Central High School - Interlude Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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English teachers MRS. MAUREEN HUBER, MRS. MONA PAULSON, and MRS. NORMA SPOHNHOLZ listen as MR. ALBERT DERUE discusses methods of teaching English. (At least, that ' s whot they said they were doing.) MRS. GLORIA ORLANDO English What was that word again? asks Paul Swank of Peggy Egan, as Kathy Podsiadio looks on. By now sophomores are finding the dictionary a must in English. MRS. JOANNE BALLARD English MISS MARGUERITE DEGROOTE WRS. MARY HERITAGE English English MISS JEANETTE SMOGER MISS JUNE WATERMAN English English

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Barry Chamberioin, Porr Chompaigne, Jim Rossow, and Gwen Wallace listen and watch attentively as Mr, Poorbaugh indicates points of interest in Indiana and the surrounding territory. MR, WILLIAM GILKEY Social Studies MISS GERALDINE HATT Social Studies MR. EARL KUHNY Social Studies MR ROBERT TAYLOR Social Studies MR. JOHN POORBAUGH Social Studies MR, L. H, SCHULTZ Social Studies MR J, ROY SMITH Social Studies

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MISS MARGARET BERGAN English MRS. E THEL CAMPBELL English MR. JAMES LEWIS CASADAY Drama MISS ANN KORB English MR. JOHN MERRIMAN English Because English is our native language we often take our ability to speak it for granted. Yet, when we realize that English is a required foreign language in almost all the European countries, we can see how important knowledge of the English language is to the western world in communication and maintain- ing peace. English is a required course here, too, both to graduate from high school and to enter college. We studied verbs, nouns, and dangling participles, and read Dickens and Twain, and we talked about life OS well as literature. We began to recognize good writing, and learned to write more effectively. Proficiency in English was gained not only through the study of grammar and literature which we re- ceived in our required English courses, but also through electives offered to us. Developmental reading helped us to improve our reading comprehension and speed. We read more every day, and finally got so we could read faster than the timer could run. Study of the literature of England from the be- ginning epic to modern authors was covered in the English literature classes. We studied different styles, and the effects of history on the writing of the time. Pat Stillwagon, Ann Boehm, Pam Orr, and Roberla Rakow use one of the many reading accelerators in Developmental Reading class. The obiecfi ' reading rate. to speed up the students