Saint Thomas Aquinas High School - Aquinas Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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HONOR LETTER WINNERS BOTTOM ROW: Karen Scherr, Franchp Mary Huber, Englishp Mary Par Layton, English and Lating and Ellen Moss, Englishg Lavem Pini, biology. sscorsro ROW: Donna Carpenter, Spanishp Kathy Dunn, English, carer. Laweryp english and Lating Jsnnns vnn Hn., algebras Nnncy Patton, world history. THIRD Row: Susan Hanley, Latin: Lynda Lederman, geometry one was history, Sandra Wininghom, Anrnrenn nrsnwy, Diane cmsn, Latinf Lynn asfgrnnnn, English. row Rows Mark Lsunrnnnnn, American nrnsfy, Vernon Buchhalz, chemistry, and algebra and triganornevryp John Gilbert, geometry one wma nrnnry, Alon auf, nrgnnn-. and trigonametry, and chemistry: Dennis weeksr, Latins Dan Falla, Frenchg MISSING FROM PICTURE: Cecelia Grub, Latin. Music Lovers Hear Symphony Students board bus for Keil to attend St. Louis Symphony performance. School Awards Honors' Nlght 1963-64 took place at the end of the first semester. The Reverend Thomas Albrecht, administrator of Mercy Hidm School and fonner faculty member of St. Thomas Aquinas spoke to the students and their parents. Father Albrecht congratulated, especially, the parentsol the honorstudents, cr. 'rnenting on the tact that the gathering was an occasion illustrating duty well done by those who offer to their children the encouragement and impetus to do their best. Coordinators ot' the respective classes distributed the honarcarrb to the students who received A Honors and ta those who received B Honors. Father Bokel congratulates Mark Leuhctmann on his being named Valedictorian. Students Present Bicentennial Play Stude nts in American history at Aquinas presented class sketches of the history of St, Louis in honor of the celebration of the 200th birthday ot' the city. Juniors prepare presentation for history class.

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T. ' ' ,ij-1 S W 1 Freslmen attend retreat for first time. Bo ... ys attend Benediction at their retreat. Aquiniles Make Closed Retreats All students at St. Thomas Aquinas make a closed retreat each year. The freshmen make a one-day closed retreat, upperclassmen make two- and three-day retreats. Students go in groups of sixty or seventy to nearby retreat houses where talks given by the directors, readings read during meals, prayers spoken from the heart, and silence grabbed from! the noisy world's grip prepare the way for new insights into the meaning of their life. Experiences of this sort are often a iolt to the ego. But courage and grace from the reception of the sacra- ments help many ta put off the old man, and put on the new. Freshmen search For the right bookf Girls listen ta interesting talks. 157

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Aquinas Speechmakers I must forget for one day that they are my own sons, and do this terrible task which lies before me. Terry Patton portrays Media in Dramatic. Oh, Gad, as ance thy arms extended on the cross, extend them naw to receive my soul, pleads Gail Westenberger as she interprets Mary Queen of Scots. Win To Ratings How naw brown cow. . . Such words apply only to eskima bars at St. Thomas Aquinas. Such elementary words as these have been left by the speech classes in favor ofthe more difficult enterprises in public speaking. Participating in three speech meets, students of St. Thomas Aquinas have earned 20 superior ribbons and 4 excellent ribbons. One af their troupe has also merited State recognition: Dennis Mc Ginn has wan second place in the State for his Original Orotory on the Uniteyd States' Constitution. 9 l- 4151 . --ew asf 5 Hx 4 Ken Manisan, Karen Scherr, Sister Mary Emmelia helps Barb Karstedt gather information on Tom Dooley. And then we danced and we danced and we danced. . .,' explains Kathy Bishop ln hor speech tdcen from M Llfe With Mother Sueerior. Betty Sztukowski Humorous Radio Q9 Joe Craig 15. - ., . .l Our Constitution. . .ordained by free men and sustained by free men, Dennis McGinn delivers his speech in Original Oratory. Original . Extemporanoaus . fe -f