Mother of Mercy High School - Mercywood Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Iambic or tmchaic? Trimeter or tetrametcr? An important part of Sister Mary Benefs English course is the study of poetry. h'Onps! Dropped sumcthing!w exclaims exasperatcd Nfary Beth Ilucbnor. As she hurries 1n pick up her books Mary Brodbcck, Mary Owc-nsh and Linda Barnes offer their sympathy and assist- auto. 23 Kathy Boller must have been right in scanning the poem. What else Cuuld possibly have Caused such a smile from Sister? Did someone Conjugate a verb correctly? Could that he the rea- son why M'iss Brunsman is smiling so plcasantly? .61

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Lz'teratureeRevz'ver 0fth6 Past Miss Dugan, Miss Barrett, and Miss Wandstrat stop as they are about to descend the marble steps to chat. Chances are they Literaturewthe key to enjoyment. Who shares that pleasure better than the English teachers do with their students? Tangling with parts of speech and punctuation, and meeting with Shakespeare for the first time is the task of freshman English pupils. Assisting them in this study is Miss Janis Dugan, moderator of C.D.L., who also teaches Religion 1. Helping sophomores strug- gle through other aspects of grammar are Miss Alma Wanclstrat and Miss Joan Brunsman, who is the moderator of the GLEANINGS. Sister 22 us discuss the English Classes that till their days. Chances also are that after a trying day such a topic is farthest from their minds. Mary Benet R.S.M., who is the moderator of the Latin Club plus Senior Sociality, helps third year English girls as they again adventure through the pages of literature. The last three years of Latin and junior and senior English are her fields. Sen- iors complete their English course under Miss Eleanor Barrett, teacher of English IV and World History. These teachers aid the pupils in their journey on the vast ocean of literature in their sturdy ship iiDiligenceh to the port of en- joyment.

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M ath M aker ofLogz'cal Betwixl, bothered and bewildered are we!,, proclaim math students Cheryl Kerrhner and Kathy Kelly. After class Sister NIary Johanna R.S.M tries to remedy their problems. Itls not easy being a teacher because on some days confusion reigns. Sister NIary Francine RASM. has the right geometry book but she d bthCr make sure Ihafs the mrrcct board! 24 Todayk scientists communicate in a language all their 0wn-mathcmatics. But the road to becom- ing a mathematical linguist is laborious. Sister NIary Henrietta K.SM. guidcs the fast year stu- dents in the right direction through her Algebra I Classes. Standing along the pathway is Sis tcr Mary Francine R.S.M. She aids sacond year students by teaching them geometry and religion. Sister Mary Johanna, R.S.M., Mu Alpha Theta UMath 0111M achiser, helps students maintam logical minds as she challenges junior and senior girls in trigonometry, geometry and algebra. Where does your fancy 1ic scicncc, accounting, math teacherwthcrcas a course for you.