Notre Dame High School - Maryscript Yearbook (Moylan, PA)

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HlllH SllHlllll in the llllUlllllU . .. OTRE DAME l-HGH SCHOOL is just four years old. When the authorities of the diocesan schools found, in l934, that a new school was necessary to relieve the overcrowded girls' high schools, the Notre Dame Academy was found ready and admirably suited for the undertaking. The Superiors of the Sisters. of Notre Dame de Namur cooperated willingly with the desire of Monsignor John J. Bonner that the Catholic girls of Delaware County should be sent to this new Notre Dame l-ligh School, instead, as in former years, of commuting daily to the City of Philadelphia, We of the class of i939 are justly proud of the honor of being the first class to have completed our high school years at Notre Dame, When the Pioneer Class approached the large oak doors for the first time, we saw thirteen acres' of campus shaded with the foliage of magnificent trees, a lovely statue of our Lady of Victory in the front yard, a large, beautiful school of Gothic architecture in natural stone,- everything to give our high school years a lovely setting, lt remained to us, we saw, to fulfill the promises of a memorable high school life which this picture offered. And, with increasing appreciation of our opportunities, we feel that we have tried to do so. What interesting changes We have witnessed as Notre Dame has advanced from lusty infancy to mature growth in the last four yearsl From the beginning we have been blessed with the guidance of the Right Reverend Monsignor John J. Bonner, to whose indefatigable labor we owe our place as a high school accredited by the State Department of Education All our religious teachers are Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. They teach Latin, French, Mathematics, Art, Commercial Subjects, l-lome Economics, Science, Social Sciences, and Music. As the number of students has increased from three SnowboHs-and smHes make a gay kno. Fdday at 3 PAA and aH is weH-and oven Seven

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THE DIGNIFIED ENTRANCE TO NOTRE DAME Special doors-used for occasions only. They welcome first-day Freshmen, greet our visitors , 1, and close regrettully behind our departing Seniors. J . . in 'ifgnfi QW? . ' 1 K' uv' Q: ' X ' A, nl, 5 l , 1' gl., K- 1, J. i L wv if 3 QU: .. .f i V X, ,. 3-41 5 yin 9 U ff? EY' fi' 'wi' - .ff ,A ' .L '-5 'Hjf Jr' ' 4 ...-.2-v f E' f :M f A '22- ' fr U4 E E +51 '.f'f:s. - lf 22 raps, T 1:-' .E . ,, K ggi , ,, wig, g pg VJ. ' 'X' f ' 2 51-55 , ,F fr r k' . 4, . in .J xl Y ' , v ' ' P F 1f f 1 'l gi4 .efffhe -' , ff ef:-,, 9 ,- . .,7V, i K gm.: -Q .,.-,Sf ll A me Snow-Maylcn's pines bend beneath its weight. X HIIIT

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A CITY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY hundred in i935 to six hundred and forty in l939, the number ot Sisters and lay teachers has increased accordingly, ln l935 the taculty numbered eleven Sisters and two lay teachers By l939 the original taculty has been augmented to include twenty-two Sisters and ten lay teachers, including Miss Genevieve Rowley, who has been in charge ot our Physical Education department tor the last tour years, Miss Isabelle Ar Powell, teacher ot Public Speaking, Miss Margaret Mary Kearney, dramatic directress. During the past tour years we have acquired our own traditions. Our extra- curricular activities formally begin with Freshman Day, on which, according to custom, the Seniors initiate and entertain the Freshmen. ln quick succession follow the intramural basketball games and the class championship game, the annual Christmas Play, the French Play, the interscholastic basketball games, the Junior Play, the Spring Concert, the Senior Play, and tinally the Commencement Exercises of the Senior Class. With all the advantages of a city high school, and also all the advantages ot a country high school, we feel that our Notre Dame l-ligh School deserves its unique privilege ot being titled a city high school in the country. MARY Ml NGEY On the Bridge-What is it? the first Spring cardinal. Campus-Just friends! Typical of us all Eighl'