West Philadelphia Catholic Girls High School - Gleam Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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-1-4-ie et.-Earn 193 7 ' . ., Slsri-ga M. CoNsL'iiLLA Sisrlaa M. HIiLENIi SISTER MARITA SISTER M. Vioroa SISTER M. Esriiiia SISTER M. junlrii Sisrha Mamie Ataczoorra Sisri-.R M. Satvaroa MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT HE instruction of the future Einsteinsu at West Cath- olic is under the supervision of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart uf Mary, who teach mathematics. Their efforts are not confined, however, to the lield emhraced lay the timefhonored Algehra, Geometry, and Trigonomf etry, hut include also the management of the more recently estahlished Business Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, and Social Geography departments. First year students are initiated into the mysteries of and y, while the sophomores pore over the theorems of Euclid. For students contemplating a college career, intermediate Algehra and Trigonometry are taught in the third and fourth years as electives. Preparation for the ultimate destination of the major' ity of studentsf the husiness world -is made through the study of Bookkeeping and Business Arithmetic, electives dur' ing the last three years' For anyone desiring knowledge of present as well as past economic prohlems, there is Social Geography. Thus this department of the school through the ahle elforts of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, offers hoth scientilic and practical courses. MARY E. T. MctGow.-xN, '35. 'Twelve 5

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'T'-4-I-E SL.-E-QFYW 193 PLACE full of sweet dreams and quiet breathing is the Lilwrary under the direction of the Sisters of Notre Dame. Books of all types, from the staid tomes of science and economics to the exhilarating volumes of travel and adventure, fill the wellfstocked shelves of the Lilirary. His' tory, religion, art. each has its own particular corner. The lwest current magazines, pamphlets, and literature of every description may lie had for the asking. The Lilirary hoasts also an extensive reference collection, numerous sets of encyelopediae and rapidly growing lwaekfnumlwer liles. Dependent at lirst on an occasional Book Drive and individual generosity, the Lilwrary, since 1930, has heen maintained lay a special student fund. Miss Helen L. Lowf rey, the lilwrarian, a graduate of this school and a certiiied lilwrarian, is always more than willing to procure for the memlwers of the faculty or student lwody any desired hook- whethcr it he the required reading or the latest in modern fiction. M,-un' E. T. MlTLil7W,'XN, '35. Eleven RY ii, ' ul. vvlli Bkowsu IN RICH Pasrrmes

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T4-4-E SLE-CIFYW IQ35 Ll- matters pertaining to studies are under the direction of the Sisters, Servants of the lminaculate Heart of Mary. These include the regulations concerning school rosters, pupils' rosters, pupils' reports, and the reports sent at stated times to the standardizing agencies with which West Catholic is alliliated. Rostering is the most important duty of this dcpartf ment. Besides class rosters, others are made out for the pupils. Each student is considered as an individualg hsnce great care is taken to select suhjects which will prove most useful in whatever field she purposes to enter after she leaves high school. Wlieii one considers th: enrollment in th: school, it does not require great discernment to realize the magnitude ol' this task, This year Miss Mary Avil, BS., has served as an ahle assistant in the Roster Room and an etlicient suhf stitute teacher, So necessary is the work of this department to the scholastic standing of the school, that its importance can- not he exaggerated, and the Sisters, Servants of the Immacf ulate Heart of Mary, cannot he littingly complimented for th? ellicicncy with which they accomplish their very important and exacting charge. Maacz.-mer MURSET, '35. THE ROSTER ROOM r' ' 'rw ' Slsrifa Sisriza Sisrrak M. Bowii-'attif SISTI1R Mama Esmiuru M. Glaarkvini. Arovsi- M. Riacsma IMMAfll'I.ATA Sisriaa M. Ctaaia josi-.vii Sisriia Mauna Biaauaaomii Sisrra Sisriaa MARIA Luv M. JANE mi CHANTAL 'l'lm'tcen