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

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. . . and lo open at last whatever door lies ahead of us. . . . Standing with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river meet . . fi are the Seniors of St. Agnes when that long-awaited day arrives that marks their arrival at adult estate. How proud each girl is to have such a lovely Graduation ceremony to end her happy days at Saint Agnes'. The ceremony is impressive to the graduate as well as to the observers. The majestic strains of the organ ring out clearly in the auditorium. Dressed in snowy white formals and carrying their symbolic red roses, the graduates file slowly towards the stage. While ascending the platform perhaps each girl is remembering how quickly her high school days have bubbled away. Time flows quick- ly by. The awarding of the diplomas, the giving of special honors, and the wise words of Bishop Kearney end all too swiftly. Graduation, the final act of their high school days, marks their entry to womanis world. When Graduation is just a memory all that it symbolizes will .remain with the Saint Agnes girls. They will realize that they have been deftly pre- pared for the homes and careers that they will en- ter. They know that their precious education has given them the key to future Christian living. Aloyse Brown kneels to receive her diploma from Bishop Kearney. Father O'Brien presides and .loan Shaw waits to receive hers. GRADUATION The student body, in academic gowns, joins the graduates in a final musical number. Mr. Hollenbach conducts.

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8 My Ji jlfu X EK ill' ilxikixs up lillififh' xziysgmijyifvlr al The hymns, the prayers, the soft new foliage, the sunshine, the dressed-up feeling all contribute to the solemnity of the occasion. The presence of our mothers and friends, the beauty of an outdoor Benediction of the Blessed Sacra- ment fill our hearts with a joy and 0 f P . 'The May Queen, surrounded by her court: Umm left! Loy- rame Shortmo, Karen Preiss fin lronll Kathryn Whalen, Jane KCHY, .loan Shaw lqueenl, Maureen Baglin, Anita Shortino fin front? Jean Shortino, Frances Sweeney, Jacqueline Sypian and Theresa Fm ks. a deep peace that we experience at no other time. May Day celebrations, as much as any one thing will recall to us our days at St. Agnesf 49 Another decade of the living rosary stands in place before the shrine as the stu- dents follow in the prayers they are lead- mg.

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Family pride and pleasure are shown by these members of the Brown and Cassidy group, in which parents aunts, cousins, sis- ters and little brothers congrat- ulate Aloyse Brown Uzidden par- tially at leftl and Mary Ann Cassidy fthird from rightl. The graduation march has begun. Norma Noll, Rita Martin, Patricia Myers, and Mary Ann Cassidy are show approaching the stage in the ballroom of the Columbus Civic Centre. Graduation has its lighter moments, too. .loan Shaw receives a gift from an admirer.