St Agnes Academic High School - Agnesene Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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Sister Henry Joseph presents Leo Honor pins and membership cards to the sophomores: Pamela Deverall, Robert McNamara, and Roberta Muhr. Michael Brush, Arthur Smith, Karen Dunne, Helen Young, Suzanne Hoff- man, Carole Garibaldi, John Beckert, Judith Byrne, Nancy McGuire, and Ann Hayden have just received their Quill and Scroll membership cards and pins from Sister Henry Joseph. Suzanne Hoffman, Gaye Emken, Caroline Jaeger, Eileen Fegen, Marianne Furey, Mary Lou Ferrari. Standing: Kenneth Snyder, Josephine Brown, Janet Porter, Carole Garibaldi, Patricia Keller, Katherine Dollard meet to discuss their awards. Will' S HUA. HOIIOIS Each year several students bring credit to their school by meriting awards in art, es- say, poetry and other fields. This year proved no different. For the third time The Agnesicm Rock was granted the George Wfashington Honor Medal for the editorial Youth-the Watch- dogs of Freedomf, For this same editorial, Carole Garibaldi received a S25 bond from the Elks Club in their newspaper week contest. Among the January graduates Emmett Paradine received the term prize in the Hic- key Memorial Religion Competition, and Regina Kealy ranked first in the school en- trants for the Betty Crocker examination. Eileen Fegan, Marianne Furey, Janet Porter, Carole Garibaldi and Mary Lou Fer- rari had their poems included in the national anthology. Kenneth Snyder and Suzanne Hoffman won first and third place respectively in the poster contest sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of America. Caroline Jaeger and Gaye Emken received honors. Jolm O'Connor received 9520 in the Vin- centian Essay Contest. Katherine Dollard was awarded S25 in the Unity and Brother- hood Essay Contest, Rockville Centre, while Carole Garibaldi received a wrist watch for her accomplishments and interview at the Brotherhood dinner in Merrick. , ' In the leadership contests sponsored by the Elks Club of Lynbrook, Janet Porter placed first and Carole Garibaldi, second. In a similar contest for the Merrick unit, Carole placed first. Unfortunately many of the awards are re- ceived during the latter months of the school year and cannot be included.

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Uhr I nrrh nf St. Agnra Arahemir Srhnnl 1527 19274195 The Lamb is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The first yearbook published in 1927 was known as The Torch. It was paper bound and consisted of 88 pages, essays, a Last Will and Testament, and famous sayings. There were 31 graduates, 18 aca- demic and three commercial. The second edition was known as The Annual. The third edition be- came The Lamb, and introduced an imitation leather cover similar to the one shown here. Then came the beautiful St. Agnes cover in 1941. The padded cover was initiated in 1949. In the last fifteen years The Lamb has merited from the Catholic Scho- lastic Press Association, All Catholic every year, except three times first honors. Each Lamb Staff has worked dili- gently to produce a book that will not only record the year,s highlights, but one of which all will be proud. So, too, the staff of '57 present this edition confident, it will be cher- ished among the souvenirs of high school days. ii