Maria High School - Maria Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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French Club celebrates International Da lvlaria's French Club, olherwise lcnown as Le Cercle de Sainl Louis IX, aimed 'ro presenl' more cullural aclivilies in which lhe girls could parlicipale. Included in lhe long lisl ol aclivilies was a visil lo Jacques' French Reslauranl on Chicago's Norlh Side, where exquisile cuisine was 'rhe order ol ihe day. ln This almosphere, Sisler Clemenl gave l'he club members an inleresling insighl' lo her European lour and parlicularly her visil lo France lasi summer. A lively period of gueslions and discussion followed. A+ lhe annual Chrislmas Parly, members sampled delicious French paslries and sang French carols. There was also group parli- cipalion in La Bourgogne, a iradiiional French folk dance. lnlernalional Day provided lhe enlire slu- denl body wilh a deeper insighl inlo France, Hs people, and lhe richness ol ils cullure Through a program of songs and dances. Through parlicipalion in culiural aclivilies, every member ol: lhe club helped bring America and France a lillle closer. ,, French Club officers: Judy Guslas, 'rreasurerg Laima Valanciusr, secrelaryp and Mary Ramas, president La Bourgogne, a French dance, is performed by Janice Drabilc, Laima Valancius, Niiole Raila and Mary Ramas.

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Spanish Club re-enacts Posada The NaTiviTy iourney is re-enacTed by M. SmiTh, A. Novalc, C. Rodriguez, M. Eiva, M. Wingelnilc and J. Klenn. Spanish Club oTTicers Julie Klenn, secreTaryg Angela Novak, vice- presidenT7 Yolanda Popoca, presidenT: and Mary Lou Pudge, Treas- urer examine sombrero, an imporT Trom Mexico. 80 the posada Through The acTiviTies oT The Spanish Club El Circulo Espanol, sTudenTs were insTilled wiTh a deeper appreciaTion Tor The unique and beauTiTul culTure oT The Spanish people. Many 'members expressed Their inTeresT by visiTing Rich EasT Township l-ligh School To see The classical play La Molinera de Arcos presenTed by Their Spanish Club. ChrisTmas Time provided an opporTuniTy To exhibiT some oT The ChrisTian cusToms oT our Spanish neighbors. The posada, a reTracing oT The search oT Joseph and Mary Tor lodging, and The pinaTa, a molded Tig- ure Tilled wiTh candy brolcen by a blind- Tolded child wielding a sTiclc, were only Two oT The TradiTions re-enacTed by The club. Pan'American Week gave everyone an opporTuniTy To purchase colorTul memenTos oT Spanish arT and craTT. Spain and The oTher Spanish-speaking counTries were rep- resenTed by Toll: songs and dances on ln TernaTional Day. The exhibiT showed The similariTies oT The diTTerenT counTries. Scrambling Tor The goodies are S. Reyes, L. J. Ficelc, S. Bieschlce, M. Murnane and C. Foley

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German, Latin students organize clubs A Two new clubs were added This year To The rosTer oT organizaTions aT Maria. Mem- bers oT Romana ViTa, The LaTin Club. under The guidance oT SisTer M. Liudvilca discovered a new and exciTing use oT The ancienT Roman language. This club, which ii was open To all LaTin sTudenTs was devoTed To exploring The lives and worlcs oT The many Tamous Roman scholars. Through Their en- ioymenT oT LaTin versions oT Tamiliar slciTs, sTories and songs, The members learned ThaT The someTimes TorgoTTen Tongue oT Cicero. Caesar, and Vergil can s+ill be a lively one. STudenTs sTudying The German language also decided To Torm a club which would encourage members To speak German and learn The cusToms oT The German people. lnTeresT in The counTry iTselT was encouraged by The oTTicers who conTribuTed Time and eTTorT To puT ouT a small German newsleTTer. Members pracTiced Their German conver- saTional Techniques in slciTs and plays con- ducTed during meeTings. Lili? German club oTTicers: Maria Eiva, vice-president Marie Baranauslcas. presidenT7 JuraTe JalcsTys, secreTaryq and Belinda Baumil, Treasurer. . , . ?', 5' Qi 1' LaTin Club members are lseaTedl L. Krause, sec.: V. Sheridan. sgT. aT arms: C. Vio- lanTe, v.-pres.: M. SmiTh. pres.: K. Maida, Treas.g E. KibarTas, acT. direc.g llcneelingl S. Golen, S. Rusnalc, S. BoeTTcher, N. Zayner, M. Gapshis, lsTandingl A. Jage, S. Arrigo, T. AlmquisT, S. ShimaiTis, E. Bonelli, S. Wungluclc, P. l-laney. D. KuTlca, P. Kulilcowslci, J. McLaughlin, M. Wihel, G. Kovacevich, D. Misniali. 82