Danville High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Danville, IN)

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Languages Lend To Understanding Although Latin is no longer a spo- ken Ianguage, it is important to many professions. For instance, doctors and lawyers must know many Latin terms. Spanish, by the same token, is im- portant to many professions. To under- stand our neighbors south of the border, we must understand their language. Mildred Hoge and William Kassis teach Latin, while Wanda Keck teaches Spanish. Together, then, these three teachers head the language department at DHS. Both Spanish and Latin have been formed into clubs in the anticipation of creating more interest in these lan- guages. The declension of nouns is among the many things that Latin students learn. Advanced Spanish pupils sight translate from Spanish readers and magazines.

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Principles Of Good English Are Important Seniors keep the library busy while writing their themes tor Mabel Pritchett's English class. English is one of the hardest languages to learn. DHS pupils certainly agree to this as they study prepositions, verbs, pronouns, and an array of other parts of speech and usages. Louise Dollens, Vera English, Mildred Hoge, William Kassis, and Mabel Pritchett all help Danville students to understand this language of ours by teaching grammar one semester and either American or English lit- erature the other semester. An English major of three years is re- quired to graduate from DHS, but a senior year of English is offered, along with speech and journalism which complete six possible years ot English. Rusty Davis and Peggy Collins make good use of the reference books in the library while trying to get their required work in on time. Freshmen work on the structure ot a sentence in Wil- liam Kassis's English class.

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Students Become Leaders Of The Business World Second year typing students work to increase speed and efficiency, which are vital assets in office work. Shorthand students who are preparing for secretarial careers often take dictation from a tape recorder. Danville students gain fundamental knowledge and practical experience in the business courses. These courses offered include Typ- ing I and II, Shorthand I and II, Book- keeping I and II, general business, and for the first time in DHS history, busi- ness arithmetic. This year the commerce department sponsored ci three-act play, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, to raise money for pins and awards. Also, Indiana Central Business Col- lege and Indiana Farm Bureau were hosts to 49 commerce students who toured their buildings. With the superb guidance of Bonnie Eggers, Vivian Gilham, and Geraldene Huffman, who teach these subjects, in- terest is stimulated -in each of the com- merce courses. Business arithmetic and bookkeeping pupils learn the necessity of accurately filling out income tax reports.