St Stephens Academy - Academician Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Students Keep Up With The World— An awareness of the contemporary political scenes and a consciousness of global political history in the making, suggest to the alert serious student the significance of such a course as World Geography. ‘Til tell the world, that Moscow is using tactics James Rankin, Mr. Gkekas, his instructed that we don t like, says Robert Farrington as Barbara Devereaux and Marie Artman. he points out an important place in the U. S. to Social Studies Courses Train Today’s American History helps us to see the present in the light of the past. With his pen on Port Huron, John Castillo proudly points to a tiny spot on Michigan, small but impor- tant in its role of the Underground Railroad of the Civil War period. Having traced the path of a fugi- tive slave from the South, Julie Hoyt, Jim R os sow, and Gerry Wieneke picture the slave happily crossing the river into Sarnia. page 20

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Juniors in the advanced algebra class are thrilled by the logic of Truth Tables. Mary Therese Haecl shows Lynee Simpson the most striking feature of the operations and, or, and not, as used in logic, is their complete lack of ambiguity. Standing at the right is Tom Carolan who is probing the truth values of the components of a compound proposi- tion, to determine whether the proposition is true or false. Growing Subject Of Vital Importance In Today’s World Seniors discover trigonometry makes them think. They are constantly required to seek out reasons for answers. Emphasis is placed on the concepts and formulas developed in analytical trigonometry. After a semester of “trig.,” these students enjoy the second semester of analytical geometry. Bob Ameel asks Tom Haeck for his assign- ment while JoAnn Kane snatches a few more moments to finish a problem. James Giam- manaro seems to be getting somewhere with his work but Terry Zimmer is rechecking his tables for a better solution, meanwhile Carl Wieneke is trying to show Mary La Fave the simplicity of the slide rule.

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How Modern is Modern History?— The Juniors soon learn that it includes a period from ancient times to the present. Here Mr. Gkekas is showing to some members of his class, the Parthenon of early Greece. Interested in these plates left to right are: John Osgood, Pat Anthony, Rosie Leahy, Ray Johnsick. Students To Become Tomorrow’s Citizens That the future of America de- pends on the wise voting of its citizens is impressed upon the Economics class by Mr. Sheehan. In preparation for the exercising of this power in the near future, some of the juniors and seniors intently study a ballot at the time of the presidential election. Here James Kruse demonstrates to some of his classmates the proper method of marking a ballot. Right to left are: Barbara Cleaver, Mary McPherson, Mary Ann Hartley, and Micheal Dinger. P g 21