Mount St Joseph Academy - Sheaf Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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We remember the Freshmen as they tried to conceal their air of timidity and anticipation on the first day of school, and the confusion when they attempted to distinguish the various classrooms. We recall how often we took advantage of their gullible willingness to buy tickets to ride the elevator, or to see our world-famous football team in action, and their enjoyment of the Junior-Freshman Party. We remember, too, their pride as they stood in the rotunda for the first time honoring the Christ Child elfflelffl el' Top Row: Mary Conran, Kathleen McGee, Constance Clodfelter, Nora Tierney Regina Bondi. Middle Rau: Marlene Frank, Barbara Eugenie, llarbara llolaway Mary Louise Simendinger. Front Rau: Roberta Crane, Patricia Smith, Mary Ann Murray, Mary Miles Ryan Top Row: Anne Marie Stead, Helen Rumbarger, Anita McLoughlin, AnitaO'Neill Margaret McCann, Patricia Whelan, Madeleine Higgins. Middle R011 I Mary Walls Nancy Porter, Roberta Kolb, joan Kolb. Front Tout llita Troutman, Leonora Moreschi, Barbara Mignone, ,Ioan Petrone. .vyx

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X Q Pelllelll el' our classmates andthe preclous moments snatched from studies and actlvltles spent In their company the Freshmen, books piled precarlously nn their arms, trlppnng down the back staurs for a double pernod of art or wamng nervously ID the second floor corridor takmg a fmal glance at last night s Latln assngnment the Sophomores, looklng forward to those weekly lab peruods nn brology and their constant mqumes and Salutatlons nn thenr newly acquired modern language the Juniors taking on the turst our of sophlstlcatlon after havlng been lnslgmflcant for two long years and simultaneously dlsplaylng prnde and closs puns the Sensors, In a frenzied rush to complete a chemnstry assrgnment on a Monday mormng discussing a week old test In the cafeteria or engaged rn a never endmg phone call that begnns wlth homework and terminates wlth the latest movie, or smlllng at the thlngs they drd as under classmen and reallzlng nostalglcally that they can never do them again But most of all whenever we thunk of our classmates, we remember their laughter, that laughter wlthout rhyme or reason whlch rs the treasured prlvllege of youth

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I fda I Q5Al'l'lQl'l Tiff A 1,5 Top Row: ,Ioan Trainer, Dorothy Clark, Alicia d'Empaire, Mary O'Brien. Middle Roux' Mary Ellen Toye, Patricia Torpey, Regina jakubowski, Barbara Thomasson. Front Row: lsis Viciedo, Maureen Lee, Lorraine McDade. Top Rout Ann llrennan, Constance Belcher, Virginia Bradley. Middle Row: LetitiaMcCill, ,Iohanna Cedaka, Doranne llanley, Margaret Conroy, Alice Wisgo. Fran! Rau: Mary Lou Cannon, Barbara llitzer, jane Crasso, llarbara Hollings. with their carols, and soon after, we recall their sophistication as they attended their initial Tea Dance. How could we ever forget their sudden relief when mid-year exams were over, and the time came for Retreat, or their feeling of belonging after they had been received into the Sodality? But most of all, we remember their importance at the end of the year in knowing that the first quarter of their high school careers had been successfully completed, and that the doors to three more adventures but awaited their knock.