Cardinal Dougherty High School - Eminence Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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hu. Sister Robert Francis is delinitely pleased with the display material assembled by the club members on La bella Espana. President Barbara Valera reviews the agenda for the next Spanish Club meeting. Anthony Keil translates thc inscription on a Bavarian drinking-cup for the benefit of his fellow-scholars. Father Carey, who is also moderator of our popular German Club, offers help with the difli- cult words. t an f 4, Al fkyei ,gps-so-3-imp ,, .af 4 ' We are prepared . . . - vi- - 'Q - -A R 4 32. I I ia! 2 Languages constitute a vital part of our curriculum. Through them new worlds of adventure are opened to us as we study not only the tongue, but the customs, man- ners, and relics of other times and other places. While acquiring knowledge of languages we make imaginary journeys around the world. We return to the days of Julius Caesar, to the marble halls of the Forum and Cicero's resounding orations, and to classical epics of Virgil. We travel across the plains of sunny Spain, experience the

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With all the eagerness of children with a new toy, Betty Burke and Kathleen Schmidt of the Math Club demonstrate some of the tricks of a slide- rule for an appreciative audience. Sister Catherine Veronica is the club moderator. In plane geometry, a familiar theorem passes from the book to the notebook as Father O'Rourke super- vises Ihe efforts of Michael Simpson, one of his C-8 mathematicians. sl 'str Axioms, postulates, theorems, formulas, logarithms- all play their part in preparing us for a future which places great emphasis on science and mathematics. All freshmen and sophomores take Algebra I and Plane Geometry, while juniors may study Algebra II: and seniors are offered a semester each of Trigonometry and Solid Geometry.

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. . . to go round the WQRLD V :' ,,s-'Nami v ,xmas Y ' , I K si-'V'5 raA1U'Y'iSs'g x:.-2:14 f-'eo v0 xv ...a s-spur-' 'V s 'dx Q fi I ' f FQ ' li.- 1 .,f,l.... Q Numxtitulnst ' h I., zu- ...::r-':'.. .. ...... -'- X., ' V I , . 2 5 . T i ' . I PES.. 2 .1 .. ' 'X A 1 4. vagzgki. ,qgigg in L X ...:-- w ,gfx f'N thrill of a bullfight. and share in the rich and festive celebrations of the Spanish A people. We wander down the shaded nj boulevards of the sparkling city of Paris, mount the heights of the Eiffel Tower, and visit the noted shrines of France. Or we may tread the banks of the historic Rhine in the Black Forest, enter the majestic castles of antiquity and view the dazzling snow-topped Alps. Thus does the study of languages bring us closer to our fellow- men and into contact with places we will probably never reach by actual travel. .,,.,.:unf. Occasionally intensive reading is assigned in French ll to give Sister Marie Therese an opportunity to check the individual progress of seniors preparing for scholarship examinations. Here. two of the seniors. Rose Robleto and Judith Petello appear to need help on a question of sentence structure. No, it's not the globe, but the clock which holds every eye in Latin IV as Father Dougherty gives an ancient word for a modern invention. H2-