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

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and eternity with God RELIGION AND GUIDANCE DEPARTMENTS RBC‘s program of Catholic education has as its essential and immediate concern the formation of the perfect Christian, and endeavors in all possible ways to enrich the individual physically, socially, intellec- tually, and spiritually. The daily religion program, basically under the guidance of the homeroom teacher, follows the textbook series Our Quest for Happiness through the four levels. Five priests supplement the teaching with specialized instruction in the liturgy, the Mass, the moral law, and a special marriage course for seniors. Religion, however, is not limited to academic study. Daily Mass and prayers before classes remind each student of the special atmosphere at RBC. Advent is observed as a season of preparing for Christ witbf classroom wreaths blessed by Monsignor Monahan. Atone of penance and sacrifice characterizes Lent, par- ticularly in helping mission countries. May brings the traditional daily crowning of Our Lady. Father Carl Wagner, diocesan director of vocations, and Father John McShane, a Marist priest, encouraged vocations and an understanding of the laity’s personal obliga- tions to the Apostolate. Instituted this year in the guidance program was the Arc-Sector Program of Group Guidance. Home- room teachers covered fields of vocational instruction in each of the sectors, which are divided according to individual interests for juniors and seniors. The instruction of freshmen and sophomores was based on their academic achievements. Sister Mary Gertrude, guidance director, is available to students seeking personal aid. Frequent guest speakers invited by the Guidance Department discussed various occupations. Among these speakers have been Brother Malachy, Marist College; Mrs. Marsh, Essex Business College; and representatives from the Navy and Marines. The Guidance Department is a vital and active part of our school life and helps us greatly in pre- paring for the future. Mrs. Marjorie Akers, RBC librarian, offers assistance to Camille Novellino and Phyllis Sheridan, who are seeking appropriate information for the senior mar- riage course. Rotary Club Day, October 26, 1963, presented Jay Matera with the opportunity to spend a typical but fascinating day with Dr. Morgan P. Colio, D.D.S., of 16 Broad Street, Red Bank. Among other community leaders also visited were Mr. William Pazicky, principal of the River Street School, Red Bank, and Mr. Francis Nary, counselor-at-law, of 18 Wallace Street, Red Bank. Kathleen Naughton, assisted by Kevin Mc- Keon, crowns Our Lady at a homeroom shrine during the month of May. 25

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Preparing for life College-bound senior boys, Dennis Howlett, Robert Davis, Charles Foley, David Fitzgerald, Edmund Labuda, and Thomas Robb, confer with Brother Malachy from Marist College in the guidance office on November 12, 1963. Brother Malachy was one of many college representatives who visited RBC under the sponsorship of the Guidance Department. Homeroom preparation for the coming of Christ includes a Jesse tree and the lighting of the third candle on the Advent wreath by Douglas Hillman. Jo Anne Ward and Mary Tilelli recite the prescribed prayers for Advent. Seniors Linda Greene, Elena Cappadona, and Margaret Kennedy prepare a scrapbook of articles and pictures concerning the Ecumenical Council for their senior religion class. David Fitzgerald and Maureen McGuire ask guidance director Sister Mary Gertrude a question about the Hand- book. This year the school issued a seventy-eight page student handbook, which includes student regulations, the religious and guidance programs, and other information for students. Joseph Hochreiter, Student Council Scholastic Chairman, points out the correct method of filling out College Entrance Examination registration blanks as a feature of the senior guidance program to Margaret Jennings, Patricia Frickel, and Cathe- rine Gartland. 24

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Spanish Club members, Adrienne Anselmi, Edward Nolan, Patricia Burke, Donna Gaglioti, Kevin Kelly. Josette Mangiarcina, Virginia Hyer, Mary Ann Dowell, and Eileen Kelly discuss their maps depicting the chief products of various Latin American countries. Two possible translations for the word “aura” in this much-disputed line from Virgil’s Aeneid are discussed by Latin IV students, Hilda Van Stappen, Robert Watson, and Mary Quinn. LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Sister Mary Loretto, department head, along with the department members, has incorporated the Audio-Lingual Method into the teaching process. This modern system provides for the use of tape recordings and reading materials aside from the text. The French classes were fortunate to have as a speaker at several of their sessions Miss Marie- Claude Rey, whose home is at Grenoble, on the French coast. She addressed the French III class on French customs and also presented a timely lecture on President Charles De Gaulle. The embodiment of classical study, Latin, really lives at Red Bank Catholic. In class the students examined the lives and writings of Virgil, Cicero, and Julius Caesar. Re-introduced this year was the Latin banquet, presented in May with freshman and Latin club members participating. Aquila Romana, a new bi-annual Latin newspaper, moderated by Sister Mary Im- maculate, offered diverse reading matter to the language students. In accordance with the great stress placed on Spanish in the twentieth century, Red Bank Catholic has a newly organized Spanish Club under the moderation of Sister Mary Regina. The French Club and the Latin Club, under the moderation of Sister Mary Loretto and Mr. John Gallagher respectively, provided the students with extra activities in the cultural background of the language of their choice. For qualified students the sections of the Language Department extend various tests. These include the National French Examination, the Auxilium Latinum Test, and the newly added Mythology Contest. Bucher, Pupper and ein Plakat help German stu- dents, Edward Schiller, John Hickey, and Virgi- nia Shiman, study Germany in their language class.