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

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ILIST FOLLOW THE POINTER. Ann Eckle tries to locate the countries in the news as Patricia Schlonski, Linda Yerger. Ioyce Curran, Carol Christ and Mary Lou Kase check these latest hap- penings in their newspapers. 22 CENTURIES OF TIME are recorded here on Miss Matterns fabulous chart of the History of the World. Kathleen McCabe points to one of the feudal knights, as Patricia Pabrin and Donna Sold unroll the scroll while Elizabeth Termotto. Ann Roberts and lane Moriarty look on. FILMSTRIPS GIVE A BETTER PICTURE ol the world situation to these history students view- ing A'Egypt Today . Ioanne Myers aids Sister Ioseph Eileen in operating the machine, as Kath- leen McCorry. Kathleen Dalton. Barbara Centola. and Nancy Lux watch. Cpast Iiietong lieflps t

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HMACBETHH on film climaxes the Seniors' Shakespearian study. In the process. Mary Margaret Grim. Marlene Hamza. Diane Bettner. Eleanor Montalluano and Bonnie Coffaro are adding some mechanical skill to their literary knowledge. tfiamles im Qmgfigfi. E x as FRESHMEN GO BACK to their second childhood when the time comes for creating fairy tales. We imagine Sister had a good time correcting these assignments of Helen Santay. Elsie Stolherg. Patricia Wagner, and Carol Bleier. Oral and written expression plus fascinating readings help Freshmen cultivate a genuine love of English, as they find this course a keen chal- lenge and a firm foundation for future study. Second year English offers a wide variety of literary 'igoodies , with the first really intensive evaluation of the novel and short story, while the field of creative writing forms the practical focus for grammar study. While fretful frowns prevail during poem com- posing days in Iunior English classes, sunny smiles appear when they listen to Cyrano's nose speech or copy favorite quotes from Seven Story Mountain onto their Thomas Merton holy cards . The rich panorama of English literature is spread before Senior English students from Beo- wulf to Chesterton. Expositions and essays give Seniors practice in research, writing and retaining patience, AH, A DANIEL leers Shylock fBarbara Nowakl as he thinks Portia fDorcas Holmesl is about to give him his pound of flesh without an argument. while the Duke fKathIeen Fischerl looks on in astonishment. Read in this fashion, Shakespeare becomes most enjoyable to the English III classes. 21

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SISTER EDWARDINE SISTER IOSEPH EILEEN MISS MARGARET MATTERN Unequalled understanding . . . prob- Eyes and voice of rich brown velvet Our teacher straight from Vogue . . . lem gglver , , , Virgil made easy , , . . . . a twin among the students . . . relatively speaking . . . hi-fi fan nonsense nnhr-ard of , , , ardent ally, history with humorous highlights. with a preference for classical music Religion XII, Latin IV, Problems of Religion X, World History, American . . . touring Europe this summer -' Democracy, Ameriqan History, History, Voice Culture I, Glee Club, Bon Voyage! Timon Club Moderator. Senior Sodality Moderator. Religion X, World History, Z , 1 4 I, fd. I, English II. IUNIORS MARY IO STANCZUK. IOANNE BACI-IER. Eleanor Blackstock. and Mary Ann Lodato. help put the finishing touches on a comhina- tion American History-Literature display. miolld out llutuhe. Our lives today greatly depend on what has 3' J ',y occurred in the history of the world and our ,IP future can be shaped in its light: any current in .. happening may be traced back through the ages to its source, and probable developments foreseen. It is the purpose of our History Department to help us better understand our nation and its prob- lems, together with past and current conflicts of the world. Newly inaugurated this year is the course, -Problems of Democracy. A half-year honor course available to Seniors, it proved a stimulating challenge. In an era when there is so SINGING CHRIS-I-MAS CAROLS to the accompaniment muCh strife and misunderstanding it is vital that cg MargareisVGHiggirf on Abe lacccgglian. meiabersvof an . . . , conomic or c ass. me ia oromans is. irginia our generatlon be famlllaf with these problems and McHugh, Karen Callahan and Lucille Celso. were part of give thought now as to their Solution. a Christmas Around the World skit in Freshman History. 23