Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Mr. Lawrence Brass Mrs. Shirley Griffin Mr.DeWayne Johnson Mr. Carl Poll Mr. Jack Snodgrass Miss Florence Turner Miss Anne Flannigan Mrs. Gretchen Hoskins Mr Bradley Petty Mr, Saren Simitian Mr. Norton Thornton Mrs. Shalah Wolfsohn Not pictured . Mrs. Lois Walsh s 26

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We can now look back on the many days that we shoved our way up the stairs to our language classes. Paly offered us many choices of a foreign language—Latin, Spanish, French, German, Russian, and Chinese. The latter two were Paly's unique programs. Almost ten years ago Russian was instituted at Paly, taking it one of the first schools on the west coast to develop this instruction. Four years ago the Car- I ncgie Foundation sponsored the teaching of Man- darin Chinese, now under the able guidance of Mrs. Laura Sung, This year many of us participated in the Audio- Lingual language programs. Students studying a for- eign language by this method learned the accent and speech of a country along with its culture, way of life, and traditions. The students participating in this program were more able to speak fluently the language of their choice through their exposure to the spoken word. In the traditional language classes we gained further insight into the customs and attitudes of other countries through film-strips, magazines, and an extensive reading program.

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The little theater brings back memories of team English, but also to many of us memories of team History for sophomores. In that year we learned about European or contemporary world history which was followed up in our junior year with American nistory and in our senior year with a semester of government and economics, sociology, or family liv- ng. For those who were qualified, the history depart- ment offered an accelerated history course series, 'be program consisted of a complete survey of gov- ernmental procedures and history. This year many of us took advantage of the Far East history course offered at Paly under the able direction of Florence Turner. This course was a study of China, its history and culture, Japan, and Southeast Asia. From a close and comprehensive study of their culture and problems, the student is better equipped to understand the problems of these areas today. The required government course gave us better insight into the operation of the federal, state and local government functions. In addition to this se- mester of government, we took a semester of either sociology or economics.