Vincentian Institute - Crossroads Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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Rf ADS Co-Edilo rs Y,,A......... Associale Edilorsn Lilerary Edilors ,,,.. A ....A, Bernard Connolly, Bernice lvlyslow Y ,Dorolhy Basile, Leo Slengel, Ann Keegan, Daniel Smilas ,,,,.,,sVincenl' Carmody, Jeanne Ramundo Business Managers, ,7,,,, 7,,,,,, N ancy l-lerlcenham, Paul Jannoll Assislanls ,.,.,,,,,,...., Senior Edilors ,,,,.,, Classes Edilors ,, Aclivilies Edilors ,,,s. Sporls Ed Hors , Assislanl ....,,ss,, Copy Edilor .,,.,, Assislanls ,,,,,, Ulvlary Bergan, John lVlcCullen ...w,-s,.Joyce Carey, Jim Hogan ,s,,,,,,,Charles Riviello, Pafricia Kelly ,,,,,,,BeHy Sonya, Thomas Maloney Thomas Cahill, Joan Gardner ....William Copeland ,....,,..a,..,,,,Sally Shea ,,,s,,Jean Lee, Alice Sherman Sfalzdingf flcft to figlltlf BICCIIHCII, Gzlrdncr, C, Rivicllo, S. l'1'csC0lt, S llC1 Sftlffflf ,l. Carey, T. Kllllt may, L. Slcugcl, A. liccgmi, Y. Czmrlmmy, ,I. Loc.

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,. 4, , . , . l Liv-lziizlnm lu'ri1n'c illyxfirzu 111141 lwrmzrd Cmzzmlly vfzvuk .vi'41lz11g1 of fii'l1H'i'.x', In Seplember a new and eager yearboolc sfall accepled lhe challenge of preserving lhe con- dign ranlc of former Crossroads The accepf- ance of lhis underlaking was nol an incipience, buf rafher a lerminaliong 'rhe conclusive phase of our high school period. An able sfarf, advised by Brolher Wilberf and Sisler lvl. Margrehra, combined ideas for 'rhe careful planning of lhe i949 edilion. Long hours ol concenlralion and agile enacling of plans resulred in The accomplishmenl of an es- fimable publicalion. Slarl members were lamiliarized wilrh year! book fechniques a+ lhe annual Columbia Scho- laslic Press Associafion convenlion. The frip +o New Yorlc Cily for lhe convenlion lhis pasl year was bolh enioyable and advanlageous. Crossroads represenls a cornpleled buf never forgohlen phase of life, our high school years, a period which inluses wifhin us a deplh of gralifude lo our parenls. ln lhe Nalional Scholaslic Press Cornpelilion, lhe I948 edilrion of Crossroads copped firsf- class honors, Sfilizffirzgf llc-il In riglmtl i 173. Gonyzi, Xf.l!crg:u1, XY. Copclzuul, T. Cahill, A. Sl1L'I'lT11ll1, Ifylzulnotl S1'lIf1'l1iZ l', Iiully, bl. Iliumlnclo, IJ, li1lSllC, ID. Smllzms, X. ll0l'liCIIllllIH, gl. Ilugnn, -ROSS

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ri W IN' FNTI ' Nl wa 1 I' I Cu-lfcliinrx Virginia Keating and Lonix Clioppy pause in tim .vizldy of l'inwntii1n format. George Kalznle and Joanne Skelly, co-editors, review an earlier ixxne of Blue Banner. ' LUE BA NNE! The school's spring liTerary publicaTion. VincenTian, displayed The creaTive TalenT and imaginaTion OT our TuTure auThors, poeTs, essayisTs, and arTisTs. A wide varia- Tion oT Topics and sTyles of wriTings pro- vided enioyable reading Tor all. The sTaTT, headed by co-ediTors Virginia KeaTing and Louis Choppy, appraised and selecTed The sTudenT conTribuTions in The annual VincenTian shorT sTory conTesT which proved To be The highlighT oT The magazine. The sTaTT was under The able diracTion ol: SisTer Mary Carmel and BroTher Evan. The cover designing and The page illus- TraTions were done by The arT ediTors. Ann Gill, Nancy l'leaTh, and Rosemary Blair. Through The liTerary iniTiaTive and all-ouT eTTorT oT The sTaTT and The sTudenT wriTers, The VincenTian upheld The sTandards oT pasT publicaTions by receiving an All- Columbian raTing. VincenTian's iournalisTic TalenT Tound ex- pression in The Blue Bonner, The school paper. ThroughouT The year, long aTTer The lasT bell had rung, The hum oT acTiviTy was sTiII audible Trom 4OI. Here, nimble work- ers were deep in Their work wriTing heads. ediTing a copy, and preparing The dummy in order To meeT The deadline. Co-EdiTors Joanne Skelly and George Kahnle along wiTh The sTaTT were guided in The duTies by SisTer Mary Carmel and BroTher Evan. STaTT members discussed and planned The TuTure issues in Journalism class. Days oT hard work were rewarded wiTh The eagerly awaiTed spring Trip To New York CiTy, where The Columbia Scho- lasTic Press AssociaTion ConvenTion was held. Blue Bonner received: FirsT Place Hon- ors Trom The NaTional ScholasTic Press: FirsT Place lnTernaTional l-lonor RaTing Trom Quill and Scroll: FirsT Place Honor RaTing 'From The Columbia ScholasTic Press Asso- ciaTiong All-Columbian Tor ediTorials.