Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

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Translating, conjugating verbs, memorizing vo- cabulary lists, and making projects were some of the activities of Latin students. Second year students worked on projects concern- ing forms of Roman life in which they were inter- ested. Projects ranged from Roman togas and tunics, scrolls, ancient models, ships, chariots, and gardens, to reports and posters on Roman history and mythology. Although Latin is not spoken in any foreign country today it is studied for its value as the basis of the English Language, which derives about 65% of its words from Latin, said Mrs. Phillips, Latin teacher. Latin study includes translating, memorizing SBm ' T ' : ' Z 1 1 Senior Karen Watkins explains and names the parts of the human sl eleton for her second year Latin class. As her special proiect she made the drawing and labeled it in Latin. First period Latin students spend the last few minutes of the period preparing their assignment for the next day. This way they may question Mrs. Phillips on anything they do not under- stand. Sharry and Carol Miller, dressed in authentic Roman togas which they made for their second year project, read from a scroll written in Latin that was made by Craig Mason.

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be killed in a one-act play put on by the third period speech class. A happy ending to this melodrama — the family was saved by the hero, Ronnie Gray refers to his note cards while giving a book re- view in one of Miss Shuffle- borger ' s sophomore academic English classes. plays, book reports emphasized in English classes Sophomores Elaine Hochstetler, Janice Richards, and Barbara Sweany fill plates for a meal they prepared as their Silas Marner project in one of Miss Georgann Shufflebarger ' s aca- demic English classes. The girls made the costumes they are wearing.

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Trying to decide on a topic for a class report third year Spanish student Terry Long looks over a Spanish version of Life magazine. Both Life and Readers ' Digest magazines are subscribed to and kept in the Spanish lab for practice read- ing and to give students a view of the culture. Mrs. Viva Lynn, Spanish teacher, talks to her second year class over the lab. Using the control panel on her desk she may speak and listen to the entire class or to each student individually. Spanish classes sponsor float, candy sale Films, tapes and film strips were all a poft of the new teaching method being used in Spanish classes. Martinsville was one of five Indiana schools to use this new technique. Students saw films and listened to tapes drilling them on the dialogue of the film. For variety, students took the part of characters in the films, memorized their lines, and re-enacted the scenes. Eighth period Spanish class entered a float in the Fall Foliage Festival parade and won second prize of ten dollars. They donated this to the For- eign Exchange program being sponsored by Span- ish Club. The main attraction of the float was a large sombrero of red and blue crepe paper. The fifth hour class sponsored a candy sale with the profits going to the Foreign Exchange Program. Third year students read short stories written by Spanish authors. Then they discussed the material in class. Also, part of their study was reading the Spanish versions of Readers Digest and Life maga- zines and giving reports on selected articles. Discussions on current events of Latin America were held in all classes whenever Mrs. Lynn felt it would further the students ' knowledge and under- standing of the Latin countries. F rst year students Jackie Kohl and Wally Gray act out a film they have seen. Jackie, playing the mother, reprimands Wally, her son Pepito, for saying his friend is fat.