Our Lady of Mercy School - Lore Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Understanding of People is Basis of Social Studies The Social Studies department is staffed by Mr. Jean-Joseph Gerna- cy, department head, Miss Roxanne Eathorne, Mrs. Diane Kocenda, Mr. Gary Rossow, Mr. Thomas Murphy and Sister Gilmary. Above left: Miss Karen Sidley and Mr. Adnan Qagish demonstrate one aspect of Lebo- nese culture for the World History classes. Lower right: Molly Adams and Brenda Lee make use of the new Social Studies Resource Cen- ter.

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Amateur Scientists Explore Complexities of Environment Above left: Mrs. Sharon Higham apparently enjoys the organically grown food being experimentally tasted by her Special Problems in Science class. Above right: Chris Noble and Cindy Clark store their petri dishes until tomorrow's lab. Lower left: Mr. DeLong demon- strates the use of biology lab equipment. Lower right: Students in the popular Ecology class seem to be enjoying the day’s lecture. 56

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Study of Man's Existence Yields Self-Theorization | There is no subject quite as relevant as social | studies. As technology and international relations continually make our world smaller, a knowledge of history, culture and governmental policy becomes indispensable. The idea of history as the rote memorization of names and dates is slowly but surely being eradicated at Mercy. Students are offered several new specialized electives — a course on the role of women in history, for example — as well as traditional courses. As the basis of social studies, be it World History or Psychology, is the understanding of people, teachers hope their students will go beyond the study of factual textbooks to their own efforts of self-theorization. Upper right: Mrs. Jane Froslie, department head. Above left: Pam Romanelli and Mary Schlacter make use of the history resource center. Lower right: Miss Eileen Wagner jokes with students. Oppo- site above left: Sr. Gilmary supervises the Resource center. Above right: University of Detroit law students speak to Political Science classes. Lower right: College debaters participate in Wayne State Competition’ and debate juvenile court system for Mercy students. 58