Loretto Academy - Laurel Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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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

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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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DOUi' found itself in this picture from the Sodality Christmas party. Guests, seemingly all over the place, enjoyed a movie, re- freshments, and songs sung by the foreign students in their native language, on December 27. USHES IN HAND, art students discover the next artistic move to be made on a reproduction of El Greco's Adoration of the Shepherds. The painting, a product of several art students under the direction 0f Sister Eugenie Marie, could be seen on Loretto's front lawn during r holidays. SENIOR MASCOT Pcpe Le Pue takes over the large SPIRIT CUP that has become a senior treasure. The cup, received at the Advent Breakf was the reward for the Senior Generosity during the Christmas Drive Hustlinq sophomores came up with the small SPIRIT CUP PAGES OF TIME unfolded and became alive on November 26 for the students of Sister David Maureen's World History classes. The classic plays Antigone and Oedi- pus Rex were presented by the students. Above, Susie Bush portrays Terasius, a blind prophet in Antigone . GUN IN HAND, policewoman Julia Robertson (Lee Hudson) accuses nurse Celia Gray (Angela Ancona) of the murder of a fellow nurse at Drake General Hospital under the observant eye of Superintendent Kate Foster (Phyllis Fehrenbach). Women in White, a three act mystery- comedy was the first production for the Genesian Masquers this year. The show was under the direction of Miss Frances Conroy.