St Marys Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hoosick Falls, NY)

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 Senior i . . . cm.tlnue.cl Roger White, Don LeBarron and Jim Doyle. Five of the Varsity Cheer- leaders also came from our Junior room, namely: Kathleen Conway, Rita Cuddihy, Ann LaPorte, Carmie Mansueto and Marie Deegan. Next came the inevitable task of choosing class rings, which we re- ceived early in the January term. We joined the Seniors in the prepara- tions for the many parties held throughout the year. In April our class of ’51, together with the class of ’50, began drawing up plans for the annual Junior-Senior Ball, which was held the following month. As is the usual custom, a queen, Marie Deegan, ’51, was chosen along with four attendants. Carmella Mansueto, ’51, and Ann Guiden, Kathleen O’Neil, Ann Marie Phillips, ’50. Our year as Juniors was brought to a close with our annual school picnic, and a post graduation party for the then ex-seniors. June ’51 Dear Diary: Seniors at last! The joy of being members of the highest class in school is a little saddened by the realization that this is to be our last year at the old Alma Mater. For the second time in our high school career, Sister Mary Karol took charge of us. We immediately proceeded to dispose of class elections with these results: Roger White, President; Mary Jane Leonard, Vice President; Leonard Liporace, Treasurer; Marie Deegan, Secretary. Initiation followed in rapid succession and it proved to be a howling success. Initiation was followed by a party as was the Christmas program in which some of our senior boys gave a fine rendition of a barbershop quartette. Our basketball season was one of the finest. Most of our seniors that were on the J. V. squad last year have moved up and joined the other Varsity members. From our class, on the cheerleading team, we have three left from last year witn a new addition, Mary Jane Leonard. The commencement of our third quarter found us with a different daily program. Soon after the Foreign Missions benefited from the results of our “heart selling” campaign. This brings up to the present on the class of ’51. We wish to leave a thought with our fellow students, which they should keep throughout the remainder of their school years. Take it from the experience of the pros- pective graduates of ’51, that one’s school days ARE his best days especially if they’re spent in Saint Mary's Academy. Marie Deegan

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imfi i£ of a Junior 1 June ’48 Dear Diary: As early as our graduation day from eighth grade in June, '47, the class of ’51 was eager to be a part of the S. M. A. High School. However, it was not until after our initiation in October that we were told we were officially “in.” Starting immediately to take advantage of our privileges as Fresh- men, class elections were held, resulting in: President Ann Heaney; Vice President, Roger White; Secretary, Robert Hayden; Treasurer, Robert Morin. We were represented in a Thanksgiving entertainment in the Parish Hall by a few of our members. In March, under the guidance of Sister St. Jude, our homeroom sister, we staged a raffle whose proceeds went to the Bishop’s Relief Fund. • » June ’49 Dear Diary: September is here already and we find ourselves in the same room, but under a different teacher’s jurisdiction, Sister Mary Karol, and under a different name, Sophomores. Mother St. Oswald left us and was replaced by Mother Margaret Joseph, who is still with us. Election followed in short order with our President being Robert Hayden; Vice President, Robert Morin; Treasurer, Kathleen Conway; Secretary, Marie Deegan. Basketball proved to be the outstanding feature with us that year. We boasted five members on the J. V. squad: Willard Dougherty, Jack Leonard, Don LeBarron, Lenny Liporace and Roger White, with Kathleen Conway representing our class in the cheerleading section. Our happy days as Sophomores were darkened by the death of one of our classmates, Francis Morin, on April 9th, 1949. June ’50 Dear Diary: Reviewing our years as Juniors, we found that it offered much more in the way of activities than did our two previous high school years. Our homeroom sister, Sister St. Jude, lectured to us on the importance of get- ting that ever-essential major in our third year if we expected to be gradu- ates of the class of ’51. With this in mind, and also with the knowledge that we had only two years of high school left, we knuckled down both to studies and fun. Class elections came first with Robert Morin, President; Leonard Lipor- ace, Vice President; Albert Myers, Secretary, and John Moore, Treasurer. Basketball again took the limelight with three of our classmates on the Varsity team: Bob Morin, “Butch” Yavaniski and Lenny Liporace; and six on the Junior Varsity: Willard Dougherty, Walt Webster, Bob Hayden,

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