Bishop Dwenger High School - Aureate Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Sister Annella Sister Cabrini Air. Joseph Miller Mr. Stanley Patron Miss Carolyn Petrucelle Fr. John Pfister Mrs. Dorothy Raison Below: Mr. Miller and Mrs. Raison discuss their plans for future English classes. Above: Father Pfister impresses some impor- tant facts upon his Senior English classes.

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English, humanities broaden literary world Besides the required fundamental course, English includes Seminar and Practical English. Seminar, taught by Mr. Patten, is a course designed to give the students a philosophical background of our Western culture as well as introduce the major ideas of other cultures. This year. Seminar students explored Greek man, politi- cal man, religious man and existen- tial man. The Practical English program, supervised by Mrs. Raison, consists of interesting magazine articles which not only emphasize important readings, but contains stimulating ideas for expression. Developmental Reading is a reading laboratory emphasizing improvement in comprehension and speed. A study of the basic principles of writing and coverage of the news through various media is the outline of Journalism. Both are opportune courses in Eng- lish. In previous years, a general ex- planation of each aspect of English was contained in one book. This year ' s new Literature series, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama are dealt with, in separate books for a more intensive and thorough study. Like most things that become common through popular use, im- portant aspects of language are often overlooked. Knowing how to develop a sentence with clarity, conciseness, and correct grammatical structure is not sufficient. Greater appreciation and a fuller realization of the liter- ary heritage of American literature complements the language. The Eng- lish teachers, headed by Mrs. Raison, strive to instill in the students a bet- ter understanding and appreciation of their language. Mr. Stan Patten, moderator of the newly formed speech and debate team, gives advice on the basic rules and procedures of a debate. Four members of the team, Bill Philips. Sharon Gabet. Fred Lochbihler. and Charlie Braun. are gathering material for an upcoming contest.

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Mr. Richard K rider Sister Maurice Mr. Francis Ray Mr. Fred Tone Sister Maurice and Mr. Tone examine audiovisual material in the Black America series for U.S. History. This new social area interested all students. Social studies endows students with world awareness John Walovich displays his speaking abilities while giving his listeners, Gary Krager. Mr. Krider, and Larry Pepe a current events report. The social studies department at Bishop Dwenger con- sists of courses in government, economics, American, and World History. Pursuing a more intensive examination of our country ' s racial problems, the American history classes undertook an Afro-American project. Outstanding Negro contribu- tions to society were displayed in research papers, as well as in unique displays. Its purpose? To provide students with an awareness of the Negroes ' various accomplish- ments. Mr. Ray ' s government classes pursued a study of gov- ernment committees and thus learned about the home- work of congressmen. Topics on modern problems such as gross national products, the gross national debt and air pollution were researched by economics classes, which are also Mr. Rav ' s concern.