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

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Recreation and Fitness Are Stated Goals of Gym | . | To promote interest in sports and to provide recreation are the aims of our Physical Education department. Although there is a two-year requirement for physical education, many students continue because of the many opportunities offered by the department. Throughout the years the classes are exposed to a variety of activities ranging from soccer and volleyball to tumbling and track. There are special courses for those interested in becoming a potential member of the school’s basketball team. This course helps these students learn and develop the techniques and skills of the game. Miss Rozalia Swidzinski, the department's highly-qualified head, started the year off right | with new ping pong tables, glass backboards, a | basketball rebounder and the equipment needed to furnish a game of field hockey and soccer. Above left: Freshmen learn the value of traditional physical fitness exercise. Lower right: Gym student exhibits grace in handling a basketball. Above right: Gymnasts practice hurdling — a new ac- tivity in physical education classes this year.

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Skills Learned in Home Economics Prove Indispensable in Future The most obvious reminder of the Home Economics department to those students not familiar with it is the showcase outside the Home Ec classroom. Its contents give an inviting, if incomplete, picture of the department. The window is filled with fashions of every kind — all completely assembled by the students. Inside the room, you are struck by the bright and earthy colors of fabrics that will become dresses, jackets and capes in a matter of weeks. Girls interested in sewing may pursue a four year co urse. Sr. Loyola makes certain students are given access to the most recent pattern catalogues and fashion magazines. Around Christmastime, the window becomes a fantasy in miniature as gingerbread people, confection houses and trees appear. Within class, girls begin with the basics of nutrition and cooking and hopefully work their way to culinary excellence by the end of the course. z mer 7 s : i Department head Sister Mary Loyola. Upper eft: Claudia Schmitt fits a pattern onto fabric. Lower left: Michele Nicola and Betty Con- treras prepare breakfast foods. Lower right: Sister Loyola instructs Sue Jenkins and Belinda Vaughn in the art of pancake making.

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Swimming Classes Produce Future Champion Teams! One thing every Mercy student has in common is the memory of swimming classes. Drilled under the most proficient of teachers, Mrs. Deloris Yager, no girl left the pool for the last time without being a competent swimmer. The benefits of physical education itself are numerous and diverse. However, of the multitude of sports, few are as healthful and as stimulatively competitive as swimming. Often a students’ work in her swimming class may lead her to try out for the school swim team. Mrs. Yager welcomes all girls who are willing to accept the vigorous practice schedule and discipline needed to be an active and contributing member of the exceptional Marlins team. But whether or not a student ultimately becomes a team member, she will gain, through her swimming classes, immense satisfaction from both learning to swim well and perfecting the technique of what she has mastered. Above left: Mrs. Yager gives instructions from pool-side. Lower left: A basic water stunt, the ballet leg. Center right: An excellent exam- ple of ‘‘free play”’.