St Nicholas Academy - Vistas Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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mana Wea Wm me WMM REAR-Anne Schlepegrell, Patricia Hallman, lMary Rackl, Nancy Whalen, Barbara Hassler. FRONT-Marlene Harris, Virginia Hetherly, Dolores Zehler, Agnes Cucleck, Margarel Wiesnel, Mary Wangler. A gorgeous Christmas tree lent a jovial air to the holiday spirit and many times we caught ourselves concentrating on that big red bulb, or gleaming star, instead of on what Cicero said. CI-leis one man who could talk more than we women are supposed to be able to.j Very sadly, we left our beloved Alma Mater for a well- earned vacation. There's but one thing wrong with attendance at school- EXAlVISll Everyone was overjoyed when Intermediate Algebra Regents was over. We decided to teach all our friends the fundamentals, starting with two and two make f 1V9.,, WANTED-VOLUNTEERS towards the hundreds of dirty dishes that we used at the junior-Senior Banquet. We'll even furnish soap, if someone will supply elbow grease. HIGHEST wages are paid to Sophomore applicants - the privilege of entertaining us in exactly eleven months, twenty-nine days and seven hours. When weire old and gray, the magic of our Prom will be a joyous memory. It was marvelous to hear the rustling of taffeta, silks and nets. But all wonderful things have an end and just like Cinderella, we all rushed home at the stroke of twelve. Time marches on and so do we-right into the Senior Class where we expect to spend the rest of our lives studying AMERICAN HISTORY. E491

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cmdafw Wew Win Me 7002541 REAR-Marie Muehlbauer, Anna Schmid, Patricia Popiela, Aline Jendrowski. FRONT-Jane Fitzsimmons, Geraldine Hartmann, Teresa Schieder, Rosemary Tenney, Sylvia Whittaker, Harriet Stiegler. what NOT to do to the poor pledges when we're Seniors. CDiabolical criminals like our class, can invent tortures guaranteed to make even Uncle Joe turn green with envyj Many centuries ago, in the make-believe world of fairy tales, where imagination is the key to adventure, King Midas learned that the Golden Touch was a curse. We Juniors borrowed his talent from the little peoplei' and made a fabulous profit on our skating party. Dignity suffered a bit from this venture however, when we tried to show-off. Even the mighty Seniors let their emotions spill out', at our choral rendition of The Beautiful Hands of a Priesti' on the occasion of Monsignor McGloin's birth- day celebration in school. CAnyone desirous of autographs, may write. We shall be very glad to send them to any of our admirers.,'j You may have heard of angels named Michael or Raphael, but few people know of the heavenly mission of twenty-four junior-grade cherubs, who had the honor of being angels for the first and last.time in their lives at the Christmas play. We've only one worry at present- How are we going to do a sneak act back into heaven without meeting Saint Peter guarding the Pearly Gatesn? T481

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We . REAR-Patricia Jendrowski, Mary Brown, Marie Dahm, Irene Szarpa, Arlene Mescall, Catherine Bucki, Jeanne Pritchard. FRONT-Helen Jablonicky, Mary Keeley, Loretta Biller, Shirley Mumm, Joan Hupp, Faith Metzger. With pleasant Freshman memories still bobbing', in the minds of many, We assumed the more dignified role of Sophomores in the fall of 1950, and passed, once again, through the portals of Saint Nicholas Academy. Under the Fine guidance and teaching of silent Sister Maris Stella, petite Sister Madeleva, and ambitious Sister Dionysia, the two-month-old cobwebs in our so-called brains were soon annihilated by the dois and dont's, which weire sure all will agree, have been repeated hundreds of times since. Soon afterwards we were informed of a new addition to our schedule. We were to have Weekly opportunities for Confession and spiritual guidance under the direc- tion of Reverend Ioseph Kennedy and Reverend Laslo Torontoli, S.P. Next, it was time for the Sophs to begin activities in earnest under our re-elected president, power-happyn Ieanne Pritchard and her cabinet, consisting of veep Rita Iean Faticonig upencil pusher Loretta Billerg and currency boss Marie Dahm. Once more we proved our acting ability on Monsignor McGloin,s birthday. Our contribution toward this annual event was a Mellerdrama, produced in humorous pantomime under the splendid supervision of Miss Helen Wesley. During the cold months of October, November and December, We set out to sell cards, assorted and Christmas. The profit, a crisp one -hundred dollar bill, i503