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

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Drama comes to school 1 he English Department, under the leadership of its new head, Keith Higdon, provided students with several extra- curricular projects along with regular classroom curricula. In November, along with help from the Student Council, the department spon- sored a field trip for the entire school to see the movie, Star Wars . The juniors and seniors went on November 22, and the frosh and sophs went on November 23rd. It was one of the most successful movies of the year and the department felt that all the students should be given the chance to see it. Before the Christmas vacation, English classes were invited to take part in a writing contest. Junior. Chuck Hutti, won the com- petition with a short story entitled, Bar- bararium; John Nash, also a junior, won second place with a short story, entitled, The Quinisar Incident ; and sophomore, Tony Hutchins took third place with his poem, Secretariat . In the spring, members of the U. of L. Drama Department came to perform for the English classes. The plays, Oedipus, and The Good Woman of Setzuan, were performed with few props and the actors used the floor of the gym as the students gathered around them on bleachers and chairs which encircled the visitors. The pro- ject was a success because most of the stu- dents had never seen acting at such close range and by such adept actors. The regular curriculum consisted of an advanced college credit composition course for seniors, in addition to, humanities, novel and communication courses taught by Walt Reichert. Seniors in the vocational education program took business English. Juniors took semester courses in science fiction, journalism, short story, types of literature, and British literature. American literature dominated the English courses taken by most sophomores and appreciation of literature rounded out the freshman year. Literature being only a small part of the English Department curriculum, most students spent much time in grammar drills, creative writing, vocabulary and speech practice throughout the year. To help students in an area which is ever increasingly impor- tant, a course in reading was provided to some sophomore and freshmen students. Performances of Oedipus, and The Good Woman of Setzuan. by members of the U. of L. Drama Dept.. help broaden the students ' knowledge of drama and English. Engrossed in his literary selection a sophomore takes advantage of the reduced book club prices in reading class. English 19

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Taking a rest before his picture is snapped, junior, John Nash, studies the certificate he received for winning 2nd place in the English Dept. Writing Contest with his story, The Quinisar Incident . Writing Contest Winners — Chuck Hutti, 1st; Mr. Jeith Higdon, Dept. head; Mark Philpott, 4th; Larry Weidner, 5th; John Nash, 2nd; Tony Hutchins, 3rd. Ready to enter another time and place, these sophomores line up to enter the realm of Star Wars, on a field trip sponsored by the English Department and Student Council on November 23rd. lo English

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A meeting of the minds Stepping out from behind the podium. Mr. David Stemie makes a point during a debate on, Will Capitalism Stay? He and Mr. Bzron Himmelheber, ala Karl Marx, said, o, while from left, Mr. Tim Hyland, posing as Adam Smith, and Bro, Roland Driscoll, C.S.C. said, Yes . In the middle, Mr. Tom Merimee took a compromise position. Next to him, Mr. Ken Black moderated the debate. Junior social studies students were treated to a new educational experience in the form of a special symposium on the topic of Capitalism. It was a You Are There debate with various faculty mem- bers assuming the roles of historical characters. All seniors took the required government economics course with an op- portunity to take the elective, anthropology, or current events courses. Ecology was another elective offered by the Social Studies Department. Another elec- tive was Mr. Ron White ' s college credit sociology course offered to seniors and a non-college-credit course to juniors. Perhaps the biggest change was the fact that there was no world history taught at the school because both juniors and sophomores were taught the required U.E. history course. Next year the world history course will be reinstated in the junior year so that all sophomores would have U.S. history and all juniors would have world history. The freshmen were all required to take a geography course. @ ZO Social Studies