Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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Brood Field Enhonces Culture language offs The language arTs deparTmenT, consisTing of English, foreign languages, dramaTics, and speech, concerns every FHS sTudenT in some way. The English deparTmenT culTivaTes adepfness in our naTive language. This area Tries To meeT The needs of all by providing classes on Three levels of in- sTrucTion. Though required, The sTudenT may elecf any English course he Thinlcs besT suiTed To his needs. Miss Dagmar Hansen, Chair- man of The Department of English- college-preparafory seniors. This year Two new courses have ln previous years, an accelerafed course in This field has been offered To been added To The curriculum for sophomores and juniors planning college educaTions. Juniors also may selecf journal- ism, a course infended for Those wiTh iournalisTic inclinaTions. Keeping abreasT wiTh The pace seT by The English classes, The foreign languages boasT four year courses in Three languages: LaTin, French, and Spanish. TexTs and supple- menTaries are used which noT only Teach The rudimenfs of -The Tongue, buT also poinT ouT The hisTorical and culfural baclcground of The counTries. DramaTics is a course in The humanifies imparfing The im- porTance and beauTy of man's expression of himself Through creafive acfing, lT provides The individual wifh an oppor- TuniTy, by inTerpreTing The moTivaTions of The acTions of oThers, To see his own emoTions and To undersfand Them. To enable sTudenTs To convey Their Thoughfs orally in proper fashion is The goal of The speech classes. This one semesfer course is Taken by all sophomores. Tallcs ranging from a clemonsTraTion speech To an imiTaTion of one of Esop's Bob Schroeder points out to Miss Beulah Charm- Tables are required OT The STUdenT5' ley's English I2-C class the locations of Conrad's novel, Lord Jim, a class project In Miss Mabel Bower's Caesar class, Sandy Schoon- The students in Ralph Ensrrom's sophomore speech class hoven explains a model of Greek Architecture. listen aftentively as Peggy Hildebrand? gives a speech. 20