Snapshot: Mount Mary 1957

620 students are enrolled at the beginning of the 1956-1957 school year

Sister Mary John Francis Schuh SSND is President of Mount Mary

His Excellency Reverend Albert G. Meyer, Archbishop of Milwaukee, is Chancellor of Mount Mary

Mrs. James Bergstrom is President of the Board of Governors

Carol Berghammer is Senior Class President

Mount Mary Players perform Walter Kerr's Stardust

Louis Budenz lectures Mount Mary students on "Communist Strategy for 1957"

Sister Mary Philemon is Dean of Studies and Sister Mary Celine is Dean of Women

Mount Mary students are required to provide a written statement justifying any absence from class. Students are given unexcused absences if they miss class due to social affairs, oversleeping, extended weekends, or a need to catch up on other course work

92 seniors are awarded degrees in June as part of the Class of 1957

Mount Mary confers an honorary degree on artist Lauren Ford

Bonnie Pfotenhauer Kaftan receives the All-College pin, the highest honor bestowed by Mount Mary, in recognition of her scholarship, generosity, talent, leadership, and social skills