St Joseph Academy - Acadean Yearbook (Green Bay, WI)

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Mary Menard, Sue Van Egeren, and Jane Warpin- ski enact a chapter from Don Quixote for their Spanish IVclassmates. Getting a taste of Latin from her fellow classmate, Peggy Sylvester, is Sophomore Margie Knauf. Both girls are in Sister Rita Catherine s second year Latin class. Foreign languages . . . played a major role in the SJA curricu¬ lum this year. Four years of Spanish and French were again offered, as well as four years of Latin. In the first and second years of study, the girls learned the basic skills they needed and in the third and fourth years they expanded their vocabulary by reading plays and short stories. The girls also used the language laboratory to help them in their studies. Spanish students added variety to their classes by presenting various skits. Fourth year students read plays, short stories, and the book Don Quixote to broaden their knowledge of Spanish culture. The preparation and presentation of dialogues helped French students ac¬ quire further knowledge of the lan¬ guage. The girls got into the ( hristmas spirit by singing French Christmas car¬ ols in class. They also had a chance to listen to French pop” songs in the lan¬ guage lab. Latin also had a place in the Lan¬ guage [department. The girls in Ad¬ vanced Latin studied Roman Classics while Sister Rita Catherine finally con¬ vinced her first and second year stu¬ dents that Latin is not dead — it’s alive and well in her classroom. 19

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Sophomore Jo Van Fee discovers through experience the benefits of the language lab for her French II class. Through the use of tapes and records, students get audio representation of language pronunciation and dia¬ lects. Filmstrips also provide historical background. 18

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Patti Kryshak, a first year typing student, circles her mistakes after a timed writing and wonders what affect an F will have on her typing grade. Juniors and seniors . . . participated in business courses: Short¬ hand, Typing I and II, Bookkeeping and Office Practice. In Shorthand I the girls learned to recognize the characters, while second year students tried to translate the symbols into meaningful phrases. Members of the Bookkeeping class learned how to balance books and keep financial records accurate. Typing classes practiced to gain both speed and accuracy. The Typing I stu¬ dents learned the basics of typing, while the Typing II class strove for increased speed. Typing II and Office Practice class continued using the typewriter, but also expanded to the adding machine and the dictaphone. In a unit on copy mak¬ ing t he girls typed recipes and ran t hem off in order to make a recipe book. 20 Jackie Webb grins while standing in front of the blackboard on which she has written a message to her teacher.