Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Miller Returns From Normal “YOU MISSED ... a spot,’’ comments Greg Miller '65 to fellow classmates during a play presented at the summer workshop he attended. Alumnus' Human Interest- Work In South East Asia A dip in the pool sandwiched in between morning classes and afternoon activities gave Greg Miller ’65 an un- usual taste of college life. After send- ing an application and numerous rec- ommendations, Greg was enrolled in a four-week dramatics course at the State University of Illinois in Normal. With only twelve in his class, Greg had a “pure riot.” “In the morning we attended classes on oral interpretation, improvement of the speaking voice, and the styles of acting,” Greg explained. “Then in the afternoon my group had play practice, which also included making our own scenery and arranging our own light- ing.” After supper everyone found time for a little dancing in the lounge which connects the boys’ and girls’ dormatories. A few hands of poker ended their recreation about 1:00 am, when someone would always remem- ber the homework that was due for the next day’s class. A month of do- ing his own laundry and ironing gave Greg a well-rounded curriculum. “Working on a play seemed to be most profitable, since the theories we studied in the morning classes could be put into practice. Our play, “Good- bye My Fancy,” was a comedy which starred Shirley Booth on Broadway,” Greg related. Much practice time was also devot- ed to staging and lighting, and Greg had a headstart along this line due to his experience working backstage at Assumption. Greg, recalling all the fun he had in the course, remarked, “Not just anyone could get accepted for this course, you know.” Jerry Bald ’65, taking him down a peg, returned, “Aw, you just look like Ringo.” “Once upon a time (really five months)’’ Dave Votroubek ’64, sat read- ing a newspaper, a periodical issued by the Peace Corps. Soon after this Dave applied for work in the Peace Corps and success- fully passed a battery of tests con- taining everything from mathematics to capability at languages. “I wanted to work in Asia as a mu- sic instructor, teaching the young peo- ple the fundamentals of playing string instruments and group singing. I hoped to give them an outlet for their ten- sions,” Dave remarked. Dave has been accepted, but as yet has received no assignment. He believes a possible rea- son for his delayed position is the cur- rent difficulties in South Viet Nam and Laos. College is also definitely in Dave’s future. With the guidance of a testing program, offered by area companies, the aspiring PC volunteer plans on en- tering Coe College in Cedar Rapids, as a liberal arts student. If he is contacted by the Peace Corps, Dave explained he would postpone his college plans for later on. AHS Graduate Is Academic Ambassador In Rome A trip to Italy, a dinner with the Mayor of Rome, and an audience with the Pope are just a few of the things Sue Welch was unaware of that the future held for her as she graduated with her class of ’62 from Assumption high school. Sue attended St. Louis University and is currently studying at Loyola University’s Rome Center for Liberal Arts. She is one of the 220 students from schools throughout the United States, studying in the largest under- graduate program of this kind. Sue, who qualified for this course by making the Dean’s honor roll — the top 10% of her class — left by jet from O’Hare Field, Chicago, with 123 fellow students on September 2. After a change of planes in Switzer- land, they arrived in Rome and spent a busy week becoming acquainted with the Italian people. The mayor of Rome, who personal- ly entertained the students at his home, particularly tried to emphasize that the students were welcome as guests, not just tourists of Italy,” Sue remark- ed in a letter to her mother. Sue and her classmates also had the privilege of a semi-private audience with Pope Paul VI at his summer home. Although Sue has a busy curriculum which includes two hours of Italian each day, she will be viewing the many historic and artistic sights of Rome, while she earns a full year of college credit. II

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Bewildered Faculty Survives Mob The 9:05 am bell rang and 13 new faculty members joined the bewildered freshmen in the daily mob scene of Assumption’s change of classes. Among those who courageously risk their lives are Assumption’s first Franciscan nuns, Sr. Mary Petronelle and Sr. Mary Berthold. Sister Petron- elle, who holds a Master of English degree from DePaul University, Chi- cago, teaches first and second year Latin. Last year she taught at Holy Trinity high school, YVinsted, Minne- sota. Sister Berthold, instructor of sec- ond year algebra, lab geometry, and general science came from South Da- kota. New head of the home economics department is Sr. Mary Edwardian, BVM, who replaced Sr. Mary Loretta Cecile, now teaching at Father Bert- ram’s high school, Memphis, Tennessee. Last year Fr. Robert Walter, princi- pal of Assumption high school an- nounced that a book rental system was under consideration for the entering freshmen in the fall. “Our main rea- son for introducing such a program would be to save the students the cost of purchasing books,” noted Father Walter. “It will also be easier to change the text books, since the students would not be left with the useless books on their hands. This fall the book rental system went into effect as planned. In order to de- termine the success of this system with the students, various freshmen were Another new teacher, Sr. Mary Ann- etta, BVM. lost her voice the first day of school. However, she greeted her English class with this message writ- ten on the blackboard: “Welcome to senior English. If you survive, you’ll be lucky.” Sister replaced Fr. William F. Wiebler as the Knight Beacon mod- erator. Father is now an assistant pas- tor at St. Mary’s Church in Clinton, Iowa. Making a place for herself in E-2 is Sr. Mary Jean Monica, the new head of the social studies department. When asked what she thought of Assumption students. Sister replied, “Since I’ve met about 170 students, I haven’t had the chance to know any of them very well, but they all seem very friendly and courteous.” Sister has received both her BA and MA degrees in soci- ology. asked for their opinion of it. Here are some of their reactions. Jim Wahlig, freshman from Holy Family parish, says, “I really like the book rental system because it made obtaining the books a lot easier. When you went to class the teachers just handed them out,” he explained. Marcy Dockery, from St. Paul’s, fig- ures she saved at least ten dollars on books this year. Marcy likes the sys- tem because, “You don’t have to wor- ry about contacting people for your books.” Any drawbacks? Pat Wafer, also from Holy Family, says “No.” “I kind of would like to be able to write in my books though,” she added. Also teaching history this year is Mr. Dan Roushar. Mr. Roushar form- erly taught at Regina high school, Iowa City. He is replacing Mr. Wil- liam McAfoos as head basketball coach at Assumption. He will also serve as assistant football and track coach. A former Davenporter, Sr. Marilyn Therese, CHM, may be found exchang- ing notes with Sr. Marie Louise, CHM, as both teachers share a love for sci- ence, besides having taught at Mary- crest College. This year Sister Louise is teaching typing and shorthand while Sister Therese will be teaching biology to the sophomore boys. The years 1953, 1954, and 1960 mark the dates of graduation from St. Am- brose College for the reverends: Fr. William R. Schmidt, Fr. Paul J. Cole- man and Fr. Kevin Coughlin. Father Schmidt, a former assistant pastor at St. Boniface’s Church, Clinton, teaches American history and sociology, while Father Coleman teaches Latin and re- ligion. Father Coughlin holds a Mas- ters degree in religious education from the Catholic University of America and teaches boys’ senior English and reli- gion this year. Completing the list of new staff members are Mrs. Virginia Norton, and Mr. Peter Bellaver. Mrs. Norton, who formerly taught at West High and St. Ambrose, teaches boys’ junior Eng- lish. Mr. Bellaver teaches mathematics and physical education. As Assumption students learn the names of the new teachers, they re- member the faces they replaced. Other teachers absent from this year’s staff are Sr. Mary Leon, BVM, Sr. Mary Joanette, BVM, Fr. Arthur Perry, Fr. John Boyle, Fr. Gerald Kraus and Mrs. Ben Steckel. Book Rental Rates Nod Of Approval From Freshies 10

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Editors Acquire SUI Journalism By Kate Schaffert and Chris Wahlig As the 60 boys attending the journal- ism seminar, June 8-12, at the State University of Iowa, assembled Monday morning for breakfast at Burge Hall, they were a little surprised to find that the 218 female participants had beaten them to the ham and eggs. To the shy, timid fellows, the sight of so many females made them wish they’d never walked the mile and a half to Burge Hall. This was only one of the problems faced by four AHS senior journalists, Lee DeJulius and Barb Kruse, co-edi- Looking, Listening Students Learn ‘‘Habla Ud. espanol?” Next year many more students will be able to answer in the affirmative. The lan- guage departments in both divisions will be used in addition to the audio- lingual aids already in use. In the first quarter alone four filmstrips and eleven movies will be shown. Sr. Mary Blandina, BVM, explained that the film will be shown three times: first in introduction in English, then with the Spanish vocabulary, and a third time without any language, al- lowing the student to fill in the Span- ish for himself. This method will help the student to associate the picture with the Spanish, enabling him to re- tain the vocabulary with much less ef- fort. “This method,” says Sr. Mary Nata- lie, BVM, “will give the student an opportunity to really speak and un- derstand a language — all they have to do is try. “The new book, Learning Spanish, is the very latest with the emphasis on oral recitation rather than written drills, as in previous years. The text book won’t even be used the first month of class. Oral drill will cut all writ- ten homework to a minimum, which will please teachers and students alike. The actual homework will be listening to practice records rented by the stu- dent for a particular lesson. As a result the class will be more practical and in- teresting to the student.” Mr. Loras Schiltz likened the study of Spanish in the new method to that of a young child learning to speak Eng- lish. “Just as a baby learns how to speak by listening and practice, so too, the student will learn by listening to the practice records and oral drill, and at the same time by learning the rules and correct form unconsciously.” tors of the Knight Beacon, and Chris Wahlig and Kate Schaffert, associate editors, at the 12th Annual Iowa High School Journlism Workshop. Another problem posed to the work- shop students was in publishing two newspapers. The eight-page Hawkette was produced by the advanced news- paper division, which Barb and Lee attended. The second paper, the Work- shopper, was developed by the mimeo- graph division. Both papers wrere dis- tributed at the graduation dinner. Kate and Chris participated in the yearbook division to gain some insight on how' to make the KB more like a yearbook. Mr. Rod Vahl, journalism teacher and yearbook advisor at West High, was the yearbook division in- structor. Reasonably enough, the two Knights were the only ones in the yearbook division that didn't have a school yearbook. A finite math course, college phy- sics seminars and various field trips marked the “college” life of senior Mike Foley this summer. Mike attended the State University of Iowa from June 8 to August 5, on a tuition scholarship provided by the National Science Foundation. He was one of 70 in the state of Iowa who qualified for the course. Planning on becoming an electrical engineer, Mike hopes to attend MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Although he was competing with the top students in the state, Mike thought that his math background at Assump- All was not work, however. The workshop activities included a mixer on Monday night and a swimming party scheduled for Tuesday evening, which was canceled due to the 45 de- gree temperature of the water in the field house pool. “I think it would have felt good,” said Lee, “after suf- fering through 90 degree temperatures for two days.” Wednesday evening most of the journalists took in a movie, to which admission was free, while Thursday found the workshoppers picnicing in the rain at Lake McBride, a park about 20 miles from Iowa City. Completing the workshop was a graduation ban- quet held Friday evening in the River Room of the Iow’a Memorial Union. Further entertainment was found at the student union which provided pool tables, a juke box and a lounge. There was souvenier shopping to do, and al- most everyone took home at least one “Iow’a” sweatshirt. tion was, in many cases, superior to that of his fellow “collegians.” This really helped him when he had to pre- pare four or five hours for each of his classes. It wasn’t all work and no play though. Mike spent three days in Chicago, tour- ing the Argonne National Laboratories, and later he toured the Collins Radio Station in Cedar Rapids, learning about his future profession. When not studying, Mike could use the student union, which is fully equipped with ping-pong and pool ta- bles, and a snack bar to refuel for much-needed energy. YO HABLO ESPANOL ... (I speak Spanish) re- cords Steve Schebler ’66 on one of the new audio aids used by Mr. Schiltz (standing) in teaching Spanish. Tom Flynn ’66 waits to use the tape recorder. Senior Assumes Collegiate Station 12