Academy of Notre Dame - Memories Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Mayor Nichols proclaimed Latin Week. Students celebrated Latin American Week. Language students spent time in the tab. With the help and encouragement of Sister Marie Ruth, Notre Dame ' s Latin III and IV scholars” struggled through Cicero s orations. 24

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Hoir stood on end os tension mounted in the volleyball game. The onlv prerequisite for a Physical Education student was energv — without it she sank into folds of flab and dormant muscle. Each class began with exercises, how- ever, the only moral support during those grueling workouts was the promise of volleyball afterwards. Throughout the year shouts of “Get that bail out of the net” or “Honor your partner,” from our futile attempts at square-dancing, rang from the gym. No semester was complété without a sériés of unforget- table fitness tests, designed to add a virtue to each and every student — humility. Everyone knows the female must prove she is not the weaker sex and can do anything the male can do, and NDs basketball teams show it. “Will take you on anytime, Althoff.” For a few of our more athletically inclined class- mates, cheerleading was a big hit. Since everyone could not be a cheerleader, the GAA encouraged its members to attend gaines and urge their favorites to victory. Jr. Cheerleaders: Pat, Diana, Mary Sue, Sis, Sharon and Joanne. Jean Wenzel, Debbie Schwartz, Sandy Bietsch, Mary Wolf, Jean Lugge, Melda DeSalvo, and Nancy Vierheller get into formation.

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Along vith a new approach in teaching languages came a new attitude toward leaming. Homework wasn’t really too bad. Memorizing a record for French or Spanish or interviewing Goldilocks for Latin class supplemented the regular vocabulary drills, sentence structures, and the numerous tests and quizes. The old and new joined forces. The Spanish and Junior Classical Language Clubs afforded members the opportunity of leaming about customs, dress, and culture of the countries through outside speakers, films, and conventions. Social Studies students read newspapers to see the relationship between the past and the présent and to keep informed on current events. Through the many discussions on the Vietnam War, 1968 élection, gold pound in England, riots, povertv, etc., social studies teachers were out to inform us and thev did. 1968 was a “gourmet’s deiight” for discussions spiced with every subject under the sun; with a pinch of old and a dash of new. Reference books provided necessary material for projects. 25