Saint Michael High School - Michaelinian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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FAREWELL TO OUR SENIORS OF '45-'46 DEAR SEN1oRs: We have spent one, two, or three years with you at S. M. H. S. We juniors have spent the longest time with you and the year just passed has proved that we found you wonderful people to work with. Perhaps the Freshmen have best expressed the sentiments of all of us: We wish the Seniors were only Freshmen because we would like to go through school with them. Your cofworkers, the juniors, will certainly regret your leaving. It's always the useful people who are missed the most. We Freshmen appreciate the way you associated with us and made us feel at home in your school from the very first minute. The Initiation Social was a pleasant surprise. After the ordeal of being initiated, which you turned into a delightful floor show, we didn't have to look into the mirror to see if we were still all in one piece. Your two socials were booming successes that we'll never forget, especially, the Valentine Social since by that time most of us were on the beam. We are sure the basketball team is going to miss the three Senior stars but the team will survive, we hope, to play another day. Speaking of basketball, we Freshmen boys will always remember a certain interclass game where congratulations were in order. They were given too, with the best will in the world. The Seniors are the best. sports we have ever seen. 9 4 Thanks especially, Seniors, for the good work the Student Council accomplished this yearlx Credit goes to Sister M. DeSales, the moderator, and to the president who ably represented the student body who elected him. .xl Goodbye, Seniors, and we wish you God's blessing. We hope to be just as nice to X 4 . the underqlassmen when we re Seniors as you were to us. Ax AX 'X THB UNDERCLASSMEN XX U 28

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Speech Arts GAVEL HONOR SCCIETY Foxroixounn: Father Walter presenting Rita Schroepfer with achievement certihcate. Sr.-xND1NG:jhirley XVilliams, Norbert Pietrzak, Florence Mierun, Anthony Obidzinski, Ruth Dittley, Rita XVojs:ynski, Thomas Tobin, Charles McCr6a, james Doyle, Louise Gralka, Edward Mours, Arlene Krugh, Rita Bechtold. FRONT Row: Irene Kozikowski, joan Bishop, Betty Mysliwczyk, Dorothy Klawinska, Dorothy Moelter, Vera Reich, Victoria jaworski, Ruth Lis, Barbara Dieterle, Vfilliam Winter, Ruth Reich. THE school's speech recognition society is a chapter of Masque and Gavel of Northwestern University's Speech Department. To continue the development of speech leaders, Gavel Honor was reorganized in September. Old members were welcomed back into the group while qualified Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores became new members. Under the supervision of Sister M. DeSales the society engaged in a number of speech projects. Training and providing speakers for rallies and assemblies, battling in WWSW's junior Town Meetiiig oi the Air, sponsoring the Better English Campaign, fostering competition in National Forensic League debates and preparing for class discussions in observance of national events, the society has contributed a host of services to Saint Micbael's High activities. At the induction ceremony on January 22, Father Walter formally received the new members and installed the oiiicers: Charles McCrea, president, Arlene Krugh, vicefpresidentgand Vera Reich, secretary. Achievement certiiicates were awarded to Rita Schroepfer, Vera Reich, Barbara Dieterle and James Doyle for improvement in extempore speaking. Q Masque and Gavel presented an allfschool activity citation to the chapter in recognition of splendid speech work. Every activity in the high school profited by the hours of work spent in improvement of speech. 30