Amphitheater High School - Panther Trails Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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BETTER LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES Mr. Mel Gourdin Junior P Mrs. Gretchen Hawke Mrs- Cynthia Johanson .lunior Senior COMBINED ENGLISH AND HISTORY PROVIDED BACKGROUND HELP FOR LITERATURE A long time dream of Mrs. Roten's came true this year: a combined English-History class. She has always wanted to teach this type of course because she believes a student will learn and understand better the different aspects of literature with a little knowledge of its era. The students and Mrs. Roten enjoyed the class this year and she hopes it will be continued for many years to Come. ,rw-f Ww' 3 Ve, Now when I was playing in the Globe .... remarks Mrs. Roten in her seventh period History- Englislt class. Mrs. June Pennington Freshmen tfiwg-geff-rf-re , .W-cf f f 'Y ' elifals to i in fi ' J J , K' .- X 23 f 4. ,. ,.,. , Mrs. Edna May Roten Sophomore Mr. Allan Sterrett Senior 'Ita X 5 V . . . 5 ,-,,- I A it 1 r 1 . Mr. Milton Walser Freshmen

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E NGLIQH CLASSES PROMOTED Four years of English is required at Amplii in order to graduate. The Freshmen studied the hasic grammar tech- niques and they made a study of one of Charles Dickens, works, David Copperfield. The Sophomores traced the development of a play from Greek times into the Elizabethan age. Numerous projects were presented to parallel their intensive study of Shake- speare's fulius Caesar. The Sophomores devoted a term to the reading and discussion of the short story. Mrs. Hortence Allen The Junior year was centered around the basic theme of Folklore and the development of the short story in America. In the Senior year, the students continued their study of Shakespeare with Hamlet along with the preparation for college. They also studied English History in relationship with its literature. College preparation included a final re- view of grammar and vocabulary techniques. V Q qpk' ., i Sophomore g . 4? 5 ' Us e.r.s i i in ' li if V 'l TN' . . Q - x 'fi ..- q.., . A Y Q gr K 1 1 :ear t ' ., 75.3 - ff' tg - 2 .r ' J Mrs. Lita Beeghley Are you implying you don't understand that pun? Ron Alexander likes to express himself more than Junior inquires Mr. Sterrett. Mrs. Lillian Cooper MIS- Paula EII1Cl'iCk Senigf Sophomore others. h 5:33 X fa ' ply f 2 , ' I f, I I g f.: ' . Yds ' V f ' Mrs. Kathryn Ferguson Mr. Burton Cavitt Freshmen JUHIOI'

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LANGUAGES ENHANCED Yo hablo espanol. Je parle francais. If you did not take Spanish or French then this does not mean much to you. But to the Spanish and French students this means, I speak Spanishf' or 'cl am speaking Frenchf, French and Spanish are two of the four languages of- fered here at Amphi as well as Latin and German. Mr. Murray, Mrs. Manzo, and Mrs. Labiaux teach Spanish, while Mrs' Barham Ferrell Mrs' Jane Mrs. Ferrell and Mrs. Johanson teach French. Mr. Gavitt teaches German along with English and Miss Phillips in- structs Latin. .fnf ' ipf r.yy.. Foreign languages are very important to students because A ii F 1 it enriches the knowledge of the country where the language S WV ., is spoken. ln the various classes students learn about the ii Q background of the country, and they also discuss the coun- Jl' gw- - tryis development. g L, I' A ,.:- my .V E Studying foreign languages helps students in many ways ' I wt - pj . by broadening their education. Job opportunities are con- ' nected with foreign languages, such as interpretation and g . V, diplomatic work. is f--' . . ., H Mrs. Lugarda Manzo Mr. Richard Murray 'UI 4' . Mmmm, there is nothing like a delicious French dinner, especially right after lunch! exclaims Mrs. Ferrell's fifth period French class.