St Ladislaus High School - Torch Yearbook (Hamtramck, MI)

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INTRODUCING PEOPLE, a lifetime activity, English IV students learned by experience. Ronald Gajewski's speech is applauded by Delphine Dzukola, Charlotte Burzynski, Adele Wujcikowski, Diane Krystoforski, Alfred Cybulski and John Kraiza. SHAKESPEARE'S MERCHANT OF VENICE records made the study of this classic more interesting and easier to understand. Camille Misukiewicz controlled the high fidelity phonograph as Henry Miarka and Mary Lou Matyjanowski listened in. BRINGING DOWN THE GAVEL, Stanley Selengowski called for order during a parliamentary procedure class held during the English III speech period. Participating in the discussion were Barbara Dombrowski, Lorraine Szpont, (seated nearest speaker) Edward Malczewski, Marion Dec, Peggy Stankiewicz, Marcia Lewandowski, Sharon Dziuk and Gerald Nowinski. Lorraine Szpont acted as secretary of the session. 21

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To Speak, Write. listen and interpret was the goal of our English and journalism classes. In our treshman year we learned the mechanics of writing and speech. The monotony of the drill work was broken by a study of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. We read it, listened to the recordings and interpreted it. lhe sophomore year was a relief from the mechanics as we tried for fluency in writing, lhen, there were panel discussions and forums, lhe symposium on ben Hur rated first place. Julius Caesar ran a close second in popularity with the sophs. Parliamentary procedure and Green Pastures will remain a landmark in our junior memories. As seniors we struggled through term papers, demonstration speeches and Macbeth. We proved our writing ability by publishing ten issues of the Scroll and the yearbook, The Torch. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by Robert Frost de- manded various resources of English II students, (clockwise) Marlene Jaroma, Kenneth Stockfish, Diane Podkowa, Raymond Mandry and Robert Stuckey. 20

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History Intrigued Us History transported us from ancient man to Eisenhower, Egyptians to Ameri- cans, St. Peter to Pope John XXIII and home made tools to satellites. Our first encounter with the remedies of mankind's problems came in our sophomore year. Here we studied the development of man in his cultural and intellectual back- ground. Much of Modern History was centered around the people's discontent with their rulers and government. Knighthood and wars appealed mostly to the boys in our class. As juniors we studied two major branches of history. Church and American. Panels, projects and discussions gave a new and interesting angle to religion classes. The Great Schism and the development of Eastern Rite Churches and the persecutions which the saints underwent, gave us a deeper insight into religious freedom. American History proved interesting to most students since it was concerned with our country's heritage. National, state and municipal governments were considered. Our nation's founding, its growth, the independence for which our predecessors fought and its reconstruction after the Civil War held our attention. Although we hated to memorize dates and the names of famous men and nations, we now realized that this age old problem was small compared with those of age old history. MICHIGAN HISTORY absorbed Paul Szymanski, Marianne Kohlrus, William Bush, Edmund Kowalewski, Ronald Kossakowski and Betty Mossakowski who studied places of interest and manufacturing centers of world famous products. Detroit makes cars. Grand Rapids furniture, Kalamazoo paper and Battle Creek cereals. AFTER GATHERING STATISTICS in Eco- nomics on the number of different types of business firms in the United States, Robert Brzezinski tabulated the figures given to him by Edward Sobieski. 22