Notre Dame Academy - Regina Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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English Offers Variety If Shakespeare could see us now, would he smile from one end of his moustache to the other, or would he turn over in his grave? If the answer is the latter, then the N.D.A. English department is out to attack, tackle and eliminate that situation! Many times, after fourteen or more years of doily ex- posure to the English language, girls find that they have definitely not mastered it. Freshmen started out their high school years with grammar, usage, puncuation, literature and vocabulary so the diverse backgrounds of their post eight years might become more unified. In sophomore year, the girls continued with the same activities, branching out into more difficult writing and literary readings. During junior and senior years, the students received the privilege to choose electives of general writing courses, research, novel, poem, drama and epic, creative writing, world literature, individualized reading and great books. 1 Terry Scaizo conducts a demonstration on the overhead. 2 Fresh Sue Gerken and Julie Bruns enthusiastically volunteer an answer. 3. Martha Dogan expresses herself in informal composition. 4. Allison Booth writes a critical essay for her advanced composition class. 5. Amy Sackman and Chris Onnenga discuss themes for their creative writing class 6. Lynne Haddad, Sharon Kirdahy, Anne Draheim and Katie Davis discuss the downfall of Faustus m drama class 7. Laura Balish, Mariann DiFrank, Sue Moore, and Dalila Martinez read a story of Contemporary Spain in their World Literature Class 23

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,lt TOU ¥m BOM Cyrano Knows French Requires Nasal Accent If you ' re a frequent victim of the common cold it may be that French is the right language for you! Getting that nasal accent is just one of the challenges encountered by students of the French department. Students of first and second year French learn the basics of their language, customs and culture through dialogues, recordings, short stories and just plain repetition and drill. Third and fourth year students finish up and review grammar, ex- pand their vocabulary and work to become at ease in speaking and reading and writing the exciting foreign language that has become universal. 1 Janet Dehner conducts an impromptu French monologue. 2, Renee Shears, Moira Kelly, Lucy Piotrowski, Barb Grathwol, Becky Sattler dis- cuss Babar ' s Travels in French. 7. Sue Dusseau, Peggy Shea and Jean Czajka study the gruesome facts about French guillotines. Caesar Rises, Roams Latin Classes at NDA How many of you girls hove taken Latin? This ques- tion is so often posed by teachers in various classes that it makes many of the uniformed wonder if Latin is really dead. Latin adds to the development of an understand- ing of many other associated subjects that demand an extensive vocabulary. Latin I, II and III are offered as an option to the more contemporary languages. Although Latin is considered a dead language, those entering the technical or medical fields will find great Caesar ' s Ghost hovering around as a term such as sternocliedomastiodius makes more sense through Latin dissection. 3. Sue Gerken learns the secrets of word construction in Latin. 4. Kim Bouder finds her Latin vocabulary expanding every day. 5. Jeanine O ' Sheo finds concentroting on Latin translations a demanding skill. 6. Sister Mary Myriam explains Latin grammar to her attentive students.