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Arts

St. Roch’s Mini Courses

May 1977

St. Roch upper-grade students practice typing with Sister Dorothy.

Mid winter mini courses at St. Roch’s organized by Yvonne Christopher, Mary Watkins, and Pat Fitzgerald have again enriched both generous volunteer teachers and eager children. A reminder of the gamut of talent and interest in the neighborhood, these eight Wednesday afternoon offered each child the opportunity to experience and practice a different and new skill. From art history (films on Chagall and Picasso) to tennis (basic techniques and tournaments), the frosting on the cake literally was a pastry decorating class that produced half inch bunny families inhabiting fluted eggs and Snoopies and life size baby booties on cakes. The mini courses are but another example of the quality of commitment and caring that make the area so rich a place to live—thank you to the teachers, St. Leo Ann, and the school association which picked up the expenses.

Mini-Courses and Teachers

Mini-Courses and Teachers

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Primary

Basic sewing—Ms. Sanders.

Crafts—Ms. Kester.

Dough Sculpture—Ms. Starcher, Fitzgerald, Homer, Duckett. Beginning Needlepoint–Ms. Lottes, Newsham.

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Intermediate

Embroidery—Ms. McCarthy.

Crocheting—Ms. Nerviani, Flynn, Sr. Charles.

Drama—Mr. Martin.

Weaving—Ms. Hitchcock.

Tennis—Ms. Morris, Sailer

Music and Folk Dancing—Ms. Mudd.

Neighborhood History and Architecture— Ms. Little.

Pantomime—Ms. Renard.

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Advanced

Typing—Sr. Dorothy

Cake Decorating—Ms. Crawford, Knoten.

Chess—Mr. Ross

Poster making—Ms. Nelsen.

Macrame—Ms. Hancock.

Art History—Mr. Wesley.

Engineering—Mr. Flynn.

Bridge—Ms. Watkins, Santen.

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Advanced

Drawing—Ms. LeGuey-Feilleux, Sullivan.

Original photograph caption

Upper grade students practicing typing under the tutelage of Sr. Dorothy. The Paper, May 1977, page 10. Photographer not credited.

Primary-grade children work on dough sculptures during a St. Roch mini-course.
Primary children participating in dough sculpture class. The Paper, May 1977, page 10. Photographer not credited.

Originally published in The Paper, May 1977.

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Archival transcription note: Printed eight Wednesday afternoon and St.LeoAnn retained.

Original source: SD_Times1977_05.pdf, printed page(s) 10; PDF page(s) 10.