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

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TRADITIONAI, BALLADS ARE COMPARED lo modern tunes as Tom DeMercurio and John Lass sing Puff the Magic Dragon and Greenback Dollar Fred (iiel accompanies them on his guitar FOR BETTER CLARIFICATION of a difficult point in his senior English class, Brother Thomas Matthes enlists the aid of an overhead projector. Bob Papandria raises a question. JOL ' RNALISM STUDENTS hear Mrs. Bil- hngs impression of a phase of writing.

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Increased Vocabulary, Creative Style Aims of English Dept. Six new teachers joined the faculty of the English department this year. One of them, Brother Francis Rotsaert, returning after a year s absence, has become the chairman of the English department, a position he had previously held. Other new teachers in the boys department are Brother Thomas Cun- ningham and Brother James Gleeson. The girls ' department features Sister Joan, Mrs. Billings and Miss McGarry as first year teachers at St. Joe. It has been the aim of Brother Francis to unify the curricu- lum of the boys ' and girls ' departments. This past year; both sections concentrated on vocabulary and creative writing, and all classes except the senior boys used the Ginn literary series for their main text. Outside reading was stressed, and paperbacks were used extensively to supplement the literary anthologies. CLOSE ATTENTION is paid by Mike Bell to Mr. DeVliegher ' s lecture on short stories. Top left: SISTER JOSEPHITA CLARIFIES the more difficult aspects of the figures of speech for a freshman English class. Above; DEEPLY INVOLVED in a controversial topic being discussed in Senior English, Sister Carole comments on an idea by one of her students.

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CONSTRUCTION OF IRREGULAR VERBS is the principal top- ic of Brother Carlos remarks during his second-year Spanish class. FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS LISTEN to Mr. Brown explaining the folk-lore and cus- toms of Spain. Beside basics of the Baroque language, pupils learn Spanish history. Language Lab Aids Students in Quest of Foreign Dialect Progress in a foreign language course is measured by a student ' s increasing ability to speak, read and write the language with effectiveness and clarity. A study aid which was recently introduced at St. Joseph ' s to further this purpose is the language laboratory. This device, consisting of portable units with attaching headsets, enables the student to listen to tapes containing Latin, French or Spanish dia- logue. He can then evaluate his comprehension of what the recording has contained. The guest appearances of Notre Dame exchange students were of interest to both excelling language scholar ' s and the less successful pupils. At these visits, the speakers provided insight into the practical use and flexibility of their native tongues. They also related interesting facts about the customs and geography of their homelands. J