Dover High School - Doverian Yearbook (Dover, DE)

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Mr. Edgar A. Barrell — “Girls and boys, look uw Mrs. Aline Ehinger — “Tomorrow you will hand Up a minute... “4 in your note cards... LOQUACIOUS LINQUISTS It is important to all of us to have a complete and understandable knowledge of our language. No matter what profession we choose we will find the proper use of English our greatest asset. Punctua- tion, spelling and grammar are but a few of the many facets of (our language) that have to be mastered. After dwelling on mechanics for almost two years we begin to delve into literature. First we study American authors and poets and later become acquainted with English literature. A special course known as English Composition enables interested juniors and seniors to further their skill in compositional work. News- paper layouts, poetry, and short story construction are but few of the phases studied by this group. By the time we are seniors we have been well drilled in mechanics Miss Rosemarie Battaglia — “Now to begin on and literature and all of us have read at least one play by Shake- page 54...” speare! Mrs. Melvin Breite — “Limply is an adverb . . .” sixth period English — ‘Write, write girls and boys you still have five minutes!!!”

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Mrs. Foard is the key figure of our main office acting as a liason between the administration and students. a ready smile for our favorite photographer. ADMINISTRATION However, their interest is not confined only to the construc- tion of new buildings, but also to the construction of a new student interest, pride and sense of responsibility. Our “Because of Whom the Bell Tolls’ principal, Mr. Joseph Sedule, is the mediator of the two Pohhbe dateporepriate aitla: te groups and helps bring them together on a common this study of the office clock. ground.

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Mr. Stanley W. Holcombe — “Diagraming is an Miss Ivy Hudson “Is that what the dictionary important part of ... ” said (ee | LOQUATIOUS LINQUISTS ! When one can travel a distance of three thosuand miles in three hours, it becomes ap- parent that if he is to keep up with the fast moving world around him, he must strive | to learn the languages of others. It seems nearly impossible to understate the impor- ) tance of knowledge and understanding of other languages, and Dover High School has | responded to the situation with the largest Spanish Ill class ever. In his third year, the student has finally. mastered basic grammatical skills, and he is free to try his hand in verbal communication. Mr. Pyne augments the regular class participation with Spanish novels and newspaper reports. Miss App, who teaches the French Ill students, offers them a program aimed at the study of vocabulary, pronunciation and a reading writing knowledge of the lan- guages. Miss Mary E. App - “Et je vous verrai ce Mr. Theodore R. Pyne — “Espana es un Mrs. George Everett La Prensa dice } SOIES aa paisiquesi... que .. INCENDIO MATA og AINA FAMILIA, le , 9. “ «