Maria High School - Maria Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Art Club places emphasis on creativity Ari Club officers are Paf Raymond, vice-presidenf: Debbie Goralslci. gegrefaryg Mary Ann Eorys, president and Janef Bryscan, freasurer. ln ifs second year of exisfence. fhe Arf Club has progressed in many ways fo be- come one of Maria's finesf. One maior field of progression has been fhe many murals done by sfudenfs which added a fouch of color fo somefimes barren halls. Many acfivifies were planned for fhe members, such as fours fo fhe Chicago Tribune's arf deparfmenf. fhe deparfmenf of arf in Marshall Field, and fhe Arf lnsfifufe. To supplemenf fhese fours, various demon- sfralions of fhe many mefhods used in arf were presenfed af each meefing. Some of fhe members parficipafed, frying 'rheir hand af new Techniques including iewelry design- ing and Easfer egg painfing, On occasion speakers and arf sfudenfs spoke af fhe meefings. Each member belonging fo fhe Ari Club was offered an opporfunify 'ro gain culfural enrichmenf and an insighf info fhe aesfhef- ical side of life fhrough fhe media of arf. Arl' Club member Adele Maciaszelc slcillfully shows a mefhod of decorafing Easier eggs by efching. I. .X by X w sb- As ,f i I r 's Arf sfudenf Lorraine Raman discovers fhe primifive arf of weaving yarn info beaufiful, modern fapesfry.

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Thespian members developsacting talent T 1 T T li zglssz 5:1512 A i s x Thespian oTTicers: Maureen Kennedy, presidenT: Nancy DuTTin, sec- reTaryg Janice Prible, vice-president Mary McKee, hisToriang Mary Ellen Reecly, Treasurer view new Thespian banner. l During ChrisTmas play. presenTed by drama sTudenTs Carol PeTlcewicz and Gloria Gilmore sing To lnTanT. 88 TheaTrical promoTion is The Theme oT The Thespian organizaTion, Maria's drama group. Basic TheaTrical knowledge was reviTalized as The Thespians acguainTed Themselves wiTh modern TheaTrical Techniques. By aTTend- ing The play The FanTasTiks aT The TheaTre in The Round, The members received vasT insighTs inTo TwenTieTh cenTury TheaTre. The producer oT The play spoke To The enTire group oT Thespians aT a meeTing preceding The play and discussed The role oT The TheaTre Today in comparison wiTh ThaT oT The diTTerenT TheaTrical eras. The mem- bers Then devoTed a meeTing To a discus- sion and criTicism oT The ploT, characTeriza- Tion and oTher basics oT The play. The Thespians played a major role in The school's musical, The Unsinlcable Molly Brownf' by providing The acTors and all The necessary publiciTy Tor The producTion. Al- so, The organizaTion was one oT The major supporTers oT The Cryan' Shames ConcerT which was held aT Maria on December l. ElizabeTh lLoreTTa SeThi displays lcindness as she welcomes old lady lEva KibarTasl inTo her home.

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Mothers' Club opens new Mod Shoppe Q23 MMlE'Qm MoThers enioy birThday meeTing where They siT aT a Table decoraTed Tor The monTh of Their birThday. Success oT The many acTiviTies aT lvlaria depends noT only on The supporT oT The sTu- denTs buT also upon The eTTorTs oT The mem- bers oT The lVloThers' Club. ln an eTTorT To improve school TaciliTies and To promoTe a general inTeresT in some oT The school's spe- cial acTiviTies, The members sponsored many acTiviTies. ExciTing meeTings held every monTh were cenTered around varying sub iecTs including currenT Tashions, boTh casual and Tormal and wig Tashions. Two special evenTs held were The BirThday ParTy meeT- ing and The Games ParTy. Members also assisTed The adminisTraTion and TaculTy by serving as Marigold lvloThers and oTTering Their services in supervising The caTeTeria and sTudy classes. Their new venTure in opening The lvlod Shoppe was a success and wenT over big wiTh The sTudenTs. By becoming acquainTed wiTh The siTuaTions which conTronT Their daughTers aT school, moThers gain a deeper undersTanding oT Their daughTer's problems. 90 Oy,- .4302 l-losTesses prepare To serve assorTed delicacies To Tresh- men ancl Their moThers aT The geT-acguainTed aTTair.