St Scholastica High School - Scholastican Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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fwllffll fgrflffffhf l TOP ROW- M. l. I-leyl, E. Fla- herty, M. Flaherty. SECOND ROW-M. E. 'Warner, R. Van Heule, P. Loftus, M. A. Balis tedi- torl, H. Brunk, C. Sullivan, M. Walsh, E. Goessling, M. Petty, L. Shay. f fffznff rflgnf .? Who took Miss Park's head? Did you fix that other ear? Kill that boldfacel No, dear reader, not a barbers' college gone wild,-merely another issue of the .Raven going to press-but not merely, for the monthly issue of the Raven is a real event at St. Scholastica, and, on the day of publication, an unwonted air of silence reigns throughout the building, as each student eagerly scans the pages to find out what's the news. News, however, is not the only aspect of the paper, as any Ravenite, as well as the critical associations, which awarded it All-American, All-Catholic, and Quill and Scroll International Honors, will explain. There are literary contributions, feature stories, pictures, and cartoons, not to speak of a humor column, Raven Ravin's which is all that its name implies. A pert little feature, Streamlines, tells what's going on in the world of art, music, fashions, sports, and science, while chatty bits about girls are found in Between Belles. That the publication might prove a vital exponent of Catholicism, news stories, guest and student editorials on ways of promoting Catholic Action, and lively inter- views with still more lively Catholics have had a prominent place in every issue. Improvements both in the format and content of the paper, noted in later issues, .indicated that the editors were putting to good use the many ideas they had gained at the National Scholastic Press convention, in Detroit, and the Catholic School Press congress, in Milwaukee. Toward the end of the year, Quill and Scroll pins and C.S.P.A. keys were formally presented to students distinguished for their work on .the paper, as well as for their class work and general school spirit. -4111171 -ZILJIQHJJ 7 F. Tangney, K. McDonald, G. Gro- gan, A. Aschenbrenner Ccopy xnanagerl, C. Buyse, M. Gillen, B. Sommers, I. Tracy Cbusiness manaqerl, A. Carroll.

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4167771 W-Z:lllly6'f'l'! cjlflllp f M. T, Boehme CAbner Simpsonlg P. Geisel Ueremiah Cobbly A. D. Arthur CMiranda Sawyerlp M. V. Ullrnann Uane Sawyerlp P. Loftus CAbijah Flagglg T. McGarry CMrs. Simpsonl: A. Cleary flziebecca Bandalll. f glifffllfl .f J72'!?b7z .f Pollyanna, produced by Freshman Thespians in November, was the tirst play presented to the public by the drama department this year. Soon atter, came The Silver Swan, also given by members ot the class of '40, as one of the headliners of the Christmas assembly. Unique in the annals of the high school was The Kitchen Gods, dramatized by ,Miss Eleanor Park, director of dramatics, from the story of that name by Gulielma Fell Alsop. The plot concerned the complications which ensued when the rich Chinese Honorable Master, Poh Kyung, who had a great wife and a small wife, decided to worship the Iesus way . ,When the play was entered in the Mun- delein College Laetare Drama Contest, Alice Dorothy Arthur, a senior, taking the part of the Mandarin, was awarded a year's scholarship in dramatics, tor her excellence in character interpretation. The large audience which viewed the Iunior High-School production ot Sir lames M. Barrie's Peter Pan, coached by Sister lgnatia, was delighted with the staging as well as the acting of this whimsical but complicated phantasy of fairies, mermaids, pirates, and lost boys. Spring brought the Iuniors' comedy, Thursdays at Home, with its amusing situations resulting from a would-be-philanthropist's desire to be kind to women business agents. The same group later produced Frances Homer's three-act drama- tization of Beauty and the Beast of Lorelandf' Though the story was essentially the same as that of the age-old legend, new characters and situations added interest to the original plot. Seniors chose the ever-popular Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as their class play, given Tune 6, under the direction of Mrs. Catherine Wallace Hennessy. The mis- chievous pranks ot the sprightly Rebecca, played by Ann Cleary, drew thunderous applause from the appreciative audience. .L tl Qmwfffy rmrf Mr- -Avnif M. L. Shannon tfleautylg P. Bren nan fthe emperors motherlg M. I Heyl fthe beast, emperor of Lore landl.

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. ZMrf1JMv111 . I STANDING-M. A. Balis, I. Fish- leigh, M. Gillen, C. Ege. SEATED 7M Kane, M. Campbell, I, Ken- nett Keditorl, H. Brunk, M. Petty. Subscribe for a magazine and support the annual was the oft-repeated cry of the business managers last fall, when they laid the financial foundation for the l937 Scholastican by holding a successful SO-50 drive for magazine subscriptions. Campaigns for yearbook patrons and subscriptions and a card party and dance, given April 23, proved equally gratifying in results. Heartened by the loyal backing of their fellow students, members of the staff held prolonged conferences and earnest idea-hunts in the endeavor to produce a yearbook which would not only capture the All-American and All-Catholics Honors won by Scholasticans of previous years, but would also, both in format and content, be unique in the whole field of yearbooks. The appraisal of their results is left to the judgment and good will of readers of the Scholastican. H ld Heckling, informal debates, and open forums, held as part of the meetings, formed .the initial activities of Pro and Con, which functioned this year under the leadership of lane Reilly, Mary Ann Balis, Carol Ege, and Mary Louise Van Heule. Members made their formal bow to the school, in lanuary, when they staged a series of debates on the question of government control of electric utilities. Consumers' cooperatives, minimum wage, and the city-manager form of government were the subjects of animated forensic tilts, held later in the year. Arguers forgot all differ- ences of opinion at the Kelly Greens St. Patrick Day buffet luncheon, given for the Dubonnet section: and at the May picnic-a farewell to the departing Senior members. f Jfbm' ZZM TOP ROW - E. Lambrechts, B. Murphy, H. Southgate, E. Corson, M. M. Kelly, I. Tracy, I. Williams, B. Powers, K. lordan, M. Taylor, P. Eby. SECOND ROW'-M.E. Con- nolly, P. Loftus, G. Doyle, V. Brady. THIRD ROW-A. D. Ar- thur, M. L. Van Heule, I. Reilly lpresidentl, Carol Ege, M. A. Balis, P. Brennan. FOURTH ROW4I. Horan, M. Cusick, M. A. Brock- haus, M. L. Shannon.