Augustinian Academy - Augustinian Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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SPIRITUAL, INTELLECTUAL, MORAL, AND SOCIAL The library is a place of pleasure and profit to all the students. Here, Father McIn- tyre, Moder ator , John Duddy, librarian and Larry Clark are engaged in catalog- ing. Our high school course is spiritually, intellectually, morally and socially beneficial to the students. Since our school is also a seminary, we are favored with a well-rounded spiritual program. Mass is said every Friday for the Day Students as well as during Lent and Advent when the students may attend daily Mass. On the First Fridays the entire student body assists at Mass, and the Blessed Sacrament is exposed throughout the day for adoration. Since ours is a small Academy, its social advantages are great. Whatever your vocation or avocation may be. there is ample opportunity for its development. Both Day Students and Postulants participate in the athletic pro- gram. The Augies have a regular schedule of outside competition in both baseball and basketball. In this way fair play and sportsmanship so vital in the game of life are developed. The journalists ofthe Academyhave an opportunity to engage their talents by working on the school publications. Those interested in newspaper work devote their efforts to the monthly school paper, Inter Nos, while the entire Senior class takes part in producing the Annual Augustinian. As the various holidays occur during the school year, they are celebrated by a Gaudeamus produced by the postulants, to which the entire student body is invited. Music, wit and numerous short skits make the affair en- joyable for all. Such are the various advantages our academic course affords. 1 l The recreation hall is the place to spend hours and hours of enjoyable games. A1 Ziccardi is lining up a. shot while John Duddy, Vincent Fer- retti and Marshal Halphen watch. I 37

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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION EMBRACES THE WHOLE MAN Benediction is given every Thursday af- ternoon. Here the en- tire student body is shown attending the services. I We enjoy the benefits of a varied cultural curriculum and an academic course. In the lecture halls of the Academy we are taught English, Latin, Religion, Speech and Music, Spanish, Greek, History, Civics, and Mathe- matics. Since Christian Culture has been spread contemporaneously with that of our Faith, the religion course is of paramount importance. Fromastudy of the Life of Christ in the first year, we advance to the study of Apologetics in our senior year. Our mathematical pursuits are extensive, We are given a thorough grounding in Algebra, Geometry and Trigo- nometryg and in the use of the slide rule. The English course, while providinga firm foundation in grammar, is enriched by the study of English and Ameri- can literature. Latin, our chief cultural language, is the object of four years of exacting study at the Academy. ln the first year the fundamentals of grammar are covered, Caesar is studied in the second year, and in the third year we reach the oratorical perfection of Cicero. The beauty of the Latin poetry is found in the fourth year study of Ver- gil. Special emphasis is placed on the social studies. Civics and economics receive our attention as Freshmen. Later we become acquainted with World History and American History. Spanish also occupies a major place of interest in our course. Day Students can take this subject for three yearsg while for the Postulants there is a class in Greek. Our curriculum is rounded out with weekly periods in speech and music, practical and entertaining sidelights of our varied cultural course. Rev. J. B. Hubbert prepares an experi- ment for students A1- fred Ziccardi, Gerald LeMo1e, Robert Brennan, John Duddy and George Whitfield. Fr . Hubbert is the in- structor of Sciences at the Academy. 36

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DRAMATICS The Fabulous Dukes, Augustinian A scene from the Passion Play, Augustinian Postulant Band Academy quartette 0ur Academy seeks to develop graduates who are capable of coping with life's drama. Since a successful man must be able to feelat ease on the public platform, our teachers encourage us to develop and express our dramatic talents. Under the capable guidance of Father McIntyre, we have formed a Dramatic Club both to learn and to practice the art. This year the Dramatic Club presented the Passion Play as its main feature. Many entertaining skits were also produced for the Christmas, Halloween and St, Patrick's Day celebrations. A small band was organized by Jim Clark who plays the trumpet. He is accompanied by Phillip Brannigan and Frank Shea on the violins, Joseph Wimmer playing the piano, and Dennis Sullivan on the accordion, This Year has certainly brought out the 'hidden dramatic talent of many, 38