Mount St Marys Academy - Mercycrest Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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The Dominican saints pictured on the division pages of our yearbook are shown in settings taken from our school building. The Senior divider is designed from the altar in our chapel; Undergraduates, from the large windov s of the chapel; Organiza- tions and Activities, from the small windows of the chapel; Athletics, from the windows of the gym. Block and white are traditional Dominican coloi-s. 2 3 2036 00391 3429

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The 1957 DOMINILOG published by The Senior Class DOMINICAN ACADEMY Fall River, Massachusetts lARY Editor-in-chief Barbara Freitas Associate Editor Claire Dumont Business Manager Louise Chouinard Asst. Business Manager Pauline Lavoie Assistant Editors Valerie Weber, Nancy Hart Jeanne Gagne, Virginia Morissette Art Editor Barbara Lavoie Assistants Susan St. Pierre, Jean Whitehead Photography Margaret Nester, Jeanne Pichette Madeleine Ring, Jeannette St. Yves

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' Our school is a Dominican school ' -Theme for 1957 Our School is Dominican! How proud we ore of our name, Dominican, and how we love to sing it, to spell it out in our cheers and pep songs! it is a fine old name, and it has always stood for the school we love and all that our school means to us. We know, of course, that the word Do- min ' ican means a good deal more than any one school, even if that school is the grand- est place on earth. However, when we were considering possible themes for our 1957 Dom;n og, following the tradition of DA seniors in looking for some phase of our school life which might be improved by con- centrating on it for the year, we began asking ourselves questions. Were we fully aware of the richness of our seven-hundred- year-old Dominican heritage? Had we ever stopped to think seriously what it is that gives Dominican Academy the spirit we love? What is the source of its friendly, joyous atmosphere, its tradition of culture, of high scholastic endeavor? Was there anything we could do to stimulate appreciation for all that our name Dominican connotes? A little reflection showed us that a year- long study of Dominican history and tradi- tions would be an enriching experience and would make our school life and memories more deeply meaningful for ourselves and our schoolmates. It was therefore in the hope that we could make a contribution toward inten- sifying the Dominican spirit of DA that we adopted as our theme for our yearb ook and for the year, Our School Is A Dominican School. O LUMEN ECCLESIAEI Prayer to St. Dominic O great Saint, who, inflamed with divine love, didst find thy delight in prayer and intimate union with God, obtain for us to be faithful in our daily prayers, to love our Lord ardently, and to observe His commandments with ever increasing fidelity. — Dominican Calendar, 1957 3