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

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1. 2, 3 . . . every key clicks in even rhythm as the members of our flying fingers squad give an exhibition of their talents on the keyboard. Dorothy Butler. Eleanor Miller. Diane Hunter. Emilia Lauro. Melanie Amato. Cecelia Weingarten. and Rosemary Trouse are forever grateful to the Sem for making a typing course available to academic students. Attempting to replace the popular discover-a-key-and-landfon-it method of typing with a more workable system, the Seniors spent many hours at the mercy of a keyboard. bnder the direction of Siser Thomas Catherine, this Senior elective, newly added to our academic curriculum, has met with great success in producing speedy, accurate ty pists, who are providing against numerous term papers in College. Typing Time slips through 0ne's my fingers. X Diane Connelly proves the comparative sim- plicity of completing a term paper when good typing is the medium.

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Intrigued by the world of test tubes S 5 ies. is -V . Y and bunsen burners. Ninetre Caucig. Judv Wilson and Diane Ferramosca reveal another mvsterv of science, Mary Rowland and Barbara Jansen look on the practical side of things and record this atomic first. ,Qi x 4i Biology-Uhemi try Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of our science. Scenes from a stage play flash laefore us on a sc-rec-n, stereophonia: souncls 1-nine to us at the turn of Ll dial. N1 printed page-s are trunsniitlecl at the spi-4-cl of light uncl jet- propellecl planes rush through the air ut super speeds. 'l'l1f- husicr dvision of science on xshieh many of these scieiitihc- dexelopnients depend is c-heniistry. lfroin our wry min lallmrutory the odor of liurning: sulfur zinfl the sputter of gas from the hunsi-n hurner testify to the prugiw-ss inaclxv hy students who are exploring the actions of sulvstanccs under the influence of Cll6IIllt'ill force. How hlossoms attraet lmees to Carry their yellow clust from flower to flower: that lanclsf-apes of great lvenuty ancl umicler van lie cllsvmr-1'i'tl in thi' llf'lll'lS of liuds or the llollows of trees are the cont-erns of the sc'hool's lvuclcling hiol. ogxists, qlrinetl with init-rost-upes zincl lu-en pf-r4'eptol'y pmwrw. thi-se sluflvnts have learned that life in this world is more startling in realty than anything that 1-un he imagined on another planet. A world of fact and fancy is opened for the Freshmen in their biology course. Yvonne Trepani explains the complexities of the retina for Rosanne Napolitano while Rose lndelicata and Grace Tapogna seem en- grossed in the model ear.

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Enthusiasm for the success of Saint Agnes spurs these avid class mothers to represent their daughters class in the Ladies' Auxiliary. At .1 pause in the aftcrnoon's meeting our class mothers: 'seatedi Mrs. H. J. Mcfiahan. Mrs. John Grafton. Mrs.. William Lennon. rstandingl Mrs. Salvatore Picone. Mrs. Thomas Muttha and Mrs. Joseph Bozcllo are seen reviewing their records. iflbsenti Mrs. John Tamm. Mrs. Mark Napolitano. 'R E ..- es. if Ladie Auxiliary Imbued with a spirit of giving as well as enthused by the prospect of receiving. the members of the Ladies' Auxiliary gather at Paul's Restaurant for the annual Sweepstakes Luncheon. This year the luncheon was sponsored by Mrs. Robert Atkinson. Jr.. Mrs. Peter Barba. Mrs. John Amato and Mrs. Angelo Tumminelli. The many beautiful gifts donated at this affair will be used as prizes for the gala January Bridge. 71 4. Xu- An active Ladies' Auxiliary depends upon its diligent leaders. Saint Agnes' Auxiliary is conducted under the constant guidance of its officers: tseatedl Mrs. Anthony Contello tPresidentl. Mrs. Angelo Tumminelli. tstandingl Mrs. John Amato, Mrs. Peter Barba and Mrs. Robert Atkinson, Jr. The eternal feminine draws us upward. As exinct as the dinosaur are yesterdays ladies of leisure who attended a whirl of social functions purely for pleasure. Today's committee women have dehnite worthy goals in mind, which prompt every cup of tea they pour. At school they join together under the title of the Ladies Auxiliary and are indispensable in bettering the facilities of the school. Specifically they have financed improvements in the Science Laboratory. the Auditorium and the Library. This year-s affairs include the Halloween Bridge, the Christmas Party and the Fashion Show held in our Alumnae Hall. the Swecpsakes Luncheon at Paul's Restaurant and the January liridgzc at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. This organization has dehnitely proved itself to be a manysided, strong power behind production at the Sem. ,...-- '-5 'f ...H 3 us. 'FQ ' . if-'N' , We Beef: V 'iii 'fiii M 'J 11145: 'T . 3 .. A, ,Q-x vain. Q . f?-.Q u