Incarnate Word Academy - Aurora Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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Lucinda Guzman proudly displayed the two medals she won for typing II and bookkeep- ing during the yearly competition sponsored by the Catholic Business Education Asso- ciation. This year's contest was held in San Antonio, Texas. Five girls from each of the commercial classes of shorthand, bookkeep- ing, typing I, and typing II competed in the contest. Incarnate Word captured first place in the five of the six divisions in the 1956 contest. 1957 competition netted first and second places in all designated sections. This year Incarnate Word captured third place in the contest as a whole. Also placing in the contest were: Marianne Eckenrode, who tied for third place in shorthand I, and Gloria Jean Collier, who placed fourth in typing II. Lucinda also tied for second place in spell- ing and received honorable mention in Catholic Views. APRIL 5 . ,Vi ,I 'ii ' sw gr... Eighth grade girls from the area Catholic schools invaded the campus for the seventh annual Future Freshman Day. The girls were taken on tours of the school, visited classes, and were entertained by the students. Future Freshman Day was spon- sored by the Student Council in order to acquaint the students with Incarnate Word Academy.

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x p 5 QD L f N. N- 1 1 x H az. s ' Q W i ' ' E3 i Q4 P L at TVQLP ' F vi I A ig 'Ria' D I 5.1 Q Q , K3 RL Ag, W --. lr I If-,f Fha' Four years of scholastic achievements were climaxed when Bernadette Kohl and Mary Alice Berlanga were an- nounced as Valedictorian and Saluta- torian, respectively, of the 1958 grad- uating class. These honors were de- termined by the average of all grades maintained for the four high school years. Amid an April Showers setting carried out with multi- colored umbrellas, senior Judy Serna presid- ed as the reigning Belle of the Ball at the annual Student Council dance, April from 7:30 to 11 p.m. in the I.W.A. cafe- teria. Judy was chosen by a popular vote of the stu- dent body from a field of 21 candidates, Four duch- esses selected to complete the Belle's court were, left to right, senior Mary Alice Berlanga, sophomore Nancy Knox, senior Mary Bee Teasley, and junior Kay Vreeland. Angela was the name given to this car that Mrs. Robert A. Daugherty donated for the team of I.W.A.. the K'Ai1ge1s . With this car the t'Angc1s are surf- to have transpor- tation to all of their games. r - 45 Y i ,M 1 e R y :L Bernadette Kohl Mary Alice Berlanga Valedictorian Salutatorian

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The Junior class of 1959 elected Ofeha Garcia and Genevieve Wahl as presi- dents of Junior A and Junior B The elections for class officers are held J '!i-fe fl? Joan Franks was elected president of the Senior class of 1959. MAY Mary Ann Veit, Prefect of the Sodality Union, crowned the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of the May during the Sodality Rally sponsored by the Sodality Union. Other members who participated were Eddie Gar- cia, Barbara Mathieu, and Geraldine Petru.