Notre Dame Academy - Regina Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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conference talks and discussion topics. Juniors Nancy Ainsworth, Carol McMahon, Janet Skunda and Sophomores Joyce Bates and Laura Fink provided guitar accompaniment for singing. By special permission of the bishop, the priests offered a Concelebrated Mass on Friday for the entire student bodylin the auditorium. Homeroom posters portraying the retreat various retreat topics and evening discussions gave each girl the opportunity to share her ideas. The informal atmo- sphere of retreat made spiritual benefits more meaningful. Februar First semester honor assembly provided a pleasant break on February 20. Freshmen received the greatest number of gold ribbons, with the seniors receiving only one fewer. Sister Mary Theophane boosted spirits by reporting only three months left of school. Afterwards, Sisters Mary lmmaculee and Mary Madelena presented a short talk on our Mission Club and slides on the New Guinea Mission. new bishop March 1 brought news of the resignation of the Most Rev. George J. Rehring as Bishop of Toledo. His successor, Most Rev. John A. Donovan, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, was installed as the fifth bishop of Toledo, April 18. Besides officiating at the annual commencement exercises, Bishop Rehring dedicated our new school September 8, 1960 and con- secrated the altar in Our Lady of Good Counsel Chapel, June 28, 1964. Decorating homerooms-half the fun of the tournament- took on a competitive air the second week of March as classes prepared for the annual basketball intermurals. Upperclass- men teams and underclassmen teams met in the elimination games, March 6. Seniors and Sophomores clashed March 9, to bring victory to the Class of '67, Saturday classes began in March to prepare selected underclassmen for the accelerated courses programmed for A N iz G h Mrs. Lauber, like other faculty members, devotes time to class preparation. Happy faces reflect lighter moments of the day. next fall. year-end activities Everyone was Irish on St. Patrick's day, and Student Council added to the fun by staging the annual Talent Show. Emphasis was on ingenuity, plus talent. Juniors received their rings from Mother Mary Arthur in April, then ioined the seniors for Sweetheart Tree, their prom, April 21. Notre Dame Day, May 13, brought students and faculty together to celebrate in honor of Blessed Julie Billiart, foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame. And now it is June. Graduation marks the sixty-third commencement for Notre Dame Academy. Honor Day climaxed the school year for underclassmen as they entertain plans Most Rev. John A. Donovan, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, became for their return in September. fifth bishop of the Toledo diocese, March 1, 1967. introductionfl 1

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' December In Sweden, St. Lucy's Day, December 13, is set aside as a special day for the oldest daughter ofthe family. At Notre Dame, it is traditional to honor the seniors on this day. Juniors offered white and gold crowns, sophomores pre- sented tissue carnations, and freshmen treated the class of '67 to strawberry sundaes. christmas dance Why, of course-holly on a red and green background as decorations for the Holly Day Ball! The annual junior- senior Christmas dance brightened the school auditorium on December 27, with The Chuck McDaniels Band providing enter- tainment. Kathleen Walczak was crowned queen by Sharon Auth, who reigned at last year's Christmas dance. Mrs. Wernert's'twenty-fourth production at Notre Dame entertained a capacity-crowd matinee and two full-house evening performances on January 21 and 22. Planning began class play in August, with tryouts in November. Every senior took part in the play, either as one of the thirty-three cast members or as a committee member back-stage. The spirit of the class of '67 and their full cooperation made 'Anastasid' a tremen- dous success. Anna Bronin, an amnesiac in Berlin-is she Anastasia, the only living member ofthe assassinated Russian Tsar's 10fintroduclion Neither rain nor sleet . . . could well be the motto of many students as well as of mailmen. Though several blizzards made transportation difficult, students came. fJanuar family? The dowager empress accepts her, but then she runs away to find what makes other women happy, before she is formally recognized and given the royal inheritance of mil- lions. This drama, Anastasia, originally a Broadway and a Hollywood success, was adapted and directed by Mrs. Rosemary Wernert for the Class of '67's senior play. Title role in Anastasia was portrayed by Joanna Walsh, who attended the Summer Theatre, Workshop at the University of Toledo last summer. Diana Nowacki received much applause for her por- trayal of the aging yet regal dowager empress. Anne Spenthoff, tanastasia' Kathleen Hodgson, Patrick Casey fUniversity of Toledoj, and James Ankenbrandt fPerrysburg High Schoolj played conspira- tors in the plot to convince the empress that the amnesiac was her granddaughter and heir to the fortune. Timothy Schira lCentral Catholic High Schoolj played the medical student who knew the Anna of Berlin and convinced her that she was not meant for royalty. Prince Paul, Anastasia's fiance, was played by Stephen Wernert fSt. Francis de Salesj. Name-tags, folk tunes at Mass, and informal discussions made for a unique retreat February 8-10. Rev. Theodore Heyburn, C.SS.R., and Rev. Thomas Schmidt, C.SS.R., from Lima, Ohio, acted as retreatmasters for the iunior-senior group and the freshman-sophomore group, respectively. Hi Neighbor! the retreat theme lent itself to a variety of

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