St Marys High School - Ave Maria Yearbook (Elizabeth, NJ)

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The importance ot self-confidence cmd correct diction is clear to all merri- bers. The art ot oratory is a valuable asset in all positions ol leadership. To the moderator, Sister George Marita, and to all members, we otfer our hearty congratulations on a job Well-done. In the years to come may you bring honor to yourselves, Saint Mary's High, your country, and your God through the use ot your oratorical talents. ai, 15 xl Chris McGowan-Oratorical Declamation at Seton Forensic Grand Tournament-St. Aloysius High, Iersey City, November 23, 1957, 5 . lu. H3 ffff Eugene O'Brien-American Legion Oratori- cal Contest-February 10, 1958. Subject- Checks and Balances in the Con- stitution Marcia Daley-Poetry Reading at Seton Forensic Grand Tournament-St. Aloysius High, Iersey City, November 23, 1957. Marcia's selection was i'The People Will Live On , by Carl Sandberg. Marcia also repre- sented the school in the Poetry Reading Festival at Rutgers University, Newark, March 1, l958. She read two selections from Wordsworth on this occasion. 'Sul 79

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Forensic League and Marian Debating Club +1 F as . 5 X TW YC 'XJ E- . G Members are looking for information on the debate topic Foreign Aid . Members of the League as follows: Rudolf Brauchle, Iohn Genne, Howard Christopher McGowan, George Teschner, Edward Ruminski. Eugene O'Brien, lames Brady, Ronald Leonard, Richard Iagodzin- ski, Sheila Walsh, Barbara Bartus, Sharon Munley, Karen O'Neill, loanne Barry, Carol Budres, Barbara Curran. Kathryn McGowan, Lynn Sachs, Wandanne Glejzrnan, Robert Baker. fMarcia Daley was missing when the picture was taken.l This organization was established several years ago in honor of Mother Seton, the foundress of the American Sisters of Charity. The League plays an NJ important roll in all high schools. Its purpose is to offer to the students par- ,fs- ticipating knowledge and practice in public speaking. Robert Baker-Oratorical Declamation for National Catholic Forensic League at Saint Peter's Prep., Iersey City, October 29, l957. Subject discussed by Robert Baker and Chris Mc- Gowan Was Mankind's Moment of Decision by Francis Cardinal Spellman.

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as Iames Roes, Roberta Nolan, Iames DeBiasio and Marilyn Doherty are standing behind the desk. lohn Sharkey, Richard Sahli, Arthur Quinn, and Albert Dobas are seated. Moderator: Mrs. Graham. L'Etoi1e . . a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her teet, and upon her head a crown ot twelve stars. -Apocalypse 12, 1. A Catholic high school newspaper should be more than an account ot student activities. To sponsor excellence in achievement and service to the school, to increase school spirit, to aid and inform students and taculty, to honor Worthwhile leadership-these are the responsibilities faced by the editors ot L'Etoile. ' The school year 1957-1958 marked the debut in print ot our school paper, which for the second year proudly bears the lovely French name for The Star, our Blessed Mother. In our high school years, often filled with doubt and uncertainty, We can all look up to Mary, Star- Crowned Queen of Heaven, to show us our way. X .J X