Elms College - Elmata Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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SI’ANIHH Spanisli. olten called “la Icns ua de los dios, oilers students a chance to grasp and master a loreign xocabidarv and the ability to imdei stand the cnltnie, needs, and accoin- plishnifiits ol our Sp;mish-speaking neigh- 1)01 s. M.ijor students undertake a survey ol the histoiN ol Sjiain ;ind .the literattirc ol her gieat artists and linther strive to obtain a high degree ol llnency in speaking, read- ing, and writing this Romance language. SPANISH MAJORS Terry Sotkowski, Carol McKenna, Louise O ' Leory, Diane Callobro, and Barbara Grady enjoy an hour with El Burlador de Seville along with la profesora. Sister Mary Gornelius. phonics, the . Iajois make piiictical tise ol their methods courses b teaching l-’rench on an elementarv level, ;i com|);irativclv re- cent educational innov .ition, oi piejiare to become I- tenth teacheis on ;i secondaiv level, insiilling in others their love lor the golden ])ages ol the ' Tiige d ' or.” UNDERCLASSMEN Mary Kelly, Peggy McLean, and Koth- leen Swords pay close attention while Sr. Helen Clore points out important landmarks in La Belle France.

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Introductory course in the collegiate study of English is a selective review of the different types of literature which have contributed sig- nificantly to our culture. Class and panel dis- cussions, mastery of the short story “suspension bridge structure, and a taste of Greek tragedy are but a few of the challenges presented in Sr. Ignatius Loyola ' s English I. CHOOSING A COPY of Murder in ihe Cathedral for Freshman Bettyann Sweeney is no trouble ot all for Instructor Sr. Ignatius Loyola. .-ti In classes conducted by Sr. Rose Dolores and Mr. Bo)le, Sophomore studies branch into a sur ey of English Literature. Students explore the origins of our histors and liter- ature in the extant old English and middle English, works from Reowolf to Chaucer and sample the masterpieces of such literary giants as Shakespeare, Milton, and Dryden in an all encompassing iew ot our heritage. LAST OF THE QUARTERLY blue books for Mr. Harry Boyle, English Llteroture instructor, are returned, a relief for students and teacher. ENGLISH wisdom - gleaned and pondered

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A jiietccjiiisite lor any science student is a basic lamiliaiity with the German lan- guage, native tongue ol a majority ot the notalrle contributors to scientific athance- ment. J his year, budding scientists were ])ri iiege to leant the language and customs liom Miss Dorothea Kuehlen, a recent immi- grant from Germany. They gained a meas- ure of oral fluency through weekly con er- sations and also translated the poetry ol Goethe and Schiller. SECOND-YEAR German students Elizabeth Brisson and Kathleen Worthley find their new instructor. Miss Dorothea Kuehlen, willing to help, even offer doss, and eager to prove that Deutsch kann geniessbar sein. Latin in two lorms is inciuded in the cur- riculum at CX)LK: leadings of the Odes ol Horace and the Cionlession of St. .Augustine in tlieir original form the course ol stud taught by Sr. Rose William, while a classical appreciation course, a surrey ol the prose and poetry ol the Gieeks and Romans, is offered by Sr. Ignatius Loyola in English for those lacking the proficiency in Latin. MANY HANDS make light work of Sr. Rose William ' s Lotin assignment. Pooling their talents are Barbara Casey, Mory Donovan, Mary King, Mory Ann Burns, ond Frances Balcerzewski. LATIN GEItMAN