Edsel Ford High School - Flight Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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Drama one of the performing arts , cannot be overlooked in the EdselFord humanities program. Mr. Neil Brown, co-sponsor 0 Theater Club, watches his drama class learn by doing. 'L - sv 1 J . r P'-' 4 3 , 1 ff Wai t , H iv,,,. - ,lr Skill in public speaking is developed by observation as well as by listening, speech-making, and debating. Mr. Cordon Cochrane prepares to show his class a movie that illustrates the importance of such oratorical techniques as eye contact and voice inflection. S R 4 2K-'f' V 1 l , As long as one is learning, questions are bound to pop up. Mrs. Muriel Hunt helps zero hour student, Dave VanderHaagen, with his problem. 15

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Experience w th o d, new 'types of nrt, mus e, tereitore, he ps to develo . :fl Even teachers have problems! Here, Mr. Stephen Vafeas discusses one of his problems with Mr. Nicholas Gavrila. Mr. Vafeas teaches predominantly underclassmen, while Mr. Gavrila, besides teaching socialstudies and English, is a weightliftzng coach. 211 The topic Growth is subdivided for a 10B dis- cussion by Mrs. Bessie Stuart. Carolyn Craig Check-S on make-up assignments with Mrs. LouiseSchlaff. 14 The room darkens, and a burst of color floods the front of the room. Next door, the room is filled with music. In another room, pens are furiously moved over paper, and tense faces betray the concentration needed for writing an impromptu theme. These ac- tivities are characteristic of the English Humanities program. By gaining a better understanding of communication through literature, music, and art, the student also learns how he, himself, can activity com- municate. As he is channeled into various ways ofself-expression, his works are care- fully watched for content and for the proper form of the media. Consequently, the stu- dent has a widened grasp of communication. Mr. Harold King, head of the English department runs off several copies ofa 12B research assign ment in the teachers' workroom.

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