Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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FRIENDS AT THE BEACH . . . lend our horse-riding exchange student a hand. Maria, First Girl Exchange Student THE BOLIVIAN INDIANS . . . call time out after a party in La Paz, her home town.

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AT GRADUATION BALL . . . Maria Vergara 64 shares a dance with her father. Although a graduate, Maria is attending AHS this year. AS GUEST OF HONOR ... of AHS’s biggest birth- day party, Maria blows out her birthday candles. Eighteen courses a year? Most As- sumptionites would rebel at the sugges- tion, but the idea is not a new one to Maria Vergara ’65, Assumption’s for- eign exchange student during the ’64- ’65 school year. In her home town, La Paz, Bolivia, Maria attended a private high school staffed by German priests and nuns. There she took such courses as chem- istry, physics, biology, advanced math- ematics, sociology, German, Spanish and English. At Assumption she is reg- istered for college prep English (3rd year), typing, shorthand, national problems and sociology. “Maria does not quite understand football,” explained Marge Walatka ’65, “but she enjoys attending the games.” Other things Maria enjoys do- ing are listening to records, playing tennis, golfing, watching TV and play- ing cards. While attending Assumption, Maria is staying with the Charles Schebler family of 2411 Myrtle Street, Daven- port. Her year in the United States is sponsored in part by the Student Council of AHS. After graduation Maria hopes to go to Spain to study to be a lawyer. DIFFERENT TIME, PLACE . . and partner Maria now ’65 still enjoys dancing.

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s STUDYING STRAW . . . Mike Rosenthal and Barrie Ricketts both ’67 prepare an experiment dealing with the theory of spontaneous generation. Students Study, Swing In Winona Sophs Experiment In BSCS Study “I knew my sister would beat me black and bloody, but for the sake of science, I went on!” exclaimed Tom Knight ’67 after stealing his sister’s mirror to make a raindrop microscope. The microscope was a project in the new BSCS biology prgram being put into use at Assumption this year. The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study uses more of an experimental approach than was formerly used. This allows the students to participate more fully in the true methods of science. The BSCS has three distinct divi- sions in text. They include the green and blue versions, while the yellow version is used at AHS. This series uses a developmental and genetic approach with the major emphasis on the cellu- lar level of biolgy. Two out of four sections in the boys’ division are now using the BSCS as compared to two out of five in the girls’ division. Sr. Marilyn Therese, CHM and Sr. Mary Mildred Ann, BVM are the in- structors for the courses this year. Teachers Hold Diocesan Meet “Teachers and the Learning Ex- plosion” was the general theme of the eleventh annual Secondary and Elementary School Teacher’s Institute of the Diocese of Dav- enport, held September 23 at As- sumption. The institute was directed by Monsignor John O. McAuliffe, Sup- erintendent of the Diocesan Catholic Schools and Fr. Robert J. Walter, As- sociate Superintendent. The day’s program opened at 9:00 am with registration of teachers in the auditorium lobby and of exhibitors in the gymanisum lobby. Over 500 Cath- olic school teachers attended. Following registration, the Assump- tion High School Band, directed by Mr. Carl Paarman, presented a pro- gram in the auditorium. The highlight of the day was the keynote address given by Rev. John F. Meyers, Superintendent of Schools of the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. During the rest of the day curricu- lum meetings on individual courses were held. In the Mathematics Curricu- lum Meeting, Fr. Marvin Eldred and Sr. Mary Laurent, CHM were panelists, while Fr. Eugene Harasyn, SM was a panelist for the English workshop. Strains of “Go Tell It On The Moun- tain” echoed from the chapel as the Study Week participants took part in a guitar Mass. Instead of the usual organ and hymns, guitars and folk songs were used at this particular serv- ice. All of the Study Week Masses were said partially in English, and as Nor- een Kivlin ’65 put it, “The liturgical spirit of change is very evident in Mass- es like these.” The Study Week, formerly held in Davenport at St. Ambrose, was held this year at St. Mary’s College in Win- ona, Minnesota, August 17-21. There were two separate programs, one for students and the other for ad- ults. The main theme for the student program was “Youth Is Made For Her- oism” and the adult theme wras “The Mystique of the Apostolate.” Honorary chairman for the event was Rev. Louis M. Colonese, director of the Office of the Lay Apostolate in Davenport. Co-chairmen for the event were Rev. Gerald F. Kraus, former fac- ulty member at AHS, and Brother Law- rence, FSC, faculty member at Xavier high school, Appleton, Wisconsin. Sis- ter Ann Marita, CHM served as co- ordinator. Speakers at the Study Week includ- ed The Most Reverend Edward A. Fitz- gerald, Bishop of Winona; Rev. Louis M. Colonese; and the Rev. William F. Wiebler, former KB moderator. The student workshops included such topics as Student Spirituality, The Post Graduate Apostolate. and Looking Through Faculty Eyes. The week wasn’t all study and work, however. Study Week participants had the afternoons free for recreation along with the use of the campus swimming pool. Also included in the activities were three dances, a hootenanny, and a hike into the nearby hills. Larry Schloemer ’65 said, “Hills doesn’t describe them; they seemed more like mountains as we trudged up them!” At the last general assembly a com- mitment service was held and each person committed himself or his YCS group to something that would improve it. A representative from each state then read his commitment aloud. There were more than 600 persons from 14 states in attendance at the Study Week. Representatives came from such far off places as Texas and Utah. One senior girl was so inspired by the Study Week that she wrote a poem. The following is a short exerpt from it: “We slept at lunchtime, we stayed up all night, Getting up at 6:30 caused us a fright, Every morning to Mass we’d go, But in gettin’ there — kinda slow, For seven o’clock is a horrible hour, To find your way to the chapel tower.” 8