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

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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

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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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TRACING THE EUROPEAN DYNASTIES engrossed Jerome Cesulski, Edward Glowacki, Carol Engel, Leona Opalka and Chester Jarema. The Tudor and Stuart lines got special con- sideration at this point. CLASSICAL POTTERY fascinated Latin II students as Mary Ann Spanke explained to David Kuczynski, Antoinette Krzesowski, Carolyn Kaczmarek and Eugene Zajac the significance of the figures found on the vase. Romans Used It but we find declensions, conjugations and translation a chal- lenge. Latin I acquainted us, freshmen, with the rudiments of the language: parts of speech, sentence structure and simple translation. The Roman culture incorporated into the year's work pleased us greatly. As Latin II students we could boast of a vocabulary of nearly 300 words. These we acquired through the reading and translation of Caesar's Gallic Wars. Additional knowledge of Roman life and civil- ization, we gained through required projects. We were de- lighted to discover that this classical background was useful in literature classes. DRILL AND MORE DRILL was the order of the doy for Freshmen Judith Mazur, Robert Dyki and Gregory Goran ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY was what Fred Schoenrock and Donald Sioma sought as they mastered the present tense of the verb laudo.