Normandy High School - Saga Yearbook (Normandy, MO)

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Exhibits showed Spanish students' handicrafts of the people whose language they study and the geography of their lands. Dick Lindner and Carol Kroenig examine a map of France with special attention to Bretagne. subject of the day's reading The English classes of the Junior high study sentence syntax and construction through diagraming. inguififfi, nihdforiand C ' OREIGN languages have gone to War! Be- cause of the interest centered on France and her possessions, especially in North Africa and America, French classes read material on geography, resources, governmental policies, and history of these areas instead of the usual literary classics. Spanish courses, using the Armyis method, concentrated on conversational Spanish as Well as learning the songs, stories, and jokes of our southern neighbors. Study of life and culture of our Latin friends was emphasized. German students prepared to use the language Use of the card catalog and reference books IS essential in the senior high English literature courses to read documents of scientific knowledge and the great German classics banned in Germany today. Ancient Roman conflicts, as studied in Latin, can never seem dull While our forces are lighting on the same battlefields and where our generals face the same problems of strategy and shipping that Caesar and Antony had to solve in their day. A nation that is to be a post-war dominant power must equip itself with the proper tools for eo- operaling with its brother nations, and language is one of the rnost important tools. English, of course, is basic in any field, for With- Paqe Twenty-Two

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LASSES of the future American hero are conducted at Normandy in a democratic manner. Student opinions, debates, and discussions are encouraged, while co-operative classroom participation is very popular. This year there was necessarily a change in some courses. Wartime brought in pre-flight, revised physics, radio code, first-aid, and military drill in place of some less vital studies. These new courses were enthusiastically received by students who were anxious to prepare themselves for life in a changed and changing world. MSpecialization', being the keynote of 1943, more stu- dents enrolled in the commercial, mechanical, academic, and scientific courses instead of the heretofore popular general course. This specializing in the student's chosen course results in a deliberate and planned education, which is the aim of all true democracies. chzflasfic life 1 Page Twenty-One

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Discussing the last World War are Don McKabney and Barbara Chambers as they compare the maps before and after. Social problems bring up a lot oi questions: some need proof Here Melton. Bergerdine, and Westaver check up. Studying United States history of today and yesterday, students read current magazines. In citizenship questions oi the day are debated by iunior high students. out an excellent knowledge of it, progress is im- paired. From sex euth through the twelfth grades. grammar. composition, and literature comprise the study of our language, hut classes along the way take up other phases. including library research work. current event discussions. story-telling, vocali- ulary drills. extemporaneous speeches. and old- fashioued spell-don ns. An English course is yery llexihlcz thus it can he of ex en more practical xalue than was originally intended. Besides heiug one of the most essential courses. it has lmeconie one of the most absorbing and valuahle in the high school curriculum. Training in social studies is necessary if we wish to prevent another war, for through history. psy- chology. sociology, and goxernment the basis of a peaceful world can be planned and executed. Sex with and eighth-grade social science and ninth- grade citizenship pave the way for broader studies of the human forces that make up the world. The generation now engaged in pursuing these studies will. in the future. he gixen an opportunity to put them into practice. Hon well they have learned their lesson may effect the fate of the world. Page Twenty-Three