Immaculata High School - Magnificat Yearbook (Somerville, NJ)

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Business Typists of Immaculata practiced each day to improve speed and dexterity. Timed writings recorded daily progress and letter writ- is 5 ing promoted accuracy. Stenography taught the up-coming secretar- I I ' T Q ies to decipher the time-saving shorthand symbols. S! 9 In Office Practice, efficient use of the adding machine and the e proper procedures of tiling added to the many proiiciencies of the future secretaries. Well qualified after the two-year course, the stu- dents could coniidently apply for jobs as skillful businessmen and . women. he K N W 1 Through the daily lesson of typing invoices The alphabetical language of filing interested both Margaret Rabbitt and Senior Diane Klepaeki perfected her business- Christine Turek. like aptitude. Upperclassmen earnestly transcribed a business letter from the monthly publication of TODAY'S SECRETARY.

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in Sophomore Patrick Heffernan observed the sporadic movement of tiny protozoa. Science The Science Department offered a new course this year-Introductory Physical Science. Experi- mentation seemed to be the mother of learning as the eager scientists weighed, measured, heated, and cooled many familiar and unknown sub- stances. Biologists, awed by their first look through a microscope, visualized the tiny, living cells in every glass of water. Chemistry, a subject which left much to the imagination, delved into the un- seen world of the atom with its particles and orbitals. Advanced Biology solved many of the prob- lems confronting a senior with a foundation in biology. Physics students discovered everything from simple forces to the detection of radiation. The entire program offered a diversified schedule of detailed study in both physical and biological sciences. Future physicists directed their attention to the solution of a final velocity problem. Nancy Kirkpatrick, Margaret Kelly, and Cynthia Hratko adjusted the scale before determining the weight of KCl. .im Physical science enthusiasts volunteered their interpretations of mat- ter's role in the universe.

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Horne Economies Linda Horner carefully studied the pending problem of matching a plaid before laying the pattern pieces. Q.. A l 'Mawson-u Senior home economists Maureen Finnegan, Antonia Nacchio, and Paula Muentnich glanced through magazines visualizing Spring wardrobes as Margaret Rabbitt dreamed of coordinating accessories. 43 Florence Rafferty attempted to recreate the era of the llapper as Maureen Finnegan updated the hem. Students of Home Economics busied themselves each day with the rewarding and practical task of making clothes. Many hours of patient work never proved useless as the girls developed a sewing ability that added to their wardrobe. Films on the latest fashions kept the models in stride with the modern world of dress. Seltlessly, the homemakers prepared a basket of food for a needy Puerto Rican family of Somerville at Thanksgiving time. Housekeeping films showed the duties of the future wife and competent mother.