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

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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

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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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His dudes as school chaplain included saying specie masses as this one on All Saints Day REV JAMES F HACKETT ' S teaching duties included psychology and doctrine to seniors Extracurricular activities for him were varsity tennis coach and senior class moderator Fr Hackett recieved a B A from St Meinrad Seminar, and M A from Spalding College a Masters Divinity from St Meinrad Theological School, and a I and D Mm from Presbyterian Seminary Fr Hacken taught part time at Elizabethtown Catholic High Schon before coming to BO Christian action stressed Selling soft drinks at the alumni varsity basketball game. MR DAN CLEMONS exhibits the Christian doctrine taught in his Religion I. II. Ill classes Mr Clemons holds a B A in social work from Spalding College and was a freshman football coach 24 RELIGION I n order to reach the objective of allow- ing students to experience Christian living in regards to service to fellow man. the Religion Department, headed by chaplain. Rev James F Hackett. provided a Senior Service Pro- gram the second semester All seniors were involved in this program which provided help to area Catholic grade schools, nursing homes. Red Cross, hospitals, and other in- stitutions where students donated one day a week (Thursdays) of their time to lending a helping hand The program was very success- ful in reaching its objective and providing needed assistance to various institutions in the community Evaluation from these in- stitutions have been very positive and the seniors found it to be a very rewarding experience Fr Hackett. chaplain, headed the de- partment and taught psychology and doctrine courses to the seniors He was also senior class moderator and tennis coach along with being planner of the service program and retreat program The senior retreat program was a three-day program of renewal and re- collection with seniors from Presentation Academy Again, the seniors rated this pro- gram high on their list of valuable exper- iences which the school provided Mr John Moll, principal, taught marriage. ■■■ ■