Modern Screen (Jan-Dec 1960)

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/ 3f£ATecD An extraordinary account from Connie Stevens of her life as a tough little girl in a Catholic School New Jersey, Connie thought, looking out the bus window — they might as well have sent me to Jhina! She remembered her father's words: "It's a good school you're going to, Connie. Daddy's :otta pay a lot of money to send you. But it's a good place, Catholic, with good nuns, and you'll neet nice friends there, young ladies, with manners, and good backgrounds." She remembered her »wn words: "Please don't send me. I wanna stay in Brooklyn." And she remembered the words of •ne of her girlfriends: "Just be mean and tough with all those creeps and you'll see how fast they'll end you back." The bus stopped, in front of the school. And Connie, clutching her valise, got out. On the porch of the main building she bumped into a girl, about her own age, with short hair, tnlike hers, and a pretty dress, unlike hers. "Are you the new student?" the girl asked, smiling, in that ritzy New (Continued on page 72)