St Marys Institute - Echoes Yearbook (Amsterdam, NY)

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Beglnnlng Anew The newness of being a high school student gradually wears away but the challenge that being an important part of that school life presents 1 a constant goal to the efforts tl at need to be expended in utilizing all the possible opportunities that each day s classwork provides toward attaining the ultimate goal The beginnings made in algebra crence and business are founda tions for the program in those fields offered at S ll L Ln Social Studies the principles of Christ ian social living are examined and in Religion th y are interpreted in tl e light of the student s first Shakespearean drar a while their introduction to the Latin language opens a whole new vista ofthe cultures of yesteryear Well begun half done may be a trite saying but no freshman can gainsay the truth of it L'- sb The percentage of accidents happening on the way to school provldes a practical problem for the Introduction to Business class and Bonnie IS not a victim for obviously she has found the an swcr Practical English IS what these freshmen are learning from Sister Lucia AND their monthly magazine of the same name which includes lessons in all the various phases of the study of our mother tongue 0 0 ' A H 2 'C l Q W 1 . 1 . , g . I i l , . V A . V 'S . , . v - daily living. Freshmen begin to read for ideas as well as for enjoyment as they tackle their ' A rj r r I V ' A 4 . V A v ' i , 1 . l . ' ' , . . - . , G A 9 s .A-N. ss. , , , V L I '-1 ' X Am-V

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X xy, L No, eighteen year olds should not be allowed to vote , debater Thomas Llewelyn avers during practice before going to Vincentian Institute and a win. Other members of the English II debate team are Mary Tighe, John Ma- honey, Roberta Sylkowski, Gertrude Deal, and Pa- tricia Decowski. si xy' , T 8 Determining inductively the locus of points two inches from a cirele,Mary1ncl Dilello dcniwmstratus the method for tht class with mint apprehension. however. on the part of Sister Rose Alicia! The French l class and Sister enjoy singing Dites-moi from the Broad- , way production SOUTH PACIFIC, One of the easier ways of learning another language. gl' Enflfn -1

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,- V' ., -, -y'- I X lvlary SP3IlgL1 Sll'S recita- tion on the parts ofthe ear mast lit very goodg Sister Robert Aigner, looks so .ip- proting and the other slu- dents of General Science - so comprehending. 1-md. Diligence is the word for these mathema- ticians in algebra, or maybe they like fac- Loring! ln what favorable ways do the present day unions compare with the guilds of the Mid- dle Ages is the practical consideration that Mi' llowlan poses to the Social Studies class Changing adjectives to corresponding adverbs is an absorbing lesson when Sister Rosaire Thomas teaches Latin I. PLA .