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

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Enqlish Supplementing the usual four-year English course at Red Bank Catholic are Creative Writing, which gives students experience in expressing thought clearly and concisely, and General Composition, which also develops students’ writing ability. This year the school has extended its syllabus; new courses imple- ment basic reading skills and explore college- level work. Developmental Reading, given to all juniors, strives to increase speed and com- prehension in reading. In Advanced Placement English, students do intensive reading of drama, poetry and novels, then compose inter- pretive papers on the works. Some colleges will give college credit to those passing the course and the exam administered by Prince- ton University. The extension of the English curriculum was not only welcomed by students but even encouraged for future years. Janet Noland and Sharon Carton prepare to accompany the Canterbury pilgrims to the shrine of St. Thomas h Becket—via records. Theodore Brogowski’s interpretation of Russian symbolism seems to amuse panel chairman Patricia Grant during a discussion of CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Ernest Forcino and Carol Jean Jordan compare their own ideas. 27

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Among the crowd in the library as term paper deadlines approach are John Riddle, Mary Anne Flis, and Anthony Palermo (above), “digging up” facts in the reference room, and Charlotte McDermott, Cathleen Cassidy, and Ruth Connor (left), searching for more up-to-date information among recent back issues of periodicals. t- i 26 In the spring an Advanced Placement student's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of —poetry. Enjoying the pastoral atmosphere in one of their informal classes are Mary Frankel. Richard Thompson, and Sharon Carton.

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Getting an early start, history department members Mrs. Joan Kennedy, Sister Mary Vincent (department chairman), Sister Mary Annunciata, and Mr. Thomas Hintelmann leave for a meeting sponsored by the International Relations Department of Jersey City State College. Social Studies The Social Studies Department of Red Bank Catholic seeks both to present the basic concepts of United States and world history and to augment the student’s awareness of metropolitan and world affairs. To keep the stu- dents abreast of the current events, the New York Times is used in all senior and some freshman classes, while the Current Civilization classes use News- week magazine. Sophomores lay the foundation for their later studies of timely international problems through the World Geography course, in which they obtain a general knowledge of the world and its people. In an attempt to be absolutely up-to-the-minute, Joseph Lee scans the morning Times before going to U. S. His- tory 11. John Riddle and Valerie Makely deliver the new issue of Newsweek to a waiting Current Civiliza- tion class. 28