Mount Alvernia High School - Alvernian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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f Pins K , if f ,SIX Mistletoe Magic Q X fre X s Wonderful dance music by the Hy-Fys kept the Christ- mas spirit soaring. 44 5 5 Solueigh Eck, our German Senior girls, with their es- corts, attend their last Wiiiter Formal at Mount Alvernia High. exchange student, enjoys her first Formal in the States. Mistletoe weaves its magic spell around the gaily danc- ing couples. 2 Even the chaperons could not resist the magic of that spe

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eve sary distinction . . . precisely because of their differences. which therefore ought to be maintained and encouraged during their years of formation, with the necessary distinction and corresponding separation . . . The existence of our all-girl school is in accord with the Holy Eather's firm belief that co-education can be harmful to Christian education. Being alike in organism and temperament individualizies the special care and training peculiar to our feminine nature. ., if , Dancing is a lunch time favorite. Playing records: Mary Louise Ruffner. Barbara Vo- gel: Dancing: Dorothy Switalski. Ida Se- bastian, Maria Gentile. Antoinette Liscotti, Joan Henry, Jean Henry. In the traditional Big Sister ceremony Dolly Bugrin invests her Little Sisters, Barbara Earnest and Roseann Meenan, with their medal and chain. rx 4-N, During the noon hour the spacious Social Room becomes the pivot of gaiety and fun, Here girls from forty-two parishes become acquainted and form new friendships. Left to right: Michelle Rheam. Jeanne Halterlein. Anna M. Conroy, Penny Wagner, Ruth McPealc. Carol Sherman. Eileen Campbell. Romaine Jeffrey, Eleanor O'Leary, Kathleen Burgunder. -cl

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Fascination The true Christian does not renounce the aclivities of this life . . . hristian does not mean to forego the legiti- mate pleasures of this life. Fascination, our Junior-senior ' ' b nd we Prom of last year, will always be a night to remem er, a ' h b' re ated look forward to another such wonderful mg t emg p p for us by the Juniors. To be truly C V Carolyn Liotta's radiant face spells i V a night of unforgettable happiness. 'ze' . R? wa. iw - VV fr , I N 'ax X ft,- Us ' ' -we , Q . L A ', T v A ll at Y . 1' LV 1 me -.f Ollf Y' J. 1 i l ,, v. 4' ' , 1 if ,, of tl 4 l M. 1 Q -5 A 'Fascinarionn seems to have cast its pell of enchantment over Patty Kurtz ual and her escort stars into a girl's eyes? Ask f What Judy Beirthold and Bernadette Fitz- gerald. They seem to know. l em 9' A I 1 4 I K . 'N ef. ,H rs 1 VG