St Mary of the Mount High School - St Mary Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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pi ? w Officers ok the Alumni Association 1955-56 Lc ' jt to )7g7;(; Theresa Dorsey, Martin O ' Mally, Mrs. Lois Diskin, Albert Shepherd and Margaret Rose. modate the cro vd. Tradition had to be scrapped, and the banqtiets moved on to a hotel. The pages of Altnnni history proudly record the launching of Tlie Aliunni News, the formation of a luncheon club, which met each Wednesday in Kaufmann ' s Dining Room, the intense debates of the Alumni Forum, the trip to the Chicago Century of Progress , the Moonlight Excursion , the famous Mile of Pennies which made possible the opening of a bank account for Ali mini Hall . This Mile of Pennies eventually reached the ten thousand dollar mark and was promptly invested in bonds. Recently the Alumni generously ttuned over to Father Sullivan their entire bank accotint to be used toward the new school. Too, each year the Altnnni furnish awards, amotmting to sixty dollars, to individual graduates vho do outstanding Tvork in Latin, English, Science and Mathematics, Typing, Stenography and for the highest general average in the Academic Department. And to the grad-

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Typists for Quarterly Report Front Row: Mary Ida Donati and Helen Reynolds. Second Row: Joan Miller and Mary Grace Petraglia. Tliird Rou : Margaret Rose and Maureen Sweeney. Also, though not included in picture are: Patricia Murphy, Theresa Dorsey, Patricia Rose, Ana,elica Vitulli and Gretta Gilmartin. THE ALUMNI The first graduates from Saint Mary of the Mount High School in 1912 formed the nucleus of one of the finest High School Alumni Associations. This little band of twelve members has gro-wn to the almost unbelievable number of t vo thousand five hundred members who today are proud to hail as their Alma Mater — Saint Mary of the Mount High School. As membership gre ' , so did Alumni activities. Within a relatively short time the annual banquet gie v to such proportions that the school hall could not accom-

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uates in general, the Alumni present the annual Alumni Banquet at which event the new graduates are welcomed as fidl-fledged members of St. Mary of the Mount Alumni. Through class campaigns to raise money to help pay for the magnificent building we are dedicating today, the members of the Alumni have played their part in assisting their beloved pastor. Father Sullivan, to ' take his dream out of the shadow and make it a reality. From the ranks of the Alumni have gone many devoted sons and daughters to consecrate their lives to God ' s service in the priesthood and in the sisterhood. Others have made their mark in business, in industry and the professional fields. Miltary records list names of members of St. Mary of the Movnit Alunuii who gave their lives to their country. Alumni Banquet — 1956