Mercy High School - Mercian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Edilor Mary O'Gallagher, Laureen Dillon, and Noel Candice beam wifh happiness al' fhe award won from Columbia Universify. Again Mercy salu+es i+s successful alumnae! These very 'ralenfecl girls broughi Columbian and Yearbook of Disrincfion honors lo Mercy lhrough +he I959 Mercian. Delerminarion, per- severance, and ingenuily were well rewarded wi+h lhese singular honors. Missing from 'rhe above pholos are Agnes Beirne and Marie Burns, slaif members who have enierecl rhe religious life. COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION UERCIAN ms BEEN AWARDED 'rms FIRST PLACE CERTIFICATE IN me 1'wEN'rY-Firm ANNUAL YEARBOOK cnmours AND GJNTESI' UJNDUCIED BY THE ASSOCIATION AT COLUMBIA umvuxsrnr IN me crrv or NEW Yoluc, ocroiasn 16. 1959. Page 7 Kay Granger, Kafhy Maroney, Mary McDonagh, and Pal S+. Leger seem lo be saying, We knew we could do E+! Cll'l'lIllllC SCIIUUI. PRESS ASSUCIATIUN TIIE anim: Qpublizafim of .wisfincfion is Awnnulzn T0 I s Il TIIE lNNUll SURVEY CUNIIUCTEII BY TIIE Cl'I'lllllIlI SCIIIIIIL PRESS ASSIJCIATIIJN l'I' TIIE MIIIUUETTE UNIVERSITY C0llElIE DF .IDUIINRLISM TIIIS FIIIST DIY IIF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAH NINETEEN IIUNUUEU EIETE-NINE fn I I 19 112' X . 4- b ' lIllUl'lIl 4

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Dear Alumnae. You say Mercy is your school: four years of working, praying, and playing af Mercy have given you fhe privilege of esreeming her as your Alma Maler. Bur we, +he Senior Class of l96O, have 'also learned. laughed. and ioyed 'lo- gefher, and now we proudly ioin you in proclaiming Mercy as our Alma Maier. A+ Mercy we have found The educa+ional, social, and spiriiual guidance neces- sary for a well-rounded personalily. Our years af Mercy have enriched our un- dersranding of life and have provided us wi+h a firm Foundalion of Chrisrian ideals. We are hesiranr lo leave, even as you were hesi+an+: hesilanr ro embark upon fhe fulure, Life is complicafedq we know 'rhe fulure will be a challenge. We look fo you for an example, and we somehow brearhe easier because we see 1'ha+ you have succeeded. We observe +ha+ 'rhe principles you learned af Mercy you have wisely and successfully applied +o your everyday life. We know 'rhaf Mercy has become a par+ of every one of you. iusl as we know lhal each of you has in some way upheld lhe lradilion lhal is Mercy. Since imi+a+ion is fhe highesf form of praise, we can do no more 'ro show our -appreciafion fhan fo follow in your foofsfeps, and in so doing we shall prove our love and loyalfy 'ro The Sis+ers, wi'rhou+ whom 'lhere would be no fradifion, no Mercy. To bofh of you we say a small. insignificanf word: bu+ be- cause i+ is sincere. we know if will be sufficient Thanks! The Mercian S+aff of l96O Page 6

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GI V Faiher Raffery-Sainf Dorofhy The lhird floor orchesfra room olfen re' sounds wilh Falher Ralleryls energelic leaching. Through his enlhusiasm, lhe iun- ior class has discovered 'rhal 'rhere is more lhan one way +0 arrive al a pracfical lcnow- ledge ol our religion. Fa'I'her Fahey The leaching and guidance of our resie denl chaplain, Falher Fahey, are helping lo develop lhe charily and friendliness which seem To characlerize lhe spiril of Mercy. Bolh lacully and sludenls appreci' ale Fa+her's ellorls in lheir behalf. l-le is lruly an example of a brillianl, holy and humble priesl. riesfs- C-LL er risfs