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

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Fr. Ralph Quane feels comfortable at St. Alphonsus despite the fact that it is his first year here. He cites as the reason for this the small size of the school and the resultant well-defined school spirit. The students, he finds, are friendly to strangers and show a genuine desire to make people feel welcome. When Fr. Quane relaxes after a long day. he can be found reading Patristic Literature or listening to music. He was a musician before attending the seminary. When his reason for recreation turns from relaxing to relieving tension, he takes his frustrations out on raquet ball court, play- ing one of his favorite games. St. Al’s graduates always seem to come home again, but only a few return on such a long term basis as Mrs. Margaret Skora. After receiving her degree from Mercy College and teaching for a few years in the Detroit Public School system. Mrs. Skora has returned home to teach History and Government. She is presently working on a Master’s Degree at the University of Michigan at Dearborn. Because she has lived in this community all her life, Mrs. Skora feels she can under- stand the students more effectively. She feels more relaxed here than in the Detroit Schools because this is a smaller institu- tion which enables a teacher to get closer to the students. Mrs. Margaret Duelo has attended several schools in her academic career. After graduating from South High School, she attended Grand Rapids Junior College. From there, she proceeded to Michigan State University. Her final educational stop was the University of Michigan. Mrs. Duelo has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and a Vocational Certificate. Now that her children are through high school and she has finshed with such responsibilities as having her son’s float built at her home. Mrs. Duelo can spend more time doing the things she enjoys most. Among these are bowling and watching baseball games. Baseball has been her favorite sport ever since she herself played on a team as a young girl. 18

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Mr. John Rashid was born and raised in Dearborn and attended St. Alphonsus Grade School and High School. Here he developed a strong relationship with God. which became the focal point of his career and personal philosophy. He graduated from the University of Detroit, majoring in Theology end History, and minoring in Philosophy and English. Later he received a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Michigan. Mr. Rashid feels his job is worthwhile and satisfying when students enthusiastically learn the teachings and beliefs of the Church and carry this enthusiasm to adulthood. Mr. Michael Quail went from Allen Park High School to Wayne State University where he majored in Mathematics and Psychology. He is presently working on his Master of Arts in Mathematics. During his years at Wayne he had some odd jobs such as transporting bodies—dead, that is—from the hospital to the morgue. As a teacher at St. Alphonsus. he would like to get everybody actively involved with all events. In his spare time, he likes to go camping, canoeing, and commune with nature. If he wasn't teaching. Mr. Quail says he’d either like to be a tennis or bowling pro. To become a counselor. Mrs. Marilyn Reagan had much schooling to tackle. After graduating from Shrine of the Little Flower High School, she attended Marygrove College, majoring in Sociology with a Psychology minor. She later went on to earn her Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling at Wayne State University. Among her other accomplishments, she worked with the handicapped at a school in Royal Oak. and as a substitute teacher. Mrs. Reagan immediately strikes you as someone who is always willing to give you help. While raising five children, she found and made time to listen with an open mind. 17

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Mrs. Dolores Musson graduated from St. Andrews High School, and went on to the University of Detroit where she obtain- ed an English Major and History Minor. She also earned some graduate credits at the University of Michigan. Mrs. Musson formerly taught in a public school in Dear- born Heights. However. St. Al's. Mrs. Musson says, answers the important question. How will a person be. emotionally and physically, when he or she graduates?” Mr. Patrick O'Connor attended Catholic Central High School before attending the University of Wyoming where he received degrees in General Science and Biology, and did his graduate work at U. of M. He receiv- ed a wrestling scholarship to the Univer- sity of Wyoming but had to stop wrestling because he had a knee operation. Mr. O’Connor taught English as a foreign language in Portugal. Teaching in Europe made him feel left out because he could only speak English, while the Portugese people spoke five to six languages. Among Mr. O ’Connor’s interests is working at the Crisis Intervention Center, counseling those considering murder and suicide. Miss Berma Anderson is a small town girl from Ithica. Michigan. Art has always been her main in- terest although her first art class didn’t come until Junior High School. She attended Alma College where she majored in Art. During college. Miss Anderson worked in museums with children, in a community education center, and in a pre-school. After college, she moved to the east side of Detroit and prefers the big city to the small town life. Miss Anderson began her teaching career at St. Alphonsus. a job which she finds enjoyable because of the people. She says. You don’t have to ’know’ how to draw, it’s what the eyes see. Everyone can draw; everyone is an artist in some way.” 19