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

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Current World Problems Require Examination of Past Events This year ' s social studies classes continue to stress the im- portance of keeping up with current events. Two popular magazines, Time and Newsweek, were utilized by Brother Wilbert to instill current trends and ideas into his world his- tory students. Mr. Hal Finch, U.S. History teacher for the boys ' department, assigned outside projects to keep his junior classes aware of developments in the news. Both Brother Wilbert and Mr. Finch used research papers, a part of any social studies course, to impress upon the students the necessity for intensive analysis of historical and political facts. World geography is offered to freshmen, while one semester each of government and economics are requisites for seniors. Field trips included a visit to a session of the Indiana General Assembly, as well as a state mental institution in this area. us HISTORY TEACHER Mr. Finch checks Mark Sedenik s homework. He ex- plains the need for an alert citizenry. EVALUATION of state politics is directed by Miss Reichart in her government class. THE ESSENCE of American politics is the Two-Party System, says Bro. Richard. In his American government class Bro. Richard also explains a period of time in an electoral cycle. ■ :»rtt«iiT?tsciaa

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SPAN ' ISH STl ' DENTS hear Br Carlos im pression of a lesson in sentence structuring QUE PASARON I ' STEDES Dt HANTK EL VERANO ' doesn ' t seem to confuse Mr Brcn n s first- far students as the eagerl) raise their hands in order to answer the question. WINTER SCENERY serves as a background for Sister Paula and her French students. COMPARISONS of some of the complex literary techniques used by Vergil in his writings are distinguished and evaluated by Brother Thomas Cunningham in his advanced Latin class.

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HILE MAKING A POINT, Sister John Joseph utilizes a catalogue which classified nation- al exports according to weight, quantity and monetary value. The class is world geography. AVID NOTE-TAKING ENSLES in Brother Uilberts world hi tc r class. Brian Conley BROTHER JOHN CRAMER quizzes his and Robert Pajeta jot down details for review in the course required of all sophomores. class on the puzzling events in world history.