Mount St Michael Academy - Mountaineer Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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TYPING lnleresied upper classmen who can fil if info fheir program may fha lyping course. Modern mefhods and equipmenl' are employed sludenls lhe fundamenfals of lyping. This course has proved popular minded Seniors who loolm forward fo +heir college years when required fo produce lype wriflen lerm papers and reporfs. MATHEMATICS Bofh required and elective courses are offered Mounl sfudenls by +he Mefhemalics Deparimenf. For Juniors and Seniors fhere are a variely of elecfives, among which are Trigonomefry, Elevenrh and Twelffh Year Mafh and College Mafh. Through fhe courses fhey offer lhe Mafhemafics Deparfmenf hopes 'ro lrain Hs sfudenls +0 fhinl clearly and concisely and fo inspire many fc enfer fields of endeavor where mafhemafics is imporianf. T F X J' elec+ io false lo leach lhe wiih praclical fhey will be

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,r -4 LATIN Afler sludying lhe grammafical basis and elemenlary founda- fions of Latin in the firsl year, lhe Freshman advances 'lo Lalin Il. ln fhe second year fhe sfudenf pursues a sysfemalic sfudy of such works as lhe Argonauls and fhe Commenfaries of Caesar. In Lalin lll fhe seleclions of Cicero are sfudied, while in fourih year fhe sfudenf encounlers Vergil's Aeneid. The varied purposes of fhe siudy of Laiin are a classical cullural foundalion, masfery of grammar, fhe discipline of +he sfuden+'s mind, and preparation for fhe requiremenls of lafer professional and infellecfual life. FRENCH Aux eloiles par le fravail! This French version of fhe Mounl's moHo was well execufed fhis year. Freshmen were laughl' fhe basic rudimenfs in vocabulary, Sophomores were inlroduced lo The labyrinlh of irregular verbs while +he Juniors received publicafions which furnished fhem wifh living vocabulary in religion, science and sporls. 1 4 , SPANISH r .e ew 'Q .1 A man who lcnows lwo languages is worfh fwo men. Our Spanish Deparlmenl endeavors lo accomplish lhis sfupendous mission by oFlering lo our sludenls a well organized course of fhe language along wiih a befier underslancling and a deeper appreciafion of fhe enchanfing and vivifying Spanish culfure. Our moHo is, Remember fhe 'Good Neighbor Policy' . GERMAN A class of erudile Seniors and Juniors were brave enough fo pil fheir +alenls againsl +he new German course oFfered by Bro. Myles Eric. This advanced class of sludenls learned fhe basic principles of lhe German language as well as lhe hisfory oi fhe German people. Nexf year fhe Deparfmeni hopes fo expand ils program and lhus avail ils services lo more qualified sfudenfs.

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HISTORY The Hisfory program has been recenfly revised fo include a year and a half of World Hisfory and fwo years of American Hisfory. The exfended freafmenf of World and American Hisfory allows fime for more careful perusal and greafer affenfion fo reading and research. The aim of fhe program is fo develop inferesfs which fhe sfudenf will follow all his life and which will serve fo give him a greafer undersfanding and appreciafion of fhe socially significanf evenfs which play such an imporfanf parf in shaping fhe desfiny of men and nafions. SCIENCE A sfudy of man and fhe forces fhaf malre up his environmenf is puf before The Mounf sfudenf by fhe Science Deparfmenf. A general background is provided by fhe Freshman course and a sfudy of man and fhose living fhings which surround him is presenfed by fhe second year course, Biology. Chemisfry and Physics round ouf fhe program wifh a sfudy of The inanimafe compounds and fhe forces fhaf confrol fhem. This year 'the new modern well-equipped Biology, Chemisfry and Physics labs have aided, and will confinue fo aid Mounf sfudenfs in fheir scienfific endeavors.