Mercyhurst College - Thesaurus Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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SISTER M. FRANCESCA Business Education 1 SISTER M. DE MONTFORT Business Education JOHN F. CASALE Education Vocational Sciences The vocational sciences have as their main objec- tive the preparation of the student to enter a profes- sion. With three areas of specialization, educational, secre- tarial, and medical secretarial, the Commercial Educa- tion Department oifers the widest choice of occupations. Sister M. Francesca, head of the department, returned to Mercyhurst from St. Justinas High School in Pitts- burgh where she acted in the capacity of superior and business teacher. The Elementary Education Department is the larg- est division of the vocational sciences. Assisting Sister M. Susanne, head of the department, are new elemen- tary education instructors, Dr. Florence Burger, the supervisor of elementary education practice teach- ers, and Sister M. Phyllis Marie, first grade teacher at St. Lukeis Grade School, who teaches the phonics course. With Sister M. Rachel as head, the Home Eco- nomics Department is concerned with preparing stu- dents for either teaching or dietetics. Miss Jamie Yule conducted the courses in clothing and super- vised training at the Home-Management House. FATHER ELDON K. SOMERS Education C. FULLER and M. Angelotti find even the routine changing of a typewriter ribbon enjoyable when ac- companied by Sister M. de Montfort's witticisms. SISTER M. SUSANNE Education FLORENCE BURGER Education 20

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Letters, Languages, and Speech Arts The Department of Speech and Drama, in addi- tion to the production of Joshua Logan's The Wisteria Trees, presented a series of one-act, student-directed plays in March. A Reader's Theater enactment of James Thurber's Fables and the joint production of Plain and Fancy with the Music Department completed a success- ful season. Two special features in the Modern Languages Department were greater emphasis on use of per- sonal phonograph records and tape recordings in the language laboratories and student-teaching at St. Luke's. Symposia on the nature of tragedy and con- temporary poets highlighted English Department ac- tivities forthe year. I I l I 1 A CURE for unprofessional tactics is a must, de- cides Sister M. Brigid, as she catches a Kiddies' The- ater fledgling peering through the curtain. SISTER M. BRIGID MOTHER M. EUSTACE English Speech and Drama SISTER M. ANNE FRANCIS English -.4 ,, MN as fr I W ....,.t . . ' I ' lx I is 1 I DONNA SCHAEFER . VIVETTA PETRONIO SISTER M. VIRGINIA English French Spanish and Latin 2 X MARIA HAAS German - 1 SISTER French , A M. GABRIEL

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JAMIE YULE Home Economics MISS YULE points out textural differences of various fabrics to V. Hammer. A newcomer to the Physical Education Depart- ment was Miss Gloria Sedney. She inaugurated a program for physical fitness at St. Luke's Grade School in conjunction with the course in physical education for prospective elementary teachers. Miss Sedney also sponsored Mercyhurst's cheerleaders for Gannon College's basketball games. Mr. John Casale, Director of Teacher Training, supervised the practice teachers, conducted educa- tion courses, and aided in placing seniors in teach- ing positions. Father Eldon Somers joined the res- ident faculty second semester to teach education courses, thus providing Mr. Casale with more time to complete his book on extra-sensory perception. SISTER M. PHYLLIS MARIE Education X a .X l GLORIA SEDNEY Physical Education LOIS HOFFMAN Physical Education SISTER M. RACHEL Home Economics 21