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

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The mysteries of the fauna and flora were explained to the Bedan biologists by Father Damian, who taught the college and academy biology courses. Father Damian was also student infirmarian. Under the watchful eye of Father Damian, members of the college course conduct some microscopic research in the well-equipped laboratory. REV. DAMIAN MILHONE, O.S.B The voluminous and modernly furnished St. Bede li- brary, situated in the newest section of the buildings, was supervised by Father Edward, head librarian, who, on this occasion, was being assisted by Arms, as Walewski and Kendrick waited for their books. REV. EDWARD MAHONEY, O.S.B.

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w REV. NICHOLAS SCHILLE, O.S.B. Father Simon, veteran English teacher at St. Bede, taught Freshman .English and Speech courses in the college during the '52-'53 school year. He also conducted a class in third year English in the high school. In the classroom scene presented below, Father Simon is shown with a portion of his Junior college class. It was Father Nicholas' duty as Registrar to announce the glad, and sometimes sad, tidings to students and parents when the grades were issued by the teachers every six weeks in the high school and every quarter in the college Father Nicholas was usually assisted by DePasquaIe, O'Riley and Slavish, with whom he is shown in the accompanying picture as they prepare the grades for mailing. in REV. SIMON RAKAUSKAS, O.S.B

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REV. AUGUSTINE ClMA, O.S.B. REV. HILARY SONDGEROTH, O.S.B. Collegians who maiored in Commerce learned the fine points ot Economics from Father Augustine, who is pictured below with a group of his students as they listened to discourse on Banking delivered by Sarlitto. Experimental demonstrations were an integral part of the high school chemistry course taught by Father Hilary, who is shown below with some of the members of his class, for whose benefit Father Hilary was giving a vivid visual ex- planation ot the process of fractional distillation. When Father Hilary was not occupied with his Chemistry class he was kept busy with his duties as Procurator of the monastery and Director of the Brothers of the Abbey.