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

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if The Lam Kathleen Rankel, Margaret Cale, Robert Mc- Namara, and Maureen Murtagh check on facts learned at the Fordham Press Conference. Mr. Fred Ball and Mr. Joseph Mullholand look over the senior portraits as Sister Rosaire and Maureen Murtagh, editor, discuss plans for the art work. Thomas Donohue asks Mary Moran's opinion on a picture, while Genevieve Quinn admires the yearbook cover. Ann McGuire and Marie Fenley check the patron slips as Lucille 'll S. ima,-WA l H O yr m The huge audience listens to the speaker at Villanova. joseph Magilligan, Paul Saunders, and Arthur Smith enjoy looking over the pictures they have taken for the yearbook and school paper. x l,..gL'K Brink, Frances Farco and Virginia McCann contribute their ideas about a picture, and Barbara Hans and Judith Long write copy.

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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

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1931-19 F 'db h 'T 5 . SPN . A -4-I-5. s Q J 1 School Paper Has Silver Anniversary With the 25th anniversary of the school paper in mind the Agnesian Rock staff has delved into history to explore the early issues and compare them with the present copies. Four Name Changes v The school paper began in 1931 as the St. Agnes Press, a mimeographed paper usually four pages. For a few issues it was called As You Like It, then changed to Fan Fare, and in 1937 it became The Agnesian Rock. Throughout the' years each succeed- ing editor and staff tried to improve the paper. New features appeared, formats were changed, and the size varied. Rock Gets Awards The Rock has received many awards in the past years for its endeavors. Three times it was awarded the Free- doms Foundation George Washing- ton Honor Medal and 35100. The Nas- sau Daily Review-Star made awards to the paper and to students in four successive years for the best Teen- Age Page in their paper. The school paper has most frequently merited either All Catholicf, First or Second Honors from Catholic School Press Association, Quill and Scroll, and Co- lumbia Scholastic Press Association. Staff Goes Places 1957 marks the 25th anniversary. WVithin this time the staff has had the opportunity to attend a press conven- tion at Milwaukee, an- nually the Columbia Scholastic Press Con- vention in New York, and this year one at Villanova. Among the special trips taken was a tour of the Rae Pub- lishing Company, Montclair, N. I. To celebrate the anniversary the staff has increased the number of is- sues to eight a year, and included advertisements in each issue. The past 25 years have indeed proved beneficial to the school, the student body and faculty, but es- pecially to the staff. May the next 25 years be just as challenging and successful C. Garibaldi Editor-in-Chief