St Basil Academy - Basilianette Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Cgglze art 0 orwerslng ations Why can't everybody speak English? we wondered os freshmen. As we entered our sophomore, iunior and senior years we wr Rose Santoro displays a picture and points out note of interest related to Latin to Theresa Robson and Mary Ann Shopc. Dorothy Miller demonstrates the telling of time in Spanish t0 Sandra Williams and Elizabeth Ervin, found that each country had its own culture and customs and that the only way to study them was through an understanding of their language. Guided by our teachers we traveled to the famous capitols of France and Spaing learned of the explorations of South Americoy traced the Course of Rome-appraised its fallg discovered how much English is depend- ent on Germang and learned to appreciate more and more the culture of the Ukraine- all through the median of languages. We all studied conscientiously and worked very hard because we knew that after high school we would use our knowledge of languages in college and industry. 1 WEQE5' if S if' :pf ' 'fi F -:Ir 5 ,V M 'X ig E V f ,. - t 'Q ., , , ,. , Roma Subbotin explains the singular and plural uses of a German noun to Mary Logush, Eugenia Martyniw, and Joan Cisyk

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8 I? YO Romeo! Romeo! Evelyn Whit- cavage and Diane Ciocco are seen portraying their version of the balcony scene from Shakes- peare's Romeo and Juliet. aught to gxpress arse ves Primary among our subiects are our English 55241, f78 Qlasses, for in them we learn some basic knowl- N, Q7 ,- L6 ' 0, fr ,lyfedge to be used in our careers as Catholic wad' A I 77g, ' women. We do not realize now how precious ijfpf I grammar and literature are as stepping stones ef iff J-Y7,df'f to a fuller understanding of our individual role Q jug fy M20 JA- 'Jin life. Qf' ,7,,gyl'!f if ffl' Basilianettes occasionally may have grum- Uygff 4 4,4 bled at having to spend countless hours com- '1 agf ' ' posing poetry and compositions, reading Shakespeare, and studying in general, but N fb, ', X English opens the door to opportunity as it ' L D if V M r r affords a higher moral standard equipping us if 4 X-, ls Ajjor our task in life. lt gives us a chance to N xl. ml ,' l LU express our literary talents which, eventually, ' ,gf ' A'- ,mf may result in a wealth of knowledge for which N f 1 we may be forever grateful. It is important ' 1,14 g that we prepare ourselves to communicate as J -C. L Catholic women in a world that needs such X l' ' , K preparation. P N2 Freshmen-Mary Ann Rickter, Dolores Riley, Jeanne Rafferty, and Beverly Smith act out the casket scene from l'The Merchant of Venice. Proving that Dickens' stories can be interesting we see Zenovia Z . Ocltor, Mary McCormick, Anna Sywanyk, Lynn Svveetwood, Helen Weller, Margaret Sullivan, Melanie Struc, and Marcia Zin enjoying A Tale of Two Cities.

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ncreases tlze mower o a ountry -N 'Hn ' g 1 4 if -4 Q Mrs. J. Ollivier questions Olga Sochaiska on French franslafion as Cecilia Benevides and Kaihryn Muller look on, 'C Olga Jaremenko shows a bus! of Tara: Shavchenko, the groaf Ukrain- ian pool, to Lesia Tkach and Heian Kosopud, L., Marcella Orlawski, Penny Currie, and Marygeno Baker refer to Spanish vox!- book for information for Spanish project