St Rita of Cascia High School - Cascian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Mr. Terry Alelunas offers criticism to three of his students. In this way become bettcr artists. The students are Pat Reimhold. Mark Nyderek, and they will he able to judge their own work better, improve its details, and Lou Biedak, l Q W ,l Working at his blackboard, Brother Mark explains the fundamentals of Knowledge and skill in methods of sketching is learned by Terry Cock- the grand stall to his class, and then asks questions. man, who makes a chalk drawing of a sail boat. 23

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New Fine Arts Program Creates Interest in Culture Added to the curriculum this year was the fine arts pro- gram. Under the supervision of Brother Mark, O.S.A., and Mr. Terry Alelunas, this program consists of one semester of music and one semester of art. Brother Mark, who teaches music, uses movies, slides, records, guest speakers, research assignments, and field trips to aid in the instruction. The mechanics of music well as the composers are presented in the textbook, An Outline History of Music. The main objective of the music class is to have the stu- dents learn the need and place of music in daily life, and to give a basic knowledge of music so that they will be more thoroughly and carefully prepared for their college years ahead. Mr. Alelunas. as art instructor, participates only in organ- Homecoming week festivities may have a preference with Reid Baran and Don Czubaja in Brother Mark's music appreciation class. Brother Mark, OSA., chairman of the Fine Arts department, received his B.A. from Villanova, and came to St. Rita in 1962. He teaches Music Appreciation I, Religion I, and Spanish Ill. In his spare time he moderates and directs both the chorus and the soccer team. Relaxing themselves, Tom Labus and Bob Sylvester listen to a music recording. ization and guidance. The key to the class is self-expression, rather than merely copying flower pots and fruit bowls. Drawings are based on the five senses and personal feeling and emotion. The classroom is decorated with objects brought by the students themselves. They are used as a stimulus to creativ- ity. The students, best work from each class is posted in front of the room as examples of what was wanted for that assignment. This is also used as a student incentive for self- betterment. Movies and slides are shown and discussed, and guest artists and other persons connected with art will be brought in to speak from time to time. Trips to the Art Institute ex- hibits are required so that students can actually see art which they have studied in the classroom. Mr 'X' ui RT ,ffl Chris Rojek and Frank Guerra learn about different instruments as they ,sei 0 fa - I , v..m.,m . wx K . i iff view various posters on the bulletin board. Mr. Terrence Alelunas, a newcom- er to St, Rita, teaches Art, and Eng- lish I. Ile is presently doing gradu ate work at Illinois Teachers Col lege. His special interests are mu sie, literature, writing, and he en- joys all sports. Mr. Louis Ricci, an alumnus of St. Rita, has been our band director since 1957. He received a B.A. degree from DePaul University. Mr. Ricci is also an instrumental instructor at Parker High School.

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English Teachers S lress Writing S kills, Techniques ln the past, the English Department has stressed outside reading and the study of literature, both .-Xmerican and English. This year, with these areas still being emphasized, the Department has turned its attention to the teaching ol writing skills and techniques. Accordingly, the Department, under the direction offX1r. Donald Racky. has introduced a new textbook, i'Practical Rhetoric and Expository Prose , into the Adyaneed Senior English program. The literature program too has been improved, by the use of new sophomore and junior literature books. .Xu ad- vanced freshman English course was instituted, to that the four years of English could be more unified, with the stu- dents adyancing in their study of English on a continuous leyel by level basis rather than by four unrelated years of English. The task of both learning and teaching English has been made easier by increased use of the overhead projector. Two tabletop models are used continuously by some teach- ers for neatly outlining the dayls lecture. This saves the teacher the trouble hurriedly scribbling a few words on the blackboard and also allows the student to take clearer, more concise notes. The Department has tried to promote co-operation be- tween its members and teachers of upper grammar school English. On December 4th and 6th, a meeting was held at which the English teachers discussed the various English programs taught at the different schools. It is hopeful that the grammar school English courses be geared to the kind of course found at the high school level. Thus. the English Department has strived to make the study of English more unified and compact throughout the yarious school levels. with more inter-relation between the many areas - writing, grammar, literature - that a good study of English stresses, and which the colleges demand of high school graduates. Explaining the role of satire in everyday' life, Mr. Thomas Laskcy uses an paper. The portable overhead projector is a valuable aid to both the teach- oyerhead projector to illustrate a political cartoon taken from a daily news- er and the students.