St Agnes High School - Palm Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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i Lady, forgive me, I am a thief. I stole your amuletl con- fesses Barshan, the Egyptian merchant iJoan Cariolal to Oc- tavia lJoan Pereiral. . . . or tell again the wondrous storu . . . Rough Roman soldiers, harassed travelers, a sharp- tongued mistress of the inn, a crafty merchant not above cheating his customers, an undersized little Greek slave girl and a haughty Patrician Roman matron-all helped to make STAR SONG, presented by the Junior class as their Christmas play a memorable dramatic venture. None of these people in the play had any idea that a great and holy event was taking place that night the travelers' child was born in the cow shed of the inn, yet into the life of each one of them came a subtle and im- proving change. When the cow-shed doors are thrown open the lovely young mother fMary Ellen 0'Connelll and her husband Joseph fEllen McNameel fbehind herl are seen surrounded by shepherds Bette Gantert, Marilyn Adams, Antoinette Cavicchioli and Juanita Merkel. Amfhf XX 1 X ar. 5 gX --'E' fill Siti lDolores Onoratol personal slave to Octavia, directs the slave bearers 1Marilyn Van Curran and Mary Joyce Sheehanl in the placing of the painted chests and bundles. 36

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various activities . . . Juniors of last year presided at the punch bowl on May Day. Here Sharon Schoener serves El- len McNamee and her mother while Reva McMahon and Betty Schwind stand ready to pass punch and sandwiches. The fruit of a Science Club Held trip, members Donna Elliott, Lorraine Shortino, Jean Shortino, Ann Levandoski, and Rose Mary O'Brien sample the grapes at the N. Y. State Experimental Station at Geneva. 35 Roberta Masseau and Joan Pereira check over the gift packages prepared to send abroad through the American Red Cross.

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Ha, Don't you wish vou could give orders like Caesar. laugh the Roman soldiers lFrances Sweeney and Ann Palermo! derisively at Arod 4Rose Mary O'Brienl and his domineering wife, Rachel fShirley Schaeferl. CAST Gaius, a Roman soldier .......... Ann Palermo Lucius, another soldier .......... Frances Sweeney Tirza, mistress of the inn ......... Roberta Masseau Rachel, a traveler from the North . . Shirley Schaefer Arod, her husband .............. Rose Mary O'Brien Barshan, owner of a caravan ...... Ioan Cariola Nuna, a small slave girl .......... Margaret Gervais Octavia, widow of a Roman general Joan Pereira Siti, her Ethiopian slave .......... Dolores Onorato Mary ...... Mary Ellen O'Connell Joseph .......... Ellen McNamee Shepherds ......... Bette Gantert, Juanita Merkel, Antoinette Cavie- chioli, Marilyn Adams. Bearers to Octavia ...... Eleanore Leonard, Judy Lang, Marilyn Van Curran, Mary J. Sheehan -wzlfewefw Look at her, the brightest hand- maid l've ever had to offer , boasts Barshan Uoan Cariolal of Nuna 1Margaret Gervaisl. 'kwhat have you done with my amulet? demands Octavia Uoan Pereira? of the frightened Nuna lMargaret Gervaisl, as the Roman soldier fAnn Palermol and the mistress of the inn 1Roberta Masseaul threaten punishment. 37