Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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I.U. HONORS STUDENT TO GERMANY, Irmgarde Berzins points out the quality of German mater- ial to Charles Temple. I.U. HONORS — Marsha Bryant (I.U. Latin Conference), Stephen Nygoard (I.U. Honors to France), Caroline Usher (I.U. Latin Conference), John Eble (I.U. Honors to France), Irmgarde Berzins (I.U. Honors to Germany), Charles Temple (I.U. Honors to Italy), Dorothy Akard |I.U. Honors to Germany), Donna McCroy (I.U. Latin Conference).

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Lit Ranges From Qhakespeare to 9haw BUSILY STUDYING for their English V test, the members of Mrs. Hillmon ' s class receive pointers. IMJ ' This year the English Department, headed by Miss Jean Wells, selected four students to represent Shortridge in the National Council of Teachers of English competition. These students demonstrated their ability to write in a contest sponsored by the depart- ment. Then they took tests for the na- tional competition. All pupils interested in writing found the opportunity to express themselves in their English classes. The sophomores wrote vocational themes while the juniors wrote term papers. However, the seniors man- aged to do the most writing. In their composition classes, they wrote journals, precis, and criticisms, turn- ing in two or three a week. They also did term papers emphasizing original thoughts and ideas. In literature classes, works ranging from those of Shakespeare to Shaw were read. The department offered a well- rounded pr ogram, emphasizing litera- ture as well as creative writing. Class- es read books such as Beowulf and The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Oral recitations of passages helped to personalize the books for the students. WHILE IMPROVING THEIR READING HABITS, Robert Young, novels in Developmental Reading. Helen Lingemon, and Sue Michels

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Russian Added as Language Course Taking a seat next to German, Latin, French, Spanish, Greek, and Derivatives, Russian became the seventh member of the Language De- partment tongue team. The course is taught by a native Russian, Mr. Adal- bert Sorenson. Students in their third year of French, German, Latin, or Spanish are encouraged to try for the Indiana Uni- versity Honors Program. Through this program, pupils have the opportunity to study their language in France, Germany, Rome, and Mexico. Last summer, Shortridge sent two students to Germany, two to France, and one to Rome through this program. In French and German, it is pos- sible to carry out five years of study. Upon completion of the advanced courses, many of the students took advanced placement tests and re- ceived college credit for their study. In addition to regular courses, An- drew Ramsey taught a non-credit Portugese class once a week after school. RUSSIAN STUDENT TEACHER, Mrs. Cornelia Koehn, carefully corrects Angela Goodson ' s Russian sentence. . MARY STEICHEN CONJUGATES difficult Lafir verbs. •our ' AND ■NEIN ' COMBINE as Gunta Augenbergs and Judy Ploutz practice in the language lab.