Red Bank Catholic High School - Emerald Yearbook (Red Bank, NJ)

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J The History Department meets after school to look over new history material in the library. Pictured are Sister Mary Vin- cent, Department Head, Religion IV, History, Forensic Moderator, Library; Mr. Thomas Hintel- mann. Religion 111, History; Sis- ter Mary Annunclata, Religion II, Current Civilization, English, Social Welfare Moderator; Mrs. Joan Kennedy, Religion III, World Geography, History, Fu- ture Teachers Club, Art Club; Mr. Theodore Fiore, Religion 111, History, Physical Education; Sis- ter Mary Jeanne d’Arc, Religion III, English, History, Emerald Moderator. Foreign student, Conception Mendoza from Cuba, and our first exchange student, Franco Rubattu from Rome, Italy, tell Current Civilization students Margaret Canale, Mary Anne Carling, Michael Flynn, and Brenda Brady how their coun- tries play a part in the world situation today. W. S. 5 . B CHI A “Speaker of the House” Salvatore D’Espo- sito proposes an amendment to members of the Student Congress of RBC, Brian McFadden, Claire Rocco, Claire Rennick, and Joseph Chapski. Kathryn Hantke busily prepares the minutes. 23

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SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT On Student Leadership Day, Kevin Murphy points out the character- istics of a medieval sword to Richard Gough, Carol Occhiogrosso, William Kelly, and Karon McMahon. The Social Studies program at RBC aims to make students ' aware of man’s institutions, struggles, and accomplishments, j Consequently, a student studies history not only for its own i sake, but for future applications as well. The foundation of this knowledge is laid in freshman year ’ through the study of World History. Here the student learns 1 the story of ancient man and traces the evolution of Western i Civilization. Correlating with this study is World Geography j which relates man’s environment to the effects on civilization. ] The history of our country from colonization to the New Deal j is studied during junior year in United States History I. Finally, in senior year the functions of our government and the problems of democracy are stressed through United States History II. In addition to the required courses, Current Civilization is offered to seniors interested in the political, social, and economic affairs of today. The “textbook” for this course is Newsweek magazine. Senior history students supplement their text with the New York Times and various periodicals. The scope of the courses extends outside the classroom through various projects, including a freshman “History Bee,” a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see Mona Lisa, and a comprehensive study by the seniors of both Communism and our two major political parties. Under the direction of Sister Mary Vincent, Department Head, a new testing program became effective this year. Bi-monthly tests were adminis- tered to all students. These tests included general knowl- edge of historical events and personality “profiles.” “He’s got the whole world in his hands.” James Desmond gives World Geography students Ellen Rose, Sally Spahn, David Price, Janet Grandinettl, and Mary Hochreiter a guided tour of our present day world by way of their imagination.

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Red Bank Catholic School Band, directed by Mr. John Giampietro, performs at the annua! Music Festival. GIVE ME A SONG! The Glee Club entertains with several choral selections at the Music Festival held December 16, 1962. Pictured with Mr. John Giampietro before a football game are senior members of the band, Claire Rennick, Kathleen McKenna, Paulette Wall, Robert Marko, Judith Sanders, Sally Spahn, Adeline Schmidt, and Gabrielle Sardo. 24