Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Fr. Abend discusses Lilerature with his class. Fr. Cullen leacbes his classes some of tbe fundamentals of grammar. E GLIH FR. ABEND, C.S.B. Director ln our modern world today, the man who is able to express his feelings intelligibly and to write coherently is a blessing to himself and to his fellow men. It is the aim of the Aquinas English department to produce such men. Start- ing with the fundamentals of sentence structure -parts of speech and vocabulary- and leading up to the great works of Shakespeare and Mil- ton, the English course serves to cover the study of our language in all its aspects. Novels, poems, short stories, essays, and ballads are all included in the Aquinas students' four years tmsoffd 111 Iqvnfsyl of English. Special stress is placed on com- position writing as a developer of personal expression. Thus, through all the manifold opportunities which are afforded, English has become an integral part of the educational system at Aquinas. auf fu QL! S---ml Mr. McCarllJy drills his class on lbe principal paris of verbs. rl! M' o o -Q .1 1 1. is eg I

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011 TORICALS On Thursday, February 14, the 1957 Aquinas Oratorical Contest ofiicially opened. It was the day of the Freshmen Finals. After all the contestants had been heard, the judges selected the winners. First place was awarded to David Perry. Second place was won by David Lawlor. Friday, March 8, saw the Soph- omore finals take place. Once again the judges selected two winners af- ter careful deliberation. In first place was Peter Benizeski, and the second place winner was Ralph Esposito. FRESHMENfDax-id Lawlor, On March 15, the four winners lbavitl Perry. from the Freshmen and Sophomore levels competed for the underclass- man championship. The judges chose Peter Benizeski as the winner and David Lawlor received second place. The first of the eliminations for the Bishop's Oratoricals took SENIORS-Michael Pesmflusa Joseph Dolan- place on Monday, March 18. Frank Iacovangelo won first place in this junior Oratoricals with Philip Nothnagle placing second. The winner of the Senior Oratoricals, held on March 22, was Michael Pestorius. Second place was awarded to joseph Dolan. On March 29 the four winners of the Junior and Senior di- visions competed for upperclassmen championship. The winner of this contest was Michael Pestorius who will represent Aquinas at the city-wide Bishops Oratoricals. X? 'yi , 1 ,' f . If V' f K. J B 12 6 SOPHOMORES-Peter Benizeski, Ralph Esposito jL'NlORS-Francis latovangelo, Philip Noth- nagle.