St Marys High School - Sceptre Yearbook (South Amboy, NJ)

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Michael Marrone ponders, Is the difference between Romanticism and Realism really necessary? Teaching English grammar is hopeless, muses Mr. Rooney. English skills aid personal development

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initiative that evoked inquiry, discussion, and research; percep- tion that discerned those elusive qualities which vitalized the learn- ing process; judgment that sifted truth and beauty from ideas and imaginations; and vision that anticipated high ideals and ac- complishments. Scholastically, SMHS is a two- way street. Compositing the giv- ing and the taking, each student has acquired knowledge, wisdom, depth, and understanding.

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English teachers remedy that required feeling English, that inevitable course that no student can avoid, did have a remedy for that required feeling — the English teachers. Through them, classes became acquainted with the land along the banks of the Mississippi, the English countryside, the world of many centuries ago B.C., as well as the present time. Poetry, drama, essay, short story, and novel all lent themselves to student recognition of the romantic tales of the rich and also the stark realism of the poor. With English falling into the category of the living subjects, transition in this department is a perpetual necessity. This year along with a new department chairman, Mr. William Wolff, came the introduction of new paperbacks, new film strips, new records, and many new ideas. Efforts were made to correlate writing assign- ments with literature units and to relate formal grammar to problems arising from these assign- ments. Added to the associate English courses of Speech, Journalism, and Creative Writing were the innova- tive honors course devoted to Shakespeare's son- nets and the basic skills tutorial. THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT: Miss Patricia Cholewinski, Sr. Charlotte Scarle, Mrs. LaVerne Wirth, Sr. Katherine Rohr, Miss Carol Bohinski, Mr. William Wolff, Miss Rosemary Harrigan, and Mr. Mark Koch. NOT SHOWN: Mr. Thomas Rooney. 25 Yes, I guess you would consider HUCKLE- BERRY FINN a juvenile delinquent, retorts Miss Harrigan. Donna Adelphio seeks composition instruc- tions from Sr. Charlotte as joseph Enrico seems to find Debbie Catan- zaro more reliable.