St Marys Academy - Madonna Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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I O .lee ..r'4 X.a ' ..,ff 13 K Miss Carol Marion and International Relations Club officers, Cynthia Merrill, Judy Swanson, and Margaret Hickey, leave for a lecture at Saint Mary's College. Anne Morrissey, Sarah Robinson, Anne Brion, Bobbie Brooks tstandinglg Kitty Geissler, Sharon Finnie, Emily Fabrycki, Linda Jerzykowski Cseatedlp Kathy Boyle, Bonnie Riverd and Priscilla Knab Ckneelingl lead the discussion of a world problem. Current Events Become Subjects of Spirited Debates Should the United States recognize Red China in the United Nations? ls the United States' foreign policy beneficial to our relations with other coun- tries? Such questions highlight the meetings of the International Relations Club, a group formed for those interested in affairs of a political nature, both international and national. This club seeks to bring to all students, through its members, a better under- standing of current problems. The membership is selected from the four classes, girls are chosen for their achievement in history and civics, and for an active interest in current affairs. Club members also attended lectures at Saint Mary's College, where they heard the views of prom- inent personalities such as Barbara Ward and Senator Hubert Humphrey. international Relations Club members Cleft to rightj Helen Noonan, Connie Stavropoulos, Sarah Mulrey, Sara Sheehan, Ann Bollinger, Barbara Mc- Carthy, Charlotte Vocrde and Sheila Danehy, debate on the current tensions in Asia.

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Quill and Scroll members study old newspapers for ideas. Lett to right are Shelia Hannan, Marie Pau- wels, Charlotte Voorde and Margaret Quilty. Helen Brumm secretary Mrs Hillerman spon it-I '55 3? 4. rf' Sf. V 3 . , - v sor, and Sarah Mulrey, president, look over my plans for the next Quill and Scroll contest. Organization Recognizes Writing Talent During the first semester, Quill and Scroll was known as a small club-six members plus sponsor. High qualifications means that members must be in the upper third ot their class, demonstrate their writing ability in school publications and be ap- proved by the National Executive Secretary of Quill and Scroll. One of the maior aims this year was to en- courage school participation in writing contests, such as the national contest sponsored by Exten- sion magazine, and another as a project for Na- tional Newspaper Week. The Publications' Dance, due to lack ot coopera- tion from the weather, was postponed twice and finally combined with the Mardi Gras, sponsored iointly by the Madonna and Marial stafts and the Sodality. Ann Bollinger, Debbie Ca.lacob, Helen Noonan, Cynthia Merrill, Rita Martin and Mary Lou Brewer check on the time for their first meeting as new members of the Quill and Scroll. Z

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Modemoiselles Investigate Customs of Their Adopted Land If a stranger were to attend a meeting of Le Cercle Francais, she would, for a while, be transported to the boulevards of Paris or, perhaps, even to a corner of the Sorbonne. These lively meetings, conducted in French, brought to life the France of the textbooks. Both the reading of French newspapers and the sing- French Club officers, Marie Pauwels, Carol Ellithorn, sponsor, Miss Coleman, and Dorothy Straub, exchange ideas for coming meetings. ing of French songs aided the members in learning a little of the French styles and customs. ln addition, members met for teas, movies and informal get-togethersf' A spring style show fea- tured the fashions of Paris described in French by the students Anne Weatherhead prompts, while Kendall Kleis and Emily Fabrycki rehearse a scene from Rosalie, a play given by the second-year French class.