Immaculata High School - Immaculata Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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a4riiAi.4 ,Have a wheel on Cofor armony Brushes, canvas, grease paint, or a love for music draw many young aspirants to the fourth floor corridor of The Immacu- lata. In the headquarters of the Art department, fundamentals of color are taught to the freshmen as a preparation for future work in design, mechanical drawing, or still-life painting. Stu- dio 407 stresses voice, diction, and posture of actresses it beck- ons to its portals that they may become accustomed to panto- mime and the art of comedy. Piano and voice students, judged and trained according to previous development, fill the hall with the mellow sounds of beautiful concerti or the routine vocal qualities in either solo or group work. of simple scales. Freshman voice students develop natural Upper left: 'Round and 'round she goes and where she stops nobody knows. except freshmen art students! Here, artists of the class of '51 study each color and its relation to others on the color wheel. Besides the technical knowledge gained. this study includes a practical appli- cation in the selection of right colors for the wardrobe. Lower center: In one of her free moments. Dolores Stuercke relaxes from the routine of studies by practicing her piano technique in one of the fourth floor studios. Monthly recitals, in which the four divisions of the school participate. are given by the Music department. Lower right: Ioyce McCarthy and Audrey Murphy observe Ioan Ehman as she demonstrates the correct way of standing. Besides studying posture, drama students learn to project their voices distinctly, to stage and produce plays, de-sign scenery and costumes, and to create good light effects. Page Seventeen

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Upper: Forming a living rosary on the campus before Our Lady's statue, freshmen recite the five dec- ades for the school intentions. Lower left: Each year freshmen sodalists raise enough money to outfit completely one boy and one girl for their First Communion. First communicant posed by Ioyce Murphy. Lower right: Barbara Hamill, Georqene Tarnowski and Bernadette Dreyer are here pictured after hav- ing received their Sodality medals. For most of the girls, freshman year marks the beginning of a life-long career in the Sodality of Our Lady. After passing a probation period during which they are required to learn the primary purposes of the Sodality-personal sanctifica- tion, the sanctification of their neighbor, and the spread and defense of their faith -they are formally received into the organization as close as possible to the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Page Nineteen fifgrima Make frogrefu in I Choo! Jlaze I