Incarnate Word High School - Star Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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'W7bozff .9 gefzffs' cofzfempf hr edaoaibn... November 24: S'NO IOKE REALLY! Catholic boarders become suddenly militant! And little wonder. It was the first time since 1951 that snow oi any importance blanketed San Antonio, and the first time in the city's history that snow stayed on the ground in November. Here we see Emily Puig. Sharon Hewitt, Coiie Diaz. Elizabeth Zimmerman, Vir- ginia Garcia, and Carol Runte ganging up on Fr. Steubben. November 26: The boarders have a Thanksgiving Banquet in the school cafeteria annually. Cyn- thia Gonzales, basketball captain, lnearest cam- eral Eileen Lowery, Diane Conger, Sally Stra- uss, Eugenia Blankenship, Pat Reilly and Carol Runte head the long line of pleased diners-in. Music piped through the public address system lends tone to a very proper occasion. December 2: The first of four candles is lighted on the Advent Wreath. The four candles sym- bolize the Four Evangelists and the tour weeks oi preparation for Christmas, commonly called Advent. The school chaplain blesses a candle each Monday in Advent and prayers are recit- ed by students during the ceremony. January 16 and 17: Seniors in Room 207 listen to that little joke which is supposed to relax them prior to their taking the first of the mid-year examinations. They are now on the last lap ot that four year trip through high school. Trip? Above all they mustn't. That diploma at the end is worth another big try. Ianuary 20. 21, 22: Students answer the invita- tion of Christ to come apart and rest awhile in the silence and solitude ot a three-day spiritual retreat. Father Peiier, Redemptorist, of our Lady oi Perpetual Help Church, San Antonio is director ot the girls' retreat.

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am' sfadenfs flare are ffzamtfzff hr af! Marr fbbfuaffesf October 4: To say the very least about Ring Day, it is a dreadfully exciting one in the lives of our Seniors. Sentiment is the order of the day and grown little girls love to have a good cry . It's their last year together and teachers and those who aren't seniors try their level best to understand the whole thing. Here Iodie Leonard receives her ring from Sr. Mary. Iodie has been with the Incarnate Word Sisters since first grade. October 9 and 10: The school photographer comes to take the yearbook pictures. He makes sure we're wearing uniform blouses and green bow tie. Students are on this occasion encour- aged to smile.Later the ordinary garden variety of school day expression is resumed as students return to classes. November 10: The melancholy days are here... But IWHS brightens them up considerably by scheduling Open House Day at this time. Par- ents and friends of students come from all over to admire daughter's schoolwork and to confer with the teachers about this and that. This year it poured rain all day but weather conditions dampened no one's spirits. The place was packed. November 21: Bishop Leven breaks ground for a new student chapel. lt rains again and what a rain! But the Freshmen Choralers enjoy Singing in the Rain as the droplets beat out a tune on umbrella tops. The new chapel, under construc- tion after New Year's will be dedicated before the opening of the school year in September. November 22: The Senior Class and Student Council sponsor the second school dance of the year-The Harvest Serenade. A local orchestra. The Sl-rylarks proves to have been a wonderful choice. Serenade is something to remember.

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no man 3' edaoaffbn 119 campfefe fb' K ffzesfeffonf February 11: French-born Sister Hilaire, poses lor the camera on this the cen- tennial ot the apparition of Mary the Mother oi God, at Lourdes, France. Sister Hilaire, affectionately known to resident students as Angel of the Dorm has this message for all her little friends: Develop devotion to Mary and she will cover you with her mantle of mercy wherever you are . May 2: lt's Prom Day! And it's so very good to be alive! lt's May time too and the music and the laughter should go on and on. But Proms last only one fleeting evening. For Seniors it's the last high school prom. There will be other dances, yes, but never again so much togetherness as now. Otto Richter of Central Catholic, Ianice Fournier and Pat Bluhm seem to be aware of just that too. May 12: Mary is crowned again in that beautiful and simple ceremony we hold each year in the outdoors. Rosary, hymns, Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Again we ask her to be Queen in our hearts, Queen in our homes, tender Mother in all our needs. May 22, 23: The final exams are in full swing now. Heads are bent, pens scratch out the answers right and wrong. We write, be it for weal or woe - but write we do. Results are duly re- corded in office files and on student report cards. If we have done well, it's a visa to better times: it ill . . . Suddenly, we're ill! May 27: The Seniors graduate from Incarnate Word High School. Other halls of ivy beckon. But IWHS bids them adieu as students. Iuniors become the new Seniors. Sophomores become serious-minded Iuniors and Freshmen no longer feel as little as others regard them. . .and so it goesl..