Academy of Mount Saint Vincent - Chastellux Yearbook (Tuxedo Park, NY)

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Two New Courses Challenge Interested Students One is the Course in AFRO-ASIAN CULTURE which SISTER MARY ANDREA is offering to the Seniors for the first time this year. SISTER ANDREA had received a Federal Grant to specialize in this field at Georgetown last summer, and is therefore well quali- fied to present the course. The group discussions have given even rather timid students courage to express their opinions, and under Sister's guidance and through their own research on assigned topics all have gained new insights into the problems of these continents. In the picture at the right. K MIN- AHAN is explaining the character- istics of certain foods from India. For this session of the class she had pre- pared a kind of Indian “pancake” which all tasted. For another session D. CHUDY appeared in Oriental Dress. This paved the way for the ex- position of interesting views on the subject of conventional and tradition- al dress. SISTER MARY ANDREA delights her classes, whether they are Seniors or Freshmen, by her clear explanations and her ability to find a grain of truth in their answers. In the picture below arc K. W1NGET and A. EDWARDS, two more members of the AFRO-ASIAN CULTURE course. They are earnestly attentive to the points being discussed. The second course introduced this year is the COURSE in RUSSIAN given by MISS ANN MURPHY, who also teaches French. As soon as news of the new course was circulated. A. EDWARDS (Senior). B. BLAIR and D. McCABE (Juniors) and A. BUDIN and C. MURA (Sophomores) immediately signed up. All of these students arc HONOR STUDENTS and will therefore not find the language TOO difficult. 110

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With just a hit of imagination you’ll find a V for VICTORY” in the picture at the left Go down the first row from L. DeVILLEGAS. F. ABBADESSA. and R FAGIN to L. MULLIGAN, then up to J. CASEY. Behind 1 MULLIGAN it N. KENNEDY. In the back row are B BALDWIN. K CAREY. N. KENLON. C. EVANS and C. O’REILLY We e already learned to budget our time and know that to lug! Close to the camera L. MULLIGAN and L. the more we accomplish during a Study Period, the less FERRARI. Extreme left-J. CASEY. Extreme right we’ll have to do at home and that means fewer books C. EVANS. 109

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CCD Functions As A Separate Unit Unii! this year the CONFRATERNITY of CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE, the CCD . functioned as part of the Sodality. This year, when the Sodality was replaced by the YOUNG CHRISTIAN STUDENTS, it was decided to keep the C C D as a separate group. SISTER GERTRUDE MIRIAM was appointed its Moderator. SIS- TER BERNARD, of the Sisters of Christian Doctrine, whose principal work is the giv- ing of religious instruction, had come to us once a week last year to train our Student Catechists. Her work was so important and successful that she was asked to continue the program this year. In the picture at the right. SISTER BERNARD, left, and SIS- TER GERTRUDE, right, discuss new approaches to be used in the light of Vatican . Every Wednesday morning SISTER BERNARD takes ALL the Juniors for a course in Methods of Teaching Religion. This is an especially interested portioil of her group. They are: S. CULLIGAN, D. DUVALL. C. EVANS. A. INGANAMORT. C. CHISHOLM, J. F1TZGIBBON. B BRADY and L. RUSSOTTI CATHY JONES (left) is the only Senior this year who has chosen C C D as a principal ex- tracurricular activity. In the picture at the right. DENISE O’KEEFE, a Junior, works at the blackboard with two of her pupils. Several other Juniors devote Wednesday afternoons to this work, and some help out in their home parishes too. Ill