Cleveland Heights High School - Caldron Yearbook (Cleveland Heights, OH)

Myron W. Randall Louise Magor Gwendolyn Edwards Ellsworth Prince Frank DuPras E. W. Burnham LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT S the years go by in Heights history the Lan- guage Department grows in size and impor- tance. As it has increased so has the desire of the students to further their knowledge in this field. In the last few years, Spanish has become such a popular Romance Language that it has become nec- essary to add a new teacher to those already teach- ing it. There is always a small but eager group of students carrying German. French is rapidly los- ing its place near the top, while Latin continues to be desired by those wishing to further their educa- tion at college. These are the four foreign lan- guages that make up this department. After several semesters of grammar have been completed in each foreign language, the students begin reading interesting stories and plays. In most classes, excepting Latin, it is required to speak the language at all opportunities. Idioms are stressed in their, importance for they are necessary in ob- taining a basic learning of the subject. The language teachers at Heights have tried to keep the students as well informed as possible on each language as it exists today. The war has brought many changes to the countries of Europe, and its language is only one of numerous things affected. The students have endeavored through- out the year to put out papers emphasizing current events but, with printing difficulties, have met with little success. It has been possible, however, to print several successful issues of the Hermes. P. Theodore Lorz Ruth E. Monnett Georgia Parry Catherine Manning Mabel S. Blanchard French or English-The Old, Old Question!