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

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Q lVlodern Educators One should not and must not equate the word admin- istration with dictatorship. First impressions of any au- thority figure causes rebellion images to flicker before the eyes of the young. Nlodern education and contem- porary thought have shifted the concept of administra- tion. Progress and change, forms and reports, service and example are characteristic of today's admin- istrative functions. Multiplication of forms, salesmen of the latest educa- tional materials, college registrars: worried parents, dis- gruntled studentsg conflicting schedules, discipline problems, suggesting teachers, all of these and many other burdens are handed to administration. The gov- ernment of the school then sifts through the material, filters it to the proper teacher or activity, and co-ordin- ates the several hundred activities of a modern educa- tional complex, Thus, student and teacher hopes, com- plaints, activities, absence, attendance, lunch, exams, fear, and exercise are co-ordinated into a living, growing organism, a school. lVlr. Jack Spencer, varsity basketball coach, biology teacher, and disciplinarian, is caught resting in his office. H Fr. John Gavin, vice-principal and history teacher, betrays verted nature by his many gestures and expressions. his extro

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Fr, Joseph NlcKay, the man responsible for the respect Bishop lreton now commands, goes over one of the many papers which flows across his desk. An experienced counselor, Fr. John Fuqua finds it often helps to just sit and listen to the student. 1 74

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English Sometimes, a teacher is much like a facet of his subject. Fr. Palko is easily pictured as an open textbook, talent is conveyed and benefits received-Fr. Dean is like a lim- merick, a bit quixotic, yet true to the point. Nlr. Ostinato, the heroic figure struggling against the seniors-Nlr. Connery, the essay, a well rehearsed point is made in a clear, easy style. Finally, Fr. Norman, the novel-expan- sive, many charactered, yet heading toward one goal. lVlr. Nlarc Ostinato graphically explains sentence structure to his bar- barous seniors. M lt is rumored that Father Thomas PaIko's distant ancestor. lVlaria Palkolini, posed for Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. l'm sorry, sir, but Charlie Brown is not considered a typical tragic hero in American Literature. Fr. Charles Norman wlnces at the thought. From Tolstoy to Bradbury to Poe to O. Henry, Mr. John Connery covers the spectrum in Sopho- more literature. Fr. Walter Dean lights up as a freshman's I ain't got nothing add another nickel to the Blunder Club treasury.