St Joseph Academy - Seton Light Yearbook (Greensburg, PA)

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.EdllF6!S fo Lllld fwCf0YI E. F. Rodgers, first place in Girls' Extemp. N. Schuey, 3rd place in humorous declamation. A. Mattiinore, 3rd place in oratorical declamation. K. VVoods, Znd in oratorical declama- tion. D. Force, lst place in dramatic declamation. K,.,.-,- fl h , , ,f 1 W I is -f- jim . fn ,ll 'CT 5, Xl 'f ff A ,f x if , I If w r .. . -4. ,M ' i P J 1 ,1l' 1 f, 5 - ,V ,1 , t T N X' .3 I '-.nvffii Vg..-vi L- lxt., ' if L., 1 X T fr.-,I A 1. li 2-.. h lf!!! if-gf Father Edmund and Seton's A string debaters D. Force, E. F. Rodgers, M. Meyer, M. O'Connell Each time we glance over the notes we wrote on the pages of our journal marked 'Friday, April 20' and 'Saturday, April 212 We find our- selves living again the anxiety, hope, and thrill of the Tech Tournament which this year crowned our season's slavings with two cups and three medals. From the beginning of our Speech Ac- tivities we had known that 'somebody wins, somebody loses', that the real crown lies in doing one's best-but those trophies looked ro desirable! the 'butterfly' kind of fear stalked each of us- VVhat if the judge has heard my reading so manv times he thinks he could do it himself-better? Wl1at if I get a topic I forgot to read up on- like ants in Siberia? These thoughts nearly smothered us and grew in density each time they posted those iUps and DoWns'. But at the Final grand assembly amidst applause and cheers, our own Dee Dee and Ellen Frances collected, supported, and revived by dear Father Edmund, who g'Angeled', us at so many tournaments, planted the Seton Banner atop the mountain of Forensic Chapters in Western Pennsylvania by taking the Fields in Dramatics and Girls' Extemporaneous Speak- ing. Kit Woods and Ann Mattimore ranking second and third place in Oratorical Declamation and Nancy Schuey third in Humorous have made certain that Seton Hill's standard is firmly mounted at the peak.

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Dolores Franks, ,lane Dobrosielslci, Sally Favo, Jane Topper, Helen Rockrick, Patricia Kistner, Lee Ann Eibel, Dolores Nichols, Toby Canole, Blanche Thiem, Jane Ann Clippinger. ,gf C3 .iiftfiiiQ ,Diiffiirftltlitif Diary! I rise to a point of order-a point of privilege-a. point of interrogation! What are these parliamentary phrases, debate terms, and quotes scribbled on your margin? Who inscribed Wuthering Heightsl' on your pages? And why are all the Saturdays of Jan. Feb. and March marked as 'special memories? Any Seton Forensic fan for friendsj can answer all these questions and add many tales of her own about our 1944-45 Speech Season. Those parliamentary phrases are found on Nov. pages, during the days when Setonites first caught Congressional fever. We had scarcely organized our League this year, when Student Congress con- tagion caught the Hill. Negatives, Affirmatives, Chairmen, even Timekeepers tore into the job of becoming Honorable Senators and Representa- tives. Father Edmund and his boys lighted the way for the big metamorphosis by holding a little', Q00 membersj Congress of their own, just to initiate green hands. Setonites learned Helen Robertshaw, Nancy Schuey, Pat Hurley, Ruth G dd Tony Menaglia, Dorothy Keenan, Kit Woods, Joan S'n tn Ann Mattimore. 5 easily for wasn't Ellen Frances elected Pres. of Senate, Peggy Smith and Dee Dee party leaders? VVasn,t it a great day for the Academy? From St. Vincent we carried our parliamentary pro- ceedings to the Annual Western Pennsylvania Session of the Congress at Donora. Resolved: The Legal Voting Age Should Be Reduced To Eighteen-with adjournment of Congress the debate season was onv and we were in the swimv-notes and quotes galore fortified our debaters as they launched into the Saturday Cycle of Tournaments to out-quote, out-explain, out-smile, and out-do all opposition. While we were still weighing Youth's Right to Voten Saturdaily , the all-important Speech Tournaments loomed upon the scene and Seton's halls echoed with Encounters with Inter- viewers , Illusions , Wuthering Heightsn and 57 other varieties of speeches being polished and sharpened for the climactic, final contests.

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, 1 , X. W , jf , wi 1 frf mtv if ,f ,ff izfa 1 ff' f 'W .f W ,fl I Fi! All J JL- ' ff LJ fri, J' fix J is 17 L, hail, W haf .,tft.,.,, .fy X? Z, 1 1' ' H - 1- ,, x, W , sz 1,1 ,fj 'f ,X f inf TYPING SHORTHAND Mary Jane Brown, Helen Kelly, Mary Jane Conlon Dorothy Kren, Dolores Battiston, Mary D. Roitz, improve their speed. Alice George, Virginia Schiarella prepare their shorthand. AMERICAN HISTORY BETWEEN CLASSES Elizabeth Lozaw, Frances Canole, Dorothy Kren Dorothy Fiorucci, Joanne Mellon take the teacherys review the Civil War. desk. Before la time H comes worktime and as the 8:20 bell rin s I settle P Y y i g , down to another da of classes. Honestl Dim , I don't know whether I'll make Y ya 5' -it or not. First thing comes physics with its grams and watts and other confusing terms. Then, twice as perplexing, is algebra 42