St Agnes Seminary School - Agnesian Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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THE ART HE PINNACLE of our religious heritage was reached at the moment when Christ arose from the dead and opened the gates of Heaven, thereby freeing man from the taint of his progenitors' sin and giving him a nobler aim for which to strive. The injunction from Our Lord seek the things which arc above found expression in another medium-the arts. Rising from the abyss of the dark ages, man progressed from the status of a crude primitive being concerned only with personal survival to that of a refined social individual whose love of beauty and art was essential to life itself. During the Middle Ages he revived the art and literature of the ancient world, at the same time producing men whose names and works would rise to heights of immortality. Architects and sculptors wrought beauty out of stone, metal and wood. Writers observing humanity, cap- tured its very essence on paper, while artists overpowered by the spiritual character of the times gave it wonderful expression with brush and canvas. In our own day the first man-made satellite has already rocketed into the heavens-and into history. It has inaugurated a new era of exploration and discovery, a prime result of which will be additional scientific knowl- edge and created leisure. This leisure should give us the impetus to produce and enjoy the arts without which no civilization is really complete. Our architects must expertly combine the beautful and the useful to produce works whose practical value may be equaled only by their con- tinuing splendor. Our writers while entertaining and informing us must capture the spirit of our civilization for correct evaluation in the future. Our artists, too, while preserving the earthys physical aspects must catch the spirit of this brand new world. 'Tis the privilege of Art, said Emerson, thus to play its cheerful part . . . and live on even terms with time.

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nil The 1959 Agni: ian DYYIDIUI CEIDURIHTQIS The road is long from the project to its completion. Formulating the propaganda for the business end of the Agnesian requires countless hours of careful plan- ning. Here the business staff is gathered in one of its frequent meetings. SEATED: Cecilia Weingarten. Irene Carrario and Emilia Lauro. STANDING: Valerie Brewer and Catherine Cusimano. Executive Business Manager. Melanie Amato was absent when this pic- ig V TW? ture was taken. A., -...I 7 My To insure the success of next year's yearbook, Wendy Rendueles. Editor-in-chief. takes charge of instructing our Junior staff mem- bers Pat Grafton lLEFTl and Grace Butler KRIGHTF in the tech- nique of turning out a production comparable to last year's which was awarded the rank of Medalist from the Columbia Press Asso- ciation and All-Catholic from the Catholic Scholastic Press Asso- ciation. ln the minds of most people, who see only the finished product - a composite of events concerning itself with smil- ing girls whose poses are explained in eye-catching captions - the joli of producing an award winning yearbook appears easy enough. But this yearis editors and assistants who lahoriously lnurned the 6 P. M, oil at school, can testify to the time and the toil that went into every page. Capturing suitable students and settings with the lens of a camera or the stroke of a hrusli. trying to create copy that at least hinted of hprofessional journalistic styled and condensing all into a compact school chronicle was no dainty job to set helore a staff. However, the realization of the l959 Agnes- ian's importance hoth as a record for the school and the personal rernernhrance of each graduate more than provided the necessary incentive. The photography' end of the Agnesian certainly lends the greatest appeal as far as the student body is concerned. 1What girl doesn't like to be in pictures?l STANDING: Assistant Editors Mary Lou Loughran and Barbara Ncwbould. SEATED: Rosemarie Guerci and Frances Hesterberg. Illustrations lend varietv to any book. Assistant editors Nancy' Viola and Peggy' O'Connor dis- cuss with Annette Tamm. Art Editor. the hows and wheres of illustrating the Agnesian. it