Mount de Sales High School - Salesian Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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“Oh, my bones! I’ve never been so sore in all my life . . . Sister, do we have to go out in the yard today? It’s so cold! . .. Are you on the basketball team? . . . I forgot to polish my gym shoes! .. . Have you gotten a date for the Spring Formal yet?” . .. Such is the life of the gym student at the Mount. The weekly gym periods conducted by Miss Miriam Kassell are thoroughly invigorating. Com- petition rides high during tournament time. The Athletic Association’s business is taken care of at monthly meetings which are held under the direc- tion of Sister Mary Elizabeth, R.S.M. The much anticipated Spring Formal climaxes the A.A.’s year of activity. Sister Mary Elizabeth awards the A.A.’s ve leyball trophy to Jo Ann Godwin and Paulip Garvin, captain and co-captain respectively « the winning Sophomore class team. teamwork ai “Oooh!” moan the sub-freshmen while in the process of doing twenty push-ups. Exercise of this sort constitutes part of the weekly gym periods. Miriam Kassel, assistant physical education instructor. “Jump, arms extended to the sides, ready with the count, be- ” gin.” These are the directions given to the girls as they begin their calisthenics during physical education period.

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The St. Maria Goretti Unit of the Catholic Students Mission Crusade-had quite an event- ful year under its new advisor, Sister Mary de Sales, R.S.M. The Mount girls showed their mission spirit by collecting coupons and cancelled postage stamps. Sending jewelry to the lepers of Trinidad and collecting cloth- ing for Father McCarren’s mission for Negroes in Lakeland, Georgia were other projects undertaken by the missioners. A familiar morning scene in each class is the passing around of the mission bank. Here Sister Mary de Sales, sophomore class moderator, receives Charlene Nash’s donation while Jackie Yeager, Maxine Ross, and Nona Couch await their turns to contribute. a leadership Bright and early every Wednesday morning many of the Mount girls are heard taking part in the Missa Recitata in the chapel. Betty Davis, Becky Long, Clare Sack, and Barbara Union are just a few of the sodalists who are trying to make this project a success. C.S.M.C, officers: Pauline Garvin, Secretary; Dorothy Biggs, Treas- urer; Betty Barker, Sub-Fresh- men Representative; and Peggy Biggs, Vice President, join President Sonia Walker in thank- ing the girls for bringing in jewelry for the lepers of Trini- dad, one of the mission projects.

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True champs! Libbie Estes and Ann Marie Mayer shake hands before beginning a tennis match. epee ine 2S = = This is one of the sports a ee included in the activities of the A.A. ae. eleeeerer 1 “It’s going to be a hit Dorothy Biggs and Mary Catherine Joiner do a little after school prac- ticing of softball so that their freshmen team might come out on top during the tournament. Members of the Blue and Gold basketball teams line up before game time. These two teams are com- posed of freshmen and sub-freshmen.