St Josephs High School - HiWay Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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GESTURING INTENTLY, PaT Bauer delivers his version of a 'Fa- mous oraTion Tor BroTher Gerard's speech class. Teachers of English and foreign languages aT ST. Joseph's believe wisely ThaT, Learning a language is a serious business, buT iT need noT be a solemn one. Our program sTresses varieTy and includes Tour years of English, Tour of LaTin, Two each of Spanish and French. For The years of English There are syllabi which sTress a balance in meThods of developing sTudenT abiliTy To read, wriTe, and speak more eFTecTively. While superior and average sTudenTs have ample op- porTuniTy To exploiT Their poTenTial as readers, There are special aids oiTered The slow reader. Advanced wriTing courses for The more gified and Cori The more ambiTious sTudenT lead The way To masTery of The language. Learning To speak knowledgeably and wiih confidence in public goes on apace within each English class. Much of whaT can be said abouT polishing our knowledge of English aT ST. Joseph's can be said abouT LaTin and The modern languages, French and Spanish. WiTh The laTTer Two, The laTesT meThods of insTrucTion eiTher have been or are being inTroduced. WiTh Tapes and records used almosT exclusively, The approach is audio-oral, lisTen and repeaT. Thus, in The languages, ST. Joseph's Tries To keep sTricTly up To daTe in meeTing The needs of iTs sTudenTs. TO ACQUIRE THE CORRECT MEANING and picTuresque syno- nyms of words for The Theme, Ben Marnocha makes use of dic- Tionary and Thesaurus.

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TAPE RECORDINGS MODERNIZE the study of on unicient lcxn- guage for the atten- tive members of Broth- er Pc1schoI's Latin I. We Gain the Mastery of Languages DAVID SAMORA, using a sweater os cx muleta, demonstrates for his Spanish class EL PASO VERONICA. 8

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W -- V E TESTING AN OXIDA- TION REACTION, Tom Szymanski looks on as a volcanic cloud dif- fuses its acrid smell about the laboratory. 10 Emphasis on detail was the aim ot the Science Department at St. Joseph's this year. ln the past, the lack ot equipment had handicapped our science pro- gram, particularly in the laboratory section. AI- though a common complaint of science teachers is the lack ot opportunity to carry on a proper labo- ratory program because of the length of classes, equipment also plays an important part in this con- sideration. Due to an increase in demand tor quali- fied scientists, however, we witnessed a rise in inter- est in the sciences here at St. Joseph's, and this rise necessitated an increase in laboratory work. In the boys' chemistry classes, more time was spent in the lab than ever before as students delved into the in- tricacies of analysis. The addition ot 24 microscopes tor the biology lab has made a great difference in the over-all pattern ot this course. In like manner, the girls' biology classes have benefited trom the use ot a new micro-projector. The Physics Depart- ment continued to tascinate its students through the efforts ot Brother Benedict Gervais, CSC., and his hand-fashioned equipment. Again, a summary of the science picture points to the word detail in the class- room and in the lab. USING THE UTMOST DELICACY in utilizing the beam balance scale, Jane Kline checks the weight of a beaker. We Concentrate