Our Lady of Mercy School - Lore Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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School Demonstration Sponsored by Mercy’'s Riding Club A demonstration of riding and show techniques featuring live horses here at Mercy was the unique presentation of the riding club and a highlight of the school year. In addition to the May school presentation, the club members attended a horse auction in September. The show was an auction of Arabian horses held at the State Fair grounds. Other club-sponsored trips included a tour of a horse breeding farm and a trip to lvory Farms for a picnic and day of riding. The students also set up a clinic presenting important aspects of grooming and caring for a horse. Both styles of riding are taught and practiced by Mercy riding students. English riding features a smaller saddle than usual and is a formal style well suited for use in jumping and showing. Western riding uses the more typical larger saddle and is altogether a more casual style. Among those girls who participate in horse shows are Sue Schaefer, Angela Merriman and club president Kathy Salisbury who attended riding school while in England and is currently employed at a riding stable. Upper left: Club officers Suzanne Sabol, Angela Merriman and Kathy Salisbury at the riding stables. Upper right: The riding club bulletin board. Lower left: Officers with club moderator Sister Ben- edicta Mary.

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102 Increase in Membership and Activities for Ski Club Skiing is currently the nation’s most popular new sport and the trend is reflected in Mercy’s large ski club. The club, moderated by Mr. Robert Brown, skis every Thursday at Mount Brighton. In February the group took a special trip to Boyne Highlands. Mercy’s ski team is already attaining an impressive record. Practices are held twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday nights with the Catholic Central ski team. Races are held once a week throughout January and February. In February the team participated in the South East Michigan Regional ski meet, held this year at Mount Brighton. Mercy competed against twenty-two high school teams. In the final standings the team placed eighth out of fourteen, in a league including Western, West Bloomfield, Ferndale, Southfield and Southfield-Lathrup high schools. Senior Rochelle Bratton is captain of the team and Mr. Gary Rossow is team coach. The team made an especially impressive showing against Ferndale High. In that meet, Ginny Arcari took first place, Sue Arcari finished third, Rebecca McCook was the fourth place winner with Harriet Hitchcock finishing fifth. Above right: Mr. Brown chaperones a group of ski club members to Boyne High- lands. Lower right: Mr. Brown, ski club president Lynn Griffin, and Mr. Gary Ros- sow preside over a club meeting.

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Sophomores Sophomores hold a position of security. Theirs is a very safe world: one year of experi- ence, two years until freedom. It is this very status that dictates their energetic behavior as a class. They have the strength to withstand what can, academically, be the most demanding high school grade, and at the same time, participate socially in activities which are not just ‘‘tradition- | al,’’ but important. The only remaining comment: to dispel the myth that the term “‘Sophomore”’ denotes one who is “‘immaturely pretentious.’’ Perhaps the definition should read: ‘“‘pretentious — with good reason.”’ 104