Bishop David High School - Crosier Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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Sitting on the front steps with Mrs Pat Hedelman and tome other freshman teachers MR RON WHITE won many hats during his first year here Mr White taught Religion II. geography, and English I He is a graduate of Indiana University and has a B A in psychology and an M S in social studies Electives allow students Minding the store. BRO ROLAND DRISCOLL. CSC. was manager of the bookstore and taught Economics and government to seniors A Fighting Irish from Notre Dame Bro Roland has both a 8 A and an M A in education A stiff, determined look comes over MR ROBERT CASEY during the Manual football game He is a varsity football coach and taught freshman geography Mr Casey was freshman class moderator and has a B S degree in geography from U L The social studies department was the largest department with a total of 8 teachers teaching a wide range of courses The department required certain courses in the freshman and sophomore years, but of- fered electives in the junior and senior years The freshman geography course was the most unusual because it was an investiga- tive multimedia course which provided a wide range of audio-visual materials, edu- cational games, and map exercises The approach was a departure from the way geography had previously been taught Mr Robert Casey, assistant varsity football coach and freshman class moderator taught five classes of geography to freshmen while Mr Ken Black and Ron White taught the other two Mr Ken Black, however, was busy teaching American minorities one semester and urban studies one semester to sopho- mores Mr Black coached freshman foot- ball and basketball and also served as 22 SOCIAL STUOIES

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Anticipating the outcome, soccer coach CARROLL POSEY. CSC. watches one of the soccer games Bro was also sophomore class moderator and JV baseball assistant coach After graduating from Brescia College with a B A in English and History, he taught many other places before finally settling here where he teaches English I. II Hard at work during class. MR KEITH HlGDON taught English II this year and was chairman of the faculty ' s Facilities Rental Team He received a B A in education from Bellarmine College in English Dept. contest ] «MM [S r Fr ffl Bf m 1 ■ ill ' ' A new program was initiated by Mr Tom McAnally. who served as reading specialist Although Mr McAnally had only two regular- ly scheduled classes in reading, the rest of his time was spent working with referral students from other English classes who would spend several periods a week in the Reading Lab. 206. brushing up on reading fundamentals Mr McAnally also was a varsity football assistant coach. JV football coach, and varsity baseball head coach Mr Leo Tierney also had one regular reading class in his schedule p Video taping a speech in Miss Miller ' s freshman English class. MR TIM HYLAND helps Dana Mattingly with the mechanics of the machine as Tom Scanlon sets forth his position Holding a B A in Social Science from St Louis University where he played basketball. Mr. Hyland taught classes in English, math, and science He received a MA in teaching from Spalding College this spring and was also mod- erator of the News Review and varsity basketball head coach 21

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First in line. MR DAVID STEMLE awaits his portion at a pep club sponsored pie eating contest as Mr Gerald Wilkinson and Ed Schickel line up next to follow Other than this. Mr Stemle was the resident archaeologist who taught anthropology and US History He graduated from Bellarmine College with a B A degree in education While enjoying a good cigar. MR THOMAS MERIMEE takes a break from field day fun with Dean Berry An avid lacrosse fan. Mr Menmee graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a B A in social studies and a masters degree in liberal arts During the year Mr Menmee taught government, psychology, and world history This is not what I mean by community involvement. MR KEN BLACK explains as one of his classes tries to pool their knowledge Along with being social studies department head. Mr Black taught courses in American minorities, urban studies, geography and world literature A graduate of UL, he holds a BA in humanities He was also frosh basketball and football to vary history studies social studies department head All sopho- mores were also required to take world history which was taught by Mr. Robert Eckert, Byron Himmelheber, Tom Merimee, and Mr. Leo Teirney. Junior courses consisted of American history, taught by David Stemle and Robert Eckert. Elective courses were also offered in the junior year: current events, taught by Byron Himmelheber; anthro- pology, taught by David Stemle. and a psychology course taught by a new teacher, Tom Merimee The history requirement for senior year was the government and economics course taught by Bro Roland Driscoll. CSC. who was also manager of the bookstore, and Tom Merimee Of all departments, perhaps the social studies department was responsible for the most field trips. Mr. Himmelheber took groups to Madison. Indiana to attend the Marble Hill Power Plant hearings and Mr. Stemle managed to take his classes off campus frequently (D Providing guitar accompaniment at the opening mass MR BYRON HIMMELHEBER helps Bro Joseph Ballard. CSC hit the high note Mr Himmelheber s teaching duties included current events and world history He has a B S in education from Indiana University and an M A in educational psychology from Ball State University Captured for posterity. MR ROBERT ECKERT is caught at one of the afternoon varsity football games Mr Eckert. who holds a B A in education from Bellarmine College, taught U S history and world history A living artifact, he has been teaching at the school since 1 962 23 SOCIAL STUDIES