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

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A shining example of the girls ' department interest in modern language is the French Club. It is open to junior and senior girls who take French classes, and a high percentage of the girls participate in its activities. The club is ably sponsored by Sister M. Berenice, who teaches French. Among the more enjoyable projects are plays and skits in which club members do the costuming and acting. Another activity the girls enjoy at meetings is the playing of word gomes entirely in French! Active interest in a particular field is truly exemplified by La Cercle — Jeanne de Arc. The old saying that Latin is a dead language has been decisively disproven by the girls ' Latin Club. Freshmen and sophomores have the opportunity to bring it back to life under the leadership of their Latin teacher, Sister M. Rosalima. Meeting bi-weekly, the Latin students with the help of films and other visual aids, explore the world of Roman civilization. Comparing our modern world with that of Cicero and Caesar is very interesting and rewarding. A better understanding of a language through a varied pro- gram of enjoyment is the goal of the Latin Club this year. FRENCH CLUB MEMBER, Barbora Couvreur, shows Beth Ann DeCaussemoker the French city where her pen pal lives. Fun, Knowledge Provided by Varied FRENCH CLUB OFFI- CERS - Judy Daufen- bach, Mary Ann Koch- onowski, Elaine Bardick, Claudia Kent.

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ART CLUB - (FRONT ROW): Madeline Mezykowski, Pat Kastner, Michele Kelley, Marie Fischer, Janet Vorga, Joanne Mucha, Claudia Kent; (SECOND ROW): Mary Wukovits, Karen Foble, Pot Rutkowski, Connie O ' Neil, Cynthia Groll, Cathy DeMoss, Susan Stein, Mary Yancey; (THIRD ROW): Jim Krizmanich, Dave Witucki, Gail Hogerty, Diane Fuze, Kathy Quigley, Lucy Wargo, John Laub- Music Added to Art Club Curriculum Introducing its members to the finer aspects of art was the general project of this year ' s Art Club. Sister M. Praxedes, the Club ' s Sponsor, has provided the future artists with a series of lectures and instructions in a study of the masterpieces. Realism and impres- sionism was studied. Both types of art were perused in a systematic approach, century by century. Field trips to the Art Museum in Chicago and to the exhibits at the University of Notre Dome and St. Mary ' s College hove also contributed to a general knowledge of the masterpieces. Slides of the Louvre and other museums were also shown. A new addition this year has been a study of music. Students, with Sister Praxedes supplying the record- ings and directing the discussions, tried to discover the relationship music has to the other fine arts. Such questions as what music and art have in common, how they differ, how a feeling like a composer in- culcates into his music can be found in a painting, and how music actually paints a mental picture as it runs its course were explored. The techniques of horizontal or the chord system, and the vertical or phase system were also studied. AT AN ART CLUB SESSION Janet Varga, Joan Mucha, and Susan Stein sort through a pile of photos for ideas. 1 ' ' f ' V 1 1 oI hoi b Bj M € n 27

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LATIN CLUB OFFICERS — (STANDING): Cheryl Hacker, Mary Muessel, Charlene Horvoth. (SEATED): Katy Schlorch, Linda Koc- sis, Pat Seago. Club Programs THE GLADIATOR and the Latin Club Officers. 29