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

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VARSITY PRACTICE - with opposing team in blue Pinnies - make every Friday afternoon during the season a busy time in the gym. MISS KING and the G.A.A. officers Virginia Ryan, Kathleen McCusker. Diana Laskowski and Iudith Ackerson seem to find plotting the seasons schedule a matter for great glee. GAMES ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE ROOT- ERS SOMETIMES. Maybe this was that one when the sophs were ignominiously downed by the frosh! CQQQIQQHQQQQ neigms Qupneme. Despite the gradual appearance of many athletically- satisfying sports in the program of Saint Agnes, basket- ball still reigns as the 'Afavored first among the students. This year, basketball dominated the hardwood dur- ing the weekly gym period for a period of two and one- half months allowing all students a beneficial outlet for pent-up energy. Being a keenly competitive sport, basketball games were frequently played with outside schools though the program was seriously hampered by the hard winter weather. During sports days our varsity enthusiasti- cally entered into half games with such competing schools as Nazareth College, Mercy High, Nazareth and Sacred Heart Academies, while at invitation games our spirited team, immeasurably encouraged by the cheerleaders. vigorously vied with such distant schools as Mt. Carmel of Auburn, and Notre Dame of Elmira, as well as the vicinity schools. However, an almost keener competition existed in playful scrimmages between homeroom and homeroom. class and class. But, although defeat was always sustained by half of the players, the development of good sportsman- ship and first-rate promotion of school spirit by both players and rooters has been the happy result.

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'LA, A HERE WE HAVE A BIRDS-EYE VIEW -W of Anne Doherty. as she prepares to serve her badminton birdie. MEMBERS OF THE TRACK TEAM have ample room to practice on our spacious campus. Patricia TUMBLERS WHO PERFORMED at the Latin banquet assembly had to do some extra practicing after school. Bauer seems to be winning this race. but Delores Ditrinco and Margaret Ryan are not far behind. CENTER OF ATTRACTION is this table tennis match. one of the mort' popular pastimes at St. Agnes. 59

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if f' t ' f f 21' 1 A J S li SPURRED ON by the Senior cheering section. Barbara Burroughs attempts to grab the ball from Salvatrice Lucchesi. REACH FOR THAT BALL! urges ref- eree Carol Santee to Suzanne McGlynn and Diane dcCocq. OUR VARSITY proudly display their brand- new red and white uniforms! iFirst rowl Iudith Ackerson. Virginia Ryan, Nancy Ritz, Sally Gervais. lSccond rowl Barbara Burroughs. Margaret Mary Miller. Alberta Harster. Kath- leen Weber. Bernice Vallot. Ioan Button. iThird rowl Gail Maloney. Ioanne Yawman. Kathleen Mccusker.