Siena High School - Sienan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

Page 59 text:

Social Sriellve Society Hell Cross To acquaint students in sociology with social relations and how to apply them is the formal purpose of the So- cial Science Society. ln order to further this purpose more effectively, the So- ciety invited the famous Silver Tones and the St. Malachy's Choir to sing during Brotherhood Week. Guest speakers from state agencies addressed the Society on social problems through- out the year. Other activities included field trips to local agencies, state Courts and institutions. The members have donated their time, effort and material support to less fortunate individuals, with the purpose of fostering Christian principles. Social Science Society officers: Lucille Signa, secretary: Barbara Flaherty, treasurer: Iudy Sagillo, co-chairman: Sandra Mehl. president: Philomene Malizia, co-chairman: Barbara McNally and Nancy Sheehan, co-vice-presidents, discuss onions - cops. I mean unions. Excitement ran high on Mock Election Day with the results ot Dwight D. Eisenhower as victor. The chairman fMary McNallyD, Estes Kefauver fBarbara Tomassinil, Dwight Eisenhower tMarlys Schukiesl, and Richard Nixon fEvelyn Paglinil put all their efforts into making this a successful campaign. Pom-poms, dolls, games, nut cups, puzzles. ornaments - every little thing counts as Mari- anne Balasty, publicity chairman: Carol Gen- dron, secretary: Iudy Greene, president: and Rosemarie Narducci pack Christmas goodies tor needy families, These Iunior Red Cross lassies also were in charge of tilting boxes for children overseas. Sister Mary Alberta is the moderator of Siena's Angels of Mercy. T.B. or not T.B.? That is the question which puzzles Mau- reen Woods and Nancy Meyer as they emerge from the X- Ray Unit. Utm

Page 58 text:

ff f All . ,f HU - Affjfffx if The Officers LIBP1 RY Coming in various sizes, Weights and temperments, student assistant librarians can be found generally in the library - sitting bee hind a desk, standing at the door, planning bulletin boards in the workroom, suggesting reading material, delivering fine notices and occasionally buried under a stack ot books. A student librarian is a teen-ager loyal to her activity with paste on her hands, devoted to her work behind a broom and wondering, when at the top of a seven foot ladder, what she will be doing next. She likes desk duty, ll' i That's a fine how do you dal Pat McClure. president, instructs the Library Club on the importance of collecting all fines. Library officers seated at table are: Mary Ann Lake. recording secretary: Cathy Broucek, treasurer: Carol Fornek. vice-president: and Pat Miller, corresponding secretary. the arrival ot new books and supervision fthe time when shes the big boss, even if she is the only one in the libraryl. She dislikes intensely reading shelves, getting a dollar bill when the fine is two cents, attending formal library meetings and the times when some people refer to her as a certain geometric figure. A student librarian has the abilities ot Sherlock Holmes, the appearance ot a harried rabbit, the energy of a small H-bomb, and when listen- ing to ''I-don't-have-the-book, the abilities ot a mute and the lite-saving sentence of See Sister when she doesn't have the correct answer. She may or may not be the girl sitting next to you in class, the girl guarding you on the basketball court, the girl patiently saying Single file, please, but you can al- ways be sure it is she when some- one taps you on the back in the li- brary and says May l help you? il, It if

Page 60 text:

www Christmas Toy Sho USIC, Beethoven and , again through the tingers ot Sister Mary Leandras private piano students during the spring recital, April 28, 1'-Xstonishe ment ran high, tor the great progress made in such a brief period of time by many ot the girls proves Sister as noth- ing short ot a master. Chopin shone Elena Hoffman, under the direction of Sister Mary Leandra, prepares to delve into th e realms of the U i ish d n in- e Symphony. fThis is the end!! P Chantez, chantez . . . These are none other than Sister Leandra's lively fresh man songstresses.