Jefferson High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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Members of the senior Honors English class find that discussion groups develop interesting and entertaining points of view. The purpose of this class was to provide a challenge for pupils of English literature. Grammar for College-Bound Pupils The Honors English Classes studied much the same things this year as they have in pre- vious years. These sophomores, juniors, and seniors spent their hours reading and discuss- ing World literature, American literature and English literature respectively. In-class themes also were a major part of the program as well as lengthy term papers. Pupils taking academic and general English learned and practiced the fundamentals of grammar. Differentiating between the use of a comma and a semi-colon became familiar practice to these pupils. As its name implies, the composition classes critically studied and tried to improve their style of writing. They, too, had Christmas va- cation hindered by term papers. Learning the basic mechanics of running a newspaper was the main objective of the journalism pupils. The articles they wrote gave them a broader knowledge of the course. Junior Honors English students receive new Hawthorne instructor, Mr. Robert Butz. short stories from their

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Mrs. Brunk hopes that Steve Wilson, Keith Snyder, and Junior Charlotte Jones, Barb Burget, and Elaine Mat- Candi Brunk will appreciate listening to Poe ' s poems. tingly hurriedly choose novels for their book reports. English Courses Provide the Basic Sophomore Greg Swarts looks hur- riedly through the card catalog as he tries to find a new book.

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Foreign Languages Credits Add to Explaining her project on the Ro- mans ' methods of war is Rhonda Hill, a second year Latin student. Jane Smith and John Rainier practice industriously a dialogue to deliver in second year German class. Jim DeYoung, Mike Friedman, Nancy Cripe and Pam Moffitt attempt to show their fellow-classmates the cus-