Saint Alphonsus High School - Arrow Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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To share the cultural heritage of ancient Rome is the aim of St. Alphonsus Latin classes. Home assignments and class- w rlc often take the aspiring classicists on a journey to a by- gone age. They might find themselves on a Grecian shore, a Roman hill, or at the gates of Troy, watching the gigantic horse as it is drawn into the city. Enriched by these experi- ences, the Latin students ap- preciate, to a greater degree, the culture, language, and cus- toms of the Roman people. Latin can be fun when competition runs high in a game of scrabble. Sister Miriam Joseph uses this device with beginners Mary Tokoly, Constance Sulkoski, Michael Langan and James Cragg to familiarize them with new Latin vocabulary and to fix the old words firmly in their minds. Classicists Appreciate 28

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The Detroit Institute of Arts, distinct in being the only place in the United States to exhibit the masterpieces of Flemish art. is visited by Sister Carol Anne and art students Elaine Krych and Ann Hunt. Every genuine work of art, in the eyes of the great Emerson, has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun. The art department endeavors to develop an apprecia- tion of existing art and to acquire a desire to parallel the creations of the professionals. Students are taught to master the use of line, color and balance and to employ these tech- niques as they create their individual masterpieces. Minute detail, accuracy and patience are a part of the lifelike sketch that artist, Tom Schemanske. is producing. His model is Jim Duffy. Up to her face and head in paste, art student Kathleen Kobielski is a concrete representation of Michelangelo's saying that The more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows. Michael Vondrak. tangled in a maze of papier-mache, is unable to offer any assistance. 27

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Following a Kodachrome slide lecture by Dr. Edith Kovach on Roman Life on Pompeian Walls, given at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the lecturer discusses future plans of the Detroit Classical Association with advanced Latin students Mary O'Reilly and Peter Lemire. Ancient Culture As a penalty for resembling each other at the Latin banquet, twins David and Mitchell Sysko cheerfully accept the fetters that sentence them to a life of attachment. Janet Telfer and Nancy Gray check the durability of the chains while Pam Nowaczyk sympathetically bemoans their fate.