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4c RaAtj ue VENANGO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL “Let the word go forth that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans. VOL. II, NO. 1 FALL, 1963 Table Of Contents School Life: WHAT IS THE NEW BIOLOGY?.................... P-3 By Diane Wilson and Nancy Petulla ONCE UPON A SCHOOL DAY.....................P -6 By Stephen Szalewicz WHERE THE GRADS ARE ........................ p.9 By Michael Yaeger THE CLASS OF '67: LEAVEN...................p .ll ROVING REPORTER: IS THE DAY TOO LONG?.... p.14 By June Woods Feature: SMILE AWHILE.................................p.4 By Daniel Goodman EINSTEIN, DON’T WORRY....................... p.4 By Patricia Breen GRANDMA’S CHERRY TREE........................p.9 By Suzanne Marshall SNIPS AND SNAILS AND PUPPY DOG TAILS........p.15 By Joyce Walentosky ACCENT ON YOU...............................P-14 By Daniel Goodman Sports: COLOR IT BLACK AND BLUE......................p.5 By Michael Y aeger THE SIDES AREN’T MATCHED.....................p.5 By Michael Y aeger Fiction: LITTLE BOY ALONE.............................p.8 By Ann Logue Poetry: WAR GAMES...................................p.9 By Michael Fletcher Editorial: HAIL TO THE CHIEF..........................p.16 THE BARQUE QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF VENANGO CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL 1505 W. First St.Tel. 64-61264 OIL CITY, PENNSYLVANIA Editor-in-Chief.............................Daniel Goodman Executive Editor............................Flrank Shialabba Managing Editor......................................Nancy Petulla Copy Editor................................kfichael Yaeger Sports Editor..................................Gary Hawk Photography.................................Stephen Szalewicz Art Editor..................................Karen Blumensaadt Exchange Editor.............................DmnaPedorek Circulation Manager.........................Pamela Eckert Production Editors................Ann Whitcomb. Patricia Kleck Varitype Operators................Ann Whitcomb, Patricia Kleck Reporters............ Kathleen Rice, Diane Wilson, June Woods, Rhea Ann Stevenson, Jean Mahaffey, Karen Burke, Carol Eng- lish, William Walenia, Allen Stempin, Joseph Novicki, Terence Rodgers, Walter Moran, Thaddeus Szalewicz, Christine Cartwright. Headmaster........................ Rev- L. J. Antoun Advisor................-.... Sister Mary Peter, O.S.B. 2
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What’s New About the New Biology? An interview with Sister Miriam, O.S.B. SISTER MIRIAM WITH REPORTERS NANCY PETULLA AND DIANE WIL- SON: Progress is an expensive luxury. Q. Can you give us an example of the instruments that are contri- buting to these costs. Sister? A. Well, the new dissection micro- scope used for viewing opaque or non-transparent objects was pur- chased for the lab. A regular micro- scope can be used only for viewing transparent objects. The new instru- ment cost about $300.00 alone. Q. As a whole, how do the ma- jority of students react to this course in comparison to the tradi- tional? A. As far as liking the course, the students quite naturally prefer it to the traditional because the lab work makes it much more appealing. It is, however, very time-consuming. Q. Does the course require much outside work? Biology, the once dead study of dead organisms, is being approached from A. Outside reading is required in a new angle in today’s high school laboratories. order to prepare the students for the Exactly what is this course? What is its purpose? Why is it changed? lab. Specimens must also be collec- Sister Miriam, head of the Biological Sciences Curi culum Study at VCHS, ted by the students for their indivi- describes the course and gives some interesting information and insights into dual experiments, these questions. Q. Would you explain what the B.S.C.S. biology course is? A. The Biology Sciences Cur- riculum Study covers fewer biolo- concepts than the traditional course, but each one is viewed at a much greater depth. Q. What is the most important difference between the traditional and the present course? A. The most important differ- ence in the approach is that now the laboratory is the integral part of the course. Before it was a matter of memorization and de- scription. Now, however, the stu- dents realize it is lab centered. Q. What is the purpose of the intensified lab program? A. Ironically enough, the tradi- tional course approached biology, a study of living things, by exam- ining dead organisms. In this pro- gram the experiments are called ’open-end experiments because each one is to lead the pupil to new discoveries. Q. This course is referred to as a three-track program. Exactly what does that mean? A. This is called a three-track program because there are three different approaches to the course. They are equally difficult and cover much of the same work, but the actual attack is different. Q. What are these programs? A. The yellow program approa- ches biology from a cellular level, the blue from a molecular level, the green from the standpoint of ecology. Q. Which program is operating at Venango? A. Venango is using the yellow program at present. Q. What are some of the disad- vantages of the course? A. The important disadvantage to the course is the cost of the program. There are no disadvantages to the program educationally, but the cost of setting it up and maintaining it poses a serious financial burden. Q. What schools in this area have adopted this course? A. Cathedral Prep in Erie and Franklin High School are two of the very few schools which have adopted the course. Right is right when nobody’s right, and wrong is wrong when everybody’s wrong. COVER STORY The BARQUE photographer found freshman Timothy Walsh engrossed in his drawing board. It was one of those moments which, when seen against the mountains, proves that VCHS has a heart as well as a head. It was one of those moments that are part of the Viking legacy. 3
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