Creighton Preparatory School - Jay Junior Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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The Future Belongs to the Mathematicians and euentusts The Rev. W. J. Dressel, S.J., teaches physics. His lab and its equipment keep him busy most of each day. Mr. S. F. Dieringer, Mr. C. J. Hogan, Mr. G. M. Kocsis, and Rev. R. J. Strange, S.J. Mr. Dieringer teaches biology. Mr. Hogan and Fr. Strange divide their time between physics and mathematics. Mr. Kocsis handles chemistry.

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l MATH TEACHERS Mr. Dudley D. Allen, Mr Philip J Gradoville Mr Richard J. Bayer, Mr. Stanley E. Macaitis, Rev T R Haller SJ Mr RobertW Miller. Mr. Allen is head track coach, helps with football and basketball and directs an ambitious physical training progiam Messis Gradoville Bayer Macaitis, and Miller are also coaches. Fr Hallei a iadio ham makes his station available to students. Both Rev. W. J. Dressel, S.J., and Rev. R. J. Strange, S.J., have attended summer institutes in physics which are sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Fr. Dressel is very active in organizations of physics teachers. He is amember of the com- mittee which is preparing for the National Science Teachers' Association's annual convention. The walls of the physics lab are bursting with equipment, but Fr., Dressel wants more equipment, more experiments. When 1'1Ot setting up a lab experiment, or teaching one of his senior physics classes, he is inventing a new ripple tank, or hopping a plane for Chicago to report on the progress of his Advanced Topics course. Mr. George M. Kocsis bears the full brunt of the junior chemistry course. He also is head coach of baseball. Mr. S. F. Dieringer, in his forty-third year of teaching at Prep, has been head of the biology department for a long time. The Rev. T. R. Haller, S.J., is the driving power behind mathematics, and one of the most dynamic teachers in the school. He attended a NSF institute in mathematics, as Mr, R. W. Miller intends to do this summer. Mr. Clement Hogan, with more than forty years of teaching, has become a tradition at Prep. Mr. Dudley Allen coaches freshman football, runs physical education classes, and teaches algebra. Mr. Philip Gradoville, Mr. Richard Bayer, Mr. Stan Macaitis, and Mr. Miller handle most of the mathematics for the underclassmen.

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Latin, Latin, and More Latin Language study is the core of the curriculum at Prep. One might say that Latin is the real heart of the program. All students take it for the first two years. The better students stay with Latin for four years. In junior and senior years, Greek is added to the schedules of the top classes. Some take Spanish rather than Latin their last two years. Mr. P. J. Flaherty, S.J., who teaches Latin and Greek, came to Prep this year from Munich, Germany where he studied philosophy for three years. The Rev. J. E. O'Hearn, S.J., also teaches Latin and Greek. He and his students worked up lectures on the architec- ture of Greece and Rome, The lecture group was invited to perform at other schools in the area. Several of the language teachers have attended summer insti- tutes. Mr. J. J. Gladstone, S.J., studied the teaching of Latin at Georgetown University last summer. The Rev. P. J. Dougherty, S.J., specialized in the latest modern language methods at a NDEA Spanish institute. 1 1 l w l 1 l TEACHERS OF THE CLASSICS Mr. P. J. Flaherty, S.J.g Mr. J. J. Gladstone, S.J.3 Mr. M. R. Kessler, S.J.g Mr. M, G. Morrison, S.J. Mr. J, D. Wall, S.J. came to Prep at the be- ginning of the second semester and imme- diately became immersed in the many activ- ities at Prep. He is teaching English and speech.