Maria High School - Maria Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Serendipity staff holds Ali Folke Festival 1,- Serenclipify co-ediTors PaTricia Rasinslcas and Connie DelVenTo recheck poeTry Tor Their Ia+es+ ediTion. ln iTs second year ol: life, SerenclipiTy grew in depTh and changed The sTyle To include all Types of wriTing. EdiTors and sTaTT members looked Tor sTudenTs in- TeresTed in prose and poeTry oT all sTyles and forms To conTribuTe. According To The ediTors: Taking Blood, sweaT, Tears, inlc, love, TruTh, beauTy, corn, and a li++Ie salT as Their mulTipurpose moTTo, The Serendi- piTy sTaTT used personal conTacTs, public address announcemenTs, posTers, and Tlyers To communicaTe The ldea of SerendipiTy To all sTudenTs. The WriTe Place, The head- quarTers oT The sTaTT, became The official deposiT poinT Tor all maTerial. The sTaTT sponsored The highly successful Ali Follce FesTival, on January l2. Such greaTs oT The Tolk song world as Cassandra. lvlilce and Michele, PeTer and Gil, The LaTe LaTe Show, and PeTer Cora were TeaTured. EdiTors PaTricia Rasinslcas and Connie Del- VenTo disTribuTed ielly beans which They called iolly beans To The audience. Serendipify sTaTT: MargueriTe Kroll, Pauline Figora, Peg Mclnerney, Madalynn SrniTh, Leona Mil4uTis, Maria Traslca, Daiva Jamdolis, Cindy Sichman, AsTa GesTauTas. 72

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-Q-any-wQ I-lerald changes format increases issues Along wilh an increase ol iournalism slu- denls came an increase of Maria Herald publicalions. The size of lhe pages was en- larged and lhe paper was published every monlh ralher lhan Tour limes a year. The co-edilors, who allendecl 'rhe summer jour- nalism worlcshop al lhe Universily ol Delroil. allempled lo pul' 'rheir newly acquired slcills lo use. Teamed wilh lhe associale edilor and slall members, lhey allemplecl lo lea- lure a number ol dillerenl sludenls each monlh. Publicalion ol news from lhe local communily was anolher innovalion begun lhis year. Under lhe guidance of lheir new advisor, Miss Maureen Miller, lhe slalf en- deavored lo publish a newspaper which would be of inleresl 'ro all readers. The year was nol all dull rouline. On lhe day ol lhe lirsl deadline, lhe enlire sel of pasle-ups was losl. lnsleacl of giving up in despair, members of l'he slaff relyped l'he copy, and wilh layouls on lhe middle of The parlor floor succeeded in assembling lhe enlire issue in seven hours. fx QPJ' N ,IBAAA-fj Marla Herald slaff members Elrzabelh Poehner Karen Jasailis, Rulh Nodus, Pal K,T.,,Qf' O Boyle Mary Marlensen Kalhy Manda and llona Marcrnlcus proof-read copy. V, 7l Tfsrfliflsase l , - lA-fznrfls, cgffj' 1 Q L f gli f 'LCF' cv- LJ-'Q f bj6j,Q,a..,k XVI, LLLL4 --f 5,-L5,,,.z 4,14 'KT A RJ Gay! fegigfjaf J ,La fLfLfa!Z9-' Ugg r-ffa,s wr if-LJ X egersgae f fkyfmf -f5 6l'f1-xv

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Red Cross projects aid young and old '57 Red Cross officers are Sue Poplawski, vice-presidenT: MargareT Lynch, presidenT: Kris Phillips, secreTary: and Sandra Pych, Treasurer. EnThusiasm and creaTiviTy oT sTudenTs, moTivaTed by The club's purpose To serve Those in need, made Red Cross one oT The mosT acTive clubs aT Maria. During The various holiday seasons, mem- bers made a special eTTorT To supporT all oT The worThwhile proiecTs. The lisT oi proiecTs included making Tray Tavors Tor Thanksgiving, hanlcy Tolders Tor ChrisTmas, and Tray cards Tor ValenTine's Day. Members parTicipaTed in many ouTside acTiviTies, including bingo parTies aT various veTerans' hospiTals and small parTies Tor boTh children and The elderly aT l-loly Cross T-lospiTal. For The TirsT Time in iv1aria's hisTory, The Red Cross sponsored a dance held on February 28 wiTh music by The MidnighT Raiders. Even during The summer, members exTend- ed Their service To The communiTy by parTici- paTing in volunTeer programs Tor The dis- abled. Oiiicers aTTended a leadership Train- ing conierence aT The Red Cross CenTer. 73 A Elderly people aT Holy Cross enioy performance by V. Jurisica, S. Kuhl, S. Dragovic, and D. Lewandowslci Q...