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Latin scholars who brought distinction upon themselves and their school are (standing)
Theresa Drew, Kathy O'Keefe, Patrice Ward; (sitting) Bonnie Meyers and Jean Drumm.
Auxilium Latinum is more than the magazine Kathy is reading in the above picture. To all
Latin students it means a challenge. Each year, a nation-wide contest is sponsored by the
Association for Promotion of Study of Latin.
Schools having three medalists are presented with a trophy. 1960 brought a trophy to Aquinas
and medals to Bonnie Meyers, Jean Drumm and Kathy O'Keefe. Jean and Bonnie teamed with
Theresa Drew for the 1961 awards.
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Freshmen at Aquinas know that Latin lives today! These freshmen are beginning to
understand that Latin lives in English, too, and next year they will find it in
history - Caesar's conquests.
Joanne Morgan, Mary Kay Maher, Sherry Nauer, Sandra Gray and Kathleen Fitzgibbons work
over the vocabulary drill.
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As upperclassmen, they will realize Latin's impact on English and American literature.
Advanced studies of Cicero's famous speeches, Ovid's poetry and Vergil's epic preserve
a lively language in its ripe old age.
Kathy Lusk discusses Vergil's epic with an advanced Latin class.
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A bulletin board serves as an important reminder.
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TAQUIN '62
Copyright © 2012, Mary S. Van Deusen