St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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COMMUNICATIONS This section of the yearbook comprises the departments of English, speech, typing, and physical education. Physical education, known to most students as gym , induced a student to become physically fit through the aid of various tests and competition. Gym classes, directed by Messrs. John Wirtz, Edward Michener, and Martin Chambers, were taken by all Ignatians two or three times a week in both gymnasiums. Mr. Jack Hearns, Band and Glee Club moderator, taught music to the Band and singing to the Glee Club. Some of the Band members who needed individual lessons took them twice each week. Glee Club members, in groups of twenty each, practiced two or three times a week. All Band and Glee Club members received scholastic credit for their work. In the typing course, most underclassmen received lessons in quick and accurate typewriting. The teacher, Mr. Michael Loparo, gave them a skill considered a pre-requisite for college aspirants. Every Ignatian took a speech course, part of a four-year program, designed to prepare them for effective public speaking. This year, new textbooks were provided for the first three years, featuring step-by-step exercises and practice in giving speeches. In English, students cultivated language skills and developed an appreciation for past and contemporary literature. Freshmen and sophomores studied grammar and mastered sentence and paragraph construction. Juniors and seniors did further work on essays and expository themes. Eight to twelve paperback novels made up part of the reading for all four years. A new literature series, designed to help the student understand, appreciate, and criticize his reading, emphasized structure and theme in first-year. Second-year highlighted world literature, with Dante, Kafka, and Basho being a few of the writers studied. Third-year consisted of American literature from 1600 to the present, through Puritan, Rationalist, Romanticist, and Modern Images of Man. British literature was the topic for fourth-year. Shakespeare and major novelists, like Conrad, Dickens, and Greene, were studied at length. FR. BERNARD J. STREICHER, SJ. English 2, 3; Band. Glee Club. MR. MICHAEL A. LOPARO Typing. Mr. Heywood dictate note on American literature in 3B Englith. MR. ROBERT J. HAYES, S.J. Engli»h 4; Latin 1; Crottcountry; S holar hip Drive. 18

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FR. JOHN J. MIDAY, SJ. Religion 4; AP English; Debate and Speech Squad Director. MR. THOMAS M. KOSINSKI Religion 1; Hiatory 1. FR. JOHN D. KYSELA, S.J. Religion 2, 3; Counaeling; Sodality. You may practice, you may explain, but fint you mutt know. FR. JAMES L. COIFORD, S.J. Student Counacllor. 17

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MR. JACK T. HEARNS Music; Band; Glee Club. MR. TERRENCE B. HAYES English 2, 3; JV Football; Varsity Baseball. Tom Edwards of 4H casts hi how-long can-this-go-on glance. MR. JOSEPH W. SCHMIDT English I. IF typists begin warm up drill before the start of class. 19