Notre Dame Academy - Regina Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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rush, brightened the afternoon in The Unsinkable Molly Brown. And a student council treat before early dismissal wrapped up a fine day in spite of rain. Based on the idea that an audience reacts better to something they can recognize, Sister Mary Rosalee and Mrs. Thomas Kane built the I966 Spring Concert, May I5, around contemporary American music. An Irving Berlin composition and medleys from My Fair Lady and West Side Story were familiar to everyone. Junior Pamela Gill and seniors spring concert Maureen Mauer and Judith McNatt put on their top hats and sang o few American all-time favorites. Judith also sang three selections as a soloist. Sophomores Roxanne Gunner and Carol Rutowski and Juniors Jeanne Morrison and Janet Sniegowski, along with their escorts, presented a waltz. And the audience did seem to enioy the show. Bridget McCartney reigned over the Junior-Senior Prom Hours to Remember, on the evening of May 20. The Great Lakes Room at the Toledo Club provided a pleasing atmosphere prom for the Fred Wood Orchestra. After midnight, the party moved to Imperial Lanes where a buffet dinner, bowling, billiards, and dancing provided more enioyment. Une fA ugust What is graduation .nade of? Gold and green cords, white caps and gowns, diplomas, and 135 girls. June 2, graduation day for the Class of '66, began with morning Mass in the chapel celebrated by senior Vivian Parker's brother, Rev. William C. Parker, Delphos, for the graduates and their parents. Communion Breakfast followed. At the ceremony that evening, eight girls wore the gold cord for scholastic excellence and seventeen wore the green cord for perfect at- tendance. The Most Reverend Bishop George J. Rehring awarded graduation the diplomas to the girls and presented Gertrude Pfahler with the Gold Cross, an award for outstanding work in religion. Gertrude, a postulant of the Sisters of Notre Dame, also served as valedictorian of her class. Pastor at Gesu, Rev. William R. Hussey, S.J., served as guest speaker. And so, four years of education were completed. Second semester honor day always turns out to be a hot day, but seven-hundred girls never miss the last day of school. Attired in their white uniforms, they came, June 7, for their report cards, honor ribbons, and various honors merited during the second semester. Sister Mary Theophane gave a short talk and then everyone left for that summer vacation they had been awaiting since September. It didn't take the Class of '67 long to realize they were seniors. Beginning the first weeks of June LaSalle's Photo Reflex Studio began scheduling sittings for senior pictures. The department agreed to take two poses from each sitting-one for the yearbook in a white uniform and one for personal pictures in any attire. The same pin was worn by all girls for the yearbook picture. Sittings were scheduled throughout the summer. September Every girl that rides the Community Traction buses dur- ing the school year has one picture in her wallet that she will not show anyone. Bus pictures aren't planned to turn out badly, they iust usually do. August was the day for taking bus pictures and visiting with teachers and classmates. What do seniors enjoy? Well, there are picnics, food, pleasant weather, food, and ball games. Side-Cut Park pro- vided the picnic and recreation area, the sun donated some of her time, and the girls brought the food, on August 23. No wonder the Class of '67's picnic was a success. Tarzan and Jane, better known as Seniors Susan Frische and Elizabeth Stewart, brought a few of their iungle friends to the Student Council Get-Together on August 29. Animated trees, a 'bird of paradise, and safari guide Beverly Winters, Student Council Vice-President, helped make the evening en- ioyable. Students met many of the new faculty in the dining hall where refreshments were served after the program. Two-hundred nine freshmen brought the '66-'67 enrollment to seven-hundred four. And they all came on September 8 to begin a new school year, after receiving schedules and buy- ing books on the two previous days. The most notable changes were thirteen new names on the faculty list, revamped reli- new school year gion courses, and bright new colors on the first-floor walls financed by the Notre Dame Educational League. Immediate plans for the new year included undergraduate pictures the first week of school. An expanded film-study program and monthly speakers sponsored by Student Council were part of long-range plans. Kathleen Walczak, one of six candidates, was chosen by sophomores, juniors, and seniors to be Notre Dame's Student Council Queen on September 29. Selection was based on poise, ability to answer questions on the spur of the moment, and general appearance. The annual Queen's Tea for the student council queens from area schools was held November 'I2 at Evening at Athens. Wendy Fetters, senior from Sylvania High School, was crowned at the dance. Lighting many candles from one flame symbolizes the unity of the school organizations represented at the annual installation ceremony. Janice Stewart, Student Council President, opened the ceremony on September 30 with a speech on leadership-a basic quality needed by every girl being installed, from class president to Red Cross respresentative. After class and club officers were recognized, the student body sang the Alma Mater. introduction 17

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Uctober Three hours of sleep a night and aching feet didn't pre- vent l I l seniors and 6 chaperones from enjoying what the na- tion's capital had to offer the week of October l0. Touring battlefields at Gettysburg, witnessing the House and Senate in session on Capitol Hill, attending Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, listening to a Moslem class trip speak on his religion at the Islamic Mosque, viewing the parade at Annapolis, visiting Arlington National Cemetery and Mount Vernon, touring the Smithsonian-it is difficult to decide iust what was the best. Of course, Deborah Mosiniak, Karen Polhemus and Lora Lippert think seeing Pres- ident Johnson at the Capital, while the rest of the seniors were at the Smithsonian, was the biggest event of the trip. Accomodations at the Hospitality House were very pleasant and the weather was agreeable, except on Friday when the view from Mount Vernon was too foggy for picture-taking. Seniors left Washington, D.C. the evening of October l4 with three impressions-our capital is a city of steps, statues, and remembrances. You can only tell so much about the theatre, the rest you have to see. This statement by Mr. Fred Chapman, assis- tant professor of theatre at the University of Toledo, was drama proved on October 18 and 19. Tuesday, Student Council spon- sored Mr. Chapman to speak on Shakespeare and theatre in general. During his informative discussion, he not only mentioned interesting facts about these topics, he also showed slides of a Shakespearean-type theatre and he drama- tized a short selection from Much Ado About Nothing. Wednesday, the National Shakespeare Company, remembered ovember for their presentation of Hamlet last spring, presented i'Much Ado About Nothing in the auditorium. These two days intro- duced many girls to the theatre and gave others a greater insight into its functions. Eight inches of snow on November 3? Even the weather- man was surprised. Why, it was still fall-some trees still had leaves! But it meant a free day here, so no one argued. The day off came in handy the week before first quarter exams. The week of November 7 found the iuniors, with Karen Shinn as co-ordinator, collecting shoes for Shoe Harvest - a school proiect benefiting underprivileged children of the Toledo area. All the iuniors seem to have the blue-and- white spirit, with Jan Szpila as president. Thanksgiving dance, before the St. Francis-DeVilbiss football game, with proceeds used to buy a cow? Students from Notre Dame, St. John's, St. Francis, McAuley, and St. ho p Ursula enjoyed the 'iGTO's and the Hard Times the evening of November 23. Turkey Tackle, a Student Council proiect, helped purchase a cow for a dairy farm in Appalachia. Earlier in November, Mary Anne Fackleman '66 who attends the University of Detroit, showed slides of Appalachia to some ofthe upperclassmen. She plans to become a social worker and is interested in the Appalachian redevelopment pro- gram. The idea to purchase a cow was begun by Mary Anne. Consequently, the dance was called one of the best ever at Notre Dame, and the dairy farm received their cow! 'iThe Light Shines in the Darkness was the Christmas program presented December 'l'l and T2 by the glee depart- ment, the ballet classes, and the drama club. Many foreign Christmas customs, including some from Poland, Mexico, and Ireland were incorporated into the production under the direc- tion of Sisters Mary Florence, Mary Lalande and Mary Laverne. inIroducfionf9