Cecilian Academy - Signet Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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iii' A ln The background, Theresa Kenny and Anne SchulTz prepare iodine crysTals while Rosemary O'Meara and Margaref Healey have advanced To The sfage of eTching Their own designs. SE HHHIFH ME The large number oT subiecTs oTFered in The TourTh year boTh perplexes and delighTs The seniors. For now, secreTarial and college prepar- aTory classes are Offered as alTernaTes. InTense drill in sTenography is given To Those who plan To Tollow a business career, and an exTra period in Typing is also required To inculcaTe The ac- curacy and speed so imporTanT To Their TuTure use. Would-be college sTudenTs are primed in The TundamenTals of general maThemaTics and TrigonomeTry as preparaTion Tor The College En- Trance ExaminaTions. The Third year oT Spanish or French TurThers The girls' culTural develop- menT. Each class subscribes To a newspaper en- Tirely wriTTen in The Toreign language They are sTudying. The sTudenTs read These papers as- siduously and absorb Trorn Them many of The idioms and phrases so imporTanT To The under- sTanding oT a language. Conversing and read- Paula Breene as Lady MacbeTh has revealed To The nurse, Caiherine Kenny, and The docior, Theresa Canuso, The murder of King Duncan in her sleepwallring scene THE PUHTH IT ing The classics in a language oTher Than Their own is a disTincT advanTage, no maTTer whaT Tield The sTudenT may choose. ChemisTry is also one oT The mosT popular senior subiecTs. During The Three lecTure periods a week The sTudenTs masTer The various laws and Theories of chemisTry. In an uninTerrupTed hour and a half in our well-equipped laboraTory, They may puT These hypoTheses in pracTice. ln addi- Tion To The regular classes, a ChemisTry Club TurThers The knowledge of science. ReporTs Trom various commiTTees discuss Topics oT currenT in- TeresT. ExTensive reading and wriTing are Two imporTanT requiremenTs Tor The TourTh year Eng- lish course. STress is laid on The increase oT vocabulary and on an appreciaTion of modern prose and poeTry. English ranks TirsT in The curriculum Tor The enTire Tour years and is given special emphasis in The senior year. STudenTs