Buchser High School - Kodiak Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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Way in the Lan uage Department Q e Q fi A Greek and Latin professor at Columbia University, Moses Hadas, is recognized for his TranslaTions of The Greek Ro- mances and The Gallic Wars. The exoTic sounds of French, Spanish, and LaTin TloaT Through Buchser as sTudenTs acquainT Themselves wiTh a Tresh idea in language. Through This new mode of expression, They Teel a closeness To The parTic- ular counTry and are more able To undersTand iTs people. French Ill was TaughT This year Tor The TirsT Time, enabling advanced sTudenTs To develop a Tluency which They had noT known previously. A four year course in Spanish was also begun, providing The school wiTh compeTenT TranslaTors. ATTer Two years of l.aTin, The sTudenT acquires an appreciaTion of The complicaTed sTrucTure of The ancienT language as well as a TamiliariTy wiTh The Roman Empire. LaTin provides The sTudenT with a solid background of The sTrucTure of languages, as well as an appreciafion of The ancienT Romans. Pictured here are oplima discipula Linda Ellis, a Latin Ill sTudenT, and Mrs. Donna Walker, magisha.

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Expressing old thoughts in a new sh mr, af ,lr sw Students of Spanish, Senorifas Audrey Wilkie and Phyllis Hendricks, and Senor Mark de la Fuente enhance their interest in the language by reading magazines written in Spanish. JOHN HERNANDEZ San Jose Stare, B.A. spfmish ii, iii 72 BETTY ATKINSON GARY EDWARDS DONNA WALKER Stanford U., MA. San Jose State, BA. U. of California, BA. Spanish I Conversational Spanish Larin l, ll French II, III Spanish I, II World l'liSTOI'y 3

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