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

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Talented Vocalists Specialize in Gregorian Chant and Popular Songs. Ac:-1 Double Sextette members Cstandingi Connie Stavropoulos, Dorothy Straub, Cynthia Merrill, Kathy Ryan, Paulette Tierney, Connie K miniarek, Sue Rozner, Jackie Buscher, Charlotte Acker, Mary Meehan, iseatedi Sandy Miholich, Carol Murphy and Karen Kirkpatrick practice tor the Father-Daughter Banquet. Schola members prepare to sing the Mass for a special feast day in the Chapel in Moreau Manor. First raw: Mary Alice Evangelista, Mary Kay Manhart, Margaret Hazinski, Sue Bow- den, Tessie Agana, second row: Rita Martin, Connie Kominiarek, Pauline Gannon, Anne Weatherhead, Cathy Parish, third row: Mary Meehan, Sue Rozner, Sharon Finnie, Estela Quin- tero, Betsy Gill, fourth row: Sandy Fueger, Anne Brion, Jackie Buscher, Debbie CaJacob, Karen Graney. N1 Somewhere, over the rainbow . . . Practicing in the Music Room are Sue Rozner, Jackie Buscher and Connie Kominiarek. Sursum Corda Schola, the school's liturgical singing group, composed of twenty-five resident students, sang for the High Masses and special feasts throughout the year. Each Thursday, the girls met in the pink room of Moreau Manor to per- fect their renditions of Gregorian Chant and other religious music. At Christmas the group went carol- ing with the Notre Dame Student Choir. Later, they sang at the provincial house. The Double Sextette, made up of the twelve best voices in the school, sought to stimulate cultural in- terests through good music. They presented a pro- gram for the annual Father-Daughter Banquet, sang tor the Parent-Teacher Association of Saint Patrick's School and the South Bend Literary Book Club. They climaxed the year with a special part in the Spring Concert, accompanied in several numbers by Notre Dame students. The choral department is under the direction of Sister M. Julien.

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Lilting Chords Spring From Joyous Hearts Good music, accomplished through biweekly practices, was the purpose ot the Academy's choral department. The Glee Club is divided into a iunior section, composed of freshmen and sophomores, and a senior section of iuniors and seniors. Both Glee Clubs, along with the Schola and the choir of the Holy Cross Central School of Nursing, sang the lovely High Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto on the Notre Dame campus, celebrating the centennial year of the apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes. An April musicale, presented jointly vvith the Notre Dame Student Choir, concluded the year's musical proiects. all A new selection ot music receives enthusiastic approval from Junior-Senior Glee Club officers: Sue Rozner, presidentg Faith Benko, Anne Voiak, Karen Kirkpatrick and Anne Brion, li- brarians. The Junior-Senior Glee Club gets on the right pitch for the first song ofthe Monday morning class. The Freshman and Sophomore Glee Club practices for the Spring Concert. IIO

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Originality ond Hord Work Count! Staff Agrees Madonna Editors istandingl Sheila Hannan, Cynthia Merrill, Marie Pauwels, Margaret Hazinski, Linda Block, iseatedj Charlotte Voorde and Helen Brumm give last-minute ap- proval to pictures and layouts, while Special Assistant Kathy Jones types the final draft to send to the printer. Careful planning and plenty of hard work are essential to turning out a good yearbook, according to members of the I959 Madonna staff. First row: Kathy Schryver, Mary Alice Evangelista, Judy Dalberg, Mary Meehan, Sue Bailey, Jacque Gorski, Carol Ellithorn, Sharon Nawrocki and Annette Furos. Second row: Pauline Gannon, Ann Weatherhead, Phyllis Johnson, Sue Bowden, Barbara Wright, Judy Swanson, Sharon Finnie, Sue Patitucci and Connie Stavropoulos. Third row: Diana Wilson, Antoinette Waruszewski, Karen Graney, Margaret Quilty, Sheila Danehy, and Naomi Makar. A Sarah Mulrey, busy editor-in-chief of the Madonna, checks layouts with previous yearbooks. Yearbook preparation started during the summer vacation when four mem- bers of the staff, Helen Brumm, Sheila Hannan, Sarah Mulrey and Charlotte Voorde, attended the High School Jour- nalism Institute at Indiana University. The girls took both general lectures and specialized workshop courses, such as editing, copywriting, and photography. Offset printing, used for the first time this year, made the deadline earlier than ever-March IO, to be exact. Then the staff could breathe again, and wait anxiously to hear the oo'sI ah's! and giggles, when the completed an- nuals were distributed to the faculty and student body. 4 II2