Mary Louis Academy - Crusader Yearbook (Jamaica, NY)

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Sister Rose Matthew: a trot for Gregorian Chant to help her struggling Freshmen. Sister Marie Paula: X-ray eyes so she can watch all the halls at once. Sister M. Apollonia: a class that enters the Intermediate class with a full knowledge of Elementary Algebra. Sister Theresa Francesca: a serene and serious class once in a while. Sister Joan Marie: a skeleton that isn't tabbed Frankie . Sister Rita Clare: an empty lunchroom five minutes before the bell each day. Sister Catherine Patrice: a class of peppy boys to keep her happy. lAnd us too.i Sister Marie Therese: an unlimited supply of chocolate eclairs to feed the hungry students. Sister Jean Arthur: a study hall of girls who actually study. Sister Dorothy Therese: a new phase of history: Social Studies at T. M. L. A. Sister Alphonsa Maria: a cloud to counteract the sunshine of her smile. Sister M. Brendan: a self-service system in the cafeteria a la Automat, to save time and trouble. Sister Romanus Marie: some veterans of the Home Nursing course to assist in the general examinations. Miss Hastings: a superior air so the girls won't ask why she isn't wearing her uniform. Mrs. Stockheim: a class that is taking Home Nursing for some other reasons than to gain the extra half-point. Miss Worzberger: a less enthusiastic A. A. so she can get home on Monday nights. Madame Habberton: a recording of our enunciations so that our Brooklyn accents won't confuse her French. Miss Henney: a robot to type those everlasting College Entrance reports. Madame Ballantine: three rings, so she can relax her fingers when illustrating her name. Doctor Rybka: more time to give us cello solos. Professor Weber: some girls who never heard of the drape . Junior Class: our shoes: it's up to you to fill 'em now. Sophomore Class: sophistication, if we don't give it to you, you'll get it any- way, now that you are upper Classmen . Freshman Class: our crushes which were numerous when we were in your place. ln witness whereof, we duly affix our seal, this Graduation Day of June I947. PEGGY MCGOWAN '47 47

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ww gfzzss' Cllffff E, the graduates of the Class of June I947, being sound of mind, do bequeath to: Rev. Owen Doyle, C.P.: our deepest thanks for his guidance during our four eventful years of high-school. Rev. Brian Burke, C.P.: our thanks for that hilarious fifth term. Sister Augustine Maria: the firm hope that the rest of her years at T. M. L. A. will be less hectic than her first. Sister M. Lucide: a time clock for the girls to punch in and out each day. Sister Mary Agatha: a group of volunteers for the oratorical contests. Sister M. Georginazl girls who are the quintessence of elegance in every- thing they do. Sister Alta Maria: a stainless floor and a noiseless lab period. Sister M. Honorine: an eraser to keep notices off the blackboard, and the hope that she will continue to make Virgil so enjoyable. Sister Grace Devota: a Latin translation that isn't terrific . Sister Miriam Fidelis: lockers that are always locked, and four years' supply of paper to make up for all the over-due notices we received. Sister Frances Carmelite: a trip through North America, so she can see some foreigners . Sister Regina Celeste: some Rembrandts to replace the originals of the ar- tists of 1947, and the promise of wedding announcements when we fin- ally meet our John Henrys . Sister Agnes Virginia: a record in French of Little Red Riding-Hood since we all loved Snow White so much. Sister Marie Rosaire: a special messenger to run over after extra sandwiches every day. Sister Muriel Angela: the hope that the next Senior class won't require so much talking to as we did, and a box of strawberries. lRemember the Washington trip?l' Sister Francis Marguerite: a lease on the garden to hold the crowds at the basketball games. Sister Margaret Loyola: a pot of gold so she can build more Mission Chapels. Sister Agnes Immaculate: a collection of Spike Jones' records to prove that the orchestra isn't bad at all. Sister Regina Maria: a new set of admirers to replace the ones that are being torn away. Sister James Cecilia: some its to precede her is correct , and a procession of little lambs to keep her company when we're gone. Sister Clare Agnes: Katherine Cornell and Ethel Barrymore to replace the stars of Every Family Has One . 46

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uw ?M,6ffecy S THE doors of Saint Joseph's Hospital opened on that eventful day in l95'7, little did we realize that there we would meet so many of our former classmates. Our first surprise came when we heard the voice of Betsy Andresen, receptionist, paging Joan Safarik, head surgeon who was busy at the time caring for the ills of Anna Goetz, renowned archaeologist. After deciding to make a tour of the hospital we entered the staff auditorium where Dolores Maher, famous orator, was explaining the relationship between the Jesuits and lnternational Affairs to a new intern, Grace Evans. Immediately following a debate between Barbara Hawke, Sunkist grower, and Anna Ligorio, anti- vitamin specialist, we found out that Supreme Court Judge Adrienne Memmoli had called to request a witness for the trial of The People vs. Mildred Tierney, accused of abandoning Mary Foley, author of Perfect Poise, in the wilds of Honduras. Marilyn McCann agreed but must wait until after her recovery from her fall from the neck of a horse. Suddenly Maureen Reid, journalist, appeared and related that Elaine Wey was the legal supporter of Pat Kelly's bill in Congress to revise the height of fire pumps. Maureen almost forgot to tell us that Sue Gannon had finally been elected society editor of The Sign, America's greatest magazine. Unfortunately, we had missed Joan Straub, am- bassador to France, and Peggy McGowan, French interpreter, by a few minutes after they had come for their annual checkups. The women's ward was so crowded that we almost didn't recognize Pat Watterson who had a relapse after successfully irradicating the lnk Spots. On the same floor Dorothy Lynch was gathering the facts for her paper about an accident in which Joan Gilman, the driver, and Mary Kruse had been shaken up after their car bounced off the safety zone of the Lincoln Highway. Judith Leon-Casals, envoy to Puerto Rico, and Rita Middlemiss, President of the Franklin Trust Company, had just left when Pat Schaer, wife of the President of the New York Telephone Com- pany, came to offer her services in the sewing club. The surprise of our lives came when we found Joanne Morris selling earrings at the rear exit. Ellin Mulholland casually walked in and gave a demonstration of her new procedure for holding meetings. Then we were privileged to attend a beauty demonstra- tion given by Peggy Sweeney, model for the new Pat-a-Pat cake rouge. ln the laboratory Leonore McAlonen was teaching the new method of painless ortho- dontial work and Phyllis Burkard was planning the assignments of Jean Schmitt, technician, after her failure as a basketball manufacturer in the com- pany established by June Herbert. June is now backing a midget auto racing outfit. Passing through one of the other wards we stopped to watch the perform- ance of a group of actors under the able supervision of Helen Eidt, famous Shakespearian actress. Joan Harrison, well-known ballerina, thrilled us with a solo. When the applause died down, we weren't too surprised to see Mary Alice Sureda emerge as Frank Sinatra's accompanist or to learn that Mary Baiada was his business manager. Mary McGrath, the latest Broadway sensa- 48