Mount St John Academy - Veritas Yearbook (Gladstone, NJ)

Page 12 text:

May, he said. We marched around the oil tank and down to the mail box. I think there was a black snake in it and a couplbe of rabbits too. I remember my wife couldn't make it because she was just getting over a cold. Had a frog in her throat , he said chuck- ling. -.1 -.. I've forgotten.. . . Who made the posters for it? Iasked. We sent away for them. Oh yeah. And afterwards I used the back of mine for my science project. Say, he said, I been thinking of getting up another group. Maybe march for ban the bomb, or lower taxes or something. Got any ideas ? Well, last time we did peace, and that's sorta like ban the bomb, so lets not do that again. I kind of think integration might be fun. The re are a lot of good songs out for that sort of thing now. All right, and this time we can go up the road, maybe up to the stop sign, then over to the junk heap, around to the bridge, and follow the stream back to the pond again. I'l1 get my wife to fix a little something for us to eat, And I'll see what I can do about getting copies of some integration songs. If I can't find any I might be able to revise some ofthe: words to the ban the bomb tunes. The frog was really getting excited. His air sac was throbbing wildly. And I'll get a bunch of the pond guys. The black snake goes over to the field sometimes, so I'll see if I can get him to tell the gang over there about it. And maybe I still have the address of the place where we got the posters. Yeah, but let's not ask those beavers. They always take these things too seriously. Oh, don't worry, I won't. I-IAROLD'S - Lambertville, N. J. lO'Z, discount on everything at Harold's for one week, with this coupon. A, I-I, MATI-IEWS - Larnbertville, N. J. Select your new Spring Wardrobe of Hi-Style or Ivy Style clothes. You are welcome to stop in and browse around on your free time. The following are what we feel to be the best and most interesting answers to the teach- er opinion poll which we .submitted to all teach- ers. Not all the teachers replied: some denied, while others just never got around to answering the questions. Every teacher who did submit his opinions is represented here with one or more of his answers. 4 Question: Do you think a teacher should voice his opinions in class ? Answers: Yes. --Mr. Callanan , Only on matters which pertain to the class he is teaching. 1 --Mr. Ammirati . No. , --Mr. Stone Question: What is the most important thing a teacher can offer a student? Answers: A dread of superficiality. --Mr. Leshan ' The most important thing a teach- er can offer a student is to try and inculcate in him an eagerness to learn, and a real desire to find out all he can about the world and the people in it. Furthermore a teach- er should try to set an example as a person of integrity and sympathy. --Doc Washburn A395-llgltiulii --Mr. Stone I I ' A teacher, excited by his subject, can offer a sharing in this excite- ment to his students. If excitement can somehow be conveyed to the student, the most important aim in education will have been accomplish- ed. I --Mr. Berkeley s A good example. --Mr. Cookrnan Question: How informal should a class be? Answers: A class should be conducted on an informal basis. However, students should not misconstrue informality as license to revert to juvenile manners of behavior. --Mr. Powell VERNER GREEN 8: SON - Lambertville, N. J. Hush Puppies U. S. Keds NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY CO-OP 46 S. Main St. New Hope, Pa. 862.-2091

Page 11 text:

Question: Answers: Question: Ans we rs This depends on the class and the teacher. I feel most comfortable in the most informal class I can get away with and still exercise control. It is more satisfying to have a class which occasionally gets out of hand than one which is docile and unresponsive. --Mr. Berkeley Should a teacher admit his mis- takes to his students ? Can he possibly do anything else? Qand still call himself a teacher'?j - -Mr. Ammirati A teacher should always admit his mistakes and if he got away with a blooper should call attention to it. A wrong notion may otherwise be taken as fact. --Mr. Laporta What are the advantages and dis advantages of teaching at a private school in comparison to a public school? - i : I All advantages except perhaps money, and lately that too. More teach-- less cop ffewer students, less, busy work, greater freedom, greater proportion of bright kids, etc. , etc. y sfrfiiifw s f E W The answers to this question are too well-known and familiar. --Mr. Berkeley Question: Why did you decide to teach at Solebury? , Answers: I filled a vacancy just for the time being. That was seven years ago. --Mr. Callanan . Messrs. Shaw, Lathrop, Erskine and I decided to start a school QSoleburyj and hoped we could create a good one. --Doc Washburn I liked the Art Studio. --Miss Hampson It was where I got a job. --Mr. Stone Stars. --Mr. Mellor PARSON'S RADIO 8: MUSIC CENTER 63 Coryell St. , Lambe rtville, N. J. Records - Musical Supplies SOLEBURY SCHOOL Summer School -E . Both policies are concerned with making life mofe lax and easy--go ahead, walk around with your head in a cloud. If you are going to wear shoes or clothes only because people want you to, then join a nudist camp and uphold your principles. We wear shoes and cloihes for definite reasons, the first: protection from the ele- ments. The second: consideration for others-- we don't like to go around attracting a lot of undue attention. Some people can't.concen- trate when they see a wistful face carried around by naked feet! The third: respect for ourselves--we like to believe that we can think about something besides our bodies and our own comforts. We wear shoes and clothes for this last reason because we try to keep our- selves under control. We attempt to be some- thing other than slightly higher animals dir- ected by passions and suggestions. We try to know what is beyond our superficial, finite bodies. John Laporta o 0 0 f vg 11, 157.1 u -X .fx f 2 V .wil 5 fx 5111 xx-xy' Pfffu 153' -.Q .:X1G:T 'x3' gm' . oy .4 o if' 1 fy , I 3 y X tk ' ' ,.,., I 'J' jf!! A XL X-T -,aiil l is !:'.g V A When I went down to my pond the other day, an old frog came up to me. Pardon rne'J he said, but a'ren't you the one that was ahead of me in the peace march in'58 ? r Peace march of '58, I said. No, I don't think so. Matter of fact, no, because that was when I had my tonsils out and I ' wasn't in any that year. I That's funny, he muttered. I could swear you're the one. I remember your knees. They had those exact same scars. Oh, wait a minute! I exclaimed. Yes, I was in' one in April or May, I don't remember You mean that one ? c. F. MARTIN Guitars Mandolins Ukes THE BUCKS COUNTY GAZETTE . . . For Those Who Can't Read V CWe have picturesj

Page 13 text:

Read some more. Kids who read get into college a lot easier. How many parents have tossed this pearl at their children? It's so important. Waste your time now, and you'll pay later. It's true. Good novels help anyone. But most students realize that in order to keep with a novel they must read at least thirty pages a day. With all their outside reading assignments, not to mention regular home- work, this is practically impossible. If a student who really wishes to read good material can't find time, there is an alternative. In the library are many well written periodicals. We do not think all periodicals are well writteng some of the most widely read are not worth the time of an intelligent person. The average student who contemplates reading a. periodical ambles up to the maga- zine rack and quickly skims the line of maga- zines. He picks up a magazine which happens to have an attractive icover, removes it from the rack, and spends twenty minutes absorbed in it. The knowledge he abstracts is often negligible. He is back where he started. Most people don't notice the dull look- ing, dust covered periodicals which may go for days untouched. Some are hogwash, but as many or more are well written maga- MV' u s ' K ions and are written with good taste. We suggest: Harper-'s, Atlantic, New York Times Book Review and Magazine, and the New Yorker. If you,haven't discovered E115-e yet, why not try one ? o o o X LAMBERTVILLE HOUSE - Lambertville, N. J. Luncheon - Dinne r Guestrooms LEDGER'S DELICATESSEN 22 N. Union St. , Lambertville, N. J. ROBERT E. BROWN - Lambertville, N. J. 17 N. Union St., 397-1558 Master Watchmaker - Jeweler HOFFMAN MILLINERY - Lambertville, N. J. 15 N. Union St. , 397-2.771 Hats - Dresses - Underwear - Hosiery Jewelry - Bags - Scarfs Grand, I said. And get them to print some with INTEGRATE! and some with EQUALITY! and some with ALL JOIN HANDS, and anything else good like that . S And if we can't get enough, we could maybe stick some of the peace posters from last time in the back, and someone can carry the FOR SALE sign that got dumped on the bank last spring . And we'll go some Sunday in May when lots of people are outside and will see us, and I'll let the press know about it, . I said. And maybe I can get some of the birds from over at the edge of the woods and. . . And I'll get the booze! I shouted . Suddenly the frog looked very serious. By the way, he said, what does integration mean ? Peggy Hawthorn 0 O 0 Solebury School, being located in a valley, seems to have become the reservoir for the immediate area. Nothing can be done to eliminate this problem, but there does not have to be mud just because there is water. What is now emud could become mere wet grass' with a lithtilgn student consideration. Feet, walk ing through wet grass, makes mud--in abun- dance. ' There is no need to place sentries at all mud patches to make sure students walk around them, but it may become necessary to pave all areas where mud is now located. This wouldn't contribute to the school's rural appearance, but it seems that nothing else can be done, save one alternative: The student body could become more thoughtful. If, with- out faculty prodding, the students could re- A strict themselves to the walks, the costly pav- ing could be eliminated. So, instead of using a quick route through a mud patch, sacrifice a minute or two from between classes and walk on the walks. O 0 O THE COUNTRY SQUIRE - New Hope, Penna, Casual Clothes and Sportswear for men. PHIL'S SHOES 12. Union St., Lambertville, N. J. Shoes for the entire family.