Cathedral Preparatory School - Literulae Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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Athletic Board - Front Row: Fr, Brebel, Dr, Prcrfarz Pzfre' Ee Sisrnni, Mr. Paul Allen, Fr. DoJJrnger, Mr, Joseph Maztfre Fei Back Row Donald Guerrrn, Mr. Leonard Tornczac, Mr. Bea W r :eieizsefz ' James Gannon, Mr. Vector Benort. Parent Groups Advisory Board - Front Row: Mr, Don Guefrern Un Fran: 5 A te:- rs. Terr: Fatrca, Mrs. Brady Lows, Sr. vrrgrnra J-Jordan CEE, Maxwell, Fr, John Dollrnger. Back Row1MrtG3 , 1:rg fy, E, Mr. Mrke Vrsnoslcy, Fr, VVrlIranr Ere-bei Mr, Frrw Q Qsfgf-g 1 -- F Mr. Martin Ersert, Mr. Bull FJaherry Jr. Dr. Rrgfgzfiz Fir' ZambroSJcr. Bandstanders Otticers - Front Row: Mrs, Janet Nav.-fx 'r. s. 31' Za Ira, Mr. Joseph Loren, Mr. Fred Srr:Ierr Mr, Ry, Ffrgfgca .ze Back Row Frank Antalek, Mr. Herb Brown.

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Services Madeline Belton - Cafeteria Manager 56553-i-., gi Mary Custer - Caleterua Theresa Maciak - Caletena Lucille Bova - Calelena I Patricia Maciak - Cofeleria 1-.-.L Norman lizofle - Maimenance Supervisor Rick Hammer - Custodian

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Not Terminally lllll iTeraTe lyxwjrull it lite possible for Cl student to have T11 .1 li,r,1tc-dl'ori1 Prep and be Considetecl illiterate? in Prep s lfCtli'llTtillilQITl to e-cellence in educaf t 1j,ri this nightniare seemed impossible. but until this ijt tl wfli t'Ftl't Gtxl'Il7lP Prior to this school year. Prep had no courses in computer prograrnming, in lact, Prep did not even have 131 computer, These deficiencies made the Prep student cjuite susceptible to computer illiteracy. In fact researchers noted that within five or ten ,ears anyone not able to communicate with com' puters would be legally illiterate. This fact, coupled with Preps commitment to prepare its students lor college and the work ing world, led to the introduc- tion of a computer science course in our school. lt meant that Preps students today could prepare to meet the expectations of tomorrow's business ca' FQQT. Miss Maxwell and Father Amy, providing the impetus for launching a successful computer pro- gram, outlined the major objectives of the course. According to Miss Maxwell, the primary purpose yr , A. of the course was to 'linsure that our graduates would be computer literate and fit comfortably into their college program. Such a basic objective did not insure that students would become whizzes at the keyboard - our facilities limited this kind of achievement - rather, it meant that the student would be able to adequately communicate with computers in order to attain basic use of them. This course, like Senior calculus and physics, was not meant to replace the college course, but to intro- duce it. The computer science course also gave the stu- dents an idea of what computers were really like. Miss Maxwell hoped that the course would help each student decide whether computer science was the type of college major for him. Too often a student entered college, enrolled in a certain ma- jor, purchased numerous text books, only to find out that he was not interested in the subject or that the major did not meet his needs and expectations. By being introduced to basic programming, the prospective computer science major would have .J Junior John Kloecker 21lC'Vl 'fJ'l'Tl'i1Y'lf'lll1l'l, r1'.hr- wr,1trhrf5 f 1 4 . 1' :'1f' ' 1'1'r'r1r'1,rlf-r -Jr11i'rhrfi.sl1llslvf-lrirre passiria 24 N :QQ Ta L- . l Y I 1'-1' .ISV TN ' them on to the students some idea of what to expect in a more sophisticat- ed college program. Besides being used for instructional purposes, the computer also provided administrative services such as programming the payroll system, recording attendance and demerits, and filing alumni lists. Miss Maxwell hoped that within the next few years Prep would also be able to process its own report cards. Such practical services, Miss Maxwell noted, not only saved time and effort, but provided stu- dents with hands-on experience since the students themselves wrote some of the programs. Junior Jeff Baron, for example, wrote the attendancefdemerit program, while Freshman Michael Kerner set up the listing of Prep alumni. Senior James Rogers, antici- pating its use in the future, worked on the report card program. ln fact, by the year's end most of the students proved their competence at the terminals. Conse- quently, they went to bed at night without having nightmares about computer illiteracy. Rather, these students easily fell into a sound sleep. They did not even have to count the proverbial sheep, the com' puter was programmed to do it for them. Miss Maxwell ollers some pointers that will hopefully remove the 'lsnagsu from a homework assignment.