Villa Maria Academy High School - Reflections Yearbook (Malvern, PA)

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Nw. If didnt take lung fin' us to limi wut what Green Tree was lilac tm' tlw wif Nur scmml lining .md we felt .ts though we hclwugcd. The tim wt Freshman Day .mel the excitement of B11 .mtl L1ttlc Sister Day swim passed. hut they will .ilxxayf he rumcm lwretl .ls txxw wt' thc special events that helped make our t'rcshm.m year' .1 CUlUI'l.lll unc lt seemed rw time lx't'm'c the Th.mksg1x'ing lwlitlays Qllppctl hy. .md then :alum our very hrst Clmftmaf at the Vllla. lt was .ill so hrcatltftalung and thmllmgl Num' we truly L1IlklCT'Sf.lllgl why l'ux'1nt'r Villa fX1,1z'1.ms always Say that the lWC.llllll.Lll Cllll'l4IlN.lN lI'.iLllf1llIl5 are the mi-st vivid IUCIHUTICS mt' high school days. XY.nt:h1ug the t1ppcrQl.t4smuu tlurlug Cariwl Nlght we LlI'L'il1HCcl wt' the year when we xxiwulcl PI'lWllcll3' C.ll'lAf' .t l.l11tc1'n iii' Stilflllllly xxmxil' .1 gap .mtl gmxvu, FRESHMEN-fleft to rightj, First Row: Elizabeth Lange, Kathleen Lee, Kathleen Donnelly, Alice Louise Riemann, Mary Anne Di Santi, Helen Hickey, Jacque- line Colasante. Svronrl Rau: jacquelyn McDevitt, jacqueline Verna, Anne Collins, Gertrude Thornton, Gay Heller, Mary Buckley, Theresa Giordano. Third RIJIFI Arlene La Marr, Margaret Miller, Su7anne Fullem, Mary O'Brien, joan Beechwood. Gertrude Lisi. Forzrfb Row: Marie Bruner, Rita Capek, Mary jean Schuyler, Antonia Coady, Claire Wixlslm, Eleanor McNichol, Eileen Devine.

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flfawlf FRESHMAN OFFICERS--Marx' Ann DiSnnfi and Alifc Louisa Ricmann-proudly dixplay flu' pint that menu Ihey bale been elerfen' leaders in lbgir rlass. Their role is a big one buf, berause of lheir eagernesx anzl uillingness fo learn, if is a laxk well done. THE NFROLLICKIIVG FRESHlVIE1N ' berome l'4.'i'-7' serious when they delve into the mysteries ron- tainerl in their religion books. High sclitmiml! Xklliait lics iilmitli' Vsllut will Urt-cn Trcc lic likci' Such ware thc tliuuglits of most uf us frcsliincn upon cntcting the gates of nur naw sclmiul, The first few weeks kept us un our toes with many friends and tcziclicrs to mcct, rcgistrgition cards to fill out. new subjects to learn and, in gcncral, getting .1 nlwirclhs cyc Vigwu of Villa Mzirizt. Soon. wt wcrc iiccliingttctl tw tlic rciutznc and fiwuntl that wc civultln't liclp lvut ciiqiimy utirsclvcs. Vxlc gttttilwutt' tliis tin tliu cvcrfciitcliiiig 'lclii ui il spirit. AT HOMEROOM, freshman rcpruscntatizes plan all asstlnblj fo rlcmonstrafu lwu flu' Clrilclrvu of Mary, the Aihlctir Assoriafiun. and thu I,iln'ar3 all uoil: louarfls lbe arlziulunwnl of flwii' goal- yooif wlmol filizunsbip.

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fwlflf af!! Our rosters wcrc :ill wry new to us hut, with gi pcrsistcnt dctcrminzttion, wc sct out to conduct' our hgiilling gilgchrii cquaitions and diilicult Latin triinslittions. ln English. thc art of good lcttcrfwriting wits taught to us. :ind Vvfisliiitgtoii lrvings immortal lchtthod Crainc and the inystcrious headless horscmgmu giivc qtn giniusing notc to our Qlasscs. Of course. ljCIlIlr5'lX'QlI1l.l History was one of our favorite suhiccts :ts wc were ngtturztlly anxious to hccoinc inorc tlunilizir with our home st.itc. Thu most important ol our cl.isscs w.is ruligion wliurt' wc luimicd how Iii hugoinc hcttt-r C.1iholics, All our siihiccts opcncd up portnls ol knowlcdgt' unknown to us hcforc. :ind not a day pgtsscd hut soincthing ncw wits ltxtrncd. Vk'cukly hoinrrooin pcriods. conducted hy thc ofliccrs wc lmd cluctud. grcgitly intcrcstcd us. Vwlc liclpud to scttlc our class :ind school prohlcnis xtnd wry oftcn suggcstcd plains and idcais that might he usud. Thu hcst way to know onc's school. wc discovcrcd, was to he .nn .tctivc pgirticipttiit. PENNSYLVANIA HISTORY is u rcry intriguing RITA CAPEK explains by mvunx of 11 rliugrum of il Latin scnt snl1jn't. Elizabeth Lange, Mary Bin'klvVi', unzl cure that Latin is not so rlijfirnlt ns it lilllj' seem. Thvresa Giordano are gathering rmiterinl for n A SCENE FROM the zlnnring rlnss shows Miss Kelly demon Pvnnsylz'ania Week, program. strafing .fl grureful step to II group of interested freshmen.