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

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 -|- -f- i = 7. Most people will disagree with these I atin medalists Marguerite Hoffman, Cynthia Centkowski and Ann Marie Swier. However, the trophy, presented by National Honor Society president Charles Burch at an Honors Convocation, speaks for itself. The Association for the Promotion of the Study of Latin awards a trophy to the school for every total of three medals earned by top students in the annual Latin examination. Home was built in a week when it filled the halls and rooms of St. Alphonsus in the form of model homes, cos- tumed dolls, mosaics, camps and roads during Latin Week. Interested in the construction of a Roman home are sopho- mores Bill Martz, Richard Schlaff, Judith Bochenek and Leslie Campau. Will you have a grape, an egg or an olive? Freshman slaves cater to the whims of the Roman gods and goddesses at the annual Latin banquet—and they love it. The food, costumes, and cushions combined to provide an atmosphere of “old Rome. ’ 27

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Latin Students Learn to Read Ancient Writers To appreciate the culture, cus- toms and language of the Roman people is the aim of our classicists. This is achieved through oral and written reports, derivatives, mythol- ogy, and a study of the structure of the language. The Latin banquet, membership in the Junior Classical League, the celebration of Latin Week, the receiving of certificates and medals in the National Latin Examination, the singing of Latin songs and the ability to read the Latin authors, are the laurels won by those who withstand the monot- ony of declensions and conjuga- tions. Cicero’s Orations are temporarily set aside by Mr. Barton De Merchant who ade- quately explains the Advent Liturgy. Advanced Latin students Felix Lakomy and Veronica Ewald find Latin anything but a dead language in their classes jam- packed with humor, life and supplementary information. Welcoming a change from the monotony of declensions and conjugations, Janet Jarvis and Robert Matuszak apparently have pleased their teacher. Sister Joseph Ann, who finds the display an agree- able innovation to the Latin I class. 26

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Precision and detail well describe the accomplishments of Miedlar who painstakingly follow the directions of Sister senior drafters Thomas Bourseleth, Joseph Rosalik and Robert Therese Ann. Modern Demands for Progress, Precision, Mathematicians believe in following directions. The caption on the black- board ends with REST and Frances Marshall complies explicitly. Freshmen Leo Capozzoli and Henry Corridore rebelliously continue their work in General Math. Inquiring minds are challenged in the modern approach used in our mathematics classes. Use of the most advanced and re- cent texts, models of intersecting planes, lines and solids, personal handbooks and slide rules, the traveling math library, cur- rent periodicals, participation in the sci- ence fair and the best teaching aid of all, chalk and the blackboard, combine to pre- pare our students for college courses and to supply them with the necessary mathe- matical information for everyday exist- ence.