OLYMPIA--
THIRTY young ladies.
I They are the first graduating
class of St. Placid High School,
the only Catholic hiffh school for
girls in Thruston County.
Cond,ucted by Sisters of St.
.Benedict, St. Placid's first opened
its doors to its initial freshman
class September 26, 1961.
And now at 3 p.m. Friday, May
28, those freshmen-turned-seniors
are receiving their diplomas in
commencement ceremonies, pre-
sided over by the Most Reverend
Thomas A. Connolly, Archbishop
9f Seattle.
The Archbishop is also com-
mencement speaker.
The school's first baccalaureate
exercises were held Sunday, May
23, with the address given by
Father Armand Nigro S J, Seattle
University, assistant professor of
philosophy.
Valedictorian is Nancy Ann
Crow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Crow, 10517 Rowland Ave..
Tacoma. She will attend Fort
Wright College of the Holy Names
in Spokane on a $500-per-year
scholarship. At St. Placid's, she
was senior class president and
also president of the school's chap-.
ter of the National Honor Society
Salutatorian is Kathleen Marie
Merideth, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude T. Merideth, 2211
Larch St., Olympia. Desiring to
become a librarian, she will join
St. Martin's .College's first group
of incoming women students next
September. At. St. Placid's, Kath-
leen was treasurer of the school's
chapter of f:he National Honor
Society and a member of he
"Nuances," the student literary
annual. She attended as a fresh-
man and sophomore the American
Academy in Athens, Greece.
Offering a complete college pre-
paratory program to meet the
needs of its pupils, St. Placid's
aims to produce valiant women
for the college, business, profes-
sional end domestic world. The
school is also open to non-Catho-
lics who meet Vhe entrance re-
quirements and conform exterior-
ly to the regulations and religious
exercises.
Students come from Olympia
nd he outlying areas and from
Shelton. Yelm. Elma, and Alaska.
The high school is a unit of St.
Placid Priory, an independent
Benedictine foundation of ponti-
fical status in the Archdiocese.
The Benedictine Sisters, con-
ducting tile school, also staff paro-
chial schools in Holy Rosary, Vis-
itation end St. Ann's Parishes in
Tacoma and in AH Saints in Puyal-
]up.
Sister Daniel OSB is principal
of St. Placid's.
The Class of 1965 includes:
• r-
St. Placid's
on approaching girls' school
from Highway 99
east of Olympia
Diane Maria Acuff, Marjorie Lane alacketer,
Kathleen Mary Bricks, Cecilia Ely|a Carter,
Kathryn Ann Colselan, Nancy Ann Crow, Ann
Lucile Ozurison, Mary Anne Harlan, Maria
Eliana Herrera, Anne Marie Hoffman.
Helen Kathleen Hursey, Sandra Jean John-
son, Frances Marie Kennish, Cheryl Jane King,
Sharon Elaine Lesnlck, Anne Arin McKenzie,
Paula May McMakin0 Christina Maria Manza,
Kathleen Marie Merideth, Susan Marie Mock.
Janice Marie Ordos0 Mary Lynn Ryan, Phyl-
lis Anne Roberts, Wande Cathleen Smith,
Barbara An Soland° Christine Marie Stone,
Mary Catherine Stoddard, Mary Elizebeth Tay-
lor, Antoinette Marie Townsend, Randaye
Lynn Whitaker.
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Catholic
Northwest
Progress
Friday, Msy 28, 1965
St. Placid's
More on
Commencemenf 65
Aqmn 4
Bellarrnine 4
5
Forest Ridge
Holy Angels 7
Holy Names
Holy Rosary J 0
Immaculate I 0
O'Dea II
Seattle University ] 2
St. Martin's College I
Providence 1 4
St. Euphrasia's 1 6
st. Leo's 1 7
St. Martin's 18
St. Mary's 20
Seattle Prep 2 ]
St. Edward's Seminary 22
St. Thomaz Seminary 2 2
Marymount 23
Nancy Ann Crow
valedictorian
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Crow
10517 Rowland Ave., Tacoma
Kathleen Marie Merideth
salutatorian
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude M'erideth
2211 Larch St.. Lacey
