Georgian Court University - Courtier Yearbook (Lakewood, NJ)

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,..4- W. E 4,-lrgg fb, Qian Qs President Alice Sheehan conducts Vice President Frances Clancy through a maze of circles and arcs. Agnesian Club THE Agnesian Club, formerly open to students having completed one year of calculus, ex- tended its membership this year to include all students majoring or minoring in Mathematics. The name of the club is derived from Italy's great mathematician of the Seventeenth Cen- tury, Maria Agnesi, who as a child of thirteen, published an outstanding treatise on conic sec- tions, Hlnduzior Analituden. An accomplished young girl, outstanding not only in mathematics, but in philosophy and foreign languages, Maria Agnesia stands as a symbol to Courtiers because of her keen mind and saintly life. A true fol- lower of Christ, she completed her- career as a Sister of the Blue Nuns at Milan. Under the supervision of both Sister M. Pla- cidus and Miss Marino, an extensive program was followed by the club. This included discus- sions on 'LTl1e History of Mathematicsi, and 'The Positions in This Field Available to Wo- men Todayw. At class night exercises, graduat- ing members received the witch of Agnesin pin in memory of their patron. The officers during the past year were: Alice Sheehan, President, and Frances Clancey, Vice President.

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t X'- - 4 'fqlf il' ly i 1 Y Makeup technique is part of Dramatic Club training as shown by Anne Welch, Treasurer Christine Sullivan, Presidentg Rosemary Quigley, Vice President, and Elizabeth Byrnes Secretary. Court Players HOUSELIGHTS - down, footlights up, warn cur- tain, and then-curtain going up! The Court Players take the stage for an evening of enter- taining theater. Twice yearly, the dramatic club presents a program of plays, with added sketches and monologues for special occasions. Miss Margaret McNamara is the Court di- rector wl1o selects plays that will best display her students' thespian abilities. Elementary classes in stage technique, diction, makeup, and acting prepare tl1e young hopefuls for their first minor roles. With experience on tl1e col1ege's uniquely large stage and before its receptive and expectant audience, the ingenues proceed to character and leading parts. This Christmas the Players announced a double hill, Dust of the Road, and Why the Chimes Rang. Its cast was limited to upper- classmen, but at the second semester freshmen were welcomed with tl1e 'adramatic gesture and were encouraged to try out for future produc- tions. The three-act play Our Hearts Were Young and Gay by Cornelia Otis Skinner, was the Spring choiceg it gave ample opportunity for costume and setting arrangements. Stage man- agers and property chiefs were kept upon their ingenious toes accumulating materials. Applause is reward enough for the Court Players' efforts and when the stage is again si- lent, this campus club has contributed happily to theatrical experience.

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Lens and Shutter sd Q' AIJELINE FALIVENE President TTIE Lens and Shutter Club was organized in March of 1945, through the efforts of Sister M. Giovanni, of the Art Department. The pur- pose of the organization is to improve the skill of amateur photographers through the study of the various phases of the field. Those taking photography are those who have elected it be- cause of special interest along these lines. There are two classes in photography. Those who are training for or taking pictures either for The Courtier or Court Page and those girls who are starting out in the new field. Mr. Goldenbaum, instructor of photography teaches the girls developing, printing and en- larging. With the advanced class he teaches re- touching and actual work with models. Lectures and laboratory work are held in Hamilton Hall where the dark rooms are located. During this year the students have made prints for contests, and exhibits. They have had field trips to Beach Haven in order to adapt themselves to taking pictures in different sur- roundings. On these field trips, they have l1ad models present in order to develop their skills in the composition of a picture. The officers of the club this year are Adeline F alivene, Presidentg Peggy McCarty, Secre- taryg and Ann Crosson, Treasurer. Ann Crosson, Treasurer, and Peggy McCarty, Secretary, inspect an afternoon's dark room work.