St Andrews High School - Tower Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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Since knowledge of history is of great importance, the students at St. Andrew's are offered a four year course to enable them to understand the complicated problems affecting our nation and the world. Freshmen in Ancient History learn that western culture had its beginnings in Greece and Rome. Jousts, tournaments, castles and cathedrals fascinate sophomore students of history with the pomp and panoply which mark the Mid- dle Ages. From .the beginnings of the modern world, through the colonial expansions of European nations to the discovery of the New World, junior students find history vibrant with the impact of exploration and development. Looking forward to the day when they will be full-fledged citizens with voting rights, senior students of civics acquire an awareness of their privileges and responsibilities. juniors in United States History participate in a dis cussion on the problems of a divided Berlin. Makati. ak

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Religion Studying the New Testament and the Ten Commandments, freshmen learn that all law comes from God, and leads back to Him. Building on the basic truths learned in the previous year, sophomores study Christ as Redeemer through whom they share in the life of grace by means of prayer and the Sacraments. To inspire the junior students to a vol- untary participation in the liturgy of the Church, they are led to a recognition of the Holy Spirit as the dominant force in their lives. Seniors study vocation as the sphere in which the life of love reaches perfection, be- coming for them a blueprint for personal happiness. Considerations on the meaning of the Ecumenical Council, why it was called, what it will do, and how it will work, have been incorporated in the religion course. Students of Religion II explain symbols representing Christ as the Prince of Peace and the beginning and end of all things The Ecumenical Council is you! Religion III students set out to discover their part in the life of the church In the Marriage Guidance Course, Father Acton exchanges views with the seniors on the quali- ties of the ideal husband.

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It is an easy choice when everyone in Language Arts Class knows the ZFISWEFS. From David Copperfield to Macbeth, the four years of English at St. Andrew's cover a wide range of literature and writing. Sophomores bringing with them a solid foundation in grammar, learn to recognize and avoid run-on and fragment sentences. Numerous essay assignments, though dread- ed, teach the juniors to organize their thoughts and to reason logically. Since ideas achieve their full value only when com- municated to others, the skill of writing clearly and interestingly is developed in Eng- lish IV. Reading is stressed throughout the four-year program as students span the centuries from the English epic of Beowulf to the modern American drama of Our Town. English Illustrations add interest to a report given in English II. 26 s ..- ' Senior students of English become acquainted with people, plots and places of Shakespeare's England.