St Ferdinand High School - Crusader Yearbook (Ferdinand, IN)

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St. Ferdinand High Welcomes New Principal Sister Mary Carmen, O.S.B., has joined the ranks of S.F.H.S. once again. After leaving us for three years, during which time she taught business subjects at Mater Dei in Evansville, she has returned to fill the position of principal. Taking an active interest in every department and every student, Sister Mary Carmen is making every effort to help us obtain the very best education possible. A part of her day is devoted to teaching a class of seniors Typing II. She feels right at home in a typing class since she taught such business subjects as typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping at S.F.H.S. before leaving us in 1962. Molding her daily schedule around the needs of S.F.H.S. and the CRUSADERS, Sister’s schedule includes such varied tasks as signing absentee slips, making judg- ments in regard to disciplinary problems, counseling, and making out transcripts to send us to college, but she ac- complishes them all with a smile. In addition to working directly with the students, Sister Mary Carmen also devotes a great deal of time to planning faculty meetings and facing the challenges of cur- riculum and school policy which are essential to a growing school. Sister Mary Carmen has done a great job in keeping our school outstanding in the Christian standards and the ideals that we are here to receive, and at the same time, in planning our essential academic studies so that we are not lacking in any quality represented by a Catholic high school diploma. Each student, whether freshman, sopho- more, junior, or senior, admires and appreciates Sister’s work, and wishes to say, “Welcome back, Sister.”

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Academics Subsequent to the shaping of everyone’s life is the search for knowledge which is attained by many at S.F.H.S. The life of a CRUSADER consists of many exciting encounters throughout a day. As he walks down the hall, the sights and sounds of other nations are recog- nized as students partake in the study of foreign languages. Eerie aromas float from the chemistry lab as future sci- entists are experimenting into the unknown. A symphony of the rhythm of the typewriters and the clicking of the adding machines fill the cafeteria as business leaders of tomorrow trek on in their search for knowledge. Hardly a day passes that a CRUSADER does not stop by the library. Every reference book, biography, and grand novel holds within its covers the key to the ad- venture and knowledge which every CRUSADER is seeking.