Cardinal Newman High School - Accolade Yearbook (West Palm Beach, FL)

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They Made Foreign Language Come Alive. Did you ever want to travel to foreign lands such as Spain, France and even Ancient Rome? Well if you took a foreign language you could have spent at least nine months there. You would have trav- elled by way of the in-depth study of the Foreign Languages Spanish, French and Latin. These are the languages taught here at Cardinal Newman and it gave the students a quick look at the way people in these lands communicated and lived. Last summer, some students actually did travel to foreign lands when Spanish teacher, Mrs. Judy Wright took a group of students to Mexico. The trip was a success in the eyes of Junior Maryann Bruno who commented, We learned alot about the country and the night life was really great. The people were so friendly! Artifacts of the trip including an Ojo de Dios (God ' s eye) and a board- ing pass from Aeromexico adorned Mrs. Wright ' s room. Language studies enriched the minds of many Newman students because it ex- posed them not only to a new way of speaking, but a new way of thinking. Mrs. Wright commented, Language is the most human of humanities. The most inti- mate way to learn about a person ' s cul- ture is through the study of their lan- guage. TOP BACK ROW: Mrs Wright, Miss Curtin, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Watson, and Mrs Valdiviesa. RIGHT: Miss Curtin gives aid to her Latin students with much enthusiasm Academics 37

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Planning For The Future A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops — Henry Adams This is true of almost any academic department at Cardinal Newman, but es- pecially, the Business Department. Miss Winifred Leary, department chairman, with the assistance of Mrs. Nancy Crew and Mrs. Mary Landry developed skills that students will always use. This year the business department was expanded. In addition to the main aspects of the department, Accounting and Typ- ing, a course in speed writing was intro- duced. In this class Mrs. Landry, used the Gregg Notehand technique of proper no- tetaking. Opinions of the new course varied. Patty Mullen, senior, stated that It is like learning a foreign language, it is hard to learn, compared to Mrs. Landry, I love it, I enjoy teaching the class. Dorothy Atwell, junior, concluded, The course will help in taking notes now in high school and later in college. RIGHT: The Business department. LOWER RIGHT: Mrs. Leary displays her interest in learning by putting in some extra time in at the library. BELOW: Mrs. Landry packs up and heads h after a long day. 36 Academics

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In previous years students thought of Art as an easy class to earn a credit in. These students soon found out that by taking the course that it required skill, effort, and an interest to pass the course. Mrs. Jane Anderson stated, A definition of art would be an expression of inner feelings and beauty around us that we just don ' t take the time to see. Mrs. Anderson was the first to open an art course for Cardinal Newman. The school added more electives and asked Mrs. Anderson to start the art and art history program from scratch. Mrs. An- derson openly admits her long lived love of Art in all forms. She had always been artistic and she and her husband often visited museums and cultural centers. Though Mrs. Anderson expressed her en- joyment of what she taught, she always wanted to be an interior decorator or art curator for a musuem. Mrs. Anderson made it clear that the one thing she have liked her students to have gained in her class was an apprecia- tion of the finer things in life. She also remarked, What I ' d really like to see is the students putting their new skills to work every day in their life, such as in decorating their homes. Mrs. Ander- son herself decorated her own home. Now that ' s class. RIGHT: Art teacher Mrs. Anderson helps senior Katie Joyce put the finishing touches on her master- piece BELOW: Mrs. Anderson and senior Pam Fleming discuss the finer points of art. BOTTOM RIGHT: All great artist have to make a living. Mrs. Anderson teaches class. In A Class By Herself 38 Academics