity Sodality Living Pictures Choral Hiking Club Weaving Club PAMELA THORSEN The nrt of living is the art of perfect giving Sodality President Editor of Veritas Secretary of Creative Writing Club Confraternity Student Council Optima Le Bourgeois Gefwzfilbonzme Production Staff-Living Pictures Dramatics Club French Club Art Club Hiking Club inf A C I 1 V E

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PROCTORS, 1949-1950 THE PROCTOR SYSTEM F YOU are interested in learning how to win friends, and at the same time influence classmates in maintaining the law and a fair de-gree of silence . . . just ask any proctor to explain her everyday proctor- ing tactics to you. As you might imagine, this duty requires some diplomacy and not just a little time, but the great com- pensation for every proctor's ejforts is that our system of self-government doesnit just work, but works most efficiently. Below the surface of what might appear to be nothing but one large, not so secret, secret service, which has been delegated the authority to distribute merits and demerits, you will find a very systematic organization. Proctoring duties are in reality an expression of what the school itself wants, for a council of fellow students, elected by the school as a whole, really gives each procto-r her authority. In order to keep this mechanism in good running order, oil is applied to sticking parts through periodic pl-may 'meet- ings in which the more specific problems are discussed and remedied. Therefore, one of the greatest compliments which we can pay our school and its students is to say that our proctor system is ejffective, for without the cooperation and personal honor of each individual, it could never succeed. MARILYN MARTIN '50

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THE LILY PROCESSION HE Lily Procession, one of the most inz- pressive traditions at Dominican, is held dur- ing Advent of every year in honor of our Lady's Imnzaculate Conception. The entire Upper and Lower schools participate in this well-loved devotion. Singing Nostra Sig- norai' as she enters the chapel, each girl takes her place, and then an act of Consecra- tion to the Blessed Virgin is read. After this each student carries a lily, symbolic of Mary's purity, to the sanctuary and lays it at the foot of Our Lady's statue, while singing the well- known Lourdes Hymn. After a sermon on the virtues and holiness of Mary, the students sing Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacra- ment. The blessing is ended on a ptting note as Q each voice is raised in Mary's own prayer, The Magnificat. PHOEBE DOHRMANN '50 SODALITY AND CONFRATERNITY EOR THE spiritual betterment of the students there is at Dominican, as at' other Catholic schools, a Sodality of the Blessed Virgin. Meetings are held every month to discuss current problems of particular interest to all Christians. The Dominican Sodality is ta -member of the North Bay Unit of the Federation of Catholic High Schools, an organization which attempts to form strong and articulate young Christian students. The main object of the Sodality is, of course, engendering fervent devotion to Mary, so that we may rely upon her guidance throughout our lives. As the- Sodality is dedicated to Mary, so the Confraternity is dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament. Girls regard melnhership in the Con fraternity as one of the highest privileges attainahle in school, for through it flow special graces to strengthen the Chris- tian and make her more ready to face the daily prohlenzs that she may encounter. The Sodality and Confraternity work to- gether in encouraging the student to foster a love for Christ and His Virgin Mother, and through constant recourse to them to lay a Christian foundation for our present and future life. PHOEBE DOHRMANN '50