![]() Like a scientist with a hypothesis, I started combing issues of the Magnificat from the 1970s in search of articles related to disco. Why is it a hallmark of the 1970s? Surely Magnificat students of the 70s would have caught disco fever, wouldn’t they? And so, down the proverbial rabbit hole I jumped – back in time to music history in the 1970s and Magnificat history via the school newspaper. The first was devoted to poetry and short stories, and the second featured all the traditional yearbook trappings: photos, activities, events… Yes, I could write about how 1970s era yearbooks mirrored cultural changes in America…īut “disco” kept calling my name (figuratively, of course). ![]() ![]() For this decade, the yearbook came out in two soft-cover volumes each year. Then my mind drifted to the yearbooks of the 1970s. Hmmm, maybe I could write about these important milestones… The Resource Center (1970), Genesis (1973), Key Club (1978), and Interscholastic Varsity and Junior Varsity teams (1977) were just a few significant additions to Magnificat’s building, curriculum, and co-curricular activities. So I searched our database for documents and artifacts and discovered that the 1970s was an important decade for Magnificat. And disco got me thinking about what was happening at Magnificat in the 1970s. ![]() Jump in and join me!Īs I considered a topic for this month’s Archives Antics, Magnificat was preparing for the Annual Gala which had a disco theme. I’ve fallen down another fascinating historical rabbit hole. Hellooooo….it’s me, your friendly Magnificat Archivist. Please click here to view the digital poster ![]()
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