Bishop Gallagher High School - Mitre Yearbook (Harper Woods, MI)

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Ms. Reed Mr. Lutostanski Ms. Neal Sr. Mary Ann Mr. Biotti Ms. Ferrin Mr. Blundo ABOVE LEFT: Gemma Zitzmann dem- onstrates principles of Nixonian-pub- lic-speaking in government class. LEFT: Mike Sorbo explains his anti- pollution vehicle to his Environmental class. 19

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Learning about the world to help ourselves Do I have to take history? Why is government so important? What ' s the purpose in studying that — it will never effect me. How do I know what hap- pened in 1865 — I ' m still trying to fig- ure out what ' s happening today. Social Studies! There is a wide var- iety of courses available in this depart- ment, touching on many interesting subjects: anthropology, world cultures, current events, American history, en- vironmental problems, American In- dians, urban problems, minorities studies. Through its many courses, the social studies department strives to awaken the students ' social consciens- ness of the world around them. The faculty feels that if students are led to a greater sensitivity to the problems which make up our crazy world, they will be better prepared to face them, and then cope with them. In our modern school, the social study area has expanded tremendously. Yet so many people limit their consideration of this field only to the area of history. How often teachers will hear students say, Ya mean this course counts for a history credit! It is time that we begin to realize that we learn not only from the past, but also from the daily wisdom and slime that surrounds us. This is an exciting area for learning. ABOVE RIGHT: Mrs. John Nichols dis- cusses some issues of the Mayoral campaign with Mr. Blundo ' s Current Events class. RIGHT: Senior Tom Kretz admidst the many visual aids used in Mr. Schneider ' s Anthro- pology class.

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Gallagher s amateur linguists hard at work Sister Claudette Ms. Joann Puzzuoli ▲ 1l . : l Ms. Irma Torres Sister Catherine Imagine me! Learning to converse in another language. I know I won ' t be able to do it. This is really hard. I mean I hardly can speak the English language right. Silent vowels and weird sounds. Ac- cents in strange places and letter combinations that make me sound like a dog. Adjectives (whatever they are) go after the word instead of before it. Good grief. Why can ' t this be as simple as me learning English. Ah ! ! ! filmstrip time. Look at those silly kids on the screen. Why do they have to talk so fast. NO! Don ' t look at me. Please don ' t call on me to translate. You think I know this stuff. Why do you think I ' m taking the course! Verbs and conjugations. Now there ' s some- thing with a lot of action. The only trouble is every time someone else does something, you ' ve got to change the ending. It ' s so absurd. But ya know what. We went to Montreal and the peo ple actually spoke French up there. And I felt so dumb. I mean I sorta knew what they were saying but I couldn ' t say what I wanted to say. I even met this chick there, but she spoke French o y. Man was it a rotten world that day. ABOVE: Nancy Chadzynski learns the best way to remem- ber a verb conjugalion: repetion! LEFT: The Language lab is one of the most helpful instruments used in the teaming of foreign languages. 20