Bishop Ireton High School - Flight Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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A New Goal One, two, three, four! The gym echoes the cadence of calisthenics. Sweat and energy drain from each student as he goes through a punishing series of strength-tests. This year, however, he endures not just for a grade, but for recognition and honor-for advancement. ln a program adopted by lVlr. Jack Stanton and Mr. Iver Magnussen, the physical education student has been given a goal: self-satisfaction and a shirt. To ob- tain both, one must meet a set of requirements, one for a gold shirt, the highest, the other for a red, a step higher than the lowest white. Pride has now be- come part of the vocabulary of the physical education student. A little sweat and strain by Mike Costello during an after school ex- ogenics class. an-nag Anchored to the wall, Joe Zell pits his strength against the appar- ent super strength of Steve May. Mr. Magnussen whistles the start of a game of legalized murder called dodgeball between his freshmen and Mr. Stanton's sophomores.

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Pleasure, leisure, scholarship, research-these pursuits are all satis- fied or aided by the wide selection of mags stocked by the library. The library is open late after school for those who have work to do, and those who have some leisure when they want to browse. I Contrast-A study hall in the library gives Geoff Pollich a welcome break from the routine of school day. Libra ry Father Greene can usually find an interesting task for his assistants: for example, assembling twenty-thousand cardboard files. ,aw S

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l .A X 173 rg P13 Often, students assist by running the equipment in the classes em- ploying the new Chilton languages methods. +- ,,,...u-.un-san A tape recorder and a projector- bizzare equipment for a language class of years ago-are a few of the modern aids that make the learning and the teaching of lan- guages easier today. A World To Be Translated Life, people, history, moods, loves, hates, art, war, discovery-these are as much the pre-requisites of language as are conjugations, declensions, and vo- cabulary. lreton is privileged to have three modern language teachers who have spent anywhere from 4 to 16 years living and studying in Europe. These men are qualified by experience to convey to the students the real French and German as spoken and interpret- ed by its native-born speakers. Latin presents a challenge. Her orators, her interpret- ers have long ago died. Through mock speeches, complete banquets and other devices, the spirit of Rome lives on.