George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Prepare Students For the Future Mrs. Katherine Benne, Indiana poetess and G.R.C. grade-school teacher, leads a panel discussion concerned with F. Scott Fitz¬ gerald. Members of the literature panel are Karen Johnson, Lauretta Coppage, and Norm Issacs. Marco Trbovich writes c the board the title of one of Fitzgerald’s short stories as Mi Wulkow, English instructor, looks on.

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Backgrounds of Literature and Language Cross illiteracies, vocabulary, public speaking, and translations face the students enrolled in the various cultural courses at Clark. Three semesters of English and three of Literature are required for graduation. In their senior year the college-bound pupils may take advanced composition and senior literature to prepare for the challenges of university work. Students become proficient in English through mastery of grammar and the art of composition. Through literature the student becomes acquainted with the history and the people of his native land as well as those of foreign lands. Besides gaining a knowledge of Spanish, German, or Latin in a two-year foreign language class, Clark- ites become familiar with the people, customs, and culture of the country involved. Speech and debate train students in the mechanics of speech and give valuable experience in public speaking. Debaters enter district and state competi¬ tion with forensic groups of other high schools. In journalism the students learn the principles of good writing. ‘‘Has the bell rung” or ‘‘Did the bell ring” — which one is correct? Miss Silvasi confronts her Junior English class with this problem. Speech courses enable students to develop their public speaking habits. Here Paul Smirga gives a speech on measles. 28

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The study of contemporary United States history at Clark gives a chance to compare and discuss their opinions and to defend such students as Gail Burney, Bob Shumaker, and Judi Wampler their ideas. Knowledge of the World Strengthened Social studies, which pertains to society and human relationships in a governed community, includes United States history, world history, economics, and government. Economics is a relatively new course being offered to seniors at Clark. The course explains in detail man’s production, distribution, and consumption of goods. As a one-semester course government is offered to seniors to help them attain a better understanding of the form and functions of American government. Designed to give a better understanding of the development of civilization from the earliest times to the present, world history also develops a cultural background of the fine arts for the student. Mean¬ while the primary object of United States history, a one-year required course, is to give the student a full knowledge of the history of his own country and cf current affairs. In Mr. Erickson’s Economics class, students get a chance to look over the baffling financial pages of the leading United States newspapers. 30