Saint Bede Academy - Via Baeda Yearbook (Peru, IL)

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Those who maintain that Latin is a dead language have never seen nor heard Father Peter bring it back to life in his highly successful Freshman classes. Father Peter not only kept his Latin students stepping lively, but he had to do so himself to keep pace with his duties as member of the faculty and Prior of the monastery. .Q VERY REV. PETER ZURECK, O.S.B. VERY REV. DAVID DUNCAN, O.S.B. 'The truths of Religion were explained in a lively and enter- taining fashion to the high school Sophomores by Father David, whose methods are being observed at close range by Jones and Kasperski. Father David, the sub-prior of the abbey, also taught Sopho- more English in the high school, Chant and Psychology in the Junior college.

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Priuvipa! 2 1 REVEREND THEODORE Rector St. Bede College and Academy In his role as rector, Father Theodore not only directed the work of others inside the classroom and outside of it, but he personally engaged in such activity, as is evident from the accompanying pictures, which are typical of his educational activity as professor of history and jack of all trades in manual work. ' is I w ,Y V A N c . s NM 'l' A 'hx . .fc 5 A. J-rises FUERTGES, O.S.B. -X--W.. . cc c,.,.-...-...W r

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The arrangement of classes and class schedules for the stu- dents as well as the members of the faculty was handled by Father Gregory, the Director of Studies. His own teaching schedule included an academy Freshman English class, a course in Creative Writing given to the college Freshmen, and a course in British Prose and Poetry offered to the col- ' lege Sophomores, with whom he is shown in the accompany- ing picture. t UIQQ REV. GREGORY WIESNER, O.S.B. Dean of College Father Victor's class schedule consisted of courses in College Algebra and Freshman Algebra. His extra-curricular duties REV. VICTOR HENKEL, O.S.B. as student Chaplain, Bursar, and prefect of the divinity students did not leave him much spare time, but what little he had he devoted to the many remodeling iobs that were done in the school. Pictured below are some of Father Victor's College Algebra students working on problems involving computation by logarithims.