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

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al-Iappy Birthday dear Anne Marie, Happy Birthday to you . . fi Will anyone ever forget Betty Crane in her flat heeled shoes adopting her ulittlev sister? Scholastically, Father Gebhard promised to have us Mwalking prop- erly, not running, down the aisle soonwg Dr. Seguin was trying to make amen out of usg little frogs had be- come big catsg T. S. Eliot was a con- troversial topicg and speaking French was suddenly the thing to do. In a mock presidential election, N. D. went Republican and voted Eisenhower into officeg the rest of the nation followed our footsteps shortly afterwards. This might have been due to the efforts ,of Eileen McCaffrey and Rita Rogers who met the president-to-be quite accidentally. Were they surprised when they found themselves the only passengers on his private ferry and had the oppor- tunity to shake his hand and talk with him. The Junior-Freshman Dance was our prize accomplishment. Remem- X g 3 5 -5 -2' Sleighing parties on those cold, cold days.

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I I The Sophomore Ball - or Our Winter Prom. f Our Junior Senior Banquet or Fashions 011 Parade' Z

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ber those large, lonely, but inanimate football players piled up in the cen- ter of the dance floor, and the goal posts that were more interesting to the men than we were? Preceding the annual Christmas party, a certain Junior gained eter- nal fame with her classic rendition of a song titled G6La Vie En Rosef' The Spring semester proved that this was to be Hour year. We brought back the Father-Daughter dance, initiated a ceremony of pre- sentment of Senior rings, and intro- duced a formal tea and fashion show for our mothers. A torrential downpour greeted the Junior Prom, but even a deluge could not dampen our spirits. Amid a glorious spring garden setting and to the tune of Lester Lanin fAmer- ica's number one college bandJ, the dance was a huge success. Our fame as hostesses rose again after the sumptuous banquet held at the Roof Garden of the Pierre for the outgoing seniors. The signific- ance of our future importance was beginning to grow upon us. This was our final presentation, henceforth, everything would be given to us. We were reaching the top of the ladder, European trips were inaugurated by Ruth Reardon and Ursula Ties- We Mmm, Comin' around the mountain. dell, and in their excitement about sailing uthe wild blue yonder, they had almost every other junior ready to accompany them. Planning to tour the continent, with Father Moody as their guide, they were barely able to check their exuberance. But summer jobs were calling most of us once more, and after that won- derful class day when we took over as the new senior class, We went skip- ping off, our tassels hanging in our eyes at last. I 95 Committee members and football props for the Junior Frosh dance. EMM