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

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AMONG OTHER USEFUL FACTS, Health Students learn how not to sit, as demonstrated by Rosemary Diehl - and the correct sitting posture. shown by Veronica Randle. FRESHMAN GYM CLASSES learn to stay slim and supple-doing push-ups ! Comtnofl 06 mind and laodg Knowing what happens in the body from tip to toe is the interesting course mastered by Health students. Five systems'-with all their parts-and two hundred four bones seem innumerable at first, but Health students soon can place and name most of them. Sister Isabel, who prescribes pills in the Clinic and teaches Health, also presides at the Future Nurses Club which is brand new and very active. In February and March, our future nurses donned crispy pink and white striped uniforms for a seven week training course at St, Mary's and General Hos- pitals. Having learned to take temperatures and to distinguish medicines with accuracy and efficiency, these students then actually worked in the hospitals. Future Nurse Club members gain experience and knowledge for their future profession. 38 sl, Sister Isabel . . nobly planned To warn, to com- Health, fort and command. School Nurse, Moderator of Future Nurses' Club. PATRICIA ORICO proudly models her com- pleted uniform while fellow Ufuture nurses admire: fstandingl Kathleen Maher and Ver- onica Randle, fseatedl Rosellen Pearson, Rita Barker, Kathleen McNamara, Iudith Wardyn- ski, Kathryn Coyne, and Patricia Cummings.

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music bam Sister Leo Xavier Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. Religion IX. Economic World, Music Appreciation, Ushering Corps. Homeroom 312. Sister Anne Virginia Suauifcr in modo, fortiter in re. Religion XI. Latin II, III, Voice uf out iiidd ii taflemts. THESE GIRLS - Virginia Chesna. Elaine Emmanuel, Margaret Schafer, Veronica Maxwell Marlene Pero. and Virginia Mcl-Iugh - aren't just stretching. They're Voice I students exercising to keep a sustained tone while singing. Melodic strains of song often float through the first floor at S.A.I-I., and, if one should trace the origin of these angelic-like voices, she would discover that they belong to the girls in the Voice Culture classes, For the first few weeks of school, Sister Anne Virginia and Sister Ioseph Eileen help their musically-inclined students to overcome the fear of sing- ing solos, Then, after the frogs in their throats disappear, the girls ac- quire vocal finesse and even find en- joyment in showing off their voices to their fellow vocalists, Although not all the students in Music Appreciation Class can pro- nounce Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky's last name, they certainly are able to recognize his music when they hear it. Besides listening to Tschaikovsky's masterpieces on record, Sister Leo Xavier also takes the girls to the concerts of other famed musicians such as Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin. Whether taking Voice Culture or Music Appreciation, each girl acquires a truer appreciation of music, contri- buting greatly to her cultural back- ground. Culture, Freshman Chorus, I-Iomeroom 208. VIRGINIA CI-IESNA ACCOMPANIES VOICE II STU- DENTS Mary Ann Toscano and Kathleen McCabe as they sing, I-Iis Coming at a recital presented to the school in May, IUDITI-I MURA, A MUSIC APPRE- CIATION STUDENT, explains to her fellow classmates about the life of Chopin. Kathleen Van Allen. Iudith Mc- Sweeney, Margaret Cousineau, and Karen Dougherty listen attentively. 57 KR

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simply known and warmly loved. A Miss Sherry King . . . for the world is fair when Physical Education, Driver Education,Moderator4of Girls OFF AGAIN. three of our Driver Ed students. Dolores Holz. Dorothy Arlauckas and Athletlc ASSOUHUOU- Kathleen Fischer, are anticipating an hour of trial and error as they prepare to take a turn is taught and fo acticed Usually waddling like a duck isn't considered in too good taste, but the best waddlers in the gym classes are the envy of their classmates. The duck walk, forward rolls and headstands are all part of tumbling, one of the favorite subjects of gym. In addition to the usual sports - volleyball, basketball, soccer, ping pong, badminton, shuffleboard, and baseball - archery is offered for the William Tells of S. A, H. Although they had better not try to shoot an apple from anyone's head, students have lots of fun with this activity. Camping is the newest addition to the Physical Education program. In it, Seniors learned all the tricks of successfully Hroughing it. Women drivers from the Driver Education program are no longer a Hthreatn to society. ln this popular course, students learn to control the car and change flat tires as experts. umm QMS at the wheel. POGO STICKS were in vogue this year in the gym, and Seniors Kathleen Fischer and Mary Beth Pfromm are determined not to be left behind MISS KING smiles happily as she checks Nona Mihr's markless driving license While Sharon Gritfen. Barbara Munch, and Mary Alice Lau- meyer wait their turn. Because of our safe driving records. St. Agnes placed only M point behind first place in the Monroe County Safety Council Contest. 59