St Agnes School - Lamb Yearbook (Rockville Centre, NY)

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CLASS UF JANUARY 152135-I CLASS CPFICERS CATHERINE SULLIVAN MARY REGINA SMITH ANNE GONNOUD ANN M CLEARY 78

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gfaaa .jr-halo:-y r The class of Ianuary 1939, entered the portals of St. Agnes, February 1, 1935, on a cold, snowy day, strangers to the school and to each other. Sooner than we expected, however, the Ancient Mariner introduced us to Religion, Latin, Algebra, Civics and Biology, which program of studies was a suffi- ciently-heavy burden for our young shoulders to carry. During the scholastic year 1935-1936 we were admitted to the G. O. and our home room was the laboratory. Compared to our last two years in St. Agnes the year 1935-1936 passed uneventfully, for we were at that time in the awkward stage of half-freshman, half-sophomore. September 1936, however, found us full-fledged sophomores, eligible to sponsor a bingo party to swell the funds of the school band. With our promotion to the stature of Iuniors, the then Senior Class established the Student Council. In the following April we as Iuniors held a very successful Spring Dance. An innovation, the Blue and Gold meet, was the outstanding event of this school year. The Golds were victorious. The almost intolerable noise of the workmen on the third floor during Iune resulted in a new study hall, library, classroom and laboratories that greeted us upon our return in September, 1937. In our Junior year we attained the editorship of the Agnesian Rock. We sponsored another bingo, this time to finance our theater party. On this mem- orable occasion we saw the hilarious comedy, You Can't Take lt With You. Our reputation as a class who cultivated a distinct preference for caramels and tangerines was established during the same year. At the Mothers' and Daughters' Rally we presented a parody on one of the song hits of the season, Ten Pretty Girls. The teams were spurred on by this rally, and after weeks of breathless activity, the Golds again emerged victorious in the second annual Blue and Gold meet. During the first half of our senior year we presented the Violin Maker of Cremona. This play was rated as the best dramatic presentation of the year. In September, 1938, we reentered for the last time, the doors of what was soon to be our Alma Mater. The Iunior B Class treated us to the play What a Life: we elected the staff of our precious Yearbook, and were allotted prom- inent positions on the Student Council. The spotlight of the winter's dramatic season was focused upon our presentation of the comedy, Curse You, lack Dalton! Several weeks later our four years of high school life culminated in the event which we had all been anticipating with breathless anticipation- our Senior Prom. The slipping of our rings on our fingers was symbolic of all the work we had done during the past four years, and the happy memory of this momentous event we shall carry with us through life. On Ianuary 29, 1939, with great dignity we walked down the seemingly endless aisle of the Church, and genuflected reverently before the altar. Words cannot describe our feelings as one by one we received our much-coveted sheepskins from the hands of our beloved Monsignor. That was, without question, the supreme moment of our high school life. May the future students of our beloved Alma Mater succeed where we have failed and may they surpass us in our successes. May they carry away with them the ideals and traditions of our cherished St. Agnes-the same ideals and traditions that are indelibly imprinted in our hearts. SE IUHS 29