Loretto Academy - Laurel Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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TOO To 1 J It's the middle of the year, and ... the Freshmen aren't green anymore, the Juniors have the dance behind them, the Sophomores arc wearily admitting that this is the hardest year, the Seniors have learned how really heavy their rings are, and the dear teachers . . . well the teachers, like Old Man River, just keep rolling along. The local Herodotus showed her true Republican colors when she told of Kennedy's assassination instead of Caesar's. I guess it was just wishful thinking. Who nominated Mrs. Kennedy for the Man of the year!? A Modern Confucius contributed this conversation stop- per: Silence is golden, so get rich quick. Maybe the modern algebra class can work this problem: Give the area of a squrcle’’! During a lesson in observation one reveals more than meets the eye. One deep thinker, when asked for a kind of flower, said: “porpoise. A French twist—Parlez-vous Francois? A spelling mistake or not? Besides my mother and father, I have a fellow-sister and three bothers! We live and learn — Did you know Gullible was a traveler?! A certain Susan didn't notice a small black dog following her from door to door as she caroled. While munching on a cookie, a short time later, she looked at the dog and said, Gosh, isn't that funny? Every house we’ve been to so far has had a little dog like that. GoMyjili+tiesvtA. ojj AlbeAst Jlu+nbe i Go.. Compliments of OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL CHURCH (grant aleo 3401 Wlain «lOe. 1-1033 Corner Drug's Fountain — Lunch Hallmark Cards •19th and SW. Trafficway Va. 1-9109 3934 Washington Kansas City, Missouri PH Lt ffi RENNER'S SHOE REPAIRS Original Plaza Shoe Shop Same Location Since 1927 Dyeing and Cleaning 4632 Wyandotte LO 1-0740 Seidlitz Color Center 7326 UUornall Road empiimente cl a friend February 1963 23

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tZj cing a member of a family is not the same here and abroad, either. For one thing, there are no baby-sitters in Mexico or in the Islands. Parents with young children cither stay home, bring the kids, or leave them with grand- mother. It is not at all unusual to find three generations living peacefully in the same house—a phenomenon sup- posedly unworkable in our society. There are homes for the aged in Mexico, but they are only for those who are poor and have no one to take care of them. And many people are poor, for the standard of living is very low in Spain, Latin America, Mexico, and the Carolines. Because of the low wage-scale, it is practically impossible for anyone to work his way through school. Also, there are no part-time jobs that students can take. Many girls work as maids, and every family in the upper income bracket has one. The extreme poverty of most of the people is the reason that Catholic Action work is done more than anything else by the students. There is a des- perate need that must be filled. In Spain, the people blame their dictator Franco for not helping them: ( We don’t like him, because we want to be independent, one of the group says, but the people are not allowed to criticize the government ”) 7he girls had a few things to say about our country as well as their own. They gave us some of their impressions of good, bad, and just different things about THE NEW LIBRARY at Our Lady of Mercy Home, where the girls live, is a quiet, thoughtful place. Enjoying the still of the afternoon are Connie Alegria, Thomasa Polacios, and Elizabeth Rudimch. the United States. One of the Spanish girls said, You think differently, but she couldn't explain how our atti- tudes are different from hers. She also mentioned that we have more department stores and the merchandise is better quality. “At home, only the poor people buy ready-made clothes because they are not good. For good clothes, we take the material to a dressmaker.” Another change in Catholic countries like Spain and Mexico is that stores close on Sundays and holydays. Food, something else close to a student's heart, is not the same here, either. We asked if they liked American food. At first, no. But now . . .” In Spain, everyone eats five times a day. Breakfast is coffee or chocolate and sweet rolls. Then, they snack on corn and wine at noon. There is a large lunch at 2:00, tea at 6:00, and dinner at 10:00. Elizabeth likes the snow and the zoo. But not the hot, sticky summers. In my place, it is very hot in summer, but not sticky: and you can sleep at night.” (We weren't disloyal enough to tell her that Kansas Citians who could manage it migrate to Colorado in summer, though we did agree that August is pretty miserable.) Terry liked our records, food, music, dances (except the twist), and hair-do's (except ratting). When the gang gathers in the Islands, it's usually to sing. Dancing is popular everywhere, and dance crazes hit Spain and Latin America the way they hit us. But the twist loses to the tango in Spain, and Latin American rhythms are more popular in Venezuela and Mexico than American jazz. Popular sports include swimming, (especially in the Islands), tennis, basketball, volleyball, skating, baseball, soccer, golf (very popular in Venezuela), horseback riding (Mexico), bollus criollas (a native Venezuelan game), and j'ai alai (a sort of cross between handball and tennis). Many of these are summer sports; most of them are very active. And they are mobile in another sense, too: most people go down to the beach, up to the moun- tains, or at least to another city. ($ut it is Elba’s opinion we’d like to remember most, because it is a people opinion. She says, I have nothing that I dislike very much, and I don’t think I will because I am very happy here. I like the girls and the sisters; they are all very friendly, and I like that. There is no class discrimination in school between middle class and higher. And at the parties I have been to, the boys are very friendly, too. Also, of course, I miss my home; I can’t help missing .... But I do like it here and I am very happy here. Our discussion ends, bearing the fruit of a successful “Occupation.” We’ve talked about likes, unlikes, and dis- likes, and (as the Okinawans in Teahouse) found in other cultures some things we like in our own (five meals a day for example). But this isn't the last time we’ll travel- talk together; because they, too, are friendly, and we like that. 22 the laurelette

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THE It Christ, the Light, is coming, shone through the stained glass windows at the Freshmen Advent breakfast. December 20, in the loretto gym. The breakfast was served after students attended Mass and placed offerings under the which they helped decorate with symbols of their sacrifices. MANY FACES many voices brought Christ to His own in the Christmas Cantata held in the Loretto auditorium on De- cember 20. The LA Glee Club, Drama Club, Sodality, and music classes created an overwhelmingly simple act of love of Christ. Above, Glee Club members Pam Moten and Jan Edgenton echo the sweet hums of Oh Holy Night in the recessional. PERSPECTIVE NEW HORIZONS in the field of microbiology were opened to the Science Club members on November 29 by a panel of students from Kansas University Medical Center. Above, a graduate student reviews the necessary courses for a maior in the field of chemistry. Other panel members included Sister Agnes Joseph of Avila Col- lege, Annette Weixeldorfer, and Kathy Frye. AMBITIOUS' Eighty-two juniors pounded, painted, and prattled about the decorations for the November Dance. At the right, juniors are seen putting up the mural that helped transform the gym into a romantic Venice. 24