Notre Dame Academy - Tryst Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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R71 .75 : ' zffaafazf I ig 1 NK fe., . Armed F reshies begin to climb the stairwa to the stars Eight blocks down our street stands the majestic building of the Nation's Capitol. Fresliies take a ten-minute walk on a sunny afternoon to get a closer look. Carolyn Wynn, Rita Bartlett, Mar- garet Whgner, Marilyn Conroy, and Marie Castonguay. Enthusiasm filled the hearts of the Green Class as they invaded the halls of N.D.A. A little shy, a little awed, but very much thrilled, Miss 1961 soon lost that little frog in a big pondu feeling, engulfed by rosters, room numbers, chimes from the P.A., and cafeteria call numbers. The rosters of these wide-eyed freshies included something old and something new -Religion, English, Latin, world history, algebra, art, home economics, and music appreciation. Religion class was devoted to studying the life of Christ, which together with opportunity for daily Mass and Communion and weekly Confession, brought the freshmen closer to Our Lord. Fashion-minded Freshies, Sally Callahan, Patricia Calkins -ind Christine Clark eagerly examine their new navy blue uniforms whith they will proudly don as members of the Class of 1961. K 1 Green-ties venture forth into the unknown . . . the District Central library helped by a friendly librarian. Jeanne Smith and B tsy Palatios are lI1tt0 duced to the card catalogue. with a timid smile, Freshies Mary Myers and Susan Schwar7 are

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f A Tranalation Race in Latin I Class amuses the Freshmen. janet Taleott 3 hurriedly prepare to gain I2 more points for their team. and Alanina Roncevic keep score on the blackboard as the girls of Row ,2 New arrivals receive a welcome from Alice and Clarence. This loved A penny first, then a nickel. Mr. William Wheeler explains the couple can relate tales of Notre Dame doings for the past thirty years. mechanics of the new pepsi machines to freshmen Carol Ash, Catherine W'ith them are Nancy Yon, Sue McDonald, and Carolyn Filcrt. Carroll, and Constance Benton. I2

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l K n ,, sm rr 2 TM ' if . 1 , ,, f- , a -- ,,, -r 1 ff - , 3- .ff 1? .g - f A .t Q ' , esmtp.-f f,M H if My-at, jgg - l'Wli4i can find examples of onornatopoeia? Sistcr's question brings Nerra Brown, and Barbara Chenoweth Freshmen made a collection of . ' l enthusiastic response from Maria Car Ready, willing, and able first year Latin scholars delved into the depths of declensions and eonjugations, muttering vocabulary lists. Eagerly, they set them- selves to capture trophies for their school and certifi- cates for themselves in the annual Auxilium Latinum Exam. Algebra was another unknown for the 118 members of the Class of '61. After months of solv- ing the mysteries of Xu, they penciled in answers on June exams, fervently hoping that Zlx -l- 3y did equal 711 - 3b. Beginning with prehistoric times, freshmen studied the successes and failures of man up to the foundation of his new weapon for peace, the United Nations. And as the first weeks became the first months, and the first year drew to an end, the Green-tie Class changed from fearful freshies into carefree and con- fident Kay Streetersf' Do you thinlt lvlenes' temple could have been lilte this one? Georgene Clavelli aslts. Freshmen are studying models of architecture and sculpture of the ancient ligyptians. on their tour through the Smithsonian Institute, Margaret Brady, Kathleen Flanagan, lilizabeth Herrmann, Bernadette Bryant, and Sue Combs. cia-Frias, Sue Combs, Helen Sweeney, figures of speeth which they cut from magazines as a c ass protect J B1