East High School - Trojan Yearbook (Waterloo, IA)

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Communicative Channel With emphasis plaved on world cooperation and understanding. language assumes greater illllNll'lilIlt't? than ever hefore. Because so many of our students desired it. a Frenvh vlass was started this year in addition to the regular Caesar and Spanish classes. W e have tried to include in our Plll'l'lClllllItl-. English vlasses to meet the needs of each stu- dent whether he intends to he a doctor. de- lrator or diplomat. We have a regular re- quired English in tenth grade and also in eleventh grade. where Alll0l'lt'illl literature is studied. College Prep. a vourse intended for students interested in entering college, is dc- signed to hridge the gap hvtween high school and college. l,iterature and lifv is a senior English course also, and takes up the study of how the life of a people is refleetcd in its literature. Discussion. oral English and ere- ative dramativs are eleetive suhjevts created to help the Students gain poise and to appear at their hest hefore audiences. S0 that We might make hetter use ol' our study time. lihrarians have heen plaved in the newly decorated English conference room and the research material made availahle. Delving into the mysteries of the Spanish language are the members of the second period Spanihh class. The ereative dramatirs class works out itll emotional thought pattern. 43.

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Repro outing tlur Right Gaining co-operation and hetter understand- ing among students and faculty memhers has heen the aim of the twenty-five representa- tives and their officers who make up the gov- erning nucleus of our school. linder the advisorship of Miss Edna Leni- cek. this SUIIICSIEYAS council has been a stim- ulus to our school spirit in hacking the pro- jects and activities our school has undertaken. Officers for this year's council included Norman Crossley, presidentg Bill Crow, vice- president: Doris Harrison. secretary: Alice Ridder. treasurer. Regular meetings were held at 8:00 o'clock tgfufhzf fazmczf each Tuesday morning with the exception of the first Tuesday of every month when the council met during two class periods of the day. These meetings rotated among thc periods so a representative would not miss the same class each time. More important mat- ters were discussed and settled at these long meetings , which were set up primarily to give more opportunity for thorough discus- sion. Sales of tuhcreulosis hangles and sponsor- ing the .lunior Red Cross were Council proj- ects as well as sales of activity hooks. annuals, decals and party tickets. First row: J. Lane, J. McCoy, W. Crow. A. Ridder, D. Harrison, N. Crossley. J. Bisone. Second row: P. Ridder, B. Rogers, J. McClecry. M. Shenafelt. .l. Leland. F. Greene. S. f:0l'l1'Ily. Third row: B. Noltger, L. Untiedt, L. Weilein, D. Funk. H. Rruns. R. Niedert. R. Anderson. J. Barnes. J. Eickelherg.

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Reports and discussions constitute an im- portant phase of world history classes. tflnrlxsxille students visit our school to discuss racial prohlems with some of our mcmlrcrs. ifff , til: Mi' C ,, , v in M s X olorcd students and studcnl council Toward ooial Progres 'llhat the future ol' the world depends upon us high school students of today is obvious. 'l'o prepare ourselves for the overwhelming taslx of handling world affairs we need the hackground provided in the social science courses. From the record of the past wc arc ahlc to chart our future course more intelli- gently. Then we try to apply in our own school community those principles of citizen- ship and good government which these courses have pointed out for us. All ol' us receive a hackground for appre- ciation of the world in which we are directed 19' to take a significant part under the leader- ship of the Nlisses ltllva 'llucker and Marjorie Lauhschcr in the world history department and Misses Viola linoehe and lieola Stropc Ylarlx Flanders and Leonard Hallenspcrger in the AlIlPl'lt'ilIl history department. World history is the tenth grade required social studies course with AlIlPl'll'1lll history the eleventh grade imperative. Alllt'l'll'illl trends. an clective. offers an understanding of sociology, economics and civics with Leon- ard Ralfenspergcr and Nliss Knoche as direc- tors.