Amarillo High School - La Airosa Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

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Foreign Speech French is one of the languages taught at Amarillo High. Bobby Rogers, senior, writes a sentence on the board to illustrate a trans- lation in Miss Stephens' class. The geography and history of Mexico are studied in connectio.. with learning the Spanish language. Ben Ingham, junior, des- ignates a,point on the map to the third year Spanish students in Miss McKechnie's class. w Translating sentences on the board in Miss Marie Donnell's Latin class are Helen Booch,.Malcolm Lang, Ronnie Barnett, and Lizabeth Lewis, all sophomores. 2I

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Lab Improves This is your pilot speaking, says Mrs. Gibson as she adjusts the master controls in the language lab which serves all language classes. 'The purpose in teaching foreign languages in high school is to promote communication between students of different nationalities. The people of other nationalities appreciate you much more if you take the time and trouble to learn their language, instead of expecting them to try to understand what you are saying in your own languagef, said Mrs. Mary Gibson, teacher of first and second year Spanish. Besides Miss Maria Donnell, who teaches first, second, third and fourth year Latin, there are four new language teachers at Amarillo High this year-Mrs. Jane Stephens, who teach- es first and second year Frenchg Mrs. Janet Mueller, who teaches second year Lating Mrs. Collen McKechnie, who teaches second, third, and fourth year Spanishg and Mrs. Gibson. Que? questions junior Debbie Adams as she lis- tens to a tape which will help improve her pronuncia- t10Il Students listen to recordings that serve primarily to perfect the speaking of a language.

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Seniors Challenged bg Chaucer The English Department, headed by Miss Faye Dillingham, fights a never-ending battle to keep Amarillo High School students in shape for college English. Mrs. Stella Matherly said, live been a Sandie for 30 years. Itis teachers like Mrs. Mather- ly, Miss Dillingham, Mrs. Mary Conerly, Miss Jeannie Bookout, and Mrs. Marian Shoen that strive to make our English Department outstand- ing. English is required the first three years of high school and the senior year one semester. The senior requirement can be fulfilled with a senior English course, English composition or vocabulary. Seniors study English literature which includes NMacbeth. Some college preparatory grammar is studied if needed. The works of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Eliot, Priestley and other famous English writers are among the reading in senior literature. Juniors study American authors and their lives. Students are required to write a research paper on some author during the course. Cram- mar and American literature are studied through- out the year. Silas Marner is required reading for sopho- mores. Sophomore English is composed of gram- mar, which is stressed more than junior and sen- ior grammar, and both American and English literature. Writing on a theme in her English class is sophomore Janis Crofford. Patricia Diggs muses over the wording in hers. Junior scholars enjoying Mrs. Matherly's first period class are IL to RJ Cindy Finney, Judy Stephenson, Mike Marr, David Jackson, Marilyn Bangsund, David Nimmo, Ricky Belcher and Mike Hudson. 22