Our Lady of Mercy Academy - Olma Yearbook (Syosset, NY)

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1016044 When in the course of high school life, one notices individuals who are neither here nor there g so near ' ' ' ' ' h ' of and yet so far from graduation, just missing t e poise nior but far more dignified than a sophomore, one calls them 'ljuniorsf' CISG ln our junior year our school life was broadened and the future was ours. Some of us left the ranks of Caesar F ench, too, and enlisted as true followers of Cicero, r took on a new view, for we had to learn now ct parler f t A in order to tackle and conguer the French rancais Regents We pushed such vocabulary as isosceles, perpendicular, and eguilateral to the far recesses of our brain just to make room for l-IESCN NaCl, and HIC. Fill too often we displayed a light-hearted, carefree side and yet at the snap of a finger Ca Sister s, of course? ' ' This we permitted our serious nature to take over. udden change was best shown at the end of our junior s . year when we were caught between the spell of the ' B d, Our lunior Prom and the challenge of College oar s roblem was whether to concentrate on just the right P man for that big night or to attain a satisfactory score on dl d both! the College Boards. Undaunted, we han e Th hi hli ht of our junior year was that special day 9 Q Q when we walked through the corridors with our right hand displaying our most treasured possession P- the school ring. To us it was not only the 'lbadgen of a l fth ste forward from junior but also was symbo ic o e p underclassman to upperclassman. Next step - senior year - graduation!

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60 v , ,Nt , if gf fi ,MV fr, .1 7 ' J Hny complications? Sister Mary Reai nald will straighten out the lntermeai ate ones. The science upon which depends all others , . . Mathematics. Sure does look involved. Explain it to us, Roberta. No one leaves Study with- out Uchecking out. l 4

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Not only can the iif2's sing in French, they can harmonize, too. Helen leads the alto as the Girls sing 'ilieniends le chat qui rniaiilef' NB. please, juniors at work!