Cedar Falls High School - Tiger Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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BBC At present the C F speech department offers two courses beg1nm.ng and advanced speech. The goal for the begimung classes IS to develop w1th1n the studmt the soc1a1 adjustrnmt wh1ch w11l mable hlm to adequately project hxs personahty before an audxence Not only socxal adjustment and personahty are emphasized but also correct techmques of comp osmon and dehvery An attempt 1S made to relate 8SS1gl'lI'I1H'ltS to everyday speakmg experxences Advanced speech, offered for the first mme this year IS dwlded mto two semester umts The f1rst semester mcludes study of democrat1c problem solvmg, propaganda and persuaslve techruques The second semester IS spent in evaluatzng and ap ducuon and mterpretative reading, Speech extra currlcular activiues include de- bate dramaucs mncludmg several student dxrected one acts and a three act producuon and forens1cs 4012 6 ,.. . f -Lie, WN NNN I 2 Loxs Madsen makes a recordlng of her voxce Pat Leav1tt glves an Lmpromptu speech. U1 Begmrnng Speech. . .- - ,,, I1 f Q I . ' . . ' ' ww ff Q . . . . N ff . , l - , X fl . l 1 . ' f 0 9 ! . . . . . . . . u 4 , . . l l I X : . ' - 0 fl preciating dramatic art, radio and television pro- X . . X y n, . T f ' - . 4 rf tx u 29

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Leon Cooksey forms a bowl on the pottery wheel. Larry Wymore demonstrates At present, three courses are offered in the Art Department. They are Begunung Art Crafts and Advanced Art, These courses are set upnot for a talented few but for the talmted many smce the average student has more abihty in art then he realtzes Art hke other subjects can be leamed 1f a student has the desire to acqture knowledge tn the held. Begtnning Art studalts are taught the bastc DFLHCIDIBS of art by means of projects whlch they complete during the year These projects oover var1ous flelds such as perspecttve color and dESlgL W1th the successful completion of each project, the student increases h1s store of knowledge, Each lesson is readxly apphcable to the next project. The emphasis in Crafts ls placed more dmrectly arustic feelings Soap modeling lS the first step and students later work w1th leather clay copper silver and other matertals Advanced Art IS the further study and develop ment of arusnc expresswn. Students select an area in wluch they are especlally mterested and do the majonty of thelr work 1n this Held Tlus year art students took part tn the all school art exhtbtt and desxgned programs and sets for school producuons hls sklll tn basket weavxng. Students help to clean and pack B111 Voorhees and Dave Hansen make use materlals as theartdepartment of some of the projects created 1n Crafts moves to a new locatton. 28 on the materials through which students express their

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Pres1dent Bud Dom conducts a spec1al meetmg dur1ng Lat1n class Lat1n students enJoy thetr annual Roman banquet 2ll'l In the studv of Caesar students work toward the three experlences that are found tn the language arts the development of readme, wrumg and hstemng ab111t1es There are three broad reasons for studymg Caesar the practxcal cultural, and the development of good mental habtts Smce 70 ,O of the words tn the Enghsh language are dertved from Lat1n a studv of the language g1ves every student an l1'1 creased vocabulary and a better understand mg of word usage The hlstortcal and cultural materlal found 1n a Caesar course mcreases the students understandmg of the hterary soctal, pohucal, and economlc sources from whlch most of our culture IS dertved A study of Caesar developes personal tratts whlch carry over mto all subjects It teaches perseverance thoroughness con caltratton and orderly thlnkmg. It teaches not what to thlnk but how to thlnk -L Representattves of two cultures anctent and modern assemble at the banquet