Notre Dame College - Moorings Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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5D0l '1 and lStrib. xand Which ld Our Wed to ded, back lllte Tle to W for ole in nt we rssible e did inited ihead. their at a a real black orgot- ies of inteer were more Jffee. ed in Christmas Formal. silver oak, began anew the hit and miss comedy of joint concerts and decorated the usual number of attendance lists. The crest of the Fall social season was reached when, fifteen of our group were drafted to trip the light fantastic at the West Point Military Ball. Needless to say, everyone vied for that lA classification. But, a special treat was in store for all of us, when Xavier University Concert Choir, from New Orleans, made its initial appearance on the campus. For weeks We went around humming that soothingly liYthmical Sleep Baby Sleep . Another unforgettable performance was that of Kitty West as the floor scrubbing heroine in Little Theatre's production of I Remember Mama. Plans for our next major operation, the l'l0llY Hop, included a prayerful, Please if It must snow, just a little spread to add to th? atmosphere, not a blanket to rival the blizzard of '47 . ln true Sophomoric bliss We sailed through the finals and started the new Semester singing a duet with St. John's Glee Club. The Cherry Treat Dance spon- sored by Sodality, featuring the ever ro- mantic Wishing well, stole our hearts away on Sl. Valentine's Day. Fashions for the and Fashio Ehwere forecast at the Bridge Cl ' V1 Ow which came to a successful mose with Agnes Brach's winning of that Uch COveted mink scarf. Easter parad Easter vacations and Blue Mt. Lodge in Peekskill were the time and the place set for 30 lucky G. A. er's Cmost of them Sophs'l return to nature, where tossed salads, pie- beds and burnt marshmallows were the order of the day. We awoke from that balmy spring daze to struggle through a last minute Bio exam, which turned out to be a full scale comprehensive. But the battle fatigue had worn off as we sat down to luncheon at Sherry's with our big sisters. Later that

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SodaIity's Christmas Bazaar . . . The night we paraded home with stuffed animals, scrumptious cakes and empty purses. brought demands for Johnny Lujack and jibes regarding our back field positions. At last, a pause for meditation and initiation into the spirit of Lent was provided by Father Ansbro's thought provoking retreat, which concluded with the consideration that men are just as good as their women. With the tulips came two campus queens, Mary of Scotland and the Junior queen of the Flower Cotillion. Helen Lesch, our own soprano soloist CEmma wasn't available for a duet? starred at Glee Club's annual con- cert. A repeat performance was scheduled at Waterbury, Connecticut but Notre Dam- ians never did get to see that beloved spot of Rita Rompre, Rosemary Cianciola and Gertrude DiBlasi. Blue books were distrib- uted, impressively filled, and collected-and as with all due regard to impediments which may exist in individual cases we moved our tassels out of our right eye, and adjourned to Howard Johnson's, the first chapter ended. The following September saw us back trudging up Theresa and Eddy Places fthe short cut was still in usel just in time to compare suntans and jobs, .bargain for second-hand books and snatch a table in the caf, With an aloof air of detachment we surveyed the new fledgelings as possible material for our mass experiment. Little did they know, as they smiled shyly at our united front, the terrors of those baby days ahead. However, we soon surrendered to their dimpled charms and paid reparation at a buffet supper in the caf, followed by a real old-fashioned minstrel, complete with black face and white gloves. Never to be forgot- ten was the ever lovin Mandy , While becoming enthusiastic devotees of Canadian flavored philosophy, and volunteer subjects for Dr. Kubis' pathometer, we were introduced to the mysteries of the lab, more specifically the earth worm and Jack's coffee. We visited the chapel, newly panelled in Holly Hop . . . We concentrated on a prayerful, Please, no blizzard. - '-'- f - -1, .ff .- - - .- - .' -- 11 ' -7- -1 -- 'V -'-- -lf'-f-4 -' -- 3 L'-' - .. M'-L-iLJ'f,'o5'w-2e's:f'.': L--- . - .. .-W., ...... -. . ,- ..... . . ,. .. ., ,- . G

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i i afternoon, we made our debut at the GA., which was to become the most popular ren- dezvous of our Junior year. September I9-49-and the weighty choice of major and minor was upon us. With credits closely counted and periods duly un- scrambled, we finally put our noses to the grind. Education minors haunted Lavelle on Thursdays and Fridays, Commerce students battled gamely with the dictaphone while the Science majors disappeared entirely, Hannah Mangan, officially only a Soph, be- cause of an extended leave of six months, became our chief executive and led us in the adoption of the uninitiated Frosh. No time was lost in transforming Lavelle Hall into a veritable Notre Dame gridiron, complete with goal posts, yard lines, a deserted jalopy guarded by Darsie's beast and plenty of opposition from the Catholic Metropolitan Colleges. Sodality's first Christmas Charity Bazaar received our unlimited support and left us parading home with stuffed animals, cakes and empty purses. Christmas and the Candy Cane Cotillion followed in rapid suc- cession and there we were breaking baloons at G. A. C.'s first success, the Mardi Gras. Decorations were completed for our Junior Prom midst a galaxy of sparkling silhouettes, gay flowers and-snow. That night Frances Gomes went down in history. ln the midst of exams, we, as heirs ap- parent, came up for air to fete the seniors at the traditional banquet, with wishful dreams of our own forthcoming succession. Manhattan's exclusive Savoy Plaza made a gay background for last minute cramming by Mr. McCarthy's zealous disciples, while the uninhibited faculty revealed their non- academic selves to the tune of two fern- bedecked crooners. The High Tea . . . Positions were reversed as with amused tolerance we surveyed the i950 fledgelinQS- -1 . :ff fsftr' sm ,M bf pi , 1 7 4 Vac' reti spe agf as sol he for Str an sta su wl of ' er he N ce tr tl' pi TCI sl h H -,.,.' -. ,i S Lf' 'al-.'-.L-1-' ' l 'I'Z'1'l'-'f',:','.-,-.'J.L'li-Ay-5 .n-,....f'-. -R ,yq.,., ,, -.. ,..-4 1--.1,-.mg-..,.., -.,.,...-.'- . . -.- -- .--, - '-..,L.. ' L2-1-'