McAuley High School - Mercian Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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j Before any rrrehextrn hegins an nn' portant program, the rnsrrumente must be tuned up, Here we ree our oreheitra tunlng. They gave a splenehd per' s formance fur the Craduatlon exerclses. Thr? Seetlun of the Orehestra .huxx glrls tumng up the wind instruxnems, Some of the faithful memhers of the Clee Cluh arc: Carulyn Turezany, Anna Dell'Anno, Selma Jansen, jose- phine Fmn and Allie Sweeney. The Orchestra and the Glee Cluh are under the able drrectmn of Mr, Rrehard Sehwende, who iQ well known through' out the d1k7CCQC fur hrs lrwe of music. He hai endeawwred to lliillll thus lux-e of muxxc into our muficlans, v N

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Q0 r af' eg on., 1 .., qu -r .o A '41, Any Tuesday afternoon take a few minutes out and listen to the scales and melodies that can be heard coming from the auditorium. It is constant work. However, the Clee Club members were rewarded for all their hard practicing as their renditions at Christmas and Graduation were excellent. Um yllafaify ylfaiwzs We pause for a moment to listen to those melodious strains of music coming from our school auditorium. Yes, it is our own outstanding school orchestra. The Junior and Senior Orchestras, under the direction of Mr. Richard Schwende and Sister Mary Agneta, have advanced and have become one of the foremost clubs enjoyed not only by the students but by guests as well. The Orchestra has played at such functions as ParentfTeacher Meetings, School Assemblies, Ring Ceremonies, Oratorical Contests, and Graduations, putting on programs of classical, semifclassical and popular music. Recently we have added new instruments -trumpets, saxophones, clarinets and trombones, making the Orchestra bigger and better in tone and volume. Our new Junior Orchestra, which is composed largely of new members, is doing extremely well, most of the members learning to play an instrument for the first time. The girls in this group who have joined this year are: Kathleen Rcavey, Mary Farley, Diane Devlin, Teresa Murray, Shiela McLaughlin, Claire Mar' rongiello, joan Lambert, Dorothea Henry, and Arlene Heilman. Excellent work has been done by our advanced members-Pat Duffy, Rosellen Walsh, Anna Gagliardi, Marilyn Maloney, Mary Rogers, and Ann Jeffers. All have benefited from the musical training and pleasure from the Orchestra. greatly derived GLEE CLUB The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks-to every heart. - Wagiier. Under the careful musical direction of Mr. Richard Schwende and our Sister Moderator, the Glee Club has proved itself to be the baekbon: of many entertainments on McAuley's social calendar. They have enlivened ParentfTeacher Meetings and Open School Day with their musical selections and have lent color to Graduation, the Christmas Pageant, and Assembly programs throughout the years. f-N51

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-was 5, lx 'sd ' A dehate ua- held in our auditorium, Ona de Martino and Alice Curry toolvi the negative side while Nancy lvlangione and Klargucrite Pere: took the allirniatiye. 92127155 league The Speech Club is an organization for the promotion of Catholic leadership, The Catholic Forensic League of Greater New York sponsors various tournaments throughout the year. Through participation in these contests. lX4cf Auleyans are trained to express their opinions courteosuly and ellectiyely. Thus they are ren' dercd capable of Catholic Action in their social groups. The ultimate purpose of the club is to develop an articulate Catholic laity. ine St-ecian-, rtiezxiheis eil the Science flnn. xx yropei use and care ol the initio-cope. rv, ix Joyce Nlortenson was the flhanlady and the faculty rneinhers were the judges. The allirinative won. tghecfbfzs After an ahsence of ahout one year the Science Cluh was again resumed in Septeinher with Sister lxlary Josephine as moderator. Iwiany interesting afternoons were spent not only in the lah hut also in our travels. XYc yisitcd the VN'eathcr Bureau and learned many facts he' hind the lincs of the weather man. This has proven itself not only cnjoyahle hut very edu' cational. atc.. Nisltt Tyla:-. jiseprzine a :ze uezzzi-irstiates tne -Q-o- 1