McAuley High School - Gilmarian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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3mm tHe Zower of Bagel Descencls 5He Beauty of Eanguage From Maria habuit parvum agnumf' to the rnagestic cadences of a Ciceronian ora- tion, the Latin classes at McAuley strive to enrich each student with the subtle in- tricacies and the beauties of the ancient language. Men as eternal as Caesar, Vergil, and Pluny are immortalized in Latin. One of the few inflectional languages of the West, Latin forms the basis for our modern languages. McAuley offers a three year Latin program, and all girls interested in languages are encouraged to study it. Studying Latin helps to develop accuracy and systematic reasoning-essential tools of learning in every field of tomorrow's world. Latin scholars Susan Voegeli and Kay Gross enjoy decorating the bulletin board. Q0 ME 1 1 klld L our HLUHEIL MaryAnn Tank, Mary Ann Hyttenhove, Michaelene Heyneman learn French with the aid of records. f.,- -s., 1-Xlchltutult Lanquaqc Alphawr 16 H---4

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Students Study Past . . . Kandas Krasny and Sister Mary Chrysostom dis- cuss U.S. Tariff laws, one of the aspects of Ameri- can Government. . - SISTER MARY CHRYSOSTOM, R.S.M. Social Studies, Religion, Attendance Oilice, Junior Council on World Affairs. . . . 50 Be feaclers of 55:2 guture lVlcAuley's social studies department includes American history, world history, and American Government. American history is a requirement for the junior year, Seniors study American gov- ernment, and world history is an optional course open to all McAuleyans. Television lectures are conducted for American and world history students, and television instruc- tion is available to one of the government classes this year. The aim of the American government course is to develop respect and appreciation for the Consti- tution of the United States. Local, state, and na- tional government functions are also studied. Stu- dents try to solve national problems according to Christian principles and consider all viewpoints of every question. The ultimate goal is to produce alert, well-informed citizens interested in the fu- ture of our American democracy. This is accom- plished through panel discussions, reports, research papers on various aspects of foreign trade, and scrapbooks on Communism. Government class is the scene of this summit conference. Comparing ideas are Frances Smieszny, Ann Martin, Diane Rossler, Carolyn Chlebowski, and Sharon Nadeau. ,-,.,-f-1 f- ', ,T , ...K Ili.

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MISS MARY JOAN SCHNAPP French, Chess Club SISTER MARY FATIMA, R.S.M. Latin, Junior Classical League, Freshman Class Advisor ,l fl Second year French class students locate im- portant product locations in France, Amateur map makers are Leslie Wheeler, Karen Cous- ino, and Carol Homan. Two members of first year Latin class get rousing encouragement from Sis- ter Mary Fatima. The Latin enthusi- asts are Marcia Fehlen and Margarete Sielicki. 17 McAuley has a three year French pro- gram to promote student interest in one of the most important of the world's lan- guages. There are several significant objectives in the study of French. One is to be able to understand the spoken language. Knowl- edge of French is quite indispensable for travel to France or even Canada. Besides understanding, students learn to speak French correctly and develop an aptitude for reading the language. They write orig- inal compositions in French to achieve a mastery of grammar, and at Christmas time a part of the class period is devoted to sing- ing Christmas carols. All students visited the Treasures of Versaillesl' exhibit at the Art Museum and third year students attended lVloliere's School for Wivesf' presented by the Cath- olic University of America Players at Mary Manse College.