St Marys Academy - Madonna Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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I South of the Border Proves To Be Familiar Territory This year the Spanish classes were unexpectedly elevated in their learning to a new second floor classroom which provoked frantic races to beat the bell. The usual problems of grammar and vocabulary confronted them. Listening to records, first-year students wondered how anyone could speak so fast, and despaired of ever acquiring a real accent. Second-year classes studied the legends, customs and peoples of various Spanish-speaking lands. Classes conducted in Spanish brought answers, varying widely, but never lacking in enthusiasm. By the end of the year, the whole class was able to greet la profesora with a more than loud Buenos diasl X .,-D4' Guiomar Ochoa, from Colombia, South America, helps Margaret Desenberg fseatedt get the correct pronunciation in Spanish. 8l Suse. Patitucci and Sheila Danehy seem to be enioying Mimi Kintner's transla- tion of a story in seccnd-year Spanish class. Mimi's copybook lies in readiness for notes on difficult constructions.

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ll Magnifique! Aptly Describes the French Tongue Possessive adiectives in first-year French get the close scrutiny of Gloria Sebok, Kathy Burke, and Sue Turnock. Atter mastering the most necessary grammar and vocabulary in first year French, the class went on to second year to study the country of France in detail, with emphasis on culture and customs. Phyllis Johnson points out an interesting section of Paris in the study of France made by the second-year French class. Boniour, ma classe! Comment allez-vous auiourd'hui'? The familiar greeting in French class brought the response, Je vais bien, merci, Made- moiselle! in varying degrees of pronunciation, which to everyone's delight, grew better each day. For the first year French students the text itself posed a seemingly insurmountable problem tor, as despairingly discovered, it was written entirely in French. Then came the day when their professeur confronted them with Avez-vous votre lecon? , but hastily-whispered translations by alert class- mates enabled all to answer resoundingly, Oui, Mademoiselle! I PXRIS ' I .

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