St Lukes High School - Pindarian Yearbook (Ho Ho Kus, NJ)

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UA'l'll0LlU STUDENTS' MISSITIN URUSAIIIT IKE ST. Therese, The glorious paTroness oT The CaTholic missions ThroughouT The world, our Crusaders oTTered Their liTTle sacriTices and prayers. By These acTs They have proven ThaT one can be an aposTle wiThouT exercising The aposTolaTe oT preaching. UnobsTrusively, They assisT in bringing The grace oT bapTism To many souls, help some poor missionary worlcing in Toreign lands, or perhaps bring baclc sinners To The Told. The acTiviTies oT The C, S. M. C. were varied. They commenced wiTh a Mission Tag Day which gave a sTarT To our Treasury. LaTer The Tunds were greaTly increased by The proceeds Trom a movie beneTiT. The picTure showed The liTe oT ST. Therese OT Lisieux. The enThusiasm wiTh which The oTTicers and class promoTers planned and conducTed The VocaTion Week Program was very ediTying. The enTranTs in The posTer conTesT showed boTh originaliTy and arTisTic abiliTy in Their excellenT display. On The ldes oT March The sTudenTs and parishioners were enTerTained by a Three- acT performance enTiTled, ln LiTe's Glad Mornf' The role oT a SisTer played by one oT our members was The highlighT oT The play. The TaiThTul leaders This year were: Lawrence GilpaTriclc, PresidenTp Mary Dono- hue, Vice PresidenTg Eleanor Young, SecreTary: and Frank Muscara, Treasurer. Class PromoTers were: MargareT Callaghan, Mae Kron, EThel Kuilcen, and Anna Warguska. We regreT ThaT The graduaTing class will Talce wiTh iT Two oT our oTTicers and many loyal members. May The succeeding classes Talce up The Torch They have so zealously borne and carry iT onward. FRANK MUSCARA, '4O. 40

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SENIUR CLASS PLAY VERY lively and humorous produclion, Skidding, was selecled by The class ol '40 lor ils annual play. This lhree-acl comedy presenled al Sl. l.ulce's Audiforium on Friday, lvlay I7, was allended by a large and apprecialive audience. Because ol ils kindly sense ol humor and ils versalile appeal il was a complele success. The play was a splendid piclure ol American home lile and deall wilh lhe domeslic problems, malrimonial dillicullies and polilical ambilions ol The famous Hardy lamily. ll combined wholesome lun wilh lhe more serious aspecls ol life and conlained a praclical moral lesson which appealed lo old and young. The smoolh and almosl perlecl performance of lhese aclors was due in no small measure lo lhe splendid coaching ol Mr. Waller Wines, who is no slranger lo a Sl. Lulce's audience. For lhe pasl live years in our high school he has direcled such brillianl produclions as: Wilhoul Arislocracy, Lel No Man, The Sunpalh, and Almosl Eighleen. ln presenling Slcidding, lhe Seniors feel lhey have lcepl high lhe slandard ol Lucan performance and il is lherelore wilh a feeling ol salislaclion lhal lhey ring down lhe curlain on anolher year ol dramalics. The casl consisled ol: John Manz, Frank Muscara, James Kosch, Richard Gawel, David Connor, Joan Ralslon, Mary Donahue, Grace Alcoclc, Mary Doyle, and Lucille Wagenholler. DAVID CONNOR, '4O. 39

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ST. LUKE'S IIRUIIESTRA OT +he leasl popular of our exlra curricular aclivifies is fhe orchesfra. Alfhough if is sfill in Hs infancy ils musical reperfoire conlains many numbers. classical and popular, which lhe players are capable of rendering. One day each week Mr. Selhman conducrs a rehearsal. ll you didn? know you mighl 'rhink if was Guy Lombardo's orchesrra or some orher familiar one. Yes, S+. Luke's is geffing There 'Fast On fhe evening of lhe Senior Play as well as on Class Nighf you will be able To wifness Jrhis amareur group verify every 'favorable remark macle in lheir behalf. The members of 'rhe orcheslra realize lhal Fafher Maloney has provided 'rhis oppor+uni+y for rhem +o develop rheir musical abilifies and They are endeavoring ro show Farher fhal' his solici+ude has nor been in vain. Indeed, since rhe orches+ra has been organized much hidden ralenl has been revealed borh in 'rhe high school and +he grammar school. Mr. Sefhman, lhe direclor has labored unfiringly also lo produce a worfhwhile school orchesfra. We Think he has done excepfionally well. If 'rhis rapid progress con- linues all our worries aboul how and where 'ro hire an orcheslra 'for school dances will be forever over. MARGARET CALLAGHAN, '4O. 4l