Hales Franciscan High School - Spartan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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i H l I r ii V, Fr. Vernard put the hnishing touches to Kommerstadt as he applied plastic glue to hold a street light. The city has been completely electrified. The F athersl Homework . . While we hopped on the bus and made our way home, the Fathers often continued projects that related to class work. One such project was the con- struction of an authentic German village. After three months of shopping for authentic models with the aid of Fr. Robert, Fr. Venard Kommer completed the initial phases of what he aflnection- ately called Kommerstadt.', Encouraged by the success of the main city, Fr. Venard has been expanding L'Kommer- Stadt with the new suburb of Kohls- dorf , named after Fr. Robert Kohl. The new suburb will feature a castle, park, lake, airport, and hospital. The purpose of his visual aid is to help students with conversational German. Three or four students gather around this city and begin to talk. It's as simple as that. Every item on the display board comes up in regular German lessons. Kommerstadt in detail

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QUR LIBRARY -Hales Growing Concern Like all other areas of Hales, facilities, our library had to grow too. This past school year we saw many new volumes added and more up-dating on the filing system. Mr. Geer, for example, prodded his English classes to make better use of the library and tried to introduce them to college-level reading. Fr. Werner, our librarian, worked tirelessly to keep records straight, chased down delinquent borrowers, and purchased what he thought would be most benehcial to our assets. Hales' library has something for everyone-from L'Popular Mechanics to Plato, from the Sport's Al- manac to Encyclopedia Britannica. Students, like Earnest Boyd, found the library the perfect place to tackle an assigned pocketbook. if i ,Qu 1 Y p i, it in zulligu -T W i ifszfggifzsiz , c fs. 13 Q 9 Hifi' Big, ol' Punnel Gray stripped down for action! -,, me it ' f.55: it rm Wm lt? Q H H QQ? i we-'ees' ,rw swim :wfemwff ll

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DI CIPLI i T Besides academic discipline, Hales recognizes the 'l need to train our whole character. Those of us who came from public schools notice this immediately. We're constantly trained to look to personal details: being on time, having the right dress, fulfilling assignments, and doing the right thing at the right time. This year a committee was formed under the chair- manship of Fr. Terry, our disciplinarian. New laws and disciplinary procedures were drawn up and Satur- day detention began to hurt offenders! Excuses, excuses! Fr. Titus parriecl numerous arguments on why the bus was late -. t, ,, , t W .. t, ,ith if .- v'ernvvP1ft:2r'?PLr--,tiara E125 2 1 1 - 1-fQl'eft1! fr' ' If nothing else, detention hour forced some of us to get that long over-due home- work finished. Saturday detention was worst of all. Two or more hours certainly cut a freeday to nothing! H B s wi' ei ll., 5 f ,t R