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

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English C Zasses Provide S tudents With The Christmas tree couldnil be brighter than Sister Doreenis English students - could it? Miss Barrett coaches her illustrious seniors, Elaine Fisher, Kathy Essen, and Betty Heidkamp on the characteristics of neo-classicism, I $ i a In connection with the English courses three other subjects are offered to Mercians, world literature and creative writing to juniors and seniors, reading to freshmen and sophomores. This year, under the instruction of Miss Carol Kirstein, the world litera- ture Class studied European authors from Goethe t0 Ibsen, and then stressed Twentieth Century writ- ers. Also taken in the class was Leo Tolstoy7s War and Peace. John Macyis The Story 0fthe World Literature was used as a textbook to give the girls even more complete knowledge of various writings. In Sisterjulianis reading course, speed, and in- crease of vocabulary, and better reading habits are emphasized. The Speed Reading Projector aids Sis- ter in helping the girls increase their reading words per minute. Better expression of oneis self in prose and poetry is the main aim of Sister Aloyscfs crea- tive writing class. It is by this class that the literary annual is edited. The Spectrum, one of Mercy- woodis sister publications, was ,pfib' hed fog: the second time this year. g; 14d ,i , 4:2- ; Ja

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The Horizons 0f Students i K g .g $ i L ?. ABO VE: Searching for Dr. Seussss latest book for the book repnrl that has to be in tomorrow are Sue Cameron, Linda Lameier, and Donna Schneider. BELO W: Deep in thought Jody Leonard reminisces the past and plans for the future Miss Kirslein, sophomore andjuniar English teacher, calls tocheck on Myrq-zzlundfy rating -- all-Amerium, 0F coursc: 19

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Necessary Tools For Their Futures Now Itas Sister Agncsk turn to recite her memorized quote from Shakespeare. To help the girls improve their reading skill. Sn Julian uses her Speed RearL jackson, Cathy Clausing, Colleen De jam, Elaine Bielefeld, Pat Callahan, ing Projector, Reading the Hashes of words on the board are sophomores Pam and Mary ROSE Linz.