Immaculata High School - Magnificat Yearbook (Somerville, NJ)

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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.

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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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Music Room 58 provided an untroubled escape for the musicians of Immaculata for forty-five precious min- utes each day. The anxieties of student life faded with each note intoned-every scale mastered. Instruction in theory also aided the instrumentalists in the pursuit of perfection. The annual trip to the Metropolitan Opera at Lin- coln Center familiarized the devotees of the arts with Puccinils g'Toscaf, Most of all, the budding Beetho- vans found a certain relaxation and peace of mind from each class. Rodgers and Hammerstein captured this feeling in a selection from the KING AND I, I whistle a happy tune, and every single time, the happiness in that tune, Woodwind mstrumentallsts Patricia Dallesslo Jeannette Schug convinces me that Ivm not afraiduw Carol Kolb and Mary Lou Hofmann rehearsed Lady of Spain Male glee club vocalists, spreading the true Christmas spirit to fellow carolers prepared O Little Town of Bethlehem. Percussion players Brian Sferra, William Dzugan, Robert Gula, Eileen Cahill, Gary Rutkowski, Gerald Cahill, and Jeanette Vuocolo anticipated a successful pep rally as they practiced the Notre Dame Victory Marchf' 44