St Marys High School - Bluebook Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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SENIDRS PREPARE FDR DIPLOMAS Graduating Class Attends Banquet, Prom. Scholars Enioy Recognition Through Prizes And Awards By JEAN CUTRONE Four of the best years of the seniors' lives have come to a closing. What we have accomplished and experienced will play an important role in our future lives. Throughout these four years there have been insignificant incidents and fabulous aEairs, all of which comprise the cherished memories of high school. However, none can compare with those of that illustrious senior year. In the fall, the realization of the title Senior had just dawned and it was the pride of each class member as he began his final year. This term of the year was characteristic of the carefree schoolboy and schoolgirl and the acquiring of class rings, but as time progressed a more serious tone entered the picture. Towards the end of the semester, vocational guidance occupied the interests of the seniors with the counsel of Sisters Ann Frances and Mary Frederick and the Kuder Tests administered by Fa- ther Fiala. The knowledge that future plans for college and business must be made be- came pre-eminent in the mind of each '53 graduate. The annual high school Retreat, which was for many seniors their last, marked the close of the first semester and was instrumental in inspiring resolutions to be kept after leaving St. Mary's. As winter passed and spring arrived, decisions on careers gradually came to be settled after unlimited concentration. The year now mostly spent brought on the gleam of graduation-that most awaited day. But although the prized diploma is so greatly desired, it is just as greatly not desired for it is the key closing the door to our alma mater. It tells us that we have studied and gotten ready and now our chance has come. Our chance for what- our chance to step out into the world as men and women and show it the qualities that a St. Mary education has instilled into us. For four years we have waded through books and digested their contents. But aside from these, little odds and ends that can't be learned from books have also made deep impressions. These are the characteristics which develop staunch men and women out of youthful boys and girls. As our one hundred and ten graduates begin new lives, their fates will lead them into various fields. The question presents itself: Are they prepared to accept and to fulfill the challenge which SMH has offered them. Only time can truly answer this. Let us now take a look at them and their high school records and if by judging from this material we can be presumptuous, then the Class of '53 has new horizons to behold. The pages ahead present our seniors, their achievements, their ambitions and ideals. May their horizons ever widen and bring the sunset of glory to their Alma Mater. Friendships and Memories . . . SENIOR FRIENDLINESS was characteristic of class. Joe Conroy, Peggy Schillinger, and Janet Sandy laugh at a story during lunch period.

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Things to Remember . . . . . . gathered from the Senior Class Old Faceful -basement Water-fountain. Sr. Marie Gerald, Call a Spade a Spade! Loretta Miraglotta's float- ing poker games at lunch time. Liz Dempsey's political ambitions. The Big Hitch -A.T.C. Strike of 44 Wonder- ful, excusable days! N o Priest no Marriage I -Fr. Sullivan. Appetizing ?-but nourishing -meals in the cafeteria. Mr. Kolton's smile- A ray of sunshine during a solar eclipse ! Kissing Groumais in Biology Class- Kissin' Kin. Lightning Flashes -Miss O'Neil's engagement ring! Those little, mental cocktails! -Sociology Class. Student Council-the front for subversive activities fagainst the student bodyJ! Christina Macbeth-something is rank in Denmark! Billy Butke's Crazzzzy Band! Sr. Frederick's Staff Paper! Paula Rapp's contributions to religious the- ologyg The Way the auditorium heat pipes bang Whenever We have a guest speaker! The St. Vincent Fireside rallies- big heat that bogs down! The hundred absolute deadlines for the Yearbook Stafl Jack Stanley Adolph! Loretta Miraglotta's French Class Readings- World Marriage Customs. The Colo- nel's now wet your lips, now smile! Fr. Boymer's, It's a mell of a hess ! Latin class motto: Nolite credere in equo! Chuck Mag- istro's-Hatrochus sppellingf' The Scarlet Letter Contro- versy. George Lang, Texas Tornado or the Big Wind! The Band's musical second period. Dellmoors! Sister Domi- tilla's Math: Infinity times infinity equals one! Dick Kap- per's passing arm ! Third floor Cana Club vs. the Part- Timers vs. the Two-Timers! Coburn Bombadeers-the St. Mary's pigeon squadron. Jim McCollough's uniform. South Akron's Goodrich air. Yearbook Staff evening eat-alls! Fr. Cahill's bald spot. The Angelus at noon. Long stretch- Duke, the pastor's dog. Jean Cutrone's smile-Joe Safko's eye twinkle-Zippy Zolnerzak's nonsense in high brow language. William Salber's Latin class asides with an Elizabethan air! Joe Kreitz's catty cartoons. Spiral Stair- Way or the ascent to the Matterhorn-basement to third floor class exchange! C Descent into the Malstorm -base- ment studyll Noon-hour Hit Parade. The Church mural of the Assumption. The landscaped school front-grass sur- rounded by bricks and South Akron. Mrs. Ahern's organ playing-flights of fancy! The horses -Latin, Football, and Mr. Kidder's. f'Casti Connubbuiif' The fossils from Mogadore-Biltz and Adolph. Antiques -Donahue Sz Muel- ler Co. Old Baldy -Bill Salber. Which Twin put the dent in the Rambler? Biology Aspiration- to outlive the book! Mud Pies For Credit-Art Department Pottery Class. 12

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ART AND ENGINEERING.. . Experiencing a taste of their life ambi- tion in art and mechanical drawing classes are these seniors, who are embarking on a lifelong voyage either as a career or a hobby. Some may aim to be engineers and THERESA BORDASH MARK McMAHON Acrrerrysr upappyv St. Paul St. Matthew Choral 1, 2, 3, 4 Football 1, 2 Sodality 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3 CHARLES ADOLPH Pete St. Matthew Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4 Sodality 4 Baseball 2, 3 JOSEPHINE MANTE UJO!! St. Mary contractors, others - painters or art edi- tors. Whatever their choice may be, we will watch anxiously in the coming years for their progress as successful men and women. ROSEMARIE GEORGE KRAFT CAPOTOSTO St. Joseph, Cuy. Falls R0Sie' Sodality 1, 4 St- Martha Student Council V.P. 3 Sodality 1, 3, 4 Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4 Choral 1, 2, 3, 4 Student Council Rep. 4 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Basketball 1, 2, 3,4 Yea-1'b00k S5353 3 Captains Award 4 Football 1, 2, 3, 4 Honor Roll 4 JOSEPH KRIETZ MARY GANOE Joe St. Mary 12 St. Peter Sodality 4 School Paper 4 Yearbook Staff 4 Honor Roll 4